Japanese Government Bond yields have sharply risen, with the 30-year yield hitting 4.14%, the highest since 2000 except for a May 2026 spike. This surge narrows the U.S.-Japan rate spread to decade lows and is pushing global interest rates higher, affecting countries like Korea, France, the UK, and Germany. Despite interventions, the Japanese yen continues to weaken due to investor skepticism about the Bank of Japan's policy credibility and Japan's fiscal outlook. Technical trends suggest U.S. 30-year yields could reach 6% if current patterns continue, driven by global rate contagion and bear steepening in the yield curve.
Bitcoin has surpassed $100,000 before, and experts like John Darsie and Anthony Scaramucci see its evolving ownership as a sign of maturation rather than risk. As Bitcoin ownership spreads from early adopters to institutions, pension funds, and retai...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse emphasized the company's role as a bridge between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), highlighting Ripple's 75 global licenses and a U.S. court ruling that XRP is not a security. He expects Ripp...
Spark Protocol, a DeFi lending platform, has repurchased over 100 million of its SPK tokens using $2 million from its revenue as part of a governance-approved buyback program. This strategy, approved in early 2026, allocates 10% of monthly surplus re...
Deutsche Bank has downgraded Safestore Holdings from 'buy' to 'hold' and cut its price target from 880p to 700p due to a tougher trading environment and weaker near-term outlook for the self-storage sector. Despite Safestore's first-half revenue grow...
Merck and Moderna announced positive initial results from their first late-stage trial of an experimental personalized cancer vaccine combined with Merck's immunotherapy Keytruda. The phase three trial involving over 1,100 melanoma patients showed th...
