Macroeconomics

Gate News message, April 28 — The US Dollar Index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, rose 0.15% on April 29, closing at 98.639 in late trading. Euro-to-dollar fell to 1.1714 from 1.172 in the previous trading session. Sterling weakened to 1.3518 USD from 1.3534 USD. The dollar

Gate News message, April 28 — Bitcoin slipped below $76,000 on Tuesday as traders reduced exposure ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy decision on Wednesday, triggering a broad market pullback across major digital assets. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization fell about 1.8% to roughly $

Gate News message, April 28 — The World Bank forecasts that global energy prices will surge 24% in 2026, assuming the severe supply disruptions triggered by Middle East conflict resolve by May. The projection reflects expectations that energy markets will stabilize once regional tensions ease,

The UAE withdraws from OPEC, reshaping the global energy power balance, as Brent crude breaks through $110. This article analyzes the logic behind the oil market shock, the Saudi standoff, inflation transmission, and the linkage with crypto assets.

Gate News message, April 28 — U.S. stock markets opened lower on April 28, with the Nasdaq falling 1.11% and the S&P 500 declining 0.48%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.35%. OpenAI-related stocks faced broad-based selling pressure. Nvidia dropped over 3%, CoreWeave fell over 7%, Orac

Gate News message, April 28 — According to preliminary estimates from ADP Research and Stanford Digital Economy Lab, U.S. private sector employment increased by an average of 39,250 people per week over the four-week period ending April 11.

Bitcoin is trading at around $76,200, down 2.1% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data, as the leading cryptocurrency faces a convergence of technical and macroeconomic catalysts this week. Bitcoin has rallied 14% in April and is on track for its fourth consecutive weekly gain, with all e

Gate News message, April 28 — According to Gate data, WTI crude oil (U.S. benchmark) broke through $103 per barrel, gaining 4.54% intraday, while Brent crude oil (international benchmark) surged past $105 per barrel with a 3.12% daily gain. Both benchmarks reached new intraday highs as energy

Gate News message, April 28 — Spot gold fell below $4,600 per ounce today, marking the first break below this level since April 2. The intraday decline reached 1.75%.

Gate News message, April 28 — Crédit Agricole's month-end pricing model indicates the U.S. dollar will face strong selling pressure by the end of April. Global equity markets have performed well throughout April, while the dollar has weakened broadly in foreign exchange markets. The bank expects th

Gate News message, April 28 — According to Reuters columnist Mike Dolan, global markets continue to rally despite escalating geopolitical conflicts, not because investors are ignoring risk, but because markets are abandoning traditional globalization logic in favor of a new "security-driven

Gate News message, April 28 — Yuxuan Tang, a strategist at JPMorgan Private Bank, said the Bank of Japan kept rates unchanged in its first formal response following the Middle East conflict and recent yen weakness, but a 6-3 voting split signals a high probability of a rate hike as soon as June. Th

Gate News message, April 28 — The director of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, Philip Swagel, said on April 27 that the federal government's budget deficit will increase by approximately $1.1 trillion over the next decade. Swagel attributed the widening deficit to rising energy prices caused b

Gate News message, April 28 — The Bank of Japan may take action as the yen weakens significantly, with the central bank stating in a recent report that it will continue raising rates based on economic, price, and financial conditions. Strategist Naomi Mugurama from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Secu

Iran-U.S. negotiations hit a stalemate, tensions in the Strait of Hormuz push oil prices higher, and Bitcoin falls below $77k. This article analyzes how geopolitical risk is transmitted to the crypto market through macro expectations and capital flows.

Bitcoin (BTC) has pulled back from its week-start peak, temporarily trading at around $77,290 as of April 28. A White House crypto adviser hinted that over the next few weeks there will be a “major announcement” regarding Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve. The BILS stablecoin issued by Israel’s exchange Bits of Gold has been approved after a two-year pilot program on the Solana blockchain.

Gate News message, April 28 — South Korea's KOSPI index (the country's benchmark equity index) surged 1% intraday to reach 6,681.43 points, marking a new all-time high.

Gate News message, April 28 — Market focus has shifted from isolated geopolitical risks to a combination of policy divergence and liquidity repricing. The Bank of Japan maintained its interest rate unchanged in a 6-3 vote on April 28, with internal divisions reaching new highs and signaling that inf

Gate News message, April 27 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (U.S. benchmark blue-chip index) closed down 62.67 points, or 0.13%, at 49,168.04 on Monday, April 27. The S&P 500 (U.S. benchmark equity index) gained 8.85 points, or 0.12%, closing at 7,173.93, while the Nasdaq Composite (U.S.