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Markets in Australia display a divergence between traditional equities and digital assets as 2026 progresses. Investors track the S&P/ASX 200 Index while monitoring the expansion of the local cryptocurrency sector. …

Goldman Sachs does not need to be debating with a bot anymore, but delegating the work, and it is doing so with Anthropic. On Friday, 6 February 2026, Goldman confirms …

Bitcoin fell and reached a low of 16 months at less than $72,000 in early Asian trade. There was pressure to sell in derivatives and exchange products. Forecasting markets soon …

All the markets in Asia are steady and gaining at the beginning of the week, the main driving forces being an influx of hope about U.S. rate cuts and the …

BNY Mellon has launched the BNY Dreyfus Stablecoin Reserves Fund, which is a government-backed money market fund designed for the one-to-one liquid assets mandated by the U.S. GENIUS Act for …

Crypto markets are holding onto one datapoint. Algos, funds and traders wait with bated breath for the U.S. inflation report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), like a virtual flip. A …

Nvidia announces a US$5 billion equity stake in Intel and a broad partnership to co-design PC and data-centre chips, a surprise move that redraws the global semiconductor battle line and …

Gold has been a strong performer throughout 2024. Spot prices recently crossed the US$3,500 per ounce mark. Analysts point to market uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and central-bank demand as drivers of …

Bitcoin’s computing power doesn’t decline very frequently. When it does, it ripples through miners’ margins, equity valuations, and the network heartbeat directly. Texas heatwaves in June and July 2025 forced …

Image: iStock When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) signaled on Tuesday that it was cutting the cash rate to 3.6 per cent, the Sydney room of financial journalists descended …