Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Wednesday 2nd September 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29120 (0.2%) | Gold $4370 (1.35%) | BTC $77500 (0.0%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Yields Pause, Tech Rebounds

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Trading Economics reported that US stocks recovered on Wednesday and trimmed the losses from the week after the rebound for heavy tech stocks. The S&P500 and Dow each rose 0.5% while Nasdaq stayed flat. Tech and bank stocks led the gains after this week’s climb in bond yields which weighed on credit sensitive sectors as Meta being up 2.5% and Wells Fargo 3%. Nvidia rose almost 5% on reports of its new acquisition of Hugging Face and similarly Dell jumped 10% from its outstanding earnings beat.

• TheStreet reports that Broadcom, Snowflake and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are the largest companies to report earnings today, with the session beginning against a background of renewed geopolitical tensions causing yields and oil to spike.

• TheStreet/CNBC data shows private employers added just 38,000 jobs in August, down from 46,000 in July and below the 47,000 estimate. That sets up Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report, where economists expect 55,000 jobs added for August, following a 23,000 job loss in July

What to expect

Overall: Scorecard first because it highlights how much weight the read below deserves. Yields, not earnings, have been driving the news all week: Tuesday’s 400 point Dow drop from the Iran flare up and yield spike rather than specific sectorial based shifts. The pattern so far this week is that direction followed rates and rates followed geopolitical news rather than data calendars.

Right now: Constructive but thin. The S&P500 and Dow are up 0.5% on a tech-led rebound but the move is happening in a stacked catalyst window with Broadcom earnings, ADP coming in soft, Friday payroll print coming.

Expectation: Cautiously constructive into the close but positioning should stay light ahead of payrolls Friday as yield dynamics which broke Tuesday hasn’t actually resolved. Additionally, September is midterms which have historically always provided negative mean returns over the last decade or two.

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• US strikes Iranian targets and Iran retaliates

• The crypto market exits Extreme Greed as its total market cap falls $50B on the day

• Anthropic launches Fable 5.1 generally and Mythos 5.1 via trusted access

• U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs record $236M in net outflows on September 1 while spot Ethereum ETFs post $11M of inflows to continue a 12 day streak

• 10-year Treasury yield climbs back above 4.80% for the first time since January 2025

• SEC proposes modernizing transfer agent rules to recognize blockchain as an official securities record and require reporting on tokenized holdings

• Dell stock surges over 9% after stronger-than-expected earnings driven by AI

• SDNY lawsuit against Pump Fun and Solana gets dismissed

Right now, Macros are looking very exhausted. The timeline right now has been bullish for the past week or two presenting us with the “bottomed” narrative. I beg to differ with recent price action now and decide to change my bias. I believe we can see a downturn towards 60k again before rising higher and shaking people out. The bottom narrative has been epitomized by further Robinhood volume surges for tokens reaching up to 500m.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Wednesday 26th August 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29260 (0.2%) | Gold $4600 (-1.35%) | BTC $78500 (0.01%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad, Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Core PCE Won’t Budge, and Neither Will the Tape Until Nvidia Speaks

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Yahoo Finance reports that US stocks traded lower on Wednesday after PCE data showed inflation remained sticky ahead of the Fed’s Jackson Hole gathering and as investors awaited Nvidia’s earnings. The Dow declined 0.2%, the S&P 500 hovered near flat, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.2% after broad gains on Tuesday.

2. Kiplinger reports that Nvidia releases fiscal 2027 second-quarter results after the close on Wednesday 26 August, typically arriving between 16:20 and 16:30 ET. Of 61 analysts tracked by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 58 rate the stock Buy or Strong Buy, two Hold and one Strong Sell, with an average target of $305.41, implied upside of 44%. BofA’s Vivek Arya expects revenue of $94–95bn against company guidance of $91bn, and third-quarter guidance of $107–108bn versus $104bn consensus. Shares are up 13% year-to-date, mid-pack among Dow constituents, against nearly 46% for Merck and 32% for Johnson & Johnson.

3. TheStreet reports that headline PCE rose 0.2% from June to July and 3.7% year-on-year, while core PCE increased 3.3% year-on-year, unchanged from June. Chris Zaccarelli of Northlight Asset Management said that although many of the figures came in worse than expected, core PCE held constant, which will give the Fed more time to leave rates on hold.

Zaccarelli also characterised the week’s density: the largest company in the world reporting this afternoon, a meaningful inflation release this morning, and a consequential Federal Reserve Chair speech on Friday.

What to expect

Overall: Scorecard first, because it matters for how much weight to put on what follows. The 19–26 August call was -1.2% weighted, left-skewed. The Composite went ~26,300 to 26,117, about -0.7%. Sign right. But the path was wrong again: yields fell hard instead of holding 5.15–5.30%, and semis led Tuesday, which was the exact invalidation trigger I specified. It fired and the rally still didn’t hold. Three calls, three correct signs, three wrong mechanisms. I’m reading the drift and missing the driver, which argues for smaller size and shorter horizons than the directional confidence would suggest on its own.

Right now: flat, and this is the session that justifies it. You’re within 1% of where the window opened, with a 5% implied move on the index’s anchor name hitting in 90 minutes and a guidance-free Chair speech 48 hours behind it. At 3 units, an in-line print with soft guidance quality is a 400–600 point NDX gap, $1,200 to $1,800 , landing at 00:20 GST with nothing but thin futures to manage it in.

Expectation: roughly neutral, biased to being slightly bearish through friday

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• HYPE hits new ATH over $83

• Bernstein predicts $300K BTC by 2029 as Bitcoin “Bull Score” signals early stages of bull market

• Mac Studio M5 Ultra presales go live with ~$12k ticket price

• X is adding crypto buy/sell buttons

• Oil falls on increased hopes that the Strait of Hormuz may reopen

• Pump Fun records highest single day revenue since September 2025

• ETH ETFs record $179M of daily inflows

• Bitwise launches tokenized stock portfolios

• 70% chance that Anthropic releases new Mythos model in the next 2 weeks

• Revolut announces Euro-backed stablecoin EURR

• Thailand’s SEC looks to establish BTC and ETH ETF guidelines

• Bitcoin payments in El Salvador have dried up with customers preferring fiat once again

• OpenAI claims its new chips outperform NVIDIA during internal testing

As we said in the last post, Bitcoin’s bitcoin continued into the 80k’s. This is a super exciting stage of Crypto right now as tokens like Solana and Hyperliquid look awesome. Solana finally breaks out from the months of bleeding, while Hyperliquid gets mentioned by Trump, makes a new high and potentially enters US markets soon. I’m really bullish, looking for Hyperliquid to go to 100$ by catching up to Solana. Those are my main plays right now.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Wednesday August 18 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29420 (-0.2%) | Gold $4490 (3.35%) | BTC $67900 (5.5%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: A $2bn Answer to a $40tn Problem

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Equities reversed a weak pre-market to trade higher following an unscheduled Treasury announcement. Overnight, S&P 500 futures were down approximately 0.5% and Nasdaq 100 futures weaker by more than 1%, driven by a global rise in government bond yields with the US 10-year moving toward the 4.70–4.75% range. Post-announcement, the S&P 500 gained 0.43% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.25%.

2. President Trump stated there are no ongoing talks with Iran and none scheduled, nearly six months into the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran. Separately, he paused plans to impose 50% tariffs on certain Canadian imports late Tuesday, shortly before they were due to take effect. Energy margins remain extreme: the US diesel crack reached a record $102.20/bbl on 17 August, with Valero’s Q2 adjusted refining operating income at $4.44bn versus $1.27bn a year earlier

3. Minutes from the July meeting release at 14:00 ET (22:00 GST), documenting the 9–3 vote and the first three-way same-direction dissent since September 2016. Note the context has shifted materially since that meeting, July CPI at 3.4% year-on-year remains well above target with Hormuz still constraining oil flows, so the minutes read as a hawkish artefact of a repriced world

What to expect

Overall: The structural tension is now explicit rather than latent. Rodda at Capital.com frames it precisely: government spending and the AI investment boom are competing for resources, creating scarcity, inflationary risk and a higher cost of capital, with earnings recycled into further borrowing and investment in a feedback loop producing structurally higher yields. That is the bear case for this index stated in its strongest form, the same capex intensity that generates the earnings is what raises the discount rate applied to them.

Today’s action is consistent with it. The index is underperforming a broadly positive tape; the advance is led by a biotech single-stock event unrelated to the index’s composition; semiconductors are lower despite yields falling nine basis points. When long-end relief fails to lift the most duration-sensitive complex, the marginal seller is not rate-driven.

Expectation: roughly neutral with a bearish bias

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• SEC issues crypto regulatory proposal with provisions to allow companies to sell tokens to retail investors and hence Bitcoin remains untouched as a pure commodity

• Bitcoin briefly breaks $68K while equities pull back, South Korea’s KOSPI triggers circuit breakers as it falls 6%

• White House to host crypto summit today

• Pennsylvania Governor removes all AI data centers from fast track approval process

• Claude is now designing proteins and automating chemistry research

• OpenAI halts reinforcement learning on its frontier models

• Metaplanet to launch Bitcoin DAT in United States

• Unitree robotics surges over 600% on IPO day

• Nike collapses to lowest level since 2014

We finally got the breakout we’ve been waiting months for towards the upside. I think we retrace slightly coming into Friday and follow the continuation of Bitcoin into the 70ks on Sunday. I will look to enter positions on the weekend.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 17th August 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29999 (-0.2%) | Gold $4430 (0.95%) | BTC $64400 (2.5%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad, Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: US Equities Mark Time as Growth Risk Displaces Policy Risk

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. US equities are marginally lower on light volume. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened down 0.3% and is currently off 158 points; the S&P 500 is down 0.10% at 7,778; the Nasdaq Composite is fractionally higher. The S&P has gained 4.50% over the past month and 20.60% year-on-year, and enters the week following a third consecutive weekly advance. Bloomberg attributes the indecision in both equities and fixed income to renewed Middle East hostilities and associated escalation risk.

2. The consumer datapoint from last week represents the material change in the outlook. July retail sales declined 0.6% month-on-month against a consensus of +0.1%, the first contraction in nine months and the steepest in fourteen, following an unrevised +0.2% in June. Year-on-year growth remains +5.0%. The University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index fell approximately 8% to 51, ending a two-month improving trend.

3. Home Depot, Target, Lowe’s and Walmart report this week; following the retail sales contraction, these calls will determine whether consumer weakness is broad-based or a calendar artefact. FOMC minutes from the 28–29 July meeting publish Wednesday 19 August, documenting the first three-way same-direction dissent since September 2016. The second estimate of Q2 GDP (advance: 1.5% annualised) and Nvidia’s fiscal Q2 results (17:00 ET) both fall on 26 August, with the Jackson Hole symposium 27–29 August. Today’s only scheduled release of note is the NAHB Housing Market Index.

What to expect

Overall: Near-term positioning: mildly constructive into Wednesday, on the basis that the July minutes are backward-looking relative to subsequent data and that hawkish content is substantially discounted. The material event risk is the 26 August pairing of Nvidia results and the Q2 GDP revision, immediately followed by Jackson Hole. At three units, today does not warrant engagement; the decision of consequence is exposure into 26 August, and the preference is flat rather than long a single-narrative index.

Expectation: roughly neutral with a bullish bias

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Odds of an Iran/US nuclear deal collapse as US discussing using nuclear weapons against Iran

• S&P 500 is trading at all time highs in premarket trading

• UBS gives $210 price target on SPCX as 65% odds SpaceX and Tesla merge

• Anthropic revenue jumps to over $11.5B for Q2- CEO Amodei believe AI will cure most human diseases in 5-10 years

• Coinbase Bitcoin premium index hits a record 90-day negative streak

• CBOE seeks approval for 3x BTC and ETH ETFs

• PayPal rejects $53B buyout offer from Stripe

• JP warns of global food shortage as soon as next year

• XRP whale inflows hit 2021 low

• Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading in 2027

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 7th August 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29430 (0.2%) | Gold $4270 (0.70%) | BTC $64300 (0.02%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: 83,000 reasons the FED isn’t done, Payrolls day with no golden answer

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The main event is the July employment report at 8:30am ET (4:30pm GST). This is the first major data point since the Fed’s 9-3 hold on 29 July, its most divided decision since 2016. Consensus is soft: FactSet’s median is 97,500 payrolls with a range of 65,000 to 130,000, and 4.2% unemployment. Kiplinger’s survey of economists puts it at 85,000; Barclays is at 100,000. Continuum is an outlier at 120,000, with unemployment rising to 4.3% and average hourly earnings +0.3%.

2. The lead-in data has been genuinely contradictory. Jobless claims for the week ended 1 August came in at 199,000 versus 204,000 expected, and at one point in July the weekly number hit its lowest since 1969. But ADP showed only 44,000 private jobs added in July against a 75,000 consensus, and JOLTS openings were little changed in June. Challenger announced job cuts fell to 33,429 in July from 45,849 in June, 46% below a year ago and the lowest in two years, while the ISM manufacturing employment index moved into expansion for the first time in 33 months.

3. Fed funds futures currently imply only one hike in the remainder of 2026, but if the labour market sounds the all-clear, BofA’s Bhave argues the Fed could go as many as three times. A soft number lets markets lean further into the hold; an upside surprise makes the Hammack/Kashkari/Logan dissent much harder to dismiss into 15–16 September. The asymmetry runs against equities either way, strong jobs means hikes, weak jobs means slowdown on top of a 1.5% Q2 GDP print. The only clean bullish outcome is a Goldilocks number near consensus with soft wage growth

What to expect

Overall: Consistent with what I said last week: the setup still favours patience over conviction. Tom Lee is calling for a chase toward 7,900–8,000 on the S&P this month. That’s the bull case in its strongest form, and it’s a flow argument, not a fundamentals one. Against it: two down days into the print, oil re-accelerating on geopolitics, and single-stock guidance getting hammered. At 3 units (~$3/point), a payrolls print is exactly the event where 3-sigma intraday moves happen , 8:30am ET is 4:30pm GST, an hour before the cash open, so you’d take the futures gap without the liquidity to manage it. If you’re not already positioned, sitting out the first 30 minutes costs you very little and removes the worst of the slippage risk.

Expectation: roughly neutral with a bearish bias

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness fund invests $400M in a private company

• SanDisk falls over 10% despite beating earnings

• Nikita Bier steps down from product lead at X

• Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $626M of net inflows so far this week

• Dormant BTC movement surges after Cold Card exploit

• Meta launches Muse ai coding agent

• XCopy’s “Bad Flavour” sells for 280 ETH

As continued with last week, we are consolidating between the range we are currently in. I would advise actively trading Cryptocurrency Macros till we see clearer structure.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Friday 31th July 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $28250 (0.4%) | Gold $4050 (-1.35%) | BTC $63300 (-2.5%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad, Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Amazon carries the market while Apple bleeds, what’s next to come?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The dispersion is where the money is. Amazon is +13% after an earnings beat and expansion in its chip business, while Apple is -9% on short Services and China revenue. AWS delivered its fastest cloud growth in 18 quarters; Apple’s drop is guidance-driven. Coinbase is down nearly 14% on a wider-than-expected Q2 net loss and a revenue miss. Microsoft is up another 2.6% on top of Thursday’s move.

2. Oil has turned back up. WTI +1.9% to $85.15 and Brent +1.3% to $90.15 after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it struck two tankers transiting Hormuz under US air escort and forced four others to turn back, and claimed drone strikes on US positions. Monday’s de-escalation trade is unwinding.

3. Markets price roughly a 57% chance of a 25bp hike in September. The next FOMC is 15–16 September, with Warsh speaking at Jackson Hole 27–29 August, that speech is now the single largest scheduled catalyst on the calendar, since Warsh has removed forward guidance and Jackson Hole is his only pre-meeting venue. Payrolls land Friday 7 August; ISM manufacturing Monday. Bank of America expects repeated hikes to 4.25–4.50% before year-end. a genuinely out-of-consensus call worth tracking against the futures strip.

What to expect

Overall: Your macro catalyst risk drops sharply next week, no FOMC, no CPI until 12 August but the structural risk rose. The index is being carried by two names (AMZN, MSFT) against a 9% drag from the largest weight (AAPL), which is the definition of narrow leadership. The Kospi/SK Hynix +18% move is a memory-pricing signal, not a broad AI-demand signal, and it can reverse just as fast. The real threat is rates: a 30-year at 5.22% with a steepening curve compresses long-duration multiples regardless of earnings quality, and Hormuz is live again with oil back up. At 3 units (~$3/point), the Nasdaq sitting ~9–10% off its June high means you’re trading inside a corrective structure, not a trend, position accordingly.

Expectation: cautiously bearish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• The S&P 500 gains over 1.6% today as over $1.1T gets added to the US market today.

• Microsoft closed up 15.5% in its best day since 2008.

• US Q2 GDP rises by 1.5%, missing forecasts whereas June PCE inflation hits expectations as it falls to 3.7%.

• Leopold Aschenbrenner “capitulates” and and sells his public stock holdings to Citadel

• OpenAI slashes GPT-5.6 Luna prices 80%, trims GPT-5.6 Terra prices 20% to $2 per million tokens

• Chip stocks surge as Sandisk soars 26% whereas SK Hynix and Samsung gain over 20%

Bitcoin got hit hard today, nearly giving that “double top structure”. I feel like over the next month or so, we are going to consolidate between the range we are currently in. I would advise actively trading till we see clearer structure.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 27th June 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $28077 (-0.2%) | Gold $4080 (0.75%) | BTC $65000 (-0.5%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: US and Iran pause, Fed in 48 hours what does this mean for the market?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The dominant story is the US–Iran pause. Washington suspended its 13-night airstrike campaign to allow room for diplomacy, and a senior Iranian official confirmed Tehran would halt retaliatory strikes as long as the pause holds. Brent fell 8.2% to about $90.28,after having risen 22% over the past month, and at one point was down 7.4% before paring roughly half the loss. WTI is off around 7.5%. That’s an enormous unwind: Brent traded above $100 on Thursday, its third-largest monthly gain in a decade.

2. Wednesday 29th, 2:00pm ET : FOMC statement, Warsh presser 2:30pm. No SEP this meeting, so the statement and press conference carry the entire repricing burden. Nine of 19 officials penciled a 2026 hike in June, so expect dissents either way. The sell-side read is that Warsh uses this meeting to tee up September rather than move now , and Warsh has abandoned forward guidance, which mechanically widens the distribution of outcomes around 2:00pm.

What to expect

Overall: Markets fell low completely the entire of last week, via failed attempts of President Trump to pump the market again after the severity of the war erupted. With markets down and equities down the market is looking at a rebound phase following this sharp decline. Over this whole of July markets have fallen week on week on suggesting a bigger downfall to come according to technicals, however with a Fed decision coming in 48 hours expect the markets to be cautiously neutral as investors wait for the decision. Overall markets are showing weaknesses and with Oil up i don’t see the markets fundamentally going any higher, however still expect a bullish rebound as upcoming news is the primary indicator on the direction of the market.

Expectation: upwards neutral

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Equity futures surge as US and Iran halt strikes, Brent crude falls 7%

• Nvidia is in talks to guarantee $250B in financing for OpenAI’s 10GW Ohio data center, also discusses $350B more so OpenAI can buy its chips for the site

• Storj Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after raising $35M

• Ethereum ETFs record $104M in weekly inflows, topping BTC ETFs and extending their 3 week inflow streak

• Robinhood chain does 3.2X Base’s 24H app revenue — PONS Robinhood token launchpad captures ~69% of daily token deployments and hits new ATH

Cryptocurrency right now is slowly grinding up for the last few weeks. A strong move up for stocks could help Crypto finally get a strong move up. Im currently going off-risk with Bitcoin and alts as another hit to stocks could crash Bitcoin below 60k.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 22th June , 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $30300 (0.2%) | Gold $4200 (0.85%) | BTC $64500 (2%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: War peace deals fall out as strikes continue, what does this mean for the market?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. US-Iran diplomacy. The dominant theme. Iran said there has been “encouraging progress” in peace talks with the US in Switzerland and agreed to a roadmap for a final deal within 60 days. Brent crude dropped about 1.7% toward $79 a barrel as negotiators agreed on the roadmap, with the broader hope being restored regional energy supply. The Strait of Hormuz reopening last week is part of the same easing

2. The drag is concentrated in the mega-cap AI names. Alphabet sank around 10% while Palantir, Amazon, and Meta fell roughly 4% on concerns over soaring AI capex. AI hyperscalers (Amazon, Oracle, Meta) extended their underperformance, dropping over 2% each. Given NDX’s top-weight concentration, this hyperscaler capex anxiety is doing most of the heavy lifting on the index versus the equal-weight tape.

What to expect

Overall: Markets opened high eventually crashing down mid day as U.S. Warned Iran that problems will arise if they continue threatening Israel due to constant attacks on Lebanon. This breaking of the somewhat peace treaty made last week has established the weaknesses in agreements which could decrease the impact of further negotiations on the market. Overall technical wise indexes are trading at high prices however expected to drop due to uncertainty, but with conflict slowly easing markets could rise slowly this week.

Expectation: cautiously bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Iran announces closure of Strait of Hormuz over conflict in Lebanon

• Trump threatens to “hit Iran very hard again” if they continue Lebanon proxy battles, Iranian negotiating delegation in Switzerland walks out due to Trump’s threats

• Strategy buys 520BTC and adds $300M to cash reserve

• SpaceX falls to $176 in premarket trading

• Tether winds down aUSDT gold-backed stablecoin due to lack of demand

• Bank of England publishes final stablecoin policy framework

• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially steps down

• Japanese AI lab claims their Fugu Ultra model matches the performance of Fable and Mythos

• Tesla files trademark for “MEGAPOD” modular AI data center

Crypto is in a very interesting position right now with Bitcoin continuing to move sideways. For now, I am staying away from actively trading this week and want to see some more confirmation to the upside first.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 15th June , 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $30500 (3.00%) | Gold $4330 (3.35%) | BTC $67300 (2%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Markets open high, is it peace or false hope?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Big risk-on move. US stocks surged Monday and oil prices sank after a breakthrough US-Iran deal to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Nasdaq Composite led gains soaring nearly 3%, S&P 500 jumped 1.8%, Dow climbed 1.3%. US crude fell to around $80, Treasury yields dropped as bets on Fed rate hikes receded, and the dollar weakened against most major currencies.

2. FOMC rate decision on Wednesday will be a huge factor moving the market, there is no target price for the new FED so the movement is completely dot point

What to expect

Overall: Friday markets closed high, with the opening on Monday being even higher which suggests a bullish run. President Trump wants to keep the market bullish for the world cup and plans on keeping peace for the equilibrium of the market. Wednesday’s decision will be a big mover on how the market will move however until then the market technical wise is bullish.

Expectation: bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• US/Iran peace deal to be signed on Friday while European countries prepare to lift sanctions on Iran following a peace deal with the US. Peace deal details include a 60 day negotiation period

• Bitcoin reclaims $67K and US equities markets gain 1-2% in premarket on the back of peace in Iran

• BTC and ETH ETFs have 5th straight week of net outflows

• Kevin Warsh will chair his first FOMC this Wednesday

• Fox acquires Roku for $160 per share cash and stock deal

• Japan advances bill to reclassify crypto & cut tax to 20%.

From our last post, we were relatively bullish with an optimistic trump and it paid off. Hype nearly back at 70$, I believe there should be enough momentum for it to break all time high again. Bitcoin also reclaiming 67k, should re enter low 70k later this week.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 8th June 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29450 (2.37%) | Gold $4330 (0.35%) | BTC $63300 (0.1%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: War looms again… what does this mean for the markets?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Chip rebound is leading the indices higher. S&P 500 up 1.00%, Nasdaq +1.71%, courtesy of a turnaround in semiconductors. This is the unwind of Friday’s Broadcom-driven panic. Buyers stepped in at support.

2. Israel launched airstrikes on villages in southern Lebanon, sirens sounded in northern Israel amid cross-border exchanges with Iran-backed Hezbollah, and Iran warned of “far more severe and crushing measures” if aggressions continue. The market is shrugging it off so far, but this is your gap-risk overnight.

3. Tim Cook’s last as CEO. Apple is hosting its Worldwide Developers Conference today, serving as a reboot of Apple’s AI strategy, which has lagged competitors. Biggest expected news: the debut of the long-delayed, AI-infused version of Siri. AAPL is a top-5 NDX weight , any reaction here moves the index directly.

4. CPI on Wednesday is the week’s main event. May CPI and core CPI release on June 10, plus Oracle earnings the same day. After Friday’s hot NFP, this print is now make-or-break for the Fed rate-cut narrative. A hot CPI equals tech gets hit again. A cool one equals green light to retest highs.

What to expect

Overall: Markets responding back to Friday’s sell off, in a bullish manner. Indexes such as the Nasdaq100 have been able to retaliate back after a huge sell off due to Nvidia and Apple gains. The rebound is looking firm and strong if Indexes close on a higher highs.

Expectation: bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Iran fires missiles at Israel then halts offensive operatoins

• Bitcoin wicks below $60K before recovering — Spot BTC ETFs post 2nd largest weekly outflows

• Nasdaq is up over 1% in premarket trading this morning

• SpaceX IPO goes live this Friday

• Strategy purchases $101M worth of Bitcoin at a $65K average price

• Strategy and Bitmine face 11-figure unrealized losses on ETH and BTC

• Gold falls below 200 day moving average for first time since 2023

• Hyperliquid’s aggregate perp share vs CEXs hits ATH over 8%, Daily revenue surpasses $20M for the first time in 4 months

• Bitcoin miner Hut8 announces $4.25B raise to fund Texas datacenter

• SpaceX signs $920M monthly AI compute deal with Google

Crypto rebounded today yet it still looks very bearish still. Expecting a liquidity suck by Friday from the SpaceX IPO. Hyperliquid still looks like my main winner in Cryptocurrency rather than ETH and BTC.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Friday 29th May , 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $30300 (0.26%) | Gold $4560 (-0.2%) | BTC $74250 (0.8%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Another all time high?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. All three major indexes hit fresh all-time intraday highs today. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each up 0.3%, while the Dow is up about 312 points (0.6%). The S&P 500 is on pace for its ninth consecutive weekly gain , the longest such streak since 2023, a feat matched only a handful of times since 1985. Markets have in general been heavily bullish during this week, which expects to reach even higher highs.

2. Reports indicate the US and Iran have agreed to a 60 day memorandum extending the ongoing ceasefire and beginning the process of restoring vessel flows through the Strait of Hormuz, though President Trump has not yet signed off. Energy prices and bond yields pulled back on the news, providing broad support to equities. Brent crude fell to $92/barrel, on track for its worst monthly performance since 2020. The US and Iran war’s end is looming closer and closer, we have yet to see what occurs in the next few trading days.

3. Dell Technologies is the big winner today, surging 29 - 33% after beating Q1 estimates on both top and bottom lines and raising full year guidance, driven by demand for AI servers. Micron and Qualcomm are also up 4% and 3% respectively. Microsoft gained 3% and Oracle rose over 6%, with AI software stocks broadly supported by a new investment round in Anthropic

What to expect

Overall: Markets have been rising this whole week, and are expected to rise to higher highs as weeks come by. The overall trend for this week has been bullish and is expected to be bullish for the next following week. Play close attention to indexes and employment reports coming next Friday.

Expectation: bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Robinhood enables AI trading for stocks and crypto

• Iran releases details of MOU with US to end conflict and US shoots down Iranian drones

• FBI arrests CIA official after finding $40M worth of gold bars in his home

• Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 open interest hits new ATH

• Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

• CFTC backs Gemini in their Motion for Relief from Judgement

• Bitcoin perpetuals accepted to be traded in USA Today.

In terms of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin has been looking really ugly compared to trade-fi over the last month. While S&P500 breaks all time high today, Bitcoin undercovers new lows. Currently, I am only interested in looking at HYPE and potential shorts for Bitcoin. Hype looks really attractive to go far as it is totally decoupling from Bitcoin while being featured on Bloomberg IPOs and being bull-mentioned by ICE’s CEO.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Wednesday 13th May 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29400 (1.31%) | Gold $4700 (-0.5%) | BTC $79500 (-1.3%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: HOT cpi, yet markets go up?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The S&P 500 hit a new all-time intraday high despite hot inflation data, closing up 0.7%. The Nasdaq added 1.4% led by tech megacaps, while the Dow shed roughly 86 points.

2. Hot Wholesale Inflation (PPI) Wholesale prices surged in April as the producer price index surpassed expectations for a 0.5% increase, following yesterday’s hotter-than-expected CPI print. YoY headline CPI rose 3.8% in April vs. 3.7% consensus, with core CPI at 2.8% , well above the Fed’s 2% target , driving the CME FedWatch tool to show roughly a 30% probability the Fed may actually raise rates again this year rather than cut.

3. Trump–Xi Summit Backdrop Trump landed in Beijing today with a delegation including Elon Musk and Jensen Huang, he meets Xi Jinping on Thursday, with a welcome ceremony, Temple of Heaven tour, and state banquet scheduled. This is fueling the chip rally: Nvidia gained more than 2%, Micron rose more than 3%, and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF advanced 2%

What to expect

Overall: Markets dropped significant points after Hot cpi came in yesterday, however the market quickly recovered mid trading day, digesting the cpi quickly as PPI today came in strong. The markets optimism is beyond what we have seen before in past years. Suggesting that markets are heavily likely to keep rising even with Oil prices rising and war still prevailing.

Expectation: neutral

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• US CPI inflation rises above estimates to 3.8%, its highest level since May 2023

• Kevin Warsh is confirmed by Congress as next Fed Reserve Governor

• Trump travels to China with an all-star cast of US tech CEOs

• Iran’s capital experiences 9 earthquakes overnight

• The CLARITY Act receives over 100 amendments ahead of its markup session tomorrow

• Anthropic is in talks to raise $30B at a $900B valuation

• Ebay rejects Gamestop’s purchase bid

• Starknet launches privacy-shielded zkBTC

• JP Morgan launches a second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum

• Google in talks with SpaceX to launch data centers in space and release “Googlebook” laptop designed to integrate seamlessly with Gemini

In terms of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin has been retracing holding the 79-80k mark while stocks continue rising. I think this is manipulation to misprice Bitcoin versus stocks and that Thursday should turn out green. BTC has been holding this level very well so I expect it to hold.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 11th May 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $29350 (0.4%) | Gold $4730 (0.35%) | BTC $82300 (0.5%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: US deny Iran’s deal what’s next?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. US-Iran War & Oil Surge . Trump rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal, calling it “totally unacceptable,” causing oil to surge , Brent crude advanced as much as 3.5% to ~$104.80/barrel, while WTI climbed near $99. The near-halt of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is reigniting worries about energy disruptions that would fuel inflation, and Treasury yields rose as markets have priced out the odds of Fed rate cuts this year.

2. AI & Chip Rally Holding the Market Up, The Nasdaq continued outperforming broader markets thanks to sustained buying in semiconductor and AI-linked companies, with gains in firms like Nvidia and Micron helping offset weakness in large-cap tech names. After a huge earning week, tech companies and semiconductor companies reported bullish reports, leading to a significant increase in share price; the Nasdaq100 followed by rising uncontrollably.

What to expect

Overall: Markets have been heavily bullish due to earnings shaking the market, even with Oil surging indices such as the Nasdaq100 seem unaffected and keep rising. A dip is needed to correct the linear bullish run by the Nasdaq100 and other indices, as earning season comes to a close and investors digest the bull rush a dip is needed to maintain the higher highs of the markets, they are currently performing under huge optimism and fragile optimism by President Trump as he favours the state of the stock market regularly through his weekly talks. However a dip at this state of the market is revered and not confirmed as technicals confirm a bullish run but macro indicators oppose, emphasising an unpredictable market.

Expectation: neutral

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Oil prices surge as Trump calls Iran’s latest peace proposal “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE”

• Putin says Ukraine conflict may be coming to an end

• Senate banking committee schedules a markup to the CLARITY Act this Thursday

• Circle raises $222M at a $3B valuation in ARC token presale led by Blackrock and Apollo

• Experian reports that 40% of the 5,000 data breaches it serviced in 2025 were AI-powered

• Crypto ETFs record their 6th straight week of inflows- Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin trust has recorded net inflows every day

• SUI gains over 35% on the week following their exhibition at Consensus Miami

Bitcoin has been holding 80k very well. I believe the month of May will be very bullish for Cryptocurrencies. Altcoins looked very bottomed with many already beginning such as $SOL and $SUI. Tokenized stocks on blockchains have also been very successful recently by being able to trade after-hours and utilise leverage. I believe tomorrow will be green for Crypto trying to reach 83-84k.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 4th May, 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $24700 (-0.4%) | Gold $4860 (-3.5%) | BTC $72300 (-2%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Rising conflicts again, US and Iran unable to make a deal?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The selloff is centred on renewed US-Iran conflict. The UAE said it intercepted multiple missiles fired from Iran , the first activation of its missile alert system since the US-Iran ceasefire began last month. The UAE reported Iranian strikes against the major oil export terminal of Fujairah and several ships around the Strait of Hormuz, including an ADNOC oil carrier. This caused a selloff for US stocks mid trading day, sparking tensions on the revival of war. This follows President Trump’s announcement of “Project Freedom” on Sunday, saying the US would guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz through a narrow route in Omani waters.

2. today’s After-hours earnings from Palantir, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Tyson Foods tonight; AMD tomorrow. Markets are watching whether Strait of Hormuz tensions push oil higher and whether AI capex spending continues to beat expectations, the five largest hyperscalers are now expected to spend $751 billion in capex in 2026, up 83% from 2025. The rising tensions has led to rising oil seen in Brent crude as it rose more than 5% to near $114/barrel, after cresting $126 last Thursday.

What to expect

Overall: Markets today have been heavily rigid and have responded accordingly to rising war tensions , with a sharp decline in stocks after the first hour of trading as an attempt to digest tensions. With markets reaching all time highs the past week even with Oil peaking at $126 per barrel , markets were not affected at all by this heavy bearish indicator suggesting the markets have risen purely based on fragility and optimism that the conflict is settling, however with Iran and the US unable to come to an agreement after several weeks of the ceasefire foreshadowed the eventual continuation of the conflict.

Expectation: neutral/ short term bearish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Bitcoin crosses $80K before pulling back

• US aims to help ships cross the Strait of Hormuz — Iran claims it has attacked a US warship causing oil futures to spike 4% — US denies claims

• Three people on a cruise ship in the Atlantic die from Hantavirus

• Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 event contracts go live and trade over $6M of volume on day 1 — Over $17M worth of HYPE tokens unlock today

• 20% of S&P 500 companies are posting earnings this week

• Banks and crypto companies reach compromise on stablecoin yield in CLARITY Act

• Spirit airlines shuts down

• NYSE files rule change to enable tokenized security trading

• GameStop offers to buy Ebay at $125 per share

• ZCash flips Solana in Hyperliquid volume as ZEC gains 15% on the week

• Morgan Stanley advises clients to hold 2-4% of their portfolio in Bitcoin

• ZachXBT attacks Tokenlon claiming the majority of their volume comes from crypto scams

• A number of older Solana memecoins including TROLL, GIGA, and WOJAK all pump 50% on the day — BELIEVE gains over 100%

• Two hoodie Cryptopunks sell for a combined $750K

• Art Blocks collection Gift of Time runs to over 1 ETH after minting for 0.02 ETH

BTC finally hit the 80k barrier and instantly retraced. I think it will pullback slightly and if we get hopeful ceasefire hope, will break further into the 84ks.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Friday May 1st, 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $27700 (1%) | Gold $4619 (-0.03%) | BTC $78550 (3%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Trump not happy with Iran talks and states a deal may not take place, whats next?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Oil held its second weekly gain as President Trump said he was sticking with a naval blockade of Iranian ports, elevating concerns the Strait of Hormuz won’t reopen soon. Brent rose above $111/barrel, with WTI near $105 , up 12% on the week. However, oil prices pulled back on Friday after Iran reportedly sent a new response through Pakistani mediators on a potential peace deal, however with Oil so high the markets have still showed strong resilience against any bearish indicators. Trump said he is not satisfied with Iran’s latest proposal, adding that he is not sure “we’re going to get to a deal” to end the war. The comments came as Tehran sent new proposals via mediator Pakistan.

2. Apple shares climbed over 4% after the company posted a fiscal Q2 earnings and revenue beat. Its revenue outlook for the current quarter was also better than expected, overshadowing a miss in iPhone revenue for the second time in three quarters

What to expect

Overall: Markets today have been heavily rigid and bullish, with bulls consistently attempting to push it higher with the fragile optimism of the strait opening again, however with discussions of military threats to Iran, Oil has stayed high for the 2nd week in a row giving traders a sense of confusion and doubt on whether the war is ending, however indices rise up over small fragile sugarcoats from President Trump on the situation, inevitably leading to a further bullish market with little to no room for a bearish sweep, however still possible but unlikely.

Expectation: neutral/ short term bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• S&P hits new all time high over $7200

• Google adds $420B market cap after beating earnings and is now trading just 6% away from NVIDIA

• META closes down 9% in its biggest daily drawdown since October 2025

• AAPL pumps after beating earnings before pulling back in premarket trading

• US GDP comes in below estimates at 2% — US national debt surpasses GDP for first time since WW2

• PCE inflation comes in at 3.5%, the highest level since August 2023

• The NSA is using Anthropic’s Mythos model to find flaws in Microsoft’s software

• Anthropic releases Claude Security beta for enterprise customers

• Hundreds of dormant EVM wallets get exploited by unknown hack

• Solana prints its 7th straight red monthly candle

• $645M was stolen from DEFI over 28 incidents in April

• US seizes $450M worth of Iranian crypto

• Japan’s JPX exchange group targets 2027 for crypto ETFs

• PayPal adds crypto as one of its 3 core segments

• Crypto card spending hits new monthly high over $600M

• Gemini secures CFTC approval allowing the exchange to act as a clearinghouse for derivatives

• US Secretary of War states he has been an enthusiast of Bitcoin and it can be used to project power

• Bitmine stakes another $500M worth of ETH and now holds over 10% of the staked supply

• The FBI arrest 276 individuals and dismantles 9 crypto fraud centers that targeted Americans

• Polymarket partners with Chainalysis to combat insider trading — Senate unanimously passes resolution banning members from prediction market trading

• World Liberty Financial launches vote to unlock WLFI tokens

• Ansem and Faze Banks collab for weekly livestream

Bitcoin is nearing the 80k barrier once again after slightly retracing into the 75k area. Potentially bullish if US equities continue and it can reach large liquidity levels above 80k. Continuing with the same bias over the last 2 weeks which have been working.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 27nd April, 2026.

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NASDAQ $27290 (-0.2%) | Gold $4690 (-0.56%) | BTC $76850 (-2.3%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad , Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Iran stall peace talks, talks of strait opening keep investors optimistic

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Iran Peace Talks have been Stalled Again The US continues to demand a 10-year suspension of uranium enrichment which directly caused the meetings in Islamabad to inevitably fail as Trump demanded his people to not go to Islamabad for any further talks. Oil is surging as a result, with Brent crude climbing near $107/barrel and WTI above $95, raising inflation concerns and reducing expectations of near-term rate cuts.

2. Microsoft Ends Exclusive OpenAI Partnership Microsoft announced its exclusive partnership with OpenAI is ending, causing a significant shift in the AI landscape heading into a week where Microsoft reports earnings on Wednesday. With Microsoft ending their OpenAI partnership it opens the question to how well will OpenAI IPO perform.

What to expect

Overall: Markets today have been heavily volatile, with bulls consistently attempting to push it higher with the fragile optimism of the strait opening again, however the strait is likely to open with a fee which in the long run leads to oil prices staying high for a longer period of time which is bearish for the markets. Markets are heavily overbought these past few weeks so I expect a correction to come by this week, but with huge tech earnings coming this could reverse and lead to a longer bullish run, confirming the reversal of the trend.

Expectation: neutral/ short term bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• BTC approached 80k overnight before crashing — Polymarket shows 42% chance of hitting 100K this year

• Gunman opens fire at White House Correspondent’s Dinner

• Iran gives US a new deal proposal to end conflict and reopen Strait of Hormuz

• Kelp Dao exploit recovery fund reaches sufficient a level to completely back rsETH

• Strategy purchases $255M worth of Bitcoin at an average price of $77,906

• Litecoin experiences exploit that requires 3 hour chain rewrite

• Total value hacked crosses $625M for April

• Crypto total market cap adds $310B over last month

• BTC ETFs post $824M of net inflows

• Goldman Sachs bull case predicts $200K Bitcoin in 2026

• Trump says big banks won’t derail the CLARITY Act

• X Money due to release this month

Bitcoin indeed, as I said, really struggled around that 80k barrier and dropped significantly. Im looking to see if we can get more upwards slow-grind momentum to continue moving but geopolitical tensions and stalls are really affecting prices.

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NASDAQ $27270 (1.8%) | Gold $4720 (0.6%) | BTC $77500 (-0.5%)

Writer: Rayan Ahmad, Sparsh Sultania

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Earnings, Israel and Lebanon ceasefire extended, deathtrap for bulls?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The S&P 500 rose after investors were given a hopeful sign that peace talks between the U.S and Iran would soon take place in Pakistan, a Pakistani official indicated that Iran’s Foreign Minister is expected to arrive in Islamabad to discuss a possible second round of negotiations with the U.S. Oil prices pulled back on the news, with Brent above $104. Upcoming peace talks and extended ceasefire have been heavy bullish catalysts for the market, however analysts say this could be a bull trap and a major set back could occur.

2. Intel surged more than 19% in extended trading after beating first-quarter earnings expectations and delivering a strong outlook. Sentiment was further lifted after Tesla CEO Elon Musk indicated his company could spend roughly $3 billion with Intel for its chip fabrication capabilities. The semiconductor sector is booming, acting as a large catalyst in the bull runs for the market today and the whole week.

What to expect

Overall: Markets this week have been heavily bullish, relying on geopolitical headlines which have been in favour each time. However many analysts fear a bigger recession may occur soon, with markets being heavily overbought over the past 2 weeks with no sign of slowing down suggests a false run and a bigger sweep to come, however as long as headlines are positive for the war coming to a close, markets will stay bullish falsifying any bearish macro drivers. This weekend will be full of surprises and we will see what occurs with the war and whether we will be moving forward or not.

Expectation: neutral / short term bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Intel gains 20% in after hours trading following their earnings report beat

• US arrests special forces soldier after he profited $400k betting on Maduro’s removal on prediction markets

• Bitcoin ETFs extend their 8 day streak after notching $223M of net inflows yesterday

• Believe founder Ben Pasternak is facing assault and strangulation charges

• OpenAI launches GPT 5.5

• MARKETS BREAK ALL TIME HIGH AGAIN!

Crypto has been really struggling around this large 80k sell barrier. There is a large amount of open shorts and a lot of liquidations in the area between 80-100k. I believe in this case that the ceasefire remains closed, Bitcoin should break this barrier next week. It will likely consolidate and chop across the weekends till Sunday.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Wednesday 22nd April, 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $26883 (1.2%) | Gold $4740 (0.35%) | BTC $78700 (3%)

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Iran ceasefire extended, what does this mean for the markets?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. US equity futures climbed, as Trump announced the extension of the ceasefire with Iran which spurred cautious optimism. S&P 500 futures gained 0.5% and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.7% on pure optimism on the slow relief of geopolitical tensions. The market has been swinging on every ceasefire headline in the past 2 weeks, however skepticism on the fragility of the ceasefire is predominant again due to President Trump’s constant claims against Iran every single day.

2. UnitedHealth surged over 9% after delivering strong results, while Amazon rose over 1% after pledging to invest over $20 billion in Anthropic. Boeing also beat expectations significantly. Earnings season is broadly supportive of the market right now.

What to expect

Overall: Markets have been a mix in the past few days, with lows and highs pushing towards a more bearish trend, however this bearish trend has been falsified by the ceasefire extension which spurred optimism in markets supporting their rise of 1% today. However if we look at the bigger picture, the US seem to be very careful with their decisions as Iran claims that the blockade of the strait is an act of war against them invalidating the ceasefire, and keeping oil prices high which is overall bearish for the market. With all this in mind, the markets primarily have been moving through headlines and not macro indicators hence a trend reversal is in place.

Expectation: neutral/ short term bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• Bitcoin reclaims $78K as Trump extends cease fire indefinitely as Iran decides not to attend peace talks in Pakistan and JD Vance delays his trip

• Justin Sun sues World Liberty Financial over frozen tokens and vote stripping

• Polymarket and Kalshi announce 24/7 perps trading

• AAVE outflows balloon to $15B following the Kelp Dao hack

• Alibaba and Tencent look to invest in Deep Seek at a $20B valuation

• X adds Grok-powered custom timelines — SpaceX and Cursor lock in deal that could let SpaceX acquire the coding platform for $60B

• Whalecoin airdrops tokens to top holders of different memecoins

• Anthropic’s new Mythos model is being accessed by unauthorized users, Tests removing Claude Code from the $20 subscription tier

• Amazon launches GLP-1 program

• USDAI’s CHIP token surges over $600M market cap after launching last week

• Yuga Labs launches Grails OTC connecting buyers and sellers of rare BAYC ecosystem assets

As we said last week, Bitcoin was heading to the high 70s or mid 80s and we are correctly there now. Bitcoin looks really strong here at 79k and I think if it breaks through the 80k sell barrier, we can easily go to 84k.

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NASDAQ $26000 (0.5%) | Gold $4800 (-0.8%) | BTC $74000 (-0.2%)

TODAY’S TOP STORY: Markets on a bull run, will this be long lived?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. US markets are near all time highs with the NASDAQ100 close to record levels over the past 2 weeks, this rally suggests strong momentum due to the de-escalation of the Iran conflict. Optimism over peace talks and with oil stabilizing below $100 this suggest an end to the war, proving President Trump’s statement of the war ‘’ending soon’’, however with all things considered there has been no confirmation of a date for the peace talk and no confirmation of an extension of the ceasefire which suggests there are still bearish indicators and delayed rate cuts which is bearish for markets.

2. Major banks crushed earnings making $50B profit in Q1, however this is expected banks tend to have strong earnings and beat expectations however executives are cautious about global growth with concerns about private credit risk and slowing economy if conflict continues. Furthermore with tax season draining $500B from the system fed is expected to reduce support after tax season , less liquidity = harder for stocks to rise.

What to expect

Overall: Markets have been heavily bullish in the past 3 days, and I expect it to keep going that way unless any escalation of the war is still lingering. If markets close above all time highs by Friday, this suggests a continued bullish run in the long term however if they close with a pullback, this could indicate a short term pullback on the market due to interest rates and fed rate cuts not being confirmed.

Expectation: neutral/ short term bullish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and Cryptocurrency/Blockchain.

• S&P gains 1.2% as US and Iran get set for second round of meetings on Thursday

• Bitcoin briefly touches $76K before pulling back

• STRC blows past Monday’s record day and accumulates over 9,500 BTC worth of purchasing power on Tuesday

• SEC approves ending the “Pattern Day Trader” requirement of holding $25k

• March PPI print comes in below estimates

• Bitcoin BIP-361 proposal suggests freezing quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin addresses

• Stablecoin yield draft agreement will be released this week

• Goldman Sachs files for Premium Income Bitcoin ETF

• Kraken files for IPO

• Tether launches self custody wallet

• Y Combinator funds the Totalis startup with 500K USDC on Solana

• Visa joins Tempo blockchain as an “anchor validator”

• Circle’s Arc network may launch a native token and could transition to Proof of Stake

• Six Group partners with Chainlink to bring Swiss and Spanish equities on chain

• Anthropic is getting set to release Claude Opus 4.7

• Bitmine reports $3.8B in Q1 losses

Bitcoin since Monday has been stalling slightly, with nearly no major candle body. I believe we can get a wick to 70k and then go back to 76k till next week.

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Good morning. This is your Market Minute Daily for Monday 13th April, 2026. Thank you so much for reading. Let’s get into it:

NASDAQ $25150 (-0.05%) | Gold $4715 (-0.6%) | BTC $71900 (1.6%)

TODAY’S TOP STORY: US and Iran unable to come to an agreement, what does this mean for the market?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Vice president J.D Vance, left Islamabad after 21 hours failing to close a deal with Iran, Trump then announced a full naval blocking of the strait which Iran deemed as ‘’piracy’’ and ‘’Illegal’’, this caused the market to open with a gap yet most indices are rising up due to optimism of US power however Oil is still extremely high and will only go higher if this continues.

2. WTI crude surged over 8% to ~$104.40/barrel, and Brent climbed ~7.4% to ~$102.30. This is a significant inflation risk input, energy price spikes of this magnitude feed directly into CPI and PCE prints, which could push the Fed to hold or even tighten further. Following up with Goldman Sach’s below par earnings report led to a 4% decline of the stock, however we have yet to see JP morgan and other major banks possibly act as a further bearish catalyst if earnings don’t hold up.

What to expect

Overall: Monday opened green , however the market has yet to digest the Strait of Hormuz being blocked off by the US navy. Oil will continuously rise due to this leading to an increasing energy shock affecting major indices and the market as a whole. Petrol prices stay high and economies are recessing. However due to the current ceasefire still in place markets are not fully bearish and are optimistically relying on the ceasefire, but with deals failing we can only expect a downturn from here.

Expectation: neutral/ short term bearish

So WHAT ELSE IS GOING? Let’s scope into the macroeconomy, M&A deals, politics and blockchain.

• Crypto and equities pull back after peace talks between US and Iran fail — US military to introduce blockade on Strait of Hormuz at 10AM EST today

• World Liberty Financial threatens legal action against Justin Sun after he attacked the project

• Strategy purchases $1B worth of BTC last week

• Hyperbridge reports exploit in one of its ETH contracts — Bridged Polkadot gets exploited

• Crypto industry proponents are nervously optimistic about the passing of the CLARITY Act — Senator Lummis states this is the last time to pass the act before 2030

• Hyperliquid approaches $5B TVL

• Grayscale releases token list for Q2 crypto ETFS

• New users on ETH grow 82% quarter over quarter

• FTX/Alameda unstake $16M worth of SOL to return to creditors

• BTC, ETH and XRP ETFs post net inflows while SOL ETFs post net outflows

• Bitcoin moves above $70K continue to be met with increased selling pressure

• 26 third party LLM routers are secretly injecting malicious code

• CIA lets AI write its first intelligence report

• Tokenworks’ CMD token launches today

Bitcoin has really been stalling over the weekend, pulling back a little from Friday pumps. I continue to believe we reach into the high 70s or low 80s before dropping significantly.

That’s all we’ve got for now. Hope the odds are in your favour this week and you can catch those quick returns.

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