🇺🇸 US Initial Jobless Claims

Actual: 227k
Expected: 222k


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🇮🇱 An Israeli civilian and an IDF reservist have been charged after they used classified military intelligence to place bets on the online prediction platform Polymarket.

The suspected Polymarket user ricosuave666 placed several bets in June 2025 with striking accuracy regarding Israeli military operations in Iran, wagering tens of thousands of dollars and making a profit of around $150,000.


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An internal Kremlin memo outlines a potential economic reset with the Trump administration, including a dramatic return to the US dollar settlement system if a Ukraine peace deal is reached.

The document proposes closer US-Russia cooperation in energy, aviation, nuclear power, and critical minerals, along with preferential terms for American companies reentering Russia.

It also suggests joint efforts to promote fossil fuels over green energy and compensate US firms for past losses.

It remains unclear whether the proposals have been formally presented to Washington.


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Silver crashes under $80, falling over 7% today.


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US equity markets extend their decline, with the Nasdaq 100 now down -1.5%.


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🇺🇸 U.S. Senator Tim Scott says digital asset innovation should stay in America and Congress is close to setting clear crypto rules with help from the SEC.


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🇺🇸 Fed will cut with two 25-basis-point cuts in June and September, per UBS.


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📊 Anthropic just raised $30B at a $380B valuation.

Three years ago: $0 in revenue.

Today: $14B run-rate, 10x growth every year, and 4% of all GitHub commits worldwide coming from Claude Code.


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🇺🇸 United States signs trade deal with Taiwan, cutting tariffs to 15%.

Taiwan will remove 99% of trade barriers on the US and commits to buying $84 billion in American goods.


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Trader PuzzleTricker spent 3.23M $USDC to bet that FC Barcelona would win the Copa del Rey on Feb 12.
He won and made $2.12M in profit.


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🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump is set to reverse tariffs on metals and aluminum, per the FT.


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The US collected a record $288 billion in customs duties over the last 12 months, which was over 3x higher than what was collected in the 12 months prior ($82 billion).


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The odds of a US government shutdown on 14th Feb just dropped to 25%.


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⚠️ US CPI in 1 Hour

📊 Core inflation is expected at 0.3% month over month, slightly higher than last month.

📊 Headline inflation is seen at 0.3% month over month, unchanged.

📊 Year over year CPI is expected at 2.5%, down from 2.7%.

If inflation comes in hotter, yields and the dollar can rise while risk assets pull back.
If it cools, markets may price in easier Fed policy.

How does the market react?

👍 Up
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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US does not want to decouple from China.

"We want to derisk."


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🇺🇸 US CPI DATA CAME IN AT 2.4%

EXPECTATIONS: 2.5%


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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US government to add Alibaba $BABA to list of companies that it says are aiding the Chinese military.


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