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Overview Global markets are watching the Bank of Japan interest rate decision on July 31 because the yen remains one of the world's most important funding currencies. A rise in Japanese interest rates, a sudden yen appreciation, or another increase in Japanese government bond yields could force leveraged investors to reduce positions in global equities, bonds, and crypto assets. According to the official Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting schedule, the Policy Board will meet on July 30 and Ju

Overview The market is not reacting because a Chinese company has already produced a commercially proven EUV machine that can replace ASML. It is reacting because the durability of one of the semiconductor industry's strongest industrial moats is becoming less certain. ASML's valuation rests on its exclusive position in production grade EUV lithography, its leadership in advanced DUV systems, its large installed base, and recurring service revenue. Progress across China's domestic semiconductor

The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision today at 2:00 PM ET, and crypto markets are holding their breath. The federal funds rate has sat at 3.50%–3.75% since December 2025, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, now in only his second meeting at the helm, faces a genuinely uncertain call. Bitcoin is trading in the low $63,000s, down from a June high near $80,000, with sentiment firmly in “fear” territory. Markets are pricing roughly a 62-80% chance of a hold and a 20-38% chance of a 25-

SK Hynix released its Q2 2026 earnings results on July 29, reporting record quarterly revenue and operating profit as demand for AI memory and high-bandwidth memory remained strong. However, revenue and operating profit missed elevated analyst forecasts, while SK Hynix stock and other Korean semiconductor stocks extended their sharp decline.When Were the SK Hynix Q2 2026 Earnings Released?SK Hynix announced its second-quarter 2026 earnings on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The earnings release was pu

Key takeawaysWall Street faces its most consequential five-day window of 2026 as roughly $725 billion in annual Big Tech AI capital expenditure meets a Federal Reserve decision, Q2 GDP, and Core PCE inflation across 96 hours. Crude oil has just retreated from above $100 to the high $80s after the US and Iran paused strikes over the Strait of Hormuz, pulling July rate-hike odds down to around 30% but leaving September firmly in play. Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon report into a market that ha

Key takeawaysZcash's Ironwood (NU6.3) hard fork activates at block 3,428,143 on July 28, 2026, permanently sealing the legacy Orchard shielded pool and routing roughly 3.76 million ZEC through a turnstile checkpoint that caps outflows at the amount that legitimately entered. The upgrade closes a verification gap left by a four-year-old circuit flaw found in May, which developers patched but could not prove was never exploited. Ordinary holders face no deadline and should enable Tor or Nym before

Key takeawaysOndo Finance has publicly launched Ondo Network, an execution layer that runs trade matching inside hardware-secured Trusted Execution Environments while settling assets non-custodially on Ethereum. CEO Ian De Bode describes it as the evolution of the abandoned Ondo Chain blockchain project, after engineers concluded that execution speed, was the real constraint on institutional trading. Ondo Perps, live since July 7 for non-US investors with up to 20x leverage on tokenized equities

AAPL 1-year price chart, up 57.01% over the period. Chart from TradingView.A high volume breakout candle meets a price target that has not caught up.Apple closed at $333.02, up 3.53% ($11.36) on the day, after a sharp intraday move pushed the stock to a fresh all time high. That is a notable reversal in tone. Over the five sessions before today, AAPL had actually drifted 0.11% lower, trading in a tight, listless range. Today broke that pattern in one candle.🚀 The Breakout CandleThe intraday cha

TSM 1-year price chart, up 68% over the period despite the recent pullback. Chart from TradingView. Short term signals have flipped bearish, but the long term trend has not broken yet.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company closed at $403.41, down 2.93% ($12.17) on the day. That single session loss is not an isolated event. Zoom out to the past month and TSM is down 7.2% ($31.32), a meaningful pullback for a stock that spent most of the year grinding steadily higher. Zoom out further, to the

Inside the charts, indicators, and key levels traders are watching after INTC's post-earnings reversal Intel just had one of its roughest single sessions in recent memory. Shares closed at $92.32, down $7.91, or 7.89%, in a single day. That kind of move doesn't happen in a vacuum: it landed in the days following Intel's Q2 2026 earnings report on July 23, where the company beat estimates on both revenue and EPS, with AI-driven data center revenue up 59% year-over-year. The post-earnings pop that