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Jamie Dimon Warns Interest Rates Could Go 'Much Higher' After Bond Selloff

Jamie Dimon warned interest rates could climb much higher from current levels, hours after FOMC minutes showed a majority of Fed officials open to further rate hikes.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking at a tech conference

Analysis

Nvidia concedes China AI chip market to $12B rival Huawei

Deals

OpenAI to Confidentially File IPO Draft Friday: Sources

Regulation

'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce to Leave SEC for Regent Law Faculty

Economy

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Oil tanker navigating open waters — illustrating the global crude supply chain threatened by the Strait of Hormuz blockade

Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

Citi Research issued its most severe commodity inflation warning to date, arguing the simultaneous Hormuz blockade and emerging super El Niño could push Brent crude past $150 a barrel while squeezing global food supplies through fertilizer disruption and drought in the same growing season.

4:44 AM · May 21, 2026

Crypto

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Standard Chartered's $4tn tokenization call is really a DeFi market-structure bet

4:20 PM · May 18, 2026

Regulation

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Markets

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Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

4:44 AM · May 21, 2026

Commodities

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Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

4:44 AM · May 21, 2026

LNG carrier ship at sea as the Iran war disrupts global gas trade

Iran war LNG shock: Woodside says markets underprice risk

3:21 AM · May 20, 2026

Hong Kong gold clearing system targets July launch

5:12 AM · May 20, 2026

Gas infrastructure and energy flows tied to Power of Siberia 2

Power of Siberia 2 gains urgency as Iran war hits Asia gas

5:27 AM · May 20, 2026

Oil drops as Trump delays Iran strike, easing Hormuz fears

5:35 AM · May 19, 2026

Capital Economics' $150 oil case turns Hormuz risk into a macro test

6:04 PM · May 17, 2026

Deals

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Banking

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Forbright (FRBT) files for Nasdaq IPO after revenue rises

Forbright reported $333.8 million of 2025 revenue and $87.9 million of net income in a Nasdaq IPO filing, while leaving pricing and size open.

4:03 AM · May 20, 2026

Stocks

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Samsung union deal averts chip strike as Kospi rallies 7.5%

4:25 AM · May 21, 2026

TSMC (TSM) Q1 profit rises 58% to record NT$572bn on AI chip demand

3:25 AM · May 20, 2026

TSMC Q1 profit jumps 58% as AI chip boom drives $35.9bn revenue record

3:29 AM · May 20, 2026

Nvidia earnings could puncture the AI options bubble

5:28 PM · May 17, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting shareholders in Omaha

Berkshire's Delta bet and payments exit sharpen its market signal

9:10 PM · May 17, 2026

Intuitive Machines' revenue surge offers a sturdier stocks case than its EPS miss

6:18 AM · May 16, 2026

Earnings

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Analysis

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Nvidia concedes China AI chip market to $12B rival Huawei

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says the company has 'largely conceded' China's AI chip market to Huawei, marking a permanent reset of the AI silicon landscape.

8:00 AM · May 21, 2026

Jamie Dimon Warns Interest Rates Could Go 'Much Higher' After Bond Selloff

Nvidia concedes China AI chip market to $12B rival Huawei

OpenAI to Confidentially File IPO Draft Friday: Sources

'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce to Leave SEC for Regent Law Faculty

Economy

Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

Jamie Dimon Warns Interest Rates Could Go 'Much Higher' After Bond Selloff

UK house prices stall at £268,000 as higher mortgage rates bite

Average US credit card debt in 2026: a stress signal

ECB June hike risk rises as Iran war lifts inflation

Student loan repayment 2026: how courts changed forgiveness

Crypto

South Carolina anti-CBDC law bars state use, backs self-custody

Japan blockchain finance plan backs tokenized deposits

AI Financial flags going-concern risk after $271.5m WLFI loss

Bitcoin nears $77,000 as ETF outflows hit institutional demand

Kraken layoffs show the crypto IPO window is cooling

Standard Chartered's $4tn tokenization call is really a DeFi market-structure bet

Regulation

Fed Opens Crypto Master Account to Public Comment After Trump Order

'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce to Leave SEC for Regent Law Faculty

Truth Social pulls bitcoin ETF filing, plans SEC refile

Shipping container cartel: US indicts 4 Chinese makers

South Carolina anti-CBDC law bars state use, backs self-custody

Prediction markets ban: CFTC sues Minnesota over law

Polymarket private-company markets test a regulatory line

Trump orders Fed review of crypto payment-rail access

Markets

Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

Junk Bond Spreads at 2007 Lows Spark Credit Market Alarm

Indonesia export controls turn commodity policy into market risk

China bond rally deepens as global yield selloff widens

EU-US trade pact cuts tariff risk for autos, exports

AI stock-market leadership shifts to Taiwan and South Korea

Commodities

Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

Iran war LNG shock: Woodside says markets underprice risk

Hong Kong gold clearing system targets July launch

Power of Siberia 2 gains urgency as Iran war hits Asia gas

Oil drops as Trump delays Iran strike, easing Hormuz fears

Capital Economics' $150 oil case turns Hormuz risk into a macro test

Deals

SpaceX IPO filing targets record $1.8tn June debut

SoftBank Surges 20% as OpenAI's IPO Pipeline Starts Pricing Into Related Equities

OpenAI to Confidentially File IPO Draft Friday: Sources

Cerebras IPO tests how far the AI IPO market can widen

Lincoln International IPO raises $421M as US window widens

Merck (MRK) buys Cidara for $9.2bn as biopharma M&A tops $93bn

OpenAI court win lifts IPO overhang after Musk lawsuit fails

Vida Global (VIDA) closes $15 million IPO at $4 a share

Banking

Forbright (FRBT) files for Nasdaq IPO after revenue rises

Australia AT1 phaseout draws global banks into hybrids

Standard Chartered (STAN.L) targets 7,000 job cuts in AI efficiency push

Citi, BlackRock's HPS launch €15bn private credit plan for Europe

Why private-credit stress could spread into banks in 2026

Lloyds reviews Halifax brand as UK branch network shrinks

Stocks

Samsung union deal averts chip strike as Kospi rallies 7.5%

TSMC (TSM) Q1 profit rises 58% to record NT$572bn on AI chip demand

TSMC Q1 profit jumps 58% as AI chip boom drives $35.9bn revenue record

Nvidia earnings could puncture the AI options bubble

Berkshire's Delta bet and payments exit sharpen its market signal

Intuitive Machines' revenue surge offers a sturdier stocks case than its EPS miss

Earnings

Nvidia earnings: Q1 revenue $81.6bn, Q2 guide $91bn

Lowe's beat estimates, but housing still set the verdict

Target (TGT) earnings: 4% sales outlook tests rebound

Xanadu (XNDU) reports 4x revenue growth, wider first-quarter loss

Nvidia (NVDA) Q1 earnings seen at $78.75bn as AI demand lifts chip stocks

Green Dot net income jumps 109% to $53.8M ahead of Smith Ventures sale

Trump Media (DJT) Q1 loss widens to $406M as bitcoin and CRO holdings buckle

Lemonade (LMND) Q1 revenue jumps 71%; stock falls 15% on profitability gap

Analysis

Nvidia concedes China AI chip market to $12B rival Huawei

SpaceX S-1 Filing: Starlink Made $4.4B. AI Lost $6.4B. The IPO Targets $1.75T.

Anthropic-SpaceX compute deal puts a $45bn price on AI

Stocks hit records while crypto stalls: what the divergence says about risk appetite in 2026

Fed rate cuts 2026: Reuters poll points to longer hold