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March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26) Friday closed down -13 (-0.22%).  March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26) closed down -87 (-2.02%) on Wednesday, and the market remained closed on Friday as part of the Christmas holiday.NY cocoa prices on Friday closed mildly lower on some pre-weekend long liquidation pressure after the gains seen earlier this week. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.  Cocoa prices have underlying support from expectations for index-related buying tied to the addition of cocoa futures to the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) starting in January.  According to…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, which in turn pressures policymakers to maintain fiscal discipline and helps preserve the US dollar’s dominance.“[Bitcoin] provides a check and balance on the dollar in the sense of if there’s too much deficit spending or inflation in the US, people will flee to Bitcoin in times of uncertainty,” Armstrong argued in an interview on Tetragrammation with Rick Rubin on Thursday.“It might be okay to have 2-3% inflation if the economy is growing at 2-3% but if inflation outstrips the growth of the economy, you’ll eventually lose…

The wheat complex is heading into the weekend with midday losses on Friday. Chicago SRW futures are falling 3 to 4 ½ cents on Froday.. KC HRW futures are showing fractional to 2 cent losses at midday. MPLS spring wheat is fractionally lower so far on Friday.The forecast for the next 7 days showed light precip for parts of the Plains, with some SRW country looking at heavier totals. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.  Weaker trade may be associated with a meeting this Sunday between President Trump and…

The dollar index (DXY00) on Friday ended the day little changed, but fell about -0.6% on the week.  The dollar traded on a weak note despite Tuesday’s stronger-than-expected US GDP report of +4.3% and the reduced odds for Fed easing.  The markets initially reduced the odds for a -25 bp rate cut at the next FOMC meeting to 13% from 20% after Tuesday’s GDP report, but the odds have since crept higher to the current level of 20%.The dollar continues to see underlying weakness as the FOMC is expected to cut interest rates by about -50 bp in 2026, while…

Stani Kulechov, the founder and CEO of Aave Labs, the main development company behind the Aave decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol, denied claims that he recently purchased $15 million of Aave (AAVE) tokens to influence a controversial community vote that failed to pass. “These tokens were not used to vote on the recent proposal, and that was never my intention. This is my life’s work, and I am putting my own capital behind my conviction,” Kulechov said.He also said that Aave Labs has not clearly communicated the economic alignment between it and Aave token holders. “In the future, we’ll be more…

APIA, Samoa, Dec. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, has announced a major upgrade to its Retail Price Improvement (RPI) order system. By deepening strategic ties with top-tier institutional liquidity partners, the enhanced RPI ecosystem now delivers market-leading depth that significantly outperforms industry benchmarks. Latest data from a comprehensive market audit conducted in late 2025 reveals that the RPI upgrade has triggered a massive surge in liquidity across Phemex’s core assets. Based on internal comparative research of public order book depth (±0.1% from mid-price) relative to top-tier exchange averages: BTCUSDT: Liquidity depth is now 2x the standard industry…

In recent trading, shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co (Symbol: JPM) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $183.50, changing hands for $183.99/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuation, or, re-adjust their target price to a higher level. Analyst reaction may also depend on the fundamental business developments that may be responsible for driving the stock price higher — if things are looking up for the company, perhaps it is time for that target price to be raised. There are 22 different…

Canton Coin has climbed about 27% over the past week, Cointelegraph data shows, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market as traders reacted to fresh signals of institutional adoption.The gains follow a Dec. 17 announcement from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) outlining plans to tokenize a portion of US Treasury securities held at its Depository Trust Company subsidiary on the Canton Network. DTCC operates post-trade infrastructure for US securities markets, with its subsidiaries processing about $3.7 quadrillion in securities transactions last year. Canton Coin price over past seven days. Source: CoinGeckoFrank La Salla, CEO of DTCC, said the “collaboration creates…

Trade Gap Narrows as Exports Pick Up The September goods and services deficit narrowed to $52.8 billion from $59.3 billion in August, with exports up 3.0% and imports up just 0.6%. Industrial supplies and materials led the export gain, helped by a strong jump in nonmonetary gold, while consumer goods exports got a decent lift from pharmaceuticals. Year-to-date the overall deficit is still wider than in 2024, but the three-month average gap has come in $14 billion from a year earlier. That improvement, even if partly noise, takes a bit of pressure off the dollar bears who have been leaning…

Key Takeaways Crypto investment products recorded nearly $1 billion in net outflows in the third week of December. Ethereum and Bitcoin products led the losses, while Solana and XRP continued to attract selective inflows. Analysts point to prolonged U.S. regulatory uncertainty, particularly delays around the CLARITY Act, as a key driver. Institutional investors are still heading for the exits. Despite a brief stabilization in crypto prices earlier this month, crypto investment products saw another sharp round of outflows in the third week of December. Nearly $990 million left crypto-linked funds last week, according to data compiled by CoinShares, with most…