Markets in Wait and See Mode north The capital markets are off to a mostly quiet start today, with Japanese markets closed and mixed signals from the Middle East after the war expanded over the weekend. Crude oil prices initially rallied but have come back off. The line-up of the new UK government is awaited. The tech sell-off [...]
War and Tech Slump Weigh on Sentiment north There are two major concerns that are spurring risk off ahead of the weekend. First, the Middle East war is escalating, and there does not seem to be a near-term off-ramp. Second, the rout in technology stocks is rippling through the equity markets, and sharp losses in many Asia Pacific equity [...]
Celo Core Co. Launches x402 Facilitator, Giving AI Agents a Native Stablecoin Payment Rail north Celo Core Co. has launched x402.celo.org, a native x402 facilitator for Celo, the leading programmable rails for global finance and one of the fastest-growing agentic ecosystems in crypto. Celo’s fast, low-cost infrastructure is well-positioned to support high-frequency agentic transactions, [...]