🚩🔴 Summary of the latest breaking news: The battle for influence in Asia, oil threats, and the escalation in the Black Sea
🔴 Saudi Oil: Saudi Arabia has lowered the price of its main crude oil for Asia to its lowest level in five years, amid indications of a continuing surplus in global oil markets.
🔴 Price Rise: Despite the Saudi move, West Texas Intermediate crude prices continued to rise by more than 1.00% ($59.41), while Brent crude rose by 0.68%.
🔴 Black Sea Crisis: Turkey summoned the Ukrainian ambassador and the Russian chargé d'affaires to express its concern over the escalating attacks on commercial ships.
🔴 Influence Race: Russian President Putin arrived in India for talks with Prime Minister Modi amid the escalating race for influence in Asia.
🔴 US Counter-Move: A US trade delegation is likely to visit Delhi next week for talks to counter Russian presence.
🔴 Technology Ban: Russia announced a ban on the popular American social media app "Snapchat" on its territory, citing "terrorism activities.
🔴 US Politics: The chances of Democrats winning a majority in the US House of Representatives in the 2026 elections have risen to 79%, according to the Polymarket platform.
Investors are flocking to the silver market strongly 🔥🪙
Interest in silver is rising at an unprecedented pace this year:
Silver-backed funds added +15.7 million ounces in November. Since the beginning of the year, ETF holdings have increased in 9 of the last 11 months.
In the options market:
The Silver Skew jumped by 8 points over two weeks to reach 10 points—its highest level since March 2022. Simply put: betting on rising silver prices has become very expensive compared to betting on a decline.
As for the price itself:
Silver has risen +101% this year—on track to record its second-best annual performance in history after the legendary leap of +435% in 1979.
Safe havens are on fire… and silver is leading the scene strongly.
🌍 The market value of stocks worldwide increased by 17% year-on-year, reaching 147 trillion dollars in November — approaching the highest historical level, and recording double the value recorded at the bottom of 2020.
📊 Over the past 20 years, the global market has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 6.8%, reflecting a strong upward trend despite periodic fluctuations.
🔴 The liquidity reduction program (QT) has ended... and more interest rate cuts are on the way!
⭕ Get ready for a new phase in the markets 👇
🔻 Low interest rates make the dollar less attractive. 🔺 Assets like gold and cryptocurrencies often rise with it. 💰 Loans and investments become cheaper → direct support for economic growth.
📌 Summary | Financial markets usually react positively:
📈 Stocks rise 🥇 Gold rises 💵 And the dollar may weaken
🚨 Warning from Citadel to SEC: No exemptions for DeFi platforms
Citadel warns that DeFi protocols should be treated and regulated as trading platforms and financial intermediaries, emphasizing that granting any exemptions would undermine the principle of fair market access and trading oversight.
🚨 The Russian Foreign Ministry warns of a "harsh response" to the use of frozen assets
🟧 The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that any illegal action related to its frozen assets will lead to a harsh and painful reaction from Moscow.
🟧 These warnings come amid ongoing discussions in the West, particularly in the European Union, regarding the possibility of using frozen Russian sovereign assets (estimated at around $300 billion, most of which is located in Europe) to finance Ukraine.
🟧 Potential options for a Russian response, which have been indicated by previous statements from officials, may include: * Seizing or managing assets owned by Western countries within Russian territory. * Initiating litigation that could last for decades in Russian and international courts. * Describing these actions as "theft" and "economic aggression" that undermines the international reputation of the West.
🔴 BlackRock allocates $100 billion for Bitcoin and warns of U.S. debt
⬅️ "BlackRock" has allocated approximately $100 billion for Bitcoin products, including ETF funds.
⬅️ CEO Larry Fink warned that the accumulation of U.S. debt is pushing investors to seek alternative assets.
⬅️ Fink described Bitcoin as a "fear asset" that investors turn to due to their concerns about the erosion of currency value and loss of financial security.
💎/ Japan threatens to take action against "uncontrolled movements"
📊 The Secretary-General of the Japanese Cabinet, "Kihara", stated the necessity of taking appropriate measures in case of any "uncontrolled" movements in the forex market.
📊 This statement serves as a direct threat of intervention in the currency market to stop the sharp decline of the yen, which increases traders' anticipation.
🔴📊 Microsoft's stock is declining due to a reduction in "shares" of artificial intelligence sales 👇
🟧 Microsoft's stock fell by about 2% during trading on Wednesday, December 3.
🟧 The decline came after a report indicated that the company reduced its shares of artificial intelligence software sales, following the failure of many sales representatives to meet growth targets for the last fiscal year.
🚀 Brief Analysis: Several factors support the "Santa Rally" in the crypto market.
🟧 Federal Liquidity: The Fed has officially ended the QT program after 3 years, injecting $13.5 billion into banks, while the odds of a rate cut in December reached 90%.
🟧 Institutional Recognition: Asset management giant "Vanguard" (with $11 trillion in assets) has opened its platform for trading Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
🟧 Regulation and Tax Relief: Japan is lowering crypto taxes from 55% to 20%, while the U.S. is preparing to launch the "GENIUS Act" regulations. Strategy has also overcome selling fears after establishing a dollar reserve of $1.44 billion.
🟧 Remaining Risk: The only risk is the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) decision on interest rate hikes (which could cause a temporary drop followed by a strong reversal), but macroeconomic indicators strongly support achieving the "Santa Rally".