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🔴 Urgent and Strong Alert for Traders – PCE Data is Coming!

The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index — the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation — will be released soon, and it is one of the most critical data points that can shake the markets significantly.

📌 Why is it important?
🔺 Because the Federal Reserve bases its decisions on interest rate cuts or hikes on it
🔺 Any surprises in the data could cause violent fluctuations in gold, the dollar, stocks, and cryptocurrencies
📊 The markets are currently highly sensitive, awaiting the new reading

The coming hours may bring unexpected movement
Watch the market closely, and activate risk management
Avoid random entry before the data is released

🔥 PCE Index = the spark that determines the direction of the markets for the upcoming period… Be prepared.

📊 Markets Now_Currency Pairs 📊

💹 Strongest (AUD) Australian Dollar +0.41%.

Reason: This performance is attributed to improved global risk appetite following the freeze on U.S. sanctions against China, in addition to the hawkish expectations regarding inflation developments in Australia$AUD

The largest wave of withdrawals hits BlackRock's Bitcoin fund since its launch!

This week, the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) experienced the largest withdrawal of funds since its inception, signaling a clear increase in concern among investors regarding recent market movements.

The massive outflow raised questions about institutional trends.
Risk appetite decline pressures cryptocurrencies and crypto assets.
This news is one of the most significant developments in the Bitcoin market this week$BTC

USPD announced that it was subjected to a serious breach after discovering that an attacker had control over the protocol's proxy contract for several months without drawing attention, allowing them to mint millions of digital tokens and withdraw assets worth over a million dollars before the attack was uncovered.

The platform stated in a statement on December 5 that the attacker minted approximately 98 million USPD and withdrew 232 stETH valued at about 1 million dollars. They warned users against buying the token during the current period, urging them to revoke any associated approvals until the investigations are completed.

The team confirmed that the underlying smart contracts were not the source of the flaw, pointing out that they had been audited by companies like Nethermind and Resonance, and that the breach occurred through a targeted attack known as CPIMP, which targets the proxy contract deployment window. According to the investigations, the attacker executed a front-running operation during the setup phase on September 16 using a Multicall3 transaction, seizing the admin privileges before the deployment process was completed, thereby planting a hidden malicious version of the proxy application.

To conceal their presence, the attacker manipulated event data and storage slots, which caused blockchain explorers to display the legitimate execution instead of the malicious version. This allowed them full control over the protocol for three months, before they executed the malicious upgrade and carried out the minting process that drained the funds.

What is happening at Apple
1️⃣‏The head of artificial intelligence at Apple has resigned
2️⃣‏The head of user interface design has left for Meta
3️⃣‏The policy head at Apple has stepped down
4️⃣‏The top legal affairs officer has resigned

‏A notable executive exit movement within the company, it is clear that Apple is not satisfied with its performance

📊 Hassett ignites the markets with a fiery statement

The leading candidate for the Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Hassett, confirmed that the Fed is likely to cut interest rates next week.
This statement comes at a very sensitive moment… with market expectations indicating a 90% chance of a 25 basis point cut!

Why is this important? And what is its impact on the market?

U.S. stocks: may continue to rise as bets increase on a more accommodative monetary policy.
Gold: could also benefit if the dollar declines later after the cut.

The American debt exceeds 30 trillion dollars; long-term interest rates in Japan reach their highest level in 17 years.

1. The American treasury debt has surpassed 30 trillion dollars, which means it has doubled since 2018.

2. Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia will respond if the European Union seizes Russian assets.

3. The yield on the 10-year Japanese government bonds reaches its highest level in 17 years, and the finance minister pledges close monitoring.

4. Despite a decrease in initial unemployment claims, the labor market in the United States may weaken.

5. The slowdown in the labor market has become the main driver for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in December.

🛢 On Thursday, December 4, 2025, Saudi Arabia announced a reduction in the selling price of crude oil for January 2026 to its lowest level in five years, amid increasing signs of a global supply surplus. This reduction follows a decline in the official selling price premium last December, reflecting a clear downward trend in oil markets.

💹 In terms of trading, U.S. crude contracts rose by 1.25% near $59.84 per barrel, while Brent crude contracts increased by 1.10% near $63.45 per barrel, with investors closely monitoring oil movements and the impact of Saudi policies on global markets.

This reduction in oil prices may encourage China to increase its purchases from independent refineries, while the world watches the impact of this move on global oil prices and demand in major markets.

🔴 Did the market really price in the upcoming interest rate cut?

After Kevin Hassett's statement—the leading candidate for the Federal Reserve chair—who hinted at the possibility of a rate cut next week, the markets shook because:

The chances of a cut are indeed at 90%
Investors are treating it as a nearly certain event.

But…
Although the markets have significantly priced in the cut already, the following has not been fully priced in:
1. The tone of the Federal Reserve after the cut
Will they talk about more cuts? Or just one cut only?
This is where the surprise lies…
2. The pace of upcoming cuts
Markets are betting on more than one cut in the first quarter of 2026 — and this is not guaranteed.
3. The reaction of the dollar
If the Federal Reserve's statement is more hawkish than expected, we might see a sudden reversal movement.

Summary:

Yes — the market has largely priced in the cut itself.
But it has not yet priced in the future path of interest rates…
And this may make next week a fire with a movement larger than expected.

📈 Noticeable acceleration in the rise of the global stock market value

🌍 The market value of stocks around the world increased by 17% year-on-year, reaching $147 trillion 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 cyclical fluctuations.

# Reuters Opinion Poll #

The US Federal Reserve lowers the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range of 3.50%-3.75% on December 10, according to 89 out of 108 economists.

The US Federal Reserve lowers the federal funds rate to a range of 3.25%-3.50% in the first quarter of 2026, according to 50 out of 100 economists.

🔴 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

The euro remains in demand near its highest levels in five weeks, at 1.1680 against the US dollar.
Retail sales in the Eurozone stalled in October against expectations of a 0.1% increase.
The US dollar is in a defensive position amid rising hopes for Federal Reserve cuts.
The EUR/USD pair has regained its previous losses during Thursday's European trading session, trading at 1.1670 at the time of writing this report, with a five-week high of 1.1680 just short distance away. The weaker-than-expected Eurozone retail sales figures have placed some pressure on the euro, but the overall weakness of the US dollar keeps the pair's downward attempts limited so far.

Data released by Eurostat showed that retail sales stalled in October, following a revised upward increase of 0.1% in September, against market expectations for another growth of 0.1%. However, sales rose year-on-year by 1.5%, exceeding expectations of 1.4% by market analysts and also higher than the September reading of 1.0%.$EUR