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Original reporting and weekly analysis on gold, oil, metals and crypto from the VoxTradePro Desk, followed by the latest headlines from other publishers.
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RSS feed- US payrolls jump 165,000 in October, pushing December Fed hike odds near 80% as gold and bitcoin slip and Goldman trims its gold targets
October payrolls nearly tripled forecasts, lifting odds of a December Fed hike. How gold, bitcoin and the dollar reacted, and what comes next.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Commodities weekly outlook: oil posts a double-digit weekly drop on Iran peace pricing while gold books its strongest week since August
Oil fell about 13% last week as markets priced Iran diplomacy; gold gained about 5%. What drove the split and what matters next week.
Commodities 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - FinCEN and the Fed withdraw a 2020 plan to cut the international crypto and wire transfer tracking threshold from $3,000 to $250
US agencies withdrew a proposal that would have tracked cross-border crypto transfers from $250. What the rule was, why it was dropped, and what stays.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Crypto tax shake-up: Greece passes a 10% gains tax while South Korea seeks a fourth delay to 2029
Greece's parliament approved a 10% crypto gains tax on 5 November, while South Korea proposed delaying its tax to 2029. Here is what each plan says.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - New York cocoa futures hit a one-month low as ICE warehouse inventories climb to a multi-year high and demand stays uneven
ICE NY cocoa fell as much as about 5% on 5 November as exchange stocks hit a 2.5-year high. We cover prices, inventories, West Africa and what to watch.
Commodities 4 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Bitcoin falls below $76,000 to a seven-week low as a Nasdaq AI selloff and more than $1 billion in liquidations erase the post-midterm rebound
BTC slipped under $76,000 on 5 November as tech equities sold off and crypto longs were liquidated. We cover the move, flows and what to watch next.
Crypto 4 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Brent and WTI tumble more than 8% after Democrats sweep Congress, as traders price a higher chance of an end to the Iran war
Brent settled at $94.62 and WTI at $88.12 on 4 November after an 8%+ drop tied to the US midterms. What drove it and what could reverse it.
Commodities 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Ether jumps about 6–7% back above $2,400 as risk assets rebound after Democrats take Congress
ETH reclaimed $2,400 after the US midterms as shorts were squeezed and risk appetite returned. We cover the move, flows and what to watch.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Gold surges more than 3% back above $4,000 as Democrats take Congress, the dollar softens and Treasury yields fall
Spot gold reclaimed $4,000 with a 3%+ midterm rally as yields and the dollar eased. We cover the drivers, silver’s move and what to watch next.
Commodities 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Bitcoin briefly slid to about $75,700 as US midterm returns handed Democrats the Senate, putting the stalled CLARITY Act back in question
Bitcoin briefly fell to about $75,700 as Democrats won the US Senate. What the midterm result could mean for crypto rules, markets and the CLARITY Act.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Will the Fed hike in December? What another rate rise could mean for gold and bitcoin, in plain English
Markets put a December Fed hike near 73%. Here is how rate rises work on gold and bitcoin, what 2022 showed, and what to watch before 9 December.
Commodities 6 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - US spot bitcoin ETFs posted about $399 million in Monday outflows led by BlackRock’s IBIT, while BTC held near $77,000 into the midterms
US bitcoin ETFs lost about $399 million on Monday as IBIT led redemptions. We cover the flows, Strategy’s latest buy and what to watch.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Solana trades near a seven-month low after record weekly ETF outflows and a validator key incident
SOL hovered near $93 after US spot Solana ETFs posted their largest weekly outflow since launch. We cover the flows, the validator incident and key levels.
Crypto 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Gold hovers near a one-year low as strong US job openings lift Treasury yields and December hike bets
Spot gold slipped toward $3,900 on 3 November after JOLTS and factory orders beat forecasts. We explain the yield link and what to watch next.
Commodities 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - CFTC data show money managers at a record short-only stake in US Henry Hub gas as warm forecasts cut heating demand
Hedge funds built a record short in US natural gas on mild winter bets. Here are the CFTC figures, storage cushion and squeeze risks.
Commodities 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Bitcoin soft near recent lows as Binance outflows and ETF selling follow the $6.3B hack
Bitcoin hovered near recent lows after Binance’s record hack. We cover exchange outflows, ETF selling and the data that matter this week.
Crypto 4 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - WTI and Brent sink over 7% as Iran diplomacy hopes unwind the Middle East oil risk premium
WTI settled at $96.46 and Brent at $104.77 on 2 November after Iran signalled openness to talks. We explain the plunge and what to watch.
Commodities 3 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - GMX review 2026: why it ranks among the more decentralized perp DEXs, and the risks that remain
A source-based GMX v2 review: wallet trading, GM pools, Chainlink oracles, keepers, 24-hour timelocks, fees, staking, audits, regions and the 2025 v1 exploit.
Crypto 9 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Which DEX is really decentralized? Hyperliquid, Aster, ApeX Omni, dYdX, PancakeSwap and Uniswap compared on custody, exits and control
A side-by-side, source-based comparison of six DEXs: who holds funds, who approves withdrawals, forced exits, open code, website blocks and regions.
Crypto 11 min read · VoxTradePro Desk - Hyperliquid review: how its chain, bridge and validators work, who can restrict access, past incidents, fees and who it suits
A fact-based Hyperliquid review from its docs, terms and L2BEAT: validators, the USDC bridge, closed-source node, frontend limits, incidents and fees.
Crypto 8 min read · VoxTradePro Desk
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