📰⚠️ Between De-escalation and Escalation: Xi Jinping's Messages to Trump Regarding Taiwan 🇨🇳🇺🇸
⬅️ Economic Proximity: The Chinese president expressed his desire to build "larger and better" relations with Washington, emphasizing his readiness to enhance bilateral cooperation during Trump's new term.
⬅️ Red Line: Xi Jinping warned firmly that China "will never allow" Taiwan's separation, stressing that reunification is "inevitable and cannot be stopped."
📌 📈 News Impact: Volatile; trade de-escalation messages support stocks, while the tough statements regarding Taiwan raise geopolitical concerns that enhance the appeal of gold as a safe haven.
⬅️💥💥💥 Unprecedented Achievement: Elon Musk has become the first person in history to have a wealth of $850 billion, shattering all previous records.
⬅️💥💥 Wealth Engines: This massive increase is due to the price jumps of "Tesla" and "SpaceX" stocks, along with the successive successes of his projects in artificial intelligence.
📌 🚀 News Impact: Positive for Tesla stock and cryptocurrencies; Musk's wealth inflation reflects investors' confidence in his vision, increasing the buying momentum for assets associated with him.
📰⬅️👇 Morgan Stanley: "Risk Premium" Supports Oil Temporarily Before Major Drop 🛢️📉
🔴 Short-Term Rise: The bank raised its near-term forecasts for Brent prices, suggesting that ongoing geopolitical tensions will support prices briefly before a wave of decline begins.
🔴 Coming Drop: The bank anticipates that Brent crude will fall below $60 per barrel later in 2026, driven by a widening global supply surplus.
🔴 Peak Surplus: Analysts believe that the supply surplus will peak by mid-year, which will create strong downward pressure that exceeds the impact of current political risks.
📌 📉 Impact of News: Negative for oil prices in the long term; the bank's warnings of a massive supply surplus weaken the appeal of long-term buying and push investors to neutrality.
📰🔴 Trump's latest warning: "The largest ships" are on their way to Iran ⚓🔥
🔴 Military mobilization: Trump announced the deployment of American naval vessels that are "the largest and best" towards the region, as a clear military pressure message in conjunction with the dialogue.
🔴 Warning of resolution: The president confirmed that failing to reach a new agreement would expose Iran to "bad things," emphasizing that the military option remains strongly on the table.
📌 🚀 Impact of the news: Positive for gold and oil; the high-threat tone associated with using "the largest ships" increases the geopolitical risk premium and drives investors to hedge into safe havens.
🐋BlackRock buys the dip as Bitcoin fund outflows accelerate!
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net outflows of $272 million on February 3, at a time when BlackRock was the only exception.
📊 Details: • IBIT fund recorded inflows of +$60 million • Other competing funds continued to sell and exit • Average outflow for the last 7 days rose to $171 million per day
The message is clear: While the market reduces risk… The largest asset manager in the world quietly increases its exposure 👀📈
🟥 Russian President Vladimir Putin confirms during a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart that cooperation between Moscow and Beijing in the energy sector has reached strategic levels, ensuring supply stability and achieving the shared interests of the two countries, and described #Putin the partnership in the field of #energy as the cornerstone of bilateral relations.
🚨 Urgent | The American House of Representatives approves a funding package to end the government shutdown
⚠️ Major developments:
• Ending the shutdown: The House votes (217 to 214) in favor of a government funding package, and the bill is on its way to President Trump's desk for signing.
• Covered departments: Funding covers the Pentagon, Education, Treasury, Labor, and State until the end of the fiscal year.
• Department of Homeland Security deadline: Temporary funding has been provided to the Department of Homeland Security for only two weeks (until February 13).
• Risk of partial shutdown: If an agreement on immigration laws is not reached by February 13.
🔴 Bitcoin experiences a sharp decline During trading on Tuesday, February 3, the largest cryptocurrency fell to its lowest levels since the 2024 U.S. elections 🇺🇸 📉 Losses of 6% over 24 hours ⬇️ The price reaches $73,436 📌 The decline comes after a temporary halt, as Bitcoin resumes the drop since its peak of $97,000 on January 14
Breaking now: A sharp decline in PayPal's share after the earnings report and Pelosi had sold shares before the drop
PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL) stock has suffered a significant decline today, dropping more than 18% after announcing fourth-quarter 2025 financial results that fell short of analysts' expectations and guidance below future estimates, along with announcing leadership changes in the company.
This decline came after weeks of U.S. Congress member Nancy Pelosi reporting the sale of PayPal shares valued between $250,000 and $500,000 in late December, before the stock experienced a sharp price drop.