Why gold prices are rising despite easing Middle East fears?
Invezz 07 May 2026
The metal has now surged more than 3% this week alone ... Oil markets reflected a similar mood, with Brent crude declining roughly 6% for the week as traders unwound the geopolitical risk premium that had accumulated since the conflict in the Middle East began in late February ... US proposal could support broader market sentiment in the near term ... Markets are also tracking any escalatory signals from the region ... ....
A New Narrative for Bitcoin That May Outlast the Rest
Crypto Economy 07 May 2026
I have followed Bitcoin since 2015 ... Each of those stories had its moment of dominance and then entered a crisis, because they depend on external variables—market cycles, regulatory decisions, technological developments from competitors—that change constantly ... It is not a financial thesis; it is a thesis about the fundamental function Bitcoin performs in the domain of information ... Bitcoin operates with cryptographic keys.

