Gold rose to a fresh record, nearing $4,000-an-ounce, as looming US interest rate cuts and the prospect of a prolonged federal government shutdown lifted demand.The precious metal rallied as much as 2.2% to top $3,970 an ounce in the week’s opening session. The upswing, which follows a run of seven weekly gains, has lifted prices more than 50% this year. Gold-backed exchange-traded funds swelled again last week.The US shutdown has delayed key data, making a murky economic outlook more unclear. With a lack o ...

Welcome to Bloomberg ETF IQ. I'm Scarlet Fu. And I'm Katie Greifeld Scarlet Fu.Happy Monday. Happy Monday. Monday in particular.And also happy Monday. With lots of political overtones. You've got France, you've got Japan. You've got the ongoing government shutdown, an embarrassment of riches.Let's get to the biggest stories right now. And the more than $8 trillion global ETF industry. Japan, as Scarlett mentioned, preparing for its first female prime minister.And a big political shift. We'll discuss with Ro ...

Investors threw a record amount of cash at Bitcoin and other crypto investment products, which racked up $5.95 billion last week as concerns around currency debasement worldwide sent alternative assets to record highs.  Data from a Monday report from digital asset manager CoinShares revealed that investors put the most amount of money ever into Bitcoin investment products during a single week—$3.55 billion in total.  CoinShares tracks funds around the world, but data from Farside Investors shows that most o ...

Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images The price of a bitcoin topped $125,000 over the weekend. Bitcoin (BTCUSD) is giving crypto stocks a lift after its price topped $125,000 over the weekend, reaching a new record. The world's largest cryptocurrency had been on a weeklong rally, validating bitcoin bulls' anticipation of fresh highs after September-end swoons. Bitcoin treasury Strategy (MSTR), crypto exchange Coinbase Global (COIN), and stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) were up at least 2% M ...

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors are green after Bitcoin hits new ATH at $125,600 (now $124,300) BNB hits new ATH at $1,220; Binance lists spot ASTER (+10%) ASTER Stage 2 airdrop confirmed for Oct 14; users can get tokens for fees rebated MetaMask teases new rewards program with $30M in LINEA u ...

Growing fiscal concerns in some of the world’s biggest economies are adding momentum to a so-called “debasement trade,” as investors flock to the perceived safety of Bitcoin, gold and silver while pulling away from major currencies. The yen tumbled on Monday as pro-stimulus lawmaker Sanae Takaichi was set to become Japan’s next prime minister. French bond spreads blew out and the euro slid after the prime minister resigned, hurling the country into another political crisis. The dollar, which has weakene ...

Bitcoin set a fresh record on Sunday for the first time since mid-August, as the US government shutdown drove investors to safe-haven assets in a migration dubbed the “debasement trade.” The largest digital asset climbed to $125,689 over the weekend, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It remained in touching distance of its all-time high on Monday in New York, changing hands at about $125,000. Most Read from Bloomberg Bitcoin’s advance coincided with a US government shutdown that began on Oct. 1 ...

The crypto market is down today, with the cryptocurrency market capitalization falling by 0.9%, now standing at $4.33 trillion. Fewer than 10 of the top 100 coins have appreciated over the past 24 hours. At the same time, the total crypto trading volume is at $193 billion. TLDR: The crypto market capitalization is down 0.9% on Monday morning (UTC); 92 of the top 100 coins are down, as are 9 of the top 10 coins; BTC is down 1.1% to $123,375, and ETH fell 1.2% to $4,535; After BTC broke the $125,000 barrier ...

The United States’ (US) national debt has surged to $37.88 trillion as of October 2, 2025, growing at a rate of $69,891 per second, or approximately $6 billion daily, over the past year, according to Congressman David Schweikert’s Daily Debt Monitor. The debt has increased by $2.2 trillion since October 2024, amounting to $283,098 per household. Source: JEC Meanwhile, the average interest rate on total marketable debt stands at 3.415 percent, resulting in the government paying $241.26 billion in interes ...

Suhaimi Abdullah / Bloomberg via Getty Images Bitcoin recently touched a new record high. Signage outside a crypto conference in Singapore on Oct. 1. Key Takeaways The price of bitcoin managed a new record above $125,000, setting a fresh high for the first time since August. Its price has retreated somewhat since. But a monthslong climb how has the market value of bitcoin equivalent to that of the biggest companies in the S&P 500. Bitcoin nabbed a new high. The leading cryptocurrency overnight touc ...