EUR/USD stays offered, approaches 1.1600
EUR/USD reverses the previous uptick and resumes the downside, trading close to the key 1.1600 contention zone on Tuesday. In the meantime, the US Dollar (USD) continues to draw support from safe-haven demand, limiting the pair’s upside as investors grow increasingly cautious over the possibility of renewed tensions in the Middle East.
GBP/USD slips back toward 1.3450
GBP/USD comes under fresh selling pressure, challenging the 1.3450 zone on turnaround Tuesday. Cable appears offered as the Greenback regains some modest strength on renewed safe-haven demand, with investors turning more cautious following lingering uncertainty around the prospects for a lasting US-Iran peace agreement.
Gold meets support around $4,500
Gold fails to build on Monday’s rebound and retreats toward the $4,500 zone on Tuesday. Meanwhile, persistent uncertainty around the US-Iran negotiations, together with growing expectations that the Fed could maintain a hawkish stance for longer, continue to weigh on the precious metal.
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP face increasing selling pressure as imminent US-Iran deal seems unlikely
Cryptocurrency prices continue to trade under pressure on Tuesday, with Bitcoin retracing toward the key $76,000 support zone amid persistent risk aversion. Ethereum is below the $2,100 threshold, while Ripple consolidates under $1.35 after facing resistance at $1.37.
DEEPER DIVE
Gold to shine again? Peace hopes provide lift, but hopes alone aren’t enough Premium
Gold is supposed to be the go-to asset as a solid hedge against geopolitical crisis. The Iran war has shown this isn’t always the case and that other factors may overpower the geopolitical factor. What’s behind the recent Gold underperformance, and what could support prices going forward?
Nvidia made $58 billion in a quarter: Here’s what is really driving profits Premium
Nvidia (NVDA) has now beaten Wall Street in something like 18 of its last 20 quarters, and for three reports running, the stock has been sold off on reaction anyway.
Fed’s hawkish pivot may be closer than markets expect Premium
A 6% Producer Price Index print, the hottest in nearly four years, landed on a market that has spent most of 2026 quietly preparing for the wrong policy regime.
CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Ripple steadies at support with limited upside
Ripple (XRP) rebounds above $1.35 at the time of writing on Tuesday, as crypto prices broadly struggle to stabilize amid volatility driven by spillover pressure from escalating Middle East tensions.
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP face increasing selling pressure as imminent US-Iran deal seems unlikely
Cryptocurrency prices continue to trade under pressure on Tuesday, with Bitcoin retracing toward the key $76,000 support zone amid persistent risk aversion. Ethereum is below the $2,100 threshold, while Ripple consolidates under $1.35 after facing resistance at $1.37.
Render Price Forecast: Four-day rally eyes breakout potential to $3
Render (RENDER) is up 7% at press time on Tuesday, extending a four-day rally with over 25% gains so far. A surge in wallet- and leverage-driven trading activity bolsters the rally, reflecting increased retail demand for the AI token.
STOCKS
Stock market could see massive rally this week Premium
Despite launching a blistering rally in the two months after the S&P 500 bottomed out on March 30, the US stock market could be revving up for another explosion higher this Memorial Day-shortened week.
Nasdaq 100 rebound looks strong… or is it just a trap?
The Nasdaq 100 spent the past few sessions recovering strongly from its November lows, rebounding from 24,307 and climbing back into the 25,100–25,150 mid-range zone. While the candles look convincing, the broader picture reveals a different story: the index remains trapped inside a 4H range structure.
WEEKLY FORECAST
EUR/USD: Awaiting more war-related headlines and central banks Premium
The EUR/USD pair fell for a second consecutive week, settling not far above a fresh multi-week low of 1.1576. War-related headlines kept driving financial markets, coupled with mounting speculation that the United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) will deliver a rate hike before the year is over.
Gold: Downside remains exposed on US-Iran uncertainty, hawkish Fed expectations Premium
Gold (XAU/USD) struggled to attract buyers as uncertainty surrounding the conflict between the United States (US) and Iran caused markets to continue pricing in a hawkish tilt in the Federal Reserve (Fed) policy expectations.
A new Fed chair, an old instinct: Why markets may be misreading Warsh
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as the 17th head of the Fed on Friday, the first chair to take the oath at the White House since Alan Greenspan in 1987, a venue choice that says plenty about how close this central bank now sits to the executive branch. The optics got stranger from there.
Bitcoin: The return of the sellers
Bitcoin (BTC) remains under pressure so far this week, consolidating around $77,000 on Friday after being rejected from the overhead supply zone the previous week. The institutional sell-off continues, with spot BTC Exchange-Traded funds (ETFs) recording billions in outflows.
US Dollar: What’s up, Kevin? Premium
The US Dollar’s (USD) week was an apathetic one. There were ups and downs and plenty of uncertainty in the geopolitical field.
Week ahead – US PCE inflation in focus amid Middle East uncertainty, RBNZ decides on rates
Middle East developments keep the dollar range bound. But Fed rate hike bets remain elevated ahead of key US PCE data. RBNZ decision and Australia CPI data to text steep implied rate paths.
EDUCATION
Prop trading in the United States: Why more traders are looking at futures
The United States is a major financial market, but it is much more restrictive for retail traders who want to try prop trading. As a result, US traders face a different prop-trading environment than those in Europe, Asia, or offshore locations.
How to detect market mispricings and turn them into high-probability trades
On Monday, GBP/USD was climbing. Most traders looking at the chart saw a bullish move and were either already long or thinking about buying the pullback. But the fundamentals were telling a completely different story — the dollar should have been strengthening.
PRESS RELEASES
fmas:26 kicks off with a packed exhibition floor and high-energy networking on day 1
fmas:26 officially opened its doors today 26th of May, welcoming thousands of industry professionals, traders, fintech innovators, brokers, affiliates, IBs, and service providers for an exciting first day at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
STARTRADER Launches 39 New US Stocks and ETFs Across the Sectors Shaping the Future of Global Markets
Dubai, UAE, May 25th, 2026, FinanceWire
OneRoyal integrates acuity AI tools to help traders decode market sentiment
A price moves before the news breaks. Anyone who has traded long enough knows this. It is not always fundamentals or technicals. Often, it is sentiment, the collective mood of thousands of traders acting on fear, optimism, or confusion, that shifts a market first.