US And Iran Appear To Postpone Uranium Talks Until Later Date - BBG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Johnson: House Will Amend Stalled Housing Bill Despite White House, Senate GOP Pushback - POLITICO www.politico.com/live-updates...

‘20 Years Is Enough’: Trump Puts A Timeline On Limiting Iran’s Nuclear Program – POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

US President Trump: Discourages Taiwan Going 'Independent' - Fox - Taiwan Should Feel Neutral After Xi Meeting

Inflation Rate Projected To Hit 6% In Q2, Top Economic Forecasters Say – CNBC www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/i...

Ackman’s Pershing Square Builds Microsoft Stake On AI Optimism – TheInformation www.theinformation.com/briefings/ac...

Fed's Miran Submits Resignation From Fed Board

UK PM Starmer Will Not Look To Block Burnham Running – BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

AI Chipmaker Cerebras Systems Opens At USD350, IPO At USD185

Apple-OpenAI Relationship Frays, Setting Up Possible Legal Fight - BBG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham Announces Run For UK Parl’t, Requests Permission Of NEC For By-Election

OpenAI Says Hackers Stole Some Data After Latest Code Security Issue – TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/o...

UK Labour MP Josh Simons Announces He Will Step Down To Allow Burnham Run x.com/joshsimonsmp...

BoE's Pill: Uncertainty ‘Not An Excuse’ For Inaction - ‘My View Is We Have To Keep Rates Up For Now’ - More Restriction Needed In System Than 2 Months Ago - Inflation Tends To Overshoot Target Vs Undershoot

US 30-Year Freddie Mac Fixed Rate Mortgages 14-May Wk: 6.36% (prev 6.37%) - 15-Year Freddie Mac Fixed Rate Mortgages: 5.71% (prev 5.72%) www.freddiemac.com/pmms

US Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q2: 4.0% (prev 3.8%) www.atlantafed.org/-/media/Proj...

Iran Claims It Deployed Small Submarines To Cause More Chaos In Strait Of Hormuz – NY Post nypost.com/2026/05/14/u...

US EIA NatGas Storage Change (BCF) 08-May: +85 (est +87; prev +63) - Salt Dome Cavern NatGas Stocks (BCF): +12 (prev +1) ir.eia.gov/secure/ngs/n...

Fed's Schmid: US Economy Has Shown 'Remarkable Resilience', Economic Fundamentals Sound - Most Pressing Risk To Economy Is Continued Inflation, Clear That It Is Still Too High - US Economy Is Less Vulnerable To Global Oil Disruptions Than Before

UK Education Minister Phillipson: PM Starmer Has My Support And Has Backing Of Cabinet Minsters - Streeting Resignation Is A ‘Chance To Draw A Line Under All This’

US Business Inventories (M/M) Mar: 0.9% (est 0.9%; prev 0.4%)

Saudi Arabia Floats Middle Eastern Non-Aggression Pact With Iran – FT www.ft.com/content/ab78...

Discussion Of US Weapons Sales To Taiwan ‘Did Not Feature Prominently’ In Talks, Rubio Says – AP apnews.com/live/trump-a...

US Import Price Index (M/M) May: 1.9% (est 1.0%; prev 0.8%; prevR 0.9%) - Import Price Index Ex-Petroleum (M/M): 0.7% (est 0.5%; prev 0.1%; prevR 0.0%) - Import Price Index (Y/Y): 4.2% (est 3.1%; prev 2.1%) - Export Price Index (M/M): 3.3% (est 1.2%; prev 1.6%; prevR 1.5%)

US Initial Jobless Claims May-9th: 211K (est 205K; prev 200K; prevR 199K) - US Continuing Claims: 1.782M (est 1.780M; prev 1.766M; prevR 1.758M)

US Retail Sales Advance (M/M): Apr: 0.5% (est 0.5%; prev 1.7%; prevR 1.6%) - Retail Sales Ex Auto (M/M): 0.7% (est 0.7%; prev 1.9%) - Retail Sales Ex Auto and Gas (M/M): 0.5% (est 0.3%; prev 0.6%; prevR 0.7%) - Retail Sales Control Group (M/M): 0.5% (est 0.4%; prev 0.7%; prevR 0.8%)

JPMorgan AM Launches Second Tokenized Money Market Fund On Ethereum

‘Hold The Line’: Burnham Tells Allies In Parliament He Still Has Options To Return – Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Chinese Firms Plot Secret Arms Sales To Iran, US Officials Say – NY Times www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

Culper Says It Is Short Nvidia

Apple Explores Ways To Welcome AI Agents In The App Store - TheInformation www.theinformation.com/articles/app...

US 30-Year Bond Sale - High Yield Rate: 5.046% (prev 4.876%) - Bid-Cover Ratio: 2.30 (prev 2.39) - Direct Accepted: 21.7% (prev 24.2%) - Indirect Accepted: 66.6% (prev 64.1%) - WI: 5.041%

Chinese Oil Tanker Makes Successful Hormuz Crossing As Trump’s Beijing Visit Kicks Off - CNN

Fed's Collins: There's Been A Long List Of Recent Supply Shocks, Is Very Focused On Supply Side Issues

Fed's Collins: Has Been Expecting To See Continued Productivity Gains, It's Not Just AI Driven - Unemployment Rate Remains Relatively Low

Fed’s Collins: Fed Policy Is 'Well Positioned' To Deal With Risks - Expects Fed Will Need To Keep Policy Restrictive 'For Some Time' www.bostonfed.org/news-and-eve...

BoC’s Alexopoulos: So Far, We Don’t Have Evidence That AI Is Replacing Workers On A Large Scale www.bankofcanada.ca/2026/05/ai-i...

Andy Burnham’s Camp Scrambles To Challenge A Wes Streeting Leadership Bid - POLITICO www.politico.eu/article/andy...

Iran Won't Join Next US Talks Without 5 Conditions Met - Fars t.me/farsna/435173

ECB’s Nagel: Still Have ‘Quite A Bit’ Of Inflation Ahead Of Us - Handelsblatt - Rate Hikes Are Becoming Increasingly Likely - No Longer In Baseline Scenario, Moving To Adverse One

US 10-Year Note Sale: - High Yield Rate: 4.468% (prev 4.282%) - Bid-Cover Ratio: 2.40 (prev 2.43) - Direct Accepted: 24.1% (prev 23.9%) - Indirect Accepted: 64.0% (prev 65.3%) - WI: 4.464%

Two months ago, geopolitical news was driving major crypto volatility. Traders have since become desensitized. Ceasefire developments that once moved markets are now barely registering. In terms of trading, the story is behind us.

US WASDE Corn End Stocks May: 1.957B (est 1.945B; prev 2.127B) - Soybean End Stocks: 310M (est 350M; prev 350M) - Total Wheat End Stocks: 762M (est 850M; prev 938M) - Cotton End Stocks: 3.9M (prev 4.40M)

AI is accelerating crypto hacks by letting malicious actors scan far more code bases in the same time. The current rate is above one hack a day. Mostly smaller protocols for now, but larger ones are in the mix too.

US President Trump: 100% We Get Iran’s Nuclear Dust – Radio - China Is Strong, But We're Stronger Militarily - Iran Is Just A Question Of Time; Don't Have To Rush Anything - Can’t Let Them Have Nuclear Weapons

What keeps traders in crypto beyond the returns is structural. Starting in equities or futures requires capital, minimums, and fees. In crypto, you can start from zero. The barrier to entry is the difference.

MicroStrategy: $12.4 billion Q1 loss from a $14.46 billion unrealized markdown as Bitcoin fell from $87,000 to $68,000. Holds 553,000 Bitcoin at avg cost $75,500, worth around $66.82 billion. MSTR up roughly 20% year to date.

UK Ministerial Aide Melanie Ward Resigns Over Starmer x.com/melanie_ward...

Goldman, BofA Push Back Fed Rate Cut Forecasts To Year-End – Investing uk.investing.com/news/economy...

Redistricting War Isn’t Over, Democrats Say. Planning Huddle This Week In Washington - CNBC www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/e...