Analyzes

Bitcoin is drifting lower but remains constructive above $72,000, with traders watching for a V-shaped bounce to retest the 200-day EMA and $84,000.

Indian authorities have stepped up efforts to protect the country’s foreign-exchange reserves and stabilize the Indian Rupee. Gold purchases are one area in focus, but the crackdown on the precious metal could end up creating a bigger problem than the one it is trying to solve.

Gold is in a bullish consolidation phase in Asia on Thursday, following the recent pullback from three-week highs of $4,774.

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.

Copper price surged to record highs, nearing $14,200 per ton in May, as AI-driven demand collided with mounting supply fears linked to the Middle East war. The rally could have major implications for Australia, one of the world’s largest mining economies.

Bitcoin (BTC) spent the past week chopping around the $80,000 region as traders weighed renewed macro uncertainty against still-constructive institutional demand and improving crypto policy momentum.