Conclusions Azerbaijan is a member of the CIS, but generally adheres to a policy of neutrality. At the same time, the strategic partnership with Turkey is actually a union of two states, which greatly determines the vector of Azerbaijan's...
News block> 1. Global collapse of stocks and cryptocurrency assets The large-scale sale of cryptocurrencies intensified over the weekend, as a result of which BTC fell to levels not seen since February, and ETH returned to prices in...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "Revenue growth of 40% and profit decrease of 7%" "Falling oil and a strong ruble" Revenue growth is not translated into net profit growth, which reduces the amount of dividends. Falling oil prices and a strong ruble...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Friday was the publication of data on the change in the number of people employed in the US non-agricultural sector for July. It was expected that the number of people employed in the...
News block 1. Coinbase: good quarterly report Coinbase shares rose 3.2% after the publication of financial results for the second quarter. The volume of retail and institutional trading on the cryptocurrency exchange amounted to $266...
Conclusions Estonia is a member of the European Union, which allows it to gain significant advantages in trade relations. At the same time, Estonia's GDP has been declining for the third year in a row, and has signs of a negative trend....
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "The lack of news on debt restructuring is negative for the company" "High rates are slowing down the demand for wooden housing construction" The significant debt accumulated during the period of historically high...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Thursday was the publication of data on the index of business activity in the US manufacturing sector from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) for July. Here's what we wrote about it in the...
News block> 1. Tether's record profit Tether, the leading issuer of stablecoins, has published its quarterly report, which reports a record net profit of $5.2 billion dollars for the first half of 2024.span> The portfolio of U.S. Treasury...
ZKX (ZKX) — a derivatives trading platform based on the Starknet Layer-2 network — has announced its closure.span> The founder of the project, Eduard Jubani Tour, said that the protocol does not have an "economically viable path" of...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT Yandex may conduct an additional issue of shares for the motivation program of its employees" "Yandex management offered to pay dividends in the amount of 80 rubles per share" The new shareholders have incurred...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Wednesday, of course, was the decision of the US Federal Reserve on the interest rate. The forecast assumed that the rate would remain unchanged at 5.50%. Here's what we wrote about it in the...
News block> 1. Mining has been legalized in Russia On July 30, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the second and third readings a bill on regulating the mining of cryptocurrencies in the country. Highlights: span>...
Conclusions Turkmenistan is a secular, unitary republic of the presidential type. The actual form of government is an authoritarian dictatorship. Turkmenistan is characterized by strict Internet censorship and has the status of the country...
News block> 1. SEC plans to change lawsuit against Binance US The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) no longer plans to focus on proving that some coins are securities. This follows from the updated SEC form in the framework of...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "Preferential mortgages for new buildings have ended in Russia" "A long period of tight monetary policy" The overheated primary housing market has lost preferential mortgages, as well as a drop in overall demand amid...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Monday was the traditional lack of news. However, markets are rising 90% of the time in the absence of serious news ahead of the Fed's two-day policy meeting, which begins today. Any signals...
News block 1. Bitcoin 2024: too much populism On July 25-27, the Bitcoin 2024 conference was held in Nashville (USA) rather ambiguously — too little constructive and too much populism. The construction can include:span> 🔸Bitcoin was talked...
Conclusions GDP per capita increased 2.2 times from $2,770 in 1991 to $6,087 in 2023. The average GDP growth since 1991 was 2.5%, which is slightly higher than the average for the CIS countries of 2.3%, and significantly higher than the...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Friday was the publication of data on the basic and general price index of personal consumption expenditures for June. It was expected that the growth of the basic and ordinary indices in monthly...