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Criminals are using large denomination $100 bills to launder money, with the amount of physical cash in circulation increasing.

Cartels balance their books by trading drugs for farm equipment, and money laundering has a parallel financial system that undergirds global networks, resembling Renaissance-era banking.

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Investors are embracing risk as earnings rise, with stocks and credit powering ahead.

Global bond yields are also climbing.

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A 10-year US Treasury yield of 5.5% could overwhelm earnings growth and pressure equity valuations, according to Alain Bokobza, head of global asset allocation at Societe Generale SA.

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Angola plans to raise as much as 208.5 billion kwanzas ($228 million) from the sale of a 34% stake in Standard Bank de Angola SA previously held by a jailed former insurance tycoon.

The stake is being sold to raise funds.

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Iraq is struggling to find buyers to collect its crude from inside the Persian Gulf this month after sharply raising the price of its barrels.

This development could jeopardize a pickup in the nation’s oil flows.

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Deutsche Bank AG strategist Henry Allen says investors are underestimating the scale of rate hikes needed to tackle inflation due to upward pressure on prices.

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Two leading commodity trading houses have seen their profits more than double, thanks to the war in Iran creating a bonanza for traders and their top executives.

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Strong earnings continue to support US stocks, but elevated expectations and higher yields leave the market vulnerable if results disappoint.

A bigger correction can be seen if hiccups occur.

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Dell has seen a significant increase of +344% since President Trump advised people to 'go out and buy a Dell.'

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RAOUL PAL HIGHLIGHTS ZCASH AS PRIVACY NARRATIVE GAINS MOMENTUM

Zcash has caught the attention of macro investor and Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal, who described the cryptocurrency’s long-term technical setup in particularly strong terms.

Discussing ZEC, Pal pointed to the combination of an increasingly relevant privacy narrative and a long-term chart that appears to be breaking higher.

“I just don’t see how this does not go a long way,” Pal said while reviewing the Zcash chart.

His comments come at a notable moment for ZEC. Following its recent appreciation, Zcash has returned to broader market attention as investors reassess the role of financial privacy within the cryptocurrency sector.

Pal’s argument appears to extend beyond short-term price action. Privacy is a relatively straightforward investment narrative: as digital financial activity becomes increasingly transparent and traceable, technologies designed to preserve transactional privacy may become more valuable.

Zcash represents one of the longest-established projects built around that thesis, combining a fixed maximum supply of 21 million ZEC with optional shielded transactions powered by zero-knowledge cryptography.

The latest rally has already resulted in a substantial repricing of ZEC. Whether that momentum can be sustained remains uncertain, but Pal’s comments illustrate how Zcash is increasingly entering the conversation among prominent macro and crypto investors.

🎥 Watch Raoul Pal discuss the Zcash setup in the video above.

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Borrowers from around the Asia Pacific stormed the dollar bond market on Tuesday, unleashing one of the busiest sessions of the year in the region.

Companies across the globe are primed to tap investors before interest rates go any higher.

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Gaw Capital Partners has secured a HK$4.29 billion loan backed by its Regent Hong Kong hotel, with lender commitments exceeding the target amount.

This comes despite weakness in the city’s broader commercial property market.

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Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, warns that the next couple of months may be rocky with only modest gains to be had for the rest of the year.

A possible series of hikes by the Federal Reserve can provide some resistance for equities.

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🎬 The Zcash Documentary Every Crypto Investor Should Watch

Long before Zcash existed, its roots were already being formed in the earliest days of digital money.

This Zcash Media documentary explores the ideas, people and cryptographic breakthroughs that eventually led to Zcash — including Zooko’s involvement in digital currency research long before $ZEC launched.

One particularly remarkable piece of history: Zooko published “Decentralized Money” on January 26, 2009 — just weeks after Bitcoin went live.

The documentary traces the evolution from early cypherpunk ideas and Bitcoin to zero-knowledge cryptography and the creation of a cryptocurrency designed to give users something transparent blockchains cannot provide by default:

Financial privacy.

With Zcash receiving renewed attention today, the history behind the project is worth understanding.

🎥 Full documentary attached above.

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🔒 Privacy • Freedom • Financial Sovereignty

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