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Market Brief - After Hours

Bitcoin Sinks to 20-Month Low as Silver Crashes 7% and Gold Cracks $4,000

Season 2, Ep. 119

On today's episode of Market Brief – After Hours, we unpack a sweeping risk-off session that battered crypto and precious metals together. Bitcoin slid to a 20-month low while silver suffered a brutal double-digit-adjacent rout and gold knifed through a key psychological level. We break down oil's sharp retreat as tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz, the slide in Treasury yields, and a soft tape for tech even as the Dow held firm. In FX, the dollar stayed dominant across EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, USD/CAD and USD/JPY. Plus Micron's post-earnings pop, Wendy's Reddit-fueled surge, and a violent KOSPI rebound led by Samsung.

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