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Global equity funds received a net inflow of $93 billion last week. This is the largest weekly amount since June 2026: the figure was reported by Bank of America based on EPFR data.
The bank reported to the SEC for Q3: Bitcoin ETFs, Coinbase and Strategy shares. Including Robinhood and miners, the total exceeds $1 billion.
On Saturday, November 14, Bitcoin reached $62,000, losing more than 8% in 24 hours. According to CoinGlass, over the same 24 hours, $2.05 billion worth of positions were forcibly closed on tracked exchanges, almost $800 million of which came from Binance.
BlackRock's IBIT fund, the largest Bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the US, has been losing money for 11 trading sessions without a single day of inflows - since October 30. Over that period about $2.35 billion was withdrawn from it, and this is the longest outflow streak in its history.
XAU/USD is closing the week down almost 4.5% and sits near $3,879 - the bottom in 13 months. Pressure comes from US Treasury yields at 5.15% and the dollar index at a 19-month high.
Mary Daly, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (one of the 12 regional Fed banks), said on Friday, November 13: the US economy is fine, but the key problem is inflation, and there is a "shift toward the view that rates need to rise." The dollar on this climbed to its highest since April 2025, gold lost more than 4% over the week.
Bloomberg reported, citing sources: the boards of directors of Elon Musk's two companies are discussing the terms of a combination. The combined value of the businesses exceeds $3.4 trillion - by price, this would be the largest deal of its kind in corporate history.
Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said on Friday, November 13, on Ethereum CNBC that if data worsen, the Fed will act more aggressively on rates. The dollar thereby moved to a 19-month peak, gold lost more than 4% over the week.
The Senate Banking Committee sent letters to former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The topic is advanced AI chip supplies to China and national security threats.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published the producer price index (PPI) for October. Annual growth accelerated from 6.3% to 6.5%, but came in slightly below the forecast, while the monthly rate slowed sharply - from 1.3% to 0.3%.
Over 24 hours, $1.64 billion in leveraged positions were forcibly closed on the crypto market - 513.7% more than the day before. Almost 89% of the amount came from long positions: BTC's drop to $67,770 wiped out those who bet on growth.
India's Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on November 4 and 5 at three offices in Bengaluru. The country's largest crypto exchange by turnover, CoinDCX, and the derivatives platform Delta Exchange India came under scrutiny: they are suspected of circumventing currency legislation.
The pair reached 159.95 - right up against the round 160 mark and the highest since September 2. Japanese Finance Ministry currency official Atsushi Mimura said markets should not forget about intervention risks, and the rate pulled back from that zone.
The Winklevoss brothers' crypto exchange handed over its UK and European operations to Singapore-based payments company KAST. The deal amount is less than $10 million, even though the divisions were bought mainly for their licenses.
The euro against the dollar has fallen to its lowest level in a year and a half, while the DXY dollar index has risen to 103.08 - also an 18-month high. By the European session, the pair had recovered part of the decline and is holding around 1.1090.
The main US securities market regulator filed a brief in Manhattan court on November 9 asking the judge not to halt trading in perpetual futures on US stocks. Cboe and Citadel Securities filed the lawsuit against the CFTC - now both agencies are against them.
Japanese producer output prices rose 7.1% year-on-year in October instead of the expected 6.5%. This increases pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise the rate on December 17-18 - the third time in a calendar year, something that has not happened since 1989.
Japan's largest broker Nomura is in preliminary talks to sell Laser Digital, its crypto business for institutional clients. London-based Marex Group is named among possible buyers. Bloomberg reported this on November 11.
On the morning of November 12 in Hong Kong, shares of Alibaba (ticker 9988.HK) and Tencent (700.HK) fell by about 5%. The reason was the preparation of new US rules: Chinese AI companies are to be banned from remotely using advanced chips via data centers outside the US and China.
The Office for National Statistics (UK's national statistics service) publishes its preliminary estimate of third-quarter GDP. Consensus is growth of 0.7% quarter-on-quarter versus 0.5% in the second quarter, with an annual rate of 1.9% versus 1.4%. GBP/USD approaches the release around 1.3275 - the lowest since mid-October.
XAU/USD fell to $3,985 per ounce - the second decline in a row. The trigger is October US inflation: after the report, futures price a Fed rate hike at the December meeting as a done deal.
The board is preparing to fire the founder and the only CEO in the company's history and is already selecting a candidate. The stock, which closed Wednesday in positive territory, plunged to $157 in the evening session.
DXY (dollar index, the dollar's exchange rate against a basket of currencies) reached 103.048 during the Asian session on Thursday - for the first time since early April 2025. In the previous session it gained 0.7% after US inflation came in above forecast.
The payment service Square, through whose terminals and cash registers ordinary stores and cafes accept money, has opened Bitcoin payment acceptance to American retail outlets. The announcement appeared on November 11 at around 19:00 Moscow time.
