Turkish media reports said the central bank saw a “dollar quake” and released a “surprising” gold forecast, signaling the possibility of unconventional FX intervention or a policy shift. The signal has raised concerns about lira stability and the repricing of dollar-denominated assets, according to the report. Expectations for gold—seen as a traditional safe haven and hedge against depreciation—were sharply revised higher. The development was described as a sudden policy signal rather than a routine statement, with the potential to quickly transmit to precious metals and emerging-market currency markets.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael J. Saylor said on July 7, 2026 that he purchased $150M of Ethereum (ETH) at an average price of $1727. The purchase was made in Saylor’s personal name and was not a MicroStrategy balance-sheet transaction. The disclosure quickly circulated publicly and is described as a verifiable on-chain and financially material whale move involving only ETH.

AMC Entertainment shares fell 6.35% to $1.77 on Monday after the company completed a $200 million registered direct offering that issued 95,250,000 common shares. The company said the proceeds will be used primarily to redeem $125,471,000 of its 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027, leaving it with no anticipated material debt principal repayments until calendar year 2029. Technically, the stock has dropped below its 20-day, 50-day and 200-day moving averages and is only slightly above its 100-day level, keeping near-term pressure elevated.

Uganda earned US$151.7 million from coffee exports in May, down about 38% from a year earlier, as export volumes and international prices fell. Shipments dropped more than 22% to 617,491 60kilogram bags. Prices eased as expectations for a larger harvest in Brazil weighed on the market. Coffee remains Uganda’s largest agricultural export and leading source of foreign exchange.

Ripple-backed Evernorth has registered a trademark in the Cayman Islands, a step that signals concrete progress in its XRP Treasury initiative. The initiative aims to build compliant, on-chain asset management infrastructure based on XRP to support institutional-grade custody and settlement needs. While the concept has been disclosed before, the trademark filing is a key move in establishing the project’s legal entity and suggests it has moved beyond a whitepaper-only stage. No details have been disclosed on funding size, launch timing, or partners, and the effort does not involve changes to XRP tokenomics or on-chain protocol upgrades.

Backpack Securities said it will support a 1:1 redeemability mechanism that links traditional financial assets with onchain liquidity. The firm said users will be able to trade between Nasdaq-listed assets and Solana through Backpack Securities. It did not disclose which specific securities are covered, any regulatory approval status, or a launch timeline.

An article says an entity called “Strategy” recently sold $225 million worth of Bitcoin, 112 times the size of a previous $2 million sale. It draws a historical comparison, noting that the earlier $2 million sale coincided with a 20% decline in BTC, framing a potential downside risk. The piece characterizes the move as a whale-sized on-chain sell event but provides no verifiable details such as the seller’s identity, custodian, on-chain address, or transaction timestamps.

OPEC+ said it would raise production from August, sending Brent and WTI down 1.4% and 1.2%, respectively. Foxconn, a major contract manufacturer, reported quarterly sales that beat expectations, reinforcing resilience in demand for AI hardware. Samsung Electronics is set to report earnings the next day, with the market looking for an 18-fold year-on-year jump in operating profit. Nasdaq 100 futures led US index futures higher with a 1.2% gain as technology shares rebounded.