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Coinotag notes that the current direction of bitcoin creates significant opportunity for both long-term investors and market participants willing to take risks.

The gold market is showing heightened volatility, hovering around the $3,300 per ounce support level. While trade tensions have eased somewhat, the threat of renewed conflict remains. A potential escalation could push gold toward $4,000 per ounce, according to Bernard Dahdah, an analyst at Natixis.

Yannis Stournaras, a member of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council, said the monetary authority should be cautious about additional cuts in borrowing costs due to global uncertainty.

The downfall of activity at China’s facilities led to a decline in copper prices after it had reached record levels in April. It illustrates the impact of trade tensions between the US and China.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to Asia are expected to remain low in April. Meanwhile, signs of seasonal demand weakness have started to emerge in Europe as winter peak consumption passed.

The Financial Times (FT) reports that Chinese oil traders are betting on cheap crude, disregarding the long-term risks of a trade confrontation with the United States.

Torsten Slok of Apollo Global Management shared a detailed analysis of potential impacts from the US administration’s trade policy. He estimates that first signs of a shortage of Chinese goods could emerge as early as May, and the US economy risks sliding into a recession in the summer of 2025.

Inflation expectations of eurozone residents, according to the monthly survey of the European Central Bank (ECB), increased significantly in March. Respondents forecast an acceleration in price growth to 2.9% in the next 12 months.

In April, food prices in the UK increased the most since January 2024. According to Bloomberg, supermarkets were forced to cope both with tax hikes and a surge in the country's minimum wage.

With global economic fears receding, demand for precious metals remains subdued. But as Ned Davis Research points out, shifting investor sentiment toward silver could spark fresh upward momentum in its price.