Crypto currencies are a new form of digital asset, developed to meet the needs of trade and finance in today’s internet-supported global economy.

One of the main value propositions of futures markets is that you can trade with leverage. You can get exposure to the change in value of USD 10,000 worth of a commodity or a currency by investing just USD 200 or so of capital (this is called the “margin”).

Not everyone can be a successful commodity futures trader – or investor, or speculator, whatever you call it. But no one can be a successful commodity futures gambler. A lucky gambler, perhaps, but if you play the futures market like you would play the casino, the odds are against you.

The COFR crude oil contract closed last week with a weekly appreciation of 2.90% to Rp 1,059,100 per barrel. The catalyst can be traced to the continued combination of expectations of a demand recovery joined by a number of sensitive geopolitical headlines in the Middle East.

Setiap pertengahan tahun, umat Muslim di seluruh dunia akan merayakan momen penting yaitu bulan suci Ramadan. Lebih dari 25% populasi Muslim dunia berada di Asia Tenggara dan Indonesia merupakan negara dengan populasi Muslim terbesar dengan kontribusi mencapai 12.7% dari total populasi Muslim dunia.

The gold contract GOLDUD has closed the week with a correction, which was significantly occurred at the end of the week, to record a weekly correction of 0.80% to $1,891.30 Troy Ounce. After the market absorbed the sentiment from the 3 employment data released on the previous week, this week the market's focus seems to be on the Greenback’s performance, especially with the anticipation and back-to-back market expectations on the Fed's future stance, which is based on recent data releases - inflation figures.

Entering the beginning of June, the ICDX's tin price was observed to be staying above the level of $30,000 per ton. The recovering of the global industrial and manufacturing activity played a role in driving demand, especially for the electronic product sector, which uses a lot of tin in its applications. In addition, the resurgent Covid-19 case in Asia has limited global tin supply, due to around 70% of global tin supply comes from Asia.

Seiring dengan demam aset kripto seperti Bitcoin dan Ethereum, bank-bank sentral dunia juga turut mempercepat rilisnya mata uang digital dari bank sentral (Central Bank Digital Currency/CBDC).