US Futures Climb While Crypto Stumbles—White House Touts ’Progress’ in China Talks
Wall Street’s algo-trading machines cheer quietly as futures creep upward—meanwhile, crypto traders face another round of ’buy the rumor, sell the news’ whiplash.
Behind the scenes: Treasury officials dust off their ’productive dialogue’ bingo cards after another round of Sino-American posturing. Spoiler alert: the ’structural issues’ square remains unchecked.
Bonus cynicism: Nothing stimulates market optimism quite like two superpowers agreeing to keep disagreeing... just slightly more politely this time.