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The price of gold has skyrocketed this year.

From AI to Bitcoin: These five trends will dominate markets in 2026

Gold and silver will keep their lustre, but can Bitcoin become their digital equivalent?

  • Billy Leung

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Donald Trump in front of a US dollar bill and gold bar

Trump has orchestrated a golden age for Australia

China’s epochal rise was the driver of Australia’s first resource boom, but in 2025 Trump has engineered something almost as astounding. 

  • Colin Kruger
Investing can seem as easy as picking an asset and diving in. But there’s a lot more to learn.

I lost money in bitcoin and property. How do I regain confidence?

There is a misguided notion that investing is largely about buying investments. But that’s just a small step in a bigger process.

  • Paridhi Jain
Trump has embraced the crypto industry in his second term.

Trump’s act of genius could spark trouble in the world’s most important market

We are getting a first-hand look at just how risky the Trump administration’s plan to bring crypto assets into the mainstream of the US financial system is.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The inclusion of MGX with its crypto ties to the Trump family is particularly controversial .

Crypto crash helps wipe out $1.6 billion of the Trump family’s fortune

The Trumps – and their followers – are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital currencies.

  • Tom Maloney and Annie Massa
Wall Street bounced higher after the Fed chair’s speech.

The alarm bells are ringing louder in markets

There are cracks appearing in share and crypto markets across the globe.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Wall Street’s bull rally has at least been interrupted.

The AI spending frenzy is giving investors anxiety

While Wall Street bankers think there could be a 10 to 20 per cent market correction, one of the world’s most famous investors bets on something more traumatic.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Billionaire Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty in 2023 to anti-money laundering failures, has been laying out his blueprint for policing the industry.

‘Biggest name in crypto’: Trump pardons billionaire who admitted to money laundering

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and his company Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.

  • Will Weissert and Alan Suderman
The $US400 billion cryptocurrency crash from Friday has raised suspicions of insider trading.

Crypto anger as investors claim insider trading in $600b Trump crash

The cryptocurrency crash triggered by the US president’s threat of 100 per cent tariffs on China on Friday has unleashed fresh claims of insider trading.

  • Eir Nolsoe
Ross Ulbricht, who created Silk Road, a dark web market that used Bitcoin to facilitate millions of dollars in drug sales, takes the stage to speak at Bitcoin 2025.

‘A disgrace’: Crypto rebel’s controversial comeback after Trump pardon

Ross Ulbricht seemed destined to spend the rest of his life inside a cell. But now he is free, and making a spectacular return to the crypto world.

  • Ryan Mac and David Yaffe-Bellany

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