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Coinbase has revealed in an X post that it will enable copper and platinum futures trading on its app, not long after the CEO Brian Armstrong revealed plans to make the platform an “everything ...
On Nov. 10, 2025, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-AR, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, released a bipartisan discussion draft to establish a federal framework for regulating spot ...
Gold and silver fell for a second day, with investors positioning for an annual rebalancing of commodity indexes that will ...
Following a surprise 50% U.S. tariff announcement on imported copper, prices on the COMEX exploded upward—creating a historic arbitrage between U.S. and international benchmarks. Both GCC and PDBC sit ...
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What Are Commodities?

Commodities are a vital part of the global economy and are essential in the production of goods and services. The term "commodities" refers to raw materials such as metals, energy, agricultural ...
A defining feature of CMCITR is its greater allocation to industrial metals and reduced allocation to precious metals ...
Crude futures sank as Iran’s firing of missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar was seen as a measured response to U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities. Gold futures settled slightly higher as ...