Bitcoin (BTCUSD), Ethereum (ETHUSD), and other top cryptocurrencies continue to struggle on Friday amidst intensified geopolitical and geoeconomic uncertainties.

Gold prices hovered around $5,000 per ounce threshold on Friday as global tensions shifted investors’ attentions towards safe-haven assets, while the US dollar lost its allure.

The Gold and Precious Ores Division of the Federation of Egyptian Industries says work on creating the country’s first large-scale gold refining plant has begun.

 With US national debt now hitting almost $39 trillion, Trump needs to focus on the potential fallout of the world’s largest economy’s debt triggering a global financial crisis, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

The total value of dollar-pegged stablecoins has surpassed a new record of $311 billion amidst broad-based sell pressure in the cryptocurrency market, trading data obtained from CoinMarketcap.com revealed

Crude oil prices edged higher in the global commodity market on Friday as concerns over a possible US military strike on Iran eased, calming fears that tensions could disrupt oil supplies from the Middle East.