Finance

Bitcoin climbed over 6% to break past $77,000, capping off its most successful weekly performance in more than two years. The digital asset rally was catalyzed by the U.S. Treasury's unexpected intervention to double its long-term sovereign bond buybacks, which expanded market liquidity and weakened the dollar. Cryptocurrency exchange operators and related digital asset equities also recorded strong single-day double-digit percentage gains.

Precious metal prices extended their recent upward trajectory on Friday, with gold futures climbing above $4,600 per troy ounce to capture a near 5% weekly gain. Growing investor concerns regarding the expanding national debt, which recently breached the $40 trillion threshold, have renewed safe-haven demand. This underlying fiscal anxiety, compounded by structural weaknesses in the dollar, has driven renewed capital allocation into precious metals.

Brent crude futures established a sixth consecutive day of pricing gains, moving past $94 a barrel as traders factored in heightened geopolitical risk premium. Recent rhetorical escalation from U.S. officials regarding strict economic enforcement against Tehran has amplified concerns over stability in key maritime supply corridors like the Strait of Hormuz. The parallel rise in energy prices and long-term interest rates continues to cloud the corporate valuation outlook.