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Renewed U.S.–Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva pushed oil and gold higher and sent risk-sensitive assets into flux, while trade volatility highlighted at Agri-Food Europe exposed tariff and supply-chain pressures for agri-commodity investors. This article explains the cross-asset reactions, sector implications, and practical steps investors can take now.

BRICS leaders have moved to explore a blockchain-backed settlement currency to reduce dollar reliance, while Amazon announced a $12 billion investment in Louisiana data-center campuses. Both moves carry concrete implications: the BRICS initiative could reshape cross-border settlement infrastructure and reserve dynamics, and Amazon’s buildout signals sustained demand for cloud and AI infrastructure with localized economic and energy effects.

U.S. equities fell sharply after a surprise tariff escalation and renewed AI disruption concerns, spurring flight to safe havens. Separately, spatial-AI startup World Labs closed a $1 billion round, underscoring a VC tilt toward deep scientific platforms with clear commercialization paths.

The Reserve Bank of Australia cautioned that investor exuberance—fueled in part by heavy AI-driven capital spending—raises bubble risks, while Pakistan’s equity benchmark plunged nearly 10%, underscoring frontier-market political and financing vulnerabilities. Both developments demand tighter risk controls and selective hedging.

A landmark Supreme Court ruling invalidated former administrations' IEEPA-based tariffs, prompting equity gains, a softer dollar and commodity price shifts. At ETH Denver, researchers warned that advances in quantum computing heighten risks to current Bitcoin signatures, accelerating interest in quantum-resistant cryptography.

A $36.3B wave of equity and bond inflows this week reflects cooling AI fears and renewed hopes for Fed rate cuts, while TryfactaConnex's $7.7B plan to build a 1GW AI data‑center campus in Uttar Pradesh spotlights a major infrastructure play for AI compute in India.