Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist, Steno Research

Andreas Steno

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist

Macro and Geopolitical Research House

Steno Research

Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>Yesterday, the US Treasury revealed the issuance targets for Q1 and Q2.</li><li>The net addition to marketable debt is $760 billion for Q1.</li><li>While this is a substantial amount, it’s $55 billion less than the October estimate for Q1 ($816 billion).</li></ul>

Yesterday, the US Treasury revealed the issuance targets for Q1 and Q2.The net addition to marketable debt is $760 billion for Q1.While this is a substantial amount, it’s $55 billion less than the October estimate for Q1 ($816 billion).

US Liquidity & Debt Watch: Yellen to Decide the QT Tapering Timing Tomorrow

Crypto Investing and Decentralized Finance, Coinstack

Coinstack

Crypto Investing and Decentralized Finance

Coinstack is published weekly by Ryan Allis. He was previously CEO and Co-founder of iContact and led the company from 300 employees, 70,000 customers, and $50M in annual sales and an exit for $169M. Ryan was an angel investor in SpaceX, LendingClub, Change.org, Kuli Kuli, and Catalant. Today, Ryan advises companies and governments on blockchain-related projects and is the Chairman of Hive.org, a global community of 3,500 purpose-driven leaders from 130 countries making a positive impact in the world. Ryan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was Co-President of the Harvard Social Enterprise Club and a fellow of the Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute.

Crypto

<ul><li>Bitcoin closed at $77,712 on Sunday, up 20.57% w/w, its best week since October 2025.</li><li>Spot BTC ETFs drew $1.92B (week ending Aug 21), the largest weekly inflow of 2026.</li><li>Trump hosted crypto CEOs at the White House Aug 19, urging CLARITY passage.</li></ul>

Bitcoin closed at $77,712 on Sunday, up 20.57% w/w, its best week since October 2025.Spot BTC ETFs drew $1.92B (week ending Aug 21), the largest weekly inflow of 2026.Trump hosted crypto CEOs at the White House Aug 19, urging CLARITY passage.

Metals, Ores, and Mining Firms, Mint Finance

Pranay Yadav

Metals, Ores, and Mining Firms

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>SEC narrowly approves listing of spot Bitcoin ETF citing high correlation between CME futures and spot bitcoin price and adequacy of CME surveillance sharing.</li>
<li>New ETFs offer highly competitive expense ratios. ETFs also offer discount to expense ratio during a discount period.</li>
<li>ETFs see strong trading activity on day 1 but much of it likely came from outflows from GBTC to lower cost ETFs.</li>
</ul>


SEC narrowly approves listing of spot Bitcoin ETF citing high correlation between CME futures and spot bitcoin price and adequacy of CME surveillance sharing.
New ETFs offer highly competitive expense ratios. ETFs also offer discount to expense ratio during a discount period.
ETFs see strong trading activity on day 1 but much of it likely came from outflows from GBTC to lower cost ETFs.


Spot BTC ETFs Attract $4.3 Billion on Day 1 Paving the Way for Institutional Adoption

Junior Finance Analyst, Steno Research

Ulrik Simmelholt

Junior Finance Analyst

<ul><li>Global macro never sleeps, and this week is no exception.</li><li>The new year has started off with a blast, and it looks like dynamics all of a sudden have changed with sentiment going from full risk-on to risk-averse as the calendar has turned.</li><li>The US will be the overshadowing region to watch in the coming weeks as they look troubled the most with prices looking to stay hawkish for some time to come, while the labor market is weakening, but increasing growth due to easier financial conditions could keep the US away from stagflation.</li></ul>

Global macro never sleeps, and this week is no exception.The new year has started off with a blast, and it looks like dynamics all of a sudden have changed with sentiment going from full risk-on to risk-averse as the calendar has turned.The US will be the overshadowing region to watch in the coming weeks as they look troubled the most with prices looking to stay hawkish for some time to come, while the labor market is weakening, but increasing growth due to easier financial conditions could keep the US away from stagflation.

5 Things We Watch: USD-flation, Global Inflation, US Labor Market, Japan, Bitcoin

Global Commodities, Mint Finance

Srinidhi Raghavendra

Global Commodities

<ul>
<li>US equities were on a tear last week. Asian equities were buoyant but less muted. </li>
<li>Commodity majors were on a retreat. Gold, Silver, Oil, and Copper retreated on geopolitical conflicts that appears to be contained.</li>
<li>SLOOS reported tighter standards and weaker demand for commercial and industrial  loans to firms of all sizes over the third quarter.</li>
</ul>


US equities were on a tear last week. Asian equities were buoyant but less muted. 
Commodity majors were on a retreat. Gold, Silver, Oil, and Copper retreated on geopolitical conflicts that appears to be contained.
SLOOS reported tighter standards and weaker demand for commercial and industrial  loans to firms of all sizes over the third quarter.


[TW2] The Week That Was in Markets in 11 Charts (W/E 11th Nov 2023)

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Ethereum is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality. It provides a decentralized Turing-complete virtual machine, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which can execute scripts using an international network of public nodes. Ethereum also provides a cryptocurrency token called "ether", which can be transferred between accounts and used to compensate participant nodes for computations performed. "Gas", an internal transaction pricing mechanism, is used to mitigate spam and allocate resources on the network.

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5 Things We Watch: USD-flation, Global Inflation, US Labor Market, Japan, Bitcoin

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[TW2] The Week That Was in Markets in 11 Charts (W/E 11th Nov 2023)

Each Monday, we take stock of key news in markets across major economies & firms. US equity markets rallied strongly while commodity majors...

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