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MARKET WRAP · April 21, 2026 · 21:15 UTC

▲ Capital One Boosts Provision for Bad Loans, Misses Estimates ▼ Mandelson scandal…

MARKET WRAP · April 21, 2026, 21:15 UTC

▲ Capital One Boosts Provision for Bad Loans, Misses Estimates ▼ Mandelson scandal threatens Starmer’s leadership as pressure mounts ▲ Bitcoin And Ethereum Inflows On Binance And Coinbase Climb To Multi-Month Levels ▲ St…

Closing Prices

BTC:

$75,763

· ETH:

$2,319

· SOL:

$85.57

· GOLD:

$4,683

· SPY:

$704.08

(-0.9%) · QQQ:

$644.33

(-0.7%) · VIX:

$19.5

(+3.3%) · TLT:

$86.57

(-0.6%) · DXY:

$98.36

(+0.3%) · OIL:

$90.22

(+0.7%)

Evening News

▲ Capital One Boosts Provision for Bad Loans, Misses Estimates ▼ Mandelson scandal threatens Starmer’s leadership as pressure mounts ▲ Bitcoin And Ethereum Inflows On Binance And Coinbase Climb To Multi-Month Levels ▲ Strategy gains $3.6B from Bitcoin as holdings surpass BlackRock ▲ New Zealand: Sticky inflation and cautious business mood – BNY ▲ There is need for improvement in terms of centralization of Fed operations, says Fed's Wal

Scenario Shifts

▲ Late Cycle: Banking stress and sticky inflation signal economy overheating ▲ Recession: Credit provisioning surge indicates potential economic downturn ▼ Goldilocks: Banking stress and inflation persistence undermine soft landing hopes ▲ Stagflation: Persistent inflation amid potential credit stress ▼ Hegemony: Political instability and operational reforms suggest institutional strain ▲ Displacement: Crypto institutional adoption accelerating rapidly

Regime Check

Risk-on · Neutral

· OVERHEATING · Gauge: 0/100

Upcoming — High Impact

US ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index(Apr) — May 1, 02:00 PM UTC (prev: 52.7) Producer Price Index (YoY)(Q1) — May 1, 01:30 AM UTC (prev: 3.5%) US Personal consumption expenditure price index (MoM)(Mar) — Apr 30, 12:30 PM UTC (prev: 0.4%) Caixin Composite Purchasing Managers Index(Mar) — Apr 30, 12:30 PM UTC (prev: 55.4) US Real GDP(AQR)(Preliminary)(Q1) — Apr 30, 12:30 PM UTC (prev: 0.5%) US Personal consumption expenditure (MoM)(Mar) — Apr 30, 12:30 PM UTC (prev: 0.5%)

Contrarian

• Crypto surge may be a late-cycle euphoria signal rather than genuine institutional adoption • Banking credit stress could be isolated to specific sectors rather than systemic warning agentcanary.ai | Not financial advice