Shares of "Amazon for guns" - GrabAGun, a company linked to Donald Trump Jr. - collapsed after a New York offering. Amid bitcoin's rally, two cryptocurrency players filed for IPOs at once: the Bullish exchange, one of whose investors is billionaire Peter Thiel, and&nbsp;investment company Grayscale. Booking&nbsp;s competitor Klook, a travel booking platform, as well as two mature companies with a long history and multi-billion dollar revenues - McGraw Hill and NIQ.

A company with investments from Trump's son and a competitor of Binance: the main thing about the IPO by July 20

Apple Inc.

MP Materials Corp.

Block, Inc.

US President Donald Trump signed the Stablecoin Act into law - a major event for crypto-business. Bitcoin price this week exceeded $123 thousand for the first time. The EU is preparing to impose duties on goods from the U.S. for 72 billion euros in response to Washington's trade fee hike from August 1. China's GDP dynamics gives hope to the luxury market. The main events from July 14 to 18 - in our review;

Highlights of the week: EU and duties for the US, bitcoin record, hope for luxury from China


Brussels had hoped to negotiate with Washington on a 10 percent base fee and some industry exemptions


Trump seeks 15-20% duties on EU goods - Financial Times



Bank of America has named the best investment strategies in case US President Donald Trump fires Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell. His resignation may provoke turmoil in global markets, so investors and analysts are closely watching the developing situation.&nbsp;

Sell the dollar and bonds: BofA advised strategies in case Powell is fired

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

Ingredion Incorporated

The Coca-Cola Company

Analysts warn that a possible switch to cane sugar would disrupt supply chains and increase costs

Trump has announced that Coca-Cola will change the recipe. How might this affect business?

Netflix, Inc.

Netflix beat second-quarter revenue expectations and raised its outlook for the year. The White House is preparing to unveil a major artificial intelligence initiative. Jerome Powell was forced to publicly defend the $2.5 billion Fed headquarters overhaul project amid criticism from Trump. OpenAI unveiled the ChatGPT Agent, a tool that the company claims can handle errands on its own using a "virtual computer." About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 18.

Highlights for this morning: a Netflix report, a new White House AI initiative and an assistant from OpenAI

Shares of online weapons retailer GrabAGun sank almost 24% yesterday, July 16, their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Among the company's shareholders is Donald Trump Jr. He has been increasingly invested in what’s been called the “parallel economy," companies that position themselves as an alternative to corporate America,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/donald-trump-jr-s-grabagun-stake-worth-4-million-even-after-25-drop?srnd=phx-wealth&amp;embedded-checkout=true">notes</a> Bloomberg.&nbsp;

GrabAGun, online gun retailer backed by Trump Jr., sinks in NYSE debut

Bank of America Corporation

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Internal contradictions in the Republican Party make it difficult to advance key legislative crypto initiatives, despite the active support of the industry and the personal intervention of Donald Trump. The American president also once again returned to one of his favorite topics: the possible firing of Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell. US banks, meanwhile, are facing a trading boom. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 17.

Main by morning: 'crypto week' tugs, trading boom at US banks


US President Donald Trump is likely to fire Fed chief Jerome Powell in the near future, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/trump-likely-to-fire-powell-soon-white-house-official-says">a White House source told Bloomberg. According to him, the American leader discussed such a possibility at a meeting with Republicans in Congress on the evening&nbsp;Tuesday, July 15.&nbsp;

Trump may fire Powell, Bloomberg reported. The president called it unlikely

In the current situation, there are two ways to achieve super profitability, Blackrock believes

Fund managers have started spending cache. Bank of America sees this as an alarming signal

Eli Lilly and Company

Merck & Co., Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Donald Trump has said he will likely impose duties on pharma by the end of the month, and semiconductors shortly thereafter. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said they intend to participate in the development of stablecoins. Meanwhile, oil prices resumed growth thanks to demand from the U.S. and China. Against this background, central banks of countries with developed mining are increasingly buying gold from local mines. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 16.

Highlights for this morning: JPMorgan and Citi are thinking about stablecoin, central bankers are looking for gold mines

Strategy Inc

Circle Internet Group

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Bitcoin fell in price by nearly 3% after the House vote
