Mateusz Kaczmarek

Mateusz Kaczmarek is a financial and technology journalist at TS2.tech, covering stocks, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and global market developments. A graduate of the Poznań University of Economics and Business, he previously worked in financial analysis before moving into business journalism. His reporting focuses on technology companies, market trends and the forces shaping global investment markets. Follow Mateusz Kaczmarek on Google News.

Global Commodities Soar as War, Weather & Tariffs Upend Markets (Sept 25–26, 2025)

Global Commodities Soar as War, Weather & Tariffs Upend Markets (Sept 25–26, 2025)

Oil markets rallied sharply during the week. Brent crude rose above $69.5/barrel on Sept 26, its highest since early August reuters.com, and is set for a ~4% weekly gain – the biggest in three months reuters.com. West Texas Intermediate followed to ~$65.3/barrel reuters.com. The catalyst was a confluence of supply shocks and geopolitical tensions. Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian oil facilities have dealt a serious blow to Moscow’s fuel infrastructure reuters.com. In response, Russia banned most diesel exports and extended a gasoline export ban through year-end reuters.com reuters.com. Russia typically exports ~880,000 barrels per day of diesel reuters.com, so this move sent global diesel prices soaring and pushed European refinery margins to their highest since Feb 2024 reuters.com. “Ongoing Ukrainian drone strikes…NATO’s warning to Russia, and Russia’s move to halt key fuel exports” have all supported oil’s price surge, noted IG analyst Tony Sycamore reuters.com.
26 September 2025
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Precious Metals Boom: Gold Nears Record High, Silver Hits 14-Year Peak as Fed Pivot and Tariff Shocks Spark Rally

Precious Metals Boom: Gold Nears Record High, Silver Hits 14-Year Peak as Fed Pivot and Tariff Shocks Spark Rally

Precious metals extended their spectacular 2025 rally through September’s final week, with gold and silver leading the charge. Gold prices steadied around $3,748/oz on Friday after a 1.6% weekly gain reuters.com. Earlier in the week, gold hit a fresh record high near $3,790/oz kitco.com, surpassing previous peaks as investors flocked to safety. The yellow metal is now up over 40% year-to-date, propelled by economic jitters and expectations of looser monetary policy mining.com. “Investors don't see enough fiscal stability on the U.S. side... it's easy to understand why gold is surging,” said Carlo Alberto De Casa of Swissquote, citing trade war strains and geopolitical tensions as key drivers kitco.com.
26 September 2025
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Tariff Shock and Fed Jitters: Asian Markets Stumble as Rally Meets Reality

Tariff Shock and Fed Jitters: Asian Markets Stumble as Rally Meets Reality

Asian markets were mostly steady on Thursday as investors navigated mixed signals from central banks and awaited key U.S. data releases. Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged up 0.3% to 45,755, recovering from early losses abcnews.go.com. Optimism in Tokyo was underpinned by hopes that the Bank of Japan would maintain its ultra-easy policy: fresh data showed Tokyo consumer inflation at 2.5% in September, below forecasts abcnews.go.com. While still above the BoJ’s 2% target, the cooler-than-expected price rise eased pressure for immediate tightening. This spurred bets that the BoJ will hold off on rate hikes for now, weakening the yen and boosting exporter stocks investing.com investing.com. Japanese indexes remain near multi-decade highs on this dovish outlook investing.com.
26 September 2025
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Tariff Shocks & Rate Jitters Ignite Wild 48 Hours in European Markets

Tariff Shocks & Rate Jitters Ignite Wild 48 Hours in European Markets

European equities seesawed over the two days, buffeted by transatlantic trade tensions and shifting rate expectations. On Thursday Sept. 25, the STOXX Europe 600 index dropped 0.7%, touching levels not seen in three weeks reuters.com. Almost every major bourse closed in the red reuters.com as traders digested a slew of worrying signals: fresh U.S. trade investigations into high-tech imports, surprisingly robust U.S. economic data, and guarded comments from central bankers. By Friday Sept. 26, however, markets regained footing – the STOXX 600 ticked up roughly +0.3% by midday reuters.com and was on track to finish the eventful week slightly higher brecorder.com. The late-week relief came as investors pivoted to bargain-hunting in financial and industrial shares and awaited key U.S. inflation data for clues on interest rates reuters.com.
26 September 2025
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Crypto’s 48-Hour Whirlwind: Market Bloodbath, Big Bank Bets, and $1M Bitcoin Prophecies (Sept 25–26, 2025)

Crypto’s 48-Hour Whirlwind: Market Bloodbath, Big Bank Bets, and $1M Bitcoin Prophecies (Sept 25–26, 2025)

United States – A Friendlier Stance: In Washington, a significant shift in crypto policy is underway. President Donald Trump’s administration has adopted a crypto-friendly approach, prompting U.S. regulators and Congress to advance new legislation gemini.com. Earlier this year, lawmakers passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, providing a clear framework for stablecoins cointelegraph.com gemini.com. The GENIUS Act establishes standards for reserve-backed stablecoins and even allows foreign-issued stablecoins from equivalent regulatory regimes, signaling a more open U.S. market cointelegraph.com cointelegraph.com. A broader digital asset market structure bill is also in the works and could pass by year-end, aiming to finally resolve the SEC vs. CFTC turf wars over crypto oversight cryptonews.com gemini.com. SEC Chair Paul Atkins echoed this friendlier tone, stating the agency will focus on clear rules and “enforce laws where indicated,” moving away from the opaque regulation-by-enforcement of prior years.
26 September 2025
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Nasdaq Stumbles as Fed Jitters Mount, Intel Soars, Tariffs Rattle Tech Markets

Nasdaq Stumbles as Fed Jitters Mount, Intel Soars, Tariffs Rattle Tech Markets

Wall Street’s momentum faltered in the latter half of this week, with the Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100 both posting their third straight daily loss on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 22,384.70, and the S&P 500 and Dow Jones also fell around 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively reuters.com. These declines marked a sharp reversal from Monday, when all three indices notched record-high closes investopedia.com after a months-long tech-driven rally. Traders say the pullback partly reflects investors locking in profits on big tech names that had run up dramatically through the summer. The CBOE Volatility Index – Wall Street’s “fear gauge” – remains relatively low, but market breadth turned negative as decliners outnumbered gainers by about 3-to-1 on the Nasdaq exchange reuters.com, indicating more stocks are participating in the downdraft.
26 September 2025
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Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: NYSE Hit by Fed Jitters, Tariff Shocks & Earnings Surprises

Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: NYSE Hit by Fed Jitters, Tariff Shocks & Earnings Surprises

After a euphoric run to all-time highs earlier in the week, U.S. equity indices hit a speed bump over the September 25–26 span. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 0.37% on Thursday to 46,121, and the S&P 500 lost ~0.5%, as nearly every sector sank rakutentrade.my reuters.com. Tech-heavy indexes like the Nasdaq Composite also slipped ~0.5%. These declines marked the third consecutive daily drop for Wall Street m.economictimes.com, ending a streak of record closes that kicked off the week. By Friday’s close, the Dow had slipped under 46,000, wiping out its earlier gains and putting major benchmarks modestly in the red for the week.
26 September 2025
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Cosmic Sky Show: Northern Lights, Shooting Stars & Space Spectacles Dazzle Sept. 26–27, 2025

Cosmic Sky Show: Northern Lights, Shooting Stars & Space Spectacles Dazzle Sept. 26–27, 2025

After a geomagnetically active equinox week, Earth’s magnetosphere is settling down for now. A few days ago, skywatchers as far south as Alberta were treated to vibrant auroral shapes thanks to a high-speed solar wind stream spaceweather.com. As of Friday, Sept. 26, that solar wind has slackened, and NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts quiet geomagnetic conditions in the near term earthsky.org. Any auroras tonight will likely be confined to the high Arctic latitudes – think northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, or Arctic Scandinavia – and probably faint at that space.com.
26 September 2025
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Launch Doubleheader and Lunar Revelations – Space News Roundup (Sept 25-26, 2025)

Launch Doubleheader and Lunar Revelations – Space News Roundup (Sept 25-26, 2025)

September 25, 2025 saw an extraordinary launch doubleheader. In the pre-dawn hours, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:39 a.m. EDT carrying 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit spaceflightnow.com. Just a few hours later at 8:09 a.m. EDT, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V roared skyward from a neighboring pad with 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites onboard spaceflightnow.com. The rare one-two punch meant two orbital launches from one spaceport within 3.5 hours, treating spectators on Florida’s Space Coast to dual rocket trails in the sky.
26 September 2025
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Tech’s Big Week: TikTok’s $14B Sale Twist, Nvidia’s $100B AI Bet & 6G on the Horizon

Tech’s Big Week: TikTok’s $14B Sale Twist, Nvidia’s $100B AI Bet & 6G on the Horizon

Artificial intelligence dominated tech headlines this week, as industry leaders forged unprecedented deals to secure their edge. Nvidia’s blockbuster commitment to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI made waves across Silicon Valley reuters.com. Under the proposed arrangement, Nvidia will pour cash into OpenAI in exchange for OpenAI purchasing Nvidia’s cutting-edge GPUs for its AI data centers reuters.com reuters.com. Essentially, OpenAI gets the state-of-the-art chips it desperately needs to train advanced AI models, and Nvidia gains a stake in AI’s hottest startup. “Everything starts with compute,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman remarked, emphasizing that massive computing power is the foundation of modern AI breakthroughs reuters.com. The partnership would deploy an astounding 10 gigawatts of Nvidia GPU systems for OpenAI in coming years – roughly the electricity used by 8 million U.S. homes reuters.com. Analysts lauded the deal’s strategic logic for both sides, but also noted concerns that Nvidia is essentially funding a customer to buy its own products, a “circular” setup that could draw regulatory scrutiny reuters.com if it stifles competition. Nonetheless, Nvidia’s shares hit record highs on the announcement, valuing the company at over $1 trillion, as investors bet this tie-up will further cement Nvidia’s dominance in the AI chip
26 September 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s $100B OpenAI Bet and Major Tech AI Moves Send Shares Surging (Sept 24–25, 2025)

AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s $100B OpenAI Bet and Major Tech AI Moves Send Shares Surging (Sept 24–25, 2025)

US and global indices treaded water after the blistering tech rally. On Sept. 24 the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped about 0.3–0.5% investopedia.com, as profit-taking hit “Magnificent 7” stocks and AI names. A key factor was Fed Chair Powell’s commentary on Sept. 23, warning that tech valuations were high. Post Powell, the S&P tech sector dipped and Nasdaq futures fell modestly investopedia.com. Tech giants cooled: Oracle and Nvidia fell 1.7% and 0.8% investopedia.com; Amazon slid 0.2% investopedia.com. Energy stocks bucked the trend amid rising oil. But AI–focused stocks bucked that overall trend: Alibaba jumped 8–10% investopedia.com reuters.com, Baidu climbed ~6% ainvest.com, and GPU/cloud plays like Marvell and Intel also rallied on AI spending news investopedia.com.
25 September 2025
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Commodities Rollercoaster: Oil Rockets & Gold Smashes Records as Trade & Weather Woes Hit Agriculture (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Commodities Rollercoaster: Oil Rockets & Gold Smashes Records as Trade & Weather Woes Hit Agriculture (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Oil led commodity moves this week. On Sept 24 Brent crude jumped about 2.5% – its strongest gain since July – after U.S. stockpiles fell more than expected reuters.com. Supply concerns from geopolitics added fuel: planned disruptions in Iraq, reduced exports from Venezuela, and attacks on Russian energy sites kept markets nervous reuters.com reuters.com. US crude settled at ~$65 on Sept 24, up ~$1.60 for the day reuters.com. However on Sept 25 prices gave back some gains: Brent fell to ~$68.80 and WTI to ~$64.45 reuters.com. Traders attributed the pullback to profit-taking, a softer demand outlook, and imminent return of Kurdish oil exports reuters.com reuters.com. UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo said markets are “risk-off” as equity slides weigh on crude reuters.com, while Phillip Nova’s Priyanka Sachdeva warned that resuming Kurdish flows could reignite an oversupply narrative reuters.com. U.S. bank analysts also flagged cooling fuel demand: U.S. September air travel was almost flat and gasoline demand is “pulling back” as summer winds down reuters.com reuters.com. Overall, prices remain elevated by seasonal demand and geopolitical risk, but fundamentals suggest easing into Q4.
25 September 2025
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Asia Markets Whipsaw: Japan’s Record Rally, China Tech Soars on AI, Scandal Rocks Manila (Sep 24–25, 2025)

Asia Markets Whipsaw: Japan’s Record Rally, China Tech Soars on AI, Scandal Rocks Manila (Sep 24–25, 2025)

Japan’s Nikkei 225 extended its remarkable 2025 rally, closing Sep 25 at ¥45,754.93, up 0.27% and marking a third consecutive record finish Tradingview. The broader TOPIX gained 0.47% to reach 3,185 Tradingview. Investors piled into previously lagging sectors – notably non-ferrous metals, which jumped 3.2% Tradingview – betting that broader participation will sustain the bull run. “These days, the stocks that lead the market’s gain rotate, which is a good sign for … further gains,” observed Shoichi Arisawa of IwaiCosmo Securities Tradingview.
25 September 2025
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European Markets Whiplash: Defense Stocks Soar as Luxury Lags in 48-Hour Rollercoaster

European Markets Whiplash: Defense Stocks Soar as Luxury Lags in 48-Hour Rollercoaster

Major indexes in Europe seesawed between gains and losses over the two-day span, reacting to a flurry of news. On Wednesday Sept. 24, the broad STOXX Europe 600 slipped -0.2% by the close reuters.com. Regionally, performance was mixed – the UK’s FTSE 100 actually rose +0.3%, and Germany’s DAX edged up +0.2%, while France’s CAC 40 sank -0.6% to a two-week low nasdaq.com. Spain’s IBEX 35 and Italy’s FTSE MIB also leaned negative, but with smaller declines. This divergence reflected differing sector weights: London’s FTSE was propped up by its commodity-heavy constituents, whereas Paris’s luxury and industrial names dragged it down.
25 September 2025
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Shutdown Jitters, ETF Tsunami & Crypto Power Plays – Top Crypto News (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Shutdown Jitters, ETF Tsunami & Crypto Power Plays – Top Crypto News (Sept 24–25, 2025)

A looming U.S. government shutdown spooked investors and weighed on crypto markets. Major cryptocurrencies stumbled over the past 48 hours, largely under pressure from mounting macroeconomic risks. Ether led the pullback, dropping over 3% during Asian trading hours Thursday to test the $4,000 level for the first time since early August coindesk.com. Bitcoin also dipped about 1%, sliding under $112,000 coindesk.com. A broad swath of altcoins followed suit: XRP, Solana and Dogecoin all fell roughly 2.5–3%, with Solana teetering just above the key $200 mark coindesk.com coindesk.com. The CoinDesk 20 index of top digital assets sank ~2% on the day coindesk.com, reflecting a defensive mood across the market.
25 September 2025
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Nasdaq Rally Hits Speed Bump as Tech Stocks Wobble – Fed Warning and AI Jitters Shake Markets (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Nasdaq Rally Hits Speed Bump as Tech Stocks Wobble – Fed Warning and AI Jitters Shake Markets (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Wall Street’s momentum in tech stocks paused mid-week after an extended rally. On Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Nasdaq Composite index slipped 0.33% – its second straight daily decline investopedia.com. This dip ended a three-session streak of record closing highs. The Nasdaq-100 likewise pulled back from recent peaks. Major indices were relatively flat through Wednesday morning, but turned lower around midday after fresh remarks from the Federal Reserve stirred concerns reuters.com investopedia.com.
25 September 2025
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Fed Warning and AI ‘Bubble’ Fears Hit Wall Street: NYSE Roundup (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Fed Warning and AI ‘Bubble’ Fears Hit Wall Street: NYSE Roundup (Sept 24–25, 2025)

After a blistering summer rally, Wall Street’s momentum hit a speed bump mid-week. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell about 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.3% smdailyjournal.com. It was the second straight down day after all three indices had notched record highs on Monday. By Thursday, stocks continued to drift in search of direction – trading was choppier and largely flat, as investors digested the week’s events and awaited fresh catalysts. Profit-taking was a major theme: with indexes still near all-time highs, many traders chose to lock in gains, especially in the recent high-flyers. “Equities have trended lower on anxiety over whether or not the Fed cuts rates at each meeting for the balance of this year,” explained Gene Goldman, chief investment officer at Cetera Investment Management reuters.com. In other words, the market was taking a breather to gauge if the Federal Reserve will indeed keep delivering the rate relief that fueled the rally.
25 September 2025
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Northern Lights, New Comet & Saturn Shine: Must-See Sky Events on Sept 25–26, 2025

Northern Lights, New Comet & Saturn Shine: Must-See Sky Events on Sept 25–26, 2025

It’s aurora season! The autumnal equinox is traditionally a prime time for auroras because of the way Earth’s magnetic field interacts with the solar wind this time of year. Researchers have observed that around the equinoxes, cracks tend to open in Earth’s magnetosphere, allowing even relatively minor solar activity to trigger auroral displays spaceweatherarchive.com spaceweatherarchive.com. This is known as the Russell–McPherron effect – essentially, “even a gentle gust of solar wind can breach our planet’s magnetic defenses” near the equinox spaceweatherarchive.com.
25 September 2025
Space Showdown: 48 Hours of Epic Launches, Cosmic Breakthroughs, and a New Moonship Name

Space Showdown: 48 Hours of Epic Launches, Cosmic Breakthroughs, and a New Moonship Name

Solar sentinel liftoff: The week’s biggest blast-off came early on Sept. 24, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared off Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center carrying a trio of spacecraft devoted to space weather research nasa.gov. In a single launch at 7:30 a.m. EDT, NASA and NOAA deployed the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On L1 satellite toward the Sun-Earth Lagrange point nasa.gov nasaspaceflight.com. This “fleet” will probe how the Sun’s charged particles and solar wind affect Earth and the broader solar system. “This successful launch advances the space weather readiness of our nation to better protect our satellites, interplanetary missions, and space-faring astronauts from the dangers of space weather,” said acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy nasa.gov. The new missions will provide early warning of solar storms and help safeguard power grids, communications, GPS, and astronauts by monitoring the Sun’s outbursts nasa.gov nasa.gov. NASA’s heliophysics chief Joe Westlake noted that understanding the Sun’s influence is “critical because the Sun’s activity directly impacts our daily lives… from power grids to GPS” nasa.gov. With the Sun approaching a peak in its 11-year cycle, these probes promise timely insights to protect technology and
25 September 2025
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