China bond futures opened in the morning session: 2-year futures (TS) most-active contract up 0.01%, 5-year (TF) up 0.04%, 10-year (T) up 0.10%, 30-year (TL) up 0.20%.

World Gold Council report estimates the digital-gold market at $45–55bln. Digital gold converts verified physical gold into tradable digital standard units to support tokenization, custodial products and collateral, without constraints of bar form or storage location. A five-year baseline scenario projects roughly 27% annualised growth to $160–170bln by 2031. The physical gold investment market is about $13tln; digital forms (vault-based digital gold and tokenized gold) currently represent under 1% of that market. Tokenized-gold cumulative spot trading volume in Q1 2026 reached $90bln, exceeding full-year 2025 volume.

Washington Post reports the US will extend temporary protected status (TPS) for about 100,000 Ukrainians.