3:00 AM Flash: Bitcoin Surges Past 76k as Gold Hits Record 4523

Three AM Flash. Here's your live market snapshot. Gold is trading at four thousand five hundred twenty three dollars. WTI crude is at ninety six point six dollars per barrel. And Bitcoin is currently at seventy six thousand seven hundred seven dollars. Breaking alert: Bitcoin has broken above seventy six thousand dollars in Asian trade, pushing through key resistance as risk appetite returns with reports of fresh institutional inflows. Gold continues its blistering run, now sitting at four thousand five hundred twenty three, while oil holds firm near ninety seven dollars amid ongoing supply concerns. In Europe, markets are eyeing a mixed open with focus shifting to tomorrow's key inflation data. The Pensions Commission is reportedly set to recommend that Britons save harder and delay accessing their pension pots until well past their mid-fifties, a move that could spark major debate over retirement policy. In other news, a Princeton cannibal who ate his brother's eyeball has been found dead in prison, bringing a disturbing chapter to a close. PFN is also in focus this morning, trading at an attractive valuation supported by an uptick in net asset value. This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.