The main events by the morning: July 15

• Trump's chances of winning the election increased after the assassination attempt. During a speech in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump was assassinated. According to political scientists, this event was a turning point that intensified the political struggle and polarization of society in the United States. Now the ex-president, wounded in the ear, has a high chance of an unconditional victory.

• Gold could be the beneficiary of an assassination attempt on Trump. On Monday, the growth of traditional defensive assets is expected: gold, US government bonds, the yen and the dollar. Analysts believe that gold may even reach historical highs. The positions of cryptocurrencies will also strengthen, as the ex-president has repeatedly expressed sympathy for digital assets.

• The Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Ministry of Finance supported cryptocurrency miners. The departments did not agree with the proposal of the Ministry of Energy to increase electricity tariffs for mining centers, considering that this discriminates against legal entrepreneurs and may negatively affect the operation of data centers.

• The «hamster» broke down. Users of the popular Hamster Kombat mini-application began to complain en masse that the game stopped running. «We are aware of the problems with the Hamster Kombat app and are working to restore it as quickly as possible,» the developers said.

• The IMF expresses concern about American treasuries, noting that demand for them is steadily falling. The reasons for this may be the inability to stabilize the country's budget and the declining role of the dollar as a reserve currency, which has so far kept debt risks at a moderate level.