Yen and Sterling Weakness Featured north Overview: The US dollar is mixed. Sterling is the weakest of the G10 currencies after unexpectedly poor employment reported boosted chances of rate cut next month. The dollar also made marginal new high against the Japanese yen since February, but so far has remained below JPY154.50. The [...]
Deal to Re-Open the US Government Helps Boost Risk Appetites north Overview: The prospect that the longest US government shutdown in history may end in the next few days has bolstered risk appetites, driven equities broadly higher and left the dollar non-plussed. The greenback is mixed against the G10 currencies. The Japanese yen, which appears have been [...]
Week Ahead: Dollar Recovery Getting Tired north The markets were not impressed with the ADP private sector jobs estimate. Although it increased for the first time since July, the average over the three months through October was 3.3k, the weakest since August 2020. The Dollar Index snapped a five-day advance after the mid-week report and [...]
Fusaka Mainnet Announcement north Fusaka follows this year's Pectra upgrade, representing a major step forward in Ethereum's scaling roadmap that improves L1 performance, increases blob throughput, and enhances user experience. The Fusaka network upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum mainnet at slot 13,164,544 [...]