US Jobs Data Key to Near-Term Greenback's Fate north Overview: The US dollar is firm against the G10 currencies today but is mostly trading inside yesterday's ranges. After yesterday's disappointing JOLTS report attention turns to the ADP estimate today, ahead of tomorrow's BLS report. The lack of follow-through selling after yesterday's losses [...]
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Dollar Stabilizes north Overview: After yesterday's jump, the dollar is mostly consolidating at lower levels today. The Scandis and euro are leading the recovery of the G10 currencies, the New Zealand and Canadian dollars, and yen are nursing small losses. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba was not blamed for the [...]
Webinar Recap: Payments on Solana - A Production-Ready Ecosystem north Institutions Webinar Recap: Payments on Solana - A Production-Ready Ecosystem Recap of the "Payments on Solana" webinar featuring Sheraz Shere and Ilan Gitter, covering why Visa, PayPal, and Worldpay are building on Solana across treasury management, remittances, neobanking, payouts, and [...]
The Greenback Surges While Rates Jump north Overview: A broadly stronger US dollar greets the returning North American participants from the long holiday weekend. The greenback has risen by 0.7% or more against most of the G10 currencies. The Norwegian krone and Canadian dollar have fared best and are off less than 0.2%. Sterling is [...]
Holešky Testnet Shutdown Announcement north As previously announced, the Holešky testnet has reached its planned end-of-life date and will be sunset shortly. The vast majority of remaining validator nodes will be shut down 2 weeks after the Fusaka upgrade has finalized on Holešky. After this, Holešky will no longer be supported by [...]