Additionally, the recent agreement between Israel and Hamas to pause fighting has limited the upside potential for the JPY as a safe haven currency. Interestingly, the recent weakening of the USD may reduce the need for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to intervene in the foreign exchange (FX) markets if this trend continues. Furthermore, Japanese…
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The Dow Jones and S&P 500 stock indexes are up, and, coincidentally, Bitcoin is down over the past five days after assaulting $12,000 on several occasions. BTC has succumbed to selling pressure, presumably to fund the rise in equities across the financial street. It had held $11,400 for a space of time, but it now…
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Bitcoin’s recent display of stable pricing behavior has given way in the past week to turbulent times, once again. Investors are witnessing the volatility to which they had become very accustomed, but just as violent swings in value became the norm, the world’s favorite cryptocurrency has slowly but surely regained its dominance in the crypto…
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For the second time in the past few months, stock values have plummeted, while values for Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren have surged. There has been an ongoing debate among analysts and investors as to whether movements in the stock market can be correlated with those for cryptocurrencies. The possibility of such a “tethering” may…
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