Market Overview - Page 186

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) saw a correction in the run-up to the record options expiry last Friday. However, nothing happened despite some expecting a massive move on the same day. The actual correction occurred before the event. On the.

Federal Reserve policymakers are optimistic about the U.S. economic outlook as more Americans are vaccinated and government aid gets to households and businesses, and they are not going to stand in its way. Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin compared the.

U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped from its record level amid fears about rising interest rates. Dow futures rose 30 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.15%.

Shares in Asia-Pacific traded mixed on Wednesday as official data showed China’s factory activity growing in March. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 shed 0.63% while the Topix index declined 0.68%. South Korea’s Kospi, on the other hand, rose 0.19%. Mainland.

The United States signed on to a joint statement with 13 other nations Tuesday criticizing the World Health Organization’s long-anticipated report on the origins of Covid-19. In a joint statement, the governments of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,.

The diverging fortunes of major banks in the fallout from the Archegos Capital Management meltdown raise serious questions for global regulators, experts said. Archegos’ forced liquidation of several of its positions triggered a fire sale of a number of U.S..

PayPal Holdings Inc will announce later on Tuesday that it has started allowing U.S. consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay at millions of its online merchants globally, a move that could significantly boost use of digital assets in.

The rally of the British Pound against the Euro continues. Despite a relatively moderate amplitude, EURGBP has lost around 6.5% since the start of the year to yesterday’s low at 0.8500. And this is the most sustained and severe decline.

Research from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode has found that roughly three-quarters of circulating Bitcoin last moved on the blockchain when prices were below $10,800, suggesting most market participants are long-term holders. Glassnode’s March 29 ‘Week on Chain’ report found that.

The Biden administration on Monday unveiled a goal to expand the nation’s fledgling offshore wind energy industry in the coming decade by opening new areas to development, accelerating permits, and boosting public financing for projects. The plan is part of.

President Tayyip Erdogan removed a central bank deputy governor, Murat Cetinkaya, from his post on Tuesday, 10 days after he fired the bank’s hawkish governor in a shock move that sent the lira down some 13%. Banker Mustafa Duman was.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as shipping traffic resumed through the Suez Canal after days on hold and focus turned to an OPEC+ meeting this week where the extension of supply curbs may be on the table amid new coronavirus.