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Market overview FX: The dollar lost 0.4% per day to 98.35 DXY amid a recovery in demand for risks. An increase in demand for riskier assets causes a further weakening of the dollar against most major currencies. AUD and ZAR.

Oil prices rose sharply on Friday morning after Iranian state media said that two rockets had struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea. Brent crude futures were up 2.07% at $60.33 a barrel by 8:00 a.m. London time,.

Binance, the world’s top cryptocurrency exchange by volume, announced Thursday the issuance of the second cryptocurrency ever onto its affiliated decentralized exchange (DEX), Binance Chain. Listed as XRP-BF2, the XRP variant is pegged one-to-one to XRP on Binance’s main exchange.

Stocks in Asia were higher on Friday as investors cheered positive developments on the U.S.-China trade front. Mainland Chinese stocks rose on the day, with the Shanghai composite up 0.88% to around 2,973.66 and the Shenzhen composite 0.314% higher to.

In what can only be described as a virtual slap in the face, the Chinese mobile payment platform, Alipay, strongly rebuked bitcoin exchange giant Binance for attempting to implement Alipay as a fiat on-ramp. New payment options for peer-to-peer (P2P).

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Europe with a flood of refugees on Thursday if the continent’s leaders call the Turkish invasion of Syria an “occupation.” “We will open the gates and send 3.6 million refugees your way,” Erdogan said.

Published US inflation data noted the continued its high growth rate. The core CPI (ex. food and energy) maintained a 2.4% y/y for the second month in a row. These data coincided with analysts’ estimates; however, caused a slight strengthening.

The global economy is careering headfirst into an economic crisis, and unlike the 2008 recession, there’s not much of a safety net. That is according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), which published its annual Global Competitiveness Report.  The Swiss.

Facebook’s Libra may be grabbing all the headlines at the moment, yet a major cryptocurrency already exists that’s gained a toehold in mainstream commerce. XRP, the third-biggest cryptocurrency by market value, seeks to succeed where bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Singapore has overtaken the U.S. to become the most competitive nation in the world, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).In its 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, the WEF measured the strength of 103 key indicators, such as inflation, digital skills.

Chinese and U.S. politicians cannot agree on terms of mutual trade. Periods of high market volatility increase the demand for gold as a protective asset. However, it would be too simplistic to believe that gold will grow until the parties.

Market overview FX: The dollar grew by 0.2% to 98.7 on DXY. Some increase in demand for risky assets weakens the dollar. AUD and NZD are the leaders in growth against USD, adding 0.3% this morning. JPY and TRY lost.