European Union – United Kingdom Trade Negotiations Enter Final Act UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has chosen October 15 as the deadline for striking a trade deal between the UK and the EU. The European Council meeting is also set to start on the same day and EU negotiators have pointed out that this the […]
Mainstream Support For Bitcoin Grows Square, Inc., the company behind Cash App, just announced that it has purchased 4,709 Bitcoins, for a total value of $50 million (aggregate purchase price). The investment represents about 1% of Square’s total assets and is a big nod to Bitcoin and the crypto space in general. According to Square […]
The Euro Is Under Pressure Consumer prices stagnated and retail sales failed to impress across the Eurozone, facts that may work in conjunction with an increasing number of COVID-19 cases to keep Eurozone inflation subdued in the near future. The lack of consumer price increase may prompt the European Central Bank to adopt Average Inflation […]
Bitcoin and Top Cryptocurrencies Tumble The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against BitMEX – one of the largest crypto-exchanges in the world – which resulted in a swift drop in Bitcoin’s price and $15 billion being wiped off the crypto market. The charges are related to […]
The Greenback is Moving! The US Dollar bulls have taken complete control, breaking support and threatening to take EUR/USD into lower territory. Currently trading around 1.1670, the pair is likely to continue going south, at least until profit-taking and bottom hunting come into play. The Euro’s outlook doesn’t look very bright, mostly due to fears […]
First Bitcoin ETF to Launch Before End of 2020 For a long time now, Bitcoin advocates and cryptocurrency proponents in general, have been asking the question: When will a Bitcoin ETF finally emerge? It looks like we are on the brink of such a development but its launch will not come from where we would […]
COVID-19 Second Wave Fears Weigh On Pound UK Prime Minister Johnson decided to take a softer stance on Brexit negotiations and to compromise on the controversial Brexit bill. The news initially boosted the Pound, but the climb was soon erased by a Fed-powered US Dollar and the pair is now trading around 1.2860 after being […]
Ethereum’s Getting Expensive to Move – Fees Spike as Uniswap Launches UNI Token Almost 1 million US Dollars in transaction fees were spent in less than one hour for moving ERC-20 tokens. It’s a new high for this type of fee, and it’s all due to the launch of Uniswap’s UNI token. UNI seems to […]
Range-Bound Trading Ahead of FOMC Meetings and Funds Rate The never-ending tug of war between the Euro and the US Dollar is currently taking place around 1.1860, with the pair stuck in a range since the beginning of August. Price is testing a bullish trend line and although the Euro seems to have a bit […]
ECB President Lagarde – Bullish on Retail CBDCs Speaking Thursday at the Deutsche Bundesbank online conference on banking and payments in the digital world, ECB President Christine Lagarde said that “Introducing a digital euro would allow the Eurosystem to be at the cutting edge of innovation” but also mentioned that “Europe has fallen behind in […]