FxWirePro: FX OTC Updates and Options Combinations for GBP/USD Ahead of BoE
Apr 26, 2019 12:55 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
BoE is scheduled for their monetary policy for next week. Ongoing political uncertainty indicates a continuation of the wait-and-see message regarding the timing of the next bank rate hike. Still, an expected upgrade to...
Blockchain Revolution Series: Wall Street Companies Flirt With Blockchain
Apr 26, 2019 10:39 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary
Major wall street companies, like Nike, JP Morgan, Facebook are unveiling blockchain projects. While Telegram is no exception. Samsung is reportedlyintending to launch its owntoken platform;it seems that Ethereum...
Regulatory Series on Cryptocurrencies: Indian legislators reluctant on cryptocurrencies
Apr 26, 2019 08:13 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
With cryptocurrency prices turbulence, prices declined in early December but bounced back since mid-December. Particularly, BTC approaching above $5,500 mark, we provide an update on some important regulatory matters...
Apr 26, 2019 07:49 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
Yesterday, the Bank of Japan has maintained the status quo, negative rates are kept on hold. The BoJ cuts their GDP projections from 0.9% to 0.6%, which is no surprise considering what looks like a weak Q1. In addition,...
FxWirePro: South Korea disappoints Korean won – Vol spreads to tackle USD/KRW
Apr 25, 2019 14:25 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
South Korea reported rather weak GDP numbers this morning, which in my opinion is a wake-up call for the EM bulls. The economy contracted by 0.3% in Q1 2019 on a QoQ basis, missing the market expectations at 0.3% by a...
BoC maintains status quo, FxWirePro upholds USD/CAD longs through optionality
Apr 25, 2019 12:09 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
Yesterday, the Bank of Canada (BoC) abandoned its slightly restrictive bias by omitting the reference to future rate increases from its statement, kept rates unchanged at 1.75%. However, the Canadians have changed track...
Digital Currency Revolution Series: Crypto-Avenue Eyes on Institutional Investment
Apr 25, 2019 11:33 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
On the back of these bullish price sentiments, the pioneer cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) and its counterparts sensed eye-catchy market-capitalization growth in the recent past. The institutional interests are mounting in...
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