Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy—written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. Our top story this week is the growing prospect that the Russian economy …
Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments in Tokyo as Netstars launches a merchant service supporting USDC, USDT and JPYC.
The GBP/JPY cross rebounds a few pips following an Asian session dip to mid-216.00s on Monday, stalling its modest pullback from the highest level since January 2008, touched last week. Spot prices, however, lack follow…
Societe Generale strategists note that India’s June Consumer Price Index (CPI) release will be important for bond markets, with the 10-year IGB yield holding near its 200-day moving average around 6.71%. They highlight …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diploma…
ING analysts Chris Turner, Frantisek Taborsky and Francesco Pesole note that higher energy prices and tensions in the Gulf are supporting the Dollar against low-yielding currencies. They highlight that US energy indepen…
Bitcoin held near $63,800 on Monday while gold, oil, equities and government bonds all slumped on the U.S.'s fourth round of strikes on Iran in a week. The largest cryptocurrency was down 0.3% over 24 hours and up 2% on…
The Euro (EUR) holds opening losses at around 1.1390 against the US Dollar (USD) during the mid-Asian trading session on Monday. The major currency pair faces selling pressure as the US Dollar starts the week on a stron…
Ryohin Keikaku, the company behind the Muji brand, announced on the 10th that it has raised its consolidated net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending August 2026 to ¥67 billion (approximately $414.0 million), up f…
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann highlight that EUR/USD has slipped after testing 1.1460, with increasing downward momentum but major support at 1.1360 seen as difficult to reach near term. For the coming 1–3 weeks,…
Bitcoin fell to about $62,800 on Monday, down 1.4% over 24 hours, after sliding from roughly $64,300 during Asian morning hours, per CoinDesk data.
NEW DELHI, June 8 (Reuters) - India is pushing for preferential new tariffs from the United States as part of talks to finalise an interim trade deal with Washington, an Indian trade official said on Monday.
Most Asian equities trade in negative territory on Monday amid renewed geopolitical tension in the Middle East after reports of US-Iran airstrikes and Tehran's closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz.
Gold (XAU/USD) opens with a modest bearish gap at the start of a new week and slides back closer to the $4,050 level during the Asian session. A further escalation of tensions between the US and Iran, along with the clo…
The Euro (EUR) depreciates moderately against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, as escalating tensions between the US and Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz dampened appetite for risk and boosted inflationary pre…
Gulf drone strikes lifted Brent to $111.34 and WTI to $107.84 and pushed the 10-year US Treasury yield to 4.631% and the 30-year to 5.159%, triggering risk-off flows that sent Asian equities lower (Nikkei -1.1%) amid we…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – builds on its modest bullish gap opening and climbs above the $74.00 mark during the Asian session on Monday. A further escalation of tensions between t…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) underperforms its major currency peers, trading 0.32% lower to near 0.6930 against the US Dollar (USD) during the early European trading session at the start of the week. The antipodean is un…
USD/IDR gains ground after registering losses in the previous day, trading around 18,180 during the Asian hours on Monday. The US Dollar (USD) appreciated as intensifying geopolitical tensions in the Middle East sparked…
The price for Gold stood at 12,486.07 Indian Rupees (INR) per gram, down compared with the INR 12,683.20 it cost on Friday.
The Indian Rupee (INR) opens significantly lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday. The USD/INR jumps to over a six-week high around 95.80, as renewed Middle East hostilities have strengthened the US Dollar and oil …
The AI-native cohort of the expanding gig economy could increasingly use stablecoins to avoid slow and expensive traditional payment rails, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said.
The EUR/USD pair edges lower to around 1.1400 during the early Asian session on Monday, pressured by heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank Governor Christopher Waller and Europe…
On Monday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) sets the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead at 6.7972 compared to Friday's fix of 6.7989 and 6.7850 Reuters estimate.