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Bitcoin Update: Crypto fund inflows hit record

Coinciding with Bitcoin’s surge to an all time high of $66,974, investors pumped a record $1.47 billion of new money into digital asset investment products, pushed by bloom of cryptocurrencies and the launch of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund, according to report issued Monday by CoinShares.Bitcoin-focused funds dominated last …

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Weekly Recap 18-22 Oct

From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. On Friday, Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell officially announced that the U. S. economy is ready for reducing the asset purchases, however, he did not think that …

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S&P 500 slides over comments by Fed’s Powell

The S&P 500 erased previous daily gains and dropped 0.12%, settling at 4,544.36, shortly after Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell had admitted that the central bank keeps monitoring price pressures carefully and would act as required.As the S&P500 cash market opened, the market mood was upbeat, with the three major U. …

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Weidmann’s successor difficult test ahead German economy

Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann has thrown an additional wild card on the negotiation table for Germany’s economy after Merkel’s last term in office.After 10 years opposing the ECB’s loose fiscal policy,the German economist announced his departure on Wednesday for personal reasons. Last month’s election pushed has pushed Dr Weidmann out …

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