Cryptocurrency

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization retreated before recovering ground later in the day. Bitcoin’s price was roughly flat over the past 24 hours, while its spot volume reduced further.Bitcoin ‘s price late Thursday was roughly flat after dipping in earlier in the day, while spot trading volume remained muted. …

Cryptocurrencies are starting to stabilize after falling in January, and some analysts expect prices to recover this month, especially as several alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) outperformed bitcoin over the past week.Trading at $38667.70, Bitcoin’s daily price chart seems to be making a steady recovery pattern, but some concerning indicators are coming …

The US dollar remained on the backfoot on Tuesday, although losses were limited across the Forex board. The EUR/USD pair is ending the day pretty much unchanged in the 1.1240/50 area after dismal EU data put a cap to the shared currency.The GBP/USD shrugged off UK’s political row and retained …

US Data released on Friday showed the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose 1% during the fourth quarter, and 4% during the year. Analysts at Wells Fargo point out the quarterly increase was more restrained than Q3’s 1.3% gain, and they consider that may tamp down fears of a wage-price spiral …

Traders and market participants await the US Fed to adopt firm plans to raise interest rates and taper its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, which have swollen its balance sheet to about $9 trillion.The Fed’s two-day meeting ends Wednesday. Analysts’ views of the meeting are mixed, with …

The Euro fell to a one-month low on Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine drew investors to the dollar, a day before the Federal Reserve is expected to reveal details on its plans to tighten monetary policy.Tensions remained high after NATO said on Monday it was …

Markets were ghosted by a wave of risk aversion on Monday, only safe-havens benefitted but risk-sensitive currencies were hurt, though the latter group had pared back on much of their earlier underperformance by the end of US trading session as risk appetite recovered.The US dollar was the safe haven of …

Bitcoin rallied on Monday afternoon, trading above $37,000, after falling to a seven-month low in the morning, as the cryptocurrency moved in lockstep with a swift rally in risk assets.Bitcoin was trading at $36,800 at 5 p.m., up, 4.7% on the day. In the morning, it traded below $33,000 for …

Bitcoin tumbled nearly 9 percent on Monday to a six-month low, as fears of a Russian attack on Ukraine kept selling risky assets at a rapid pace around the world. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, fell 8.8 percent to $ 33,058, its lowest level since July 23, to suffer losses of …

The US dollar declined on Friday, along with US Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for more clarity on the outlook for rate hikes.US Treasury yields fell as stock market declines reflected poor risk appetite, while concerns about potential conflict in Ukraine drove demand …