Standard Chartered launches spot crypto market-making – FX Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Bitcoin and ethereum to trade off the bank’s FX desk, but questions remain on capital treatment Standard Chartered has launched a spot crypto trading business, making it the first bank to go live with a spot crypto […]
2025.07.15 2025.07.15 USDCHF Forecast for 2025, 2026, 2027–2030 and Beyond Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ The Swiss franc has always garnered the attention of traders and investors due to its exceptional stability. To ensure profitable and effective investments, it is essential to accurately predict its future price, particularly against the US dollar. Forecasting the USDCHF pair is not
The US CPI data will be released today with the expectation of 0.3% for the headline and the 0.3% for the core MoM. THe YoY for the headline is expected at 2.6% from 2.4% last month, with the core expected at 3.0% vs 2.8%. Treasury Sec Bessent was on Bloomberg TV and said that he
Spain’s inflation rose more than estimated in June, final data from the statistical office INE showed on Tuesday. The consumer price index climbed 2.3 percent year-on-year in June. The rate was revised up from the initial estimate of 2.2 percent and was above 2.0 percent rise seen in May. EU harmonized inflation also rose to
Over a 5-year span, the Barratt (and Redrow after the 2024 merger) share price returned a negative 7.37%. Although disappointing, it is significantly better than the share’s 5-year -28.73% return when dividends weren’t re-invested. For Berkeley the picture isn’t much better, returning -7.97% on a total return basis over 5-years and a -18.91% when dividends weren’t re-invested. Barratt Redrow
In the US, the markets are also bracing for higher inflation. The consensus for headline CPI is 2.7% y/y, compared to 2.4% in May. Monthly, CPI is expected to rise to 0.3%, up from 0.1% in May. Core CPI is expected to rise to 3.0% y/y from 2.8% and monthly to 0.3% from 0.1%. How
Ethereum remains close to 5-month high Ethereum bullish case: Ethereum has so far risen to $3082.83, a level last traded in February, before giving back some of its recent gains on Tuesday. While the 12 July low at $2905.98 holds on a daily chart closing basis, the short-term technical uptrend remains intact. A rise above
2025.07.15 2025.07.15 US Dollar May Retreat As Inflation Data Looms. Forecast as of 15.07.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ There will be no agreements! Tariff letters serve as an agreement. However, if Europe wants to negotiate, the US is ready to listen. That is Trump’s position, but his threats do little to scare investors. The TACO trade is
High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not
Economic confidence from Germany and industrial production from euro area are the top economic news due on Tuesday. At 2.30 am ET, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office is slated to release final industrial production data. At 3.00 am ET, Spain’s statistical office INE publishes final inflation data for June. The flash estimate showed that consumer
High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not
China’s gross domestic product expanded a seasonally adjusted 1.1 percent on quarter in the second quarter of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday – beating forecasts for an increase of 0.9 percent after adding 1.2 percent in the three months prior. On an annualized basis, GDP was up 5.2 percent – again
High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not
Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi has escalated his warning on the U.S. housing market, shifting from a “yellow flare” to a “red flare” as conditions continue to deteriorate under the weight of high mortgage rates. In a series of posts on social media platform Twitter, Zandi outlined how persistently elevated mortgage rates—hovering near 7%—are exerting
Log in to today’s North American session recap for the July 14, 2025. Today’s flows have been a bit erratic, between a slow start in Forex that turned into another US Dollar rally, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin hitting new highs before retracting decently and Commodities taking a hit. About the latter, it seems that some geopolitics are
The major stock indices are closing higher led by the NASDAQ index and the small cap Russell index. The final numbers are showing: Dow industrial average +88.14 points or 0.20% at 44459.65. S&P index up 8.81 points or 0.14% at 6268.56. NASDAQ index up 54.80 points or 0.27% at 20640.33. The small-cap Russell 2000 rose
In a return to regularly scheduled programming, trade tariffs and the associated renewal of commitments to negotiation deadlines remain one of, if not the largest, determining factors in US equity performance. Recently offered a period of comparative respite, the Dow Jones has proven particularly vulnerable to trade-related news in recent memory, especially compared to tech-led
