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Why Is Bitcoin Up? BTC Price Tests New ATH Ahead of Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Bitcoin price surges to a record $109,350 ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration. Explore why Bitcoin price is going up, pro-crypto policies, technical analysis, and 2025 price predictions.
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Market Outlook for the Week of 20th - 24th January
The highlights of the week include the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, inflation data for Canada and New Zealand, and the BoJ meeting
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Gold Technical Analysis – Eyes on a potential breakout of the range
Gold is trading near the top of the range as a potential breakout is being eyed amid positive catalysts. What’s next?
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Melania Trump Launches $MELANIA Meme Coin Amid $TRUMP Coin Drama
Melania Trump launches $MELANIA coin following $TRUMP coin’s debut. Dive into the price swings, crypto drama, and what’s next for meme coins.
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European indices little changed at the open today
A more tentative mood to kick start the new week
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China reportedly set to promote Zou Lan to PBOC deputy governor
Zou Lan is the head of the monetary policy department at the Chinese central bank
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After Working for Microsoft, IBM, and IronFX, Brett David Will Lead Sales at FXGlobe
Although his career began in technology companies, he has been directly involved in the Contracts for Difference (CFD) industry for the past eight years.

DHF Capital Posts Record $1 Billion Trading Volume as Risk Strategy Pays Off
DHF Capital S.A., a Luxembourg-based securitization company, reported positive trading results across all its funds in 2024, executing over 10,000 trades while maintaining consistent profit factors.
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What are the main events for today?
Trump's Inauguration is the main event on the agenda
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ECB’s Holzmann: A rate cut is not a foregone conclusion for me at all
European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Robert Holzmann said in a Politico interview on Monday, “a rate cut is not a foregone conclusion for me at all.” Additional quotes Latest data shows inflation well above 2% in December.
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Switzerland December producer and import prices 0.0% vs -0.6% m/m prior
Latest data released by the Federal Statistics Office - 20 January 2025
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ECB's Holzmann: A rate cut is not a foregone conclusion for me at all
Remarks by ECB policymaker, Robert Holzmann, to Politico
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Eurostoxx futures flat in early European trading
A more tepid mood as we look to get the session underway
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Forex Today: US Dollar retreats on Trump's Inauguration Day
Here is what you need to know on Monday, January 20: The US Dollar (USD) stays on the back foot to start the week as investors gear up for Donald Trump's second inauguration.
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Germany December PPI -0.1% vs +0.2% m/m expected
Latest data released by Destatis - 20 January 2025
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FCA Is Considering Easing Consumer Duty Rules
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom is considering reducing the regulatory burden on firms by removing the “need for a Consumer Duty Board Champion” and delaying the introdu...
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FX option expiries for Jan 20 NY cut
FX option expiries for Jan 20 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time via DTCC can be found below.
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A quiet one on the agenda to start the week
It is also a US holiday but we have Trump's inauguration to look forward to
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ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: USD weaker session – no tariff news is good news
Forex news for Asian trading on Monday, January 20, 2025
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Is the Stock Market Open Today?
Here's what's open and closed for trading today on Monday, January 20, 2025
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Japan Tertiary Industry Index (MoM) (Nov) -0.3% (expected 0.1%, prior 0.1%)
A miss on estimates will not be welcome news for the Bank of Japan.
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Japan data - Industrial Production (MoM) (Nov)-2.2% (expected -2.3%, prior -2.3%)
Final industrial output data from Japan for November 2024
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Trump to declare a National Energy Emergency - will enable him to use new powers
"Drill, baby, drill" to be the catchphrase
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USD/CAD trades with negative bias below multi-year peak, around mid-1.4400s
The USD/CAD pair retreated slightly after touching its highest level since March 2020 during the Asian session on Monday and for now, seems to have snapped a two-day winning streak.
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Japanese Yen Futures Analysis for Today
Bullish Above: 0.0064530 (January 15th Value Area High).Bearish Below: 0.0064435 (today’s developing VWAP and Friday’s POC).
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Reports that a Tesla vehicle on autopilot has crashed into a retail store
In San Francisco
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USD/INR drifts lower as traders brace for Trump’s inauguration
The Indian Rupee (INR) strengthens on Monday after logging its worst week in 18 months in the previous week.
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China's Vice President Han Zheng meets Musk and also Vance
Han expresses willingness to work with US to enhance China-US relations
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Japanese Yen surrenders modest intraday gains against USD ahead of Trump's inaugural speech
The Japanese Yen (JPY) attracts some dip-buyers following an Asian session downtick and stalls its retracement slide from a near four-week high touched against its American counterpart on Friday.
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Its started - the Fed blackout period, that is
There are no Federal Reserve speakers for a couple of weeks ahead
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Trump says he'll sign nearly 100 executive orders within hours of taking office
Trump will take office at noon, US Eastern time, on January 20
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Apple has cut the price of some iPhone models in China - government subsidy announced
A bit of an increase in consumer demand will be the government plan
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NZD/USD gathers strength to near 0.5600, Trump 2.0 in focus
The NZD/USD pair holds positive ground around 0.5600 during the Asian trading hours on Monday.
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2 reasons (and others) Barclays still like USD/JPY
1. The BoJ priced in, and 2. risk surrounding Trump

Recapping Japan’s core machinery orders in November, results exceeding expectations
The Bank of Japan will eye this report favourably. Its not a game changer but another straw on the camel's back.
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PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 7.1886 vs. 7.1889 previous
On Monday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead at 7.1886 as compared to Friday's fix of 7.1889 and 7.3353 Reuters estimates.
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PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.1886 (vs. estimate at 7.3353)
PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.
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