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Bitcoin: Remains above $450 In short: short speculative positions, target at $153, stop-loss at $515. Banks are looking into the possibility to come up with their own versions of Blockchain. At the same time, none of these emerging solutions are as tested in real life as Bitcoin itself...

EUR/USD Still Below 20 DMA, awaits Next Catalysts EUR/USD remains better bid, despite the US CPI data that builds a case for a June hike from the Fed. EUR/USD recovered to 1.1348 highs earlier on the US opening spike from 1.1311, but has since drifted sideways after a little profit taking...

AUD: Post-RBA Minutes Rebound Provides A Selling Opportunity - Morgan Stanley We view the overnight AUD rebound launched by the release of RBA minutes as providing a selling opportunity...

FTSE Gains Erased in Topsy-Turvy Day FTSE punishes those chasing early gains US CPI raises chance of June hike UK manufacturing in decline as prices fall An impressive batch of US data has helped compound equity weakness that had one foot in the European stock markets today...

USD/CHF Retreats Rejected from 0.9800 USD/CHF reached levels on top of 0.9800 for the first time since mid-March but it was rejected and pulled back, erasing all day’s gains. The pair recently bottomed at 0.9751 and it was trading at 0.9757/60, down 0.18% for the day...

GBP/USD is a Fade Back to 1.4350 - Scotiabank Analysts at Scotiabank explained the technical conditions surround GBP/USD. Key Quotes: "Cable’s rebound stalled in the low 1.45 area earlier, where the last two Cable rallies have failed...

US CPI Supports Fed’s Inflation Outlook - Wells Fargo According to analysts from Wells Fargo, today’s US CPI numbers support the Federal Reserve outlook that inflation is gradually trending toward its target...

NZD/USD: Bulls in Charge Hunting Down Key Resistance NZD/USD has rallied to take on the previous intra-session highs with some more ground to cover before 0.6847 highs of 12th May are met or exceeded...

Less Volatility than Expected in the FX Markets We were expecting a little more volatility in the FX markets today, with the data releases offering a little more perspective on interest rate policy. In the US, the CPI numbers were as expected, with the core y/y rate easing back a touch to 2...

NOK, CAD: Its All about Oil? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that yesterday Nigerian oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu reportedly stated that the country’s oil production had fallen by almost 40% to 1.4 b/d due to militant attacks on facilities in the Delta region...

Fed: June Rate Hike Chances Growing - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING affirms that recent economic data and current financial conditions increased the chances of a rate hike from the Federal Reserve at the June meeting Key Quotes: “With inflation heading back in the right di...

USD/JPY Erases Gains and Hits Fresh Lows Under 109.00 USD/JPY rose toward daily highs after US CPI data but then turned to the downsides and it has been falling constantly since then. Recently it dropped below 109.00 and currently trades at 108.95. It printed a fresh daily low at 108.82...

FxWirePro: Hedge Renewed Aud Weakness Upon Risks of RBA'ss Easing Cycle The RBA doesn’t seem to have finished cutting interest rates, and markets should refocus on China woes in H2...

Crude Oil Rally Boosts Risk Assets, Commodity Currencies It has been a remarkable year for crude oil and market participants that specialize in this particular market...

Gold Tests Highs Around $1,280, Fedspeak Eyed The ounce troy of the precious metal is extending its weekly advance today, testing daily tops in the $1,280 area...

US Dollar Drops to 94.40 Despite US Data The greenback, measured by the US Dollar Index, is trading on the defensive today around the 94.40 area...

EUR/GBP Recovers Sharply, Erases Majority of its Losses to Move Back Above 0.7850 The EUR/GBP pair's recovery from day's through level of 0.7800 gained traction in the last one hour, boosting the pair back above 0.7850 level (20-day SMA region...

Canadian Bonds Tad Up on Weak Manufacturing Sales, Likely to Slump on Firm Crude The Canadian long-term bonds traded modestly firmer on Tuesday after reading weak March manufacturing sales. Moreover, bond prices are likely to be ruled by the movements in global crude oil...

RBA Minutes Lack Explicit Easing Bias, But Extent of Infation Downgrades Keep Alive Rate Cut Bets Minutes of the RBA May 3rd policy meet definitely lack explicit easing bias...

FxWirePro: Hedging Baskets in Asian Crosses ahead of Economic Data Turbulence The Thai economy grew by 0.9% on a QoQ seasonally adjusted basis in the March quarter of 2016, compared to a 0.8% growth in the previous quarter and above market consensus of a 0...