US Market Open: Bitcoin pushes past 100k & USD remains on the backfoot
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European bourses opened flat but started grinding higher shortly after the open despite relatively quiet newsflow; France’s CAC 40 shrugged off the vote of no confidence which played out as expected.
USD remains on the backfoot vs. peers following yesterday’s ISM-induced move in yields; EUR on a firmer footing vs. the USD with not much in the way of follow-through selling from the collapse of the French government.
Crude futures holding a modest upward bias after selling off in the US afternoon on Wednesday, which was later attributed to a bank offloading a large volume of US oil futures contracts ahead of today’s OPEC+ meeting.
Bitcoin climbed above the psychological USD 100k level for the first time ever and continued to advance with prices underpinned after US President-elect Trump picked crypto-backer Paul Atkins to lead the SEC.
Ether has risen by 65% in the last month too, but typically, it is the super-volatile memecoins that have scored big. Peanut Squirrel coins, named for an Instragramming squirrel whose death reportedly caught Trump’s interest, has gained nearly 2,500%, while Moo Deng tokens, named after the baby hippo and social media sensation in a Thai zoo, have gained 200%.
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper.
It’s been exactly a month since the U.S. presidential election delivered victory for Republican Donald Trump and his proposed “America First” agenda.
Markets have been driven in large part by the so-called “Trump trade” for the past couple of months – a dynamic that has boosted assets likely to benefit from his pledge to slap tariffs on the imports of major trading partners and slash spending and regulation, with particular emphasis on crypto.
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One HF under water in this major is trying to use the old infamous tactic of buy 10k when in reality you just want to create the upswing and liquidity to sell 30kThe numbers are just for an example to show the concept
I dont know but suspect there is an option involved as well where below 149 they would get a margin call