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(Bloomberg) — Asian markets risk a reprise of crisis-level stress as two of the region’s most important currencies crumble under the onslaught of relentless dollar strength. Most Read from Bloomberg The yuan and yen are both tumbling due to the growing disparity between an uber-hawkish Federal Reserve and dovish policy makers in China and Japan. While other Asian nations are digging deep into foreign-exchange reserves to mitigate the dollar’s damage, the yuan and yen’s slump is making… Source link

By Susan Mathew Sept 7 (Reuters) – Latin American currencies weakened on Tuesday as rising U.S. Treasury yields sent the dollar rallying, while El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. The adoption of the cryptocurrency, which will serve alongside the U.S. dollar in the country, suffered teething problems when the government had to unplug a digital wallet to cope with demand. President Nayib Bukele said El Salvador holds 400 bitcoins. He expects the… Source link

A former financial regulator says the United States needs to step up its research into a central bank-issued digital currency, as the Federal Reserve explores the viability of a digital dollar. Christopher Giancarlo, who ran the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as its chairman from 2017 to 2019, is working with consulting firm Accenture on pilot programs that will test different use cases for a digital dollar in the United States. “What’s not being done, and what needs to be… Source link