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(Bloomberg) — The emerging multi-polar world now includes foreign-exchange markets — as China and Russia, the biggest challengers to U.S. supremacy, boost direct trading between their currencies. Most Read from Bloomberg Monthly volumes on the ruble-yuan pair have surged 1,067% to almost $4 billion since the start of the war in Ukraine as the two nations seek to reduce their reliance on the dollar and boost bilateral trade to overcome current and potential U.S sanctions. The spike coincides… Source link

At the New York Auto Show this week, car fans, journalists, and industry watchers were treated to a feast for the eyes, with all the new car designs and plush interiors on display. Under the skin of these cars, however, is a different beast — and it’s not the engine. It’s all the data these cars generate. McKinsey estimates a car produces around 25 gigabytes of data per hour, which is an astounding amount. And this data is worth big money. “The car has really turned into a modern… Source link

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will officially sign an executive order directing agencies to study cryptocurrencies and a central bank digital currency (CBDC), and come up with a government-wide approach to regulating digital assets. The long-awaited order lays out a national policy for digital assets across priorities, including, consumer and investor protection, financial stability, illicit finance, maintaining U.S. leadership in the global financial system and financial inclusion. The… Source link

(Bloomberg) — A Russian telecommunications company has paid a coupon due Thursday on dollar bonds, in a relief to investors who fretted over whether Russian companies will continue servicing their foreign-currency bonds. Most Read from Bloomberg Search engine Yandex NV, the group’s entity based in The Netherlands, transferred $4.7 million to holders of its $1.25 billion bond due 2025, according to two bondholders who spoke on condition of anonymity. It’s the first foreign-currency coupon… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, March 3, 2022 Waiting for the dollar’s Godot Is the U.S. dollar over as a reserve currency? That is one of several takeaways from the increasingly anfractuous conflict between Russia and Ukraine. A flurry of heavy-handed sanctions has isolated Moscow, and may yet ricochet across the global economy in unexpected ways (not the least of… Source link

As China’s digital yuan takes the global stage at the winter Olympics, a top cryptocurrency executive believes the U.S. is actually ahead in the worldwide digital currency game. Recently, the Federal Reserve has unveiled its thinking about how a central bank digital coin might operate, without taking any firm stance on the topic. Only 2 countries, Nigeria and the Bahamas, have functional CBDCs, while a few other economies are moving toward pilots this year. However, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Plans for a $1 billion Bitcoin bond in El Salvador sent the nation’s dollar-denominated bonds to an all-time low. Most Read from Bloomberg El Salvador’s dollar denominated notes due in 2050 slumped to 63.4 cents on the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the lowest on record. The Central American country’s debt has been among the world’s worst performers so far this week as investors consider whether President Nayib Bukele’s plan to sell sovereign Bitcoin bonds closes the door on… Source link

Bitcoin, ether, and other major coins face selling pressure as anti-crypto comments from Twitter’s chief financial officer soured the market mood. The continued strength in the dollar index likely added to bearish forces. Bitcoin was trading 4.3% lower on the day near $60,800, while ether was nursing a 5.3% loss at $4,320 at press time, according to CoinDesk data. Litecoin, binance coin, Polkadot’s DOT token, and prominent decentralized finance coins flashed bigger losses. The selling… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, November 12, 2021 Higher yields, higher dollar As I promised several days ago, today is the day I dig into the idea of interest rate differentials. The inflation-driven concept is accretive for both the U.S. dollar and stock investors — even if soaring prices are a net negative for just about everyone else. In summary, prices are surging,… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Unprecedented trade surpluses and record inflows into its bond market are giving China a stockpile of dollars unseen since the days when the ‘Asian savings glut’ was blamed for keeping U.S. interest rates excessively low and fueling the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Most Read from Bloomberg But unlike then, when China aggressively recycled its dollar holdings into U.S. Treasuries, China’s giant pile of foreign exchange reserves are holding broadly stable. That means the… Source link