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    Japan election result sours hedge funds’ yen options bets

    Hedge funds that bet the yen would materially weaken following last weekend’s Japanese election were left disappointed after prime minister Shigeru Ishiba announced...

    From fringe to forecast: why bitcoin now moves like a currency

    For years, bitcoin was seen as a speculative outlier: volatile, loosely regulated, and detached from the macroeconomic fundamentals that drive traditional asset classes....

    Mutual funds were USD bulls going into April’s tariff chaos

    US mutual funds and exchange-traded funds went into April’s tariff turmoil holding the highest net long US dollar position in recent years.According to...

    Why Iran tensions failed to rattle markets

    When Israel launched a missile strike on Iran’s nuclear programme on June 13, some traders were left puzzled by why the conflict hadn’t...

    LMAX: stablecoin bill sets stage for FX and crypto convergence

    CEO David Mercer on what the Genius Act means for markets, and where the venue’s FX business goes next Source link

    Chinese corporates shunned hedging during tariff upheaval

    Amid the ongoing US-China trade war this year, Chinese exporters chose to hold steady on their hedge ratios, according to dealers, owing to...

    For variation margin payments, cash is no longer king

    One of the last bastions of cash-only payments in the financial markets is showing signs of wavering.Global banks accepted $325 billion of non-cash...

    How FX execution adapted to tariff turmoil

    The turmoil from US president Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff announcements rattled global foreign exchange, interest rate and equities markets, where it triggered...