BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF in push into crypto
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ECB mulls changing spread between rates in step towards new era – sources
FRANKFURT, June 15 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers began this week a debate on evening out the "corridor" between...
Pound treads water against dollar, dips versus euro as ECB hikes rates
LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Sterling struggled to make headway against the dollar and eased against the euro on Thursday after the European Central Bank raised interest rates to their highest level in more than two decades.At 1300 GMT, sterling was stuck at $1.2661 , but had surrendered earlier gains against the euro, which was up 0.22% at 85.74 pence .The ECB said it expected inflation to hover above its 2% target rate through to 2025 and hinted at more interest rate hikes, even as the euro zone economy lags.The...
EU top court backs consumers in Polish FX mortgage case
WARSAW, June 15 (Reuters) - The European Union's top court on Thursday backed Polish borrowers with Swiss franc-denominated mortgages in...
FACTBOX Global investment banks rush to cut yuan forecasts
SHANGHAI, June 14 (Reuters) - Global investment houses have rushed to downgrade forecasts for the Chinese yuan after it weakened...
Dollar retreats ahead of US inflation data, yuan weakens on short-term rate cut
SINGAPORE, June 13 (Reuters) - The dollar edged broadly lower on Tuesday but traded in a narrow range, as investors...
US dollar inches higher ahead of inflation data, Fed rate decision
Fed seen pausing rate hike this weekECB expected to raise rates in June, JulyBOJ seen keeping ultra-easy policy stanceNEW YORK,...
Asia shares meander ahead of c.bank meetings
MSCI Asia ex-Japan touches highest since April 21Fed expected to skip rate hike this weekOil slides over 1% over China...
US charges two Russians in hack of Mt. Gox crypto exchange
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The United States has charged two Russian nationals in the hack of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, one of the world's earliest, biggest and most widely publicized alleged bitcoin heists.The department in a statement said Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, were charged with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox, which collapsed in 2014 after losing what was then worth about half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency.The event was one of the first signs of how vulnerable exchanges...
Dollar gains before Fed meeting, inflation data
NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) - The dollar bounced off two-week lows on Friday as investors awaited inflation data and...
