Last week in the news
Geopolitical tensions, the FOMC meeting and inflation fears could be the summary of topics for the previous week. Markets are currently in a sort of limbo phase, not sure what direction to trade, considering high uncertainties which are surrounding financial markets. The S&P 500 tried to be positive at the beginning of the week, but ended it lower, at the level of 5.967. The US Dollar was traded in a mixed manner, but the price of gold took a bit of a relaxing trend, closing the week at the level of $3.371. The 10Y yields reacted to the Fed's narrative around interest rates and closed the week lower, at the level of 4,37%. The crypto market was also traded in a mixed manner, but more toward the downside, where BTC closed the week lower, at the level modestly above the $103K.
The main event of the previous week was the FOMC meeting. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as widely expected. The Fed stays on the course of two rate cuts during the course of this year. Once again it has been noted that “uncertainty about the economic outlook has diminished but remains elevated”. The uncertainty mostly relates to the effects of the implemented trade tariffs on the U.S. economy in the future period. Possibility of higher inflation is also noted. With that respect, the Fed will stay data-dependent when deciding over the future course of interest rates.
Based on official comments, it seems that the FOMC members are not united when it comes to the final decision regarding the cut of interest rates. During the previous week, Fed Governor Waller noted in an interview that the Fed might make the first rate cut in July, considering the current inflation level and jobs market. On the opposite side was San Francisco President Mary Daly, who stated that some more confidence is needed that the trade tariffs would not make a significant impact on inflation, before the next rate cut.
As news is reporting, Tesla has signed an agreement with China to build a grid-scale battery power plant in China. As noted, it is going to be the largest project in China that Tesla is going to conduct, with an estimated worth of $556M.
Coinbase announced that the company had secured a Markets in Crypto Assets or MiCA license from Luxembourg authorities, based on which it will be able to offer crypto services to clients in the EU. With this license, the company also noted that their central hub in the European Union will be in Luxembourg, instead of Ireland, as previously planned.
The Swiss National Bank cut rates by 25 bps to 0% during the previous week. The decision was made after the country was struggling to sustain the inflation growth, entering into deflation in May. The inflation in Switzerland peaked at 3,5% in August 2022, and since then is on a deflationary road.
CRYPTO MARKET
There have been a lot of topics for investors during the previous week, including geopolitics and macroeconomics, which left the crypto market a bit behind the traditional markets. Although during the first half of the week, crypto coins were traded in a mixed manner, still, the weekend brought some major pulls toward the weekly negative zone. Total crypto market capitalization dropped by 3% on a weekly level, dragging down $84B in the value of the market. At the same time, daily trading volumes remained relatively flat on a weekly basis, moving around $187B. Total crypto market capitalization currently stands at the negative territory of -3%, compared to the end of the previous year, with a total outflow of $104B.
For one more time BTC was pushing the total market cap to the downside, with an outflow of $38B, decreasing its value by 1,8% for the week. ETH was also traded in a negative territory, down by 4,8% on a weekly basis, with an outflow of $14,6B. The majority of other coins traded in red for the week, where DOGE was down by 10,1%, Cardano dropped by 9,1%, ZCash lost 9,8% in value. Market favorite coins had a relatively modest weekly drop as BNB ended the week by 1,3% lower and Solana was down by 3,2%. Only a few altcoins ended the week in shiny green, like Tron, which was higher my modest 1% or EOS with a plus of 1,7% for the week.
This week Solana managed to add new coins on the market, increasing its total number by 0,7%. Such a strong increase is not very frequent with Solana. On the other hand, a total surprise came from LINK, who added 3,2% of new coins to the market. Filecoin traditionally increases its circulating coins on a weekly basis, adding 0,2% new coins for this week.
Crypto futures market
The crypto futures market reflected developments from the spot market. Both BTC and ETH futures ended the week lower from the week before. BTC futures ended the week by 1,8% lower, while ETH futures were last traded around 4,5%.
BTC futures maturing in December this year reached the last price at $107.345, and those maturing a year later at $113.520. The good news is that BTC long term futures are still holding above the $100K level, exposing the investors anticipation regarding future potential of BTC.
ETH futures maturing in December this year closed the week at $2.525, and those maturing in December 2026 at $2.710.
Geopolitical tensions, the FOMC meeting and inflation fears could be the summary of topics for the previous week. Markets are currently in a sort of limbo phase, not sure what direction to trade, considering high uncertainties which are surrounding financial markets. The S&P 500 tried to be positive at the beginning of the week, but ended it lower, at the level of 5.967. The US Dollar was traded in a mixed manner, but the price of gold took a bit of a relaxing trend, closing the week at the level of $3.371. The 10Y yields reacted to the Fed's narrative around interest rates and closed the week lower, at the level of 4,37%. The crypto market was also traded in a mixed manner, but more toward the downside, where BTC closed the week lower, at the level modestly above the $103K.
The main event of the previous week was the FOMC meeting. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as widely expected. The Fed stays on the course of two rate cuts during the course of this year. Once again it has been noted that “uncertainty about the economic outlook has diminished but remains elevated”. The uncertainty mostly relates to the effects of the implemented trade tariffs on the U.S. economy in the future period. Possibility of higher inflation is also noted. With that respect, the Fed will stay data-dependent when deciding over the future course of interest rates.
Based on official comments, it seems that the FOMC members are not united when it comes to the final decision regarding the cut of interest rates. During the previous week, Fed Governor Waller noted in an interview that the Fed might make the first rate cut in July, considering the current inflation level and jobs market. On the opposite side was San Francisco President Mary Daly, who stated that some more confidence is needed that the trade tariffs would not make a significant impact on inflation, before the next rate cut.
As news is reporting, Tesla has signed an agreement with China to build a grid-scale battery power plant in China. As noted, it is going to be the largest project in China that Tesla is going to conduct, with an estimated worth of $556M.
Coinbase announced that the company had secured a Markets in Crypto Assets or MiCA license from Luxembourg authorities, based on which it will be able to offer crypto services to clients in the EU. With this license, the company also noted that their central hub in the European Union will be in Luxembourg, instead of Ireland, as previously planned.
The Swiss National Bank cut rates by 25 bps to 0% during the previous week. The decision was made after the country was struggling to sustain the inflation growth, entering into deflation in May. The inflation in Switzerland peaked at 3,5% in August 2022, and since then is on a deflationary road.
CRYPTO MARKET
There have been a lot of topics for investors during the previous week, including geopolitics and macroeconomics, which left the crypto market a bit behind the traditional markets. Although during the first half of the week, crypto coins were traded in a mixed manner, still, the weekend brought some major pulls toward the weekly negative zone. Total crypto market capitalization dropped by 3% on a weekly level, dragging down $84B in the value of the market. At the same time, daily trading volumes remained relatively flat on a weekly basis, moving around $187B. Total crypto market capitalization currently stands at the negative territory of -3%, compared to the end of the previous year, with a total outflow of $104B.
For one more time BTC was pushing the total market cap to the downside, with an outflow of $38B, decreasing its value by 1,8% for the week. ETH was also traded in a negative territory, down by 4,8% on a weekly basis, with an outflow of $14,6B. The majority of other coins traded in red for the week, where DOGE was down by 10,1%, Cardano dropped by 9,1%, ZCash lost 9,8% in value. Market favorite coins had a relatively modest weekly drop as BNB ended the week by 1,3% lower and Solana was down by 3,2%. Only a few altcoins ended the week in shiny green, like Tron, which was higher my modest 1% or EOS with a plus of 1,7% for the week.
This week Solana managed to add new coins on the market, increasing its total number by 0,7%. Such a strong increase is not very frequent with Solana. On the other hand, a total surprise came from LINK, who added 3,2% of new coins to the market. Filecoin traditionally increases its circulating coins on a weekly basis, adding 0,2% new coins for this week.
Crypto futures market
The crypto futures market reflected developments from the spot market. Both BTC and ETH futures ended the week lower from the week before. BTC futures ended the week by 1,8% lower, while ETH futures were last traded around 4,5%.
BTC futures maturing in December this year reached the last price at $107.345, and those maturing a year later at $113.520. The good news is that BTC long term futures are still holding above the $100K level, exposing the investors anticipation regarding future potential of BTC.
ETH futures maturing in December this year closed the week at $2.525, and those maturing in December 2026 at $2.710.
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