Gold slides below $4,100 as FOMC Minutes signal further Fed hikes

Gold (XAU/USD) price pressures on the downside on Wednesday, yet it has reclaimed the $4,100 mark as US Treasury yields erased some of its earlier gains and turned negative.

The US 10-year just hit a 2002 high. Does it give the US Dollar its next leg?

In 2026, the US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the Dollar against six major currencies, has risen on days when Federal Reserve (Fed) rate expectations pushed Treasury yields up and barely moved on days when something else did.

Thai Baht: Inflation rise and THB downside risks – Commerzbank

Commerzbank economists note Thailand’s September CPI rose 2.8% year-on-year, below consensus but the highest since April, bringing headline inflation close to the upper end of the Bank of Thailand’s target range. They expect headline inflation to rise further on persistent supply-side pressures, yet see demand-side forces as benign. USD/THB fell to 33.62, though downside risks to the Baht remain elevated.

Argentina Industrial Output n.s.a (YoY): -3.2% (August) vs -4.9%

Forex Today: Weekly Claims and Fedspeak on top of the agenda

The US Dollar (USD) has resumed its uptrend, advancing to two-day highs while rapidly forgetting Tuesday’s hiccup. The extra gains in the Greenback have come in tandem with the equally decent advance in US Treasury yields on the belly and the long end of the curve.

TD Securities urge caution on OKXICE tokenised stock filing

TD Securities see limited near-term institutional relevance for OKXICE's plan to tokenize more than 60 US stocks including Nvidia and Tesla, warning the five-year SEC relief may deter large firms.

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CFTC and SEC write parallel crypto rulebooks as CTX and CAM frameworks unveiled

The CFTC has published an advance notice proposing Regulations CTX and CAM, bringing leveraged crypto trading onto federally registered exchanges while the SEC runs its own rulemaking.

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ESMA Asks EU to End Custody of Non-Compliant Stablecoins as Data Shows USDT Retreat

ESMA has asked the European Commission to end EU custody and transfer services for stablecoins that fail MiCA rules, as trading data already shows USDT losing ground on regulated European-facing venues.

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SEC proposes crypto custody rules giving advisers a conditional path to self-custody

The SEC has proposed rules letting investment advisers self-custody crypto when no permitted custodian is available, with quarterly reviews and dual-approval transfers.

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Community bankers sue the OCC over crypto trust charters

The ICBA sued the OCC over its rule letting non-fiduciary crypto firms obtain national trust bank charters, arguing it exceeds the National Bank Act.

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