• August 7, 2024

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(Bloomberg) -- Even with recent market gyrations, the chill of crypto winter is becoming a distant memory for traders of digital tokens. The launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in January and ringing endorsements from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have helped them bounce back from the rout sparked by the collapse of FTX.Most Read from BloombergAfrica’s Richest City Needs $12 Billion to Fix InfrastructureNew York City’s Outdoor Dining Sheds Will Start DisappearingThe 5 C

  • August 7, 2024

Stocks Open Higher, Clawing Back Week's Losses

The stock market was rising again to start the day on Wednesday as the big indexes continued to climb out of the hole left by Monday’s selloff. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6%. Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida gave global markets a lift after he said central bank officials were rethinking plans to raise rates amid market volatility.

  • August 7, 2024

Bank of Japan to Markets: We Hear You

A week after Japan’s top central banker shook up global markets with comments about raising interest rates, one of his deputies promised not to hike them while markets are unstable. Wednesday's promise by Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Shinichi Uchida helped Japanese stocks build on Tuesday's rally and saw the yen pull back further: + The Nikkei Stock Average closed 1.2% higher, after starting the Japanese morning down more than 2%. Wednesday's moves bring Japanese markets closer to where they were before July 31, when the central bank lifted its main interest rate to 0.25% and Gov. Kazuo Ueda suggested he wanted to keep tightening monetary policy.