The source says that the shelling from Russian-backed forces at the front line in Eastern Ukraine is not just a routine ceasefire violation and ‚looks a lot like provocation‘. Just something to be wary about but we’ll see how things develop in the coming day(s).

It took weeks to deploy forces for military exercises and it takes time to withdraw them
It cannot be done in a day
There is a clear timetable to withdraw forces after ‚war games‘
Put informed that certain phases of drills near Ukraine were nearing their end and forces will return w

Bitcoin
ended Wednesday with symbolic gains, gaining 0.1% to stay around $44,100.
Ethereum rose 1.4%, and the other leading altcoins in the top ten also showed
mostly upward momentum, from 0.3% (Binance Coin) to 5.5% (Avalanche).

 

The
total capitalization of the crypto market, according to Coin

Prior -8.1%Market index 537.0 vs 567.7 priorPurchase index 279.0 vs 282.3 priorRefinancing index 1,988.8 vs 2,183.5 prior30-year mortgage rate 4.05% vs 3.83% prior

The Russian envoy is reported to have said that there will be no escalation, „not next week, not the week after, not in the next month“. And so the merry-go-round continues. How are you guys enjoying the headlines so far today? 😉

Meanwhile, Russia is reportedly said to be insisting on NATO publicly stating its refusal to take in Ukraine. You can’t help but wonder that there has to be another twist in the saga here before it all ends. This whole he says, she says thing is going nowhere really.

European indices have been pulled lower and are now trading in the red on the day, with US futures also erasing its light advance at the start of the session to be lower currently. The Eurostoxx, DAX and CAC 40 are all down 0.1% while S&P 500 futures and Dow futures are both down 0.2% now.As much as

Prior +2.3%Industrial production +1.6% vs -0.5% y/y expectedPrior -1.5%That’s a solid beat on estimates for euro area industrial output in December, with a solid rise in capital goods, intermediate goods, and non-durable consumer goods. Those were offset by declines in energy and durable consumer go

There are grounds for cautious optimismSigns from Moscow that diplomacy should continueWe have not seen any signs of de-escalation on the groundEverything is in place for a new attack on Ukraine

I posted earlier in the day how gold was trading to fresh eight-month highs on Russia-Ukraine tensions but amid the latest headlines, gold has sunk from a high of $1,879 today to $1,855 currently.As noted earlier, what comes next for gold is dependent on the headlines and here we are now. As ment