Rapid Delays Bring A Blessing

For what seems like the first time in forever, crypto prices are on the rise again. 

There was some excitement on social media yesterday as the SEC took the expected step to delay the decision on a bitcoin backed ETF. 

The decision to delay is actually coming 10 days ahead of schedule, which moves the entire timeframe forward a bit. The next deadline is December 29th, right between Christmas and New Year, which means if they delay again before then, we could be looking at a final decision date of mid-February rather than the second week of March, as was previously expected.

Cryptotrading on Wall Street now seems one giant step closer.

In other news, Brazil’s largest broker has finally buckled to the pressure and will now be offering crypto-assets. This comes as around 3 million Brazilians are holding Bitcoin, compared to just 600,000 who invest in stocks.

Cryptocurrencies are rapidly proving their place as the preferred asset class of the millennial generation.

Today’s Highlights

Traditional Markets

The emerging market currency rout that began with the Turkish Lira in early August seems to have lost moment. The US Dollar now seems to have lost momentum. 

The trend comes as yields on the US treasury bonds continue to grind higher. Here we can see the US 10-year yield over the last month. Remember, higher yields were largely considered to be the catalyst for the market dip in early February.

However, the above dynamic doesn’t seem to be hampering the stocks at all. Both the Dow Jones and the SPX500 have marked fresh all-time highs yesterday and Asian markets are following their lead this morning.

The Dollar weakness is also allowing some much-needed breathing room for the precious metals, which have been battered badly over the last few weeks.

Here we can see the Platinum and Silver over the last six months suffering from Dollar strength and the comeback over the last few days.