{"id":129913,"date":"2026-01-26T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=129913"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:32:06","slug":"morning-update-26-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=129913","title":{"rendered":"Morning Update\u200a\u2014\u200a26 January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\ud83c\udf05 <strong>Morning Update\u200a\u2014\u200a26 January\u00a02026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca <strong>US markets (Friday close):<\/strong> Wall Street finished mixed. The <strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong> edged slightly higher, the <strong>Nasdaq<\/strong> added a small gain, while the <strong>Dow<\/strong> slipped as traders stayed selective ahead of a busy macro\u00a0week.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0f <strong>Asia-Pacific:<\/strong> Most regional indices are under mild pressure this morning. The <strong>yen strengthened sharply<\/strong>, weighing on Japanese exporters and adding a defensive tone across the\u00a0session.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb1 <strong>FX:<\/strong> The <strong>US dollar is softer<\/strong> broadly, with markets focused on heightened volatility in <strong>USD\/JPY<\/strong> and rising intervention risk\u00a0chatter.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 <strong>Gold:<\/strong> Safe-haven demand remains front and centre\u200a\u2014\u200a<strong>gold has pushed above $5,000<\/strong>, hitting fresh record territory amid geopolitical tension and risk-off\u00a0flows.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee2\ufe0f <strong>Oil:<\/strong> Crude is holding near recent highs after last week\u2019s bounce, as traders balance geopolitical risk premia against broader supply expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u20bf <strong>bitcoin:<\/strong> Crypto is choppy, with risk sentiment and the dollar\u2019s moves continuing to drive short-term direction.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f <strong>Economic Calendar of the Day (Mon, 26 Jan)<\/strong><br \/> \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea 11:00\u200a\u2014\u200a<strong>Ifo Business Climate (Jan)<\/strong><br \/> \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea 13:00 \/ 15:30 \/ 19:00\u200a\u2014\u200a<strong>Bundesbank Chairman Nagel Speaks<\/strong><br \/> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 17:00\u200a\u2014\u200a<strong>Durable Goods Orders m\/m (Nov)<\/strong><br \/> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 17:00\u200a\u2014\u200a<strong>Durable Goods Orders ex-Transport m\/m\u00a0(Nov)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 Trade carefully today: volatility can spike around headlines and top-tier data. Follow NordFX for more updates and stay\u00a0tuned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/morning-update-26-january-2026-59ed3d9718c0\">\ud83c\udf05 Morning Update\u200a\u2014\u200a26 January 2026<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\">Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf05 Morning Update\u200a\u2014\u200a26 January\u00a02026 \ud83d\udcca US markets (Friday close): Wall Street finished mixed. The S&amp;P 500 edged slightly higher, the Nasdaq added a small gain, while the Dow slipped as traders stayed selective ahead of a busy macro\u00a0week. \ud83c\udf0f Asia-Pacific: Most regional indices are under mild pressure this morning. The yen strengthened sharply, weighing on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":129914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}