\ud83d\udd39 Futures Mixed
\ud83d\udcc8 U.S. indices are slightly higher, except US30 & US2000, which show minor\u00a0losses.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 Key Macro Reports Today
\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 UK data (08:00)
\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany\u2019s ZEW index (11:00)
\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 NY Fed Manufacturing Survey\u00a0(14:30)<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 Asia-Pacific Markets
\ud83d\udcc9 AU2000 is the weakest, down nearly 1%.
\ud83d\udcc8 HK.cash is gaining 0.5%+.
\ud83d\udcb0 \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa The Australian central bank cut rates by 25 bps to 4.1%, as expected.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 FX Market
\ud83d\udcaa The U.S. dollar is among the strongest, up 0.3% against the Japanese yen.
\ud83d\udcc9 AUD\/USD struggles post-RBA decision.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 Commodities
\ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Brent & WTI crude\u200a\u2014\u200asteady
\ud83d\udd25 NATGAS -0.4%
\ud83c\udf3e CBOT soybeans & wheat -1%+, corn -0.5%
\ud83e\uddf5 ICE cotton +1%
\ud83e\udd47 Gold +0.4%, near\u00a0$2,912<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 Crypto Market
\ud83d\udcc9 Sentiment weak
\u20bf Bitcoin retesting $95K, with $92.5K-$93K key on-chain support.
\ud83d\udcc9 Solana & TRUMP -6%, Filecoin\u00a0-5%<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 Geopolitical Update
\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, Kellogg, says \u201call options on the table\u201d regarding potential U.S. support for European peacekeeping in Ukraine.
\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Macron & Trump discussed Ukraine, Riyadh summit, & EU leaders\u2019\u00a0meeting.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd25 Stay tuned for more market updates!\u00a0\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n
Morning Update (18.02.2025)<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \ud83d\udd39 Futures Mixed\ud83d\udcc8 U.S. indices are slightly higher, except US30 & US2000, which show minor\u00a0losses. \ud83d\udd39 Key Macro Reports Today\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 UK data (08:00)\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany\u2019s ZEW index (11:00)\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 NY Fed Manufacturing Survey\u00a0(14:30) \ud83d\udd39 Asia-Pacific Markets\ud83d\udcc9 AU2000 is the weakest, down nearly 1%.\ud83d\udcc8 HK.cash is gaining 0.5%+.\ud83d\udcb0 \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa The Australian central bank cut rates by 25 bps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45476"}],"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=45476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}