\ud83d\udcc8 Asian stock markets are on the rise following Wall Street\u2019s upbeat session, fuelled by tech optimism and expectations of fresh fiscal stimulus.<\/p>\n
\ud83e\ude99 Bitcoin hits $120,600<\/strong>, with even bigger gains across the crypto market after Donald Trump announced plans for an executive order to allow 401(k) retirement accounts to invest in alternative assets<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aincluding cryptocurrencies<\/strong>, gold<\/strong>, and private\u00a0equity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcbc The potential move could unlock over $9 trillion<\/strong> in institutional capital. Regulators have been tasked with identifying and removing existing barriers.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Fed Governor Christopher Waller<\/strong> backed a 25 bps rate cut in July<\/strong>, citing a weakening labour market and rising recession risks. He called the inflationary impact of tariffs \u201ctransitory\u201d, sending the US dollar\u00a0lower<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f With the Fed\u2019s blackout period approaching, only Waller<\/strong> and Bowman<\/strong> have publicly supported a cut so\u00a0far.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcb1 Forex snapshot<\/strong>: \ud83d\udcca Japan\u2019s June inflation<\/strong> came in at 3.3%<\/strong>, well above the BoJ\u2019s 2% target\u200a\u2014\u200araising new monetary policy questions.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcb4 China\u2019s PBoC<\/strong> injected \u00a51.3 trillion<\/strong> into the system to ease liquidity stress linked to tax payments and bond issuance.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf0 The Wall Street Journal<\/strong> published explosive allegations linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump announced a lawsuit against both the paper and Rupert Murdoch, and ordered partial declassification of related documents.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcb0 Meanwhile, Trump signed a new $9B spending cut bill<\/strong> after Senate approval\u200a\u2014\u200amainly targeting public media and foreign aid<\/strong>. More cuts may\u00a0follow.<\/p>\n \u26a1\ufe0fMarkets are moving fast\u200a\u2014\u200aare you ready to trade the volatility?<\/em><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Stay ahead with\u00a0NordFX!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcca Morning Market Update | 18.07.2025 \ud83c\udf0d<\/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\udcc8 Asian stock markets are on the rise following Wall Street\u2019s upbeat session, fuelled by tech optimism and expectations of fresh fiscal stimulus. \ud83e\ude99 Bitcoin hits $120,600, with even bigger gains across the crypto market after Donald Trump announced plans for an executive order to allow 401(k) retirement accounts to invest in alternative assets\u200a\u2014\u200aincluding cryptocurrencies, […]<\/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-81880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81880"}],"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=81880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u200a\u2014\u200a\ud83d\udcb6 EUR, \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa AUD, \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff NZD lead gains
\u200a\u2014\u200a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 USD one of the weakest today
\u200a\u2014\u200a\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 JPY weakest\u00a0overall<\/p>\n