Asian markets started Tuesday calmly \ud83d\ude0c, with focus still on talks at the White House \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f.
Discussions on Ukraine\u2013Russia peace remain frozen \u2744\ufe0f, as both sides stand firm on their key conditions:
\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine\u200a\u2014\u200arestoring pre-war borders
\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa Russia\u200a\u2014\u200ano foreign troops on Ukrainian soil.<\/p>\n
The US, EU, and Ukraine are preparing detailed security guarantees within 10 days \u23f3, while NATO confirmed that ground troop deployment was not part of the\u00a0talks.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcc9 Before Europe\u2019s cash session, futures are slipping:<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea DE40<\/strong>\u00a0-0.15%\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 US500<\/strong>\u00a0-0.17%<\/p>\n S&P reaffirmed the US rating at AA+\/A-1+<\/strong> with a stable outlook, noting high deficits and rising debt\u00a0\ud83d\udcd1.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc6 Today\u2019s macro calendar is light\u200a\u2014\u200ainvestors are watching Canada\u2019s CPI, corporate news, and geopolitical updates.<\/p>\n \u2728 Market snapshot:<\/strong><\/p>\n Gold<\/strong> regains some ground, supported by a mild EUR\/USD rebound\u00a0\ud83d\udcb6\ud83d\udcb5.Forex:<\/strong> Low volatility, with the yen \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 stronger and the Australian dollar \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\u00a0weaker.Energy:<\/strong> Natural gas \ud83d\udd25 -1.14% on forecasts of lower\u00a0demand.Crypto:<\/strong> Bitcoin \ud83d\udc8e -1.2%, Ethereum \ud83d\ude80\u00a0-2.4%.<\/p>\n Stay tuned with NordFX for timely updates and smart trading decisions \ud83d\udcc8\ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcca Morning Update | 19 August 2025 \ud83c\udf0f<\/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":" Asian markets started Tuesday calmly \ud83d\ude0c, with focus still on talks at the White House \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f. Discussions on Ukraine\u2013Russia peace remain frozen \u2744\ufe0f, as both sides stand firm on their key conditions: \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine\u200a\u2014\u200arestoring pre-war borders \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa Russia\u200a\u2014\u200ano foreign troops on Ukrainian soil. The US, EU, and Ukraine are preparing detailed security guarantees within 10 […]<\/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-89806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89806"}],"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=89806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}