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On Tuesday, October 6, XAU/USD declined to $4,100, the lowest level in about two months. Gold has lost about 12% from its recent peak near $4,696, and the main pressure factor remains the strong dollar and high US bond yields.
FinCEN has withdrawn from consideration two major draft rules for cryptocurrencies: reporting on transfers to personal wallets from $10,000 and a separate control regime for crypto mixers. Both proposals had been under consideration for years but never came into force.
Strategy bought 334 BTC for $28.7 million in a week, but allocated $176.3 million to buy back STRC preferred shares. The company now holds 848,000 BTC worth approximately $73 billion.
Brent rose above $102 per barrel amid the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The head of Saudi Aramco warned that tension in the oil market will intensify until the passage is restored.
On the night of October 5, Bitcoin rose to $86,972, but again failed to consolidate above and returned below $86,000. This is already the second failed attempt to break through the $87,000 zone in a week.
On October 2, the SEC allowed the listing on Cboe BZX of two new Volatility Shares funds - 3x Bitcoin ETF and 3x Ether ETF. They are designed for triple the daily movement of BTC and ETH and trade on the exchange like regular stocks.
Since the beginning of October, the ETH staking exit queue has grown by about 5x and has become the longest in 2026. At the same time, the entry queue has shrunk by more than a quarter compared to the beginning of September.
EUR/USD lost about 0.85% on Monday and fell just above 1.1150, hitting its lowest since May 2025. Pressure on the euro intensified due to rising French government bond yields and uncertainty surrounding the country's budget.
XAU/USD rose to $4,227 on Friday but failed to consolidate above $4,200 and pulled back to $4,138. That is about a 1% decline for the day, despite a weak US labor market report.
Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter versus expected 456,896. The result came in about 6.5% above the forecast, but at the same time 2% lower than a year earlier.
On October 2, the Nasdaq 100 updated its all-time high, and Nvidia shares also reached a new record. Both moves occurred in the first minutes of the main US session and were closely linked to each other.
G7 countries plan to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel fuel and crude oil from strategic reserves. On this news, oil fell by about 3%, but later the decline stopped due to persistent geopolitical risks surrounding Iran.
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Preliminary eurozone inflation for September accelerated to 3.8% year-on-year versus a forecast of 3.7% and 3.2% a month earlier. The core measure rose to 2.5%, which strengthens the arguments against a rapid easing of ECB policy.
September Tokyo inflation came in above forecast across all key measures. Core CPI accelerated to 2.7%, while the measure excluding food and energy reached 3.0%. The yen responded with strengthening, and USD/JPY dropped below 158.00.
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lori Logan said the Fed rate needs to be raised by at least another 50 basis points so that monetary policy becomes moderately restrictive and helps bring inflation back to the 2% target.
On the morning of October 2, Bitcoin rose above $86,000 after nearly a week of consolidation. Large sell orders around $85,000 that had been holding back growth were removed, and inflows into spot BTC ETFs intensified again.
Today at 15:30 MSK, the US publishes the September employment report. The market expects about +90 thousand new jobs and unemployment at 4.1%, but heightened attention will be on wages amid a sharp rise in US bond yields.
WTI recovered intraday from the morning decline from around $88.00 and rose to nearly $91.50. The main driver was China's temporary suspension of oil product exports during the national holidays.
US President Donald Trump said that in the absence of an acceptable agreement, Washington may resume or intensify strikes on Iran after the midterm elections. The conflict has been ongoing for about seven months, and the situation around the Strait of Hormuz remains one of the key risks for the oil market.
USD/JPY rose to 158.44, and the yen lost about 0.5% after the release of the Bank of Japan's summary of opinions. The market saw no signal in the document for a rate hike as early as October, and the absence of currency interventions further increased pressure on the yen.
