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XAU/USD is closing the week down almost 4.5% and sits near $3,879 - the bottom in 13 months. Pressure comes from US Treasury yields at 5.15% and the dollar index at a 19-month high.
Over 24 hours, $1.64 billion in leveraged positions were forcibly closed on the crypto market - 513.7% more than the day before. Almost 89% of the amount came from long positions: BTC's drop to $67,770 wiped out those who bet on growth.
The pair reached 159.95 - right up against the round 160 mark and the highest since September 2. Japanese Finance Ministry currency official Atsushi Mimura said markets should not forget about intervention risks, and the rate pulled back from that zone.
Japanese producer output prices rose 7.1% year-on-year in October instead of the expected 6.5%. This increases pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise the rate on December 17-18 - the third time in a calendar year, something that has not happened since 1989.
October inflation in the US came in above forecast, and the government bond market responded with a sell-off. The DXY dollar index stands at 102.22 - a high since October 28, and the market considers a Fed rate hike on December 9 almost a done deal: 91.9% according to CME FedWatch versus 84% the day before.
Bitcoin fell to $72,934 on Coinbase and Kraken: there prices went below $73,000 for the first time in ten weeks. The trigger was the US consumer price report for October - it came in above forecast, and the market increased its bet on a Fed rate hike in December.
Holders of Trump Media bonds (Donald Trump's media holding, traded under the ticker DJT) may demand about $1 billion in cash from the company as early as November 30. Meanwhile, the balance sheet reports 15,649 BTC, and a significant portion of these coins is tied up in an options strategy.
The OKXICE platform planned to trade tokenized US stocks around the clock. Objections were filed by 67 issuers, including almost its entire initial list of 62 companies.
Brent crude closed at $92.57 on Monday, November 9 - down $5.75 for the session. Over the past week it fell 16%, the worst weekly result since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 9, 2026, a shareholder class action (a complaint on behalf of all who purchased the securities during a specified period) was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang. The claim: the company did not disclose to investors Huang's connection to a woman whom U.S. authorities consider an alleged Chinese intelligence agent.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, the federal bank regulator) upgraded the trust status of the largest American crypto exchange from conditional to full. Now Coinbase conducts cryptocurrency custody and payments under federal supervision, rather than only under individual state licenses.
The US Department of Labor submitted a draft rule that opens 401(k) plans to alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies. On Thursday, November 5, the document went to the White House for mandatory review - this is the stage before publication.
The Capital Markets Alliance Association, which includes Cboe Global Markets, Citadel Securities and Healthy Markets Association, challenged in federal court the CFTC's November 3 decision on perpetual futures on individual US stocks. The judge has already noted that the plaintiffs are likely to prevail.
The Central Bank has approved the final rules: a non-qualified investor will be able to buy cryptocurrency through a broker or a crypto exchange, but no more than 300,000 rubles per year (about $3,700) at each intermediary. The Moscow Exchange plans to start trading on December 1.
Bitcoin dropped to $74,762 — its lowest since August 21. The trigger was a strong US labor market report: US stocks rebounded on it, but crypto did not follow. We wrote about the drop to $75,700 on the election results on November 4; since then the price has not fallen lower.
The October US labor market report came in more than double expectations, and the probability of a Fed rate hike at the December 9 meeting rose to 73%. US Treasury yields moved higher, and the dollar strengthened.
The US publishes its October employment report - the main release of the week for the dollar. Consensus expects +65 thousand non-farm payrolls after a weak +29 thousand a month earlier, and half an hour later the preliminary Michigan index is released.
On Thursday XAU/USD gained about 1%: it rebounded from $4,057 and settled above $4,100 amid the sell-off in US equities. On Friday morning the gains did not hold - the dollar recovered its losses, and the metal slipped back below $4,100 ahead of the release of the US jobs report.
On Thursday, November 5, the Japanese yen became the strongest currency of the day: money fled from US tech stocks into it, and the Bank of Japan's minutes added to expectations of a December rate hike.
Thomas Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, said on Thursday, November 5, that inflation remains too high and for the Fed it is risk number one. He called the policy path clear: the only debate is about the pace of rate increases, and a gradual step "makes sense."
On November 5 it became known that Apple is preparing a corporate bond offering and will direct the raised funds toward capital expenditures in artificial intelligence. The size of the deal has not yet been disclosed.
The rate was raised by 25 basis points, from 3.75% to 4%, exactly as the market expected. In the minutes, the Bank of England stated directly: further increases will most likely be needed, because inflation could approach 5% by mid-2027.
The crypto market priced in the US midterm election results with gains: BTC rose to $80,500, ETH added almost 6% to $2,433. $469 million in leveraged positions were liquidated in 24 hours.
At 03:00 Moscow time on November 5, the Bank of Japan published the minutes of the September meeting: board members agreed that the rate should continue to be raised. The yen is strengthening for the second day in a row, USD/JPY slid to 158.25, EUR/JPY to 177.90.
