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FX round-up: Pound near YTD lows against US dollar, won near 52-week highs
Sterling finished the session only slightly weaker, despite early sharp selling on news of Home Secretary Amber Rudd's decision, at the weekend, to stand down from her post.
FX round-up: Sterling dips as US bond yields crawl higher ahead of GDP data
Sterling slipped further on Wednesday, weighed down by a further move higher in US government bond yields, against a backdrop of negative reports surrounding Brexit, including a threat from the DUP to topple the government in Westminster if Northern Ireland is not accorded the same treatment as the rest of the UK.
FX round-up: US president says China and Russia manipulate currency, bolsters pound
Sterling clocked in with broad-based gains ahead of the start of talks between Westminster and Brussels on the UK's post-Brexit trade relationship and ahead of Tuesday's February employment report.
Ripple 'could overtake bitcoin' and convert crypto-sceptics
Ripple could convert remaining cryptocurrency cynics to the blockchain craze due to its increasing uptake by established financial firms, but experts suggest that if bitcoin collapses it could destroy whole digital currency market.
Pound bulls to falter in near-term, Rabobank says
Sterling strength had further to run, Rabobank strategists said on Monday, but the loss of economic momentum in the British economy that was seen over the first quarter of the year and the prospect of tough Brexit talks, meant that the pound's path higher was not to be free of hurdles.
Nowotny says ECB could lift deposit rate first, spokesman clarifies
A top European Central Bank official said that as a first move towards tighter policy the monetary authority could raise its deposit rate, followed by an increase in its main policy rate.
Russian rouble sinks to 52-week low
The slide in Russia's currency was extending into its second day on Thursday afternoon in the wake of the most recent set of US sanctions.