By Nathan Nowbuth Introduction of Cryptos and Bitcoin The rises and falls of the digital currency, bitcoin, have been well documented ever since it started in 2009. It is owned and controlled by its users using a ‘peer-to-peer’ system and it differs from traditional currencies because it is decentralised and does not have a robust … More Bitcoin Breaks the $50,000 Mark? But is it still worth buying?

Introduction  The world was in shock on Tuesday 4th August when a cataclysmic explosion ripped through the heart of Lebanon, Beirut, where it is estimated that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate ignited. The deafening explosion has claimed the lives of at least 137 people with over 5,000 wounded and 300,000 being left homeless. The magnitude and intensity … More Blast in Beirut brings the Lebanese Economy to the brink of collapse (USD/LBP Analysis)

(By Malaika Cornelio & Nathan Nowbuth)  Background  The Yen’s safe-haven status has been contested from the very start of 2019, attributing to its liquidity-and-algorithm-driven ‘flash crash’ just after New Year’s Day. This sudden 3% spike in the yen forewarned the all-year-round inclement market climate that traders prepared to steel themselves against.   Next on the gloomy … More Trouble in Paradise: Chronicling the USD/JPY’s Shaky Safe-haven Status

( Written by Malaika Cornelio and Swastik Gupta ) Background  The EUR/GBP pair has faced a fatiguing pair of volatility and uncertainty in lieu of the global economy’s financial crisis-ridden recent past – including today’s coronavirus-fuelled slump – but it is clear that the Brexit vote has accentuated this volatility/uncertainty duo. “Sterling volatility… is at emerging market levels and has decoupled from other advanced economy pairs for obvious reasons,” ex-BoE governor Mark … More Brexit Spectre Continually Haunts EURGBP Dynamics

( Written by Nathan Nowbuth and Sulaiman Syed Naqvi ) For many years, America and China have been at the forefront of economic debate. The U.S. economy has been the global standard for decades whilst China has become the fastest developing economy in the world and in 2014, even surpassed America as the world’s largest economy. Staggeringly, these two global giants possess more than 32% of the worldwide GDP implying the two countries … More Two Global Superpowers on ‘Supersour’ terms. Why is USD/CNY currency pairing so unpredictable?

Background  The Norwegian Kroner (NOK) has come under a fair amount of scrutiny in the past few years, as it has underperformed against several key European currencies, in addition to commodities, such as oil. The overriding factor for this has been diminishing oil production in the absence of new oil fields. Put in perspective, this dilemma bares greater significance since export … More Corona’s Crush on Kroner: We delve into its huge depreciation against the Euro and why it’s been so notably affected.

(Swastik Gupta) Background:   Since the late 1940s India and China have been involved in a series of disputes, clashes and stand-offs over border territory around the mountainous Himalayan areas. In the last few years (2013-) and especially the last couple of months this tension over territory has escalated resulting in frequent face-offs between the respective armies. There were several conflicts in May of this year when peace talks regarding the border broke down. The tension culminated in the fatal June 15th, 2020 clash at the Himalayan Galwan Valley, in … More China-India border clash and the wider impact on the CNY/INR