Golden Finance reported that the Bloomberg Dollar Index fell in end-of-month trading, heading towards the longest consecutive monthly decline in eight years, as Trump's latest version of the massive tax cut plan in Congress attracted investors' attention. The euro reached a new high since 2021. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Exchange Rate Index fell by 0.4%, with an overall decline of 2.1% in June; this marks the sixth consecutive month of decline, the longest streak of monthly declines since 2017. The ICE Dollar Index fell more than 10% in 2025, recording the worst performance in the first half of the year since 1973.

Gate.io News

Gate.io News

Ontario, Canada is experiencing freezing rain and ice storms, leaving nearly 390,000 users without power. The power company stated that 257,000 households have had their power restored, but some users are expected to wait until the evening of April 1st to have their power restored. Multiple areas in Ontario have declared a state of emergency, and local governments have set up temporary shelters.

On December 16th, Jin10 Data reported that LianDe has provided display products for Harbin Ice and Snow World and has served multiple venues such as shopping malls and sports arenas that have display screen requirements. In addition, the company is a supplier of display screens for the sub-venue of the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games.

Jin10 reported on June 29 that Russian President Putin stated on the 29th that the priority for Russia's shipbuilding industry is to expand the number of icebreakers and ice-class vessels operating along specific routes. Putin pointed out that the Russian shipbuilding industry is currently facing four tasks demanded by the times: updating existing production equipment and deploying new production equipment, mastering competitive technologies, deepening international cooperation, and cultivating high-level talent.

BlockBeats news, on June 6, U.S. President Trump posted on social media, "America is now boiling hot! Six months ago it was as cold as ice! The border is closed, prices are falling, and wages are rising!"

On December 27th, Jinshi Data News, local time, learned that the Japanese Lawson Group announced the recall of 1320 bags of ice sold in convenience stores due to possible glass fragments. It is reported that the product being recalled this time is 'Lawson Ice 1.1kg', which was sold in some Lawson convenience stores in Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture, and Yamanashi Prefecture from 0:00 on the 25th to 16:00 on the 26th local time. Lawson stated that the factory that produced the ice on the 25th confirmed that the sterilization lamp glass cover was damaged. As of 19:00 on the 26th, no reports of consumer health damage have been received.

On December 20, 2024, due to the recent cold air influence, the Yellow River in Ningxia experienced the first ice flow, with the first ice flow located 6 kilometers upstream of the Shizuishan Yellow River Bridge, with a length of 25 kilometers and a density of 5% to 10%. This is 2 days later than the average year and 3 days later than 2023, marking the beginning of the ice jam period in the Ningxia section of the Yellow River from 2024 to 2025.

On August 10, according to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), speculators' net long positions of ICE Brent crude oil decreased by 52,552 contracts to 25,438 contracts, reaching a new low since January 2011. Pure long positions fell to 175,351 contracts, reaching a recent eleven-year low; pure short positions rose to 149,913 contracts, reaching a new high in over two months.

ICE sugar futures prices broke through 19.82, confirming the path for further upward movement in the next stage, with the next target at 20.55 to 21.35. Intraday trading is dominated by a bullish trend, but falling below 19.82 will halt the rise and the price may turn downward. Today's trading range is between 19.90 and 20.70.

In late trading in New York on Thursday (June 22), the ICE U.S. dollar index fell 0.30% to 102.40 points. The U.S. dollar index jumped due to Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s hawkish testimony, saying that there may still be two interest rate hikes. High volatility. The Bloomberg Dollar Index rose 0.31% to 1226.50.

Gate.io News

The ICE raw sugar price tested the support line of the intraday bullish channel, and fell under the influence of the stochastic indicator. It is expected to resume the intraday bullish trend, with a target of 19.82, and a breakthrough could go to 20.55 and 21.35. EMA50 supports the bullish view, with the trend effective above 18.90. The expected trading range is between 19.25 and 20.00.

Daily technical summary of foreign futures varieties, among which 9 futures varieties such as CBOT soybeans, WTI crude oil, ICE raw sugar have long opportunities.

Intrerest rate traders are currently expecting the Fed to cut rates by the smallest amount to date in 2024, according to Fed funds futures. The change in borrowing costs in December 2024 and January 2025 is also expected to be the smallest to date, even lower than when the 10-year Treasury yield peaked in late October last year. Meanwhile, the ICE BofA MOVE index, which measures the implied volatility of Treasuries, rose today to its highest point since early January.

Data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed that speculators' net long positions in NYMEX WTI crude oil increased by 36,513 contracts to 109,723 contracts in the week ended Dec. 19, a five-week high. The net long position in Brent and WTI crude oil increased by 101,578 contracts to 250,850 contracts, also hitting a five-week high. Data from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) showed that speculators' net long position in Brent crude oil increased by 57,254 contracts to 154,944 contracts, a new three-week high.

(1) Investors are increasingly pessimistic about the outlook for crude oil prices, with growing doubts about whether OPEC+ producers' production cuts will be sufficient to offset the impact of increased production and a deteriorating economic outlook in non-OPEC countries. (2) But many professional fund managers are more optimistic about refined product prices, especially U.S. gasoline and diesel, and they expect low inventories to ensure that refined product prices continue to be stronger than crude oil. (3) In the seven days ending Nov. 21, hedge funds and other fund managers sold the equivalent of just 3 million barrels of crude oil in the six most important oil futures and options contracts. (4) Crude oil sales (-25 million barrels), including Brent (-16 million barrels), New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) West Texas Intermediate (WTI) (-9 million barrels), were offset by purchases of refined products (up 21 million barrels), including U.S. gasoline (up 13 million barrels) and European diesel (up 10 million barrels). (5) Total crude oil holdings have fallen to just 225 million barrels, in the lowest percentile, and less than 20 million barrels from the all-time low since 2013. As U.S. oil production continues to climb, positions in NYMEX and ICE WTI are particularly low, at just 70 million barrels (the second percentile of all weeks since 2013).

The US 10-year Treasury yield narrowed slightly to less than 0.6 basis points, retreating below 4.43% after the release of the Fed minutes. The two-year Treasury yield maintained a decline of about 1.7 basis points, trading above 4.89%. The S&P 500 is currently down 0.18%, the Dow is down 65 points or 0.19%, and the Nasdaq is down 0.64%. The Bank of Philadelphia index is currently down 0.97%. Spot gold hovered below the $2,000 integer psychological mark, and is still up more than 1.0%. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index is currently up 0.2% at 103.64, hovering near a daily high of 103.661 before the release of the Fed minutes.

Kit Juckes, a macro strategist at Societe Generale, believes that the dollar's decline in the past eight months may mean that all the gains made by the greenback in the wake of the new crown epidemic will soon be wiped out. With the market expecting the Fed to finish raising interest rates this year, he expects the dollar to return to the lows seen in December 2020, when the ICE U.S. Dollar Index briefly fell below 90. Over the past week, investors' expectations on the outlook for US interest rates have changed. The probability of a rate hike in July is now close to 100%, and the probability of a rate cut in January next year is close to 40%. The shift in expectations has sparked a wave of bearish dollar sentiment on Wall Street, with many top currency analysts suggesting the greenback's path of least resistance may be a weaker currency.

PANews March 27 news, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire tweeted that Circle announced an agreement with global exchange ICE to explore the integration of USDC and USYC into a wide range of TradFi markets, exchanges, and clearinghouses.

Odaily News Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire stated in a post on the X platform that global exchange and Capital Market giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and Circle are working to integrate USDC into their market products and infrastructure. Currently, the two companies have reached an agreement to explore the integration of USDC and USYC into a wide range of TradFi markets, exchanges, and clearing houses.

During the first half of July, sugar production in the central and southern regions of Brazil decreased by 9.7% year-on-year, leading to a sharp rise in ICE raw sugar futures. What will be the subsequent trend of sugar prices?

The latest analysis from Economies.com's analysts: ICE sugar prices have successfully reached our expected target of 18.00. It is expected that the downtrend will resume today, and the next target for the decline can be seen at the low point of 17.35. We expect further decline in the intraday and short term basis. At the same time, it should be noted that breaking through 18.45 will stop the current downward pressure and guide the price to start attempting to rebound intraday. The trading range for today is expected to be between the support level of 17.50 and the resistance level of 18.30.

At the end of Wednesday (May 1) in New York, the ICE U.S. dollar index fell fall 0.54% to 105.649 points, Beijing time from 14:56 pump to a daily high of 106.490 points, 02:00 before the release of the FOMC Intrerest Rate decision statement was in a state of high volatility, Fed Chairman Powell said that "the next move cannot be to raise interest rates" after fall to below 105.8 points, after the close of the U.S. stock market, with the suspected Japanese authorities intervening in the yen Exchange Rate and fall to a daily low of 105.435 points. The Bloomberg dollar index falls 0.15% to 1263.93, falling to a daily low of 1259.35 at 02:55. Among Asian coins, USD/JPY falls 1.65% to 155.20 and continued to trade above 157 until 04:09 (shortly after the US close) - Japanese dollar metatransactions turned a deaf ear to the Fed's decision statement and Powell's press conference, and US stocks then broke the "quiet state" after the market and big dumped to 153.04. EURUSD pump 0.46%, GBPUSD pump 0.28% and USDCHF fall 0.34%), while in the Commodity Money pair, AUDUSD pump 0.73%, NZDUSD pump 0.60% and USDCAD fall 0.32%.

1、利率政策：在3月会议开始的前几天，我们曾考虑过暂停加息。但加息行动得到FOMC成员强有力的一致支持。如有必要，美联储将超预期加息，我们会那样做。2、银行业危机：a、少量银行陡然出现严重的艰难处境。准备用所有工具来确保银行系统的安全。一系列银行业倒闭事件可能会影响到美国经济。承诺将从本次银行业危机中汲取教训。我们都在扪心自问，为何发生了银行业动荡。美联储已经充分地对外沟通了加息意图，许多银行都能应付。b、美联储向美国联邦存款保险公司（FDIC）针对硅谷银行倒闭事件成立的过桥银行提供贷款，这不会让美联储面临风险。c、我与美联储金融监管事务副主席Barr监管硅谷银行一事无关，我欢迎对美联储监管硅谷银行的工作展开外部调查。3、经济形势：通胀仍然太高，通胀回落至2%还有很长的路要走，那将是一条崎岖不平的道路。劳动力市场仍然（供需/劳资关系）紧俏。4、市场反应：美国两年期国债收益率一度下跌超过25个基点刷新日低至3.9116%，标普500指数跌0.26%，道指跌0.46%，纳指大体持平。ICE美元指数下跌0.80%，报102.40，鲍威尔新闻发布会期间曾跌至102.05，逼近2月3日底部10

Jin Shi Data News on December 17th, affected by a strong cold air mass, the northeastern region has experienced a significant drop in temperature recently. According to the latest satellite remote sensing and ocean station monitoring data from the North China Sea Forecast and Disaster Reduction Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, on December 16th, there was sea ice distribution in the offshore waters of Liaodong Bay, with floating ice about 3 nautical miles away from the shore and a distribution area of 291 square kilometers. In addition, satellite remote sensing also detected sea ice of 69 square kilometers in the coastal waters of the northern part of the Yellow Sea, where Dandong, Liaoning is located. This marks the official beginning of the sea ice season in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea this winter. Currently, the sea ice in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea is still in the initial stage, mainly distributed in areas such as the mouths of rivers and nearshore shoals. With further drop in winter temperatures and sea temperatures, the sea ice will continue to develop, and the Bohai Sea, Liaodong Bay, and the northern part of the Yellow Sea will enter a severe ice period around mid-January 2025.

ICE sugar futures hit an eight-week low, how about the subsequent PA?

Crude Oil Analysis at Noon: ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures Prices Stable, Nigerian Light Crude Oil Production Resumed.

(1) As there were signs that Israel and Iran had chosen not to escalate the conflict, investors sold oil at the fastest pace in six long months, causing crude oil prices to stop pump before hitting $100 a barrel. (2) In the seven days ending April 23, Hedging funds and other fund managers sold the equivalent of 95 million barrels of the six most important oil futures and options contracts. (3) According to reports submitted to ICE Futures Europe and exchange CFTC, this is the fastest selling rate since October 2023, with a cumulative two-week sale of 119 million barrels. (4) Total open interest fell to 566 million barrels (49th percentile) from 685 million barrels on April 9 (66th percentile for all weeks since 2013) as the war risk premium disappeared. (5) In the last week, there has been a lot of selling in most markets, especially crude oil and European diesel, which are the most vulnerable to the Middle East conflict. Funds sold Brent crude (-39 million barrels), New York Mercantile exchange (NYMEX) and ICE U.S. crude (-26 million barrels), European diesel (-24 million barrels) and U.S. gasoline (-7 million barrels), although U.S. diesel Position was unchanged. (6) Total crude oil Holdings fell to 453 million barrels (46th percentile) from 522 million barrels (59th percentile) earlier this month at the height of the Iran-Israel confrontation. (7) The ratio of bullish Long Position to fall Short Position increased from 4.97 in late March

Sugar Fundamental Analysis: ICE raw sugar continues to fall! Worries about global sugar oversupply have resurfaced. Will sugar prices collapse?

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators' net Long position in NYMEX WTI crude oil increased by 40,580 contracts to 174,730 contracts in the week ended February 27, hitting a new high in more than four months. The net Long position in Brent and WTI crude oil increased by 20,191 contracts to 420,150 contracts, the highest in the last 21 weeks. The net Long position in ICE Brent crude oil fell by 17,488 contracts to 254,781 contracts, hitting a three-week low. The net Long position in NYMEX gasoline decreased to 61,003 contracts, and the net Long position in NYMEX heating oil increased to 24,347 contracts. Short NYMEX natural gas positions increased to 64,396 contracts, the highest in about a year.