Glimpsing the Future, Discussing Development – FastBull Finance Summit Dubai 2025 Successfully Concludes!

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April 17, 2025, Dubai – The FastBull Finance Summit Dubai 2025 successfully concluded at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The two-day summit brought together numerous industry leaders and experts to discuss the latest development trends in the foreign exchange market and blockchain financial technology.

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The second day of the summit was also full of highlights. Gustavo Antonio Montero offered his perspectives on the future of cryptocurrency trading, prompting in-depth reflection on the prospects of digital assets. Seif El Hakim shared the crucial role of emotional intelligence and artificial intelligence in enhancing trading excellence. Seasoned financial market analyst Amir Masoud Amidian provided an insightful analysis of the impact of trade wars and tariffs on global markets and stock performance.

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The two afternoon roundtable forums continued to focus on industry hotspots. The forum on "Financial Education & Trading Skills: Thriving in Volatility" provided valuable learning opportunities for investors. The forum on "Boosting Trading Success: Strategy, Technology & Psychology" explored the key factors for enhancing trading success from multiple perspectives.

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The two-day FastBull Finance Summit Dubai 2025 was rich in content and featured in-depth discussions, providing attendees with an excellent platform for networking and learning, helping them grasp the pulse of the global market and gain insights into future investment opportunities. The successful hosting of this summit has also injected new vitality into the exchange and development of the global financial industry. Stay tuned to the FastBull Finance Summit for more exciting content in the future!

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Warren Takunda

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin has a new gold-inspired $155,000 target, as analysis describes both assets as “remarkably impressive.”

In a post on X on April 16, trading and analytics account Cryptollica predicted BTC/USD would copy gold to hit new all-time highs.

Analysis sees key BTC price similarities to gold

Bitcoin has made headlines for its inability to follow in gold’s record-breaking footsteps in 2025.

While XAU/USD continues to see repeated record highs, BTC/USD is down 9.3% year-to-date, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows. Bitcoin Gold Copycat Move May Top $150K as BTC Stays 'Impressive'_1

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BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView

Despite calls for an imminent “blow-off top” for gold, Bitcoin bulls hope that after a delay of several months, its “digital” equivalent will follow suit.

For Cryptollica, this means BTC/USD breaking out of a consolidatory wedge structure to swiftly reclaim six figures and more.

“Bitcoin midterm target: 155K $,” it told X followers. Bitcoin Gold Copycat Move May Top $150K as BTC Stays 'Impressive'_2

XAU/USD vs. BTC/USD. Source: Cryptollica/X

BTC price performance already has various potential tailwinds at its disposal, all of which have fueled bull runs in the past.

As Cointelegraph reported, these include a declining US Dollar Index (DXY) and all-time highs in the global M2 money supply.

Bitcoin “remarkably impressive” during trade war

Continuing, onchain analytics firm Glassnode argued that despite the price performance disparity, Bitcoin and gold have weathered the current macroeconomic storm remarkably well.

“Amid this turmoil, the performance of hard assets remains remarkably impressive,” it said in the latest edition of its regular newsletter, “The Week Onchain,” published on April 16.

“Gold continues to surge higher, having reached a new ATH of $3,300, as investors flee to the traditional safe haven asset. Bitcoin sold off to $75k initially alongside risk assets, but has since recovered the weeks gains, trading back up to $85k, now flat since this burst of volatility.”

XAU/USD vs. BTC/USD (screenshot). Source: Glassnode

Glassnode said that gold and BTC are “increasingly entering the center stage as global neutral reserve assets.”

In terms of the BTC price drawdown, analysts stressed the fact that by historical standards, the dip versus all-time highs remains modest at around 30%.

“In prior macroeconomic events like last week, Bitcoin has typically experienced greater than -50% sell-offs in such events, which highlights a degree of robustness of modern investor sentiment toward the asset during unfavorable conditions,” it wrote, referring to the ongoing US-China trade war. Bitcoin Gold Copycat Move May Top $150K as BTC Stays 'Impressive'_4

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Bitcoin bull market drawdowns (screenshot). Source: Glassnode

Source: Cointelegraph

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Economic

The European Central Bank cut interest rates as expected on Thursday, easing for the seventh time in the past year as U.S. tariffs and faltering business confidence sap already weak economic growth.

Arguing that inflation is well on its way to the 2% target, the central bank for the 20 nations sharing the euro cut its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, in line with the expectation of most economists polled by Reuters.

It also tweaked its language, dropping a previous assessment that interest rates are "meaningfully less restrictive", arguing instead that several factors may weigh on growth now.

"Increased uncertainty is likely to reduce confidence among households and firms, and the adverse and volatile market response to the trade tensions is likely to have a tightening impact on financing conditions," the ECB said.

"These factors may further weigh on the economic outlook for the euro area," the ECB said in a statement.

The change comes as interest rates are now at the top end of the ECB's "neutral rate", a level which neither restricts nor stimulates economic growth.

The bank has previously put this range at 1.75% to 2.25% but policymakers have downplayed the significance of the figures, arguing that it is conceptually important but not relevant to day-to-day policymaking.

Still, the bank maintained its past guidance that the disinflation process is well on track.

Financial markets still expect at least two more rate cuts from the ECB this year and some even see a third move because financial market volatility, tariffs and economic uncertainty are all likely to weaken growth and consequently inflation.

But the ECB gave little to no hint about future moves, maintaining its standard line that its next decision would depend on the evolution of incoming data and it would stick to its meeting-by-meeting approach.

Nevertheless, Lagarde, who will speak at a 1245 GMT news conference, is likely to say that the bloc is facing a large hit to economic growth and even if there is an eventual trade deal, the hit to confidence will have a meaningful impact.

She earlier predicted a growth hit of up to 0.5 percentage point, a figure that would wipe out half the bloc's expected expansion.

Lagarde is also likely to argue that inflation pressures have eased meaningfully since the ECB's March meeting, given a sharply stronger euro, a big fall in energy costs and more muted growth prospects.

She may also argue that big U.S. tariffs on China would force Beijing to dump goods on other markets, possibly weighing on prices and cutting inflation quicker than earlier thought.

Source: TradingView

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UK officials are tightening security when handling sensitive trade documents to prevent them from falling into US hands amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, the Guardian can reveal.

In an indication of the strains on the “special relationship”, British civil servants have changed document-handling guidance, adding higher classifications to some trade negotiation documents in order to better shield them from American eyes, sources told the Guardian.

The White House has upended global financial markets and torn up key relationships, with unpredictable and rapidly changing taxes on trading partners including China, the EU and the UK.

Officials were told that the change in protocols was specifically related to tensions over important issues on trade and foreign policy between Washington and London, sources said.

Keir Starmer has prioritised striking a trade deal with Washington, opting not to retaliate over Trump’s decision to impose 10% tariffs on goods exported to the US, and 25% tariffs on UK car and steel exports, instead offering concessions on areas including digital taxes and agriculture.

JD Vance said on Tuesday he believed a mutually beneficial US-UK trade deal was within reach. The US vice-president said officials were “certainly working very hard with Keir Starmer’s government” on a trade deal, adding that it was an “important relationship”.

“There’s a real cultural affinity,” Vance said. “And, of course, fundamentally, America is an anglo country. I think there’s a good chance that, yes, we’ll come to a great agreement that’s in the best interest of both countries.”

However, behind the scenes concern is growing over the vulnerability of UK industries and companies to Trump’s “America first” agenda.

Before Trump’s inauguration, UK trade documents related to US talks were generally marked “Official – sensitive (UK eyes only)”, according to examples seen by the Guardian, and officials were allowed to share these on internal email chains. This classification stood while British officials attempted to negotiate with Joe Biden’s administration, even after a full-blown trade deal was ruled out by the White House.

Now, a far greater proportion of documents and correspondence detailing the negotiating positions being discussed by officials from No 10, the Foreign Office and the Department for Business and Trade come with additional handling instructions to avoid US interception, with some classified as “secret” and “top secret”, sources said. These classifications also carry different guidance on how documents may be shared digitally, in order to avoid interception.

Companies with commercial interests in the UK have also been told to take additional precautions in how they share information with the trade department and No 10, senior business sources said. These include large pharmaceutical companies with operations in the UK and EU.

A Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said: “The US is an indispensable ally and negotiations on an economic prosperity deal that strengthens our existing trading relationship continue.”

Wider questions have been asked about whether the special relationship between the UK and US can withstand increasingly divergent policies on Russian hostility, as well as deep criticisms of Nato and defence collaboration. On trade, pressures are mounting in sensitive areas such as car manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.

Other reports suggest the European Commission has also changed its perspective on the risks of sensitive or secret information being intercepted by the US. Commission employees have been issued with burner phones if they are visiting the US, the Financial Times has reported.

So close has the UK and US position been on defence and security in recent years that secure government material is sometimes marked “UK/US only”, or given a “Five Eyes” marking, in reference to the intelligence-sharing collective made up of the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. So far, the Guardian has only established a change in document-handling related to trade discussions.

Trump’s plan to reboot domestic industry, including in automotive and pharmaceutical manufacturing, has caused consternation among foreign governments keen to protect domestic industries and jobs while trying to strike trade deals to protect against heavy tariffs.

Trump has sought to defend his decision to put vast tariffs in place, saying there would be a “transition cost” from his policies.

The US president also said he would “love” to make a deal with China and that, in his view, he and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, would “end up working out something that’s very good for both countries”.

In a move regarded by some observers as an attempt to soothe market reactions, including a rise in US government borrowing costs, Trump said last week that he would delay further tariffs for 90 days. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU would also delay its response to US tariffs.

Until July, the EU will face a 10% duty on exports to the US, rather than the 20% “reciprocal tariff” rate that was in force for a matter of hours, until Trump’s reversal last Wednesday. US duties of 25% tariffs on steel, aluminium and cars are still in place, however.

Despite suggestions that Trump may be chastened by the markets’ volatile response to his trade policies, the president’s incremental steps have increased duties on Chinese imports to 145%. China responded on Friday by announcing it would increase tariffs on US goods to 125%. The announcement from the Chinese commerce ministry also suggested that it would not pursue higher tariffs in any further retaliatory steps against the US, adding that “at the current tariff level, there is no market acceptance for US goods exported to China”.

“If the US continues to impose tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the US, China will ignore it,” it said, flagging that there were other countermeasures to come. Xi, meanwhile, urged the EU to resist Trump’s “bullying”.

Source: TheGuardian

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Stocks

European shares fell on Thursday, while the dollar rose as traders took some heart from trade talks between the U.S. and Japan, and gold hit a new record as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell added a note of caution about the growth outlook.

With a long weekend ahead, investors were reluctant to double down too heavily on the broad-based decline in risk assets this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly joined talks in Washington on Wednesday with a delegation from Japan, saying later that "big progress" had been made in the discussions with lead Japanese negotiator Ryosei Akazawa, but giving no details.

Adding to the cocktail of uncertainty was the European Central Bank's policy meeting later on Thursday. The ECB is widely expected to cut euro zone interest rates, but may not offer much clarity about the effects on growth and inflation from Trump's tariffs.

The STOXX 600 fell 0.4%, as construction and healthcare shares dropped, but still headed for a 4.2% gain this week, while the euro , which is not far off three-year highs against the dollar, eased 0.25% to $1.1372.

"As the dust is starting to settle, there are concerns regarding that stagflationary outlook that Powell warned about and I think there's potential for the ECB to warn about a stagflationary outlook for the euro zone as well," City Index strategist Fiona Cincotta said.

"Those comments from Powell are quite stark," she said.

Powell, who was speaking for the first time since Trump last week paused some of his barrage of tariffs, said the Fed would wait for more data on where the economy was headed before making any changes to interest rates.

But he also cautioned that Trump's tariff policies risked pushing inflation and employment further from the central bank's goals.

"Powell is between a rock and a hard place," said Tom Graff, chief investment officer at Facet Wealth. "The Fed can't act proactively to stem any potential economic weakness, given that tariffs are likely to also cause inflation."

U.S. stock futures rose, suggesting a recovery after Wednesday's selloff that pushed the S&P 500 down 2.2% and the Nasdaq down more than 3%. Futures on the Nasdaq were up 1.2%, while those on the S&P were up 1%, as technology shares got a boost from forecast-busting earnings from Taiwan's TSMC.

The ECB is all but certain to cut interest rates for the seventh time in a row today as it aims to shore up the European economy after

Results from TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, followed warnings from bellwethers Nvidia and ASML that rattled investors.

Dutch company ASML said tariffs were increasing uncertainty around its outlook for 2025 and 2026, while AI pioneer Nvidia warned of a $5.5-billion hit after Washington restricted exports of its AI processor tailored for China.

The dollar has been a major casualty from the uncertainty stemming from both the rollout of the tariffs and their impact on economic growth. Investors have ditched U.S. stocks and bonds in the last couple of weeks.

Against a basket of six other currencies, the dollar has fallen to its lowest in three years this month. Treasuries have been relatively stable. The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was up 4 basis points at 4.32%.

The yen touched a seven-month high earlier in the session before reversing to trade 0.8% weaker at 142.945 per dollar after Akazawa said foreign exchange had not been discussed at the trade talks in Washington.

In commodities, gold racked up yet another record high, going as high as $3,357.40 per ounce as safe-haven flows and an exodus from the dollar gathered pace.

Oil prices rose on the prospect of tighter supply, leaving Brent crude futures up 0.7% at $66.33 a barrel.

Source: Reuters

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The Pound to Dollar exchange rate remained buoyant near six-month highs on Thursday, while GBP/EUR steadied near 18-month lows, with Sterling helped overall by a confluence of progress in trade talks with the US, a weaker US Dollar and earlier management of the Chinese Renminbi.

GBP/USD was trading near its highest since October 02 in European morning trade after being helped on Wednesday by reports that a tariff agreement with the US may be only three weeks away, broad losses for the US Dollar and constructive central parity fixes for GBP/CNY rate in the first half of the week.

“The rates market is pricing in a very tiny chance of greater than 25bps [rate cut from the Bank of England] on May 8. GBP/USD is still quite elevated and finally outperforming the EUR/USD this week,” says Brad Bechtel, global head of FX at Jefferies, in Wednesday market commentary.

“Perhaps the market is getting excited that the UK will have a trade deal before the EU. The EU vs. US negotiations are likely to be rockier than UK and US but not nearly as bad as US and China. Sounds like a deal on the UK could happen quite soon,” he adds, and suggests "its mostly GBP pushing the DXY lower now." Pound Sterling Aided by US Trade Talks, Weaker Dollar, Renminbi Management_1

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Above: GBP/USD at daily intervals with Fibonacci retracements and selected moving averages highlighting possible areas of technical support. Click for closer inspection.

GBP/EUR steadied above its recent 18-month lows on Thursday, meanwhile, having fallen alongside the US Dollar on Wednesday when currencies of current account surplus jurisdictions outperformed, with much now set to be determined by an imminent European Central Bank interest rate decision.“In the current state of things, the FX market is not looking much at short-term rate differentials. If it did, EUR/USD should be trading well below 1.10,” says Francesco Pesole, a strategist at ING.

“While we cannot exclude the possibility that markets can take the opportunity of an ECB cut to take profit in crowded EUR longs, the news from the US is still hitting the dollar, and the highly liquid euro remains in a prime position to benefit from the rotation,” he adds in Thursday market commentary.

GBP/EUR unwound all of its prior rally on Wednesday but was supported by tightened limits enforced in EUR/CNY, and EUR/USD, from Beijing. These prevented EUR/CNY rising above 8.3424 and led to suppressive pushback around 1.1387 in EUR/USD, levels which rose to 8.4119 and 1.1513, respectively, on Thursday. Pound Sterling Aided by US Trade Talks, Weaker Dollar, Renminbi Management_2

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Above: GBP/EUR at daily intervals with ICE US Dollar Index.

Source: Poundsterlinglive

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President Donald Trump on Thursday again called for the Federal Reserve to lower rates and even hinted at the "termination" of Chairman Jerome Powell.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said:

"The ECB is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, 'Too Late' Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete 'mess!' Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and the USA is getting RICH ON TARIFFS. Too Late should have lowered Interest Rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now. Powell's termination cannot come fast enough!"

Indeed, the European Central Bank has been cutting rates as it tries to boost growth in the region. The ECB is expected to lower rates again later on Thursday.

The post comes a day after Powell delivered a speech at the Economic Club of Chicago in which he noted that the administration's tariffs put the central bank in a tricky spot as it decides whether to tame inflation or boost growth.

"If that were to occur, we would consider how far the economy is from each goal, and the potentially different time horizons over which those respective gaps would be anticipated to close," Powell said. Those comments contributed to a steep sell-off on Wednesday.

This isn't the first time Trump has criticized Powell's approach to U.S. monetary policy. Trump posted on April 4, two days after the administration's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement, it would be "a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always 'late,' but he could now change his image, and quickly."

However, it's the first time Trump has explicitly called for Powell's firing. Powell has also said the president doesn't have the power to fire him, noting that it's "not permitted under the law."

Powell's term as Fed chairman ends in May 2026.