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Monday, 3 August 2026 · No. 123

Japan intervention weakens dollar as Bitcoin faces exchange supply

Lead story · economy — U.S. dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions (NPR World)

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U.S. authorities stepped into yen markets to blunt dollar strength and the move has already produced a sharp weakening that eases immediate pressure on global liquidity. Bitcoin sits in the middle of that adjustment with net exchange inflows adding supply while holders remain only modestly profitable and fear persists. The contradiction is that official intervention signals policy comfort with lower volatility, yet the same stability removes the urgency that usually draws fresh capital into risk assets. Whether the dollar's new range holds long enough to matter for positioning is the open question.

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