Yen surged broadly Monday, pushing USD/JPY through 157, after Japan's Vice Finance Minister Atsushi Mimura sharpened Tokyo's intervention warning, saying markets should take the coordinated Japan-US message on Yen weakness "at face value.
Bitcoin may have completed a five-wave advance at 87,354, with 85,131.78 the pivot that decides whether the correction starts—but a pullback toward the 75,000–76,000 base could leave the broader rise intact and keep 100,000 in play.
Gold broke below 4,200 on Monday after taking out 4,234.68 and the 61.8% retracement at 4,230.70, turning a persistent oil-to-rates headwind into technical damage. 4,113.82 is the next momentum test, and 3,937.19–3,942.43 is the larger structural verdict.
The Dollar Index closed near 101.03 after a hawkish Fed-driven rally, but it’s now approaching genuine resistance at 101.80–102.86 rather than emerging from support—clearing that zone likely requires the 10-year Treasury yield, not the already-stretched 2-year, to extend further.