BCH/USD Exchange rate

EUR/USD is having a difficult time staging a rebound after having dropped below 1.0500 earlier in the day. FOMC Chairman Powell's relatively optimistic comments on the economic outlook provided a boost to the dollar in the second half of the day, weighing on the pair. 

GBP/USD fell to its lowest level in nearly two weeks near 1.2100 but managed to stage a rebound. With the dollar preserving its strength on the back of FOMC Chairman Powell's hawkish comments, however, the pair stays in negative territory near 1.2150.

Gold is struggling to make a decisive move in either direction and seems to have steadied near $1,820, where it closed on Tuesday. Despite the broad-based dollar strength, XAU/USD holds its ground amid a more-than-2% decline seen in the 10-year US yield.

Bitcoin price faced an intense sell-off as it approached the recent weekly open, indicating that investors are looking to book profits. This downswing has caused Ethereum, Ripple and other altcoins to take a dip as well.

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