What to watch in the Asia session

Risk-off ran the tape to the close — Europe's bond selloff and climbing oil kept equity caution intact, while the SEC turned crypto's regulatory tease into a published rulebook with a $75M fundraising path. The continuity story holds: same caution, one notch more concrete on the crypto side.

The window ahead is light on paper, with one genuine headliner: Australia's jobs report (Employment Change and Unemployment Rate, both high-tier) — the kind of print that can nudge AUD pairs if it surprises. China's 1-y and 5-y Loan Prime Rate setting is the other scheduled watch; Japan's trade balance, Australia's inflation expectations, and German PPI stay low-tier.

The technical gauge sits flat — neutral across FX, gold, oil, and crypto — so this is a session for headline digestion, not momentum. Watch whether the SEC proposal's fine print keeps the constructive crypto lean alive, and whether the Australian data reshapes rate-path chatter. With no US session feeding the tape, Asia trades on its own newsflow.