The Asian session (Sydney · Australia · Tokyo · China · Singapore) · updated 2026-09-24 21:00 UTC.
Good evening. The dollar bid held its ground through the US session — USD/JPY still carries the BULLISH LEANING tag at 157.482, EUR/USD (1.14691) and GBP/USD (1.33731) remain NEUTRAL — while the wires stayed firmly on the stablecoin beat: the Fed unveiling its GENIUS Act framework, the EBA pushing crypto lending under MiCA, and Circle rolling out a 24/7 stablecoin FX engine. Bitcoin's above $83K on the largest daily ETP inflow since November 2024.
Asia's calendar is a quiet one: GfK Consumer Confidence for the UK, German GfK Consumer Climate, BOJ Core CPI on the low tier, and a Chinese bank holiday keeping the CNY desk thin.
What to watch: USD/JPY's 157.28018 support is still the line — hold it and the lean has something to stand on, lose it and the H4 down structure gets a vote. That H1 Bollinger squeeze is still the tightest in 120 bars, and squeezes usually resolve rather than fizzle. Gold stays BEARISH CLEAR, with 4333.73 beneath and 4359.91 overhead. And with the tilt gauge having flipped repeatedly on USD/JPY and gold in 24 hours, treat any single label change as noise, not a turn.
24 Sep 23:01 UTCGBP Low
24 Sep 23:01 UTCCNY Holiday
25 Sep 05:00 UTCJPY Low
25 Sep 06:00 UTCEUR Low