Analysis

EUR/USD remains on a downward trend for the third consecutive session, hovering around 1.0470 during the Asian trading hours on Friday. The pair dropped to a low of 1.0462 on Thursday, a level not seen since October 2023.

Two quite different crypto-dependent securities both closed the day up nicely, mining business Mara Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) with a nearly 7% gain and exchange-traded fund iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (NASDAQ: ETHA) with a 9% rise.

The Dogecoin hash rate has spiked sharply, reaching new all-time highs. This bullish development reflects increasing network activity and miner participation.

Investing.com-- LinkendIn laid off about 200 employees over the past two weeks, The Information reported on Thursday, with the cuts happening within the engineering and customer support departments.