US benchmark equity indices broke their winning streak yesterday as fresh economic data underwhelmed investors. In Japan, core consumer inflation slowed for a third straight month in January but beat forecasts, fuelling speculation that the central bank may soon abandon its negative-interest-rate policy. And Manuel Villegas, Next Generation Research, joins us with an update on Bitcoin spot ETFs and looks at why a supply squeeze may lie ahead.

00:00 Introduction by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing)

00:24 Markets wrap-up by Jonti Warris (Investment Writing)

06:08 Digital assets update by Manuel Villegas (Next Generation Research)

10:15 Closing remarks by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing)

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US markets take a breather while Japanese inflation surprises to the upside