UK markets were plunged into fresh volatility on Friday as speculation about the budget heightened uncertainty over the nation’s fiscal position. First, government bond yields jumped the most since July, and the pound and FTSE 100 stock index slumped, after overnight reports that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves was dropping plans to raise income tax.
The liquidations keep coming, with more than $1 billion worth of leveraged crypto bets wiped out in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass data.
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