According to a report by Commerzbank analyst Volkmar Bauer, the yen could weaken if the Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged on Tuesday and remains cautious about future rate hikes. He stated that the market expects the Bank of Japan to give a fairly clear signal that a rate hike is possible in June—at least assuming a de-escalation of the conflict with Iran by then. If this signal fails to materialize, warnings from the Japanese Ministry of Finance regarding intervention to support the yen will "no longer be very helpful." Bauer said that in this scenario, the USD/JPY exchange rate could rise above 160. (Jinshi)

According to Odaily Seer, in Polymarket's "2026 FIFA World Cup Winner" prediction event, France's probability of winning has overtaken Spain's, currently ranking first with 17%. Spain is second with 15%, England has 11%, and Argentina and Brazil are both at 9%. To date, the total trading volume for this prediction event has exceeded $770 million. The contract rules state that the final result for the winning national team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be calculated. If, according to FIFA rules, the team has no chance of winning the World Cup (e.g., being eliminated in the knockout stage), the settlement will immediately be "No." The settlement is primarily based on official FIFA information, but also considers consensus from other reliable reports. Odaily Seer continuously monitors the prediction market, seeing changes before pricing.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Jonas Goltman, an analyst at Capital Economics, stated that if the US-Iran stalemate continues and the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, market optimism about an imminent resolution to the Iran war could soon begin to wane. The analyst said, "Negotiations to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz appear to have stalled again, causing global financial markets to adopt a cautious stance at the start of the new week. Time is not on the side of optimists: with each passing day, the disruption to energy markets intensifies, causing greater downstream damage to economies worldwide." (Jinshi)

According to data from msx.com, pre-market trading in US crypto stocks generally rose, with COIN up 0.42%, MSTR up 1.02%, ABTC up 0.81%, HOOD up 0.08%, and MARA up 0.17%. msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has listed hundreds of RWA tokens, including US stock and ETF tokens such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

Western Union announced during its Q1 earnings call that it will launch its Solana-based stablecoin, USDPT, next month. First announced in October 2025, the stablecoin is currently in its "final stages." Anchorage Digital Bank will issue USDPT, a stablecoin designed specifically for Western Union's global agent network for settlement purposes, not for consumers. Western Union plans to launch USD stablecoin cards in "dozens of markets" later this year, allowing consumers to hold value in stablecoin form and spend globally. (Decrypt)