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Central Banks News 29 October 2025 - 14 November 2025

Luxembourg Goes Full Bitcoin: First Eurozone Sovereign Wealth Fund Puts 1% Into BTC as Europe Tests Central Bank Crypto

Luxembourg Goes Full Bitcoin: First Eurozone Sovereign Wealth Fund Puts 1% Into BTC as Europe Tests Central Bank Crypto

Luxembourg’s 1% Bitcoin Bet: Small Slice, Huge Signal Luxembourg has confirmed that its Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) now holds 1% of its portfolio in Bitcoin, roughly €7 million out of about €700–730 million in assets. coinpaprika.com+2Luxembourg for Finance+2 The move stems from a July 2025 policy revision that lets FSIL allocate up to 15% of its holdings to “alternative investments” such as private equity, real estate, and digital assets. Bitcoin is the first crypto asset to make the cut. Luxembourg for Finance+2Goodwin Law Firm+2 According to official and legal briefings: In other words, Luxembourg hasn’t gone “all‑in” on BTC
14 November 2025
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Gold Prices Smash All-Time Highs – Is Now the Moment to Buy or Bail?

Gold Price Today, 7 November 2025: XAU/USD holds above $4,000 as rate‑cut bets rise; China’s central bank extends buying streak

Summary: Gold is trading just over the $4,000/oz mark today as a softer dollar earlier in the session and growing expectations for another U.S. rate cut buoy bullion. The world’s biggest official-sector buyer—China—also extended its gold‑buying streak in October, underscoring persistent central‑bank support. A record‑long U.S. government shutdown has delayed key data releases, pushing traders to lean on private labor indicators and policy signals. Reuters+2TradingView+2 Live gold price snapshot (as of Friday, 7 November 2025) Editor’s note: Intra‑day price swings mean “weekly change” signals are mixed across publications; the market has been essentially flat to marginally positive/negative this week depending
7 November 2025
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Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Shock CPI Report Upends Rate-Cut Hopes On Oct. 29, official data showed Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) surged unexpectedly in Q3 2025. Headline CPI rose 1.3% from the previous quarter – the largest jump in 2½ years – pushing the annual rate to 3.2% (vs. 2.1% in Q2) reuters.com. Underlying inflation was even more worrying: the RBA’s preferred “trimmed mean” measure jumped 1.0% in Q3 (annual 3.0%), well above the 0.8% gain analysts predicted reuters.com bloomberg.co.jp. (By contrast, trimmed mean inflation had been easing – from 6.8% in late 2022 down to 2.7% – until this quarter.) Nearly every category
29 October 2025
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