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It's Friday, May 19th, 2023, and this is Markets Daily from CoinDesk.

I'm Adam B. Levine here again with your Daily News Roundup.

On today, we're talking Bitcoin, banking, the latest headlines, and more.

And just a reminder, CoinDesk is a news source and does not provide investment advice.

Bitcoin, Ether, and most other risk assets are higher from our Wednesday's show,

in markets trading mixed to lower on the day.

The crypto market remains relatively risk-averse this morning,

with the focus turning to an impending speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell following hawkish comments yesterday by other central bank officials. In traditional markets, the dollar index pulled back to

102.3 from the two-month high of 103.62. That index, by the way, compares the dollar against

other government-issued currencies,

and futures tied to the Wall Street's tech-heavy NASDAQ index have signaled a flat open,

although we talk about that more a bit in the next update.

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