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A run through the major FX charts on the day ...

A run through the major FX charts on the day ahead of the ECB and BoE meetings, with the former particularly critical.

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A brief impromptu look at some of the major USD ...

A brief impromptu look at some of the major USD crosses as the week draws to a close and after a significant USD rally.

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Lars Seier Christensen @ Saxo #FXDebates London 2013

Lars Seier Christensen, co-CEO and co-founder of Saxo Bank, tells ...

Lars Seier Christensen, co-CEO and co-founder of Saxo Bank, tells an audience at the Saxo #FXDebates in London that the eurozone will eventually break up as Brussels claims even more power from nation states. He warns investors that Cyprus was indeed a template for bail ins and that outright confiscatory wealth taxes, disguised as solidarity payments, could be used to raise funds. "The governments of Europe need money, and the private sector has it. It is as simple as that. Be very paranoid," he said, warning investors that the mattress may be a safer place to deposit money over the weekendthan their bankaccounts.

#FXDebates video: German acquiescence may save the euro

Nick Beecroft, chairman and Senior Market Analyst at Saxo Capital ...

Nick Beecroft, chairman and Senior Market Analyst at Saxo Capital Markets, believes the euro is not a doomed currency and that Germany will prevent the Eurozone project from collapsing."In the last two years we've seen such enormous example ofthe political willto keep the project alive that this will continue and we've seen the ECB go so far from its Bundesbank heritage to also make the project survive. I think this will continue. Indeed, it will go into hyperdrive after the German elections this September," he says.Nick Beecroft bets that within a year there will be German acquiescence to the creation of Eurobonds, which he says is one answer to the Eurozone crisis.

#FXDebates video: The euro dream will stay alive

Ken Veksler, Director of Accumen Management, says there is too ...

Ken Veksler, Director of Accumen Management, says there is too much vested interest in the Euro for it to be allowed to fail. "As far as the Euro currency being doomed, I don't think it is. It's a political experiment that cannot be allowed to go wrong or to go off rails. It is not too disimilar to Japanese and Koreankeiretsus where it is predominantly all about not losing face and keeping the dream alive," he said.See more of Ken Veksler's commentary on TradingFloor.com.

#FXDebates video: Euro will stumble along a bit longer

John Hardy, Head of FX Strategy at Saxo Bank, says ...

John Hardy, Head of FX Strategy at Saxo Bank, says the euro is not a doomed currency andthat it will stumble along for a bit longer.He believes however that the Eurozone in its current state is doomed unless there aresome massive changes after the German election in September."From the ECB and the poitical establishment we will have to see an awful lot more integration fiscally - euro bonds etc. - if this euro project is to move forward." John was one of the panelistsat #FXDebates, a Saxo Bank event about "The euro in crisis" held in London on May 7.Read more of John's FX commentary on TradingFloor.com.

#FXDebates video: The euro is not a doomed currency

Geoffrey Yu, FX Strategist at UBS, believes the euro is ...

Geoffrey Yu, FX Strategist at UBS, believes the euro is not a doomed currency though he stresses that the narrative should not shift away from how bad could it get for the Eurozone but be about what is preventing it from making a comeback. He made these comments at #FXDebates, a Saxo Bank event about "The euro in crisis" held in London on May 7.See more about Saxo Bank's #FXDebates.