• India's crude #oil imports in December hit their highest level in a year as strong demand prospects in the world's third-largest oil consumer and importer prompted refiners to stock up
• The safe-haven yen and U.S. dollar rose while the risk-sensitive New Zealand #dollar fell with the #euro amid escalating worries about a potential military conflict in Ukraine
• Kazakhstan cut off companies mining #cryptocurrencies from its electricity supply a day before parts of the country were hit by blackouts, the country’s latest clampdown on an industry it once welcomed
• #BTCUSD skyrocketed 1.9%
• #XAUUSD gained 0.4%
•#WTIUSD skyrocketed 1.3%