So far this year, the dollar index has been flat even though U.S. 10-year Treasury yields have risen 20 basis points. The benchmark yield was last at 1.7705% . In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin futures" net short positions dropped to 549 contracts this week, from 377 the previous week. The latter was the smallest net short since late September. Bitcoin and crypto sentiment overall has been fragile for most of the month, as investors moved away from riskier assets ahead of Federal Reserve meeting next week, which is expected to flag an interest rate increase in March. The world"s largest digital currency has also been affected by news that Russia has proposed a ban on the use and mining of cryptocurrencies. read more Bitcoin was last down 10% at $36,660 , after earlier dropping to a six-month low. Since the beginning of the year, bitcoin has lost 20% of its value versus the dollar. Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) $8.821 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 8,002 22,364 Short 88,881 109,889 Net -80,879 -87,525 EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) $-3.48 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 211,901 204,361 Short 187,317 198,356 Net 24,584 6,005 POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) $0.021 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 39,760 30,506 Short 40,007 59,672 Net -247 -29,166 SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) $1.473 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 925 4,571 Short 11,735 12,231 Net -10,810 -7,660 CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) $-0.599 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 49,792 44,284 Short 42,300 51,660 Net 7,492 -7,376 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) $6.353 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 9,051 12,383 Short 97,505 103,869 Net -88,454 -91,486 MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) $-0.121 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 75,461 53,194 Short 70,541 57,645 Net 4,920 -4,451 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars) $0.564 billion 18 Jan 2022 week Prior week Long 11,612 10,960 Short 19,943 19,564 Net -8,331 -8,604