Shortly after 1pm, the USDJPY jumped and gold slumped following an Interfax report that US and North Korean diplomats may meet in Moscow this week, potentially signaling an easing of tensions and the beginning of the end of the months-long standoff between Pyongyang and the US. Specifically, Interfax reported that the US representative for North Korea Joseph Yun and North Korean Foreign Ministry’s head of North American department Choe Son Hui might meet at a non-proliferation conference in Moscow this week.