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⚖️ Bessent: no renewal of Iran or Russia oil sanction waivers.
The one-time license covering Iranian crude already at sea is "totally off the table."
Russian waiver follows the same fate.

100 BTC just moved on-chain, worth $7,790,000 at current price.
Whale wallet activity worth tracking.

BlackRock's IBIT just absorbed $732,600,000 in Bitcoin in a single day.
Third-largest single-day inflow since the ETF launched.

Crypto Fear & Greed Index has been in Fear territory for 9 consecutive days.
Reading: 33.

Wall Street's biggest Wednesday in years.
Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta all report today. Powell holds his final FOMC press conference at the same time.
Four mega-cap earnings + rate decision + the Fed chair's last podium. Markets will move.

A 22-year-old just got 70 months in federal prison for laundering crypto through a $263M syndicate.
Prosecutors called it "built on greed so brazen it borders on the cartoonish." Lamborghinis included.

⚡ MARKETS: Bitcoin holding steady as institutional derivatives hit fresh all-time highs in open interest.
Retail fades. Institutions are building positions through structured products, not spot.

Strait of Hormuz closure fears are back.
Iran conflict is rattling oil supply routes that move 20% of global crude. Risk-off pressure building across commodities and equities.
Crypto historically spikes or dumps hard in these windows.

Bond traders holding tight ahead of Powell's update this week.
Oil prices elevated on Middle East tensions, adding pressure to the inflation read the Fed can't ignore.

Trump says he'll sign the CLARITY Act "immediately" once it reaches his desk.
No signing date. No confirmed Senate vote. The bill hasn't passed Congress yet.

Circle and OSL Group just partnered to expand USDC access and trading across global markets.
OSL operates one of Asia's largest licensed crypto platforms, making this a direct push into institutional demand in the region.

Robinhood just bought a $75M stake in OpenAI.
The play: give retail investors direct exposure to AI's biggest name before any public listing.

BTC just posted its best April in 5 years (+14.2%). Last time it did this well, May rallied another 22%.