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JUST IN: $78,000 Bitcoin ($BTC)

🇮🇷 Iran floats a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ship traffic, separating it from the nuclear question.
Trump says a deal could be sealed by phone. Iranian FM routing written messages through Pakistani intermediaries.
Oil markets watching closely.

US naval blockade is cutting off Iran's oil exports, forcing emergency rerouting measures.
Oil supply shocks historically spike risk-off sentiment. Crypto tends to feel it within 48h.

Customers Bank CEO ran his earnings call with an AI clone of himself.
Now the bank is signing a deal with OpenAI to deploy AI agents across operations.
Financial services is the next frontier for enterprise AI agents.

Western Union launches a Solana-based stablecoin next month.
USDPT will replace SWIFT for agent settlements, paired with a 'Stable Card' for spending.
One of the oldest money-transfer networks in the world, going on-chain.

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI goes to trial today.
The core claim: OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission once Microsoft's billions arrived. Musk wants structural remedies, not just damages.

⚖️ 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.