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OIL Supply Shock Incoming 🛢️
• U.S. energy posts navy-escorted tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, then deletes the post
• Iran reportedly deploying naval mines
• U.S. intel estimates 2,000–6,000 mines possible
• Major threat to global oil shipping
• Gulf nations starting to shut refineries
Supply shock coming

Oil price manipulation from the White House is completely out of control.

With oil prices above $80, oil companies are making insane money.

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After Iran briefing, Senator Blumenthal says U.S. may be headed toward deploying American ground forces in Iran

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Iran's IRGC sent mass SMS in Hebrew to Israeli phones with the message:
“The last US radar systems in the region have been destroyed.
Your government leaders are lying to you. Leave the country.
Missiles are on their way. No shelter can provide safety.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard”

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British Airways cancels all flights to and from Abu Dhabi until later this year

Ripple's director highlights Turkey, Nigeria and the UAE as key growth sectors.
As Merrick writes, these three countries today form the core demand for digital dollars, driving the transition from speculative cryptocurrency use to real financial operations on a global scale.

The XRP derivatives funding rate skyrocketed by more than 311% in the past 24 hours

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Alibaba Lab AI started mining crypto without human orders

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Seyed M. Marandi states that Iran demands the U.S. withdraw its Middle East bases and provide reparations to Iran for the damage inflicted in order to end the war.

Higher oil prices are not yet reflected in oil stocks.

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Iran considers charging U.S.-Allied ships security fees to use Strait of Hormuz

BREAKING:
The U.S. Treasury is expected to repurchase $15 billion of its own debt today, the largest Treasury buyback ever recorded.

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Netanyahu: “The war with Iran is far from over.”

Charles Hoskinson said that Cardano has the largest decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in the crypto space in terms of population and voting.

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Saudi Arabia and the UAE have reduced oil production by 6.7 million barrels per day, about 33% of total output.

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The IRGC responded to Trump: “We are the ones who will decide when the war ends"