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🚨WARS ARE HISTORICALLY BAD FOR BONDS A 300-year analysis shows major wars are “always disaster times” for government bondholders due to inflation and financial repression, per Fortune. “Whenever there is a major war, we observe a sharp decline in the bond performance"

🚨CFTC ENABLES THE ACCEPTANCE OF BITCOIN AS MARGIN COLLATERAL New guidance allows Bitcoin, Ethereum, and certain payment stablecoins to be used as margin collateral for futures and cleared swaps.

🚨SEC CHAIR ATKINS SIGNALS REGULATORY RESET “We are advancing, clarifying, and transforming our rules to align with how markets actually operate today.” “Our goal should be to increase the cost of fraud and manipulation, not the cost of compliance.”

🔥BULLISH: CFTC Chair Mike Selig says crypto will drive the “new frontier of finance” as markets increasingly move on-chain.

🚨TRUMP: EQUIPMENT WAS USELESS AGAINST US “It's not even a contest… But, they had a lot of great equipment. Russian and Chinese equipment." "Equipment was useless against us. Useless.”

🚨STABLECOINS ENTER CORPORATE TREASURY A Ripple survey shows 70% of finance leaders now view digital assets as essential, not optional. Stablecoins are driving adoption for cash flow and working capital, with fintechs leading, while banks focus on custody and tokenization.

🚨GOLDMAN SACHS: OIL COULD STAY ABOVE $100 Goldman Sachs says oil prices are more likely to go up than down, both now and over the next few years. Ongoing supply disruptions mean oil could stay above $100 per barrel.

⚡️JUST IN: PUTIN PROPOSES IRAN–UKRAINE TRADEOFF Russia offered to stop sharing intelligence with Iran if the U.S. cuts support for Ukraine as per Politico. The U.S. rejected the proposal, but it has raised concerns in Europe as transatlantic tensions continue to grow.

🚨THE U.S. APPROVES $23B IN ARMS SALES TO MIDDLE EAST The Trump administration has approved $23B in weapons sales to the UAE, Kuwait, and Jordan, per WSJ. Over $16B includes air defense systems, munitions, and radar, with an additional $7B allocated specifically to the UAE.

⚡️COINBASE LAUNCHES STOCK PERPS FOR NON-US TRADERS Coinbase introduces 24/7 stock perps with up to 10x leverage on equities and 20x on ETFs, settled in $USDC. The product is currently not available to U.S. users as Coinbase pushes its “everything exchange” strategy globally.

🚨JUST IN: RATE CUTS PAUSED BY OIL SHOCK Fed Governor Christopher Waller says he had been leaning toward cutting rates, but rising oil prices raised inflation risks.

FUD & FOMO: Bitcoin's New Strength, SEC's Massive Shift & Energy Crisis x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🚨NETANYAHU PROPOSES OIL AND GAS PIPELINE ROUTE TO BYPASS IRAN Israel PM Netanyahu proposed building pipelines across the Arabian Peninsula to transport oil and gas to Israeli ports, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and reducing exposure to Iranian threats as per Reuters.

🇶🇦QATAR REJECTS IRAN CLAIMS ON "U.S. ASSETS" TARGETS Qatar has rejected Iran’s claim that recent attacks were aimed at U.S. assets, saying the strikes also hit the nation's gas facilities and infrastructure.

🔥SIMPLESWAP IN FOCUS Is SimpleSwap legit? And what are you really paying? Our updated 2026 review digs into the fee model, spread questions and how the platform actually works. Read the full review: coinbureau.com/review/simples…

⚡️U.S. MAY USE MORE STRIKES AND KHARG ISLAND FOR NEGOTIATION LEVERAGE A White House source says the U.S. could carry out strikes to weaken Iran before considering a move on Kharg Island as leverage in negotiations, Axios reports.

🚨JUST IN: U.S. TO TAKE OVER KHARG ISLAND TO OPEN HORMUZ The U.S. may consider occupying or blockading Kharg Island if needed, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as per Axios. Deployments of Marine units to the Persian Gulf are also being considered as options are evaluated.

⚡️AI AGENTS COMING TO XRPL 54 .ai, part of Virtuals Protocol, says AI agents can now transact autonomously on XRP Ledger via x402. With t54’s x402 facilitator, agents can natively pay in $XRP and RLUSD.

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NEW: OKX LAUNCHES AGENTIC WALLET FOR AI AGENTS @OKX has introduced a wallet designed specifically for autonomous agents to operate onchain. Agents can connect via CLI to read data, execute actions, and make payments across ~20 supported chains.