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Oil Prices Crash 4% And Bitcoin Approaches $66,000 as Trump Declares US-Iran Peace Deal ‘Complete’

Crude oil prices fell roughly 4% after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a peace deal with Iran is “officially complete” and that the Strait of Hormuz is now open.…

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Bitcoin at $63,400 as Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed Despite Trump’s ‘Great Deal’ Claim

Iran said the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite President Donald Trump’s claim of a settlement, keeping pressure on oil and a bitcoin price that has swung with every twist…

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CFTC’s Mike Selig Vows to End Regulation by Enforcement as He Steers US Crypto Solo

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Mike Selig said crypto markets have “for too long” operated under uncertainty, vowing clear rules over enforcement even as he becomes the agency’s only…

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South Korea Halts KOSPI Trading After 8.4% Crash Trips Circuit Breaker

South Korea’s KOSPI index plunged 8.4% on Monday, triggering a rare circuit breaker that froze trading for 20 minutes as a global semiconductor selloff battered Asian markets and rattled risk…

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Bitcoin Surges 5% to $64K, Settles Near $62.5K as Trump Says Netanyahu Must Accept Iran Deal

Bitcoin climbed roughly 5% to around $64,000 on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have “no choice” but to accept a U.S.-brokered deal…

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Powell Warns the Federal Reserve Won’t Survive if a President Can Fire Officials Over Policy

Former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the U.S. central bank would lose the credibility it needs to steady the economy if officials could be removed over policy disagreements. The…

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Trump Appoints Former Attorney General Pam Bondi to White House AI Advisory Panel

U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a high-level artificial intelligence (AI) advisory body co-chaired…

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Trump Media Sends 2,650 Bitcoin Worth $205M to Crypto.com, Raising Treasury Questions

A wallet linked to Trump Media & Technology Group has moved 2,650 bitcoin to crypto exchange Crypto.com, a transfer worth approximately $204.93 million that has prompted fresh questions about the…

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Bitcoin Reclaims $81,000 Briefly After Trump Wraps Beijing Summit With China Trade Extension

Bitcoin dipped to $79,200 during the Trump-Xi summit on Taiwan tensions and a scorching inflation print before recovering to reclaim $81,000 as U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped his Beijing visit.…

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