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US forces escorted 40 vessels and struck 60 Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, jolting oil markets and pushing risk assets into a defensive…
Egypt and Kuwait urged Washington and Tehran back to negotiations Saturday, a diplomatic push crypto desks are watching for its read-through to risk assets.
Iranian projectiles hit five vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, threatening the world's most critical oil chokepoint and pressuring risk assets…
Iran struck Dubai's Jebel Ali port on Tuesday, per CryptoBriefing, escalating a 2026 conflict with the US and Israel and rattling Gulf trade routes.
Iran's parliament advanced a bill Monday to bar US and Israeli-linked vessels from the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint carrying roughly 20% of global oil flows.
US-Iran tensions spilled into the Red Sea on Sunday, threatening shipping lanes and pushing traders toward the geopolitical hedge trade in bitcoin and gold.
Saudi airstrikes on Houthi sites in Yemen sent Brent above $100 Friday after tanker attacks, reviving the risk-off trade that has repeatedly hit crypto.
Trump tied a US-Saudi civil nuclear pact to Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords, a linkage that reshapes Middle East risk pricing for oil, bonds and crypto.
Houthi forces declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia Thursday, threatening 7% of seaborne oil through Bab el-Mandeb and reopening the crypto haven debate.
Ayatollah Khamenei's death opens a 40-day mourning period and a leadership vacuum in Tehran, injecting geopolitical risk into oil, gold, and crypto markets.
CryptoPotato flagged a busy US economic week and fresh Middle East military escalation as the two variables crypto traders should watch starting Monday.
Circle partnered with Bahrain-based INFINIOS on Wednesday to plug USDC into Middle East banking rails, a play for regional stablecoin payment share.
Bitcoin rose 3% on Sunday after Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum aimed at ending the Middle East conflict, per CryptoBriefing.
Iran launched missiles at Israeli territory Monday with the IDF warning of 'new rules,' a regional flare-up that traders flag as a fresh geopolitical risk to…
Gulf equity indices jumped Sunday on reports of a potential US-Iran peace framework, a shift that could redraw Middle East risk pricing and crypto flows.
Iran expanded operational control over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, a chokepoint for 20% of global oil flows, sending risk markets on edge.
Iranian drones struck the UAE's Fujairah oil hub Monday, pushing Brent past $114 and lifting the US 10-year Treasury yield to 4.45% as bonds sold off.
The US approved an $8.6B arms package for Israel and Qatar on Saturday, a move CryptoBriefing said could lift oil and dent Iran diplomacy odds.
Bitcoin held above $68,000 Saturday as Middle East tensions spilled into global markets, with traders treating BTC as a hedge against macro risk.
Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets put oil supply at risk and could push Brent toward $150, CryptoBriefing reported Friday. Crypto traders eye macro…
Iran said it now fully controls the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, threatening 20% of global oil flow and reigniting the macro hedge bid for bitcoin.
Iran's IRGC said control of the Strait of Hormuz is core to its US strategy, per CryptoBriefing. Oil and crypto risk premia jump as the chokepoint moves into…
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