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Fed Minutes Pressure Bitcoin as Hawkish Rate Risks Return

The Federal Reserve may soon meet less often, minutes released Wednesday reveal, as Chairman Kevin Warsh floated fewer Fed meetings at just six a year. Three officials wanted a rate hike, leaving Bitcoin (BTC) facing a quieter, tougher central bank. The Fed held interest rates at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29...

Blackrock Drives $260M Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflow

Bitcoin ETFs attracted $189.30 million on Tuesday, extending their strong start to the week. Ether funds added $71.47 million, while XRP and solana ETFs also finished in positive territory. Key Takeaways Blackrock’s IBIT led $189.30M into bitcoin ETFs on Tuesday, extending the week’s strong start. Ether gained $71.47M as XRP and solana also rose, broadening

Crypto Prices Explode With Surprise Rally: Is the Bull Market Back? 

Bitcoin jumps 5.8% as $1.23 billion in shorts unwind. See what drove the crypto rally and if the bull market is back. The post Crypto Prices Explode With Surprise Rally: Is the Bull Market Back?  appeared first on BeInCrypto...

Iran exempts Iraq from Hormuz restrictions as oil hits $111 pb

Iran on Saturday announced the exemption of “brotherly Iraq” from limitations imposed in relation to passage through the Strait of Hormuz. “The restrictions apply only to hostile countries,” the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces emphasized in a statement. The blockade of the Hormuz Strait and the escalating tensions in the Persian

The Strait of Hormuz crisis shows energy security is now a boardroom issue

For many corporate leaders, energy risk means just higher fuel and electricity bills. Spiking oil prices mean tighter margins and more cost-cutting. Energy is a problem for governments to solve, not for boardrooms to manage. That assumption is outdated. A closed Strait of Hormuz, which carries a fifth of the world’s oil supply and a

From the strait of Hormuz to Malacca, global trade relies almost entirely on these five narrow waterways

The vital strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed to shipping since the start of the conflict in Iran...

Iran’s Hormuz Crypto Tolls a ‘Significant Milestone’ for State Adoption: Chainalysis

Iran’s reported crypto toll on Strait of Hormuz traffic signals a sharp escalation in digital assets’ role within state power and sanctions evasion efforts, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leveraging blockchain to monetize one of the world’s most critical oil routes. Key Takeaways: Chainalysis sees Iran’s crypto toll as a breakthrough for state blockchain

Hormuz and Bitcoin Link Means “Game Over” for XRP? This Is What Analysts Say

The Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for roughly 20% of global oil flows, is now at the center of a broader debate that goes beyond geopolitics. It has pulled Bitcoin and XRP into a real-world test of how crypto functions during conflict. Amid a fragile ceasefire in April...

Strait of Hormuz Closure Threatens Global Oil Markets as Iran Conflict Escalates

Key Takeaways Military strikes by the U.S. and Israel resulted in the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei, sparking concerns about major disruptions to global oil transit routes. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued warnings against vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passage handling 20–26% of worldwide crude shipments and substantial LNG

Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz: Why it matters?

Home World News Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz: Why it matters? Iran’s move to consider closing the Strait of Hormuz—a vital artery for global oil trade—has triggered alarm across energy and shipping markets, as analysts warn of price spikes and strategic instability. With one-fifth of the world’s oil flowing through the strait, even

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Fed Minutes Pressure Bitcoin as Hawkish Rate Risks Return

The Federal Reserve may soon meet less often, minutes released Wednesday reveal, as Chairman Kevin Warsh floated fewer Fed meetings at just six a year. Three officials wanted a rate hike, leaving Bitcoin (BTC) facing a quieter, tougher central bank. The Fed held interest rates at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29...

Blackrock Drives $260M Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflow

Bitcoin ETFs attracted $189.30 million on Tuesday, extending their strong start to the week. Ether funds added $71.47 million, while XRP and solana ETFs also finished in positive territory. Key Takeaways Blackrock’s IBIT led $189.30M into bitcoin ETFs on Tuesday, extending the week’s strong start. Ether gained $71.47M as XRP and solana also rose, broadening

Crypto Prices Explode With Surprise Rally: Is the Bull Market Back? 

Bitcoin jumps 5.8% as $1.23 billion in shorts unwind. See what drove the crypto rally and if the bull market is back. The post Crypto Prices Explode With Surprise Rally: Is the Bull Market Back?  appeared first on BeInCrypto...

Bitcoin demand deficit shrinks from 206K to 5K BTC – Is a rally next?

Does conviction-led accumulation reduce selling pressure, or merely delay price discovery...

Family of woman missing in Las Vegas says they have received strange Bitcoin demands

The family of a 63-year-old woman who disappeared in Las Vegas this month while she was visiting a friend says someone posing as the woman has been calling and texting from her phone, demanding payment in bitcoin. Alisa Goods, of Brooklyn, New York, vanished Aug. 8, her family told “NBC Nightly News.” Alana Calloway, Goods’