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  1. 27 Apr
    Iran Diplomacy Shifts Push Bitcoin to $79,000 Wall as Traders Weigh Geopolitical Risk
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 4 min
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  2. 27 Apr
    Bitcoin Approaches $80K as Iran Hormuz Proposal Reshapes Risk Calculus
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  3. 23 Apr
    UAE Strategic Reserves Hit Nine-Year Low as Inpex Redirects Crude to Japanese Refiners
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  4. 23 Apr
    Tether Freezes $344 Million in USDT on Tron — A Signal to the Crypto Industry
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 min
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  5. 23 Apr
    Naval Ravikant's USVC Opens AI Venture to Retail Investors at $500 Minimum as Bitcoin Tests $79,000
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US · 5 min
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  6. 23 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Toll: What the Strait Standoff Means for Global Oil Markets
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
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  7. 23 Apr
    FTX's $3 Billion Mistake: How A $200K Asset Sale Became A Bankruptcy Catastrophe
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · AMERICAS · 5 min
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  8. 23 Apr
    Drone Strikes Hit Russian Oil Infrastructure in Deepest Strike Since 2022
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · eastern_europe · 4 min
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  9. 23 Apr
    Bitcoin Surpasses $79,000 as Retail Investors Gain Fresh Foothold in Both Crypto and AI Ventures
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  10. 23 Apr
    Bitcoin's Bull Score Breaks a Seven-Month Slump. The Caution Flag Is Still Up.
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 4 min
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  11. 23 Apr
    Bitcoin Sags as Oil Surge Tests Risk Appetite; ETH Staking Paradox Looms
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · GLOBAL · 5 min
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  12. 23 Apr
    Bitcoin Tests $80,000 as Oil Spike Clashes With Renewed Bull Conviction
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  13. 23 Apr
    Bitcoin Tests $80K as Oil Surge Clouds the Picture
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  14. 23 Apr
    Brent Crude Surges $5 as Tehran Activates Air Defenses
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  15. 22 Apr
    New York Sues Coinbase, Gemini Over Prediction Market Offerings
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 5 min
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  16. 22 Apr
    Lufthansa's 20,000-Flight Cut Exposes the Structural Fragility of European Aviation
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 4 min
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  17. 22 Apr
    Justin Sun Sues Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Over Frozen $45 Million Token Stakes
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 3 min
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  18. 22 Apr
    Iran War's Oil Shock Tests Market's Diplomatic Optimism
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global Markets · 5 min
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  19. 22 Apr
    Iran's Sanctions Reality Check: US Tells Citizens to Leave as Data Shows Blockade Gaps
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 min
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  20. 22 Apr
    Iran's Oil Sanctions Gap: What Bloomberg's Shipping Data Reveals About Enforcement Fatigue
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  21. 22 Apr
    Iran's pension machine keeps running even as Western sanctions tighten
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · iran · 6 min
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  22. 22 Apr
    Hormuz Closure Forces Global Oil Trade Into Historic Rerouting
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  23. 22 Apr
    Hormuz Closure Puts Global Food Supply Chain on a Knife's Edge
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east/global · 5 min
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  24. 22 Apr
    Geopolitical Risk Is Rewriting Market Rules — and Earnings Don't Matter Like They Used To
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  25. 22 Apr
    EU Unblocks €90 Billion Ukraine Loan After Druzhba Pipeline Breakthrough
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Europe · 5 min
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  26. 22 Apr
    Bitcoin Hits $77,500 as Iran Ceasefire Extension Masks Underlying Tensions
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  27. 22 Apr
    Bitcoin's $79,000 Moment: BlackRock's $900M Week and the Case for a Sovereign Mining Counterweight
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  28. 21 Apr
    Trump's Rate Ambitions Collide With Fed Nominee's Independence Pledge
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
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  29. 21 Apr
    Oil Prices Surge $4 as Iran Signals Non-Participation in Islamabad Talks
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  30. 21 Apr
    Oil Surges Past $100 as Iran Peace Talks Falter
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 4 min
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  31. 21 Apr
    New York's Crackdown on Crypto Prediction Markets Tests the Boundaries of Gambling Law
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
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  32. 21 Apr
    Bitcoin Stability Signals Push Toward $80K as Traditional Risk Assets Falter
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  33. 21 Apr
    Bitcoin Is Now More Stable Than South Korean Stocks. That's a Problem for the Old Playbook.
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 7 min
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  34. 21 Apr
    Bitcoin Reclaims $75,000 as Iran Ceasefire Talks Signal Oil Risk Relief
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · GLOBAL · 7 min
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  35. 20 Apr
    Dollar Freeze and IRGC Visits: The Dual-Pressure Campaign Reshaping Baghdad
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 6 min
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  36. 20 Apr
    UAE's Yuan Warning Exposes the Fracture Lines in Dollar Oil Dominance
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  37. 20 Apr
    Trump Claims Iran Redirected Hundreds of Oil Tankers to US Ports
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
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  38. 20 Apr
    Trump Claims Iran Is Forcing Oil Vessels Toward US Ports — What the Record Shows
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  39. 20 Apr
    Oil and Bitcoin: Parallel Risk Assets in a Geopolitical Trading Environment
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  40. 20 Apr
    Oil Rallies as US-Iran Ceasefire Frays at the Edges
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 3 min
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  41. 20 Apr
    Oil Surges, Bitcoin Falls: Markets Read the Geopolitical Room
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  42. 20 Apr
    Oil Surges 8% as Iran Launches Drone Attacks on U.S. Vessels in Strait of Hormuz
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 4 min
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  43. 20 Apr
    Oil Surges Past $100 as Iran Rejects Talks, Bitcoin Rattled by Escalation Risk
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 min
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  44. 20 Apr
    Hungary's New PM Signals Foreign Policy Pivot — ICC Arrest Commitment and Pipeline Ultimatum
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
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  45. 20 Apr
    Bitcoin Falls to $75K as Strait of Hormuz Reopens and Closes Within Days
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  46. 20 Apr
    Bitcoin Stands Firm as Oil Markets Reprice Gulf Crisis
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  47. 19 Apr
    Iran Vows Retaliation Over Tanker Seizure as Economic Anxiousy Keeps Holidaymakers Home
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 4 min
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  48. 19 Apr
    Iranian Supertanker Breach Exposes Limits of US Sanctions Architecture
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  49. 19 Apr
    Iran Calls Bitcoin Strategic, But USDT Dominates: The Contradiction at the Heart of Crypto Sanctions-Busting
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 4 min
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  50. 19 Apr
    Bitcoin's Ceasefire Rally Runs Into the Wall of Fundamentals
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  51. 18 Apr
    The $7.3 Trillion Illusion: Volatility Regime Shifts and the Anatomy of a Rally Nobody Trusts
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 8 min
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  52. 18 Apr
    The $7.3 Trillion Rebound: Wall Street's Post-Hormuz Rally and the Minsky Trap of Geopolitical Relief Trades
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / North America · 7 min
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  53. 18 Apr
    Vicious by Design: The US Treasury Market's Structural Fragility and Why Paulson's Warning Matters
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America / Global · 8 min
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  54. 18 Apr
    Stablecoins as FX Infrastructure: Dollar Hegemony, the Euro Counterplay, and the Political Economy of Digital Settlement
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 7 min
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  55. 18 Apr
    Paulson's Emergency Call: Sovereign CDS Spreads, Bond Market Fragility, and the Architecture of the Next Crash
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 9 min
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  56. 18 Apr
    Gold, Bitcoin, and the Dollar's Contested Throne: Emerging Market Currency Crises in the Age of Multiple Reserve Claims
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / Emerging Markets · 9 min
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  57. 18 Apr
    Too Concentrated to Fail: BlackRock, Schwab, and the ETF Architecture Amplifying Crypto Systemic Risk
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 9 min
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  58. 18 Apr
    The $820 Million Wipeout: Crypto Derivatives, Cascade Liquidations, and the Structural Anatomy of Digital Asset Volatility
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 7 min
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  59. 18 Apr
    The Merger of Worlds: Kraken's Bitnomial Acquisition, Schwab's Retail Push, and the TradFi-Crypto Integration That Nobody Fully Planned
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 8 min
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  60. 18 Apr
    The Commodity Supercycle's Quiet Pivot: Kazakhstan's Gas Sector Chooses CITIC Over the West
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Central Asia / Global Commodities · 9 min
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  61. 18 Apr
    The Billion-Dollar Legitimation: Bitcoin ETFs, Institutional Capital, and the New Geography of Crypto Risk
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 7 min
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