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  1. 31 May
    SpaceX wins $6.45B in Space Force deals as government contracts anchor anticipated IPO
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · NORTH AMERICA · 4 min
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  2. 31 May
    Oil Markets Brace as US-Iran Hormuz Standoff Intensifies
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 min
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  3. 31 May
    Iran's supreme leader dead, nuclear talks collapse: the markets reckoning
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  4. 31 May
    HORMUZ MOMENTUM: US-IRAN STANDOFF PUSHES GLOBAL OIL MARKETS TOWARD SUPPLY SHOCK
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
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  5. 30 May
    Hormuz Deadlock: Oil Markets Brace as US-Iran Talks Stall Over World's Most Strategic Chokepoint
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
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  6. 30 May
    The Accountability Gap: Trump Faces IRS Fraud Claims as Markets Price Political Risk
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · united-states · 4 min
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  7. 29 May
    Oil Markets Brace as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Redefine the Energy-Security Nexus
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Global Markets · 6 min
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  8. 29 May
    Oil Markets Swing as Hormuz Becomes the Decisive Variable in US-Iran Talks
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
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  9. 29 May
    CFTC Opens the Door to Perpetual Futures—Conditionally
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 5 min
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  10. 28 May
    Trump's Dual Financial Gambit: The $250 Bill and the Clarity Act Move Markets
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
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  11. 28 May
    Tether's Dollar-Backed Surge and DJI's Security Gambit: Two Tests of US-China Financial Decoupling
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  12. 28 May
    Crypto Markets Shed $80 Billion as US-Iran Strike Exchange Jolts Oil and Risk Assets
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  13. 28 May
    Crypto markets dump as U.S.-Iran escalation tests bitcoin's safe-haven claim
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 min
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  14. 28 May
    Bitcoin's Weekend Gap Is Closing — What Three Unresolved CME Gaps Tell Us About the Market Structure Below $73K
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  15. 28 May
    California Moves to Block Trump Allies From a $1.8bn Federal Fund
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 3 min
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  16. 28 May
    Bitcoin's institucional reckoning: ETF exits, treasury sell-offs, and the structural case for caution
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · GLOBAL · 4 min
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  17. 28 May
    Bitcoin Bows to Geopolitical Gravity as CME Gap Era Nears End
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 4 min
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  18. 28 May
    Bitcoin CME Gaps Finally Closing: $67K Beckons as Polymarket Bets 84% on Drop
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · GLOBAL · 3 min
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  19. 27 May
    Robinhood's AI Bet: Automated Trading Arrives for the Retail Masses
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 min
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  20. 27 May
    Oil Markets Brace for Escalation as US Strikes on Iran Complicate AI-Driven Equity Rally
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  21. 27 May
    Orca's Permissioned Pools Mark Solana's Institutional Pivot on RWA Tokenization
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  22. 27 May
    ECB Warns Markets Are Underpricing Geopolitical and Fiscal Tail Risks
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
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  23. 27 May
    Bitcoin's Losing Streak Against Gold Exposes a Market Caught Between Two Bubbles
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US · 5 min
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  24. 27 May
    Bitcoin's Lost Momentum: Capital Rotates Toward Metals and AI as Crypto's 2026 Slump Deepens
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 min
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  25. 27 May
    Bitcoin's Seven-Day Bleed: ETF Outflows, Gold's Glide, and the S&P's Quiet Supremacy
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 4 min
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  26. 26 May
    Trump doubles down on crypto as America’s new frontier: ‘a major industry, and we must protect it’
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
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  27. 26 May
    Strategy's Bitcoin Pause Exposes a Market Built on One Buyer
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 6 min
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  28. 26 May
    Bitcoin's Successor: Corporate America Quietly Controls Nearly 5% of Ethereum
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  29. 26 May
    Bitcoin volatility hits 8-month low as ETF outflows accelerate and quantum risk surfaces on prediction markets
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  30. 26 May
    Bitcoin's Low-Volatility Trap: Supply Compression, Options Skew, and the $80K Test
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · GLOBAL · 6 min
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  31. 25 May
    Tokenized Finance and the Peacekeeping Deficit: Two Regulatory Divergences, One Structural Signal
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 min
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  32. 25 May
    Signs of Slowdown Mount as Labor Markets Cool and Institutional Players Reposition
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US · 6 min
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  33. 25 May
    Oil Slides 5% as Iran-US Hormuz Agreement in Principle Lifts Crypto, Equities
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
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  34. 25 May
    Oil Slides to Two-Week Low as US-Iran Peace Deal Signals Ease Sanctions Risk
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  35. 25 May
    Oil Markets React as US-Iran Hormuz Deal Comes Into View
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  36. 25 May
    NASA Thermal Data Fuels Conflicting Reports on Kharg Island Incident
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  37. 25 May
    Bitcoin's Iran Discount: How a Nuclear Deal Could Reshape Crypto's Near-Term Outlook
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 min
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  38. 24 May
    Trump Claims Iran Deal Would Reopen the World's Most Vital Oil Chokepoint
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 2 min
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  39. 24 May
    Bitcoin's $74,300 Slide and the ETF Exodus That Puts $2.26 Billion on the Table
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 7 min
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  40. 23 May
    Trump's Growth Pitch Meets Iran Escalation: Markets Ride a Divergent Signal
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America / Middle East · 6 min
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  41. 23 May
    Bitcoin's ETF Exodus Exposes the Limits of Institutional Validation
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 min
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  42. 22 May
    Trump's Kura Sushi Bet Highlights Investor Interest in Meme Stocks Amid Political Context
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
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  43. 22 May
    Mark Cuban Sells Most of His Bitcoin, Calls It a Failed Hedge as Dollar Weakness Persists
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 5 min
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  44. 21 May
    xAI's Gas Gamble: $2.8B Turbine Deal Follows Generator Lawsuit as Anthropic Compute Pact Surfaces
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
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  45. 21 May
    US Sanctions Hezbollah MPs as Israeli Strikes Escalate in Lebanon
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  46. 21 May
    SpaceX IPO Filing Exposes $1.25 Billion Monthly AI Compute Deal and 18,712 BTC Treasury
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
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  47. 21 May
    SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals 18,712 Bitcoin and a $4.3B Loss. The Market Is Buying Both Anyway.
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  48. 21 May
    SpaceX Files for $SPCX IPO in Largest-Ever Listing Gambit
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states · 6 min
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  49. 21 May
    Bitcoin markets weigh Iran nuclear talks against weakening ETF demand
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  50. 20 May
    SpaceX's $1.5 Trillion IPO Bet: Bitcoin, Gas Turbines, and the Arithmetic of Musk's Empire
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
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  51. 20 May
    OpenAI's IPO Ambition Meets Vietnam's AI Law: Two Models for the AI Era Collide
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  52. 20 May
    Chinese Supertankers Slip Through Hormuz as Investors Price in Reopening
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  53. 20 May
    AIPAC-Backed Challenger Ed Gallrein Claims Victory Over Representative Thomas Massie in Kentucky Primary
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 4 min
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  54. 19 May
    Ukraine Strikes Heart of Russian Oil Industry, Markets Brace for Refinery Disruption
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 min
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  55. 19 May
    Bitcoin's 73% Demand Collapse Signals More Than a Routine Pullback
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 2 min
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  56. 18 May
    Thirty years of Amazon: why no Western company has come close
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · north america · 5 min
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  57. 18 May
    Iran's Bitcoin Insurance Gambit: Sanctions Evasion or Strait of Hormuz Power Play?
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
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  58. 18 May
    Bessent's Dual Track: G7 Pressed on Iran Sanctions as US Extends Russian Oil Waiver
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 min
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  59. 17 May
    Bitcoin's $78K Dip Tests the Bull Market's Institutional Thesis
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · GLOBAL · 4 min
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  60. 16 May
    Hezbollah Claims Drone Strikes Against Israeli Military Targets Near Lebanese Border
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  61. 08 May
    U.S. Navy Jets Disable Two Iranian Tankers in Escalation of Gulf Blockade
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  62. 08 May
    Iran's Strait of Hormuz Leverage and the New Oil Arithmetic
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  63. 08 May
    Iranian Naval Forces Strike US Destroyers Near Strait of Hormuz
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 min
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  64. 08 May
    Germany's Crypto Tax Overhaul Threatens One-Year Haven as Berlin Seeks Revenue
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 min
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  65. 08 May
    Coinbase's Q1 loss and Washington's regulatory pivot arrive on the same day
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
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  66. 07 May
    Morgan Stanley Enters Crypto Trading With a Price War. Competitors Should Be Worried.
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US · 4 min
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  67. 07 May
    BitMine's Ethereum Accumulation Play Nears Finish Line as Staking Pivot Looms
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 4 min
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  68. 07 May
    SpaceX's Colossus Cluster Becomes AI Infrastructure's New Center of Gravity
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · AMERICAS · 4 min
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  69. 06 May
    Petro Wants Colombia's Caribbean Coast to Run on Bitcoin — and Surplus Wind
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · latin_america · 5 min
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  70. 06 May
    Hut 8's AI Pivot Underscores Crypto Mining's Strategic Reckoning
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
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  71. 06 May
    Bitcoin Tracks Washington Whiplash as Iran Deal Speculation Swings Markets
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  72. 04 May
    US Naval AI Deployment and Hormuz Blockade Strands 1.8 Million Barrels a Day of Iranian Crude
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  73. 04 May
    Iranian Strike on Fujairah Oil Hub Sends Shockwaves Through Energy Markets
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 min
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  74. 04 May
    Bitcoin Clears $80K as Bears Eye $300M in Liquidations
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  75. 04 May
    Bitcoin Hits Three-Month High, Eyes $95K Target as ETF Inflows Signal Institutional Conviction
    markets · Monexus Staff Writer · GLOBAL · 5 min
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  76. 04 May
    Bessent's Hormuz Gambit: Washington Asks Beijing to Do What Maximum Pressure Couldn't
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 min
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  77. 04 May
    Bitcoin's $80K Crossroads: Iran Risk Meets Institutional Demand — and the Market Is Split
    markets · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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