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BREAKING: Iran says it could shut the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait if attacks are carried out on its territory or islands.
Details include:
1. The Bab al-Mandeb Strait is a narrow passage linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea
2. ~12% of global seaborne oil passes through Bab al-Mandab
3. The Bab al-Mandeb Strait is the world’s 4th-largest shipping chokepoint
4. If both Hormuz and Mandeb are closed, total offline capacity could near 25 million barrels per day, or ~25% of global supply
We now await the US' response to Iran's "five conditions" for a ceasefire.

UPDATE: South Korea saw $60B crypto outflows to overseas platforms and private wallets in H2 2025.

🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES just became the FIRST country to declare a National Energy Emergency.
The country imports 98% of its oil from the Middle East, making it among the most vulnerable to the Strait of Hormuz closure.
Gas prices more than DOUBLED since the war began, the MOST EXPENSIVE in its history.
Some petrol stations literally ran out of digits on their digital display boards.
Moreover, the government did not impose a price freeze, suggesting prices could still go HIGHER.
Its President confirmed the country has roughly 45 days of fuel supply left.

UPDATE: Bitmine officially launches MAVAN staking platform with over 3.14M $ETH already staked.

XRP IS BEING POSITIONED FOR DOMINANCE
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse makes it clear.
Adoption takes time, but the opportunity ahead is massive and #XRP is being built to sit right at the center of it.
This isn’t hype… it’s long term positioning.
$XRP is primed for greatness

NEW: Strategy is launching a dedicated Bitcoin Security Program, aiming to coordinate with global cyber, crypto, and Bitcoin experts to strengthen the network’s security, resilience, and trust.
The company is hiring a Director of Bitcoin Security to lead the effort, serving as the internal authority on protocol, cryptography, and custody, while acting as a key external liaison across the industry.
The role will shape Strategy’s Bitcoin security posture end to end, spanning threat modeling, key management, multisig custody design, and wallet architecture, with a focus on institutional-grade res

K33 Research reports that Bitcoin may have found a market bottom and is now attractively priced for long term investors 🐂
Bullish! 🚀

HUGE: Elon Musk's SpaceX is reportedly nearing an IPO filing, potentially raising $50B and valuing the company at $1.75T, the largest IPO in history.
Details:
- Filing of prospectus for an IPO this week, BBG reports
- Raise target: $75B+ (prev. est. was $50B)
- Would 2.5x Saudi Aramco's $29.4B IPO record
- Valuation: $1.5 - $1.75 TRILLION
- Planned listing: June 2026
- Starlink revenue: ~$16B in 2025
- Retail investors could get >20% of shares
Everyone's going to want a piece of this one.

59 TRILLION BNY MELLON: BIG BANKS WILL DRIVE CRYPTO ADOPTION
CEO Robin Vince says large banks will be the main channel for crypto going forward, not a replacement.
Why? Because banks already have clients, custody systems, and regulatory access.
What they’re doing right now:
📊 Expanding crypto custody services
📊 Working on tokenization of money market funds and real-world assets
📊 Integrating crypto into existing financial infrastructure
Adoption isn’t limited by demand, it’s limited by regulatory clarity and trust. Once that’s in place, banks can scale crypto products to existing clients qu

IRISH POLICE FOUND $30M OF HIS BTC
Irish drug dealer Clifton Collins bought $30K of BTC in 2011-2012 for only $5 each. It’s now worth $400M. He thought he lost it all when he went to jail.
But $30M of BTC was just found by the police and sent to Coinbase. Will they find more?

LATEST: 💰 TRON DAO has expanded its AI fund from $100 million to $1 billion, eyeing investments in on-chain payment rails, agent identity systems, tokenized RWAs and autonomous finance tooling.

MASTERCARD, WESTERN UNION EXPLORES SOLANA ENTERPRISE API
Mastercard, Worldpay, and Western Union are early participants exploring stablecoin settlement, merchant payments, and cross-border transfers.
Test version is live now. Full rollout expected in 2026.

Asia is highly exposed to the Iran War energy shock:
The Philippines and Vietnam source ~95% and ~90% of their crude oil imports from the Middle East.
This is followed by Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand, each importing ~70% from the region.
India and China, the two largest oil buyers in Asia, rely on the Middle East for ~55% and ~50% of their crude imports, respectively.
By contrast, EMEA nations like Turkey, South Africa, Tunisia, and Central and Eastern Europe import less than 20% of their oil from the region.
Asia's energy crisis is rapidly accelerating.

Circle freezes USDC balance in 16 hot wallets tied to ongoing US civil case, per ZachXBT.

$CRCL is down 16% intraday, wiping out $5.6 billion in market value after Congress proposed banning stablecoin yield.
The sell-off is tied to leaked stablecoin legislation that would ban platforms from offering yield on stablecoins "directly or indirectly", blocking anything "economically or functionally equivalent to interest."
Circle generates 96% of its revenue from interest on USDC reserves. If platforms cannot offer yield to users, USDC demand weakens and Circle's revenue base contracts directly.
But here's the wild part.
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest sold $5.9 million worth of CRCL on March

Investors are pouring money into energy stocks at a record pace:
Global energy equity funds have attracted a record +$9.5 billion in inflows over the last 3 weeks.
By comparison, the previous peak was +$7 billion at the beginning of 2021.
The 2022 spike, when WTI Crude oil surged to $129 per barrel, was +$6 billion.
As a result, global energy equity funds have now seen inflows for 5 consecutive weeks, the longest streak since 2017.
This all comes after nearly 2 years of consistent outflows.
Energy stocks are seeing historic inflows.

BITCOIN IS EYEING $300,000 🚀
MOMENTUM IS BUILDING, INSTITUTIONAL MONEY IS FLOWING IN, AND SUPPLY IS GETTING TIGHTER EVERY DAY.
IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, A MASSIVE BREAKOUT COULD BE CLOSER THAN PEOPLE THINK 👀

688 MILLION TOKENS. LOCKED IN A CORPORATE TREASURY. OFF THE MARKET.
Tron Incorporated just pushed past 688 million native tokens in their corporate treasury.
Not staked temporarily. Not sitting in a hot wallet.
Corporate treasury holdings reported to shareholders.
While most protocols watch their tokens get dumped by VCs and early investors, Tron's public entity is doing the opposite. Buying from the open market and locking it away.
Justin Sun expanded the TRON DAO AI fund from $100M to $1B this month.
A billion-dollar AI fund. 688 million tokens in treasury. Revenue from the most used blockc

BILLION DOLLARS IN TOKENS. BURNED. GONE. FOREVER.
The Hyperliquid community just passed a governance vote to permanently destroy approximately $1 billion worth of native tokens.
Not locked. Not vested. Burned. Removed from existence.
In the same move, they integrated direct institutional capital channels through Ripple Prime.
Read that combination again.
Supply destroyed. Institutional demand unlocked.
Simultaneously.
Hyperliquid is already leading all of DeFi in daily fees at $1.4M. Real users. Real revenue. Real product.
Now $1 billion less tokens competing for that value.
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