🇮🇷 Iran has officially closed the Strait of Hormuz, and warns that any incoming ships will face a "security risk."

Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz over the last 24 hours.

🇪🇺 CZ says EU is "cutting their users off from the best liquidity in the world" by not issuing Binance a MiCA license.

Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion buys 27,084 $ETH ($42.95 million), now holds 5,700,040 ETH worth $9.03 billion.

🇺🇸 Anthropic has officially restored Claude Fable 5 after discussions with the U.S. government.

🇮🇷🇨🇳 Iran declares China will get “special considerations” in any new Hormuz fee arrangements.

🇺🇸 15% chance of President Trump creating a ‘National $BTC Reserve’ before 2027, per Kalshi traders.

Meta $META to release first AI model for image creation titled ‘Muse.’

🇨🇳 Chinese memory giant CXMT targets $4.3 billion IPO, largest-ever on Shanghai’s STAR Market.

Berkshire Hathaway's reserves hit $397.4 billion, the largest corporate cash hoard in U.S. history.

Elon Musk's SpaceX $SPCX hits post-IPO low, falling under $140

🇮🇳 India's Finance Ministry has asked the RBI and SEBI to regulate crypto - Money Control.

BlackRock clients buy $33.4 million worth of $BTC.

🇺🇸 FBI arrests hacker for hiding crypto-stealing malware inside Steam video games.

Once installed, the malware stole passwords, data and drained victims' crypto wallets.

🇺🇸 US Senate Republicans release new crypto Clarity Act draft bill.

🇺🇸 The top 0.00001% of wealthiest Americans now capture a record 12% of total U.S. national income.

🇺🇸 New U.S. tariffs of 10-12.5% on 60 nations are adding inflation pressure to the global economy.

This makes it even harder for the Fed to cut rates, and easier for Bitcoin to fall.

Visa CEO Ryan McInerney says Visa "will remain multi-coin, multi-chain" and won't pick winners between Open USD, USDT, and USDC.

Michael Saylor hints at Strategy $MSTR buying more Bitcoin.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says Iran talks keep going after strikes despite reports questioning if diplomacy has collapsed.

"For some reason when they're talking, they don't like saying that they're talking."

🇯🇵🇺🇸 Japan is considering deploying multiple U.S.-made AI systems, including Palantir $PLTR and Anduril, across its defense forces - Nikkei.