Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped off amid warnings from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. What happens next could have major implications for the global economy.

It is unclear who will ultimately govern Iran, the fourth-largest oil producer in OPEC, after U.S.-Israel strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Crude-oil markets won’t officially open for a few more hours, but traders are already using prediction markets like Kalshi to take bets on where prices will settle on Monday.

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Investors will grapple with how to trade the fallout of the U.S. and Israel's joint action in Iran.

Wall Street is reacting to joint attacks from the US and Israel on Iran. Oil and currencies have seen the greatest jumps.

Oil futures surged in the first trades since the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran over the weekend.

The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran rattled world markets early Monday, with U.S. futures falling more than 1% and oil prices soaring. Asian shares opened lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 2.4%, trading at 57,430.18.

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The U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran is extending into its third day with each side pledging escalation.

Vitalik Buterin says an AI-coded Ethereum roadmap prototype could inform blockchain developers on how to use the technology.

"There is, however, a risk that the OPEC+ decision is moot if flows do not resume through the Strait of Hormuz."

Magic Eden CEO Jack Lu says the company is “doubling down” on its online casino Dicey, seeing a “massive opportunity” in online gambling.

Arthur Hayes says the US Federal Reserve will boost the money supply to support the country's conflict with Iran, and told crypto investors to wait for rate cuts before buying.

Record outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed.

Bitcoin fell back to $66,700 as traditional markets opened to their first chance to price the weekend's military escalation, with oil surging to $77 and Asian equities dropping 1.4%.

Claude was reportedly embedded in U.S. Central Command even as the White House ordered federal agencies to cut all ties with the company.

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Iran has reportedly stepped up attacks against U.S. assets in the middle east.

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European banks in the Qivalis consortium are negotiating exchange deals and backing their euro stablecoin with deposits and short-term sovereign bonds.