Trump Threatens To ‘Blow Up’ the ‘Whole Country’ of Iran if Deal Not Reached

US Senators Unveil 'Mined In America Act' To Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced legislation Monday aimed at reshaping the U.S. digital asset mining sector, tightening supply chains, and embedding bitcoin into federal reserve strategy. The proposal, titled the “Mined in America Act,” would establish a federal certification program for domestic crypto mining operations while phasing out reliance on foreign-manufactured hardware. It also seeks to codify Donald Trump’s executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, placing the policy on statutory footing, according...

Mutatis Mutandis Not Ceteris Paribus By Michael Every of Rabobank 2026 has seen economists and strategists forced to accept that geopolitics, rather than being the odd ‘exogenous shock’, is a structural backdrop disrupting models and markets. If an economic or market call depends on a geopolitical one, it logically requires an entirely different skillset. Of course, people adapt. Six years ago, economists and strategists busily tracked Covid infections while knowing nothing about virology or epidemiology until, fortunately(!), the virus naturally mutated into something less, not more, dangerous. Today, they Hormuz track...

Iran Fires 'Warning Shots' On 'Unauthorized' Vessels Trying To Traverse Hormuz Strait Summary Rtrs citing Iran's Fars: Iran's armed forces carries out a missile launch operation from southern regions of the country toward specified targets. Reports of US ships targeted (unconfirmed); also 'warning shots' fired on 'illicit' vessels. Per Axios: "U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give it his final approval." Unconfirmed reports of Ayatollah denial of MOU. Saudi state media reports...