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Saudi Arabia At The Breaking Point Authored by Larry C. Johnson via Sonar 21, For most of this war, Saudi Arabia has been the shock absorber of the world oil market. When Hormuz closed, Riyadh pushed crude west through the East-West pipeline to Yanbu on the Red Sea and kept at least part of its exports moving. That bypass is now under attack. Ansar Allah has seized islands at the mouth of the Red Sea, declared a "maritime ban" on Saudi shipping and claimed strikes on Saudi airports, and in September...

Draft Of US-Iran Agreement Reportedly Reached, But Trump Still Pressing Nuclear Issue, As Iran President Says 'Won't Back Down' Summary Iranian president vows to not back down, as Trump still vows to get nuclear material. AI Arabiya TV obtains what it describes as final draft of US-lran agreement, oil tumbles. Reuters reported that Ayatollah ordered that stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% remain strictly inside Iranian territory. Some Iranian officials then denied report to Al Jazeera. WH says make a deal or else... "they can face a punishment from our military the likes of...

JPMorgan Says The Real Threat To Bitcoin Isn't Strategy (MSTR), It's Private Blockchains Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Strategy’s recent bitcoin sales and its formal monetization program have rattled investors, but JPMorgan analysts see a bigger danger to bitcoin: blockchain adoption that routes around public networks and the tokens that ride on them. In a report led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou (ZH: available here for professional subscribers), the bank argued that Strategy is not the main structural threat to the asset.  The company sold 3,588 bitcoin for $216 million in early July to cover...