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Bessent's "Suffocating" Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery
Bessent's "Suffocating" Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's description of "suffocating" the Iranian regime through economic and financial pressure, whether via sanctions or the US military blockade of the world's most critical maritime chokepoint, now appears to be showing up in the data.
New geospatial intelligence indicates that Iran's main crude export terminal has gone quiet, while a separate report suggests seaborne oil exports have effectively been halted for the past month.
The first report comes from Bloomberg, which cited European satellite imagery showing a...
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Largest US Power Grid On Verge Of Cracking Due To Historic Heat Dome
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PJM Grid Mix Now Dominated By NatGas, Nuclear, Coal
Washington, DC Temps Expected To Push Into Low Triple Digits
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Stablecoin Proposal Still 'Falls Short' Of Protecting Bank Deposits: US Banks Say
Stablecoin Proposal Still 'Falls Short' Of Protecting Bank Deposits: US Banks Say
Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph,.com,
America’s largest banking groups said they remain dissatisfied with the CLARITY Act’s newly proposed language on stablecoin yield, arguing that it fails to protect bank deposits.
In a statement Monday, the bankers acknowledged that US Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks are “seeking to achieve the correct policy goal” in prohibiting stablecoin yield but noted that the CLARITY Act’s “proposed language” currently “falls short of that goal.”
“It is imperative that Congress get this right,” the American...
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