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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in over $850M last week, the highest weekly inflow since April. That means more money is choosing the ETF route to buy Bitcoin exposure. This matters because ETFs buy and hold BTC against incoming demand. If these inflows continue, they add steady buy pressure without needing retail traders to chase the move directly.

A Panama-flagged vessel, identified by maritime security firm Vanguard as the Vela Nova, was reportedly fired on by U.S. forces in the Gulf of Oman after attempting to breach the American blockade of Iranian ports. A U.S. helicopter hit the ship’s rudder, sparking a fire that was later extinguished. All 17 crew members were accounted for, with no casualties reported.

A Saudi commercial ship was reportedly struck by a missile in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three crew members: two Pakistani nationals and one Indonesian, according to ISNA. The attack comes after renewed Houthi pressure on Saudi-linked vessels in the Red Sea corridor, where MARAD continues to warn ships of missile, drone, boarding, and seizure risks.

Tehran's answer to Trump is that no US announcement opens Hormuz. It opens when six conditions are met. Iran's Supreme National Security Council published them on Saturday: - No threats or insults to Iran - End the war on Iran and its allies - Lift the naval blockade, withdraw US forces - Pay in full for two wars of damage - Lift all sanctions - Release Iran's frozen assets Anything routed around that claim gets treated as hostile. The Oman framework settles where ships sail and leaves the permission question untouched.

Georgia, Poland and the UAE are cheap to incorporate in and thin on beneficial ownership. The UAE regulator went at one twice, and it kept trading. The constraint on offshore crypto infrastructure isn't local licensing. It's attribution.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a NATO-style defence pact in Mecca this morning. An attack on one is now an attack on all three.

Two days left. Miss it, and the whole thing likely waits until 2027.

Iran cannot legally toll Hormuz. It can charge for services.

Treasury removed Fly Baghdad and two IRGC-linked aircraft from its sanctions list today. The rest of the Iran programme, including the naval blockade, stays exactly where it was.

China restricted drone exports to the US today, after Washington added 43 Chinese firms to its forced-labour entity list and banned imported robots and power inverters.

Oil fell 3% just on a Treasury Secretary saying talks might resolve today. The hundreds of ships waiting in the Gulf are carrying oil the market has already paid a premium for. Three prior reopening announcements have failed, and each one gave back the move within days.

The Houthis say they hit a "sensitive target" at Najran airport.

Japan can't defend the yen without selling US bonds, and it can't sell too many without the Fed having to buy them back, and each round leaves less room than the last.

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Iran's IRGC says it shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper over the Strait of Hormuz, announced through its own outlet with state TV footage. CENTCOM has not confirmed it.

Hormuz this week: of the 88 ships that sail on a normal day, around 10 to 19 are getting through. And the real number is different than the trackers show: many ships now cross with transponders off. One that had a transponder on, an LNG carrier, was struck on Aug 1.

The yen hit its weakest since 1986, and for the first time since 2011, the US intervened alongside Japan to reverse it. On Friday the two governments bought yen in tandem, driving a 5% rebound off the 40-year low near 164. Trump cast it as a favor to an ally, but the motive was partly domestic: a falling yen was dragging Japanese bonds lower and pushing up US Treasury yields, raising America's own borrowing costs.

Independent analysis counts damage across 100+ sites in seven countries. The Pentagon hasn't confirm any of it.

Iran and Oman are deciding who controls a fifth of the world's oil supply.

Trump Media launched Truth API on Saturday. It sells trading firms faster access to posts from Truth Social's biggest accounts, including the president's, for up to $100,000 a month.