A dramatic new twist is emerging in the fast-escalating US-Iran war, as reports suggest Tehran is exploring a controversial proposal: allowing oil tankers safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for payments made in Chinese yuan. While no formal agreement has been confirmed, the implications of such a move are already sending ripples…
Oil prices are pushing toward the $100 mark as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East intensify, with Iran issuing evacuation warnings and signaling potential strikes on key Gulf energy infrastructure. The latest developments have heightened concerns over global energy supply disruptions and added fresh volatility to oil markets. Iran Issues Evacuation Alerts Near Gulf Oil…
Bitcoin (BTC) is hanging around $74k, still respecting the post‑shock range and struggling to clear recent highs. Bitcoin Range Holds Today’s QCP Market Colour reports that “the damage has been fairly contained”: the broader crypto market is soft compared with November–January, but continues to be under pressure, as other macro‑sensitive risk assets have fallen harder,…
They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that's not just a metaphor, it's a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits…
Central banks aren’t buying it. Billionaire investor Ray Dalio doesn’t trust it as a safe haven. And Bitcoin is trading 44% below its October peak while gold sits near all-time highs. Related Reading That’s the backdrop against which Bitwise Asset Management’s chief investment officer is making the case that Bitcoin could still reach $1 million…
A war in the Middle East has turned a decade-old energy security warning into an emergency. For two countries that quietly dismantled their refining industries, the reckoning has arrived. On the morning of February 28, the Strait of Hormuz — a strip of water barely 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, through which a…
Bitcoin is slipping to a seven‑day low as oil is screaming higher on Iran war fears. But the real action is unfolding somewhere else entirely: Hyperliquid, where a new class of traders is turning to its tokenised oil perps. Hyperliquid And Its Oil Perps At The Center Of The Oil Panic As the Iran war…
Oil is behaving like oil in a war should behave. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and around a fifth of global oil flows caught in the line of fire, crude has surged to levels not seen in roughly two years. Reuters reported that U.S. crude jumped more than $10 in a single day,…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. An OG Bitcoin advocate made a bold forecast that demand for Bitcoin will increase rapidly in the near future, bolstering the estimates of some crypto experts that BTC is on a trajectory to hit the six-figure level. OG, short for “original gangster” or “original gangsta,” is a slang…
In this episode of NewsBTC’s daily technical analysis videos, we examine how Bitcoin is trading against other currency pairs and not USD. We also look at BTC against WTI Crude Oil and the S&P 500. Take a look at the video below: VIDEO: Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTCUSD): September 28, 2022 The market continues to be shaken…