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Markets put 33% odds on a quarter-point Fed hike this week per CME FedWatch, while Bitcoin edged higher on Middle East calm and falling energy prices.

WTI crude sank almost 7% to $83.15 as the US-Iran pause held, lifting the Dow 262 points to 52,210 while chip weakness dragged the Nasdaq lower Monday.

Houthi missiles and drones struck Aramco facilities at Jizan and Yanbu — the first direct attack on Saudi oil since 2022 — sending Brent crude surging past $100 a barrel.

Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until a state antitrust case is resolved — potentially as late as June 2027.

Yemen's Houthis hit Saudi Aramco facilities at Jizan and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, sparking fires, rattling oil markets, and drawing Saudi-backed retaliation.

Houthi missiles and drones struck Saudi Aramco facilities at Jizan and Yanbu, setting a refinery ablaze and pushing Brent crude past $100 as the Gulf war widens.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Saudi Aramco oil facilities at Jizan and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, setting a refinery ablaze and driving Brent crude back above $100 a barrel.

BitMEX, the pioneer of the 100x leverage perpetual swap, will permanently shut down on September 23, 2026, ending an influential 11-year run in crypto.

Samsung will add native stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, putting USDC alongside cards and passes for hundreds of millions of Galaxy users worldwide.

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI data centers, with Hut 8, IREN and rivals signing billion-dollar compute deals that are reshaping the crypto mining industry.

Big Tech earnings from Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Apple collide with the Fed decision this week, testing a market rattled by an $800 billion AI spending scare.

Poolin, once the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $173M in debt owed to 11,700 users whose funds froze in 2022.

The CLARITY Act crypto bill will not pass before the Senate summer recess, Majority Leader John Thune says, as ethics fights over Trump crypto ties stall the market-structure overhaul.

Tesla Q2 2026 earnings missed badly as profit fell 57% and the stock crashed 14.5%, even as revenue jumped 26% to $28.24 billion on record deliveries.

Futures markets now price a roughly 34% chance the Fed hikes rates this month — up from 10% a week ago — as the oil shock from the Iran conflict feeds inflation fears.

Intel’s second-quarter results shattered Wall Street expectations, yet shares reversed early gains and fell nearly 8% as investors questioned the turnaround’s staying power.

Alphabet posted $9.11 EPS on $103.6 billion revenue, crushing forecasts — then rattled Wall Street by raising its 2026 capex outlook to as much as $205 billion.

WTI crude fell 2.25% to $90.12 and Brent slipped to $95 as chip stocks sank 4.3%. Markets now price an 80% chance of a September Fed rate hike.

Bitcoin barely moved near $65,000 even as nearly $800 billion vanished from Big Tech stocks, a rare decoupling that has crypto investors asking what comes next.

The Trump administration imposed 10%-12.5% tariffs on 60 countries overnight, citing forced labor — replacing levies the Supreme Court struck down in February.