
US Sanctions Iranian Exchange BitBank Over Hundreds of Millions in Bitcoin to IRGC
OFAC designated BitBank, developer Pishtaz Simorgh and three Zanjani associates under Operation Economic Outcast on September 17.
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OFAC designated BitBank, developer Pishtaz Simorgh and three Zanjani associates under Operation Economic Outcast on September 17.

Trump announced a Ukraine-Russia energy ceasefire, pressing Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel refineries as exports fell 81 percent below the five-year average.

Iran's central bank dropped the repatriation rule for exporters. Cross-border trade now settles in Tether and Bitcoin through domestic crypto exchanges.

Libya's NOC said it may declare force majeure after oil guards closed a valve on the Hamada-Zawiya pipeline, halting two fields and a pumping station.

MiCA is live in Europe and has excluded USDT. The GENIUS Act is law but rules are missing. The two frameworks compared.
Houthis tighten their grip on Bab el-Mandeb: Brent at $108 and European gas at EUR 83.92, up 161% in a year. Goldman Sachs sees $120.
Saudi Arabia cancels crude cargoes to Europe as the East-West pipeline and Strait of Hormuz remain shut. Brent surges to $108, European refiners scramble for alternatives.

Eight members cut 1.65 million barrels per day in 2023. The UAE left in May 2026 with 3.5 mb/d of baseline. Here is how the quota system works.

Treasury triples long-dated buyback to $6 billion, but Wall Street expected $7-8 billion, sending the 10-year yield to its highest since November 2023.

Houthis seize Yemen's Mocha and Bab al-Mandeb strait, sending Brent above $107. S&P 500 falls, OPEC cuts 2026 demand forecast.

Yen surges 7 yen in a week to 152.89 per dollar as BOJ hike priced at 97 percent and cross-border borrowing hits record.

White hats returned 3,400 BTC to Liquid's federation. 598.5 BTC remain in their custody with no approved bounty disclosed.

OPEC Plus will hold October output steady after six consecutive monthly increases, pausing the unwind of 1.65 million bpd of voluntary cuts as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

Hormuz traffic collapses to just 10 ships a day as US diesel hits record $5.90 per gallon and Brent settles at $97.92 after briefly topping $100.
Houthi attacks hit Saudi Aramco facilities as Iran threatens US energy retaliation. Brent crude surges to six-week high near $100 as Goldman Sachs raises forecasts.

DNB moved 86 tonnes of gold worth EUR 10.3 billion from US and Canadian vaults to London, citing geopolitical tensions and the need to boost crisis preparedness.

Gold surpassed US Treasuries as the world's top reserve asset in 2025. The Fed says the headline is misleading — here's why the real story is more nuanced.

12% of world trade flows through 193 km of desert: from record revenue to collapse, and the 2026 recovery between tankers and piracy.

PwC projects global data centre spending on AI infrastructure to reach $31.6 trillion cumulative by 2050, surpassing US GDP, with the US alone absorbing $15.1 trillion.

Government bond yields surge to multi-year highs across the US, Japan, UK and Germany as oil-driven inflation and fiscal deficits fuel a synchronized global selloff.
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