Oil surge and exchange inflows test Bitcoin positioning amid Hormuz escalation

The Lead

Bitcoin faces fresh distribution pressure from exchange inflows while oil spikes on renewed Hormuz conflict, yet macro liquidity shows no corresponding stress. Gold holds near 4013 dollars and the dollar index near 101 without flight-to-safety acceleration, leaving the risk premium on non-sovereign assets untested in practice. The core tension sits in whether higher energy costs will translate into tighter financial conditions or remain contained as a regional shock, and no clean data yet resolves whether miners or holders will absorb the next selling wave without forcing further price discovery lower.

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The Wire

BITCOIN
Bitcoin ETFs see new money again, but inflows remain ‘peanuts’ relative to the recent exodus — CoinDesk

BITCOIN
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CONFLICT
Russia pounds Kyiv as NATO military chief warns Moscow would 'lose a lot' by attacking Baltics — CNBC

CONFLICT
Brent breaches $90 as Middle East risks mount with U.S-Iran tensions on the rise — CNBC

DISASTER
Huge search operation after passenger ferry sinks off coast of Guyana — Guardian

DISASTER
Ferry carrying 133 passengers and crew sinks off Guyana coast — BBC World

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