Saudi-Iran talks in Tehran ease oil supply fears

Lead story · conflict — Oil falls as renewed diplomatic efforts to end Mideast conflict ease supply concerns (CNBC)

The Lead

Bitcoin sits near $79,800 after modest distribution into exchanges and neutral readings on fear and greed. Oil slipped on fresh talks among Saudi, Turkish, Pakistani, and Iranian officials in Tehran that raised hopes of containing the US-Iran standoff without immediate strikes.^[1]^[2] That relief eases one input to inflation yet leaves the core tension untouched: Trump still faces a binary choice on a deal versus escalation after the midterms, with no resolution in sight. The Fed's expected hold this week aligns with market pricing, but the same diplomacy that softened crude today could stall or reverse, leaving sticky energy costs to press yields higher and risk assets lower without a clear Bitcoin catalyst.^[3]

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The five legs behind today's conviction score of 61.
Network and Macro are 48 points apart — the composite is averaging away a real disagreement.

The pause in crude pressure buys time, but the underlying decision on strikes remains unresolved.

Monday · The price of money

The 10-year real yield is 2.64%.

Holding cash beats holding nothing again: money has a positive real return, which is the environment every long-duration asset has to argue against. Bitcoin has spent 24% of its life in the opposite regime.

10Y REAL YIELD: 2.64%
DAYS NEGATIVE: 1,397
SHARE OF HISTORY: 23.5%
SINCE: 2010-07-18

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The Wire

BITCOIN
Cold Storage Goes South: bitcoin++ Announces Antarctica Edition — BTC Magazine

CONFLICT
"Doomsday": U.S. Military Planning To Survive 90 Days Without Power Grid — ZeroHedge

ECONOMY
Bank of Japan is expected to hold rates this week — but stay hawkish: CNBC survey — CNBC

CONFLICT
Local ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump starts in southern Ukraine — NPR World

POLITICAL
Iran Braces For Nightmare Energy Crisis As Deepening Political Chaos Threatens To Boil Over — ZeroHedge

ECONOMY
China industrial profits post strongest growth in three months as tech boom widens economic divide — CNBC

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