US media: The United States is considering reducing its military presence in the Gulf region after the war ends
August 18 — The Washington Post reported that, according to eight people including officials and others familiar with the matter, the Pentagon is assessing its military presence in the Middle East, an initial indication that the war with Iran could reshape the U.S. presence in the region. Two people familiar with the analysis said one of the key areas the U.S. Department of Defense is assessing is whether to withdraw from the Persian Gulf. The United States’ extensive network of over

Six times in history Bitcoin started a 30-week stretch from a cycle position like this one. Five ended higher. One ended -29%.
We track which path this one is on, every Monday.

No logic, no technique, I simply didn’t fully close the position and happened to catch the exact moment it wanted to drop.

When the market had just finished dumping the first wave at around 2 a.m., $WAL was grinding around 0.02703. I said this wasn’t a bottom—it was insufficient buying support, flimsy. The rebound was weak, and once sold, it couldn’t be bought back. This kind of structure is most prone to a slow bleed.

When I got up this morning, I saw 0.02171, which gave the answer directly: +949.61%. The short position paid off—feels good, brothers. The prerequisite for compounding is st

🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act is scheduled for a Senate vote on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m., speaking at the SALT Conference.

The foundations of modern Western finance were built by regulatory arbitrage - but around Church regulations, not governmental!
The bill of exchange is the basic building block of what we can recognizably call banking and finance in the West.
Why? Because it allowed for lending without being branded usurer. Usury, even when legal and licensed, kept you outside polite society and deprived you of certain rights. How bad this was depended upon where you lived.
So how to lend out money today and be compensated for the use of that money tomorrow?
Enter the bill of exchange. Ostensibly, it solved f

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ACE/USDT — FROM CAPITULATION TO MOMENTUM
$ACE ‌
The interesting part of ACE is not the +28.90% candle.
It is what happened BEFORE it.
ACE printed a deep 0.09553 low, then buyers gradually rebuilt the structure. After another test around the lower zone, momentum returned and the market suddenly expanded.
Now ACE is trading at 0.22652, with a 24H range of 0.14900–0.23760 and volume reaching 16.80M ACE.
This is a momentum market — and momentum markets reward confirmation, not emotion.
WHAT THE 4H CHART IS SAYING
The moving-average structure has completely changed:
MA5 → 0.1

$BTC is nearly 50% below its peak. BlackRock still isn’t changing its thesis.
That’s the signal worth watching.
BlackRock continues to see Bitcoin as a potential global monetary alternative and portfolio diversifier, supported by its fixed supply and growing institutional access.
A 50% drawdown tests conviction.
It doesn’t automatically invalidate the thesis.
What would actually make you reconsider Bitcoin’s long-term case?
#Bitcoin #BTC #BlackRock

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🐂 XAUUSD — GOLD IS STILL PLAYING ITS GAME.
🥇Gold pushed toward the $4,450 zone today before pulling back as yields strengthened. The bigger question now:Is this a reversal… or just a cooldown before the next move? 👀📌 Levels to watch🟢 Support: $4,330–$4,380🔴 Resistance: $4,440–$4,450🚀 A clean breakout above $4,450 could open the door toward $4,500+.Meanwhile, the bear:“I’ll short it after the breakout.” 😂🐻Don’t chase candles. Let price$XAUUSD confirm.#XAUUSD #Gold #GoldTrading #Forex #Trading

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🐋 WHALE WATCH : ETH vs SOL is just a battle of what metric you want to believe.
Ethereum:
=> $164B in stables
=> 530K daily users
Solana:
=> $15.4B in stables
=> 3.6M daily users
The money is parked on Ethereum.
The actual trenches and daily users are on Solana.
By TVL ETH dominates. By actual human usage ETH is losing badly.
Pick the metric that tells the story you want to believe. Narrative is everything in this market.

$270M moved through onchain collectibles in July
Collector Crypt alone did $156.7M
Courtyard → $85.3M
Phygitals → $14.9M
Beezie → $12.9M
And 2/3 of the volume happened on @solana .
What’s interesting i like is the money isn’t just flowing into tokens
People are actually trading digital + physical collectibles onchain at scale
$300M+ in net revenue across these gacha protocols is starting to look less like a gimmick and more like a real crypto consumer market
Crypto keeps finding new ways to make people gamble on cardboard
If this market keeps scaling, the next wave might not be another memecoi

JUST IN: White House tech leaders event with Trump planned tomorrow; prediction market firms reportedly not invited. If this shifts regulatory optics, crypto execs may steer conversations toward innovation-friendly policy. $BTC $ETH

😱Damn! Trump wrecked both gold and chip stocks in the middle of the night!
Did some of you stay up watching the charts tonight, only to feel more and more hopeless? Your girlfriend asked why you still weren’t asleep, and you said, “Wait a little longer, it’s about to rebound,” only for it to drop 10%. You went to the bathroom and came back to find your account glowing green, right?💚
Trump’s move this time left me completely stunned. The Iranian parliament speaker had just said, “The Strait of Hormuz will not be opened,” and Trump immediately said, “There are no negotiations; the naval blocka

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JUST IN: Kalshi files with CFTC for equity index perpetuals tied to MerQube U.S. Large Cap Index.

$ETH is indeed building strength, with the price consolidating on low volume around 1900 before touching 1920 today and then pulling back. The positive side is that ETH is more resilient than $BTC, with ETF net inflows of $30.9 million on the 17th, indicating that funds have not clearly withdrawn. Next, watch whether 1920 can hold, followed by the resistance at 1940. Clearing both levels would give 2000 a chance; until it holds, $ETH remains range-bound. 🚀