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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Talks have failed.
Vance announces the U.S. delegation is leaving Islamabad with no deal.
No second day of talks.
"The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement.
The Iranians chose not to accept our terms."
Vance says Iran must make an "affirmative commitment" that it won't seek a nuclear weapon or the tools to build one.
Tehran apparently wouldn't go that far.
over 9 hours of historic face-to-face talks.
The first direct engagement since 1979.
And it ended with one side walking out.
Source: NYT
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🇮🇷🇺🇸🇵🇰 U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad stretch past 9 hours, reaching 3:00 AM local time.
This is the longest round yet, and sources inside the room say we’re now in the critical phase.
Pakistan is pushing both sides hard for flexibility.
Multiple tracks on the table: security, economics, diplomacy, and prisoner swaps.
Iranians claim they’re willing to budge, but they’re calling America’s demands on the Strait of Hormuz “maximalist.”
Pakistanis sound hopeful that something real could drop.
Ceasefire extension, open Hormuz, or even nuclear steps.
Behind closed doors is where the real deal ge

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 Ghalibaf and Vance shook hands before trilateral talks with Pakistan's PM
Media is calling it a "rare moment."
The real story isn't the handshake.
It's what gets discussed after it.
The IRGC just landed.
Beirut has gone quiet.
Both sides are exchanging written proposals.
Source: NYT
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Bitcoin is the new safe-haven asset.
BTC is up 25% against gold since the US-Iran war started on February 28th.
Before this, BTC crashed -67% in 6 months against gold from Aug 2025 to Febr 2026 and surprisingly formed a bottom on February 28th, the first day of the war when U.S. launched strikes on Iran.
Historically, gold is the safe-haven asset and pumps during crises, but this time BTC is outperforming it.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 WEEKS OF BOMBING AND IRAN IS WALKING INTO TALKS WITH MORE LEVERAGE THAN BEFORE
The strikes were real. The damage was real. But Iran's system is still intact, its proxy network is still functioning, and roughly half its launchers remain operational. This can drag on for months if Tehran decides it needs to.
Then there's Hormuz. Iran didn't have that card at the start of this. Now it does, and it's walking into Pakistan with it on the table.
Trump is heading into negotiations with mounting economic pressure, a ceasefire he can't fully control, and an adversary that absorbed weeks of the

BREAKING: Paul Atkins says both SEC and CFTC are ready to implement CLARITY Act as soon as the US Congress approves it.
This is MASSIVE for crypto 🚀BREAKING: Paul Atkins says both SEC and CFTC are ready to implement CLARITY Act as soon as the US Congress approves it.
This is MASSIVE for crypto 🚀
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🇺🇸 White House aides just got an email that basically said:
"All White House employees are reminded that the misuse of nonpublic information by government employees for financial benefit is a very serious offense and will not be tolerated."
Nothing says “totally normal administration” like having to send a mass email that basically reads “please don’t commit insider trading, okay?”
Source: CBS
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING:
Trump:
"There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait.
They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!"
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🚨 THIS IS HUGE
Bitcoin Devs have built a prototype that will protect wallets from quantum attacks.
With this, if the Bitcoin network is ever forced to defend against quantum computing, normal spending could be paused, and users will be able to recover their funds.
Bitcoin Devs have started to take quantum threats seriously now, and this is a good sign.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Hit $4.7 Billion Volume as Morgan Stanley Launches
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw trading volume climb above $4.7 billion on April 8, driven by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust at the top and strong showings from Fidelity and Grayscale.
Morgan Stanley debuted its MSBT fund on NYSE Arca, pulling in $33.9 million—top 1% for ETF launches—with the category's lowest 0.14% expense ratio. The funds now hold over $90 billion in assets since January 2024, signaling rising Wall Street interest as Bitcoin hovered around $71,000.
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