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🚨 SAUDI ARABIA JUST BECAME THE BIGGEST WAR PROFITEER IN HISTORY

Saudi Arabia is America's closest ally. And they are getting rich from a war America is fighting. Here is the proof.

💀 Saudi exports BEFORE the war: 6,660,000 barrels per day.
💀 Saudi exports NOW: 3,330,000 barrels per day.
💀 That is a 50% DROP.

💀 Oil price BEFORE the war: $67 per barrel.
💀 Oil price NOW: $130 per barrel.
💀 Saudi added $19.50 per barrel premium on Asian buyers.
💀 That is the HIGHEST premium in history.

⚠️ They are selling HALF the oil at DOUBLE the price with a RECORD fee on top.
⚠️ The math says they are making MORE money than before the war.

⚠️ The IEA called this the largest supply disruption in global oil market history.
⚠️ The supply loss is 10,000,000 barrels per day. OPEC+ fixed 206,000 of it. On purpose.

Let that sink in.

Now the part nobody will say out loud.

Saudi bypassed the Strait of Hormuz entirely. Their East-West pipeline now carries 7,000,000 barrels per day to the Red Sea.

Korean and Indian refiners are rerouting to Saudi's Yanbu port for the first time ever.

Saudi does not need Hormuz open. Saudi was NEVER going to suffer from Hormuz closing.

And Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain are PRIVATELY urging Trump to keep fighting Iran. They want Iran weakened further before any ceasefire deal happens.

Because every week of war is another week of record oil prices. Every week of record prices is another week of record Saudi revenue.

If Saudi wanted Hormuz reopened, why did they spend billions on a pipeline to avoid it?

If Saudi was suffering, why are they charging the highest markup in history right now?

If Saudi is a loyal ally, why are they privately pushing for more bombing of a country America is already bombing?

Complete silence.

This is not an oil story. This is not a US-Iran story. This is a war profiteering story.

And the profiteer is the country hosting American military bases.

i lose followers every time i post the hard truth.. and i post it anyway.

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Highest Gold Production Countries 🪙

15. 🇹🇿 Tanzania — 60 t
15. 🇨🇴 Colombia — 60 t
15. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso — 60 t
13. 🇲🇱 Mali — 70 t
13. 🇧🇷 Brazil — 70 t
10. 🇿🇦 South Africa — 100 t
10. 🇵🇪 Peru — 100 t
10. 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 100 t
9. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — 120 t
6. 🇲🇽 Mexico — 130 t
6. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — 130 t
6. 🇬🇭 Ghana — 130 t
5. 🇺🇸 United States — 160 t
4. 🇨🇦 Canada — 200 t
3. 🇦🇺 Australia — 290 t
2. 🇷🇺 Russia — 310 t
1. 🇨🇳 China — 380 t

(Note: Data estimated for 2024; latest available in early 2026. Top 17 account for ~76% of global production. Remaining 780 t distributed among other countries, each with less than 60 t.)

Source: U.S. Geological Survey – Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025

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#GOLD

🚨1.23 million barrels a day.
Venezuela just posted its highest oil exports in 7 years.

The world wrote Caracas off but $100 Brent brought it back.

April numbers:

→ Exports: 1,229,634 bpd highest since 2018

→ Month-on-month: +14%

→ Buyers: United States, India, Europe

📈That spike is vertical.

Chevron expanded its JV stakes.
PDVSA got capital and expertise.

The Caracas-Washington pact formalised what $100 oil made politically inevitable.

The barrels always existed but they needed permission and now is granted.

if Venezuela sustains 1.2+ mb/d and keeps climbing does it structurally cap the post-Hormuz price recovery?

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🚨 TRUMP’S WLFI: NEW TOKEN DUMP & LOCKUP!

According to Bloomberg, Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has quietly sold another 5.9B tokens.

➥ The Cash-out - Even after raising $550M+, 75% of the proceeds is going to a Trump-linked entity.

➥ Trap? Early investors are still locked with 80% holdings, and $WLFI is trading below $0.06.

➥ As per the new proposal, investors could be locked for 2+ years or possibly indefinitely.

World Liberty or World Lockup? Investors should stay cautious!
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🇹🇼 TAIWAN WANTS TO PUT PART OF ITS $602B RESERVES INTO BITCOIN

A Taiwanese legislator has urged its government to explore putting part of its $602B foreign exchange reserves into Bitcoin.

He argues Taiwan holds 80% of its reserves in U.S. dollar assets, which creates risk if the dollar weakens or geopolitics get worse.

$BTC is then being pitched as an alternative that cannot be frozen, seized, or controlled by another country.

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The Best-Selling Shoe Brands in the World 👟

1. 🇺🇸 Nike – $31.0 Billion
2. 🇩🇪 Adidas – $15.0 Billion
3. 🇺🇸 Skechers – $8.9 Billion
4. 🇺🇸 New Balance – $6.5 Billion
5. 🇩🇪 Puma – $5.1 Billion
6. 🇺🇸 Deckers (HOKA, UGG) – $4.9 Billion
7. 🇨🇳 Anta Sports – $4.4 Billion
8. 🇺🇸 Crocs – $3.9 Billion
9. 🇯🇵 Asics – $3.5 Billion
10. 🇺🇸 Vans – $3.0 Billion
11. 🇨🇭 On (On Running) – $2.5 Billion
12. 🇺🇸 Wolverine Worldwide (Merrell, Saucony) – $2.2 Billion
13. 🇺🇸 Converse – $2.0 Billion
14. 🇨🇳 Li-Ning – $2.0 Billion
15. 🇺🇸 Steve Madden – $1.8 Billion
16. 🇺🇸 Timberland – $1.7 Billion
17. 🇩🇪 Birkenstock – $1.6 Billion
18. 🇩🇰 Ecco – $1.6 Billion
19. 🇨🇭🇨🇿 Bata – $1.5 Billion
20. 🇺🇸 Under Armour – $1.4 Billion

Source: Official company filings, Bloomberg, Statista

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🚨 60 countries have declared energy emergencies.

This is what a global fuel crisis actually looks like.

🇪🇺 EU: Subsidizing fuel/fertilizer sectors up to 70%. Emergency measures across all member states.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Hard rationing. Cars get 15 liters a week. Motorbikes get 5.

🇲🇲 Myanmar: Odd/even driving days. QR codes to track every single fuel purchase.

🇵🇭 Philippines: National energy emergency declared. 4-day government work week. Stockpiling 2 million extra barrels.

🇻🇳 Vietnam: Fuel taxes suspended. Citizens told to bike, carpool, or stay home.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh: Fuel rationing for most vehicles. Markets shut at 6pm. More blackouts planned.

🇮🇩 Indonesia: LPG import duties scrapped for 6 months. 50 liter per day cap per vehicle.

🇮🇳 India: Petrol and diesel taxes slashed. Cost: ₹70 billion every two weeks.

🇯🇵 Japan: Burning through emergency reserves just to stabilize prices. Bill hitting ¥300 billion a month.

🇨🇳 China: Banned fuel exports. Sitting on reserves but airlines are already cutting flights.

🇹🇭 Thailand: Government WFH mandated. AC temperature floors set. Oil tax cuts planned.

🇲🇾 Malaysia: Fixed fuel price costs RM4 billion a month to defend. Was RM700 million before the war.

🇦🇺 Australia: Fuel excise halved. Citizens urged to leave fuel for farmers and miners only.

🇮🇪 Ireland: €505 million emergency package after fuel protests shut down major roads for a week.

🇪🇬 Egypt: Restaurants shut at 9pm. Government vehicle fuel allowances cut by a third.

🇰🇪 Kenya: Fuel protests erupted. Petrol VAT cut from 16% to 8%.

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: Fuel import taxes scrapped. Ethanol blend in petrol raised from 5% to 20%.

60 countries, nearly 200 emergency policies, in two months.

The IEA called it the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.

When we make a new move in the market, we will let you know.

Turn on notifications so you don’t miss our alerts, this is VERY important..

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🚨JUST IN: Seven OPEC+ countries have agreement in principle to raise oil output quotas for June by about 188,000 bpd.

After the UAE left quit OPEC+, the remaining 7 countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Oman, are meeting this Sunday to hike June quotas by ~188,000 bpd.

That's almost exactly April's 206,000 bpd hike minus the UAE's ~18,000 bpd share.

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The US are executing a global armed robbery of the world’s energy supply.

I’ve adapted my documentary, "Birth of the Petrogas-Dollar and the Pirate State," into a forensic written investigation. This is the most detailed audit you will find anywhere on current US geostrategy.

Chevron's replacement for Nord Stream, the sabotage of South Pars, and the blockade of the Arctic before the ice has even melted—it’s all in here.

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You’re looking at a pipeline headline and thinking oil... I’ve been telling you this is a full system rewrite...

Trump just signed a new presidential permit authorizing a cross border transporter pipeline, a Keystone-style artery that expands how Canadian crude flows directly into the US network...

That one signature locks in physical throughput for decades... for years the control grid ran through the Strait of Hormuz, tanker lanes, and London pricing and insurance, with OPEC signaling supply on top...

That system depends on water, risk, and permission... pipelines erase that dependency as flow goes over/underground, constant, invisible, uninterruptible...

No chokepoint leverage, maritime premium, or external throttle... the barrels move because the system is built to move it...

Zoom out and it snaps into everything I’ve been mapping... midstream pipelines anchor internal flow while Hormuz carries the external pressure narrative tied to Iran...

Tariffs compress extraction, while digital rails, AI visibility, and payment systems track, clear, and enforce movement...

As OPEC cohesion loosens and producers step into independent output, London’s grip compresses because the physical route no longer runs through its system...

This is infrastructure as sovereignty across energy, finance, data, and enforcement in one closed loop... the route that moves the resource now defines the market that prices it and the rail that settles it...
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Most people think oil is just oil.
But in reality… oil quality changes everything.

Here’s the difference 👇
🇺🇸 US WTI: 40° API → Light & easy to refine
🇮🇷 Iran Light: 34° API
🇷🇺 Russia Urals: 31° API
🇻🇪 Venezuela: 8–12° API → Thick, almost like tar

📊 API Gravity = Oil Quality
Higher API → Lighter oil → More valuable.

Why it matters 👇
⚡ Lighter crude → cheaper refining
⛽ More petrol, diesel & jet fuel
💰 Higher refining margins

🏭 Heavy crude → complex refining
💸 Higher cost
📉 Lower profits

🌍 This is why oil geopolitics isn’t just about supply… It’s about crude quality

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🇧🇷 BRAZIL JUST DREW A LINE ON CRYPTO

No Bitcoin. No stablecoins in regulated cross border payments.

Banks go back to FX rails. Caps. Full KYC.

But here’s the catch.

90% of flows were already stablecoins.

So this doesn’t kill crypto.

It pushes it out of the system.

The volume doesn’t disappear.

It goes where the rules don’t reach.
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🚨JUST IN: TRUMP SAYS STRAIT OF HORMUZ “100% SHUT DOWN”

Trump says talks with Iran are ongoing but “they’re not getting there.”

On U.S. options, he added: “Either blast them away or make a deal.”
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BITCOIN IS COPYING GOLD'S CHART MOVE FOR MOVE.

And gold just exploded to new highs.

Long consolidation. DONE
Fake breakdowns. DONE
Sentiment destroyed. DONE
Smart money accumulated quietly. DONE

Bitcoin is at the final stage right now.
Bears confident. Bulls exhausted.
Price looks completely dead.

That's the signal.
Not the warning.

The signal.
They laughed at $10K.
They laughed at $100K.
They'll laugh at $500K too.

Until the chart forces them to stop.

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AI is not running on renewables.

It's running on gas and coal.

Per Bloomberg, combined cycle gas + coal will fuel most new data center power demand through 2035.
Solar and wind grow but late. Nuclear same.

The AI buildout is a fossil-infrastructure trade in green clothing.

I wrote about it, in my latest article 👇
themerchantsnews.substack.com/p/the-1-trilli…
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$1 BILLION IN ETH BUY VOLUME HIT IN A SINGLE HOUR.

Right after the Fed delivered a hawkish hold.

While inflation warnings dominated headlines.
While rates stayed elevated.
While macro uncertainty peaked.

Traders aggressively bought the $ETH dip anyway.
$1B on Binance. $20M on OKX. Same hour.

This is not retail panic buying.
This is conviction entering at exactly the right level.

The Fed couldn't scare these buyers away.

That tells you everything about where serious money thinks ETH is going.
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🚨 TRUMP ON HORMUZ: 100% SHUT DOWN

Trump has confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz is still fully blocked and no results are coming out of the talks with Iran.

Trump's clear statement is "Either blast them away or make a deal."

Despite Iran's new proposal, the US blockade and tension remain intact.
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This is MASSIVE.

The same signal that triggered the 2017 bull run is here.

ISM PMI came in at 52.7 today, crossing back above 51 for the 4th consecutive month.

The last two times this happened were January 2017 and September 2020. Both preceded multi month altcoin rallies of historic scale.

ISM is a US manufacturing data point that measures economic expansion. When ISM crosses 51, it signals that the broader economy is expanding, liquidity conditions are improving, and risk appetite is returning.

Historically that environment pushes money into higher beta assets and altcoins are the highest beta asset class on the planet.

Now the level to watch is 55. Every time ISM has sustained above 55, altcoins have gone parabolic.

We are not there yet.

But the last two times the chart looked exactly like this, altseason followed within months.
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⚠️ATENCIÓN⚠️

SEMANA HISTÓRICA: LA FED, EL BOJ Y EL BCE ACABAN DE SEÑALAR LO MISMO

💥Los tres bancos centrales más importantes del mundo apuntando hacia SUBIDAS de tasas al mismo tiempo. Esto no pasaba desde 2022. Y ya sabemos cómo terminó aquello.

¿Sabés lo que significa cuando la FED, el Banco de Japón y el Banco Central Europeo señalan TODOS que las tasas pueden SUBIR⁉️ Significa menos liquidez, crédito más caro y mercados bajo presión a NIVEL GLOBAL

🎯FED: FIN DE ERA POWELL. CAMBIO DE CICLO:

👉La última rueda de prensa de Jerome Powell como presidente de la FED acaba de terminar. Después de 8 años al frente del banco central más poderoso del mundo, Powell deja el cargo.
▪️Pero lo que dejó HOY es más importante que su despedida:
▪️La FED mantuvo la tasa. Pero CAMBIÓ el lenguaje oficial. Durante meses, el documento decía que la inflación estaba "ALGO elevada."
▪️Hoy lo modificaron: la inflación "ESTÁ ELEVADA".
▪️Parece un detalle menor. NO lo es. En el lenguaje de la FED, cada palabra está medida al milímetro. Ese cambio señala que la FED está LEJOS de recortar.
▪️Powell declaró que el número de miembros de la FED que ven subidas de tasa tan probables como recortes "HA AUMENTADO."
▪️Dijo textualmente: "Un cambio respecto de la flexibilización monetaria podría llegar YA EN LA PRÓXIMA REUNIÓN."
▪️Powell va a SEGUIR en la FED como Gobernador con DERECHO A VOTO en las decisiones de tasa. No se va del todo.
▪️El mercado de futuros para diciembre 2026 ya refleja el giro:
👉Probabilidad de SUBA: 12,4%. Probabilidad de BAJA: apenas 5%. Probabilidad de que quede igual: 82,6%.
👉Hay MÁS del doble de probabilidad de que la tasa SUBA a que BAJE. Los recortes que el mercado venía preciando durante todo el año se EVAPORARON.

🎯BOJ: LOS DISIDENTES SE MULTIPLICAN:

👉El Banco de Japón mantuvo la tasa en 0,75%. Pero la GRAN particularidad fue la votación:
▪️Reunión anterior: 8 votaron por mantener, 1
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Look at the orange band that's US crude.

It's now Europe's 2nd supplier, after Norway.

The Atlantic basin (Norway + US + UK + Brazil + Guyana) is doing the work the Gulf used to.

This is the new reality.

OPEC isn't pricing Europe anymore... The Atlantic does.

Source: S&P Global Commodities
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