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* Taking into account what happened last week can give you an advantage for the coming week. Let's recap:
-On Monday, Trump postponed the ATTACKS on the ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE of Iran for 5 days and claimed to have had good conversations with Iran.
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied Trump's statement about peace talks and stated that Iran has had "no direct or indirect contact with the United States."
Ukraine ATTACKED the LARGEST OIL PORT of Russia.
Ares and Apollo blocked withdrawals from their $25B private credit funds.
-On Tuesday, the UN warned of FAMINES.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) partners with Securitize to develop a tokenized securities platform available 24/7.
QatarEnergy (produces and exports 20% of global natural gas) declared that it will not be able to fulfill NATURAL GAS contracts with China, Italy, South Korea, and Belgium.
On Wednesday, the US sent a 15-point CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL to Iran, mediated by Pakistan.
Franklin Templeton ($1.5T AUM) partnered with Ondo Finance to tokenize 5 of its ETFs.
Trump threatened with a post to Iran: "take it seriously soon, before it’s too late."
Trump on national television: "I am not sure if we can or want to reach an agreement with Iran."
-On Thursday, they BROKE $16.4B in BTC and ETH options, the largest amount of the year.
Trump stated that he is PAUSING the "period of DESTRUCTION of energy plants" in Iran for another 10 days, until April 6.
The Pentagon began preparing to deploy TROOPS to Iran and is considering sending an additional 10,000 ground troops.
-On Friday, Trump's APPROVAL fell to the LOWEST level of his TWO TERMS.
UBS bank froze $469M from the Euroinvest fund for a period of 36 months.
The Houthis have joined the war and threaten to close the Bab al-Mandeb strait (through which 12% of ALL global trade passes).
The main scenario suggests an extremely volatile week is approaching...
The TOTAL FOCUS is on the WAR and on OIL.
* THE WAR FOR BITCOIN HAS BEGUN...
In recent weeks, uncertainty has surged in the Crypto sector following conflicts between BANKS and CRYPTO companies like Coinbase delaying the approval of the Clarity Act and threatening that it may never be approved...
* Coin Center director warns of “crypto hell” if the Clarity law does not advance.
Peter Van Valkenburgh argued that the real risk is not in further regulating cryptocurrencies, but in leaving developers without clear legal protections, which -according to him- would open the door to a scenario of regulatory persecution and political discretion.
* Europe would move forward with a "MiCA 2.0" law for DeFi.
The ECB proposes to regulate DeFi upon detecting concentrated control and lack of accountability in DAOs.
A bank report indicates that the 100 largest holders control more than 80% of the governance.
* Bitcoin skeptic, Peter Schiff, now questions new mortgages with Bitcoin and USDC.
The economist objected to the use of USDC as collateral as he says that the stablecoin does not generate returns.
He claims it is more logical to sell it directly to make a down payment without interest costs.