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DRILL, BABY, DRILL 🛢 Trump lit up Truth Social with a blunt order:

“KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I’M WATCHING.”

The timing is no coincidence. Six supertankers have already turned away from the Strait of Hormuz after new U.S. strikes on Iran. That waterway moves 20% of the world’s seaborne crude, so any pause there adds an instant risk premium to Brent price 📈 Trump’s math is simple. A $10 move in Brent adds roughly $0.25 to a gallon of U.S. gas. Higher pump prices hit voters, push headline inflation up, and lock the Fed into higher rates. Cheap fuel is a campaign promise he cannot lose. His playbook: talk prices down, accelerate shale permits, and threaten another Strategic Petroleum Reserve release to keep Brent near $70 and U.S. gas below $3.50. That's why in his today's post addressing the U.S. Department of Energy he said:

"DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!"

🇷🇺 Across the table, President of Russia, Vladimir Putin is urging OPEC plus to keep supply tight. Russian oil revenue still covers roughly 30% of the federal budget, and costs of war with Ukraine are climbing. Moscow needs oil prices to go up to avoid deeper borrowing. The funny thing is that, although Iran is an ally of Russia, Russia has an interest in escalating the conflict with Israel and the U.S. in order to push Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. This would inevitably lead to an oil supply shock and big price pump 🧠

Bitcoin drops below $100,000 after Iranian Parliament approved closure of the Strait of Hormuz in response to US strikes 📉 The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transit route, can disrupt global oil supply, spike energy prices 📈 This will increase geopolitical tensions, and trigger market volatility because about 20 % of the world’s oil supply transits the Strait of Hormuz each day 🛢

United States launches attack on Iran's nuclear facilities 💣 Donald Trump announced U.S. military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. 🇮🇱 Strikes support Israel's ongoing campaign against Iran's nuclear program It seems the crypto market was pricing in this happening for the past few days, as the price even rallied after the news was released 🤔 🪙 Bitcoin — $102,584 (↓0.5%) ⚪️ Ethereum — $2,287 (↓4.9%)

Texas Creates Official State Bitcoin Reserve 🟠 Texas just signed SB 21 into law. The state will now hold Bitcoin in a strategic reserve managed by the comptroller. A Bitcoin advisory committee is also being formed to guide strategy. One more step in Bitcoin becoming part of public financial infrastructure. This is big 🐂

Top 5 tools for smarter portfolio management 🐷 Tracking your crypto manually is a waste of time — and mistakes get expensive. These tools help you monitor, rebalance, and understand what you're really holding. 🔖 DeBank — The go-to dashboard for tracking wallet balances across EVM chains. Also shows portfolio history, token approvals, and DeFi positions. 🔖 Zerion — Lets you view your portfolio across wallets and chains, trade tokens, and buy NFTs — all in one place. Clean UI and mobile-friendly. 🔖 Rotki — A privacy-first portfolio tracker that runs locally. Tracks balances, DeFi activity, taxes, and even legacy finance. Open-source and offline by default. 🔖 Kubera — Not crypto-only. Tracks your entire net worth: crypto, stocks, real estate, bank accounts. Great for seeing everything in one dashboard. 🔖 CoinStats — Connects to wallets and CEXs, tracks balances, and offers automated insights like gains, losses, and staking yield. Save this list for later 📌

How to Become Poor 🤔 Most advice out there tells you how to get rich. But that’s only half the picture. If you don’t also know what not to do — the habits, choices, and mindsets that lead straight to poverty — you’re playing with one eye closed. This post is about the other side. The proven steps for going broke fast (or staying broke forever). Study them carefully — and avoid at all costs 👇 1️⃣Always spend more than you earn. Use loans for everyday stuff. The higher the interest, the better. Payday loans, microcredit apps — perfect. 2️⃣Avoid learning anything about money. Don’t ask how banks work or what inflation is. Assume it's all too complicated or just a scam. 3️⃣Never invest. Keep all your money in cash or on a debit card. Markets are scary and hard. 4️⃣Live on one income. If something goes wrong, cross your fingers. Don’t bother learning new skills or looking for side income. 5️⃣Buy things to impress people. Clothes, gadgets, cars — even if you can’t afford them. Image over logic. 6️⃣Waste your free time. Watch shows, scroll endlessly. Learning something new is for nerds. 7️⃣Avoid taking responsibility. Blame your boss, the economy, your parents — anyone but yourself. 8️⃣And finally: drink often, gamble, try drugs, ignore your health, and surround yourself with poor people who do the same. That’s the real poverty accelerator. Stick to this and success (in staying broke) is guaranteed ❗️

Inflation is just another tax. You don't vote on it. You just pay it 😱 Governments inflate the money supply. Prices rise. Your savings buy less. 📊 The OECD now projects inflation across developed countries will stay elevated well into 2026. Even if it "cools" in relative terms, it's still compounding losses year after year. You might not notice it month to month, but over time the damage adds up. Here's a real-world example: 🤔 Imagine you saved 41,000,000 Colombian pesos, about $10,000 today. You held it in cash for a decade as your emergency fund while annual inflation averaged 4.5%. 🤔 After 10 years your money retains only about 63.1% of its purchasing power. That's over 15 million pesos gone while you didn’t spend a single peso... @CoinPost

💸 Mexico’s Bitcoin Billionaire Buys the Dip Ricardo Salinas Pliego just loaded up on more Bitcoin — again. He is the third-richest man in Mexico and he's not trying to time the market. 📈 Ricardo is already 70% in BTC, he says he’s “edging closer” to going all in. While others panic over Middle East tensions and a 7% pullback, Salinas is doubling down. His take? Bitcoin > gold. Fiat = scam 😎

16 billion credentials leaked in ongoing mega breach 💻 Analysts discovered 30 active data leaks, exposing a total of 16 billion credentials — most of them fresh, stolen by infostealer malware. 🔑 It includes recent usernames, passwords, session tokens, cookies, and metadata. All packaged in structured formats, perfect for automated credential stuffing and phishing at scale. The data was left exposed through misconfigured cloud storage. It covered everything from Google and Apple IDs to Telegram, GitHub, VPNs, etc. One of the datasets alone had 3.5B Portuguese-language entries. Another had 60M Telegram accounts. 😱 For crypto users, the risk is especially high. Anyone storing seed phrases in the cloud, or relying on password-only wallets, is exposed. Take action 👇 ⏺Change your passwords, starting with email and finance. ⏺Use Multi-factor authentication. ⏺Don’t reuse passwords. ⏺Consider passkeys. ⏺Revoke third-party access on old accounts.

Trump Really Hates the Fed Chair 🤬 Trump is on a full-blown warpath against Jerome Powell. He’s furious that the Fed hasn’t slashed rates already — and he's made it very clear why: 📉 Lower rates mean cheaper debt, a pumped stock market, and a strong setup for the midterm elections. Trump knows this, and he's not hiding his frustration. Some of his recent quotes are wild 🤣 🔴“Jerome Powell is a FOOL, who doesn’t have a clue.” 🔴“Too Late, Too Late Powell… It’s like talking to a wall.” 🔴“He’s a numbskull… I may have to force something.” 🔴“Maybe I should go to the Fed. Am I allowed to appoint myself at the Fed?” 🔴“Truly one of the dumbest, and most destructive, people in Government.” But here’s the kicker: Trump can’t fire him. The Fed Chair serves a 4-year term, and legally, presidents can’t remove him for policy disagreements. So for now, he’s stuck screaming on Truth Social while Jerome Powell, currently in his second term, will stay in place until May 15, 2026 🤷‍♀️

Nasdaq valuations are outpacing money supply growth 😮 At the start of 2025, Nasdaq market cap hit 142% of M2 — the highest ratio on record. The last time it came close was during the Dot Com bubble peak in early 2000. 🔼 This spike has been driven almost entirely by a small group of AI-related mega-cap tech stocks. Broader participation remains weak. M2 saw its first annual contraction since the Great Depression in 2023. It has started to recover, but the growth rate remains below long-term averages. Without sustained M2 expansion, this level of market cap relative to liquidity is difficult to support. I'm not saying that the top is in for tech stocks but it's been so overheated only one time in history... 💣

Iranian exchange Nobitex hacked for $48M 💰 One of Iran’s largest crypto exchanges, Nobitex, was hacked for $48 million in user funds. The attacker moved the stolen assets to this TRON address:

TKFuckiRGCTerroristsNoBiTEXy2r7mNX

TRON wallets allow vanity prefixes, and the hacker used it to send a clear message. It insults the IRGC (Iran’s Revolutionary Guard), labels them terrorists, and mocks Nobitex 🤣

Middle East conflict escalates. US may join strikes 😨 Israel continues to strike targets deep inside Iran. Airspace dominance is holding. Iran is responding with missile barrages aimed at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 💥 President Trump has called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” He directly threatened Supreme Leader Khamenei, but said there is no intent to kill him “for now.” 🛫 The US has deployed additional fighter jets to the region and extended bomber operations. Current missions are defensive, focused on intercepting incoming Iranian missiles. Trump is meeting with the National Security Council. US participation in Israel’s bombing campaign is now under consideration. Traders on Polymarket rate the probability of US military action against Iran before July at 73% 📊

Why Traders Obsess Over the Fed and How to Track It 🔍 The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. Its most powerful tool is the federal funds rate, which is the short-term interest rate banks charge each other. This rate influences all borrowing costs in the economy — from mortgages to business loans. ⬆️ When the Fed raises rates, borrowing gets more expensive and liquidity tightens. That usually puts pressure on stocks and crypto. Lower rates make money cheaper, encourage risk-taking, and often send prices higher. That’s why rate changes affect your crypto bags more than you think. Tomorrow, on June 18, the Fed will announce its next rate decision. Traders expect no changes. Here’s what the market is pricing in, according to CME FedWatch Tool: ⏺ June 18 — 99.8% chance of no change ⏺ July 30 — 87.5% chance of no change ⏺ September 17 — 57.9% chance of 0.25% cut and 7.6% chance of 0.50% cut FedWatch Tool by CME tracks these probabilities using interest rate futures. It gives traders a real-time view of how markets expect the Fed to act. Crypto is sensitive to rate expectations because liquidity fuels speculation 👇 Let’s say traders expect a 0.25% cut with 60% probability, but the Fed goes for a 0.50% cut instead. 🕯 Markets would likely go wild. Stocks and crypto could pump hard, depending on how unexpected this decision was and what Fed Chair says during the press conference. #FAQ

Trump leaves G7 early as Israel-Iran crisis escalates 😨 President Trump is cutting his G7 trip short and flying back to DC tonight. The White House says it’s because of the unfolding situation in the Middle East. 😨 Israeli strikes have reportedly wiped out parts of Khamenei’s inner circle. Iran has not returned to the negotiating table. 🇫🇷 Macron stated that the US had offered to meet with Iranian officials to negotiate. Trump has now turned on Tucker Carlson and claimed that 'America First' can also mean doing everything to not let Iran get nukes. Chinese Embassy in Israel advises Chinese citizens to leave Israel through land border crossings as soon as possible 😨 Bitcoin dumped by 1.85% from today's highs on this news ⬇️

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, recently filed a trademark application for "JPMD" 📝 $JPMD could be a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, potentially named "JPMorgan Dollar" 😮 JPMorgan has been involved with blockchain technology since launching JPM Coin in 2019. A stablecoin launch could be its next big step. I'm super bullish 👍

Bitcoin is back at $107k. Here’s most bullish recent crypto news 👇 ⏺️Vietnam legalizes crypto with a new law that officially recognizes digital assets and related businesses. The legislation includes tax incentives and government-backed workforce training. It takes effect in January 2026 and positions Vietnam as a serious player in the region. ⏺️Crypto ETP inflows hit $1.9B last week, with $1.3B going into Bitcoin products alone. That’s the strongest signal yet of sustained institutional interest, and it’s fueling price momentum across majors. ⏺️PayPal Stripe and Shopify are all deepening crypto support. PayPal expands its stablecoin utility, Shopify now accepts USDC via Stripe, and Stripe just acquired crypto-native identity tool Privy. This isn’t hype — it’s real infrastructure rollout. ⏺️Trump’s Truth Social filed an S-1 to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. It’s a political play, but also a sign of how far crypto has penetrated mainstream finance and media. ⏺️Tron is planning a US public listing after the SEC paused its probe into founder Justin Sun. The move will bring more visibility to TRX and could re-ignite interest in its ecosystem. ⏺️CoinShares filed an S-1 for a spot Solana ETF, joining a growing list of firms trying to get institutional access to SOL. If approved, this could be a major demand driver.

APR vs APY — and why it matters for your money 🤑 When you see an offer like “Earn 50% on your crypto,” ask one question: is that APR or APY? ⏺APR (Annual Percentage Rate) is simple interest. You earn returns on your initial deposit only. ⏺APY (Annual Percentage Yield) includes compound interest. It means your earned interest is reinvested and starts earning too. Here’s the difference: 💸 Invest $100,000 at 10% APR → you earn $10,000 after one year. Invest $100,000 at 10% APY (compounded monthly) → you earn $10,470. After 5 years, it’s $50,000 vs $64,100. Same rate — different result. 🤑 If you’re staking, lending, farming, or earning passive yield, always check if your interest is compounded. If not, you’re missing out. Most platforms compound automatically, some require manual compounding. Do it once a month. Anything more frequent gives almost no benefit and just wastes your time 🧮 #FAQ

BOOM! $ZKJ token of Polyhedra Network dumped by 85% in one big red candle 🔽 🤔 No one knows what happened but we are most likely dealing with either unannounced team sell-off or liquidity some kind of manipulation I hope nobody held this worthless coin, maybe someone even shorted before the dump? 💬

Right now, Iranian missiles are heading toward Israel. Explosions are being reported in the north. Sirens are sounding across several cities. Israel is openly calling on the U.S. to join the war 😱 Iran launched missiles toward Haifa, where one may have hit an oil refinery. 📈 Oil markets already jumped more than 10% on the first round of strikes. That was before tonight's attacks. The risk to the Strait of Hormuz is growing. Around 20% of global oil moves through that waterway. Any disruption there would hit supply and send prices higher fast 🛢 OPEC has limited spare production. If Iran’s exports slow or stop, there is no quick replacement. 🤔 Markets open soon. If this continues, oil at $100 is not a prediction. It’s a likely outcome.