Mixed War News Keeps Oil Firm and the Greenback Consolidating north War developments pulled in both directions, leaving investors on edge On the one hand, Iran struck an oil tanker, carrying Kuwait oil, in port in Dubai. On the other hand, reports suggest President Trump told aides he is willing to wind down hostilities and pressure Iran diplomatically to re- [...]
US Dollar's Advance Continues but Verbal Threats Lift the Yen north The Middle East war rages on. The Houthis have entered the fray and there is risk that it shuts the Bab El-Mandeb Strait. Aluminum and steel facilities have been reportedly attacked. The US continues to amass forces, including troops, ostensibly for a potential landing operation. There seem to [...]
April 2026 Monthly north Wars rarely stay where they start. The Israeli and American military campaign against Iran—the most direct confrontation with Tehran in decades—has sent shockwaves well beyond the Middle East. The fog of war obscures the tactical picture almost daily, but the economic transmission mechanisms [...]
The Dollar and Oil are Bid north The dollar and oil remain firm. The market has a had muted reaction to President Trump’s announcement late yesterday that it will extend its pledge not to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure for ten days (April 6). At the same time, reports indicate the US is considering sending more troops to [...]
Celo’s First Year as an L2: Scaling the Programmable Rails for Global Finance north One year ago today, Celo returned home to Ethereum.On March 26, 2025 at 3am UTC, Celo’s core engineers successfully migrated the network from an EVM-compatible, standalone Layer 1 blockchain to an Ethereum Layer 2 leveraging the OP Stack. This milestone migration was supported by more than 100 [...]