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Geopolitical tensions heating up again - Trump's threatening military action against Iran and announcing a maritime blockade starting today. This kind of news always shakes things up across markets, and we're seeing it play out right now.
Crude oil futures are having a field day with an 8% jump at the open this morning. Meanwhile, us stocks futures are getting hit, down over 1%, while the dollar's climbing 0.4%. Gold and silver are both taking losses of more than 2%, which is interesting given they usually benefit from geopolitical uncertainty.
Crypto's feeling the pressure too. Bitcoin's trading around $75.96K with a 2.19% drop in the last 24 hours. Ethereum pulled back to around $2.27K, down 1.47% in the same period. Solana's holding at $83.43. The broader market cap is down about 2.8% to $2.49 trillion. Some altcoins are moving though - ENJ is up over 21%, SOLV gained 14%, but plenty are getting hit on the downside as well.
When you see us stocks futures selling off like this alongside commodity moves, it usually signals traders are reassessing risk across the board. The crypto market's following the broader risk-off sentiment. Worth keeping an eye on how this develops as more details come out about the Iran situation.