Overview
- Diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran have stalled, with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi saying negotiations cannot restart under current conditions and oil jumping to the high‑$80s as a result.
- Global equity futures and bond markets turned cautious as higher crude raised the risk of stronger headline inflation and complicated the Federal Reserve’s rate outlook ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. consumer‑price report.
- Bitcoin has failed repeatedly to hold above $65,000 and traded near $63,800 on Tuesday, pressured by a reversal of spot ETF inflows, reported $144.6 million of ETF outflows on Monday, and rising exchange reserves around 2.71 million BTC.
- Analysts flagged a technical liquidation risk with concentrated unliquidated long positions below $57,000 that could amplify a crypto selloff if prices break lower.
- Large tech moves reshaped sector sentiment: Bloomberg reported a roughly $9.1 billion Riot–Anthropic cloud deal that sent Riot shares sharply higher and Intel completed an upsized $20 billion equity offering, each adding volatility as markets weigh macro risks.