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Oil and gold rally on Iran standoff as crypto sells off and NYSE owner bets $600M on Polymarket
Oil shock hits crypto, BlackRock moves funds, ICE backs Polymarket, and Musk lines up retail for SpaceX IPO.
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The old playbook says geopolitical chaos sends investors running to safety.
This week, safety means oil, gold, and apparently prediction markets.
Meanwhile, crypto is taking the hit that equities absorbed weeks ago.
The traditional and digital finance worlds keep colliding in unexpected ways.
Here's what's moving and why it matters.
Oil and gold surge as Iran threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guard declared it will block Strait of Hormuz traffic tied to US and Israeli allies.
The strait handles roughly 20% of the world's oil supply daily.
A sustained blockade would send energy prices spiraling and deepen global inflation pressures.
Markets
Crypto catches the sell-off that equities felt weeks ago
BlackRock moved $181M in Bitcoin and Ether to Coinbase amid the downturn.
The transfers coincided with $171M in net outflows from US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
Rising Treasury yields near 4.5% are making risk assets harder to justify.
BTC slipped near $66K, ETH fell below $2K, SOL dropped toward $84, and XRP eased to $1.34.
NYSE owner ICE pours $600M into prediction market Polymarket
Intercontinental Exchange just completed a $600M direct cash investment in Polymarket.
The deal marks the largest traditional finance bet on a prediction market platform to date.
When the NYSE's parent company buys in, prediction markets stop being a niche experiment.
SpaceX IPO may give retail investors 30% allocation
Musk is reportedly planning to reserve nearly a third of SpaceX shares for retail buyers.
Most IPOs cap retail at 5% to 10%.
Musk wants to reward individual backers ahead of what could be the largest US listing ever.
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