Iran’s Kharg Island oil shipments halt for first time since war began

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The post Iran’s Kharg Island oil shipments halt for first time since war began appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Iran’s main oil export terminal, Kharg Island, has gone dark. For the first time since regional conflict escalated, seaborne crude shipments from the facility have ground to a prolonged halt, with satellite imagery showing no tankers loading for multiple consecutive days. The stoppage isn’t a technical glitch or a scheduling gap. It’s the result of an intensified US naval blockade that has now prevented Iran from successfully exporting crude oil by sea for 28 straight days. What Kharg Island means for Iran’s economy Here’s the thing about Kharg Island: it handles nearly 90% of Iran’s oil exports. It’s not just important infrastructure. It is the infrastructure, the single chokepoint through which almost all of Iran’s crude reaches the global market. Satellite images have confirmed what tracking data suggested: no oil tankers have been loading at the terminal for an extend

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The post Trump signals China to buy soybeans, Boeing jets amid Iran shift appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. United States (US) President Donald Trump made a series of comments on China, Iran and Taiwan on Friday, according to Reuters reports. Trump said he discussed Fentanyl with Chinese President Xi Jinping and announced that China would buy “billions of dollars” worth of US soybeans. He also stated that Beijing had agreed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, with a potential commitment of up to 750 planes. Regarding Iran, Trump said he would make a decision “over the next few days” on potentially lifting sanctions on Chinese Oil companies that buy Iranian Oil. He also said he would support a 20-year suspension of Iran’s nuclear program under certain conditions. On Taiwan, Trump said US policy had “not changed” and stressed that the United States was “not looking to have wars.” Key Takeaways I talked about Fentanyl with Xi.The farmers are going to be very happy, China is going to be bu

The post US Dollar Index: Rates support further gains – Societe Generale appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Societe Generale’s Kit Juckes links the Dollar’s trajectory to shifting interest rate and growth differentials, noting that US 2-year Treasury yields have surged since the war with Iran while the Dollar Index has only modestly advanced. He argues the Dollar still has room to rally, with the bank’s end-2026 DXY forecast above Bloomberg consensus. US yields outpace peers, backing Dollar “Still, the chart below of the Dollar Index and 2-year Note yields, does tell an interesting story. The dollar was already rallying before the Presidential election and continued to do so until January 2025.” “From September 2025 until the outbreak of the war with Iran, 2-year Treasury yields stayed low, in a 3.4-3.7% range despite strong economic growth, an investment boom and signs of inflationary pressures at the margin. Over the same period, the Dollar Index meandered around in a 96-101 range,