Show Notes
Bitcoin heads into September under pressure as renewed U.S.-Iran strikes push oil above $90 and markets sharply raise the odds of a Fed rate hike after Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech. Despite September’s historically weak reputation, midterm-year seasonality has often been much stronger, while gold is still coming off its best month since January.
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