u/Woodpecker5987

An anonymous miner using CKPool’s solo service found block 943,411 earlier today.

They received 3.139 BTC in rewards and transaction fees... about $210,000 at current prices.

Solo wins like this have become pretty rare. Solo miners have only found around 20 blocks in the past year, even with network difficulty staying near all-time highs.

Article: https://coinedition.com/solo-bitcoin-miner-nets-210k-reward-amid-rising-mining-competition/

Anyone still running a solo setup these days, or is it mostly pools now?

The numbers came in this morning: nonfarm payrolls rose 178,000 in March while economists were looking for around 60,000. Unemployment ticked down to 4.3%.

Even with the Iran situation pushing oil higher this week, the labor market looks steadier than a lot of recent months. Does this data make rate cuts less likely, or does it just highlight how the economy is managing the extra pressure?

Full details in the Fox Business write-up: https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-jobs-report-march-2026

A report out today shows Iran charging ships roughly $1 per barrel (around $2 million per large tanker) to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles about 20% of global oil supply. Because of sanctions, payments are being made in Chinese yuan, Iranian rials, or stablecoins instead of dollars or SWIFT.

Link

According to the CoinEdition article, this marks one of the clearer examples of stablecoins moving into large-scale commodity trade for fast, bank-free settlement. Traffic through the strait has already dropped, risks are higher, and costs are rising for everyone involved.

It’s not full oil sales in crypto yet, but it’s a practical use case in a major trade route. Does this feel like a one-off workaround for sanctions, or could it quietly open the door for more on-chain payments in energy markets? Link in comments if you want to read the details. What do you make of it?

JUST IN: Trump says US will exit Iran in two to three weeks.

The heat map shows a lot of the major stocks up nicely, especially tech names like NVDA, META and MSFT.

This rally seems connected to hopes that tensions with Iran might ease. Oil prices pulled back some from recent highs, which helped lift sentiment across the board.

My portfolio finally had a decent day after getting hit pretty hard the last couple weeks. Still, these swings on Middle East headlines have been intense.

Oil back to $100 as US-Iran conflict continues to escalateCrude oil prices have surged back above the key $100 psychological level, with WTI trading near $101–103 per barrel and Brent climbing toward $112–115 as the US-Iran conflict enters its second month.

Ongoing military actions, threats to the Strait of Hormuz, and fading hopes for a quick ceasefire have injected a heavy geopolitical risk premium, pushing benchmarks up over 40–50% in recent weeks despite occasional profit-taking on de-escalation rumors.

While short-term volatility remains high, sustained supply concerns from the region could keep prices elevated unless meaningful diplomatic progress emerges.

According to the Wall Street Journal, President Trump told aides he’s ready to wrap up the U.S. campaign against Iran in the next few weeks even if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t fully reopened right away. He basically told other countries on Truth Social to step up and handle it themselves since the “hard part is done.” The article notes that around 20% of global oil moves through there, and the closure has already pushed U.S. crude above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022.

I was checking stock futures on Bitget CFDs earlier today and you could see the hesitation in real time – modest dips in the indices while oil held its gains. It feels like the market is still pricing in longer-term uncertainty around energy supply rather than expecting an immediate fix.

Not sure if this changes anyone’s thinking on energy names or broader indexes. The four-to-six-week timeline Trump mentioned earlier now looks a bit more flexible. Anyone else watching this play out the same way, or are you sitting tight?

Link: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-ee950ad4

Trump told the Financial Times that his preference would be to "take the oil in Iran" and mentioned the possibility of seizing Kharg Island, their main export terminal. He compared it to what happened in Venezuela earlier this year.

At the same time, Kuwait reported an attack on a power and water facility over the weekend that they linked to Iran. Oil prices have moved sharply higher as a result – Brent crude is now trading above $116.

This type of geopolitical risk is bringing back some safe-haven buying in the dollar. EURUSD and GBPUSD have both given up ground today while the DXY has edged higher. The price action looks fairly straightforward right now: risk-off flows are in control.

I'm not fighting the dollar strength at the moment and will watch how things develop over the next few sessions. Not sure if talks cool this off or if we see more moves into the weekend.

Here's the article:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/30/trump-iran-oil-middle-east-war-israel-us-kuwait-attack-.html

What are you watching on the dollar pairs with this news? Any setups standing out to you?

Iran is making roughly $140 million every day in oil revenue as Brent crude holds above $100, based on FT numbers.

The high prices are letting their exports keep moving despite the tensions. That same environment has given energy stocks a lift over the past couple of weeks. At the same time, the futures curve is still in backwardation, which suggests a lot of traders expect this spike to fade soon.

Anyone adding to energy names like XOM or CVX here, or waiting for more clarity before jumping in? What's your take?