Sept 7: Bitcoin Stalls Below $80K as AI, Quantum Computing and War Reshape the Risk Picture

Podcast Summary

Bitcoin remains below $80,000 as a surprisingly strong August jobs report, a 4.1% unemployment rate, renewed U.S.-Iran fighting and Brent crude near $97 complicate the outlook for interest rates and inflation. Matt also corrects conflicting weekend reports about the military escalation: U.S. officials say Iranian ballistic missiles targeted an American aircraft carrier and destroyer but did not hit them, after which the United States struck three Iranian oil tankers.

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