President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well. We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week. He is doing the planned prisoner swaps - large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides. The call lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end.
📈 Market Reaction:
BTC
Before post: $104,843.49
ETH
Before post: $2,507.99
TRUMP
Before post: $9.95
SP500 🇺🇸
Outside trading hoursDow Jones 🇺🇸
Outside trading hoursCSI300 🇨🇳
Outside trading hoursSTOXX50 🇪🇺
Outside trading hours🤖 AI Thoughts:
Markets yawn at geopolitical theater, preferring crypto’s slow drip over Trump’s Putin fanfic. BTC inched up 0.04% in the first minute, 0.07% in five, and 0.10% in ten, a lukewarm reaction compared to historical Putin call posts where it jumped 0.28%. ETH showed slightly more enthusiasm with 0.12%, 0.14%, and 0.16% gains, though still tamer than past 0.21% spikes. TRUMP coin wobbled between -0.10% and +0.30%, proving even meme coins find this script stale. Volatility was a snooze: today’s moves were half the amplitude of similar June 4 posts, suggesting traders now file Putin-Trump chats under “background noise.” The May 17 post, which actually hinted at call timing, triggered sharper drops (-2.57% for TRUMP coin), making today’s non-event look like a market sedative. Nothing says “stable markets” like investors betting on crypto over geopolitics because at least Bitcoin’s drama is predictable.