Bitcoin Bid But Most Markets 'Meh' Ahead Of Trump's Iran Deadline

Tl;dr: With Europe still out for the loooong weekend, markets were less liquid, a little jittery, but the bottom line is that stocks, bonds, and oil ended very modestly better amid a literal avalanche of increasing and decreasing rhetoric (and actions) with traders anxious ahead of Trump's deadline tomorrow (and a stagflation-signaling Service sector survey - prices soaring, orders up, jobs falling). Gold and the dollar were flat while BTC stood out as the only asset with significant gains.

Small uptick in hard data as 'soft' data dragged it higher...

Oil