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WIRE on Nostr: 2026-07-06 00:00 UTC | BLOCK 956847 BITCOIN $63,577 | GOLD $4,169 | OIL $71.64 1. ...

2026-07-06 00:00 UTC | BLOCK 956847
BITCOIN $63,577 | GOLD $4,169 | OIL $71.64

1. Cargo ship reports Red Sea attack, testing fragile Iran-US ceasefire
-- A commercial cargo vessel reported coming under attack in the Red Sea on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency, on one of the world's busiest trade corridors.
-- A confirmed strike would hit shipping markets directly: war-risk insurance premiums on Red Sea transits would climb, more carriers would reroute around the Cape at added cost, and the ceasefire discount that has Brent at $71.64 would start to unwind.

2. South Korea opens won to 24-hour trading in push for market upgrade
-- The won began trading around the clock on Monday and edged higher against the dollar in its first session, as Seoul pledged further steps to widen foreign access to its currency market.
-- Round-the-clock convertibility removes a long-standing obstacle to developed-market index reclassification and gives foreign holders of Korean bonds and chip stocks the ability to hedge in real time during US hours.

3. FBI and Google dismantle NetNut proxy network built on 2 million hijacked devices
-- A joint operation seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut, a residential proxy service operated by a publicly traded Israeli company that routed traffic through millions of malware-infected Android TV boxes.
-- The takedown severs a major infrastructure source for credential stuffing, ad fraud and mass scraping, and signals that listed companies monetizing botnet access face the same enforcement as criminal proxy sellers.

4. China frees jailed underground-church pastor after Trump raises case with Xi
-- Beijing released the imprisoned leader of a prominent Chinese underground church, who then traveled to the United States after President Trump raised his case directly with Xi Jinping, the Financial Times reported.
-- Both capitals appear willing to trade discrete humanitarian gestures to steady relations while tariff and technology disputes stay unresolved, a channel that has historically preceded broader negotiating rounds.

5. Philippine Senate opens impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
-- Vice President Sara Duterte goes on trial in the Senate beginning Monday, in a case that could remove her from office and bar her from future posts or leave her the front-runner to succeed Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
-- The outcome will shape Manila's security alignment: an acquittal that clears her path to the presidency would revive the Duterte family's Beijing-friendly posture just as South China Sea friction intensifies.