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Crypto markets are showing some hesitation today as traders wait on a potential US-Iran deal to actually cross the finish line. Bitcoin, ether, and solana are all seeing profit-taking, and while ETF outflows have paused after a record run, analysts say the market wants ink on paper before pricing in any geopolitical relief.

Across the Pacific, the Bank of Japan made a significant move, raising its key interest rate by twenty-five basis points to one percent — the highest level since nineteen ninety-five. Bitcoin actually climbed on the news, which tells you something about how traders are reading the macro environment and repositioning around shifts in global capital flows.

Meanwhile, the FBI has quietly built something remarkable in the physical world — a twenty-two thousand square foot mock town complete with a gas station, residential homes, and a data center running two hundred hackable servers. It's a training ground for cyber agents, and it reflects how seriously the bureau is treating digital crime as a discipline that demands realistic, hands-on preparation.

That's the shape of today's tech landscape. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.

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