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The dollar is holding modest gains today, with the DXY index up a fraction after crude oil climbed more than two percent to a one-week high. That move in oil is stoking inflation expectations, giving traders reason to believe the Fed may need to keep policy tighter for longer, lending the greenback some support.
Staying with the currency conversation, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is sounding a longer-term alarm. Dimon warned that dollar reserve currency status isn't guaranteed, tying it directly to American military and economic supremacy. His message was blunt — lose the edge on both fronts over the next twenty-five years, and the dollar's privileged position in global finance goes with it.
On the corporate side, Tesla has embedded a Starlink satellite internet dish into its Cybercab robotaxi, deepening the operational ties between Elon Musk's companies. The integration is a practical hedge against the connectivity gaps Musk himself once called robotaxi Bermuda Triangles — dead zones where autonomous vehicles lose signal and lose their way. Merger speculation between the two companies continues to simmer in the background.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
