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U.S. equities fell sharply after a surprise tariff escalation and renewed AI disruption concerns, spurring flight to safe havens. Separately, spatial-AI startup World Labs closed a $1 billion round, underscoring a VC tilt toward deep scientific platforms with clear commercialization paths.

The Reserve Bank of Australia cautioned that investor exuberance—fueled in part by heavy AI-driven capital spending—raises bubble risks, while Pakistan’s equity benchmark plunged nearly 10%, underscoring frontier-market political and financing vulnerabilities. Both developments demand tighter risk controls and selective hedging.

A landmark Supreme Court ruling invalidated former administrations' IEEPA-based tariffs, prompting equity gains, a softer dollar and commodity price shifts. At ETH Denver, researchers warned that advances in quantum computing heighten risks to current Bitcoin signatures, accelerating interest in quantum-resistant cryptography.

A $36.3B wave of equity and bond inflows this week reflects cooling AI fears and renewed hopes for Fed rate cuts, while TryfactaConnex's $7.7B plan to build a 1GW AI data‑center campus in Uttar Pradesh spotlights a major infrastructure play for AI compute in India.

Renewed U.S.–Iran tensions and cooling enthusiasm for AI valuations triggered a broad equities pullback and private equity stress, while a separate shift—retail access to overnight trading—continues to reshape intraday participation. Investors should reassess concentration in AI-heavy holdings, consider safe-haven hedges, and understand liquidity risks when trading extended hours.

A tentative Iran–U.S. agreement on guiding principles for a nuclear deal sparked swift commodity moves: Brent crude fell toward $67.50, European natural gas slid below €30/MWh and gold pulled back. Separately, CNB Bank joined the Federal Reserve System as a state member bank, a niche regulatory shift with implications for regional-bank investors.