🇺🇸🪖🗺 — Observers report that the United States Military is rapidly expanding its footprint in the Middle East, moving additional fighter aircraft, ships, air defense, and support assets into the region.

🛥 The USS Abraham Lincoln and its Carrier Strike Group is in the Indian Ocean and will soon enter the U.S. 5th Fleet/Central Command AOR
🛩 3x F-15E Strike Eagle squadrons now forward deployed
🛩 Increased USAF KC-135 and C-17 flights supporting the buildup
🚀 Patriot and THAAD air defense systems reportedly en route

🔗 Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones)

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🥈 📈‼️ SILVER Futures at COMEX surpassed for the first time in history $97/oz, reaching a new All Time High at $97.525/oz!

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🥇📈🚀GOLD Futures at COMEX surpassed for the first time in history $4950/oz, reaching a new All Time High at $4970/oz!

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🥈 📈‼️ SILVER Futures at COMEX surpassed for the first time in history $98/oz, reaching a new All Time High at $98.605/oz!

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🥈 📈‼️ SILVER Futures at COMEX surpassed for the first time in history $99/oz, reaching a new All Time High at $99.2/oz!

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🥈 📈‼️ SILVER Futures at COMEX surpassed today, January 23, 2026, for the first time in history $100/oz, reaching a new All Time High at $100.19/oz!

EDIT: ATH at $100.45/oz few moments later

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🥇📈🚀PAX GOLD (PAXG) Spot at Binance surpassed for the first time in history $5000/oz, reaching a new All Time High at $5009.96/oz!

For the records, Pax Gold (PAXG) token is backed by one fine troy ounce of gold, stored in LBMA vaults in London. If you own PAXG, you own the underlying physical gold, held in custody by Paxos Trust Company.

https://www.binance.com/en/trade/PAXG_USDT
https://www.paxos.com/pax-gold

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🇷🇺📈🥇Russia gains $216 billion in gold rally, replacing lost assets

Russia has reaped a windfall from a surge in gold prices since the start of its war in Ukraine, generating gains on a scale comparable to the sovereign reserves frozen in Europe over President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

The value of the Bank of Russia’s gold holdings has increased by more than $216 billion since February 2022, according to Bloomberg calculations. At the same time, the central bank has largely refrained from both major purchases of the metal and using its gold reserves during that period, despite the loss of access to foreign securities and currencies blocked under sanctions.

In December, European Union countries approved extending a freeze on around €210 billion ($244 billion) of Russian sovereign assets held in the bloc.

https://www.mining.com/web/russia-gains-216-billion-in-gold-rally-replacing-lost-assets/

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🇮🇳❌💰💰 India bans privacy coins like Monero and Zcash to fight money laundering

India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has instructed reporting entities to refrain from permitting deposits or withdrawals of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies such as Monero and Zcash.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) says these coins make it too easy to hide transactions, which could help with money laundering or terror funding.
Now, all 49 registered crypto platforms must follow strict new rules announced on January 8, 2026.

According to a report by ET, Privacy cryptocurrencies such as Monero, Zcash, and Dash were highlighted by industry participants as being affected by the restrictions. Regulators argue that the cryptographic features used by these tokens, including stealth addresses and transaction obfuscation, pose challenges for anti-money laundering compliance.

Under the FIU’s framework, exchanges are expected to treat dealings in such tokens as non-permissible within their risk-mitigation policies.

https://www.tradingview.com/news/coinpedia:f99e424aa094b:0-monero-and-zcash-face-restrictions-as-india-cracks-down-on-privacy-cryptos/

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#BREAKING | 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 — U.S. President Trump has proposed that Ukraine cede control of parts of the Donbas region to Russia.

— In exchange, Ukraine would receive substantial financial aid for reconstruction (up to $800 billion mentioned in related reporting) and long-term security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe to deter future aggression.

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🇺🇸❌🇨🇺❗️ — The Nightmare of the Reds became reality: Politico reports US is considering a Total and unlimited blockade on Cuban Oil imports

➡️ The Trump administration is weighing new tactics to drive regime change in Cuba, including imposing a total blockade on oil imports to the Caribbean country, three people familiar with the plan said Thursday.

➡️ That escalation has been sought by some critics of the Cuban government in the administration and backed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two of the three people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive discussions.

➡️ No decision has been made on whether to approve that move, but it could be among the suite of possible actions presented to President Donald Trump to force the end of Cuba’s communist government, these people added.

🔗 Source: Politico

🇫🇷🇦🇪🚫 — Air France has cancelled two upcoming flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates

🇬🇧🇦🇪🚫 — British Airways has cancelled all its evening flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates

🇳🇱🇮🇱✈️🚫 — Dutch Airline KLM cancells flights for UAE and Saudi Arabia as well

🔵📈🍕Extreme Pizza, one of the closest pizzerias to the Pentagon, is reporting high traffic.

Most other pizzerias reporting very low traffic.

As of 2:30pm ET

https://x.com/PenPizzaReport/status/2014783135997702570

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🇫🇷🇮🇱✈️🚫 — Israeli Channel 12 reports that Air France has also cancelled flights to Tel Aviv

https://news.1rj.ru/str/newssil/188484