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The Strait of Hormuz Standoff

The Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted with approximately 2,000 vessels stranded and global energy markets under pressure. Grant Wealth Advisors CEO Amelia Bourdeau spoke with retired U.S. Navy CMDCM Ryan King about the military, shipping, and economic realities surrounding one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints.

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Don't Sleep on the OG

This crypto cycle is being driven by tokenization and real-world asset infrastructure, with much of the early upside flowing first to institutional and private capital. Meanwhile, as markets focus on regulated token platforms, Bitcoin increasingly stands apart as the original decentralized and globally recognized digital asset. Ironically, the rise of tokenization may ultimately reinforce Bitcoin’s role as the benchmark asset in the ecosystem - the most decentralized and the most trusted.

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From the Moon to the Mets

In 1968, I watched a country divided by war, assassinations, and unrest slowly come apart on television screens in my parents’ living room. Then, at the end of that same year, Apollo 8 rose above the chaos and gave the world a view of Earth unlike anything we had ever seen before. Nearly six decades later, as Artemis returned to the Moon against another backdrop of conflict and political tension, I find myself remembering what it felt like to learn that history can hold fear, wonder, and impossible surprises all at once.

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