3 AM After-Hours Flash: GDP YoY | 'Chinese Nostradamus' claims conscription will happen - and six billion people could die | Puma Shen's Mayoral

Bitcoin is trading at 80954 dollars down a tenth of a percent over the past 24 hours and remains within 2 percent of the 80-thousand dollar level as traders weigh persistent geopolitical risks from the Middle East. In Asian markets the Chinese Nostradamus commentator Jiang Xueqin warns the US-Iran conflict could drag on indefinitely with as many as six billion lives at risk while President Xi is expected to press President Trump on Taiwan arms sales and tariffs at their upcoming summit. In the Taiwan market Puma Shen the DPP nominee for Taipei mayor faces Chinese sanctions over his pro-democracy separatist stance as the race tests voter sentiment ahead of the 2028 presidential election. Geopolitical tensions from the Iran crisis are keeping investors nervous despite resilient corporate earnings in India according to analyst Dipan Mehta who sees selective buying opportunities in tech auto ancillaries and defense. SPX closed the session at 7400.96 while the VIX sits at 17.91. Russell's Morning Outlook is coming up in a few hours. I am your VixShield news reporter.