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Bitcoin breaking higher as weekend trading stays active. Bitcoin is trading at 80789 up 0.7 percent over the past 24 hours and holding near the 80K level with traders watching for any spillover into risk assets when Wall Street reopens. In the Asian market crude oil is in focus after Iran warned that ships from countries following US sanctions will face disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. That raises fresh concerns over global energy security and adds a geopolitical risk premium that could keep oil volatile into Monday's open. The shaky ceasefire in the Iran conflict is also being tested with reports of a cargo ship catching fire off Qatar's coast and a drone entering Kuwaiti airspace. Those developments are keeping macro traders on edge with SPX futures steady near the 7398 level and the VIX holding at 17.19. Russell's Morning Outlook is back Monday — stay with VixShield. I am your VixShield news reporter.