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7 AM After-Hours Flash: U.K. counter-terror police investigate arson at former London synagogue as prime minister issues warning to Iran | Linds

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Bitcoin is currently trading at 80807 up 2.4 percent over the past 24 hours and sitting within 2 percent of the 80k level as risk appetite returns in Asian trading. In the European market U.K. counter-terror police are investigating an arson attack at a former London synagogue while Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned of consequences if Iran is proven behind a recent wave of antisemitic incidents in the capital. On Wall Street Goldman Sachs and Blackstone are teaming with Anthropic on a 1.5 billion dollar venture to deploy AI models like Claude inside private-equity portfolio companies... a sign that artificial intelligence is moving from hype to real business deployment. SPX closed the session at 7200.75 up nearly 1 percent while the VIX eased to 17.69. Traders are watching how these geopolitical tensions and AI deal flow feed into tomorrow's U.S. open and options positioning. Russell's Morning Outlook is right around the corner — stay with VixShield. I am your VixShield news reporter.

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