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5:00 AM Flash: Gold Surges to 4523 on Trump Iran Update

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5:00 AM Flash: Good morning. Here's your live market snapshot at five AM. Gold is trading at four thousand five hundred twenty three dollars. WTI crude is at ninety six point six per barrel. And Bitcoin is currently at seventy six thousand eight hundred thirty three dollars.

Breaking this morning, President Trump delivered a significant update on Iran that is sending a clear bullish signal to gold investors, pushing the precious metal sharply higher in early trading and providing fresh support for safe-haven demand.

In corporate news, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says artificial intelligence is now doing most of the heavy lifting in compliance, cutting resolution times by ninety percent. Meanwhile, Jefferies believes Core Scientific is exceptionally well positioned to capitalize on surging artificial intelligence infrastructure demand. And Bloom Energy continues to draw attention as one of the top names highlighted in Aschenbrenner-related investment themes.

In other news, former cabinet minister Alan Milburn has called it shameful that more is now being spent on benefits than on creating jobs for young people.

This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.

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