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Trump announced substantial progress on a US-Iran peace deal and Hormuz reopened after six weeks. Bitcoin jumped from $74,000 to $76,700 in four hours. Xi seated Putin, Iran, and India at the same desk in one week. SpaceX opened its books for the first time in 23 years with the largest IPO in U.S. history; Nvidia conceded China to Huawei. BTS held the Billboard 200 top 10 for an eighth straight week.
Trump and Xi met in Beijing for the first time in nine years. Microsoft poured $100B into OpenAI and became the supporting actor; Cerebras received $70B on day one. Hormuz entered week six. Cisco cut 4,000. ILLIT hit Billboard No. 1, CORTIS debuted at No. 3, and BTS is confirmed for the World Cup Final halftime stage.
A closed Hormuz arrives at the kitchen table, Musk vs. Altman puts a trillion dollars on trial, the Big Four bet $650 billion on AI, and Trump sends 25% tariff invoices to long-time allies. K-pop's seventeen-year slave-contract era closes with a standard-contract reform.
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Tim Cook's 25-year goodbye, $40 billion poured into Anthropic, shots near the White House dinner, and TXT's first Grand Slam — a week of power handed over and crises distributed.
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From the Hormuz blockade to K-pop's 12th Billboard week — seven days that rewrote the rules. Rare earth leverage, Anthropic's thaw, and a 46-minute DeFi heist point to the same shift.
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Trump's Liberation Day tariff shock and the 90-day pause — markets went on the wildest ride in years. China excluded, 145% vs. 125% tariff war, and what it means for the new trade order.
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A federal judge blocked the Pentagon's retaliation against Anthropic, BTS shattered a decade-old Billboard record, SK Hynix filed for a $10B+ US listing, OpenAI killed Sora, and three war fronts converged around the Strait of Hormuz.
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BTS dropped 'ARIRANG' and 22,000 fans filled Gwanghwamun. The Fed warned of stagflation. Anthropic released an AI that refuses military use. Qatar began mediating the Hormuz blockade.
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The Strait of Hormuz was blockaded. The S&P 500 fell for a third straight week. Iran quit the World Cup. OpenAI released an AI that uses your computer. BTS is returning at Gwanghwamun.
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Oil doubled in two months. A weapons maker built the best Game Boy ever. Everything moved in the wrong direction.
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A Supreme Leader fell. An AI chose a side. The week when Iran and Silicon Valley both went to war.
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When $660 Billion Screamed, a Subtitle Won. Big Tech's AI spending war vs. K-drama's quiet victory reveals the week's paradox.
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