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June 13, 2026 — Mid-Year Macro Bias Study The Board.
Breaking Iran ceasefire deal potentially within 24 hours — Pakistan mediators confirm. Trump says Strait of Hormuz reopens "immediately" upon signing. Oil dropped 3%+ on breakthrough. Markets rallying on peace signal.
Fed Watch New Fed Chair Warsh hired Project 2025 author Paul Winfree — 11 days into office. Structural Fed reform signaled. Jobs mandate potentially on the chopping block. Most significant Fed transition since Volcker 1979.
BTC / USD $64,210 ▼ 7% on week Rate hike fears weighing
ETH / USD $1,679 ▼ ETF outflows Below $2K psychological floor
Gold (XAU) ~$4,200 ▼ Pulled back Off $4,549 highs — rate hike bets
Crude Oil (WTI) ~$84.88 ▼ 3.23% today Ceasefire breakthrough signal
DXY (USD Index) ~99.00 ↔ Elevated Rate hike bets supporting dollar
Fed Funds Rate 3.5–3.75% → Hold 40% odds of hike by year end
S&P 500 7,431 ▲ +0.50% today Ceasefire rally underway
USDJPY 160.22 ▲ Still above 160 29-yr JGB high — carry risk active
Breaking Now Iran Ceasefire — Deal Within 24 Hours

This is the biggest macro catalyst of 2026 if it closes. Pakistan's mediators confirmed a deal is potentially within 24 hours. Trump says the Strait of Hormuz reopens immediately upon signing. A signing ceremony in Geneva is being planned — potentially attended by VP JD Vance next week at the G7 summit in France.

Oil already dropping 3%+ on the news. S&P futures up. If the Strait reopens, energy inflation pressure releases. The Fed gets breathing room. The controlled pivot scenario — the cleaner path we mapped — becomes active.

Israel is pressing the US to prevent unfreezing Iranian assets as part of any deal. Netanyahu said the war "has not yet ended." Sticking points remain. Until the Strait is physically open and oil is flowing — the deal is not done. Watch oil this weekend as the real confirmation signal.

Fed Watch Warsh's Fed — Regime Change Begins

Kevin Warsh was sworn in May 22 on the closest Senate confirmation vote in modern Fed history — 54 to 45. Eleven days later he hired Paul Winfree — the author of the Federal Reserve chapter in Project 2025 — as an interim policy adviser. Winfree's blueprint calls for dropping the Fed's employment mandate entirely. Single mandate. Inflation only.

Warsh also wants to pare the Fed's $6.7 trillion balance sheet — adding more Treasury supply to a bond market already showing 18-year high yields on the 30-year. The internal Fed split is now documented — the April FOMC was an 8-4 dissent, the most divided vote since 1992.

Warsh's personal financial disclosures show positions in over 30 crypto projects including Bitcoin and Solana. The most crypto-exposed Fed Chair in history is now running the most politically pressured Fed in decades.
Hard Assets Gold Pulls Back — The Thesis Is Intact

Gold pulled back below $4,200 from its $4,549 all-time high. The driver is mechanical — rate hike expectations increasing the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset. When traders price in a hike, dollar-denominated yield becomes more attractive. Gold temporarily steps back.

This is not a reversal. This is the correction that creates the next entry. The structural bid is unchanged — central banks buying at record pace, M2 money supply just hit an all-time high of $22.7 trillion, and the debt machine is still running at full speed adding to the debasement case daily.

Bitcoin and gold are falling together right now — both responding to the same rate hike fear. This is the risk asset phase not the monetary hedge decoupling. When the ceasefire closes and oil cools, the rate hike narrative softens and both assets recover.
Bond Market The Red Zone — 30-Year At 18-Year High

The 10-year Treasury yield is at 4.59%. The 30-year just hit 5.2% — an 18-year high not seen since 2008. The red zone we mapped months ago starts at 5% on the 10-year. We are 41 basis points away.

Simultaneously the M2 money supply just printed a new all-time high of $22.7 trillion. More money being created. Higher yields demanded to hold the debt. These two forces are compressing the system from both ends simultaneously.

The Treasury maturity wall keeps rolling over every month at these elevated rates. The annual interest payment is now over $1 trillion — more than the defense budget — and growing automatically without a single new spending decision being made.
BMK Outlook Macro Bias — June 13 Through End of July 2026

The ceasefire is the hinge event. Everything below reflects the most likely path if the deal closes in the next 24-72 hours. If it collapses, the risk-off version of every scenario activates.

Bitcoin (BTC)
Watchful
Current: $64,210. Range: $60K–$75K. Short term pressure from rate hike fears and ETF outflows. The monetary hedge decoupling from equities has not yet completed — Bitcoin is still trading as a risk asset. Ceasefire closing + oil dropping = inflation pressure eases = rate hike narrative softens = Bitcoin recovers. The long term thesis is intact. The short term path is choppy.
Ethereum (ETH)
Under Pressure
Current: $1,679. Broken below $2K psychological support. ETF outflows persistent. Death cross confirmed in early June. DeFi exploits rattling confidence — $230M rsETH exploit in April. ETH needs either a DeFi recovery catalyst or a broader crypto bid from ceasefire-driven risk-on to reclaim $2K. Below $1,500 is the next support.
Gold (XAU)
Structural Bull
Current: ~$4,200. Target: retest $4,500+ by end of July. The pullback is mechanical not structural. M2 at $22.7 trillion all-time high. $39 trillion debt compounding. Central bank buying intact. When rate hike narrative fades on ceasefire-driven oil decline, gold rebounds. The debasement thesis does not require the war. It exists independently of it.
Crude Oil (WTI)
Easing
Current: ~$84.88, down 3%+ today. Ceasefire deal within 24 hours would bring oil back toward $70-75 range as Strait reopens and supply normalizes. This is the single most important price for everything — oil cooling takes inflation pressure off the Fed, allows rate cut visibility to return, and triggers broad risk-on across assets.
US Dollar (DXY)
Short Term Strong / Long Term Weak
Currently elevated on rate hike bets. If ceasefire closes and oil drops, inflation narrative softens, rate hike pricing reverses, and dollar weakens. The structural case for dollar weakness — $39 trillion debt, M2 at all-time high, Warsh balance sheet reduction adding supply — remains intact beyond the near term tactical bid.
US Equities (S&P 500)
Cautious Bull
Current: 7,431. Range: 7,200–8,000. S&P rallying today on ceasefire news. Dow up 0.70%, Nasdaq up 0.31%. VIX dropped 9% to 17.68 — fear dissipating. If oil closes the ceasefire and falls toward $70-75, equities break higher toward 7,800-8,000 by end of July. The carry trade risk and JGB yield pressure remain the structural wildcards.
Japan / USDJPY
Critical Watch
USDJPY: 160.22 — still above the 160 danger level. JGB 10-year yield at 29-year highs of 2.75% and rising. BOJ board member publicly calling for immediate rate hikes. The carry trade pressure is not resolved. Every week JGB yields rise the pressure on the $3-4 trillion carry trade increases. This is the most dangerous structural risk on the board right now regardless of what the ceasefire does.
Inflation / Fed Path
Trapped
Market pricing 40% odds of a rate HIKE by year end. Warsh's Project 2025 adviser signals hawkish structural shift. But oil dropping 3% today on ceasefire news is the first real inflation relief in months. If the Strait reopens and energy normalizes, the hike narrative fades and rate cut visibility returns for late 2026. Everything depends on the next 72 hours.
Signal Board BMK Signal Readings — June 13
Iran Ceasefire Deal Within 24hrs
30-Year Treasury Yield 18-Yr High
USDJPY Carry Risk Above 160
JGB Yield (Japan 10yr) 29-Yr High
Gold Structural Bias Bullish
M2 Money Supply All-Time High
Rate Hike Probability 40% by Year End
Bitcoin Monetary Hedge Incomplete
Calendar Key Dates — Next 30 Days

June 13–14 — Ceasefire Decision Window: Pakistan says deal within 24 hours. Trump says Strait reopens immediately. This is the binary event that reprices every asset on the board simultaneously. Watch oil as the confirmation.

Mid-June — G7 Summit, France: Trump and Vance attending. Geneva signing ceremony for Iran deal potentially happening here. Geopolitical realignment on display.

June — Warsh First FOMC as Chair: His first meeting as Fed Chair. The market will be reading every word for signals on balance sheet reduction timeline, employment mandate future, and rate path. Most watched FOMC in years.

Late June — CPI Print: If oil drops on ceasefire this week, the June CPI reading in late July will show the first meaningful inflation relief in months. That is the data that opens the door to rate cut visibility returning.

Ongoing — JGB Yield Watch: Bank of Japan is the wild card nobody is fully pricing. 29-year high JGB yields. BOJ board members calling for immediate hikes. Every BOJ meeting is now as important as every Fed meeting.

🇺🇸 United States Ceasefire deal imminent. Warsh restructuring the Fed. M2 at all-time high. S&P at 7,431 rallying on peace news. VIX dropped to 17.68. Warsh hired Project 2025 author 11 days into office — signals deepest Fed structural reform since Volcker. M2 money supply hit $22.7 trillion all-time high. National debt $39 trillion. Interest payment now exceeds defense budget. Cautious Watch
🇮🇷 Iran / Middle East Deal within 24 hours — Pakistan confirms. Strait reopens on signing. Pakistan mediating active talks. Trump says Strait reopens immediately upon deal. Geneva signing ceremony being planned for G7 week. Israel pressing US on asset freeze conditions. Netanyahu says war not ended. Sticking points remain but closest to resolution since conflict began February 28. Resolution Near
🇯🇵 Japan JGB yields at 29-year high. USDJPY above 160. BOJ hiking pressure intense. Japan 10-year yield at 2.75% — 29-year high. BOJ board member calling for immediate rate hikes. USDJPY at 160.22 — still above the danger threshold. Carry trade unwind risk remains the most underappreciated systemic risk on the global board. Japan Q1 GDP grew 0.5% QoQ — fastest since Q3 2024 — strengthening the BOJ hike case. Critical Risk
🇨🇳 China Rotating from Treasuries to gold for 15 years straight. De-dollarization accelerating. China's Treasury holdings down from 29% of reserves in 2010 to 7.3% today. Gold holdings going near vertical. Russia, China and France blocked UN authorization of force in Strait — protecting Iran's leverage diplomatically. The de-dollarization infrastructure — mBridge, yuan settlements, CBDC rails — keeps building regardless of ceasefire outcome. Strategic Patience
🇪🇺 Eurozone Euro strengthening. ECB hawkish. G7 summit France next week. Euro at 1.1567 vs dollar — strengthening on ceasefire optimism. European markets rallying hard today — DAX +1.76%, CAC +1.83%, STOXX50 +2.16%. ECB maintaining hawkish posture. G7 in France next week could be where Iran deal is formally signed. European defense and energy transition spending providing economic floor. Strengthening
🌍 Emerging Markets Ceasefire relief coming. Dollar pressure and oil costs easing simultaneously. Oil dropping 3% today is direct relief for energy-importing EMs. Dollar holding elevated near term but structural weakness thesis intact. The communities and countries with the least cushion feel every macro shock first and deepest. A ceasefire that normalizes energy costs is the single biggest near-term relief for EM economies and lower income households globally. Relief Incoming
The Scorpio Question

The ceasefire is potentially signing within 24 hours. Oil is dropping. Markets are rallying. Most people will read those headlines and think the crisis is over. The Scorpio read asks a different question: what does the board look like after the war ends?

The Iran conflict was a symptom not a cause. The $39 trillion debt is still there. The M2 money supply just hit $22.7 trillion — an all-time high printed this week. The 30-year Treasury yield is at an 18-year high. The new Fed Chair hired a Project 2025 author to restructure the institution 11 days into the job. USDJPY is still above 160 with JGB yields at 29-year highs. China has reduced its Treasury holdings from 29% to 7.3% over 15 years and is not reversing that trajectory.

The war ending removes the acute oil inflation pressure. It does not remove the structural monetary crisis that was building long before February 28. The debasement thesis does not require the Strait to be closed. It requires only that the debt machine keeps running — and it will keep running regardless of what gets signed in Geneva.

The ceasefire is not the end of the macro story. It is the reset of the board for the next chapter. Position for what comes after the relief rally — not just the rally itself. Hard assets. Dollar weakness. The long game. That is where the real wealth transfer plays out.

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