🚨TODAY: U.S. 30-year Treasury yield SURGES past 5.4%, hitting its highest since 2004. FOUR forces are fueling the pressure: • Middle East tensions and rising oil prices are stoking inflation fears. • Large government deficits are adding to bond supply. • Heavy AI infrastructure borrowing is intensifying competition for investor capital. • Strong wholesale inflation is reinforcing bets on Fed rate hikes. Higher yields mean more expensive borrowing, tougher conditions for stock valuations and less appetite for crypto risk.(Coin Bureau)