US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island near Strait of Hormuz, risking wider conflict
US officials told the Wall Street Journal that the US struck Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday, near the Strait of Hormuz, after the IRGC fired on a US aircraft. Iranian state media reported explosions on the island. A strike near Hormuz raises the risk of disruption to Gulf oil flows and a wider regional conflict, which traders would read as a risk-off shock for crypto and other risk assets.