Ed Kalecki

The timing of the US and Israeli strikes in Iran comes at a holy time for the religious community throughout the Middle East.

We get more on that from Bloomberg's Dan Williams.

Bloomberg's Dan Williams.

There have been some questions about the president's authority to attack Iran without congressional approval.

Former National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton talked about it on Bloomberg this weekend.

John Bolton on Bloomberg this weekend.

You can hear more of the show tomorrow at 7 a.m.

Eastern.

Well, the reaction poured in as the day went on from all over the world.

Russia called the strikes unprovoked aggression.

China said it's highly concerned and called for a stop to the assault.

Australia, Canada, they both expressed support for the U.S.

France, Germany and Britain also have called for negotiations to resume between the U.S.

and Iran following Iran's attacks on other countries.

This is UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The Iran conflict triggered a sharp risk-off move across cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin fell as much as 3.8 percent to 63,038 before stabilizing near 64,000 in early morning trading in New York.

Ether slid as much as four and a half percent to 1836.

Roughly 128 billion dollars was erased from the total value of digital assets in the immediate aftermath.