Israel has passed intelligence to Washington detailing a new Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, escalating an already volatile standoff between the US and Iran that is now bleeding into crypto markets.
The warning, reported by WSJ and CNN on July 9, is not a rehash of older, generalized threat assessments. This one is specific, actionable, and arrived the same week Trump declared a ceasefire memorandum with Iran “over.”
What happened and why it matters for markets
The intelligence Israel shared reportedly contains specific details about an active plot, distinguishing it from the broader threat landscape that has surrounded Trump since the January 2020 US drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Iran has openly vowed retaliation for that killing for more than six years now.
This is not the first time Iranian-linked threats against Trump have surfaced. A murder-for-hire scheme allegedly connected to Iran was uncovered in 2024. But the current warning arrives in a far more combustible environment, with active military exchanges between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and diplomatic channels effectively frozen.