🗞 24H MACRO & CRYPTO NEWS ROUNDUP
🔥 US oil prices surged to $115.50/barrel, now up 110% from December 2025 lows, signaling severe energy market stress.
🚨 The International Energy Agency warns the current crisis could be worse than 1973, 1979, and 2002 combined, highlighting the scale of global supply disruption.
🚨 CME Group plans to launch Avalanche ($AVAX) and Sui ($SUI) futures on May 4, pending regulatory approval — a major step for institutional adoption.
🔥 Strategy has accumulated 2.2× Bitcoin’s natural supply YTD, reporting 24,675 $BTC profit in 2026 — aggressive institutional accumulation continues.
🚨 Crypto fraud losses hit $11.37B in 2025 across 181,565 cases, up 22% YoY, per FBI IC3 — scams remain a major risk.
🚨 Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee warns $5/gallon gas could significantly disrupt supply chains and inflation.
🇺🇸 FDIC Chair Travis Hill confirms movement on the GENIUS Act, introducing new stablecoin rules and clarifying tokenized deposits will be treated as traditional bank deposits.
🇦🇺 Coinbase is expanding into equities trading and payments in Australia after securing an AFSL license — signaling broader fintech ambitions.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Donald Trump announces a 2-week ceasefire with Iran, pausing US attacks if the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens.
🔥 Following the ceasefire news, the crypto market cap added $120B, showing strong risk-on sentiment.
🚨 Elon Musk is reportedly pushing to remove OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as part of his lawsuit against the company’s shift to a for-profit structure.
🔥 Stablecoin supply on Ethereum hits a new ATH of $180B, up 150% over 3 years — liquidity keeps expanding on-chain.
📊 Bottom line:
Markets are being driven by geopolitics + energy shock + institutional crypto expansion — expect continued volatility across oil, equities, and digital assets.
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