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WTI jumped 1.7% to $93.76 as fresh Middle East hostilities and Strait of Hormuz risk revived the supply premium.

Geopolitics, not demand, is driving crude — and an oil spike complicates the inflation picture the Fed is already watching.

$95 is the next resistance; de-escalation headlines could quickly unwind the premium back toward $90.

Ether dropped 8% to $1,843, underperforming Bitcoin in a broad crypto deleveraging.

With risk capital chasing AI equities, ETH lacks a near-term catalyst, though Standard Chartered argues it is set to outperform BTC from here.

$1,800 must hold; a clean break risks a cascade toward $1,650.