Commodities (Crude Oil & Copper) & Macro Outlook

According to the Federal Reserve's latest decision yesterday (April 29), the Fed kept interest rates unchanged but shifted its inflation language from "somewhat high" to "high," signaling that interest rate cuts expected later this year may be delayed. Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted that rising energ

According to Onchain Lens, a FalconX-linked wallet (0xEbE) deposited 11.94 million USDC into HyperLiquid on April 30 and increased its 20x crude oil (CL) long position to 202,000 CL, worth $21.6 million.

According to Cointelegraph, financial management startup Stable Sea integrated WisdomTree's tokenized U.S. Treasury money market fund WTGXX into its platform on April 30. The fund, which primarily invests in short-term U.S. Treasury securities, had total assets

On April 30, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stated on X that U.S. government policies have driven oil prices above $120. He criticized what he described as "garbage advice" on oil market strategy and indicated that the next target price

According to The Block, on April 29, Bitcoin held near $76,100 as U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted a third consecutive day of net outflows totaling $138 million, with spot ether ETFs losing an additional $87.7 million. The decline reflects investor caution following the Federal Reserve's decision to ho

According to Bloomberg, the Federal Reserve updated its inflation assessment today, describing price pressures as 'elevated' rather than 'slightly high' in its latest statement. The central bank attributed the shift partly to the impact of global energy prices.

According to S&P, on April 30, the company raised its 2026 WTI and Brent crude oil price forecasts by $15 per barrel to $95 and $100 respectively, with 2027 targets increased by $5 per barrel. S&P attributed the upward revision to two factors: persistent oil supply disruptions and heightened geopoli

According to CME Group, crude oil, U.S. Treasuries, and gold surged in volatility on April 29, reflecting a cross-asset contagion pattern. The CME CVOL index showed crude oil and U.S. Treasury 30-day implied volatility rising sharply, while Treasury convexity has climbed since late 2025, signaling m

According to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, American crude oil net imports fell to negative levels in the latest week, marking a historic low. Meanwhile, weekly crude oil exports surged to a record high of over 6 million barrels per day

According to Jinshi, U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 6.234 million barrels for the week ending April 24, significantly exceeding expectations of a 231,000-barrel decline. The prior week saw inventories rise by 1.925 million barrels.

伊朗警告将实施军事反击，美布两油大涨超4%。霍尔木兹海峡封锁风险升温，油价暴涨对加密挖矿、通胀预期与资金流向会有什么样的影响？

According to Trump's statement to Israel's Channel 12 on April 30, the U.S. President said he will not lift the naval blockade on Iran until a nuclear agreement is reached. Trump described the naval blockade as more effective than bombing, stating that Iran's oil reserves and pipelines will soon be

According to S&P Global, oil inventories at the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah storage hub collapsed to 6.982 million barrels on April 29, marking a 6.3% week-on-week decline and the fourth consecutive record low since the Iran-Israel conflict escalated. The storage center has plummeted

4/29油價續漲，Brent突破114美元、WTI至103.18美元。主因被視為川普政府擬擴大封鎖伊朗港口、打擊出口；自2/28以來WTI漲幅逾49%。若港口封鎖成真，全球供給短期難緩解，後續看美方公告、伊朗回應與Brent是否再破120。

According to The Block, stablecoin management platform Stable Sea has partnered with asset manager WisdomTree to integrate the tokenized money market fund WTGXX directly into its enterprise payment and treasury management platform. Stable Sea users can now convert idle stablecoin balances into WTGXX

According to OAPEC's quarterly report, Arab liquefied natural gas exports fell by nearly 24% to 22 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2026 from 29 million tonnes in the same period of 2025, following Iranian missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan facilities in March and the closure of the

The United Arab Emirates announced its departure from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+ on April 29, 2026, effective May 1, 2026, citing shifting national energy priorities but prompting analysts to also point to regional frustration over responses to Iranian att