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Iran war rattles global markets hard today. Brent crude cracked $100 for the first time since 2022. Japan and Korea took the worst hit, down 7–8%. Bitcoin, surprisingly, is holding its ground near $67K. And Nasdaq just shook hands with Kraken on tokenized stocks. Big day.
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THE FULL PICTURE
Iran War Drives Oil Above $100 Bitcoin Quietly Holds Its Ground
Monday didn't waste any time. By early European hours, oil traders were staring at Brent crude prices they haven't seen in nearly four years, and stock markets from Tokyo to Seoul were bleeding badly. Yet in the middle of all that chaos, Bitcoin did something unexpected it barely moved.
Here's what you need to know.
• What Happened
The Strait of Hormuz the narrow waterway through which roughly 20% of the world's oil supply passes has effectively shut down.
Fresh U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend triggered a retaliatory wave of Iranian missiles and drones across the region.
By Monday morning, Brent crude had surged past $103 a barrel at its peak, up 11.6% at the time of this report. That's the first time oil has crossed $100 since 2022, and energy markets are genuinely rattled.
The damage to equities was immediate and severe. Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped more than 7% a brutal session for a country that imports nearly all of its oil. South Korea's KOSPI fell roughly 8%.
European futures opened red, and Wall Street is bracing for a rough open. Commodities that usually benefit from chaos, like silver, actually sold off around 4%, as investors rushed into cash and the dollar strengthened.
Bitcoin took an early hit too, sliding as low as $65,633 its weakest level in a week. But unlike everything else, it didn't stay down. By the European session, BTC had climbed back above $68,000, and as of this report it's sitting around $67,200. That kind of recovery, while oil and stocks are still reeling, is turning heads.

The Three Stories That Matter Most Today
1. Oil Breaks $100 And the Word Stagflation Is Back
Bloomberg reported this morning that Brent crude futures for May delivery hit $103.47, and analysts are already raising the uncomfortable comparison to the 1970s.
When energy costs spike this fast, they feed directly into inflation transport, manufacturing, food prices, everything.
And if the Fed is already struggling to get inflation back to 2%, a sustained oil shock makes that fight significantly harder.
The word being whispered in trading floors and macro desks right now is stagflation when inflation rises at the same time the economy slows down. It's the worst possible combination for central banks, because there's no clean policy response. Raise rates to fight inflation, and you crush growth. Cut rates to stimulate growth, and inflation spirals. G7 finance ministers reportedly opened emergency talks on a coordinated strategic petroleum reserve release, which would be a meaningful signal if confirmed.

2. Nasdaq and Kraken Are Building the Future of Stock Trading
Buried under all the oil shock headlines is a deal that deserves more attention.
Nasdaq officially announced a partnership with crypto exchange Kraken to develop a framework for tokenized stocks essentially blockchain based versions of real, publicly traded company shares.
This isn't just a crypto story.
Nasdaq is one of the most important financial institutions in the world.
The fact that they're building infrastructure to issue and trade equities on a blockchain complete with full voting rights and dividends for token holders signals that the wall between traditional finance and crypto is coming down faster than most people expected.
The target timeline for operations is the first half of 2027. Watch this one closely.

3. The Fed Is Staying Put And Oil Isn't Helping
At its January 28th meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold the federal funds rate at 3.5–3.75%.
Two members dissented, preferring a quarter-point cut but they were outvoted.
Fed Vice Chair Bowman had projected three cuts for 2026, but with oil now above $100 and inflation still running near 3%, that roadmap looks increasingly optimistic.
The February CPI report is expected this week. Before today's oil shock, it was already going to be a closely watched number. Now it's critical.
A hotter than expected print could effectively close the door on any near term rate cuts and tighten financial conditions further across risk assets equities and crypto included.

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What's Moving Markets Today
The Gainers:
Oil is the undisputed story on the upside.
WTI crude hit a peak gain of roughly 25–29% intraday before paring.
Brent was up 11.6% at the time of reporting. Bitcoin, counterintuitively, is sitting in positive territory in the European session, up around 0.5% modest, but meaningful given the macro backdrop. Trading volume on Japanese crypto exchange Bitflyer reportedly surged roughly 200% versus its peers, suggesting Japanese retail investors are rotating out of equities and into digital assets.

The Losers:
Beyond the Nikkei and KOSPI, the hardest hit names in crypto equities were Galaxy Digital (GLXY, down 9.57%) and MARA Holdings (MARA, down 8.67%), both caught in a broad selloff of risk assets. Silver dropped around 4% not the safe haven performance many would have expected. Crypto infrastructure stocks, even with Bitcoin holding up, are taking a beating.

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Bitcoin Chart What to Watch

Right now, BTC/USD on the daily chart is sitting in a technically interesting position.
The $65,633 intraday low printed a long lower wick on today's candle meaning sellers pushed the price down hard, but buyers stepped in and rejected that move. That kind of candle at a known support zone is historically meaningful.
Key levels to monitor:
Support:
$65,600 and $63,800 below that
Resistance:
$68,500 and then the psychologically important $70,000
Bitcoin's implied volatility index (BVIV) is around 60% — elevated, but not panicking.
That tells us the market is cautious and hedged, but not in full crisis mode yet.

Quick term explained Implied Volatility:
Think of it as the market's forecast for how wildly a price might swing. High implied volatility means big moves are expected.
Low means calmer waters ahead. At 60%, the market is on edge but not in full meltdown.

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One Concept Worth Understanding Stagflation

Because this word is going to come up a lot in the days ahead, it's worth taking 60 seconds to understand it properly.

Stagflation is the collision of three things happening at once: rising inflation, slowing economic growth, and high unemployment. It's particularly nasty because the tools central banks use to fight inflation (raising interest rates) actively make economic slowdowns worse and vice versa. The most famous example in modern history was the 1970s, when oil embargoes by OPEC triggered exactly this kind of environment in the United States and Europe.

Today's oil shock isn't a replay of 1973.
But the mechanism is similar enough that policymakers are right to be concerned.
For investors, historical stagflation periods have been tough on both stocks and bonds, while hard assets gold, commodities, and increasingly in the modern era, Bitcoin have attracted capital as stores of value.
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