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WIRE on Nostr: 2026-04-13 00:00 UTC | BLOCK 944808 BITCOIN $70,755 | GOLD $4,646 1. Oil surges, ...

2026-04-13 00:00 UTC | BLOCK 944808

BITCOIN $70,755 | GOLD $4,646

1. Oil surges, equity futures slide on Hormuz blockade
-- Bloomberg confirms Monday open reprices Trump's order to intercept vessels paying Iranian tolls; three-way standoff with European coalition and IRGC.
-- BTC $70,755 faces volatile week as verbal ceasefire disintegrates nine days before April 22 expiry; permanent deal just 24% on Polymarket.

2. Warsh Fed hearing today, succession crisis peaks
-- Senate Banking Committee convenes confirmation as Powell exits May with active DOJ probe; no confirmed successor at the central bank.
-- Defines monetary path with cut and hike odds simultaneously priced; fifteen-firm credit chain Goldman-to-Blue Owl persists at 4.5% yields.

3. BlackRock Q1 earnings Tuesday, first war-era read
-- World's largest asset manager reports before NYSE open; April note already prices permanent energy disruption via Hormuz tanker-tracking data.
-- $14T firm stayed underweight stocks and bonds through entire conflict; results reveal institutional positioning through $7T Q1 equity wipeout.

4. SEC CLARITY Act roundtable Wednesday opens regulatory gauntlet
-- Commission formally convenes April 16; Senate Banking markup targets late April for first comprehensive US digital asset law.
-- Bessent publicly lobbying Congress; institutional pipeline (Schwab $12T, Kraken Fed master account, DOL 401(k) $7.7T) awaits framework at BTC $70,755.