2026-04-29 17:00 UTC | BLOCK 947169
BITCOIN $75,853 | GOLD $4,549 | OIL $119.19
1. Trump rejects Iran Hormuz offer and keeps blockade in place
-- Bloomberg reports President Donald Trump said he will not lift the naval blockade of Iran's ports until Tehran accepts a wider nuclear deal; Reuters separately reported Trump met oil executives about a possible months-long extension.
-- The decision extends the core war-risk driver for oil, shipping, inflation expectations, and risk assets, keeping diplomacy tied to military pressure rather than a narrow Strait reopening.
2. Fed decision leaves markets focused on Powell and Warsh transition risk
-- Bloomberg's latest Fed feed led with analysis of the rate decision and Powell news conference, while separate politics coverage said Kevin Warsh denied Epstein-related connections in response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
-- With oil near $119 and the Iran conflict still feeding inflation risk, the policy path is being shaped by both macro pressure and the politics around a potential Fed leadership change.
3. Crop prices hit two-year high as war and weather tighten supply
-- Bloomberg says farm commodities reached the highest level since 2023 as the extended Strait of Hormuz closure and extreme weather raised fertilizer concerns and harvest risks.
-- The energy shock is spreading beyond oil into food inflation, widening the economic cost of the conflict and complicating central-bank efforts to separate temporary supply shocks from persistent price pressure.
4. FCC probes ABC again after comedian's joke
-- Techdirt reports the FCC is investigating ABC after a late-night comedy segment, following recent pressure on Disney-owned broadcast stations.
-- The case keeps media licensing and political-speech pressure in focus, with broadcast regulation becoming a recurring lever in the wider fight over platform and press control.
5. Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil-pipeline station in Perm
-- War Monitor says Ukrainian attack drones penetrated nearly 1,000 miles into Russia overnight and struck an oil-pipeline pumping station in Perm, a node on the Kholmogory-Klin route; the claim has not been independently confirmed in the fetched wires.
-- If confirmed, the strike would extend Ukraine's campaign against Russian energy infrastructure deeper into the interior, adding supply-chain pressure beyond the Middle East oil shock.
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