Report: Insider Profiteering Accusations and Geopolitical Volatility Rock Oil Markets Near Strait of Hormuz

Surprise... Report: "Unknown traders bet $760m on oil prices dropping minutes before Hormuz reopened". "Repeated, strategically timed trades in oil & prediction markets suggest a rising trend of insider profiteering connected to the war". "Crude prices dropped by as much as 11 percent within minutes." https://thecradle.co/articles/unknown-traders-bet-760m-on-oil-prices-dropping-minutes-before-hormuz-reopened #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #press #oilprices #InsiderTrading .

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Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly | National News Motorists, hoping for relief at the pump, wondered how quickly gasoline prices might fall once oil tankers stuck… #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #PersianGulf #national_news https://www.europesays.com/iran/70908/

Florida gas prices could fall below $4: Iran says Strait of Hormuz is reopening TAMPA, Fla. – As Iran announces the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the price of oil has… #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #StraitofHormuz #Fl #Hillsborough #Hormuz #IranWar #Money #Tampa #US #UsEconomy https://www.europesays.com/iran/70929/

Ethereum Weekly Price Forecast: Easing geopolitical pressure pushes ETH above $2,400 Ethereum price today: $2,420ETH has climbed above $2,400 after Iran announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.The… #Politics #geopolitics https://www.europesays.com/2927351/

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Oil falls to lowest since March 10 after Iran signals Hormuz reopening US President Donald Trump said on Friday he expects an agreement with Iran “in the next day or… #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #IranandChina #IranCovid #Iraneconomy #Irangovernment #Iranmedia.IranandtheUnitedStates #Irannews #Irannuclear #Iranpolitics #Iran-US #MiddleEast #USsanctions https://www.europesays.com/iran/71145/

The Trump administration is again suspected of insider trading and market manipulation with the latest move in crude oil. A $760 million bet that oil would go down was placed 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open. The 10% downward move was triggered by the announcement and fueled further by market makers hedging against the outsized trade. West Texas Crude was trading as low as $81 a barrel. Meanwhile, the Strait remains within control of the IRGC and physical oil shortage has not been alleviated. SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE NOT! It is just amazing that no one is going after them. I thought Insider trading and profiteering was against the law in the US, but hey, it is trumpian dumbfuckistan we are talking about here. law is something they don't care about. #USpol #Economy #Profiteering #InsiderTrading #Trump #Politics #WarOnIran #StraitOfHormuz #Iran

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As oil prices plunge below $91 after weeks, a new Hormuz crisis emerges https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/18/as-oil-prices-plunge-below-91-after-weeks-a-new-hormuz-crisis-emerges?traffic_source=rss

Why a 24-Hour Tehran Reversal Sent Oil Markets Into Freefall and Then Back Up Brent crude closed Friday in the high $80s per barrel, its lowest level in recent weeks, after Iran’s… #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Tehran #Iran https://www.europesays.com/iran/71633/

Strait of Hormuz closed again, Iran says, as ships attacked - BBC https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5MdFpLT0ZneWd2dXFtU3I2R2cxMlJhNEx1V1hyOC0zSklzcG5oV3drdmVmUmtpdkN6VlZPV1k5NjJkOVpKVjE2NC1XTHJwRE5mTWpxR2hqMmhRZw?oc=5 #USNews #Politics #NationalNews

Strait of Hormuz closed again, Iran says, as ships attacked https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2631x6nelo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #News #WorldNews

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