The Hormuz Blockade: Operation Epic Fury, the Islamabad Collapse and the Global Energy Crisis | Geopolitical Analysis – April 13, 2026

As of April 13, 2026, the global economy is navigating its most severe energy supply disruption since the 1970s oil embargo. On February 28, 2026, the U.S. and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and triggering Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of global seaborne oil and LNG ordinarily passes.

Trading Analysis for BTCUSD – 13/04/2026

Bitcoin enters the week of April 13 under renewed pressure, with the 4-hour chart printing a current price of $70,622 after trading as high as $73,988 and pulling back sharply from that resistance cluster.

Trading Analysis for XAUUSD – 13/04/2026

Gold opens the week of April 14 trading at $4,716, consolidating near the upper end of a recovery that began from the mid-March lows around $4,250. The 4-hour chart shows a sequence of higher lows since the March trough, with the most recent swing high at $4,855 before a pullback to the $4,716 weekly open.

Trading Analysis for EURUSD – 13/04/2026

EUR/USD enters the week of April 13 trading at $1.1686, having completed one of its most violent short-term rallies of the year. The pair spent the better part of late March and early April grinding between $1.1407 and $1.1628 before exploding higher in the first week of April when a US-Iran ceasefire announcement triggered a broad dollar selloff, sending the pair surging through $1.1650 in the Asian session and printing a high near $1.1750.