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CoinMarketCap· 2026-03-11 18:50
The market reaction to the Iran war is already visible in commodities.Since Feb 28 (war escalation), the data shows:• WTI Oil +27%• Brent +18%• Natural Gas +6%• Corn +4%Meanwhile:• Gold −0.6%• Copper −2.2%• Silver −6%• Platinum −7%The takeaway is counterintuitive: in real geopolitical crises, energy moves first — not gold.Why?Because wars don’t start as financial crises.They start as supply chain crises.No oil → trucks stop.No gas → factories shut down.Look at the 2022 European energy crisis: when the gas s ...