According to @CNBC, Ukraine is at a critical moment in the war as European allies intensify pressure on Russia, elevating geopolitical risk that markets track via energy and FX channels (source: CNBC). Historically, Russia-Ukraine escalations drove spikes in Brent crude and Dutch TTF gas volatility, tightening Europe’s energy balance and lifting risk premia that ripple across macro assets (source: International Energy Agency Gas Market Report 2022–2023, IEA). Risk-off episodes tied to such shocks coincided with higher correlations between BTC, ETH and equities, reducing diversification benefits for crypto portfolios and increasing sensitivity to USD liquidity (source: International Monetary Fund Global Financial Stability Note 2022; Bank for International Settlements 2022). For trading, key cross-asset gauges to monitor for spillovers into crypto are Brent front-month, Dutch TTF gas, DXY and EURUSD, which transmitted prior Russia-Ukraine shocks through risk sentiment and dollar funding conditions (source: IMF 2022; IEA 2022–2023).

According to @CNBC, Vladimir Putin said Moscow is ready for serious talks on a Ukraine peace plan, breaking his silence on the proposal and signaling openness to negotiations, as reported by CNBC. For trading, geopolitical de-escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has historically compressed risk premia in crude and European natural gas, making Brent, WTI and Dutch TTF benchmarks pivotal intraday monitors for direction and volatility, source: International Energy Agency Oil Market Report; ACER European Gas Market Monitoring. Crypto has exhibited strong positive co-movement with equities since 2020, meaning shifts in global risk sentiment around war headlines can transmit to BTC and ETH via the risk-on/risk-off channel, source: International Monetary Fund Global Financial Stability Note 2022; Bank for International Settlements research 2022.