 Oil Crisis 2026: What a Startup Should Do When Brent Heads to $120 The Strait of Hormuz has been blocked since February 28 — this is not just news from the "geopolitics" section. The EIA has confirmed that the closure of the strait has already led to a rise in diesel and gasoline prices worldwide, and the Dallas Fed, in its March report, called it "the largest supply shock since 1973." Goldman Sachs raised its Brent forecast for March-April to $110 per barrel. Financial Express models a range of $90–120. Estimates put the loss of supply at 2.3 million barrels per day. Brent is already at $103 — and this is not the peak. For a startup, this means three things. First, logistics and transportation will become 15–25% more expensive in the coming months. Second, investors are moving into safe-haven assets, and funding rounds are shrinking. Third, those who manage to adapt their models to automation and AI analytics will gain an edge over those who will figure things out after the fact. ASI Biont analyzes market data in seconds — Brent, macroeconomic indicators, geopolitical risks. Don't guess with a crystal ball; get signals before they become headlines. → https://asibiont.com — 1500 tokens to start for early users