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（1）Analysis reasons: The risk of conflict between the US and Iran is rising, coupled with a significant decline in US crude oil inventories, strengthening expectations of supply tightening. Risk premiums are pushing oil prices higher. The Middle East accounts for a high proportion of global supply, and if the situation deteriorates, exports will be affected, with the market pricing in geopolitical risks in advance. From a technical perspective, the daily chart has broken through the consolidation range and stabilized above $65, with moving averages in a bullish alignment and momentum indicators expanding, indicating a high probability of trend continuation. （2）Key focus: Geopolitical situation, trade sentiment, inventory data, US dollar index. （3）Resistance: 67.00, 67.80, 68.30. （4）Support: 66.00, 65.30, 65.00.

PANews, February 20th—According to Jinse Finance, former Goldman Sachs strategist Robin Brooks believes that the decade-long trend of the US dollar rising on stronger-than-expected US monthly non-farm payroll data is about to end, marking an “institutional shift” where traders will sell the dollar when US labor market data is strong. He stated that the market expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, and if the Fed adopts policies to cap long-term nominal yields, strong non-farm data could lower real yields, weaken the appeal of US assets, and ultimately lead to a weaker dollar. Brooks said: “There may be skepticism in the market about Trump’s policies because they have always been erratic and unpredictable. The Federal Reserve has also been repeatedly attacked.” He was referring to President Trump’s repeated calls for the central bank to cut rates. He added: “All measures are aimed at lowering interest rates, and I think that’s exactly what the market is subconsciously considering.” As evidence of this phenomenon, the stronger-than-expected January employment report released on February 11 had almost no boosting effect on the dollar, and in fact, produced the opposite effect.

BlockBeats News, February 20th, the AI application lab Conway Research initiated by Sigil is dedicated to enabling AI Agents to autonomously earn money to sustain their own existence, self-improve, self-replicate, use the earned funds to support sub-agents, and launch on new servers, ultimately forming a network. Ethereum founder Vitalik criticized this morning under Sigil's tweet, "Bro, this is not right. Increasing the feedback distance between humans and artificial intelligence is not a good thing for the world. Today, this means you are creating garbage instead of solving real problems for people. It is not even optimized for how to make people have fun. Once artificial intelligence becomes powerful enough to pose a real threat, it maximizes the risk of irreversible anti-human consequences, even you will deeply regret it." According to GMGN data, the related Base Layer meme token CONWAY surged past $12 million and then fell back, with a current market cap of only $3.6 million and a 24-hour trading volume of $18.5 million. BlockBeats Note: The meme token CONWAY is apparently not issued by Conway Research founder Sigil, only community-issued tokens, claiming that transaction fees will automatically flow to the beneficiary address controlled by Sigil. Sigil himself has indirectly acknowledged or interacted with the token X times, showing that he has received some fees and plans to use these funds to advance the project. Some community members accuse Sigil of actually being the behind-the-scenes dev or direct beneficiary. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coins often have no real use case, large price fluctuations, so investment needs to be cautious.