In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes #Brent Xu, founder and #CEO of Umee — a decentralized finance hub built on the #Cosmos #SDK that offers tools for macro-level borrowing and lending applications. 

By 06:25 ET, U.S. crude #prices were down 0.7% at $69.21 a #barrel, while #Brent was down 0.4% at $75.02 a barrel.

By 06:30 #ET, U.S. #crude futures were down 0.5% at $79.32 a barrel, while #Brent crude was down 0.5% at $86.00 a #barrel.

Elsewhere in commodities #trading, #Brent oil for #delivery in April fell 0.98% or 0.85 to hit $85.55 a barrel,

By 06:45 #ET, U.S. crude futures were flat at $79.69 a barrel, while #Brent #crude was up 0.1% at $86.47 a barrel.

As of 12:31 Moscow time, the price of #Brent rose by 0.42% to $88 per #barrel.