Iran Rejects Peace Talk Claims, Leaving Bitcoin Stuck At $70K
Bitcoin’s halving clock is ticking toward what analysts call a critical threshold — and the crypto market has bigger problems on its hands right now. Related Reading: XRP Ledger Signals Growth With $1M Unlock And Activity Surge Conflicting Signals From Washington And Tehran Reports indicate that US President Donald Trump described recent contact with Iranian officials as productive, suggesting both sides had found common ground on winding down hostilities. He even floated the idea of Iran sharing control over the Strait of Hormuz and working alongside whoever leads the country after....
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Strategy, the Michael Saylor-led company that has made Bitcoin accumulation its core business, bought $76.6 million worth of crypto last week, lifting its total holdings to 762,099 BTC — roughly 3.5% of the entire Bitcoin supply. Related Reading: Iran Rejects Peace Talk Claims, Leaving BTC Stuck At $70K Wall Street brokerage Bernstein used that move as a springboard to reaffirm one of the boldest price calls on the market: Bitcoin hitting $150,000 before the year is out. Institutional Money Is Moving Bernstein senior analyst Gautam Chhugani delivered the outlook in a note to clients....
A gold-backed crypto token jumped from 453rd place to fifth among the most actively traded perpetual pairs on Binance — all within a matter of weeks. Related Reading: Iran Rejects Peace Talk Claims, Leaving Bitcoin Stuck At $70K XAUT: From Obscurity To The Top 5 Tether’s tokenized gold token, XAUT, recorded a daily perpetual futures trading volume of $6.40 billion on March 23, according to data highlighted by CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartunn. That figure dwarfs where it stood in December 2025, when daily volume barely crossed $1.50 million. The climb was fast and unrelenting. By....
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index crept up two points to 29 out of 100 on Monday — its highest reading since late January — but that number still signals fear among Bitcoin investors. Related Reading: Strategy Raises $1.76B War Chest As Saylor Signals Bigger Bitcoin Buy Markets had barely settled from a rough weekend before the index was being watched again as a barometer of just how shaky confidence remains in the crypto space. That unease has a clear cause. A two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, which had given financial markets a brief lift and helped keep oil prices in check, is now....
Bitcoin traders are already betting the wider US-Iran ceasefire will hold. Data from prediction market Polymarket puts the odds of a permanent peace deal by April 22 at 23%. Related Reading: Bitcoin Rally Faces First Test At $76K As Sellers Step In: Analysts Markets React To Diplomatic Breakthrough That confidence is showing up in Bitcoin’s price. The world’s largest cryptocurrency climbed to $74,650 on Thursday, bouncing back from an intraday low of around $73,050, according to TradingView data. The move came within hours of US President Donald Trump announcing a 10-day....
The prospect of a US military withdrawal from Iran within the next 15 to 20 days is already sending ripples through the global markets. From the price of Bitcoin to the cost of a barrel of crude, investors are scrambling to figure out if we are looking at a genuine de-escalation or just a temporary […]