Bitcoin Bear Signals Pile Up at $62K
Bitcoin trades at $62,711 on July 9, 2026, holding a narrow 1.12% gain over 24 hours as a confluence of geopolitical friction, a looming $1.4 billion options expiry on Deribit, and some of the...
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Bitcoin Slides to $61K as Iran, CPI, and $50K Loom
Bitcoin is trading at $61,676, down 2.36% over the past 24 hours, after U.S. military strikes against Iran on June 9 collapsed a fragile ceasefire and sent risk assets sharply lower. The price action...
US Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Four Crypto Exchanges
US Treasury’s OFAC designated Nobitex, Iran’s largest crypto exchange, and three rival platforms on June 3, blocking their access to the dollar system. Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex joined Nobitex on the SDN list under...
Bitcoin Plunges to $74K, ETF Outflows Hit $1.26B, Then Iran Deal Sparks Bounce
Bitcoin dropped to a monthly low of $74,200 on Friday before recovering sharply after President Trump announced a near-finalised peace agreement with Iran, pushing the price back above $77,000. The whipsaw move compressed what...
Bitcoin Falls Below $78K as Bond Yields, Iran and Cycle Math Align
Bitcoin dropped to a session low of $77,614 on May 16, erasing all of its monthly gains as rising US Treasury yields, Iran’s Hormuz toll threat, and deteriorating on-chain profit metrics converged into a...
Bitcoin Falls Below $80K as Record Negative Funding Rates and Iran Strike Collide
Bitcoin is trading at $79,688, down 2.22% over the past 24 hours, after U.S. forces struck Iranian targets on Thursday, triggering a pullback from the week’s high of $82,800 and pushing the asset back...
Fed Holds Rates, Powell Stays as Governor, Warsh Cleared: Crypto Pays
Bitcoin is trading at $76,046, down 1.31% in 24 hours, and that number tells a cleaner story than most of the commentary around it. Jerome Powell chaired his final FOMC meeting on April 29,...
Bitcoin Whipsawed $2,000 in 24 Hours as Iran’s Hormuz Reversal Exposed Market Fragility
Bitcoin climbed to an intraday peak of $78,336 on April 17, 2026, after Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi declared the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping, only to reverse to $76,091 within...
Iran Plans Crypto Tolls at the Strait of Hormuz, Raising State Adoption Stakes
Iran is reportedly exploring cryptocurrency payments for oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that carries roughly 20% of the world’s crude oil supply. Reports first emerged via the Financial Times, citing...
Japan Bond Crisis and Hormuz Blockade Converge Into a Serious Macro Risk for Crypto
Japan’s 10-year government bond yield reached 2.393% in early April 2026, its highest level since 1999, driven directly by oil price shock flowing from the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The causal...