Bitcoin slips from $74,000 peak as macro pressures reassert themselves
On April 12, bitcoin last traded around $71,000, according to The Block’s price data, after retreating from resistance near $74,000 over the weekend. Ether hovered around $2,190, with broader crypto markets also weaker. The move followed the breakdown of U.S.-Iran...
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Bitcoin Suffers Sharpest First-Quarter Decline Since 2018
Bitcoin Extends Six-Month Slide Amid Macro and Geopolitical Pressure Bitcoin closed the first quarter of 2026 at $66,619 on Tuesday, down from $87,508 on Jan. 1, according to Yahoo Finance data. The 23.8% quarterly drop was the steepest first-quarter decline...
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Bitcoin trades below recent highs as Middle East tensions pressure crypto market
Bitcoin price action amid heightened geopolitical risk According to The Block's bitcoin price page, bitcoin was up 0.34% in the past 24 hours to trade at $66,966 as of 11:15 p.m. ET on Sunday. The world’s largest cryptocurrency briefly crashed...
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Bitcoin Holds Near $67,000 as Geopolitical Tensions Lift Oil and Inflation Fears
Bitcoin Price Action and Market Drivers Bitcoin was trading near $67,000 in Asian trading on Monday, down about 1% from the previous day, following a pullback from its brief rally to $73,500 on March 5. The weekend decline came as...
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Bitcoin Slides Below $67,000 as US-Iran Tensions Trigger Risk-Off Mood
Bitcoin Decline Tracks Broader Risk-Off Sentiment Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, declined over the past 24 hours as investors reduced exposure to riskier assets in response to the intensifying conflict between the United States and Iran. The drop occurred despite...
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