Price Forecast for Bitcoin Following Iran Upset

Quick overview

Bitcoin (BTC) surprised investors Monday by climbing 2% after hostilities between Iran and the United States heated up over the weekend with no peace deal in place.

Now up to $72,108 (BTC/USD), Bitcoin is hovering near last month’s high as it performs better than expected during the United States’ blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Bitcoin is moving faster and more bullish than the stock market, demonstrating strength and resiliency that investors did not expect in this situation.

With Iran and the U.S. back at each other’s throats at the start of this week, oil prices are high, stocks are down, but the cryptocurrency market is somewhat elevated. Bitcoin is doing particularly well with news that peace talks broke down but could resume in a few days.

This Could Be a Turning Point for Bitcoin

One of the most interesting things to happen this week in the world of cryptocurrency is that Bitcoin was not phased by the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. It should be noted that Bitcoin showed resilience along with the rest of the crypto market in the early days of the Iran conflict.

However, that changed over the last few weeks, and the BTC rate fluctuated with each change in the Middle East situation. As gas prices jumped and conflict worsened, Bitcoin dove, along with Ethereum, XRP, and other tokens. This week, when the stock market tumbled and the United States announced no peace deal yet, Bitcoin should have crashed. It should have lost double digit percentages in value, but that is not what happened.

Instead, the coin climbed alongside oil prices. The BTC rate did not jump as high as the 7% increase we saw from TWI (Texas West Intermediate) and Brent crude Monday, but it did gain more than 2% in a 24-hour period. That tells us something about where the coin is now, as well as the rest of the crypto market.

Bitcoin fell in February after the news of the war in Iran broke, losing 20% very quickly. It recovered somewhat and trudged along, reacting less severely than the stock markets from there. But this latest shock with the United States setting up a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz should have plunged Bitcoin low. That did not happen, and that indicates that the coin is building support and gearing up for strong upward movement. We anticipate a climb to $75,000 this week as the bulls run with the coin and help the crypto market surge despite strong Middle East tensions.

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