Bitcoin (BTC) reversed its losses after Monday’s Wall Street open as markets digested the newest developments in the US-Iran war.
Key points:
Bitcoin joins US stocks in a relief bounce despite the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz going ahead.
The measures exclude shipping traffic from non-Iranian ports, analysis notes.
BTC price perspectives warn of a fresh downward reversal next.
Crypto “panic has faded” over Iran
Data from TradingView showed BTC price action abruptly heading higher, reaching $72,530 on Bistamp.
BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
The US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz began Monday at 10 a.m. EDT, but markets appeared relieved that traffic not going to or from Iranian ports would be unaffected.
According to trading resource The Kobeissi Letter, the US would “not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.”
“A successful blockade of Iranian ports would cut off the majority of the already restricted oil exports from the region,” it wrote in a post on X, warning over US gas prices hitting $4.25 per gallon.
WTI crude oil circled $102 per barrel, having briefly retested the $100 mark that it passed at the start of futures trading.
CFDs on WTI crude oil one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
US stocks, meanwhile, canceled out the initial downside from the news that negotiations between the US and Iran had failed.
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index were green on the day at the time of writing.
S&P 500 one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
Commenting, trading company QCP Capital flagged the increasing role of Chinese trade as a factor in the Iran saga.
“China sits at the centre of this. With Iranian crude largely flowing east, any blockade would cut directly into Beijing’s supply chain,” it wrote in its latest “Market Color” update.
QCP argued that “even with a strong US naval presence, the question is not intent but enforcement.”
“Intercepting Chinese vessels in international waters would risk a materially larger escalation, and markets are not priced for that…
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