Bitcoin price regains ground as Israel-Iran tensions simmer
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) recovered some of its recent losses on Tuesday, heading 3.5% higher by the afternoon to trade around the $105,427 mark as the world waits for more news on the Iran-Israel ceasefire.
The digital commodity, which is typically sensitive to macro events is up 12.8% for the year to date following a slew of crypto-friendly policy decisions by the Trump administration, but had lost around 2.2% over the past month due to a number of other factors.
Bitcoin's rally on Tuesday tracked an uptick in global equity markets, after president Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Iran and Israel had agreed a ceasefire. Later on Tuesday, he said both sides had violated the ceasefire.
This time last month bitcoin's price against the dollar was at an all-time high of nearly $112,000, but turmoil in the Middle East and uncertainty around US trade and tariff policy has led investors out of riskier assets.
"Cryptocurrencies bounced back strongly overnight supported by renewed investor confidence and a shift into higher-risk assets. Bitcoin pushed back above $105,000 having started the week below $100,000," said David Morrison, senior market analyst at FCA regulated fintech and financial services provider Trade Nation.
Bitcoin headed higher as the dollar index (DX-Y.NYB) dipped 0.6%.
"The US dollar resumed its downward trajectory as safe haven inflows were reversed, the US current account gap widened in Q1 and house prices rose the least in 20 months," said Axel Rudolph, senior technical analyst at online trading platform IG.
"The euro was helped by Germany's business climate which hit its highest level in nearly a year with EUR/USD briefly rising to $1.1641, its highest level since October 2021."
Other cryptocurrencies also moved higher, with the second largest digital asset, Ethereum, up 6.8% to trade around the $2,440 mark.
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