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Bitcoin slid toward the $62,000 level as US equities opened lower on escalating US-Iran rhetoric over the Strait of Hormuz, with Donald Trump saying the US would 'run' a closed strait. The threat to the chokepoint that carries roughly a fifth of global oil supply pushes crude higher and hits risk appetite, keeping BTC trading as high-beta risk alongside equities rather than as a geopolitical hedge. Watch whether $62K holds as spot support and whether oil's move lifts inflation expectations enough to firm UST yields, which would add a second headwind for crypto.
As a Crypto signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around BTC, CL=F, IXIC.
Original Source: Cointelegraph
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