Bitcoin Unfazed by Trump’s Iran Threats
Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Unfazed by Trump’s Iran Threats
Bitcoin shrugged off tensions in the Middle East, barely moving despite U.S. President Donald Trump vowing on Monday to hit Iran hard.
The price of the biggest cryptocurrency recently stood at $79,076, unmoved over a 24-hour period. The coin also hasn’t budged from where it stood seven days ago.
Bitcoin started a phenomenal run two weeks ago — its best in three years — and is up nearly 30% over the past month.
Its price started surging after the U.S. Treasury would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations. The announcement hurt the dollar but non-yielding assets like bitcoin and gold have benefited.
Positive regulatory news has also helped bitcoin this month: President Donald Trump last week said that the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act was a “very, very powerful” piece of legislation, and urged lawmakers to get it over the line.
The Clarity Act aims to establish a framework for distinguishing between digital assets that are securities, commodities or payment stablecoins — legislation that the crypto industry has long called for.
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