Following President Trump’s warning of intensified airstrikes on Iran, asset markets shifted to risk-off, weighing on crypto prices. At 8:00 a.m. local time, Bitcoin traded around $67,019, down 1.63% from the previous session; Ethereum was at $2,061.05 after a 3.62% decline, Solana at $79.05 (-2.43%), and XRP at $1.31 (-2.24%). The pullback comes as renewed war fears and broader geopolitical risk dampen risk appetite across assets.
Concurrently, oil markets moved higher, with WTI May futures up over 11% to $111.54 and Brent crude up about 8% to $109.03, signaling persistent inflationary and risk-off pressures in the macro backdrop. On Korea’s Bithumb, Bitcoin traded around KRW 118.8 million, roughly $67,358, up about 0.28% from yesterday. The kimchi premium was reported near 0.71%, highlighting local price dynamics in the cryptocurrency market amid the global risk-off move.
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