Bitcoin price is trading near $71,000, down 0.5% over the past 24 hours, with the US-Iran ceasefire lasting two weeks. He led the broader cryptocurrency rally on Tuesday Physical signs of collapse began to appear less than 48 hours after its announcement.
The analytical question is no longer whether the relief trade can expand – it is how much gains will be made on Tuesday if the ceasefire fails the first stress test of the weekend, and where the reliable floor lies.
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Reinstating the Hormuz Premium: How Ceasefire Doubt Transmits to Cryptocurrencies
The transportation mechanism is directly here. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Thursday that three provisions of the ceasefire proposal had been violated — without specifying which ones — while Israeli military operations continued in Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz, which was nominally scheduled to reopen under the agreement, remained effectively closed with minimal oil tanker traffic.
– Muhammad Baqir Ghalibaf MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) April 8, 2026
This last point is the crux: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz was the focus of the agreement, and its failure to implement means that the energy risk premium that the market briefly priced in on Tuesday is being repriced again.
Brent crude rebounded 2% to about $97 a barrel after Wednesday’s collapse of more than 10% — its worst daily decline in six years. A reversal reflects a market that has gone from pricing peace to pricing uncertainty within a single trading session.
S&P 500 futures indicated a 0.2% decline on Thursday, signaling the end of a four-day winning streak for global stocks. The MSCI Asia Pacific Stock Index fell 0.9%, with two stocks falling for every one that rose, erasing part of the rally resulting from Wednesday’s ceasefire.
Treasuries stabilized after the previous rally faded due to concern that higher oil prices would affect inflation expectations, creating a second layer of transmission.
The Fed continued to flag upside inflation risks alongside easing labor data, while maintaining a higher long-term interest rate narrative. Analysts at Bitonix described the combination as a double shock from global energy repricing and Federal Reserve policy restrictions, suggesting that officials face a difficult balancing act between energy-driven inflation and weak business conditions.
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Bitcoin Price: $70,582 minimum and $71,766 resistance level that rejected the price
Bitcoin’s technical structure remains constrained by the $65,000 to $73,000 range that has contained every significant move since late February, but the asset is now testing the upper half of that range rather than grinding along the bottom — which, under the circumstances, is the more constructive observation available.
The immediate concern is that BTC faced a technical rejection at the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at $71,766 and has since fallen below its 7-day moving average at $71,342, with futures open interest down 4.25% in one session amid broader deleveraging.
Key support levels to watch: The 50% Fibonacci retracement levels at $70,582, the 61.8% level at $70,052, and the swing low at $68,338 – representing a complete back-and-forth scenario if the ceasefire officially collapses.
source: Tradingview
Bitcoin price reached an intraday peak of $76,013 earlier in the week before pulling back; Thursday’s print of $70,981 represents a 6.6% pullback from that high. The overall $65,000-$73,000 range remains intact, but the burden of proof has shifted back to the upside.
Right now, Bitcoin is trading squarely on geopolitical factors, not purely technical ones, because if the ceasefire actually holds and the oil price drops, especially with Brent falling below $90, that takes the pressure off the macro side and gives BTC room to regain the short-term trend above $71.3k and push back into the $73k to $74k area.
But it’s clear that the market hasn’t fully bought into this outcome yet, as the downside is still very real, and if tensions flare again and oil rises above $100, Bitcoin will likely lose the $70k area and start sliding towards the upper $60s, with $65k back in play as a deeper floor.
So, this is one of those moments where the trend doesn’t come from the charts alone, it comes from the headlines, and right now both paths are open, with the market actively pricing in the risk of things turning negative as quickly as they are improving.
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