{"id":15769,"date":"2026-01-26T07:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:06:07","slug":"bitcoin-starts-week-on-shaky-ground-amid-geopolitical-jitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15769","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin starts week on shaky ground amid geopolitical jitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bitcoin suffered a sharp fall Sunday to start the week on shaky ground, even as it staged a minor rebound in early Asia, as global geopolitical tensions prompted a move away from risk assets and into safe havens such as gold.<\/p>\n

The largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as 3.5% Sunday to a 2026 low of just above $86 000 before climbing to $87 733 Monday morning in Singapore. Second largest token Ether slumped as much as 5.7% before rallying 2% to trade at $2 872, still close to its lowest level since mid December.<\/p>\n

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Monday\u2019s reprieve \u201cis more of a pause than a big bounce,\u201d said Sean McNulty, APAC derivatives trading lead at FalconX. \u201cWe are not seeing a ton of flows so far this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds saw five consecutive days of outflows totaling $1.7 billion last week in the US, almost wiping out the previous four days of inflows, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

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Geopolitical concerns such as President Donald Trump\u2019s threat of 100% tariffs on imports from Canada, reports of a large fleet of US warships heading toward Iran, and rising odds of another US government shutdown are weighing on overall market sentiment, Tony Sycamore, analyst at IG Australia, said in a note.<\/p>\n

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Traders also began the week on heightened alert for Japan intervening in the market following the yen\u2019s recent slide, and with news of China\u2019s biggest military purge in roughly half a century.<\/p>\n

Gold advanced beyond $5 000 an ounce for the first time as haven trades picked up.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n

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