{"id":29373,"date":"2026-04-02T08:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=29373"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:12:22","slug":"bitcoin-tumbles-with-stocks-as-trump-signals-harder-iran-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=29373","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin tumbles with stocks as Trump signals harder Iran strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Bitcoin tumbled in Asia on Thursday after US President Donald Trump indicated there would be harder strikes against Iran in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrencies fell across the board. Bitcoin dropped as much as 2.8% to below $66 300 as of 12:40 p.m. in Singapore. Smaller tokens took a bigger hit, with Ether down as much as 4.7% and Solana falling as much as 5.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Investors pulled back from risk assets following a speech from Trump that damped hopes of an imminent end to the military conflict with Iran. MSCI\u2019s Asia Pacific share index fell 1.7%, reversing a rebound. Brent crude, meanwhile, jumped more than 5% to above $106 a barrel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cStock and commodity markets continue to whipsaw according to Trump\u2019s latest comments on geopolitical developments,\u201d said Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets. \u201cBitcoin is largely following stocks\u2019 direction, though in the past few weeks it has showed reduced sensitivity to both good and bad news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1818200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-555x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-555x312.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-201x113.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-230x129.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508-744x419.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/453170508.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments soured the more upbeat sentiment following remarks earlier this week that he would consider ending the war with Iran before reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade waterway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bitcoin had been weathering the war better than many assets. It ended March up 2% from the previous month, snapping a five-month losing streak. Gold, normally a safe-haven asset, ended March down more than 11% amid concerns about inflation fueled by disruptions to energy supplies from the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Bitcoin demand has remained under pressure since a selloff in October, leaving the token down roughly 45% from its peak that month above $126 000. Apparent demand, which measures the extent to which demand exceeds or falls short of new Bitcoin being mined, was negative by about 63 000 as of late last month, according to a report Wednesday from CryptoQuant.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Bitcoin #tumbles #stocks #Trump #signals #harder #Iran #strikes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin tumbled in Asia on Thu&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[95,1315,6466,324,221,1140,599,16942],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}