Open Source · Anthropic · Iran · Strait of Hormuz · Bitcoin · CoinDesk
U.S.-Iran agreement lifts equities, sends oil lower, while crypto stays wary
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The U.S.-Iran peace deal reached over the weekend provided the stimulus many markets had been waiting for.
Key facts
- Bitcoin BTC $ 66,143.87 held below $66,000, barely moving since midnight after adding 3.4% over the weekend
- The biggest gains came in the smaller altcoins, with the CoinDesk 80 Index adding 1.5% since midnight
- Crypto markets, however, posted muted gains after the announcement, with the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) little changed since midnight UTC
- Oil fell more than 4% on news the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, copper jumped
Summary
Global markets rallied on the U.S.-Iran peace deal and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies posted only modest gains as traders questioned the durability of the truce. Crypto derivatives show rising open interest and a slightly firmer basis that suggest incremental institutional appetite, even as muted funding rates and low implied volatility point to limited aggressive directional bets. Decentralized A.the reporter. tokens such as Venice’s VVV and Morpheus’s MOR surged on a censorship-resistance narrative after Anthropic temporarily disabled access to its most advanced models under U.S. export-control orders. Oil fell more than 4% on news the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, copper jumped.