Bitcoin rose to nearly $72,000 amid a US–Iran ceasefire
Bitcoin surged on Wednesday, leading a rally in cryptocurrency markets after news of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran triggered a significant rise in risk assets.


Bitcoin surged on Wednesday, leading a rally in cryptocurrency markets after news of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran triggered a significant rise in risk assets.
Strategy Inc. is accelerating its Bitcoin accumulation, surpassing the network’s issuance, highlighting supply compression dynamics as treasury performance metrics show rising Bitcoin yield, profit, and sustained large-scale buying pressure.
The company Strategy, the largest corporate holder of the leading cryptocurrency, has published its Form 8-K report for Q1 2026. According to it, the organization recorded an unrealized loss of $14.46 billion.
Bitcoin rose above $69,000 on Monday following reports that Iran and the United States received a ceasefire plan that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz as early as Monday, improving risk appetite.
Despite sharp volatility, Bitcoin ETFs posted modest weekly gains, while Ether ETFs continued to record outflows. Solana and XRP also declined during the shortened trading week.
The price of Solana ($SOL) reached $79.30 as of April 3. Over the past 24 hours, it increased by 0.6%. This occurred after the asset’s spot ETF recorded its first positive net inflow in six trading days.
Bitcoin reached a session high of $70,275, pushing its market capitalization back above $1.4 trillion. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose to $2.46 trillion.
$ADA has broken above $0.25 for the first time in weeks, with RSI reaching 69.64 — marking the first week of exchange inflows since November 2025, a signal that previously preceded every major rally in Cardano over the past year.
Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy — a company focused on institutional Bitcoin treasury operations — once again drew attention with his latest post on X, where he used the phrase “₿back to Work.” Saylor’s message has fueled expectations that the company may be preparing to announce a new acquisition.
Bitcoin (BTC) rose by nearly 4% over the past 24 hours, climbing above $69.5K and reaching its highest level since March 26. Ethereum (ETH) also gained nearly 5%, approaching $2.15K. Most of the price increase occurred overnight on April 6.
On Easter Sunday, Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social filled with strong language, demanding that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face military strikes by Tuesday. This triggered volatility across commodity and equity markets ahead of the trading week starting April 6. While stock futures declined and oil prices surged on geopolitical concerns, the cryptocurrency market moved in the opposite direction.
The most popular cryptocurrency networks have been published based on weekly active users. According to the data, Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchains stand out in terms of user activity, while some networks have experienced a significant decline in activity over the past 30 days.
Bitcoin (BitfinexUSD) prices are hovering around the $67,000 mark this Saturday as the cryptocurrency market experiences a period of low trading volumes. Yesterday was a public holiday in several major regions, and today is the weekend, resulting in limited institutional activity and lower liquidity in the digital asset space.
The index includes nine tokens, but the structure is heavily skewed. The majority share is made up of Bittensor, Render, and the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance. These three represent over 71% of the entire index.
Bitcoin traded almost unchanged on Friday and was set to close the week with minimal fluctuations as investors assessed conflicting signals regarding the US-Iran conflict while awaiting key US labor market data to be released later that day.
The price of $XRP continues to sink deeper into the bearish zone as selling pressure intensifies and key support levels weaken, strengthening the sustained downward trend and signaling market structure instability. Meanwhile, Ripple is advancing the development of the institutional sector and blockchain technology adoption in the corporate world, highlighting the long-term sustainability of its ecosystem.