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Bitcoin pulled back slightly after briefly approaching the $80,000 mark on Tuesday. At the time of writing, it was trading at $77,794, up 0.4% over the past 24 hours, after hitting a peak of $79,388 before gradually easing lower during the overnight session.
The 24-hour low of $77,464 was set Thursday morning, implying a full range of about $1,900. Ether (ETH) slipped 0.7% to $2,344, XRP fell 1.7% to $1.42, Solana (SOL) dropped 1.5% to $85.83, and BNB declined 0.6% to $635.
Brent crude held above $95 a barrel as the U.S. maintained its naval blockade on ships going to and from Iranian ports, while Iran kept the Strait closed to almost all other international traffic. Iranian gunboats fired on commercial ships in the waterway on Wednesday.
Trump's April 7 ceasefire remains in place “indefinitely,” but Vice President JD Vance’s planned Tuesday trip to Islamabad was called off after Iran declined to send a delegation. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump has not set a firm deadline for an Iranian proposal.
The divergence in the top 10 reflects positioning read-throughs. Bitcoin is up 4% on the week, while other major assets are within 2% either direction, with ether and solana down.
One view is that when a rally concentrates in one asset while the rest of the complex fades, the source of the bid is usually narrow rather than broad.
Bitpanda CEO Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad offered a contrasting interpretation, arguing the overnight push toward $80,000 signals digital asset industry maturity and resilience supported by institutional participation and clearer regulatory frameworks.
That framing is harder to reconcile with a market where bitcoin is leading alone amid thin altcoin participation and where funding rates have been negative for roughly 47 consecutive days, one of the longest stretches of bearish derivatives positioning on record.
A slide below $76,000 would imply the $79,388 high printed the top for this leg. The next move, according to the article, would require either genuine Iran progress or a shift in the funding-rate picture that pulls real capital back in.
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