{"id":42738,"date":"2026-04-04T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=42738"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:37:26","slug":"btc-sees-mild-volatility-as-trump-escalates-with-48-hour-iran-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=42738","title":{"rendered":"BTC Sees Mild Volatility as Trump Escalates With 48-Hour Iran Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe POTUS said &#8216;all hell will reign down&#8217; on Iran. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s calmness saw a brief and minor break as the asset jumped by several hundred dollars to near $67,600 for the first time since Thursday after Trump\u2019s latest warning against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The US President <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116346816254869135\" target=\"_blank\">gave<\/a> the Middle Eastern country 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or \u201call hell will reign down on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s particularly interesting about this reiteration of the previous 10-day warning is the fact that it expires at 10:05 AM ET on Monday, April 6. That would be just 35 minutes after Wall Street had opened for trading after a 3-day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The analysts at The Kobeissi Letter believe this statement increases the likelihood that the next 48 hours will be \u201chighly eventful.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: President Trump\u2019s \u201c48-hour warning\u201d to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz expires at 10:05 AM ET on Monday, April 6th.<\/p>\n<p>This also happens to be 35 minutes after the US stock market reopens after the 3-day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>We will be covering the highly eventful next 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2040440000672940089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the US stock market is closed now, the cryptocurrency space is not. The 24\/7-hour trading industry typically tends to react to such statements immediately, but this particular one couldn\u2019t really shake BTC.<\/p>\n<p>The largest digital asset <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-calms-at-67k-pi-networks-pi-token-finally-stabilizes-weekend-watch\/\">traded<\/a> at around $67,000, where it has been for the past day or so, and jumped slightly to $67,600 before it was stopped.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-may-also-like\" class=\"heading-4\">You may also like:<\/h3>\n<p>Most larger-cap alts are in a similar state, with ETH trading at $2,050, and XRP is just inches above $1.30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Exclusive)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/btc-sees-mild-volatility-as-trump-escalates-with-48-hour-iran-warning\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The POTUS said &#8216;all hell will reign down&#8217; on Iran. 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