Bitcoin Price Claws Back From the Brink as Iran Deal, Saylor, and Armstrong Signal a Turning Tide
Bitcoin price entered the weekend somewhat battered and bruised, fresh off a gut-punch to $59,000 on June 5 — its weakest footing since October 2024 — and with no shortage of skeptics ready to call the bull market dead. But by Monday morning, the picture looked different. The worlds largest cryptocurrency clawed its way to $66,800 on the day, printing a 7-day low of $60,909 before staging a textbook recovery that carried it through $66,000 and toward the 7-day high of $66,888. The chart told the story of a market caught between fear and conviction: a sharp slide toward $61,000 by June 9–10, choppy consolidation between $62,000 and $63,000 through mid-week, then a decisive push higher that accelerated into the weekend close and carried into Mondays open. On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that a peace deal with Iran was “complete,” authorizing the toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and bringing nearly four months of armed conflict to an immediate halt. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that all military operations across every front — including Lebanon — would cease, with a formal signing ceremony scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland. Brent crude slid more than 4% toward $84 a