Bitcoin Dumps Below $77K as US-Iran Strikes Resume: Who Else Might Be Behind the Drop?

After jumping past $79,000 on Sunday evening, bitcoin entered the new business week on the wrong foot, slipping below $77,000 in an hour or so as geopolitical tensions returned to financial markets.

The decline came amid renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, following nearly a month of relative calm as the US reportedly focused only on increasing economic pressure.

US Forces struck two Iranian launchers on the island of Larak on Sunday, while the latter retaliated with strikes against military targets stationed in Jordan.

US President Trump’s AI video of how Kharg Island, Iran’s key oil region, is being “blown to smithereens” didn’t help defuse the situation either.