Bitcoin shoots higher on Iran peace deal, with Strait of Hormuz set to open

MarketsBitcoin shoots higher on Iran peace deal, with Strait of Hormuz set to openThe price of crude oil is tumbling, and U.S. stock futures are moving higher.By Stephen Alpher Jun 15, 2026, 12:08 a.m. 1 min readMake preferred on ShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailMake preferred on The US and Iran said they reached an interim agreement to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the deal to be signed in Switzerland on Friday.The price of bitcoin BTC$65,567.88 has risen to $65,700, up 2% over the past 24 hours, and its highest level since the early June plunge.The price of WTI crude oil has plunged nearly 5% to just under $81 per barrel, its softest level in about two months.Nasdaq 100 futures are higher by 1.5% and S&P 500 futures are up 0.9%.Bitcoin NewsRelated AssetsBitcoin$65,567.881.63%Latest Crypto News 1Bitcoin could crash to $48,000, if this historical pattern is triggered5 hours ago2Summer of crypto (regs): State of Crypto 6 hours ago3Aerodrome is turning liquidity into a prediction market with its biggest upgrade yet10 hours ago4SEC's big swing to clear tokenization path isn't likely to get resilience of full rule11 hours ago5Wall Street and crypto are crashing into each other as tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6 billion12 hours ago6Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speedJun 13, 20267Here's what SpaceX's IPO means for its $1.3 billion bitcoin reserveJun 13, 20268Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.Jun 13, 20269Bitcoin rises above $64,000 after Pakistan prime minister says Iran peace deal is nearJun 13, 202610Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founderJun 13, 2026Latest Research The Incentive Dynamic Engine: A New Era for io.net TokenomicsThe Incentive Dynamic Engine: A New Era for io.net Tokenomicsio.net's IDE ties token burns to real GPU demand, replacing fixed emissions with a demand-linked mo…

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