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Bitcoin surged past $72,000 after a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran was announced. Traders often react positively to eased geopolitical tensions, despite overall market fear.

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced substantial inflows at the beginning of the week, marking the strongest single-day performance in over six weeks. On Monday, Bitcoin ETFs attracted $471.3 million in net inflows. This surge reversed the previous month’s outflows and

Iran’s hashrate has plummeted over the past quarter amid an ongoing conflict with the US and Israel, though the war itself has not dragged down global hashrate, according to a new report from Hashrate Index. Iran has lost roughly 7 exahashes per second (EH/s) quarter-over-quarter, said Ian

Gate News message: On April 8, according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, BlackRock withdrew 2,607 BTC from a certain CEX, worth approximately $178 million. It also withdrew 28,391 ETH, worth approximately $59 million.

Gate News message, April 8, the trader "set 10 big goals first" (@Jason60704294) disclosed on social media that he has closed out his BTC and ETH long positions, choosing to take profit and exit. In this trade, his 4x leverage long on BTC generated a profit of about $12.12 million, and his 2x leverage long on ETH generated a profit of about $728k, for a total profit of more than $12 million.

Bitcoin and U.S. stocks surged following Trump's announcement of a two-week ceasefire with Iran, while oil prices fell sharply. The easing geopolitical tensions led to increased risk appetite, resulting in significant liquidations of leveraged crypto futures positions.

From 23:30 to 23:45 (UTC) on 2026-04-07, the BTC price rapidly fell within 15 minutes, with a return of -1.03%. The price range was 71,905.7 to 72,760.5 USDT, and the amplitude was 1.17%. Market attention remained high; intraday volatility significantly increased. Trading volumes across major platforms briefly surged, indicating that selling pressure and risk-avoidance sentiment had permeated mainstream cryptocurrencies. The main drivers of this deviation were the continued tightening of macro liquidity under the Fed’s hawkish signals and a concentrated adjustment in the BTC derivatives market. The Fed’s interest rate in March 2026

Peter Schiff and Michael Saylor recently debated Bitcoin's performance, with Schiff arguing it underperformed gold and equities over five years, while Saylor highlighted shorter-term gains. Their dispute illustrates the complexity of data selection in assessing investment viability.

Gate News message, April 7, Coinglass data shows that in the past 1 hour across the entire network, $209 million in liquidations occurred, including $60.52M liquidated on long positions and $148 million liquidated on short positions. By coin, liquidations were $73.42 million for BTC and $41.84 million for ETH. In addition, liquidations were $24.78 million for Brent crude oil and $24.18 million for WTI crude oil.

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 突破 72000 USDT，现价 72018.7 USDT。

Gate News bot message, Gate market data shows that BTC is up 5.06% over the past 24 hours, trading at 71990 USDT.

2026-04-07 22:45 to 2026-04-07 23:00 (UTC), the BTC price recorded a +1.07% return. The price range was 70,733.5 to 71,518.9 USDT, with a 1.11% amplitude. Short-term volatility intensified, drawing strong market attention. On-chain data shows the number of active addresses rose to 38,971, up 5.2% from the previous hour. The total number of addresses added approximately 252,780 within an hour; network activity and new user growth increased significantly, becoming the incremental market momentum behind the unusual move. Spot trading volume reached 11

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 突破 71000 USDT，现价 71004.2 USDT。

2026-04-07 22:00 to 2026-04-07 22:15 (UTC), BTC recorded a 15-minute K-line return of +0.52%, with a trading range of 69,919.3 to 70,561.1 USDT and a swing of 0.92%. This bout of abnormal movement occurred against the backdrop of BTC breaking through the $70,000 level, rising market attention, and heightened short-term volatility. The main driving force behind this abnormal move was the inflow of large-scale institutional funds and a synchronized buy-side response tied to ETFs. Among them, an ETF product under a global asset management giant transferred 1,1

Gate News update: On April 7, according to market data from a certain exchange, Bitcoin broke through the 70,000 USDT level and is currently trading at 70,004.04 USDT, with a intraday gain of 1.68%.

2026-04-07 21:00 to 21:15 (UTC), the BTC price saw a clear spike. The candlestick return rate recorded +0.98%, and the price range was 69309.9-70214.9 USDT, with a 1.31% amplitude. Short-term market volatility increased, participation interest rose, and trading volume and the number of active entities increased in parallel. The main driver behind this move was whale trading activity. On-chain data shows that the transfer volume to exchanges by whale entities holding more than 1,000 BTC surged before and after the event window. Over the past 24 hours, whale inflow reached 10,5

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 突破 70000 USDT，现价 70004 USDT。

Risk markets, including Bitcoin, rallied after reports of Iran's positive response to Pakistan's ceasefire request. This followed a turbulent day triggered by President Trump's alarming remarks about Iran, which drew significant criticism.