Bitcoin Holds Above $77K as the Senate Moves to Curb Trump’s Iran War Powers
Bitcoin price today reflects Tuesday’s 0.57% tick higher to $77,193 as the Senate advanced a resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers, pulling yields and oil lower. The relief lifted crypto, but BTC stayed below its 200-DMA in a tape K33 calls uniquely pessimistic. ZEC and HYPE led; majors lagged.
The Big Three
Bitcoin closed Tuesday at $77,193 (+0.57%, +$436), a shallow bounce after a $76,440–$77,288 range. The catalyst was macro: the Senate advanced a resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers, easing the war premium that had spiked yields and oil. As the 10-year retreated from its 16-month high, risk-on relief lifted crypto.
The tape was selective. Zcash (ZEC) led at +3.53% to $582, extending a roughly 70% monthly rally on a golden-cross watch. HYPE rose 2.25% after Bitwise called it crypto’s most mispriced asset despite a 77% year-to-date gain. Against that, XRP fell 1.05%, TON dropped 4.15%, SOL and ONDO eased — rotation, not a broad rally.
BTC stays below the 200-DMA near $78,873 in what K33 calls a uniquely pessimistic bear market — defensive positioning that limits downside by reducing leverage-collapse risk. Implied volatility stays low despite the selloff. RSI fast 46.22; MACD histogram −683, bearish. Trump also ordered the Fed to review crypto access to payment rails.
02 Perpetuals Board
| Pair | Price | 24h | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | $77,213 | +0.3% | $2.5B |
| ETH | $2,130 | −0.08% | $1.54B |
| SOL | $84.81 | −0.31% | $160M |
| XRP | $1.367 | −1.05% | $150M |
| HYPE | $48.67 | +2.25% | $93.6M |
| ZEC | $582.48 | +3.53% | $75.3M |
| TON | $1.951 | −4.15% | $20.1M |
| ONDO | $0.3754 | −1.6% | $32.7M |
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 66,580 | +2.07% | -43.30% | 65,230 | 66,891 | 65,139 | 31,035,015,168 |
| ETH | 1,926 | +1.17% | -48.81% | 1,904 | 1,945 | 1,901 | 13,398,289,408 |
| SOL | 77.92 | +0.16% | -60.24% | 77.79 | 78.68 | 77.69 | 1,911,758,080 |
| XRP | 1.15 | +3.22% | -67.72% | 1.11 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1,431,641,856 |
| BNB | 574.57 | +0.67% | -25.07% | 570.73 | 579.09 | 570.66 | 1,178,762,496 |
| ADA | 0.17 | +2.90% | -80.39% | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 519,555,328 |
| DOGE | 0.07 | +1.40% | -73.08% | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 731,484,608 |
| AVAX | 6.60 | +0.36% | -74.07% | 6.58 | 6.68 | 6.57 | 259,192,912 |
| LINK | 8.67 | +0.97% | -55.63% | 8.58 | 8.74 | 8.57 | 264,102,864 |
| DOT | 0.85 | +3.25% | -81.06% | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 109,917,704 |
| LTC | 47.67 | +0.70% | -58.85% | 47.34 | 47.99 | 47.15 | 240,080,672 |
| BCH | 224.90 | +2.27% | -57.01% | 219.90 | 226.46 | 219.72 | 117,076,952 |
| TRX | 0.33 | +0.53% | +4.46% | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 417,594,592 |
| XLM | 0.19 | +2.15% | -59.34% | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 169,649,408 |
| HBAR | 0.07 | +2.84% | -74.72% | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 59,051,236 |
| NEAR | 1.95 | -1.39% | -35.49% | 1.98 | 2.06 | 1.95 | 208,828,432 |
| ATOM | 1.49 | -0.07% | -71.25% | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.49 | 23,930,334 |
| AAVE | 95.07 | +5.90% | -70.52% | 89.77 | 95.27 | 89.73 | 230,339,616 |
03 Why It Held
External Trigger: Senate curbs Iran war powers
The catalyst was the Senate advancing a resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers. With strike risk reduced, Treasury yields retreated from the 16-month high near 4.7% and oil eased, removing the war premium that had pressured risk assets all week. Bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana all rebounded, though modestly — a relief bounce, not a regime change.
Winners and Losers: Privacy and a mispricing call
ZEC led at +3.53% on its privacy rally and golden-cross setup. HYPE gained 2.25% after Bitwise argued the market misprices Hyperliquid as a niche derivatives venue rather than a trading super-app. TON fell 4.15%, BCH dropped 2.44%, and XRP, SOL and ONDO eased — selective rotation into narrative names while majors consolidated below resistance.
§04 · Market Commentary
The bounce is real but shallow. Bitcoin remains below the 200-DMA near $78,873, and K33 frames the downturn as a uniquely pessimistic bear market — traders defensive, which limits downside by reducing the leverage-driven cascades of prior cycles. Low implied volatility confirms the lack of panic. The relief is genuine, but BTC needs to reclaim its moving averages before the bounce becomes a trend.
The policy backdrop is busy. Trump ordered the Fed to review crypto access to payment rails, the SEC proposed its biggest listing-rule overhaul in two decades to ease crypto IPOs, and the CFTC sued Minnesota over its prediction-markets ban as Polymarket partnered with Nasdaq. Bernstein flagged miners as critical AI-infrastructure suppliers with 27 GW of planned power. The pipeline builds even as price consolidates.
05 Technical Snapshot
Bitcoin closed at $77,193 below the 200-DMA near $78,873 and the Kijun at $78,482, the overhead resistance band. The close sits just above the $76,022 cloud edge; the cloud bottom at $74,265 is the 3.8% downside floor. RSI fast 46.22, slow 55.62 — neutral. MACD histogram −683, still bearish but the line holds positive. A consolidation below resistance, not a breakdown.
06 Forward Look
07 Questions & Answers
Verdict
Tuesday’s 0.57% tick to $77,193 was a macro relief bounce as the Senate moved to curb Trump’s Iran war powers, pulling yields and oil lower. ZEC (+3.53%) and HYPE (+2.25%) led on narrative catalysts while majors lagged. BTC stays below the 200-DMA near $78,873 in what K33 calls a uniquely pessimistic bear market, with low implied volatility confirming no panic. The policy pipeline builds. A close above $78,873 confirms the bounce; below $74,265 breaks the cloud.
Related: Monday’s altcoin rotation · Gold, silver and the yield spike · Brazil and the macro tape.
Gate today: 200-DMA $78,873. Reclaim = bounce confirmed; below $74,265 cloud = lower support.
Disclaimer: This report is editorial market analysis based on publicly available data. It is not investment advice. Markets carry risk; consult a licensed professional before trading.
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