BITCOIN HIT BY GEOPOLITICS AND RATE FEARS Bitcoin remains under pressure as U.S.-Iran tensions escalate following an exchange of strikes. Sentiment is also being weighed down by continued ETF outflows, Strategy’s first bitcoin sale since 2022, and rising expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike. Bitcoin fell 0.5% to $67,135 after earlier hitting a two-month low of $65,394.(*Walter Bloomberg)