Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $73,568.4 on Monday, 0.3% lower than Sunday’s opening price.
ET this morning, the price of bitcoin fell further to $71,400.64. Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $2,004.03 on Monday, down 0.8% from Sunday’s opening price. The price of ethereum moved lower this morning and was $1,960.76 as of 9:56 a.m.
ET. Bitcoin and Ethereum investors are eager for an agreement between the U.S. and Iran, or at least continued signals that a deal is closer, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and put an official end to the fighting. While the world waits for President Trump to sign the agreed-upon 60-day ceasefire extension, key sticking points on both sides continue to put the prospects for long-term peace on shaky ground.