Bitcoin under $71,000, ETH, SOL, XRP drop as Iran ceasefire frays within 48 hours of being signed

Tehran says three clauses of the ceasefire have been breached, oil is rebounding toward $97, and the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed despite the deal.

What to know:

• Bitcoin is holding above $70,000 after a ceasefire-fueled rally, trading within a months-long $65,000 to $73,000 range but now testing its upper half.
• Markets are retracing Wednesday's "ceasefire euphoria" as cracks emerge in the U.S.-Iran truce, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed and Brent crude rebounds toward $97.
• Global risk assets face renewed pressure as geopolitical uncertainty combines with what analysts call "uncoordinated tightening" by major central banks, reinforcing higher-for-longer interest-rate expectations.

Bitcoin traded at $70,981 on Thursday, down 0.5% over 24 hours but still up 6.1% on the week, as the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran that triggered Tuesday's broad rally began showing cracks less than 48 hours after it was announced.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said three clauses of the ceasefire proposal had been contravened, without specifying which ones. Israeli attacks continued in Lebanon.

And the Strait of Hormuz, the critical shipping lane whose reopening was supposed to be the centerpiece of the deal, remains effectively closed with minimal tanker traffic passing through despite Iran's pledge to allow "coordinated" transit.

Brent crude rebounded 2% to about $97 after Wednesday's collapse of more than 10%, its worst single-day plunge in six years. The reversal reflects how quickly the market has moved from pricing in peace to pricing in uncertainty about whether the ceasefire holds through the weekend, let alone for the full two weeks.

Ether fell 2.6% to $2,180 after leading the ceasefire rally with a 5.2% weekly gain. Solana's SOL dropped 3.1% to $81.96, XRP lost 3% to $1.33, and dogecoin slid 3.4% to $0.091. BNB held relatively flat at $600, down 2.2%.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.9% with two stocks declining for every one that rose, after surging the most in a year on Wednesday's ceasefire euphoria. S&P 500 and European futures pointed to a 0.2% decline, signaling the four-day winning streak for global equities was about to end. Treasuries were steady after wiping out an earlier rally on concern that higher oil prices would feed back into inflation.

Meanwhile, The Federal Reserve continues to highlight upside inflation risks alongside softening labor conditions, keeping the higher-for-longer rate narrative intact. Japan's wage growth has hit multi-decade highs, strengthening expectations for further rate hikes.

That combination amounts to what one analyst described as "uncoordinated tightening" across major economies, layered on top of geopolitical uncertainty that prevents any stable anchor for rate expectations.

For bitcoin specifically, the move from $67,000 to $72,700 on the ceasefire and the subsequent hold above $70,000 despite Thursday's wobble is the most constructive price action since the war began six weeks ago.

The $65,000 to $73,000 range that has contained every move since late February is still intact, but bitcoin is now testing the upper half rather than grinding along the bottom.

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