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Risks stemming from the Middle East conflict are likely to push bitcoin below $60K before the weekend, the report said.

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The company strengthens its bitcoin position with a strategic options sale, generating nearly 24 BTC ($1.4M) in premium.

The proposed 25% levy would hurt early investors in bitcoin and lead to a selloff in the wider market, says Zac Townsend, CEO and co-founder of Meanwhile.

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Geopolitical tensions triggered consecutive daily declines of almost 4% in bitcoin’s price.

Global equities and risk assets such as bitcoin took a hit Tuesday as Iran launched missiles on key Israeli locations, with the latter threatening retaliation in the coming days.

Robinhood customers in the European Union can now transfer more than 20 cryptocurrencies, including include bitcoin, ether, solana and USD coin, in and out of the trading app.

Approximately 200,000 bitcoin have been transferred to OTC desks in the past five months.