Bitcoin, XRP down as Trump delays Iran negotiations deadline

Markets opened successful reddish connected March 27 arsenic geopolitical tensions kept investors connected edge.

The marketplace absorption followed President Donald Trump's hold of a deadline tied to imaginable strikes connected Iran’s vigor infrastructure to Apr. 6, signaling a impermanent intermission arsenic negotiations continue.

Trump said in a Truth Social post,

"Talks are ongoing and, contempt erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going precise well."

However, Iran has indicated that it is reluctant to prosecute successful talks portion reports suggest the Pentagon whitethorn see further unit deployments.

Meanwhile, disruptions successful the Strait of Hormuz, which is simply a captious lipid route, are adding to planetary proviso risks.

Related: Bloomberg expert warns against overreading Bitcoin and golden statement amid Iran war

U.S. banal futures and crypto prices moved little successful aboriginal trading, portion lipid extended gains amid ongoing uncertainty successful the Iran conflict.

Dow futures dropped 202 points (0.44%), with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.43% and 0.62%, respectively.

Energy markets told a antithetic story. Brent crude climbed 2% to apical $110 per barrel, portion West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude roseate a akin borderline to astir $96.9, reflecting persistent proviso concerns.

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Crypto besides slid little to the reddish side.

At property time, Bitcoin (BTC) had slipped to its lowest successful 2 weeks, to $66,453.3, aft falling by 4% overnight.

In the aforesaid clip frame, Ethereum (ETH) besides dropped by 4% and was trading adjacent $1,984. XRP(XRP) had dropped by 3.2% to $1.33 portion Solana (SOL) fell by 5.1% and was trading adjacent $83.17.

Major crypto stocks were besides suffering during pre-market hours. Largest crypto speech successful the U.S., Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), was down 3.28% portion its adjacent Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) besides dropped by 3.44%.

Meanwhile, stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE: CRCL) was down 3.5%.

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This communicative was primitively published by TheStreet connected Mar 27, 2026, wherever it archetypal appeared successful the Trading News & Analysis section. Add TheStreet arsenic a Preferred Source by clicking here.