{"id":25287,"date":"2026-04-07T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/trump-plays-roulette-with-iran-as-oil-and-bitcoin-hold-their-breath\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:56:43","slug":"trump-plays-roulette-with-iran-as-oil-and-bitcoin-hold-their-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/trump-plays-roulette-with-iran-as-oil-and-bitcoin-hold-their-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump plays roulette with Iran as oil and Bitcoin hold their breath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Trump\u2019s \u2018whole civilization will die\u2019 threat to Iran sends oil, Bitcoin and stocks on knife edge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_c0cc9072f2446e6dca2a57c7962f8fb2\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump warns that a \u201cwhole civilization will die tonight\u201d if Iran misses his Strait of Hormuz deadline, jolting oil, equities and crypto.<\/li>\n<li>Brent crude hovers above $110 as traders price a binary outcome: deal, delay or strikes.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin and Ethereum slip below recent highs as risk assets wobble ahead of Trump\u2019s 8 p.m. Washington deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s threat that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d if Iran defies his ultimatum on the Strait of Hormuz has pushed global markets into a high\u2011volatility holding pattern as the self\u2011imposed 8 p.m. Washington deadline approaches on Tuesday. In a Truth Social post, Trump warned that Iran must reopen the Strait or face attacks that could bomb the country \u201cback to the stone age,\u201d explicitly naming bridges and power plants as targets. The standoff centers on a waterway that carries roughly 20% of global seaborne energy exports, leaving traders to price a binary outcome that could send oil and risk assets violently in either direction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1W3zdztNZa\">https:\/\/t.co\/1W3zdztNZa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/2041494363403161655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the New York Times, Trump has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">repeatedly<\/a> floated strikes on \u201cpower and desalination plants, oil facilities, and bridges\u201d if Tehran does not move before the clock runs out, escalating rhetoric that he summarized as the possible destruction of a \u201cwhole civilization.\u201d The White House has denied that nuclear options are on the table, but has not walked back the president\u2019s threat of a \u201csignificant military assault\u201d should Iran fail to comply by midnight GMT. Vice President JD Vance reinforced the message, saying Tehran must understand that the United States has \u201ctools in our toolkit that we so far haven\u2019t decided to use,\u201d adding that Trump \u201cwill decide to use them if the Iranians don\u2019t change their course of conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the market side, Brent crude has been trading above $110 per barrel in recent days, up sharply from around $79 one month ago, as the prolonged Hormuz disruption tightens supply and raises the geopolitical risk premium. The S&amp;P 500, which recently closed near 6,600, has swung between modest gains and losses as investors weigh ceasefire chatter against Trump\u2019s threats, with volatility gauges ticking higher on expectations of an \u201cemotional reaction\u201d if missiles fly.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"crypto-reacts-as-deadline-looms\">Crypto reacts as deadline looms<\/h1>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC), which briefly pushed above $69,000 after Trump\u2019s previous deadline extension, slipped back toward the mid\u2011$68,000 area on Tuesday as traders de\u2011risked alongside equities. Bloomberg reported that Bitcoin fell as much as 2.2% to around $68,460 earlier in the London session, with Ether down as much as 2.8%, reflecting a broader sell\u2011off in risk assets ahead of the ultimatum. On crypto.news\u2019 market\u2011cap page, Bitcoin is listed near $68,182 with a market capitalization of about $1.36 trillion, while Ethereum trades around $2,085 with a roughly $251.6 billion market cap. That positioning leaves both tokens exposed if an airstrike headline triggers a rush for dollars and Treasuries.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent crypto.news story, Bitcoin climbed above $69,000 as Trump extended his Iran deadline and warned the U.S. would \u201cblow everything up\u201d if no deal emerged, highlighting how closely digital assets have started to track the war\u2019s ebb and flow. Another crypto.news story noted that Ethereum\u2019s price action has already formed a double top, with the token dropping 3.4% below $2,100 as Trump rejected an earlier Iranian proposal and reiterated that the current offer was \u201cnot enough\u201d to call off strikes. A separate crypto.news story on Iran tensions quoted Trump vowing to \u201chit them extremely hard\u201d and \u201cbring them back to the Stone Ages,\u201d language that now frames tonight\u2019s deadline as the market\u2019s next critical catalyst.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s \u2018whole civilization will die\u2019 threat to Iran sends oil, Bitcoin and stocks on knife edge. 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