Bitcoin started the week near $64,000, staving off the rally in Asian stocks as the United States and Iran move closer to a lasting peace deal.
The token was trading around $63,996 on Monday, down 0.4% over 24 hours and 2.2% over the week, according to CoinDesk data. The rest of the market was mixed. Solana rose 3.7% for the week to $74 and tron added 2.2%, while ether remained roughly flat at $1,733. Losses were deeper, with BNB down 4.2% for the week, XRP down 4.3% to $1.13 and dogecoin, the weakest major, down 6.5%. Hyperliquid HYPE, the flagship index of early June, fell 5% on the day and cooled to a weekly gain of 1.9%.
The macro context became more user-friendly without training cryptography. The United States and Iran agreed on a road map toward a final peace deal within 60 days, and Brent crude fell 1.7% to around $79 a barrel.
MSCI’s index of Asian shares rose 0.6%, led by a technology rally linked to continued optimism about artificial intelligence, while U.S. futures were weaker, with S&P 500 contracts down 0.5%.
