Bitcoin retested $67,500 support on Monday as investors shifted toward cash while gold logged its steepest correction in more than 50 years. US 5-year Treasury yields rose to 4.10% and oil moved above $90, as futures pricing showed a 20.5% chance of a July rate hike. The risk-off backdrop also weighed on tech stocks, with several major names down 10% or more over the past six weeks.

Bitcoin jumped 4% within minutes after US President Donald Trump said he aimed to temporarily de-escalate the Iran conflict and seek negotiations, but derivatives data still showed traders avoiding aggressive long exposure. On Monday, BTC’s 2-month futures annualized premium sat near 2% versus spot and Deribit pricing implied about a 20% chance of $80,000 by April 24, suggesting skepticism around the $68,000 area.

Bitcoin hovered near $70,000 in Friday trading after failing to hold $75,000 on Tuesday, alongside two days of $254 million net outflows from US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs. Even so, options data showed heavier hedging, with put premium demand about 2.5x calls and a 30-day delta skew at 16%. Traders also pointed to weaker macro conditions and elevated oil prices as factors keeping risk appetite muted.

SOL fell 11% over three days after topping at $97.70 on Monday, and the drop to $87 on Thursday coincided with $25 million in leveraged long liquidations. Derivatives positioning turned cautious, with perpetual funding near 0% and a 12% 30-day options skew, while Solana DApp revenue sank to $22 million—its lowest level in 18 months—adding pressure to a potential $80 retest.

On Monday, personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki warned that a major traditional finance bubble burst is approaching and claimed Bitcoin could reach $750,000 within a year of the crash. His scenario also assumes gold jumps to $35,000 per ounce and silver’s market cap exceeds $11 trillion. The analysis notes that his Bitcoin target implies a lower Bitcoin-to-gold ratio than past peaks and emphasizes Kiyosaki’s mixed track record of predicting crashes.

Bitcoin briefly climbed above $73,000 on Friday and held the $70,000 area as weak US economic data and conflict in Iran pushed investors toward scarce assets. Despite four straight days of net spot Bitcoin ETF inflows and a 14% rally from Feb. 24 to March 4, BTC remains tightly correlated with tech stocks and vulnerable to macro headwinds like elevated oil prices. Analysts suggest the five‑month decline from the $126,000 peak in October 2025 may still be in play, and recent price action has yet to confirm a decisive breakout.

Ether has struggled to hold above $2,100 over the past month while perpetual futures funding turned negative and spot Ether ETFs recorded $225 million in net outflows. At the same time, Ethereum’s staking yield near 2.8% trails stablecoin returns, and onchain fees and activity have cooled even as developers prepare upgrades like account abstraction and the Hegota fork.

Historical performance indicates Bitcoin has tended to rise about 20% within four weeks after sharp WTI oil price jumps of at least 15%. With WTI recently soaring to $101 per barrel and Bitcoin fluctuating around $66,000–$68,647 since Feb. 28, a move toward roughly $79,200 by the end of March remains possible if past patterns and risk sentiment hold. However, the sample covers only four major oil shocks since 2020, and Bitcoin's strong 81% correlation with the Nasdaq 100 suggests tech sector dynamics and the war-related macro backdrop could be just as decisive.

Ether fell 6% after briefly reaching $2,200, moving in step with declining US equities and broader risk-off sentiment as conflict in Iran extended and oil prices climbed. Derivatives data show a subdued futures premium and a 7% options skew, while weekly Ethereum DEX volumes slid to $12.6 billion and DApp revenues dropped to $14.1 million, even as the ecosystem still commands about 65% of total value locked including layer-2s.