Bitcoin holds around $69,000 amid Middle East tensions [Crypto Briefing]

[Financial News] Bitcoin was trading flat around the $69,000 level on the 12th.
According to global digital asset data platform CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin was changing hands at around $69,000 as of 10:20 a.m. that day, down 0.18% over the past 24 hours. Over the past week, Bitcoin has fallen 4.21%.
In the Korean won market, Bitcoin was trading around 102 million won. Based on global crypto market comparison platform Cryprice, the Korea premium stood at -0.79%.
Markets are focused on when the war involving the United States, Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) will come to an end. U.S. President Donald Trump said in a phone interview with a media outlet on the 11th (local time) that "the war will end soon." However, signs of further escalation remain, as three vessels came under attack by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz on the same day.
U.S. stock markets ended mixed. On the 11th (local time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 289.24 points, or 0.61%, to 47,417.27. The S&P 500 Index slipped 5.68 points, or 0.08%, to close at 6,775.80, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) added 19.03 points, or 0.08%, to finish at 22,716.14.
The CoinMarketCap Crypto Fear and Greed Index stood at 27 that day, indicating "fear," up from 26 the previous day. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with readings near 0 interpreted as "extreme fear" and those near 100 as "extreme greed."
At the same time, Ether (ETH) was trading around $2,049, up 0.59% from the previous day. Ripple (XRP) was down 0.58% at about $1.37.

yimsh0214@fnnews.com Im Sang-hyuk Reporter