Bitcoin holds around $68,000 ahead of Trump’s ‘final negotiation day’ [Crypto Briefing]

[The Financial News] Bitcoin was trading around $68,000 on the 7th, as markets watched from the sidelines one day before U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for negotiations with Iran.
According to global digital asset data platform CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin was trading around $68,000 as of 10:15 a.m. that day, down 0.45% over the previous 24 hours. Over the past week, Bitcoin has risen 2.09%.
In the KRW market, Bitcoin was trading around 103 million won. Based on data from global crypto market comparison platform Cryprice, the Korea premium stood at 0.03%.
On the 5th (local time), Trump signaled via Truth Social that he would announce the timing of an announcement related to the situation at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on the 7th (9 a.m. on the 8th in Korea). Later, speaking to reporters at the White House on the 6th (local time), he said, "We can wipe out the entire country overnight, and that night could be tomorrow."
The New York stock market also inched higher as investors waited to see how events would unfold. On the 6th (local time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose 165.21 points, or 0.36%, to close at 46,669.88. The S&P 500 Index gained 29.14 points, or 0.44%, to finish at 6,611.83, while the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) added 117.16 points, or 0.54%, to end at 21,996.34.
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index provided by CoinMarketCap stood at 35 that day, indicating a state of "fear." The index ranges from 0 to 100, with values near 0 interpreted as "extreme fear" and those near 100 as "extreme greed."
At the same time, Ethereum was trading around $2,107, down 0.46% from the previous day. Ripple (XRP) was changing hands around $1.32, a decline of 0.73%.


yimsh0214@fnnews.com Im Sang-hyuk Reporter