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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your AirdropIran declares Strait of Hormuz fully open, Bitcoin flirts with $77K The Strait of Hormuz has b

Iran declares Strait of Hormuz fully open, Bitcoin flirts with $77K

The Strait of Hormuz has been fully reopened to commercial shipping during the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, with ships required to follow a designated route established by Iranian authorities, said Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in a Friday statement.

In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 17, 2026

Bitcoin inched higher toward $77,000 on the news after trading earlier in the $74,600–$75,746 range, while oil prices tumbled. Crude dropped 11.5% to near $84 and Brent declined more than 10% to around $89.


President Donald Trump responded by thanking Iran for the move.

The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil transportation, witnessed a full closure in early March 2026 as tensions escalated between the US and Iran following military actions initiated by the US. The crisis led to the longest period of oil supply disruptions since the 1973 oil embargo, with prices exceeding record highs and severe impacts on global markets.

The latest development comes shortly after Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon following separate calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

The truce, which began at midnight, halts seven weeks of intense Israeli military action against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and is expected to be followed by direct Israeli–Lebanese talks in Washington next week.

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Bitcoin Pressure Builds As Miners Dump 32K BTC In Just 3 Months

About 20% of the Bitcoin mining industry is operating at a loss right now. That single fact explains much of what has been unfolding across the sector in early 2026, as publicly traded miners race to sell off holdings just to keep the lights on.

Profits Squeezed To The Bone

Hashprice — the daily revenue a miner earns per unit of computing power — has been sliding since July 2025. It now sits at roughly $33 per petahash per second per day, according to data from Hashrate Index.

The breakeven point for many miners, particularly those running older machines, is around $35. That gap, small as it looks on paper, is pushing a large chunk of the industry into the red.

Major publicly traded miners — among them MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer — collectively offloaded more than 32,000 BTC during the first three months of 2026, according to TheEnergyMag.

That figure eclipses everything those same companies sold across all four quarters of 2025. It also surpasses the previous quarterly record of roughly 20,000 BTC, set during Q2 2022 when the collapse of the Terra-Luna ecosystem sent markets into a tailspin.

Three compounding forces drove miners to that record: a rising network hashrate that has made competition fiercer, reduced block rewards following the most recent halving, and broader economic headwinds that have kept Bitcoin prices under pressure.

The selling in Q1 2026 did not come out of nowhere. Data from CryptoQuant shows that total Bitcoin held by miners across the board has been falling since 2023.

At the close of that year, miners collectively held more than 1.86 million BTC. That number has since dropped to approximately 1.8 million. 

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg says crypto 'becoming daily business' across 

Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg says crypto 'becoming daily business' across the firm Bridging traditional finance systems with blockchain rails remains one of the biggest operational challenges for large banks.

Morgan Stanley's digital asset chief said demand is split between direct crypto exposure and ETFs, forcing banks to build for both.

Morgan Stanley's foray into crypto products and services is moving from the fringes into core operations, according to Amy Oldenburg, the bank's head of digital asset strategy.

"There's an inflection point here," Oldenburg said this week in an interview with GSR. "This is starting to become ... part of the daily business operations."

Oldenburg, who took on the new role in February, oversees digital asset strategy and execution across Morgan Stanley's institutional wealth and asset management divisions. Her approach looks to integrate crypto and tokenization into the firm's existing infrastructure rather than treat them as standalone offerings.

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On April 17, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that the Strait of Hormuz is now 'fully open,' leading to a rapid increase in market expectations for a restoration of crude oil supply, whic

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