Bitcoin Dwells Near $64K as US 'Stagflation' Risks and Iran Oil Route Uncertainty Weigh on Markets
Bitcoin stayed motionless below $65,000 at Wall Street's open while analysts examined reemergent US stagflation signals and Iran's tempered expectations regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
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Bitcoin hovered above $64,000 on Thursday as US markets weighed rising stagflation risks from recent PMI data and Iran cooled hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz oil route.
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Bitcoin has been trading within a local range since the start of June, while US economic indicators show a widening gap between rising prices and a weakening labor market.
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed motionless at Thursday’s Wall Street open as analysis saw signs of reemergent US “stagflation.”
Bitcoin stays below $65,000 as Iran tempers expectations over the Strait of Hormuz oil route reopening.
US PMI data analysis sees “stagflation” return as a potential future risk.
BTC price indecisiveness means that the market still lacks a “genuine breakdown,” says Bitfinex.
Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD hovering above $64,000, down around 0.5% on the day, while US stocks opened flat.
Anticipation of a deal between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz oil route did little to spark volatility — in the absence of US participation, it remained uncertain whether international shipping would fully resume.
“This understanding does not, in itself, mean that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in an interview with the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), quoted by CNN.
US WTI crude oil was little changed on the day at $76 per barrel, having hit three-week lows of $74.30 the day prior.
As markets awaited further geopolitical cues, trading resource The Kobeissi Letter turned to the latest US Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Services PMI and employment data. Released on Wednesday, this showed a divergence continuing, with PMI rising 0.1 point in July to 54.1, while employment dropped 3.6 points to 47.4, its lowest reading since March.
“At the same time, the prices paid index surged +2.6 points, to 70.3, near the highest since October 2022. Prices paid have now trended higher for over 2 years, rising +16.9 points since March 2024. In other words, the economy is increasingly under pressure from both rising prices and a weakening labor market,” it reported on X.
Kobeissi added that the odds of stagflation was thus “intensifying” based on the combined PMI readings.
With Bitcoin failing to break beyond a local range in place since the start of June, onchain analytics platform Glassnode described BTC/USD as showing “boredom rather than capitulation.”
In its latest analysis on Thursday, Glassnode noted Bitcoin’s lack of reaction as gold hit its highest levels in six weeks and the S&P 500 reached all-time highs.
“The regime in one line: a compressed, under-owned market that global risk appetite has left behind, with bottom conditions assembling but incomplete,” it summarized.
Previously, Cointelegraph reported on bear-market comparisons seeing history repeating itself in 2026, with Bitcoin slowly eroding support before dropping to the cycle’s next macro floor.
Echoing Glassnode’s sentiment, Bitfinex Research, the analytics arm of crypto exchange Bitfinex, also saw the need for a more decisive macro bottom trigger than current conditions could produce.
Questions ouvertes
- Will international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz fully resume?
- Will Bitcoin break out of its current local range or drop further?
