
{"id":214284,"date":"2026-08-17T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=214284"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:41:34","slug":"how-will-btc-react-as-us-and-iran-reportedly-extend-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=214284","title":{"rendered":"How Will BTC React as US and Iran Reportedly Extend Ceasefire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citing a report by Al Arabiya, The Kobeissi Letter noted minutes ago that the United States and Iran have agreed to extend the 60-day ceasefire in a deal brokered by Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Although there\u2019s no official confirmation by either side, the timing is quite peculiar since the previous ceasefire\u2019s deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2089327269789495635\">expires<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Previous reports indicated that US President Donald Trump had established a \u201cbackchannel\u201d in place with officials of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, the Trump administration bypassed Iran\u2019s negotiators and reached out directly to the country\u2019s leadership, tapping Nechirvan Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan region in Iraq. The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/16\/iran-backchannel-trump-gabbard-barzani-war\">claimed<\/a> that Barzani had the trust of both the US and Iranian leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeItaone\/status\/2089325465412460616\">reportedly said<\/a> that Iran should raise the \u201cwhite flag of surrender\u201d and has reiterated his core demand on a few occasions that the country must not have a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the POTUS has warned Oman against interfering with US actions, as the Omani government reportedly tried to negotiate a deal for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Major war developments like the one cited above have historically impacted Bitcoin\u2019s price. Now, though, the asset <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitway-btw-continues-to-steal-the-show-as-bitcoin-btc-holds-above-63k-market-watch\/\">remains calm<\/a> at $63,500 after jumping by $500 earlier today. However, more volatility is expected once these reports are confirmed or denied by both concerned parties.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/how-will-btc-react-as-us-and-iran-reportedly-extend-ceasefire\/\">How Will BTC React as US and Iran Reportedly Extend Ceasefire?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing a report by Al Arabiya, The Kobeissi Letter noted minutes ago that the United States and Iran have agreed to extend the 60-day ceasefire in a deal brokered by Pakistan. Although there\u2019s no official confirmation by either side, the timing is quite peculiar since the previous ceasefire\u2019s deadline expires today. Previous reports indicated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}