Crypto continues to show resilience with bitcoin (BTC) steadily trading around 
$70-$71k after briefly dropping below the $70k mark over the weekend, 
outperforming prior Middle East‑driven sell‑offs where thin liquidity 
exaggerated downside. Related Reading: Bitcoin PMI Cycle Is The Only Signal 
That Matters, Analyst Explains Why New QCP’s Market Colour argues that Trump’s 
failed push for Iran to reopen the Strait over the weekend set the scene for 
bitcoin’s start of the week. At first, risk assets slipped as traders braced 
for a spike in geopolitical danger, factoring in possible attacks on Iranian 
power facilities if the choke-point stayed shut. Once the deadline expired and 
Trump revealed that any strikes were being delayed due to “productive 
conversations”, the nerves calmed down a bit and crypto stabilized along with 
the rest of the risk complex. An Era Shift For Bitcoin? The kind of resilience 
BTC is showing may partly stem from reduced leverage in the market, but it 
could also hint at the very early beginnings of a new phase for BTC, where it 
no longer behaves like a straightforward peer to traditional risk assets. The 
QCP report also suggests that bitcoin could increasingly function as a 
“neutral escape valve”, amidst US national debt passing $39 trillion, all the 
stagflation chatter and a classic policy trap for central banks (can’t ease 
aggressively or inflation would run rampant, can’t tighten without the risk of 
a recession). Let’s not forget the core facts that could make bitcoin a 
neutral escape valve: BTC has a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins, while 
fiat can expand indefinitely as governments issue more debt and central banks 
monetize deficits. As US and global debt piles up, fiat increasingly depends 
on inflation, financial repression, or higher taxes to stay sustainable. 
However, BTC’s rules do not change with policy decisions. This is the basis on 
which investors see bitcoin as a neutral, permissionless asset that offers a 
way out of mounting fiat debt risk and potential currency debasement. Related 
Reading: Bitcoin Price Will Not See A Proper Surge Until This Happens; Analyst 
Geopolitical Unrest Drags On Adding to all of this is the “yuan‑for‑passage” 
concept floated by Iran, which would effectively settle Hormuz access in 
Chinese yuan rather than USD, framing an incremental, still‑hypothetical step 
in de‑dollarization. Right now, the dollar is still firm and the US bond 
market continues to function, but repeated war scares and sanction risk keep 
re‑opening the conversation around neutral, permissionless settlement rails 
like bitcoin. With past QCP notes arguing that BTC is no longer a 
straightforward high‑beta play but also not yet a full safe haven, the asset 
now lives in the in‑between. As the war drags on and US debt climbs, each new 
shock becomes a live test of whether BTC behaves more like a growth stock, a 
commodity hedge, or something structurally new in portfolios. At the moment of 
writing, BTC&#8217;s price sits just below the $70ks. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview 
Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview

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