Bitcoin tient alors que l’échéance iranienne de Trump fait monter le pétrole et augmente le risque d’une décision plus brutale

Bitcoin continued to hold near $68,000, a key long-term support level, this morning as traders waited for President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for Iran. The tension built after Trump said on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as his 8 P.M. Eastern deadline for a deal with Iran approached. The warning came alongside reports of strikes on Iranian oil infrastructure on Kharg Island, sharpening fears that the confrontation could move from deadline politics to a more disruptive energy shock. These tensions have left the market suspended between a crypto structure that has so far resisted a deeper breakdown and a macro backdrop growing more difficult by the hour. Throughout the trading day, Bitcoin has shown some optimism, with prices touching $69,000 before retreating to around $68,500 as traders struggle to decipher Trump's latest threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Why this matters Bitcoin is not just reacting to headlines out of Washington. Higher oil feeds directly into inflation fears, rate expectations, and broader risk appetite, which means a geopolitical shock can quickly become a crypto market problem even if nothing inside the industry changes. Oil is the transmission engine Oil has become the main channel through which the US-Iran confrontation is feeding into crypto markets. Since the US-Iran conflict began, oil prices have soared above $100, thanks in large part to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping channel that typically carries about 20% of the world’s oil on a given day. With Trump’s latest deadline approaching, US crude climbed above $116 a barrel, extending a rally that had already pushed prices toward multi-year highs. The risks widened further after reports that Iran had threatened to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a route that accounts for roughly 12% of global seaborne trade and has become even more important since the shutdown of Hormuz . The Kobeissi Letter said that any disruption