Bitcoin Price (BTC) News: Retakes $106K on Middle East Agreement

June 23, 2025

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By Stephen Alpher

Updated Jun 23, 2025, 11:22 p.m. Published Jun 23, 2025, 11:18 p.m.

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  • President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
  • Crypto prices shot higher on the news, with bitcoin retaking the $106,000 level.
  • Reuters reported a senior Iranian official as confirming President Trump’s claim.

A wild 72-hours of price swings continued in crypto late in the U.S. day on Monday after President Trump took to Truth Social to proclaim a “complete and total” ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

“It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now),” wrote Trump.

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Already bouncing in afternoon action, bitcoin

BTC$105,540.49

rose nearly another 3% on the news, topping $106,000 after having plunged to as low as $98,500 not much more than 24 hours ago. At press time, the price had pulled back a bit to $105,300.

U.S. stock index futures posted gains of about 0.5% across the board and the price of crude oil tumbled further to just $65 per barrel after topping $75 earlier today.

The move in some altcoins was more dramatic, with ether

ETH$2,427.19

, XRP

XRP$2.17

and solana

SOL$144.87

among those sporting 8%-10% gains.

In the minutes following the president’s announcement there was some confusion as to whether there was indeed a ceasefire agreement, but Reuters is now reporting a senior Iranian official as saying Tehran has agreed to a proposed ceasefire with Israel.

Stephen is CoinDesk’s managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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