Bitcoin Surges 3% As Trump Reveals ‘Serious Discussions’ With ‘New’ Iranian Regime
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) surged 3% after President Donald Trump said the U.S. is in “serious discussions” with a “new, and more reasonable, regime” in Iran to end military operations.
The Regime Change Bombshell
Trump’s Truth Social post marked the first public acknowledgment of a regime change in Tehran since the conflict began five weeks ago.
Calling it a “new” regime suggests the talks involve a leadership structure that wasn’t in place when the war started in late February.
Trump demanded Iran open the Strait of Hormuz “immediately for business” and threatened to “blow up and completely obliterate” its electric generating plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island if it fails to reach a deal soon.
He added that officials are also considering desalination plants, targets the U.S. deliberately avoided during the five-week conflict.
The combination creates a two-sided headline that markets are struggling to price cleanly.
On one hand, …