{"id":74972,"date":"2026-03-05T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74972"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:01:57","slug":"us-moves-bitcoin-during-iran-strikes-market-watches-closely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74972","title":{"rendered":"US Moves Bitcoin During Iran Strikes \u2014 Market Watches Closely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US government shifted seized Bitcoin on Monday just as military strikes<\/a> on Iran sent crypto markets into a sharp sell-off.<\/p>\n

On-chain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence tracked<\/a> three transfers totaling roughly 1.23 Bitcoin \u2014 about $22,550 \u2014 from a wallet labeled \u201cMiguel Villanueva Seized Funds\u201d to three separate wallets, receiving $2,500, $16,250, and $3,800 respectively.<\/p>\n

Small Transfers, Big Timing<\/h2>\n

The amounts were modest. But small government crypto transfers like these often precede larger moves, and the timing drew immediate attention from traders already watching the markets closely.<\/p>\n

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The US government currently holds around $23 billion in seized cryptocurrency, according to Arkham data. No official explanation was issued for the transfers.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin had already taken a hit when the transfers were recorded. American and Israeli forces launched strikes on Iran over the weekend, sending the price tumbling roughly 3% within hours to near $63,000 \u2014 though it has since recovered<\/a> sharply, climbing to $71,000 as of press time.<\/p>\n

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Gold<\/a> and oil climbed. US equity futures pointed lower. Bitcoin behaved the way it usually does when fear takes over \u2014 it sold off alongside other risk assets.<\/p>\n

Markets Whipsaw On Khamenei News<\/h2>\n

Then the situation shifted again. Iranian officials confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah<\/a> Ali Khamenei, and Bitcoin briefly spiked to $68,196 before reversing course and settling near $65,300 \u2014 still down about 2%.<\/p>\n

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Iran fired<\/a> back at the strikes, launching missiles toward Israel and hitting US military bases in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.<\/p>\n

Through all of it, Bitcoin held up better than US stock futures. Funding rates in Bitcoin\u2019s futures markets turned sharply negative during the worst of the selling, a sign traders rushed to open short positions expecting further losses. If the conflict widens and oil prices surge, analysts say a deeper risk-off wave could follow.<\/p>\n

Iranian Citizens Rushed To Move Money<\/p>\n

On the ground in Iran, ordinary people responded immediately. Nobitex, the country\u2019s largest crypto exchange, saw outflows<\/a> jump 700% right after the strikes began. Crypto offered one of the few available channels to move money quickly across borders under sanctions.<\/p>\n

The convergence of events \u2014 a live military conflict, a government Bitcoin transfer, and a dramatic surge in Iranian crypto activity \u2014 landed on markets all at once.<\/p>\n

Whether the US transfers were routine or something larger is still unclear. Traders are watching the next wallet move just as closely as the next headline from the region.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US government shifted seized Bitcoin on Monday just as military strikes on Iran sent crypto markets into a sharp sell-off. On-chain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence tracked three transfers totaling roughly 1.23 Bitcoin \u2014 about $22,550 \u2014 from a wallet labeled \u201cMiguel Villanueva Seized Funds\u201d to three separate wallets, receiving $2,500, $16,250, and $3,800 respectively. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-74972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}