BlockBeats News, April 13th: In the wake of failed US-Iran negotiations, Trump threatened to resume limited military strikes against Iran. He announced plans to begin implementing a maritime traffic blockade for all entry and exit points of Iranian ports on April 13th at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (10 p.m. Beijing Time today). According to Bitget market data, early Monday trading saw Brent crude and WTI crude futures open with an 8% surge, with major US stock index futures down over 1%, the US dollar up over 0.4%, and spot gold and silver opening with a more than 2% decline.
As for the crypto market, facing downward volatility, according to HTX market information, Bitcoin fell below $71,000, with a 3.1% loss in 24 hours, while Ethereum briefly surged past $2,200 early morning before retracting to $2,192, marking a 3.97% decrease in 24 hours. Solana is currently trading at $81.5, and Binance Coin is at $592. The total cryptocurrency market cap dropped by 2.8% in nearly 24 hours, now standing at $2.49 trillion. The top-performing altcoins are:
Binance Life with a 24-hour increase of 27%, now at $0.1773;
ENJ with a 24-hour increase of 21.3%, now at $0.038;
SOLV with a 24-hour increase of 14.3%, now at $0.0047;
HUMA with a 24-hour increase of 13.2%, now at $0.017;
TRU with a 24-hour decrease of 15.6%, now at $0.0081;
PARTI with a 24-hour decrease of 12.7%, now at $0.0043;
DASH with a 24-hour decrease of 11.3%, now at $40.9;
FF with a 24-hour decrease of 10.95%, now at $0.078.
