The U.S.-Iran Tensions Rise Again, Bitcoin Slightly Down, U.S. Stock Market Mixed

BlockBeats News, July 9th, the United States Central Command announced this morning that, under the direction of the U.S. President, the U.S. military has begun further strikes on Iranian targets aimed at degrading Iran's ability to threaten the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. stated that Iran recently carried out "unjustified attacks" on commercial vessels and civilian sailors navigating in this international waterway, and the U.S. will hold the responsible parties accountable. The Iranian Armed Forces missile and drone units have threatened to launch a large-scale attack on U.S. bases in the Middle East "in the next few minutes." Subsequently, according to CNN, U.S. President Trump stated that they (Iran) just called and they want to make a deal.

According to Bitget market data, Bitcoin experienced a slight drop to $62,214, a 2.03% decrease in the last 24 hours.

According to BIT (bit.com) market data, the U.S. stock market closed on Wednesday with the Dow down 1.09%, the S&P 500 down 0.28%, and the Nasdaq up 0.2%. Micron Technology (MU.O) rose by 1%, Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose by 3.6%, and SanDisk (SNDK.O) rose by 6.7%.