# Bitcoin Holds Near $64,000 as Iran Again Threatens to Close the Strait of Hormuz

A renewed threat to close the Strait of Hormuz complicates US-Iran ceasefire talks in Switzerland and keeps a geopolitical risk premium attached to oil and other risk assets.

- Published: 2026-06-21T10:44:09.783Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-06-21/bitcoin-holds-near-64-000-as-iran-again-threatens-to-close-t
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: geopolitics
- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/21/bitcoin-holds-near-usd64-000-as-a-renewed-hormuz-threat-clouds-us-iran-ceasefire-talks), [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/bitcoin-price-steadies-near-64k-as-traders-watch-etf-outflows-and-hormuz-risk/), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

Bitcoin recovered toward $64,000 over the weekend after a Friday selloff, even as the geopolitics that drove the drop remained unresolved. Permanent ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran opened in Switzerland, but Iran's order…

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