Crypto Majors under blood pressure

The rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East and the possibility of a US military intervention in Iran put pressure on the crypto sector as well as its global markets. Especially in Altcoins, sales are deepening, while investors take refuge in Bitcoin and Stablecoins.

Solana (left), Cardano (island) and Ripple (XRP) depreciated over 1 %in the last 24 hours.

Dogecoin (Doge) remains horizontal daily, but it draws attention with a depreciation of more than 10 %on a weekly basis.

Ethereum (ETH) fell by 0.7 %and completely deleted its weekly earnings.

Bitcoin (BTC) continues its horizontal course at $ 104,700.

🎯 Geopolitical Risk: Trump’s Iranian threat

Former US President Donald Trump’s harsh statements to Iran are perceived that military tension may increase in the market. The news that US officials planned a direct attack on Iran caused investors to rapidly withdraw from risky assets.

“As geopolitical blood pressure rises, investors turn to safe ports. Altcoins are the most affected class of assets in this process, Fx says FXPro Analyst Alex Kugünsikhevich.

Trump’s statements fueled concerns that regional conflict will increase its impact on global energy prices, supply chains and monetary policies.

🏛️ Fed’s Message: Do not expect an interest rate reduction

The US Federal Bank (FED) kept interest rates fixed this week. However, President Jerome Powell’s statements led to more uncertainty in the market.

Line heads from Powell:

“Inflation is still more stubborn than we expect.”

“The cost of tariffs is reflected directly to the consumer.”

“We need to see more data for the interest rate reduction.”

This discourse increased the pressure on risky assets such as technology shares, commodities and crypto.

“The cautious stance of the FED reduces the risk appetite of investors in the short term. This is the first effect in the Altcoin market, Lu Globalblock analyst Lucy Greene commented.

💰 Strong entrance to Bitcoin and ETH ETFs

With the effect of geopolitical blood pressure and FED uncertainty, investors turned to Spot ETFs, which are seen as the relative safe port of the crypto sector:

The Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States had $ 389 million entry (one day).

Spot Ethereum ETFs also recorded a positive flow of 19 million dollars.

This data shows that investors have evacuated subcoin baskets and switch to larger and regulated assets. Bitcoin has increased by 13 %during 2025, but it is not literally a “safe port” or a risky being.

“Bitcoin is stuck between the two worlds, Fx says Cuptikevich from FXPRO. “It does not react to the increasing risk appetite, but it does not show a harsh rise like gold.”

📉 Why are subcoins more affected?

Altcoins are among the first abandoned assets when the general risk-off (risk escape) mode in the markets begins. The reasons for this are:

Lower liquidity

More volatility

Less exposure of corporate investors to these assets

More vulnerable to regulations

In particular, the process fees of chains such as Solana and Cardano, the number of users and the decreases in TVL data technically support this price decline.

🌍 Global macro factors: risk everywhere

In addition to the tension in the Middle East, there are also worries on the global economic front:

The European Central Bank is preparing for interest rate cut, but inflation seems permanent.

Low growth data from China suppresses Asian markets.

Political tension increases economic uncertainties as the US enters the election year.

All these developments direct investors to less risky and more regulated instruments. Crypto assets still remain in the “risky” class in this equation.