Bitcoin Tests $72K as Iran Peace Plan Sends Oil Below $100, Options Expiry Looms

Bitcoin trades near seventy-one thousand seven hundred dollars as the Trump administration delivers a fifteen-point peace plan to Iran, sending crude oil tumbling four percent below one hundred dollars per barrel. A fourteen billion dollar options expiry Friday points to seventy-five thousand dollars as max pain. We break down the macro crosscurrents: Fed rate hike odds climbing, Circle stock plunging sixteen percent on stablecoin reward restrictions in the Clarity Act, and institutional flows reversing as spot Bitcoin ETFs see outflows while Tether hires Big Four auditors. Gold hits its longest losing streak in a century while Bitcoin outperforms-ratio surging thirty percent since the conflict began. Plus: Ripple joins Singapore's regulatory sandbox, Monument Bank tokenizes retail deposits in the UK, and Wall Street doubles down with Morgan Stanley filing for spot Bitcoin ETF and launching tokenized equities trading. Key levels to watch, geopolitical catalysts, and what the fourteen billion dollar options expiry means for price action through end of week. Full macro picture, zero fluff.