📈 Weekly price roundup (Mar. 25–Apr. 1): BTC snaps five-month losing streak as Iran hopes lift markets
Bitcoin clawed back above $68K after Iran's president reportedly signaled a path to peace and Trump said the war could end in weeks. The relief rally snapped weeks of whipsaws — but could flip the script again. Ether bled out as ETF outflows hit eight straight days.
Here’s the breakdown.
🚨 Key events
🗞 Iran war hopes fuel relief rally 🇮🇷
Iran's president reportedly https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-s-president-says-decision-to-end-war-must-guarantee-people-s-security-interests-/3885608 to end the war, saying any deal must "guarantee the security and interests of the Iranian people." Trump https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-s-president-says-decision-to-end-war-must-guarantee-people-s-security-interests-/3885608 he expects it to wrap in two or three weeks, once he's certain Iran can't build a nuclear weapon "for years."
Oil pulled back from panic highs near $120, with both Brent and WTI hovering around https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/?ref=localhost#WTI-Crude. Stocks rallied, and crypto followed — a welcome breather after weeks of headline-driven whipsaws.
🗞 Altcoins show historic underperformance 📉
Nearly 40% of altcoins have either hit all-time lows or are trading near them — a deeper drawdown than the post-FTX bear market, which peaked at 38%. CryptoQuant analysts https://cryptoquant.com/insights/quicktake/69ca1153153c6a26e0ae8925-More-than-40-of-Altcoins-near-All-Time-Lows to liquidity dilution from over 47M tokens in existence.
Altcoins appear to be increasingly fragile over time. Hyperliquid, MemeCore, and Bittensor are among the few exceptions that led gains earlier this week.
🗞 Google just moved up the quantum clock ⚛️
New Google research found that breaking Bitcoin's cryptography could require fewer than 500,000 physical qubits — a https://www.coindesk.com/coin-s-taproot-could-make-quantum-attacks-easier-than-expected-new-google-research-says from prior estimates. That timeline is end of decade, not mid-2030s.
"Post-quantum is no longer a drill," warned Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi. The paper didn't publish the actual circuits — only a proof they exist — which Qureshi called "very atypical."
🗞 Ether ETFs bleeding for eight straight days ↘️
US spot Ethereum ETFs have now seen https://farside.co.uk/eth/, shedding over $440M. March 30 brought in just $5M — versus $69M for Bitcoin the same day.
Large holders remain https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/03-30-2026-ethereum-news-ethereum-price-risks-drop-to-1-200-as-bearish-pattern-etf-outflows-and-weak-demand-signal-downside-307121560486065, and price is starting to reflect it. Ethereum’s 6.97% March gain snapped a five-month losing streak, but momentum is already fading.
🗞 401(k) floodgates might finally open 💼
The DOL https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/us-labor-department-proposes-opening-132000749.html a new rule creating a "safe harbor" for plan managers who want to include crypto — provided they follow a defined fiduciary process on fees, liquidity, and valuation.
That removes the legal deterrent that kept https://www.ici.org/statistical-report/ret_25_q4 on the sidelines. "Retirement funds are the holy grail for Bitcoin enthusiasts," said the Bitcoin Policy Institute's Andrew Bailey.
📊 Crypto performance (7 days)
💰 Bitcoin (BTC): Sank to $65,604 on Mar. 27, spent days wrestling with $67K, then surged toward $68K.
⏰ Currently at $68,493.43 (-4.4%).
🔹 Ether (ETH): Slid to $1,976 on Mar. 27, battled the $2K level, and bounced into a fresh rally.
⏰ Now at $2,124.42 (-2.3%).
↗ Top gainers
🔸 ALGO (+18.1%) — Oversold for weeks, finally catching a bid. Staking
https://x.com/AlgoFoundation/status/2038348917331653088 on Revolut, putting ALGO rewards in front of 70M+ neobank users.
🔸 JST (+12.0%) — https://coinmarketcap.com/cmc-ai/just/latest-updates doing its thing. $21M allocated in Q1 alone, with ongoing revenue feeding continuous supply reduction.
🔸 LEO (+5.9%) — Slow grind higher. Exchange-linked tokens catching a bid again as fee revenue stabilizes and buyback expectations come back into play.
📉 Top losers
🔻 HASH (-20.5%) — Lost $170M in market cap overnight. Liquidity crunch. Volume-to-market-cap ratio sits at https://blockchainmagazine.net/provenance-blockchain-hash-plunges-18-as-101m-market-cap-evaporates-in-24-hours/ — compare that to 5%-15% for established assets.
🔻 KAS (-16.8%) — Cooling off after a crowded run. New smart contract narrative ( https://www.mexc.co/news/989856 mainnet) brought attention, but momentum is fading as traders rotate out.
🔻 APT (-15.5%) — Sinking since a March 25 peak coinciding with a broader macro relief bounce. Still struggling to convert high dev activity into sustained on-chain demand.
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