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Bitcoin futures and orderbook data show dip buyers waiting for a BTC price drop below $70,000.

The US Dollar Index (DXY) strengthens toward the 99.30 region after the latest ADP employment report showed US private employers added 42,250 jobs on average over the previous four weeks, marking the strongest reading since the weekly series began in October 2025.

The head of digital assets and tokenization at one of Germany’s largest asset managers said that USDT and USDC are not stablecoins, from his perspective.

Major US stock indices close lowerWSJ: Little progress in US/Iran talksVP Vance: Made a lot of progress on IranAl Hadath: Trump has made decision to attack IranJapan's Finance Katayam: Ready to take decisive action on forexTrump: We may have to give Iran another hit. I am not sureNATO warns alliance buildup will take yearsBessent: Trump Admin. is not in a hurry to extend China trade truce due to expire in NovUS Pending home sales 1.4% vs 1.0% estimate.More from Treas Sec Bessent: U.S. expects European partners to support Iran sanctionsUS Treasury Secretary Bessent. Excess FX volatility is undesirable.Canada CPI inflation YoY for April 2.8% vs 3.1% estimateCanada March building permits +10.3% vs +3.0% expectedADP Weekly NER pulse 42.25K vs 33K last weekThe USD is higher to kickstart the trading day. Stocks pointing lower. Yields lower too.ECB's Villeroy: Iran conflict creates risk to growth and inflationThe increased risk of a broader escalation in the Middle East helped lift the dollar, with the move higher also supported by rising global bond yields. Although there were pockets of optimism just 24 hours ago after President Trump appeared to pull back from immediate military action, the threat of renewed bombing has quickly returned to the forefront. Markets remain concerned that even if a temporary pause is achieved, disruptions to oil flows and heightened geopolitical uncertainty could keep energy prices elevated for longer.Even though crude oil prices edged modestly lower today, traders continue to worry that sustained higher energy costs could keep inflation elevated and potentially reignite inflation expectations, with secondary effects spilling over into other goods and services. That backdrop helped push yields higher across the US curve. The 2-year yield rose 2.6 basis points to 4.116%, the 10-year yield climbed 4 basis points to 4.665%, and the 30-year yield remained comfortably above the 5% level at 5.1774%, up around 3 basis points on the day.The combination of higher yields and a more cautious risk environment also supported the greenback against risk-sensitive currencies. The AUD was one of the weakest major currencies, with the USD rising 0.82% against it, while the NZD also came under pressure, with the USD up 0.70%.Looking at some of the major currency pairs:USDJPY remained firm despite intervention rhetoric: The yen initially strengthened after Japan’s Finance Minister Katayama warned authorities were prepared to take decisive action on FX moves, but the gains quickly faded. USDJPY traded in a relatively contained range between 158.60 and 159.25. One theme becoming increasingly evident is that intervention chatter continues to attract dip buyers rather than sustained selling.Going into the new trading day, the rising 100-hour moving average near 158.56 remains close support. A break below that level would have traders targeting the 158.00 area, where the 200-hour moving average is moving higher. However, if buyers can keep the pair above the 100-hour MA and push back above 159.08, the focus would shift once again toward the key 160.00 level.AUDUSD fell sharply on the day and extended below a key swing area floor between 0.7100 and 0.7113. The pair dropped to a low near 0.7080 before rebounding back toward the upper end of that broken support zone. However, sellers stalled the recovery near 0.7113, keeping that area as a critical barometer for the new trading day. A move back above — and more importantly staying above — the 0.7113 level would tilt the bias back in favor of the buyers. Staying below 0.7100 keeps the sellers in control and would have traders targeting the 50% midpoint of the rally from the March low near 0.7055, followed by the rising 100-day moving average near 0.7014.NZDUSD sellers pushed the pair lower from a high near 0.5880 to a session low of 0.5818. That move briefly broke below yesterday’s low near 0.5822, but sellers could not sustain momentum below the April 29 low at 0.5813. A break

The research firm said bitcoin traders remain unusually defensive, reducing the risk of the kind of leverage-driven collapse seen in prior downturns.

Viral Japanese macaque monkey Punch received unwelcome visitors this week, as trespassers attempted to promote a Solana meme coin.

USD/CHF forms a ‘bullish engulfing’ chart pattern and rises by over 0.58% on Tuesday, clearing key resistance levels, including the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 0.7868. At the time of writing, the pair trades at 0.7890, shy of 0.7900.