As the United States hinted at the possibility of strikes against Iran, virtual assets are also weakening.
According to CoinMarketCap, a global virtual asset market site, as of 8:14 a.m. on the 15th, bitcoin was priced at $95,459, down 1.84% from 24 hours earlier. Ethereum, the No. 2 by market capitalization, was at $3,309, down 1.58% from 24 hours earlier.
Recently, more than 2,000 protesters are reported to have died amid anti-government demonstrations in Iran. At the United Nations Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on the 14th (local time), U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz said to the Iranian side, "The president has made it clear that all options are on the table to stop the (Iranian) massacre."
Waltz's remarks are seen as emphasizing the possibility of U.S. retaliation for Iran's massacre of protesters. With geopolitical anxiety rising, virtual assets, which are categorized as risk assets, are also trending lower.