Can Bitcoin Hold $70K as Iran Escalates and Rate Cuts Vanish? - Bits + Bips
20 Mar 2026 · 41:56
Laurens Fraussen, a research analyst at Kaiko, joins Bits + Bips host Steve Ehrlich to explain why Bitcoin fell under $69,000 after the Fed, ECB, and Bank of England held rates steady while Australia hiked. They discuss collapsing market liquidity, a geographic shift in who is buying Bitcoin, and the case that agentic commerce could reshape how crypto payments work. The conversation also covers why the market largely shrugged off the latest SEC and CFTC crypto guidance.