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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Will BTC Hold $70K as Iran-Israel Tensions Rise?

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Will BTC Hold $70K as Iran-Israel Tensions Rise?

Bitcoin nearly touched $74,000 on Thursday. Today, it is down 3.29% and trading around $70,355 at the time of writing.

The run to $74,000 wiped out $471 million in crypto derivatives in under 24 hours, $348 million of it from short positions caught badly offside. It was the largest daily short liquidation since late February, resetting a significant chunk of leveraged positioning across the market.

The rally, however, didn’t hold.

What’s Weighing on Bitcoin Today

US-Israel-Iran tensions escalated sharply on March 6, sending shockwaves through global markets. The Dow is down over 780 points at 47,954. WTI crude is trading at $83.30. Gold is holding near $5,100

Bitcoin is now moving with a 0.86 correlation to gold, and $74,000 proved too strong a resistance to clear. It now sits directly on a whale bid zone that traders are watching closely.

The Level That Decides What Comes Next

Blockchain advisor and investor Anndy Lian pointed to the $70,000-$71,000 zone as the line to watch.

“If BTC holds the $70,000 to $71,000 whale bid zone, it could retest $74,000,” Lian noted. “A break below risks a move toward $67,500.”

He added that geopolitical risk and rising oil prices remain the primary macro drivers, with derivatives positioning adding crypto-native volatility on top.

One Analyst Still Sees $80K in March

Not everyone is reading this as a warning sign.

Crypto analyst Michael Van de Poppe posted on X: “Very healthy price action on Bitcoin and I think we’ll start to see that breakout next week and see $80K as a test in March.”

Van de Poppe’s view is that the current pullback is consolidation, not deterioration and that the squeeze earlier this week was part of healthy price action resetting the market for a move higher.

The Market Is Split

The market is sitting with two competing views. Technically, the structure could still support a push higher. On the macro side, oil above $80 and a strengthening dollar complicate that path considerably.

With funding rates normalized and open interest slightly lower, what happens next depends on whether geopolitical pressure keeps draining risk appetite or the positioning reset sets up the next leg up.

The $70,000 level will likely tell the story.

 

Source: https://coinpedia.org/news/bitcoin-price-prediction-will-btc-hold-70k-as-iran-israel-tensions-rise/

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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What’s the truth behind RWA tokenization? ‘More friction, more cost’

What’s the truth behind RWA tokenization? ‘More friction, more cost’

Is tokenization, wrapping a real-world asset (RWA) and offering it via crypto rail, really worth it?

There’s been sharp debate over the efficacy of the overall RWA trend after analyst Anndy Lian poked holes into the sector’s value proposition.

For Lian, the sector lacks key crypto ethos (trust minimization, permissionless, and decentralization).

In contrast, it just adds a new layer of middleman and more overhead costs to run 24/7.

For him, the only segment that makes sense is tokenized stock, which is a better offering than crypto perps (perpetual contracts with no expiry dates).

However, in general, the additional layer with similar traditional disclosure requirements just adds to operational cost, warned Lian.

“Reality: tokenizing RWAs adds intermediaries: Legal wrapper entities, custody providers, compliance oracles, insurance layers, off-chain dispute resolution. More parties, more friction, more cost.”

Do benefits outweigh costs?

While Lian’s argument is plausible, the fact that major players like BlackRock are still betting on it means that the benefits could outweigh the mentioned costs.

In fact, the main argument by supporters is that tokenization democratizes access to financial markets.

And Robinhood is already giving European citizens access to U.S. stock markets via crypto rails. Securitize, Ondo Finance, and other issuers have also ramped up scaling.

As of writing, the global RWA market has hit $26 billion, up 8% in the past 30 days of trading. Over the same period, the total asset holders have crossed half a million to 657K users.

And the growth has been tremendous even as the broader crypto rout deepened, underscoring the demand for these RWA products.

Interestingly, the Iran escalations over the weekend reinforced the need for 24/7 markets, especially for hedging purposes.

According to Bloomberg, Hyperliquid was one of the select available and liquid platforms for traders (including speculators) to express their macro views over the weekend as global tensions heightened.

During the tensions, oil, gold, silver, and other derivatives tracking traditional assets hit record highs on Hyperliquid.

For Flowdesk OTC trader Karim Dandashy, Hyperliquid acted as the ‘price discovery over the weekend.’

Put differently, the RWA trend may be here to stay despite the inherent issues highlighted by Lian. Perhaps, it will evolve to better handle the risks raised rather than be stifled by the perceived cost implications.

Final Summary 

  • Analyst discredited the tokenization trend as ‘non-crypto’ that adds more friction and cost rather than offering any ‘real value.’ 
  • BlackRock and Robinhood are still positioning themselves for the tokenization boom, suggesting that the benefits may outweigh the perceived risks. 

 

Source: https://ambcrypto.com/whats-the-truth-behind-rwa-tokenization-more-friction-more-cost/

 

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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RWA Crypto Crosses $25B But Is It Real Adoption or Just ‘Branding’?

RWA Crypto Crosses $25B But Is It Real Adoption or Just ‘Branding’?

Blockchain advisor Anndy Lian just took a public swing at one of crypto’s most dominant narratives, arguing that real-world asset tokenization is little more than traditional finance wearing a blockchain costume.

In a detailed thread, Lian laid out an 11-point case against RWA, and this isn’t coming from someone on the sidelines. He’s been in crypto since 2012, went through the ICO era, and invested in tokenized real estate as early as 2018.

“I’m not bullish on RWA. Not because I don’t ‘get it.’ Because I do,” he wrote.

‘You’ve Built a Database With Extra Steps’

Lian’s core argument hits hard. Most tokenized assets still settle in USD, enforce through courts, and custody off-chain. If the crypto layer adds no unique value, why does it exist?

He questioned whether any capital flowing into RWA protocols is actually crypto-native.

“It’s fiat wrapped, legally ring-fenced, and redeemable off-chain,” he wrote. “That’s not adoption. That’s branding.”

He called the oracle problem “fatal,” noting that smart contracts cannot independently verify property damage, confirm financial filings, or check whether collateral still exists.

On tokenized real estate, he was blunt: “Tokenization doesn’t create liquidity. It exposes illiquidity.”

BlackRock Tokenized Assets and the Billions Flowing In

The institutional capital tells a competing story.

Ethereum’s RWA market surpassed $15 billion in 2025, a threefold increase from the prior year, driven by tokenized gold, Treasury-backed products, and yield-bearing stablecoins, according to Blockonomi. Tokenized money market funds have crossed $9 billion, with BlackRock’s BUIDL fund leading at over $2.5 billion.

The XRP Ledger added $1.3 billion in tokenized RWA value in just the first two months of 2026, surpassing the $900 million recorded for all of 2025. It now holds 63% of all tokenized U.S. Treasury supply, outpacing Ethereum and Solana.

Franklin Templeton’s BENJI fund has also reached $844 million in tokenized government securities.

What Would Make Him Bullish?

Lian isn’t dismissing RWA entirely. His one compelling use case: tokenized stocks powering better perpetual derivatives, which he calls “a crypto-native product inspired by RWA, not RWA itself.”

His conditions for turning bullish? “Crypto primitives that can’t exist in TradFi,” including permissionless composability, censorship-resistant settlement, and native digital scarcity.

The institutions aren’t waiting. Whether billions in tokenized assets represent genuine adoption or sophisticated repackaging remains the sector’s biggest open question heading into Q2 2026.

 

Source: https://coinpedia.org/news/rwa-crypto-crosses-25b-but-is-it-real-adoption-or-just-branding/

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

www.anndy.com
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