A ceasefire that lasted roughly as long as a group chat’s New Year’s resolution is already unraveling along the Israel-Lebanon border. Fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah has intensified in the days following a US-brokered conditional truce announced on June 3, with cross-border strikes continuing through June 4-5 and showing no signs of stopping.
Bitcoin responded the way Bitcoin always responds to geopolitical chaos: by dropping. The price fell nearly 3% to around $71,276 shortly after the ceasefire announcement and the subsequent collapse of any pretense that it would hold. Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin followed suit.
A ceasefire nobody wanted to keep
The conditional ceasefire required Hezbollah to halt attacks against Israel and withdraw its forces south of the Litani River. In practice, Hezbollah rejected the deal on the same day it was announced.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem labeled the agreement as “born in sin” and vowed to continue fighting against Israeli forces.