---
title: "Bitcoin circles $81.5K ETF cost basis as Trump Iran comments send stocks lower"
description: "Reported by Cointelegraph on 2026-10-22. Cointelegraph: “Bitcoin extended daily losses to 3% as US stocks came under pressure from President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran military action.”"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/official-trump-bitcoin-circles-81-5k-etf-c6816396a5aa20"
published: 2026-10-22T16:28:57.000Z
updated: 2026-10-22T16:28:57.000Z
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---

# Bitcoin circles $81.5K ETF cost basis as Trump Iran comments send stocks lower

Reported by Cointelegraph on 2026-10-22. Cointelegraph: “Bitcoin extended daily losses to 3% as US stocks came under pressure from President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran military action.”

Attributed sources: [Cointelegraph](<https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-circles-815k-etf-cost-basis-as-trump-iran-comments-send-stocks-lower>)

## Key facts

Cointelegraph: “Bitcoin extended daily losses to 3% as US stocks came under pressure from President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran military action.”
Evidence strength: Single source, 1 publisher group(s) (Cointelegraph); this describes source coverage, not truth or causation.
No complete post-detection return window is available yet.

## Returns after site detection

| Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 minutes | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 hour | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — |

## Historical hourly baseline

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Ready | false |
| Coverage | 0.0% (0/720) |
| Median absolute hourly return | — |
| 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | — |
| BTC beta | — |
| Source / cutoff (UTC) | — / 22/10/2026, 16:28 |

## Claims and open questions

- No independently verified causal explanation is available.

## Source evidence

- [Bitcoin circles $81.5K ETF cost basis as Trump Iran comments send stocks lower](<https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-circles-815k-etf-cost-basis-as-trump-iran-comments-send-stocks-lower>) — Cointelegraph; published 22/10/2026, 16:20; received 22/10/2026, 16:28 (UTC).


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