The U.S. military is increasing its troops directly targeting Iran's mainland, and the geopolitical tension has intensified again, while the cryptocurrency market remains in a narrow range of fluctuations.

BlockBeats news, on March 29, according to HTX market information, the cryptocurrency market remains in a narrow sideways fluctuation, with Bitcoin currently priced at $66,500, Ethereum maintaining $2,000, SOL currently at $82, and BNB currently at $613. The total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market rebounded by 0.5% in 24 hours, currently standing at $2.375 trillion. The top-performing altcoins in terms of percentage change are:

NOM with a 24-hour increase of 64.6%, currently at $0.0029;
ONT with a 24-hour increase of 23.1%, currently at $0.061;
IDEX with a 24-hour increase of 19.9%, currently at $0.0037;

PAITI with a 24-hour decrease of 12.44%, currently at $0.0873;
DEGO with a 24-hour decrease of 8.6%, currently at $0.317;
TOWNS with a 24-hour decrease of 8.09%, currently at $0.0034.

The latest developments in the U.S.-Iran situation are as follows:

Iran:

Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attacked three times in 10 days.

The Iranian president stated there will be no preemptive strikes but will retaliate; U.S. words and actions are “contradictory,” increasing Iran’s distrust.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard: If the U.S. and Israel continue to attack Iran’s industrial system, the scale of Iran’s subsequent retaliation will “exceed their imagination.”

Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and his wife were killed in an attack a few days ago.

United States:

U.S. Marines have arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

A U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia was attacked, injuring 12 U.S. soldiers and damaging a refueling aircraft.

U.S. Central Command announced the results of “Epic Fury” for one month: over 11,000 targets struck, destroying more than 150 Iranian naval vessels.

U.S. officials stated that the Pentagon is preparing for ground operations in Iran for several weeks.

Strait of Hormuz:

Malaysia stated that Iran has allowed Malaysian tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Thailand reached an agreement with Iran for its tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan claims Iran has agreed to allow another 20 Pakistani vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Two more liquefied petroleum gas tankers heading to India have left the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.

According to monitoring by PolyBeats, the probability of the Strait of Hormuz reopening by the end of April has decreased to 24% on the prediction market Polymarket due to the ongoing geopolitical tensions.