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Bitcoin on Thursday slipped to $66,000, erasing all the gains registered after Tuesday’s news of easing in the war. BTC price today dropped 3.24% over 24 hours, with negative volume. This came after President Donald Trump’s shift in stance towards Iran to end the war. Major Altcoins like Ethereum, XRP, Solana, BNB, and Dogecoin experience Extended losses. 

While Bitcoin reacts to every escalating headline of war, Cryptocurrencies like STO, NOM, and ONT outperform the top altcoins in daily gains. These sharp gains are supported by organic catalysts and may continue gains, with respect to technicals and sentiment. 

Bitcoin Analysis

BTC/USDT 1-Day Chart reveals how bitcoin failed to break above the $71,985, a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement, and declined to near $65,0303. There is another hard ceiling for Bitcoin at $69,200 that has been a resistance in multiple sessions. Since a rising channel breakout happened near $67,200, Bitcoin is trading below the SMA 100 value.

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A more significant decline can be seen if the Bitcoin price plunges below $65000, where the support is at $64,200. Perhaps, if the War news escalates on the other side, we can see a good close above $68,000. 

STO registers a big Red Candle, recovering again

StakeStone is a newly launched ETH, BTC staking platform with its governance token STO that surged nearly 300% in the last 24 hours, before falling 60% from its daily high. 

STO/USDT coin, today surged from $0.254 to a new high of $1.74 and is now trading at $0.8404, but is still up 226% in 24h. Volume is up by 684%. 

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With ADX at 80, the price shows bullish momentum continuation, with the MACD line nearing the signal line, which shows the growth trend may slow down, but not with corrections. 

If Social media sentiment remains bullish for STO, the price seems to be forming higher highs and lows, and the target is near $1.2. 

Nomina, NOM Performs Even after Scrutiny

Formerly known as OMNI, backed by the Coinbase Nomina coin, on Thursday spiked massively, NOM is now up by 65% and trading at $0.01031. Despite facing failure alarms from Korean exchanges and delisting news of NOM Coin by the Bithumb exchange, the coin is up nearly 400% in a week.

NOM/USD 1hr Chart shows weakening momentum, smaller Candles that show lower trade volume. The accumulation and distribution indicator turned negative, RSI down from 85 to 75, and is going flat. 

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Per the indicator, NOM may trade neutral between $0.010 to $0.012 as the liquidity strike is over. If the trend fails to hold, we can support is near $0.00569. 

Ontology (ONT) Breakout of Channel

Ontology, ONT at press time is $0.1164, in the last 24 hours has sugred 11.17% and 112% in one week. This surge started after its partnership with European officials to build the eIDAS 2.0 framework, identity wallets for 450 million citizens by the end of 2026. 

Whale Activity and high-volume trading on Korean markets further promoted the rally. 

ONT/USDT 4h chart looks promising, the price has made a successful breakout from the upward channel. The Ichimoku Cloud momentum indicator shows price moving above the clouds, and the MACD signal is still bullish. 

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If price holds above the channel, ONT can be seen trading above 0.12. In contrast, trend reversal, the support is at $0.104. 

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Filed under: Bitcoin - @ April 2, 2026 12:10 pm