According to Matt Cole, CEO of Strive, the Federal Housing Finance Agency's directive to consider cryptocurrencies in mortgage applications enables Bitcoin holders to purchase homes without liquidating their BTC and transfers risk to the US government. Bitcoin rose 2.2% to over $107,000, with Bitcoin Cash gaining 7.4%, and BTC dominance increasing to nearly 66% of the crypto market. Charlie Morris, founder of ByteTree, stated that Bitcoin rallies during peaceful periods, coinciding with the Israel-Iran ceasefire, while crypto stocks like CleanSpark climbed 6.7% but Circle declined 11%.