0702 GMT - Bitcoin falls as an ongoing stalemate in the U.S.-Iran conflict lifts oil prices and reduces demand for risky assets. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Thursday the U.S. could maintain its blockade of Iranian ports indefinitely because the U.S. can rotate ships in and out. "Our concern still remains that there is no easy way out of the current crisis," Jefferies economist Mohit Kumar says in a note. Iran won't give up control over the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. won't accept Iran charging tolls through the shipping route, he says. Iran has time on its side and has a higher tolerance of economic pain, he says. Bitcoin falls 0.4% to $63,140, LSEG data show.