Crypto-linked stocks fell in pre-market trading on Tuesday, even as Bitcoin (BTC) held steady amid flaring tensions in the Middle East.

Bitcoin’s price rose 1.2% in the last 24 hours to around $64,000, a rebound after dipping below $63,000 over the weekend. The apex cryptocurrency has stayed largely range-bound over the past several sessions. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around BTC remained in ‘bearish’ territory even as it outperformed the broader equities market.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) was down 0.5%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) was flat, and the Nasdaq-100 tracking Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) dropped 1.23%. QQQ was among the top trending tickers on Stocktwits at the time of writing, with retail sentiment…