President Donald Trump said in a CBS News interview that the US and Iran are moving closer to finalizing a diplomatic agreement, a statement that carries weight well beyond traditional foreign policy circles. Crypto markets, which have whipsawed on every headline from the region for months, are once again on alert.

Trump indicated that Iran is currently reviewing the latest US proposal.

What’s actually on the table

The broad strokes of the potential deal have been visible since April, when Trump claimed that Iran had “agreed to everything” related to two core demands: the removal of enriched uranium and a halt to support for proxy groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. That was April 17. More than a month later, the…