{"id":549643,"date":"2026-01-31T20:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=788880"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:08:19","slug":"bitcoin-plummets-under-76k-as-iran-tensions-spark-1-1-billion-hourly-wipeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/bitcoin-plummets-under-76k-as-iran-tensions-spark-1-1-billion-hourly-wipeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Plummets Under $76K as Iran Tensions Spark $1.1 Billion Hourly Wipeout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peter-schiff-bitcoin-bear-market1-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bitcoin Plummets to $75K as Iran Tensions Spark $1.1 Billion Hourly Wipeout\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Bitcoin followed the collapse of the precious metals market on Friday, plunging nearly $9K amidst rising geopolitical tensions. On Jan. 31, bitcoin tumbled to an intraday low of $75,555, marking its lowest point since April 2025, following reports of explosions in Iran. The flash crash briefly erased bitcoin\u2019s market capitalization to $1.5 trillion, dragging the [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin followed the collapse of the precious metals market on Friday, plunging nearly $9K amidst rising geopolitical tensions. On Jan. 31, bitcoin tumbled to an intraday low of $75,555, marking its lowest point since April 2025, following reports of explosions in Iran. The flash crash briefly erased bitcoin\u2019s market capitalization to $1.5 trillion, dragging the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-549643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}