{"id":564155,"date":"2026-03-04T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/bitcoin-is-a-real-time-sentiment-gauge-for-weekend-warmongering\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:52:43","slug":"bitcoin-is-a-real-time-sentiment-gauge-for-weekend-warmongering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/bitcoin-is-a-real-time-sentiment-gauge-for-weekend-warmongering\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin is a real-time sentiment gauge for weekend warmongering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2I4YzctNGYxMC03ZmZlLWE2ZTUtMTQ0NTgwZGVhZDVkLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin is a real-time sentiment gauge for weekend warmongering\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin reacted to Iran war news while stock markets were closed, showing how crypto is becoming a real-time gauge of macro risk.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto markets became the first outlet for investor reaction after US and Israeli strikes on Iran rattled global sentiment over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>At around 7:30 am (UTC) on Saturday, or in the wee hours of Wall Street, US President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116147082884192486\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> a video to announce that the US and Israel had launched attacks against Iran. Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) immediately reacted and <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-price-drops-63k-us-israel-bomb-iran\">dropped to around $63,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Meanwhile, traders rushed to crypto-native platforms to trade commodities futures while traditional markets remained closed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-real-time-sentiment-gauge-weekend-war\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin reacted to Iran war news while stock markets were closed, showing how crypto is becoming a real-time gauge of macro risk. Crypto markets became the first outlet for investor reaction after US and Israeli strikes on Iran rattled global sentiment over the weekend. At around 7:30 am (UTC) on Saturday, or in the wee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":564156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-564155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564155","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=564155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}