{"id":571685,"date":"2026-03-20T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/what-happens-to-bitcoin-if-oil-price-hits-180-per-barrel\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:52:41","slug":"what-happens-to-bitcoin-if-oil-price-hits-180-per-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/what-happens-to-bitcoin-if-oil-price-hits-180-per-barrel\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to Bitcoin if oil price hits $180 per barrel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmMxYWQtMzFiMi03MDdlLTkyZDgtNWI2M2ExNmYxNzc3LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"What happens to Bitcoin if oil price hits $180 per barrel?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A 70% oil spike could nearly double US inflation, slash rate-cut hopes, and deepen downside risks for Bitcoin prices in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\">BTC<\/a>) has outperformed US equities and gold since the US and Israel\u2019s attack on Iran on Feb. 28, underscoring its strength amid one of the year\u2019s biggest <a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-may-rival-gold-as-inflation-hedge-adam-back\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-may-rival-gold-as-inflation-hedge-adam-back\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\">geopolitical shocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, BTC\u2019s rally may face a serious challenge if oil prices spike toward $180 per barrel, a <a title=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/commodities-futures\/saudi-arabia-sees-a-spike-to-180-oil-if-energy-shock-persists-past-april-2fe729d7?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqeAie9KtQc189cRpAf6sZz7VqbsScHqCb_xP9X8Gg9UOXpH2HSAZLvRQuZXZLc%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69bd3ef6&amp;gaa_sig=ORoqW_7FqkgQc05l1HpYNtCBI3rhTkbzdHb206aFrr-OLlSSZV1erKSGmpbfSKjIJW0Bm7giFHXMb13ihC5PHg%3D%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/commodities-futures\/saudi-arabia-sees-a-spike-to-180-oil-if-energy-shock-persists-past-april-2fe729d7?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqeAie9KtQc189cRpAf6sZz7VqbsScHqCb_xP9X8Gg9UOXpH2HSAZLvRQuZXZLc%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69bd3ef6&amp;gaa_sig=ORoqW_7FqkgQc05l1HpYNtCBI3rhTkbzdHb206aFrr-OLlSSZV1erKSGmpbfSKjIJW0Bm7giFHXMb13ihC5PHg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">scenario<\/a> some Saudi Arabian officials now see as plausible if Middle East supply disruptions persist beyond April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/what-happens-to-bitcoin-if-oil-price-hits-180-per-barrel\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 70% oil spike could nearly double US inflation, slash rate-cut hopes, and deepen downside risks for Bitcoin prices in the coming months. Bitcoin (BTC) has outperformed US equities and gold since the US and Israel\u2019s attack on Iran on Feb. 28, underscoring its strength amid one of the year\u2019s biggest geopolitical shocks. However, BTC\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-571685","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\/571685","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=571685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}