{"id":576948,"date":"2026-03-31T20:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/bitcoin-hits-68k-but-btc-futures-macro-data-show-traders-remain-bearish\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:52:51","slug":"bitcoin-hits-68k-but-btc-futures-macro-data-show-traders-remain-bearish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/bitcoin-hits-68k-but-btc-futures-macro-data-show-traders-remain-bearish\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin hits $68K but BTC futures, macro data show traders remain bearish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5ZDQzMmEtMzZmMC03ZjIxLThmY2ItM2UzOGJkNzc0MWNlLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin hits $68K but BTC futures, macro data show traders remain bearish\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin rallied to $68,000 as markets responded positively to the prospect of the US and Israel-Iran war ending, but data shows futures traders are not convinced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin reclaimed $68,000 as President Trump hinted at ending the Iran War even if the Strait of Hormuz remained partially closed.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin derivatives data show high fear, with put options at a premium and low demand for bullish leveraged trades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-hits-68k-but-btc-futures-macro-data-show-traders-remain-bearish\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin rallied to $68,000 as markets responded positively to the prospect of the US and Israel-Iran war ending, but data shows futures traders are not convinced. Key takeaways: Bitcoin reclaimed $68,000 as President Trump hinted at ending the Iran War even if the Strait of Hormuz remained partially closed. Bitcoin derivatives data show high fear, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":576949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-576948","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\/576948","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=576948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}