{"id":581467,"date":"2026-04-10T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/bitcoin-hits-73k-as-cool-us-cpi-data-shows-60-year-record-gas-price-hike\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:52:42","slug":"bitcoin-hits-73k-as-cool-us-cpi-data-shows-60-year-record-gas-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/bitcoin-hits-73k-as-cool-us-cpi-data-shows-60-year-record-gas-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin hits $73K as cool US CPI data shows 60-year record gas price hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDQvMDE5ZDc3ZGYtYmQwOC03NDE1LWI3NDktMWU5NzdiZDQ5ZGUzLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin hits $73K as cool US CPI data shows 60-year record gas price hike\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin saw a fresh attempt to hit new local highs on the back of lower-than-expected US CPI data, despite a giant gas-price increase.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/price-indexes\/bitcoin\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/price-indexes\/bitcoin\">BTC<\/a>) tagged $73,000 following Friday\u2019s Wall Street open as crucial US inflation numbers came in below expectations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin edges higher as US CPI data remains slightly below market expectations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-hits-73k-as-cool-us-cpi-data-shows-60-year-record-gas-price-hike\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin saw a fresh attempt to hit new local highs on the back of lower-than-expected US CPI data, despite a giant gas-price increase. Bitcoin (BTC) tagged $73,000 following Friday\u2019s Wall Street open as crucial US inflation numbers came in below expectations. Key points: Bitcoin edges higher as US CPI data remains slightly below market expectations. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":581468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-581467","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\/581467","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=581467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}