{"id":588371,"date":"2026-04-23T17:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=808813"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:45:51","slug":"bitcoin-retreats-from-79k-peak-as-middle-east-economic-warfare-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/bitcoin-retreats-from-79k-peak-as-middle-east-economic-warfare-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Retreats From $79K Peak as Middle East Economic Warfare Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitcoin-retreats-from-79k-peak-as-middle-east-economic-warfare-intensifies-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bitcoin Retreats From $79K Peak as Middle East Economic Warfare Intensifies\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Bitcoin\u2019s momentum stalled on Thursday as the asset retreated from a peak of $79,500 to consolidate around $78,000. This 1.2% dip marked the cryptocurrency\u2019s first 24-hour loss in several days, resulting in a $10 billion decline in total market capitalization. Key Takeaways: On April 23, bitcoin dipped to $77,201 after failing to sustain its $79,500 [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s momentum stalled on Thursday as the asset retreated from a peak of $79,500 to consolidate around $78,000. This 1.2% dip marked the cryptocurrency\u2019s first 24-hour loss in several days, resulting in a $10 billion decline in total market capitalization. Key Takeaways: On April 23, bitcoin dipped to $77,201 after failing to sustain its $79,500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":588372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-588371","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\/588371","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=588371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}