{"id":588902,"date":"2026-04-24T17:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/bitcoin-stays-stalled-at-78k-as-oil-threatens-new-risk-asset-squeeze\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:52:47","slug":"bitcoin-stays-stalled-at-78k-as-oil-threatens-new-risk-asset-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/bitcoin-stays-stalled-at-78k-as-oil-threatens-new-risk-asset-squeeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin stays &#8216;stalled&#8217; at $78K as oil threatens new risk-asset squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDQvMDE5ZGMwMzAtNDQ2NS03YWI2LTg3MGEtYjU5OTNiN2MyMmFkLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin stays 'stalled' at $78K as oil threatens new risk-asset squeeze\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin and risk assets faced an uphill struggle after the S&amp;P 500 hit new all-time highs as analysis warned that BTC price support was at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/price-indexes\/bitcoin\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/price-indexes\/bitcoin\"><u>BTC<\/u><\/a>) stayed glued to $78,000 on Friday with markets \u201cawaiting clarity\u201d from the US-Iran war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin stalls in its bid to recapture $80,000, as US stocks tread water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-stays-stalled-at-78k-as-oil-threatens-new-risk-asset-squeeze\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin and risk assets faced an uphill struggle after the S&amp;P 500 hit new all-time highs as analysis warned that BTC price support was at risk. Bitcoin (BTC) stayed glued to $78,000 on Friday with markets \u201cawaiting clarity\u201d from the US-Iran war. Key points: Bitcoin stalls in its bid to recapture $80,000, as US stocks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-588902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588902","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=588902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}