{"id":593974,"date":"2026-05-04T19:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=811777"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:16:13","slug":"uae-intercepts-missiles-as-bitcoin-surges-past-80k-triggering-270m-liquidations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/uae-intercepts-missiles-as-bitcoin-surges-past-80k-triggering-270m-liquidations\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Intercepts Missiles as Bitcoin Surges Past $80K, Triggering $270M Liquidations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/may-4-bitcoin-volatilty2--768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"UAE Intercepts Missiles as Bitcoin Surges Past $80k, Triggering $270m Liquidations\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>On May 4, bitcoin reclaimed the $80,000 threshold, hitting a three-month high of $80,617 and pushing its market cap past $1.6 trillion. Key Takeaways Bitcoin hit a 3-month peak of $80,617 on May 4, possibly signaling the end of the latest crypto winter. Volatility caused $554 million in liquidations as Brent crude hit $115 amid [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 4, bitcoin reclaimed the $80,000 threshold, hitting a three-month high of $80,617 and pushing its market cap past $1.6 trillion. Key Takeaways Bitcoin hit a 3-month peak of $80,617 on May 4, possibly signaling the end of the latest crypto winter. Volatility caused $554 million in liquidations as Brent crude hit $115 amid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":593975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-593974","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\/593974","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=593974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}