{"id":626377,"date":"2026-07-08T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=829692"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:03:55","slug":"crypto-bulls-lose-310m-as-bitcoin-falls-to-61481-on-middle-east-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/crypto-bulls-lose-310m-as-bitcoin-falls-to-61481-on-middle-east-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Bulls Lose $310M as Bitcoin Falls to $61,481 on Middle East Escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/crypto-bulls-lose-310m-as-bitcoin-falls-to-61481-on-middle-east-escalation-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bitcoin daily chart\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>A sudden escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions and military exchanges halted bitcoin\u2019s July rally, triggering a 3.5% drop below $62,000. Geopolitical Tensions Halt Bitcoin Uptrend Bitcoin\u2019s July uptrend came to a screeching halt Wednesday, tumbling below $62,000 as escalating Middle East tensions sparked fears that the shaky U.S.-Iran ceasefire had unraveled. Market data shows bitcoin nosedived [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sudden escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions and military exchanges halted bitcoin\u2019s July rally, triggering a 3.5% drop below $62,000. Geopolitical Tensions Halt Bitcoin Uptrend Bitcoin\u2019s July uptrend came to a screeching halt Wednesday, tumbling below $62,000 as escalating Middle East tensions sparked fears that the shaky U.S.-Iran ceasefire had unraveled. Market data shows bitcoin nosedived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-626377","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\/626377","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=626377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}