{"id":630908,"date":"2026-07-17T18:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=831942"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:18:03","slug":"bitcoin-traders-pull-btc-below-63k-as-middle-east-tensions-trigger-fresh-risk-off-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/bitcoin-traders-pull-btc-below-63k-as-middle-east-tensions-trigger-fresh-risk-off-selling\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Traders Pull BTC Below $63K as Middle East Tensions Trigger Fresh Risk-Off Selling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bitcoin-traders-pull-btc-below-63k-as-middle-east-tensions-trigger-fresh-risk-off-selling-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bitcoin chart\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Bitcoin fell for a second straight day, dropping 1.4% to trade just under $63,600. It hit a session low of $62,732 early Friday, trimming its market cap and dragging the aggregate crypto market capitalization down 1.8% to $2.26 trillion. Tech Sell-Off and Geopolitical Tensions Weigh on Markets Bitcoin trended lower for a second consecutive day [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin fell for a second straight day, dropping 1.4% to trade just under $63,600. It hit a session low of $62,732 early Friday, trimming its market cap and dragging the aggregate crypto market capitalization down 1.8% to $2.26 trillion. Tech Sell-Off and Geopolitical Tensions Weigh on Markets Bitcoin trended lower for a second consecutive day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-630908","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\/630908","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=630908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}