{"id":646243,"date":"2026-08-21T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=841010"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:10:15","slug":"1-2b-wiped-out-bitcoin-squeeze-returns-strategy-to-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/1-2b-wiped-out-bitcoin-squeeze-returns-strategy-to-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.2B Wiped out: Bitcoin Squeeze Returns Strategy to Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/michael-saylor-bitcoin-strategy-inc-2-2-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Michael Saylor bitcoin Strategy Inc 2\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Bitcoin surpassed $79,000, boosting market cap past $1.55 trillion and pushing the broader crypto market to $2.65 trillion amid growing fears over $40 trillion in U.S. national debt. &#160; Short Sellers Squeezed as Liquidations Top $1B Bitcoin breached $79,000 Friday morning, pushing its dollar gains since Aug. 17 past $15,000. The cryptocurrency\u2019s relentless ascent comes [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin surpassed $79,000, boosting market cap past $1.55 trillion and pushing the broader crypto market to $2.65 trillion amid growing fears over $40 trillion in U.S. national debt. &#160; Short Sellers Squeezed as Liquidations Top $1B Bitcoin breached $79,000 Friday morning, pushing its dollar gains since Aug. 17 past $15,000. The cryptocurrency\u2019s relentless ascent comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":646244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-646243","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\/646243","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=646243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}