{"id":74297,"date":"2026-02-28T21:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74297"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:49:36","slug":"breaking-bitcoins-price-plunges-below-64k-as-the-us-israel-attack-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74297","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bitcoin\u2019s Price Plunges Below $64K as the US, Israel Attack Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The enhanced price volatility this week continues, as bitcoin has started to lose value rapidly once again, dropping to a multi-day low of well under $63,600.<\/p>\n<p>The latest leg down was likely prompted by the quickly escalating global tension, especially between the two old enemies \u2013 Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The breaking story started to develop less than half an hour ago on Saturday morning when multiple news outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/28\/middleeast\/israel-attack-iran-intl-hnk\">reported<\/a> that Israel had launched an \u201cpreemptive attack\u201d against Iran. The former\u2019s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, announced a state of emergency within the country because they expect retaliation from Iran by drones and other strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The US President, Donald Trump, officially announced that they have started \u201cmajor combat operations\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BZuJDudLej\">pic.twitter.com\/BZuJDudLej<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/2027651077865157033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Similar instances in the past have impacted bitcoin\u2019s price, and this time is no different. Given the fact that the cryptocurrency space is the only financial market open during the weekend, the effects were immediate.<\/p>\n<p>In the span of just minutes, bitcoin went from $66,000 to $63,600 before recovering some ground to $64,000. However, the asset is <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/buterin-offloads-eth-bitcoin-unable-to-push-past-70k-xrp-spot-buying-increases-this-weeks-crypto-recap\/\">down<\/a> by over four grand since yesterday when it was rejected at $68,000.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, it peaked at $70,000 on Wednesday after it bounced from a multi-week low of $62,500 marked a day earlier. The altcoins have experienced similar volatility, with many dropping by 2% or more in the past hour alone.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the liquidations are on the rise again, hitting $450 million on a 24-hour scale. $185 million from the total came in just the last hour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1430030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1430030\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1430030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-scaled.png\" alt=\"Liquidation Data on CoinGlass\" width=\"2560\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-1024x350.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-768x262.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-1536x524.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-2048x699.png 2048w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-90x31.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-150x51.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-2000x683.png 2000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-1600x546.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-1400x478.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-1200x410.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-1000x341.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-900x307.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-800x273.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-700x239.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-600x205.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-500x171.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-400x137.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-200x68.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-085130-100x34.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1430030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liquidation Data on CoinGlass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/breaking-bitcoins-price-plunges-below-64k-as-israel-attacks-iran\/\">BREAKING: Bitcoin\u2019s Price Plunges Below $64K as the US, Israel Attack Iran<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The enhanced price volatility this week continues, as bitcoin has started to lose value rapidly once again, dropping to a multi-day low of well under $63,600. The latest leg down was likely prompted by the quickly escalating global tension, especially between the two old enemies \u2013 Iran and Israel. The breaking story started to develop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-74297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}