{"id":76223,"date":"2026-03-13T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76223"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:16:31","slug":"4-reasons-why-bitcoin-is-up-4-to-72000-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76223","title":{"rendered":"4 Reasons Why Bitcoin Is Up 4% To $72,000 Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) is up 4% on Friday as PCE inflation fell to 2.8%, oil prices dropped, $3 billion in options gamma triggered dealer hedging and ETF inflows hit four consecutive days.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PCE Inflation Falls Below Estimates<\/h3>\n<p>The Personal Consumption Expenditures index <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/news\/2026\/personal-income-and-outlays-january-2026\">increased<\/a> 2.8% year-over-year in January 2026, according to data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. <\/p>\n<p>Month-over-month, PCE rose 0.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Core PCE, excluding food and energy, rose 3.1% year-over-year and 0.4% month-over-month, remaining well above the Fed\u2019s 2% target.<\/p>\n<p>The data suggests inflation is moderating but remains a concern ahead of next week\u2019s FOMC meeting, where the Fed is widely expected to hold rates steady despite President Trump\u2019s calls for an emergency rate cut.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oil Prices Drop On Russian Waiver<\/h3>\n<p>WTI crude oil futures fell more than 1.5% while Brent oil slipped 1% on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The decline followed the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51243843\/4-reasons-why-bitcoin-is-up-4-to-72000-today?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"4\" reasons why bitcoin is up to today>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up 4% on Friday as PCE inflation fell to 2.8%, oil prices dropped, $3 billion in options gamma triggered dealer hedging and ETF inflows hit four consecutive days. PCE Inflation Falls Below Estimates The Personal Consumption Expenditures index increased 2.8% year-over-year in January 2026, according to data released today by the [&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-76223","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\/76223","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=76223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}