{"id":77508,"date":"2026-03-24T14:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77508"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:33:47","slug":"bitcoin-dips-below-70k-as-reports-suggest-saudi-arabia-is-pushing-to-continue-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77508","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Dips Below $70K as Reports Suggest Saudi Arabia Is Pushing to Continue Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin has staged another unsuccessful breakout attempt after yesterday\u2019s impressive surge, as this time it was stopped at $71,000 and slipped by a grand following new reports on the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from the New York Times cited by The Kobeissi Letter, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been \u201cpushing\u201d Trump to continue the war against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The paper reads that this military campaign presents a \u201chistoric opportunity\u201d to remake the region as Iran poses a long-term threat to the Gulf that can only be eliminated by getting rid of the current regime.<\/p>\n<p>The report further stated that Prince bin Salman has urged Trump to send troops to Iran to seize energy infrastructure and force the government out of power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been \u201cpushing\u201d President Trump to continue the war against Iran, per NYT.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi\u2019s Mohammed bin Salman says:<\/p>\n<p>1. The US-Israeli military campaign presents a \u201chistoric opportunity\u201d to remake the Middle East<\/p>\n<p>2. Iran poses a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DEUmb40G4K\">pic.twitter.com\/DEUmb40G4K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2036434024369987748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The timing of this report is quite intriguing, as just yesterday, President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/saylors-strategy-buys-over-1000-btc-as-unrealized-losses-mount-up\/\">said<\/a> his country reached some sort of a deal with the Iranian authorities to halt any military action against the latter\u2019s power plants for a five-day period.<\/p>\n<p>Although Iran\u2019s officials <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-sees-wild-price-swings-as-iran-rejects-trumps-de-escalation-claims\/\">denied<\/a> Trump\u2019s claims, more reports emerged in the following hours indicating that both parties have indeed been in talks, perhaps through middlemen.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, another report from earlier today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/saudi-arabia-and-uae-inching-toward-joining-fighting-against-iran-report\/\">suggested<\/a> that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are \u201cinching toward\u201d joining the war against Iran as they have been targeted multiple times by their Middle Eastern enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin reacted immediately yesterday with a push from $68,000 to almost $72,000 after Trump\u2019s de-escalation message, but dipped below $70,000 minutes ago after the news about Prince bin Salman went live.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1432556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1432556\" style=\"width: 1835px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1432556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1.png\" alt=\"BTCUSD March 24. Source: TradingView\" width=\"1835\" height=\"951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1.png 1835w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-1536x796.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-90x47.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-1600x829.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-1400x726.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-1200x622.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-1000x518.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-900x466.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-800x415.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-700x363.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-600x311.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-500x259.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-400x207.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-200x104.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD-March-24-1-100x52.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1835px) 100vw, 1835px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1432556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTCUSD March 24. Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-dips-below-70k-as-reports-suggest-saudi-arabia-is-pushing-to-continue-iran-war\/\">Bitcoin Dips Below $70K as Reports Suggest Saudi Arabia Is Pushing to Continue Iran War<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin has staged another unsuccessful breakout attempt after yesterday\u2019s impressive surge, as this time it was stopped at $71,000 and slipped by a grand following new reports on the war in the Middle East. According to a report from the New York Times cited by The Kobeissi Letter, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Prince Mohammed bin Salman has [&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-77508","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\/77508","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=77508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}