{"id":146367,"date":"2026-02-18T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146367"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:06:08","slug":"sentiment-is-bleak-bitcoin-declines-as-geopolitical-tensions-add-to-risk-off-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146367","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sentiment is bleak\u2019: bitcoin declines as geopolitical tensions add to risk-off mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostBitcoin extended a four-week slide as investors returned to a more cautious macro backdrop.<br \/>\nThe token dropped as much as 3.2 per cent to US$66,604 on Tuesday, before paring the decline.<br \/>\nBitcoin, which has traded like a high-beta tech proxy in recent months, mirrored an earlier move lower in US equities, but failed to keep pace when stocks edged higher.<br \/>\n\u201cSentiment is clearly bleak in crypto markets,\u201d said Noelle Acheson, author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter. \u201cThere is strong progress in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/blockchain\/article\/3343879\/sentiment-bleak-bitcoin-declines-geopolitical-tensions-add-risk-mood?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostBitcoin extended a four-week slide as investors returned to a more cautious macro backdrop. The token dropped as much as 3.2 per cent to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}