{"id":62831,"date":"2026-03-09T11:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/bitcoin-price-slips-as-oil-surges-and-us-stock-futures-tumble\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:17:07","slug":"bitcoin-price-slips-as-oil-surges-and-us-stock-futures-tumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/bitcoin-price-slips-as-oil-surges-and-us-stock-futures-tumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Slips as Oil Surges and US Stock Futures Tumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h4 color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bitcoin is hovering around $66,150, down about 1.7% over the past 24 hours, as volatility spreads across global markets.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. stock-index futures tumbled, with Dow futures down more than 800 points while S&#038;P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures each fell about 1.5%.<\/li>\n<li>Oil prices surged above $100 a barrel after strikes on energy infrastructure and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz raised fears of supply shocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Bitcoin remained under pressure on Sunday, extending last week&#8217;s losses as global markets brace for another bout of volatility triggered by surging oil prices and ongoing tensions in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The world\u2019s largest crypto is trading at roughly $66,456, down about 1.7% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/price\/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\">data<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The token remains up about 1.4% over the past week, though it is down roughly 7.3% over the past month, reflecting choppy trading amid geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The move came as broader risk markets faced renewed pressure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 800 points, or about 1.7%, while S&#038;P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures each dropped around 1.5% ahead of the U.S. trading session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The selloff followed a sharp spike in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-09\/asx-markets-business-news-live-updates-march-9\/106429652\" target=\"_blank\">oil prices<\/a> tied to the escalating conflict involving Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>West Texas Intermediate crude jumped roughly 18% to above $107 a barrel, while Brent crude climbed about 16% to around $108, marking the first time global benchmarks have pushed above the $100 level since 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Growing fears of supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping corridor that handles roughly one-fifth of global oil shipments, have continued to plague global energy markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Short-term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iranian nuclear threat is over, are a very small price to pay for the U.S.A. and the world&#8217;s safety and Peace,&#8221; President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116196014942465383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">wrote<\/a> Sunday in a Truth Social post. &#8220;ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>The spike in crude prices also follows a widening set of attacks on energy infrastructure across the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Israeli warplanes struck several fuel storage depots and refinery facilities in Tehran over the weekend, while Iran has launched drone strikes targeting oil tankers and energy sites across the Gulf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Bitcoin traders, the key question is whether the shock remains contained to commodities or spreads more broadly across risk assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Historically, cryptocurrencies have tended to move in tandem with equities during periods of macro stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0A sustained rise in oil prices could amplify inflation concerns and potentially delay interest-rate cuts, tightening financial conditions for speculative assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oil is an input to virtually every product in the world,&#8221; Pratik Kala, head of research at Apollo Crypto, told <i>Decrypt.<\/i> &#8220;A higher oil price directly translates to higher groceries and virtually every other product in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>So far, however, Bitcoin has shown relative stability compared with traditional markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The token briefly slipped below $66,000 during weekend trading before recovering part of the move, suggesting traders may already have absorbed the initial geopolitical shock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The geopolitical backdrop also shifted over the weekend after Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran\u2019s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/world\/mojtaba-khamenei-son-of-irans-supreme-leader-has-been-named-his-successor-iranian-state-tv-says\/2af18a14-e341-4b8d-9e30-e3382d346e47\" target=\"_blank\">was named<\/a> as the country\u2019s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state television.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The elder Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike targeting the supreme leader\u2019s offices at the start of the war. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mojtaba Khamenei, a secretive figure who has never held elected office, will now wield authority over Iran\u2019s military and strategic decision-making, including oversight of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His appointment came on the ninth day of the conflict following deliberations by Iran\u2019s 88-member Assembly of Experts, the clerical body responsible for selecting the country\u2019s supreme leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new leader of Iran is seeking revenge; his father, wife, kids, and everyone were wiped out in the attacks,&#8221; Kala said. &#8220;Typically, a person in that situation is not going to make decisions with a cool mind,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It remains to be seen if the balance of U.S.-Israel bombing can deter any further aggression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Editor&#8217;s note: Adds comment from Pratik Kala<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Daily Debrief Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief Bitcoin is hovering around $66,150, down about 1.7% over the past 24 hours, as volatility spreads across global [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tien-dien-tu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}