Bitcoin faces key support test at $78.3K as US crude oil hits three-month high

Bitcoin faces key support test at $78.3K as US crude oil hits three-month high

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Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $78,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets fell on renewed Middle East tensions.

Key points: Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping as low as $77,600 before a modest rebound, its lowest levels since Sept.

News of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabian cities and oil infrastructure pressured US stocks at the start of the first trading session after the Labor Day holiday.

The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index were down by 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively, at the time of writing.

Oil prices showed a more pronounced reaction to the events, with WTI crude surging toward $95 per barrel, its highest since June 8.

Brent crude targeted the $100 mark for the first time since July 24.

Commenting on a concurrent record rise in US diesel prices, trading resource The Kobeissi Letter noted that “inflation expectations continue to mount as a result.” As Cointelegraph reported, this has been especially apparent in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), an inflation gauge which is again due for release on Friday.

In a Truth Social post on Monday, US president Donald Trump downplayed the oil spike, pledging lower prices in the future.

“Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping (but more!), when we WIN the war with Iran.

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