{"id":396120,"date":"2019-09-16T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=396120"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:25:27","slug":"bitcoin-stuck-despite-saudi-attack-raising-demand-for-safe-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-stuck-despite-saudi-attack-raising-demand-for-safe-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Mum despite Saudi Attack Raising Demand for Haven Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin appeared stuck<\/a> in a price-range on Monday as attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities raised concerns over global energy supply and renewed tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The spot bitcoin rate slipped 0.03 percent to $10,301.78 on Coinbase, while bitcoin futures on CME surged by 1.12 percent to $10,380 as of 11:13 UTC. At its session high, the spot bitcoin was trading at $10,379.98. Meanwhile, the futures were trading at $10,430.00.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin price remains rangebound despite rising demand for safe-haven assets | Image credits: TradingView.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gold Excels<\/h2>\n

Unlike bitcoin, rival asset Gold was trading higher on Monday as investors flew to safe-haven assets amidst the ongoing global turmoil. As of 11:21 UTC, the spot gold rate had jumped 1.06 percent to $1,504.579 an ounce while gold futures surged by 1.08 percent to $1,511.06.<\/p>\n

The moves in gold and bitcoin came after Saudi Arabia closed down half of its oil production after a string of drone attacks hit the world’s largest oil facility. Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed the attack, but US President Donald Trump blamed Iran for the latest geopolitical havoc.<\/p>\n

That cessation is likely to remove almost 5.7 billion barrels of crude oil production from the supply \u2013 which amounts to 5 percent of the daily oil production. The attacks are also going to impact the supply of ethane and natural gas by 50 percent, according to Saudi Arabia’s newly-appointed energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.<\/p>\n

The potential oil scarcity sent the benchmark Brent Crude Oil up by more than 8 percent, or $12, to trade as high as $71.95 a barrel. That was its most significant one-day gain since 1990’s Iraq invasion of Kuwait.<\/p>\n

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CHART OF THE DAY: The sudden loss of 5.7m b\/d of #oil<\/a> production is the single largest outage the market has ever sufferes (larger in volume than the loss of Iraqi and Kuwaiti output in the 1990 Gulf War, and the loss of Iranian oil in the 1979 Islamic Revolution) #OOTT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jQdQ0HiSyd<\/a><\/p>\n

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n