{"id":105813,"date":"2026-06-18T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=105813"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:18:02","slug":"worst-crypto-winter-ive-seen-but-bitcoin-ethereum-can-still-win-starkware-co-founder-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=105813","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Worst Crypto Winter I&#8217;ve Seen&#8217;\u2014But Bitcoin, Ethereum Can Still Win, StarkWare Co-Founder Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>), <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) are rebounding from one of the industry\u2019s deepest downturns, but StarkWare co-founder and Zcash creator <strong>Eli Ben-Sasson<\/strong> says crypto still faces an existential question.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8220;Worst Crypto Winter&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliBenSasson\">posts<\/a> on X and a recent Privacy Podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nIyJuRogdUg\">appearance<\/a>, Ben-Sasson described the current downturn as \u201cthe worst crypto winter\u201d he has witnessed since entering the industry in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past month, BTC and ETH have eroded more than 16% amid geopolitical uncertainty and capital rotation into AI-focussed companies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite improving prices and growing institutional interest, he argued that crypto remains in the middle of an identity crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Ben-Sasson attributed the recent market recovery primarily to macroeconomic developments rather than industry-specific catalysts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrypto will be the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/06\/53276977\/worst-crypto-winter-ive-seen-but-bitcoin-ethereum-can-still-win-starkware-co-founder-says?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"'Worst\" crypto winter i seen bitcoin ethereum can still win starkware co-founder says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are rebounding from one of the industry\u2019s deepest downturns, but StarkWare co-founder and Zcash creator Eli Ben-Sasson says crypto still faces an existential question. &#8220;Worst Crypto Winter&#8221; In a series of posts on X and a recent Privacy Podcast appearance, Ben-Sasson described the current downturn as \u201cthe worst crypto [&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-105813","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\/105813","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=105813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}