{"id":105944,"date":"2026-06-18T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=105944"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:18:02","slug":"bitcoin-plunges-to-62500-ethereum-xrp-lose-5-what-is-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=105944","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Plunges To $62,500, Ethereum, XRP Lose 5%: What Is Going?"},"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>) dropped back below $63,000 on Thursday as the broader crypto market shed 4%.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Is Crypto Falling While AI Stocks Hit New Highs?<\/h3>\n<p>The divergence between crypto and AI-linked equities is widening sharply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cipher Digital<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CIFR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"CIFR\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CIFR\">CIFR<\/a>) hit new all-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2026\/06\/18\/live-markets-bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-lost-usd111-million-combined-as-rate-cut-hopes-died?post-id=d6806018bd25\">highs<\/a> up 10%, <strong>WhiteFiber<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/WYFI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"WYFI\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/WYFI\">WYFI<\/a>) surged 15%, <strong>TerraWulf<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/WULF\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"WULF\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/WULF\">WULF<\/a>) added 4%, <strong>Galaxy Digital<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GLXY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"GLXY\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GLXY\">GLXY<\/a>) gained 4%, and <strong>IREN<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IREN\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"IREN\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IREN\">IREN<\/a>) rose 3%.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, <strong>Kevin Warsh\u2019s<\/strong> FOMC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/06\/53271428\/kevin-warsh-held-rates-and-didnt-give-much-guidance-is-that-bad-for-bitcoin\">decision<\/a> Wednesday is adding pressure. Warsh held rates but provided no forward guidance, leaving markets pricing only a 15% chance rates stay flat through December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nine committee members already project a rate hike before year-end. The 2-year Treasury yield heading higher repeats the pattern seen before &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/06\/53284954\/bitcoin-plunges-to-62500-ethereum-xrp-lose-5-what-is-going?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" plunges to ethereum xrp lose what is going>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) dropped back below $63,000 on Thursday as the broader crypto market shed 4%. Why Is Crypto Falling While AI Stocks Hit New Highs? The divergence between crypto and AI-linked equities is widening sharply.\u00a0 Cipher Digital (NASDAQ:CIFR) hit new all-time highs up 10%, WhiteFiber (NASDAQ:WYFI) surged 15%, TerraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) added 4%, Galaxy Digital [&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-105944","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\/105944","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=105944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}