{"id":11389,"date":"2025-02-05T02:31:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=11389"},"modified":"2025-02-05T02:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:31:52","slug":"bitcoin-ethereum-dogecoin-drops-as-trumps-crypto-czar-announces-oversight-committee-eric-trump-says-great-time-to-add-eth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=11389","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Drops As Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Crypto Czar&#8217; Announces Oversight Committee: Eric Trump Says &#8216;Great Time&#8217; To Add ETH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Major cryptocurrencies declined sharply on Tuesday following the announcement of a new regulatory oversight committee, with total market liquidations reaching nearly $485 million in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cryptocurrency<\/td>\n<td>Gains +\/-<\/td>\n<td>Price (Recorded at 8.15 p.m. ET)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-2.96%<\/td>\n<td>$98,240.17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-4.15%<\/td>\n<td>$2,735.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-7.19%<\/td>\n<td>$0.2649<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: The leading cryptocurrency dropped to $97,924.27, its lowest level in the last 24 hours of trading, while the broader crypto market capitalization fell 2.92% to $3.23 trillion. <\/p>\n<p>The decline coincided with newly appointed \u201cCrypto Czar\u201d<strong> David Sacks<\/strong> announcing the formation of a bipartisan, bicameral committee to establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/in.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/43477333\/crypto-czar-sacks-says-potential-bitcoin-reserve-to-be-one-of-crypto-committees-first-priorities\">regulatory framework for digital assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum also experienced downward pressure despite social media attention from <strong>Eric Trump,<\/strong> who suggested on X that \u201cit\u2019s a great time to add $ETH.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In my opinion, it&#8217;s a great time to add <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Trump (@EricTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTrump\/status\/1886541132903133230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The second-largest cryptocurrency\u2019s decline followed Dogecoin\u2019s retreat after its 15% rally on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The market turbulence triggered significant trading activity, with over 161,000 traders facing liquidations. The total cryptocurrency open interest decreased by 5.61% to $113.45 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/43484922\/bitcoin-ethereum-dogecoin-drops-as-trumps-crypto-czar-announces-oversight-committee-eric-t\" alt=\"Bitcoin,\" ethereum dogecoin drops as trump czar announces oversight committee: eric says time to add eth>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major cryptocurrencies declined sharply on Tuesday following the announcement of a new regulatory oversight committee, with total market liquidations reaching nearly $485 million in the past 24 hours. Cryptocurrency Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 8.15 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -2.96% $98,240.17 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -4.15% $2,735.57 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -7.19% $0.2649 What Happened: The [&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-11389","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\/11389","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=11389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}