{"id":67792,"date":"2026-01-15T02:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67792"},"modified":"2026-01-15T02:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:16:32","slug":"bitcoin-hits-97000-amid-senate-crypto-vote-iran-developments-ethereum-xrp-dogecoin-fall-analyst-says-btcs-trend-is-upwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67792","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Hits $97,000 Amid Senate Crypto Vote, Iran Developments; Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Fall: Analyst Says BTC&#8217;s Trend Is &#8216;Upwards&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin rallied, while the stock and oil markets retreated on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions and the upcoming vote on a cryptocurrency bill influenced investors\u2019 decisions.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Gains +\/-<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Price (Recorded at 8:30 p.m. ET)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>+1.23%<\/td>\n<td>$96,617.34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>)<br \/><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-0.11%<\/td>\n<td>$3,330.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>XRP<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-1.89%<\/td>\n<td>$2.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solana<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/sol\/usd\">SOL<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>+0.18%<\/td>\n<td>$145.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>)<strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-1.84%<\/td>\n<td>$0.1455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin Lifts As Sentiment Turns To \u2018Greed\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin rallied to a 2-month high of $97,860, extending its gains this year to more than 10%.<\/p>\n<p>The uptick comes ahead of the Senate Banking Committee&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49915127\/senate-crypto-vote-in-72-hours-what-are-the-chances-of-the-bill-passing\">debate and vote on the cryptocurrency market structure bill<\/a> that aims to lay down a clear regulatory framework for the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethereum<\/strong>, on the other hand, took a breather, consolidating around the $3,300 region even though trading volume rose 10% in the last 24 hours. <strong>XRP <\/strong>and <strong>Dogecoin <\/strong>fell following the uptick on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of cryptocurrency-related companies, including <strong>Strategy Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/LMT\">(<\/a>NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">MSTR<\/a>)\u00a0 and <strong>Coinbase Global Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/COIN\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"COIN\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/COIN\">COIN<\/a>), closed up 3.66% and 1.25%, respectively<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benzinga Edge delivers real-time stock alerts, trade ideas, and professional investing tools to &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49925395\/bitcoin-hits-97000-amid-senate-crypto-vote-iran-developments-ethereum-xrp-dogecoin-fall-ana?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" hits amid senate crypto vote iran developments ethereum xrp dogecoin fall: analyst says btc trend is>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin rallied, while the stock and oil markets retreated on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions and the upcoming vote on a cryptocurrency bill influenced investors\u2019 decisions. Cryptocurrency Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 8:30 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +1.23% $96,617.34 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -0.11% $3,330.89 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1.89% $2.12 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +0.18% $145.81 Dogecoin [&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-67792","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\/67792","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=67792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}