{"id":69587,"date":"2026-01-27T20:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69587"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:31:33","slug":"tom-lee-gold-and-silver-are-sucking-oxygen-out-of-bitcoin-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69587","title":{"rendered":"Tom Lee: Gold And Silver Are &#8216;Sucking Oxygen&#8217; Out Of Bitcoin, Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee<\/strong> says the metals rally is \u201csucking oxygen\u201d out of <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>) and crypto markets, but predicts a surge for cryptocurrencies nonetheless.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Crypto Isn\u2019t Rallying Despite Bullish Fundamentals<\/h3>\n<p>Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lO_DrBCFyFE\">said<\/a> on CNBC on Monday that crypto prices are stuck despite improving fundamentals: it\u2019s a simple case of money flowing to where the action is.<\/p>\n<p>Gold crossed $5,000 and silver hit $110\u2014the kind of massive moves that traders pile in to catch the momentum\u2014money that would normally flow into crypto.<\/p>\n<p>Many traders use borrowed money or options to amplify their bets. <\/p>\n<p>When they\u2019re doing that in gold and silver, they\u2019re tying up their capital and can\u2019t use it to buy Bitcoin or Ethereum at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is worse for crypto because the industry massively deleveraged after the October crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee says that event \u201ccrippled many of the key players in industry, some &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/50172353\/tom-lee-gold-and-silver-are-sucking-oxygen-out-of-bitcoin-ethereum?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Tom\" lee: gold and silver are oxygen out of bitcoin ethereum>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee says the metals rally is \u201csucking oxygen\u201d out of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and crypto markets, but predicts a surge for cryptocurrencies nonetheless. Why Crypto Isn\u2019t Rallying Despite Bullish Fundamentals Lee said on CNBC on Monday that crypto prices are stuck despite improving fundamentals: it\u2019s a simple case of money flowing to where [&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-69587","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\/69587","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=69587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}