{"id":69913,"date":"2026-01-29T16:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69913"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:46:34","slug":"bitcoin-ethereum-perform-terrible-compared-to-gold-silver-and-thats-totally-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69913","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, Ethereum Perform Terrible Compared To Gold, Silver\u2014And That&#8217;s Totally Ok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In the current market environment, <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) have notably lagged behind other risk assets like equities and precious metals. <\/p>\n<p>Crypto analyst Garrett Bullish <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GarrettBullish\/status\/2016845461924303254\">attributes<\/a> this underperformance to three primary factors: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The lingering effects of a deleveraging cycle<\/li>\n<li>Unique market micro-structure issues<\/li>\n<li>Potential manipulation by speculative entities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Crypto\u2019s \u201cGhost Town\u201d Effect: Deleveraging and Retail Exhaustion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The crypto market is suffering from a \u201cdeleveraging hangover\u201d that began in October, the analyst noted in an article published on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This flush wiped out a significant portion of speculative capital, particularly hitting retail traders who often use 10-20x leverage.<\/p>\n<p>Retail capital, the lifeblood of crypto markets in Asia and the US, has been absorbed by the FOMO rallies in AI equities and precious metals.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional finance (TradFi) where capital &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/50237628\/bitcoin-ethereum-perform-terrible-compared-to-gold-silver-and-thats-totally-ok?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin,\" ethereum perform terrible compared to gold silver that totally ok>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the current market environment, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) have notably lagged behind other risk assets like equities and precious metals. Crypto analyst Garrett Bullish attributes this underperformance to three primary factors: The lingering effects of a deleveraging cycle Unique market micro-structure issues Potential manipulation by speculative entities Crypto\u2019s \u201cGhost Town\u201d Effect: [&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-69913","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\/69913","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=69913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}