{"id":70293,"date":"2026-02-02T02:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70293"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:01:32","slug":"bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-decline-while-dogecoin-trades-flat-analyst-says-btcs-underperformance-against-gold-tremendous-opportunity-to-scale-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70293","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Decline, While Dogecoin Trades Flat; Analyst Says BTC&#8217;s Underperformance Against Gold &#8216;Tremendous Opportunity&#8217; To Scale In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Risk-off sentiment strengthened Sunday, triggered by a massive sell-off in leading cryptocurrencies and precious metals.<\/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>24-Hour Gains +\/-<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Price (Recorded at 8:20 p.m. ET)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-1.54%<\/td>\n<td>$77,147.38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><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>-6.35%<\/td>\n<td>$2,275.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>XRP<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/XRP\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"XRP\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><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>-3.17%<\/td>\n<td>$1.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solana<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SOL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SOL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><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>-3.11%<\/td>\n<td>$101.47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/DOGE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"DOGE\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><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>+0.63%<\/td>\n<td>$0.1044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto Bloodbath<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> dived below $76,000, marking its worst sell-off since early April, when President <strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/05\/45637742\/bitcoin-performing-exceptionally-well-says-markets-commentator-as-btc-helps-fuel-a-42-crypto-market-recovery-from-april-lows\">sweeping tariff measures<\/a> sent the market into a tailspin. The apex cryptocurrency is down 11.42% year-to-date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethereum <\/strong>crashed below $2,300, hitting levels last seen more than 7 months ago.\u00a0The second-largest cryptocurrency has cratered 23% since the year began.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bitcoin&#8217;s market share stood at 59.3%, while Ethereum&#8217;s dominance fell below 11%.<\/p>\n<p>Over $500 billion was liquidated from the market in the last 24 hours, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/LongShortRatio\">according <\/a>to Coinglass, with $373 million in levered longs wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s open interest fell more than 10% last week, reaching $52.43 billion, as market sentiment plunged into &#8220;Extreme Fear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Gainers &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50289864\/bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-decline-while-dogecoin-trades-flat-analyst-says-btcs-underperformance-?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin,\" ethereum xrp decline while dogecoin trades flat analyst says btc underperformance against gold opportunity to scale in>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risk-off sentiment strengthened Sunday, triggered by a massive sell-off in leading cryptocurrencies and precious metals. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 8:20 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.54% $77,147.38 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -6.35% $2,275.90 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 -3.17% $1.59 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 -3.11% $101.47 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +0.63% $0.1044 Crypto [&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-70293","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\/70293","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=70293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}