{"id":73189,"date":"2026-02-19T17:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73189"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:31:42","slug":"jim-cramer-says-cryptos-are-getting-slaughtered-dismisses-bitcoin-as-iranian-war-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73189","title":{"rendered":"Jim Cramer Says Cryptos Are &#8216;Getting Slaughtered,&#8217; Dismisses Bitcoin As Iranian War Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Jim Cramer<\/strong> took to social media platform X on Thursday to question the cryptocurrency market, specifically questioning <strong>Bitcoin&#8217;s<\/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>) utility during periods of geopolitical instability.<\/p>\n<p>       \u2022 <strong>What is BTC doing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\"> today<\/a>?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cramer Dismisses \u201cIranian War Hedge\u201d Narrative<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As tensions between the U.S. and Iran reach levels not seen in decades, Cramer dismissed the long-held thesis that Bitcoin serves as a safe-haven asset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cat the risk of antagonizing everyone, what IS Bitcoin levered to? I was thinking could be good hedge against Iranian war. NOPE,\u201d Cramer wrote on X.<\/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\">at the risk of antagonizing everyone, what IS Bitcoin levered to? I was thinking could be good hedge against Iranian war.  NOPE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimcramer\/status\/2024500932159869028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script ...><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/26\/02\/50727294\/jim-cramer-says-cryptos-are-getting-slaughtered-dismisses-bitcoin-as-iranian-war-hedge?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel alt=Jim Cramer Says Cryptos Are &#039;Getting Slaughtered,&#039; Dismisses Bitcoin As Iranian War Hedge>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Cramer took to social media platform X on Thursday to question the cryptocurrency market, specifically questioning Bitcoin&#8217;s (CRYPTO: BTC) utility during periods of geopolitical instability. \u2022 What is BTC doing today? Cramer Dismisses \u201cIranian War Hedge\u201d Narrative As tensions between the U.S. and Iran reach levels not seen in decades, Cramer dismissed the long-held [&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-73189","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\/73189","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=73189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}