{"id":73576,"date":"2026-02-23T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73576"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:31:36","slug":"tom-lee-bitcoins-50-drop-is-a-crypto-squall-not-a-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73576","title":{"rendered":"Tom Lee: Bitcoin&#8217;s 50% Drop Is A &#8216;Crypto Squall,&#8217; Not A Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Fundstrat\u2019s <strong>Tom Lee<\/strong> called <strong>Bitcoin\u2019s<\/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>) 50% drawdown a \u201ccrypto squall\u201d rather than a structural collapse, arguing technology and crypto sectors could revive as tariff uncertainty lifts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Squall vs. Winter Thesis<\/h3>\n<p>Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bh34Wnd5U8s\">told<\/a> CNBC on Friday that Bitcoin\u2019s decline stems from macro shocks, not fundamental weakness in blockchain networks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to parabolic growth in <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>) daily transactions, accelerating tokenization, and Wall Street integration as evidence the market is expanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrypto suffers mainly because gold has done so well, attracting risk appetite away from speculative assets,\u201d Lee said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no leverage in crypto, and those seeking high-frequency trades &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50778971\/tom-lee-bitcoins-50-drop-is-a-crypto-squall-not-a-winter?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Tom\" lee: bitcoin drop is a squall not winter>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee called Bitcoin\u2019s (CRYPTO: BTC) 50% drawdown a \u201ccrypto squall\u201d rather than a structural collapse, arguing technology and crypto sectors could revive as tariff uncertainty lifts. The Squall vs. Winter Thesis Lee told CNBC on Friday that Bitcoin\u2019s decline stems from macro shocks, not fundamental weakness in blockchain networks.\u00a0 He pointed to parabolic [&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-73576","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\/73576","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=73576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}