{"id":77003,"date":"2026-03-20T02:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77003"},"modified":"2026-03-20T02:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:31:35","slug":"bitcoin-xrp-dogecoin-steady-while-ethereum-dips-amid-middle-east-oil-crisis-analyst-says-btc-approaching-potential-launchpad-for-next-bull-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77003","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Steady, While Ethereum Dips Amid Middle East Oil Crisis: Analyst Says BTC Approaching &#8216;Potential Launchpad&#8217; For Next Bull Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat, while stocks extended their gains on Thursday as Israel says it\u2019s \u201cholding off\u201d future strikes against Iran\u2019s critical energy sites.<\/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 9:25 p.m. ET)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-0.84%<\/td>\n<td>$70,370.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <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>-1.80%<\/td>\n<td>$2,189.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>XRP<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <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>-0.39%<\/td>\n<td>$1.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solana<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <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>-0.65%<\/td>\n<td>$89.47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <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>-0.78%<\/td>\n<td>$0.09423<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin Consolidates After Correction<\/h2>\n<p>After a steep drop yesterday, <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>stabilized in the $70,000 range, with trading volume staying low. <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>also settled around the $2,100 zone after pulling back from $2,300.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s dominance stood at just over 58%, while Ethereum accounted for 10.7% of cryptocurrency market total capitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of <strong>Strategy Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MSTR\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">MSTR<\/a>) and <strong>Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BMNR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BMNR\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BMNR\">BMNR<\/a>) closed down 1.67% and 1.26%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Over $400 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, predominantly long positions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/liquidations\">according <\/a>to Coinglass data.<\/p>\n<p>Open interest in Bitcoin futures fell 0.36% in the last 24 hours, roughly mirroring the drop in spot price.. Meanwhile, Binance\u2019s derivatives traders, including retail and whale, remained bullish on the leading cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Extreme Fear&#8221; sentiment prevailed in the market, <a href=\"https:\/\/alternative.me\/crypto\/fear-and-greed-index\/#google_vignette\">according <\/a>to the Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Gainers (24 Hours)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cryptocurrency (Market Cap&gt;$100 M)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Gains +\/-<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. ET)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>UnifAI Network <\/strong>(UAI)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>+46.98%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 $0.5999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Zano <\/strong>(ZANO)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>+19.77%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 $8.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Kite <\/strong>(KITE) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>+13.72%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 $0.2133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.44 trillion, following a decline of 3.60% over the last &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51371742\/bitcoin-xrp-dogecoin-steady-while-ethereum-dips-amid-middle-east-oil-crisis-analyst-says-bt?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin,\" xrp dogecoin steady while ethereum dips amid middle east oil crisis: analyst says btc approaching launchpad for next bull cycle>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat, while stocks extended their gains on Thursday as Israel says it\u2019s \u201cholding off\u201d future strikes against Iran\u2019s critical energy sites. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -0.84% $70,370.30 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1.80% $2,189.10 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 -0.39% $1.45 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 -0.65% $89.47 Dogecoin [&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-77003","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\/77003","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=77003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}