{"id":77195,"date":"2026-03-22T06:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77195"},"modified":"2026-03-22T06:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:33:16","slug":"bitcoin-price-tanked-to-68k-as-trump-threatened-to-obliterate-irans-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77195","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Tanked to $68K as Trump Threatened to \u2018Obliterate\u2019 Iran\u2019s Power Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>After a relatively stable Saturday, in which BTC remained above $70,000, the asset\u2019s price moves took a turn for the worse during the night, dropping toward $68,000 for the first time since March 9.<\/p>\n<p>This sudden drop came as US President Trump issued a stark threat to Iran if it fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<h2>The Latest War Developments<\/h2>\n<p>The POTUS has long contradicted himself within hours, and the past day or so has proved this narrative once again, at least according to the most recent reports. At first, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/21\/trump-peace-deal-iran-kushner-witkoff\">reported<\/a> that Trump was looking for the \u2018point of contact\u2019 in Iran\u2019s regime to begin negotiations to wind down the war.<\/p>\n<p>Later, though, the President himself <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116269822349947644\">published<\/a> a straightforward threat against Iran and its arguably most important infrastructure if it fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf Iran doesn\u2019t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The analysts from The Kobeissi Letter summarized Trump\u2019s reported change of heart in just the last 36 hours alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump over the last 36 hours:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 3:40 PM ET: \u201cI don\u2019t want to do a ceasefire with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 5:15 PM ET: The US is \u201cconsidering winding down\u201d the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Today, 2:00 PM ET: Axios reports Trump is planning \u201cpeace talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now: \u201cIf Iran doesn\u2019t open the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2035517816548253890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>BTC Price Dumps<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin has reacted quite instantly to the most significant developments during the war in the Middle East, and Trump\u2019s latest major warning was no exception. The asset <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-price-flattens-at-70k-while-altcoin-market-calms-down-weekend-watch\/\">stood above<\/a> $70,000 yesterday and even challenged $71,000 at one point, before it collapsed by several grand.<\/p>\n<p>On some exchanges, it even dipped below $68,000, while on Bitstamp and Binance, it dropped to as low as $68,200. Nevertheless, both price tags would represent a three-week low.<\/p>\n<p>The altcoins followed suit, with ETH slipping beneath $2,100 and XRP below $1.40 before the market staged a minor comeback. Nevertheless, the total value of liquidated leveraged positions was above $240 million in just one hour during the price drop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Over $240 million worth of levered crypto positions are liquidated in 60 minutes after President Trump threatens to \u201cobliterate\u201d Iran\u2019s power plants. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HyUX7jBmTc\">https:\/\/t.co\/HyUX7jBmTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2035509509830103145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-price-tanked-to-68k-as-trump-threatened-to-obliterate-irans-power-plants\/\">Bitcoin Price Tanked to $68K as Trump Threatened to \u2018Obliterate\u2019 Iran\u2019s Power Plants<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a relatively stable Saturday, in which BTC remained above $70,000, the asset\u2019s price moves took a turn for the worse during the night, dropping toward $68,000 for the first time since March 9. This sudden drop came as US President Trump issued a stark threat to Iran if it fails to reopen the Strait [&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-77195","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\/77195","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=77195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}