{"id":77674,"date":"2026-03-25T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77674"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:01:32","slug":"jim-cramer-bitcoin-gold-failed-as-crisis-hedges-all-he-saw-were-margin-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77674","title":{"rendered":"Jim Cramer: Bitcoin, Gold &#8216;Failed&#8217; As Crisis Hedges\u2014All He Saw Were Margin Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CNBC\u2019s <strong>Jim Cramer<\/strong> on Wednesday said neither <strong>Bitcoin<\/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>) nor gold functioned as crisis hedges during the U.S.-Iran war, arguing he only witnessed margin calls and forced selling instead of safe-haven buying.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Crisis Hedge Failure<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what happens, we have to question whether either gold or crypto \u2018worked\u2019 in a true crisis,\u201d Cramer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimcramer\/status\/2036735559217852433\">stated<\/a>. \u201cAll I saw were margin calls and people who should just play the prediction markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The data backs Cramer\u2019s skepticism. <\/p>\n<p>Gold dropped as much as 27% from its January peak and is down roughly 12% since the Middle East conflict escalated in late February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The yellow metal just posted its longest losing streak in over a century, lasting 10 consecutive days\u2014its worst run since February 1920.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bitcoin is holding above $70,000, but that represents a 20% decline year-to-date despite $2.5 billion in Bitcoin ETF inflows this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The performance suggests neither asset provided &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51458723\/jim-cramer-bitcoin-gold-failed-as-crisis-hedges-all-he-saw-were-margin-calls?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Jim\" cramer: bitcoin gold as crisis hedges he saw were margin calls>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNBC\u2019s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said neither Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) nor gold functioned as crisis hedges during the U.S.-Iran war, arguing he only witnessed margin calls and forced selling instead of safe-haven buying. The Crisis Hedge Failure \u201cNo matter what happens, we have to question whether either gold or crypto \u2018worked\u2019 in a true crisis,\u201d [&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-77674","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\/77674","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=77674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}