{"id":81022,"date":"2026-04-15T12:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=81022"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:17:35","slug":"why-bitcoin-has-outperformed-gold-by-22-percentage-points-during-the-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=81022","title":{"rendered":"Why Bitcoin Has Outperformed Gold By 22 Percentage Points During The Iran Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><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>) is up 12% since the Iran war began, outperforming gold by 22 percentage points as the cryptocurrency emerges as an apolitical alternative to weaponized financial rails, according to Bitwise\u2019s <strong>Matt Hougan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Surprising Performance<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin has performed well since the start of the Iran conflict on February 28, catching many off guard. The <strong>S&amp;P 500 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SPY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SPY\" data-exchange=\"ARCA\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SPY\">SPY<\/a>) lost 1% over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Many assumed Bitcoin would fall during a risk-off geopolitical shock. Some pundits argued geopolitics is irrelevant for Bitcoin, while others pointed to war-driven money printing as the explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Both arguments are wrong, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Matt_Hougan\/status\/2044095946334843168\">according<\/a> to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan. Bitcoin\u2019s strength during this crisis stems directly from the conflict itself.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Two Bets<\/h3>\n<p>Buying Bitcoin makes two &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51826973\/why-bitcoin-has-outperformed-gold-by-22-percentage-points-during-the-iran-conflict?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Why\" bitcoin has outperformed gold by percentage points during the iran conflict>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up 12% since the Iran war began, outperforming gold by 22 percentage points as the cryptocurrency emerges as an apolitical alternative to weaponized financial rails, according to Bitwise\u2019s Matt Hougan. The Surprising Performance Bitcoin has performed well since the start of the Iran conflict on February 28, catching many off guard. [&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-81022","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\/81022","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=81022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}