{"id":93717,"date":"2026-05-20T02:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=93717"},"modified":"2026-05-20T02:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:16:32","slug":"bitcoin-ethereum-tread-water-xrp-dogecoin-slide-amid-trumps-limited-period-warning-on-iran-analyst-says-btc-doesnt-look-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=93717","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, Ethereum Tread Water, XRP, Dogecoin Slide Amid Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Limited&#8217; Period Warning On Iran: Analyst Says BTC &#8216;Doesn&#8217;t Look Great&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Leading cryptocurrencies stayed weak alongside stocks on Tuesday as President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> warned the U.S. would wait only for a &#8220;limited period of time&#8221; if a deal with Iran is not made sooner.<\/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 9:30 p.m. EDT)<\/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>-0.05%<\/td>\n<td>$76,666.92<\/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>-0.77%<\/td>\n<td>$2,107.43<\/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>-2.39%<\/td>\n<td>$1.35<\/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>-1.17%<\/td>\n<td>$84.09<\/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>-1.67%<\/td>\n<td>$0.1026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto Market Loses Momentum<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>wiggled in the range between $76,000 and $77,000, even as 24-hour trading volume fell drastically. <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>fell below $2,100 in the early trading hours, before recovering slightly in the evening. <strong>XRP <\/strong>and <strong>Dogecoin <\/strong>traded in the red.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency-related stocks slipped further, with <strong>Strategy Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">MSTR<\/a>) and <strong>Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BMNR\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BMNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BMNR\">BMNR<\/a>) closing down 1.20% and 0.53%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Over $150 million was liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $104 million in long positions alone erased, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/liquidations\">according <\/a>to Coinglass data.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s open interest fell nearly 1% over the last 24 hours, with the majority of retail and whale derivatives traders on Binance positioned long on the leading cryptocurrency.\u00a0<\/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 9:30 p.m. EDT)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Block Street <\/strong>(BSB)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>+23.21%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 $0.8309<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Banana For Scale <\/strong>(BANANAS31)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>+14.49%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 $0.01140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sahara AI <\/strong>(SAHARA)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>+13.35%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 $0.03689<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.55 trillion, following a contraction &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52681321\/bitcoin-ethereum-tread-water-xrp-dogecoin-slide-trump-iran-warning-btc?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin,\" ethereum tread water xrp dogecoin slide amid trump period warning on iran: analyst says btc look great>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading cryptocurrencies stayed weak alongside stocks on Tuesday as President Donald Trump warned the U.S. would wait only for a &#8220;limited period of time&#8221; if a deal with Iran is not made sooner. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 9:30 p.m. EDT) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -0.05% $76,666.92 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -0.77% $2,107.43 XRP (CRYPTO: [&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-93717","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\/93717","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=93717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}