{"id":94780,"date":"2026-05-22T17:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=94780"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:33:11","slug":"mark-cuban-is-factually-wrong-with-his-bitcoin-thesis-scott-melker-argues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=94780","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban Is &#8216;Factually Wrong&#8217; With His Bitcoin Thesis, Scott Melker Argues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Billionaire investor <strong>Mark Cuban<\/strong> sold most of his <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>) holdings, saying the cryptocurrency \u201clost the plot\u201d after failing to act as a hedge during the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, one analyst says Cuban got his facts wrong.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cuban Claims Gold Ripped While Bitcoin Dropped During Iran War<\/h3>\n<p>Cuban had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/scottmelker\/status\/2057783323066356222\">explained<\/a> he bought Bitcoin as the best alternative to fiat currency losing value and believed it was a superior version of gold. <\/p>\n<p>He argued that during the Iran war, gold skyrocketed to $5,000 while Bitcoin dropped instead of rising.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that every time the dollar dropped, Bitcoin should have gone up because it would be cheaper for anyone around the world to buy. Instead, Bitcoin failed to perform as the hedge he expected.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban said he\u2019s \u201cmore disappointed in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52752209\/mark-cuban-is-factually-wrong-with-his-bitcoin-thesis-scott-melker-argues?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Mark\" cuban is wrong with his bitcoin thesis scott melker argues>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire investor Mark Cuban sold most of his Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings, saying the cryptocurrency \u201clost the plot\u201d after failing to act as a hedge during the Iran war. Yet, one analyst says Cuban got his facts wrong. Cuban Claims Gold Ripped While Bitcoin Dropped During Iran War Cuban had previously explained he bought Bitcoin [&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-94780","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\/94780","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=94780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}