Why Dogecoin Is Sinking Today

Key Points

• The U.S. Treasury secretary told Fox Business that the government would not be in the business of buying added Bitcoin for its planned strategic reserve.

• Many crypto investors had hoped the government would go beyond holding its already seized assets.

• The decline for Dogecoin and other more speculative cryptos was sharper than for Bitcoin or Ethereum.

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The cryptocurrency Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is moving lower today, down 7.9% in the last 24 hours as of 1:13 p.m. ET Thursday. The drop comes as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both fell slightly.

Dogecoin is falling today along with the rest of the crypto market after comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sent Bitcoin lower.

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The U.S. won't buy Bitcoin

Bessent appeared on Mornings with Maria on Fox Business, saying that the federal government has no plans to purchase more Bitcoin to add to its strategic reserve, instead relying on what has already been confiscated through law enforcement actions.

Bessent said: "We've also started to get into the 21st century, a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. We're not going to be buying that, but we're going to use confiscated assets and continue to build that up. We're going to stop selling that."

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While the fact that the government won't be off-loading its substantial Bitcoin assets onto the market is good news for the crypto's price, investors had been speculating that the Trump administration would pursue a reserve strategy that included the purchase of more tokens. The confirmation that this wouldn't happen sent the crypto lower, along with altcoins across the market, Dogecoin included.

Dogecoin is risky

While Dogecoin has outlasted most meme coins, it remains an inflationary asset with no fundamental utility. I would steer investors interested in crypto investing toward more proven projects like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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