You can say that Bitcoin is the ultimate truth-teller, sniffs out liquidity conditions, whales selling because finally have liquidity to realize profits, BTC only thing you can sell on a Friday night or Sunday after a Trump tweet, etc. But with ETFs and treasury companies buying up BTC and all the tailwinds with new administration, pending/revised friendly policy, regulation changes, sovereign adoption, banks getting onboard with bullish announcements after announcements, other hard money and risk assets going up... ...it has to be some form of manipulation. I see things about Jane Street algos, etc...but just seems like there is a coordinated effort to (1) keep the ground unsteady regarding rate changes, Fed chairs, SBR or no SBR, Yen carry-trade and (2) using algos or simple institution adoption/announcements to keep BTC trading in a fairly narrow and SUPPRESSED price range. Or do we just have incredibly skittish and ignorant investors following typical "buy high, sell low" emotional selling patterns? And many of the BTC thought leaders who were picking $150k, $250k, $1M by the end of this cycle...are now saying $150k by end of next year? I'm not complaining too much because most of what I have is in retirement accounts I can't touch anyway (so longer time preference)...but I did start living on a BTC standard late this year...so buying at $108k and $118k hurts when using BillPay to convert BTC at $82k etc. So I do have a short-time preference component, too. Anybody want to add to the discussion any amended thoughts on how the price stays suppressed? I was hoping for a steady grind up with all of the chopsolidation diverging from historical price behavior - versus huge candles in both directions - but you know we are likely to get some huge green candles in Q1 and Q2 2026...and then big red candles as people take profits...so sub-$100k could still be in play a few times in 2026. FYI - I follow the folks below for my signal...and subscribe to both Lyn and James Check. @jack mallers @Lyn Alden @Lawrence Lepard @_Checkɱate 🔑⚡🌋☢️🛢️

Point to ponder...

Amazing - sellers can't get out of their house, buyers can't afford the houses. We did have to pay 9% mortgage rate for our first house (back around '91, I think)...but the house only cost $81,000 (for 2,400 sq ft new build on 1/3 acre in Houston).

Made me cry...🤣

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A few good memes from Robert Malone's Friday Funnies...oh, and I'm back to my Zone 2 training...might need to go 3 months!

🤡 - Our duly elected representatives/senators rarely seem to have our best interest at heart, but the Dems truly hate all of us and want us to be overrun. Again - you want to open borders...then remove absolutely EVERY social program (or at least access to them) unless you are a natural born citizen. No visa and no green cards allowed on social programs (and I support both if managed properly). If you can't be a productive member of society - and pay into the very social programs that you are trying to access - you should self-deport. Now the Dems are pushing for taxpayer-paid lawyers for illegals...

A few good memes from Robert Malone’s Friday Funnies.

Absolutely - and both my wife and I have degrees...and my daughters have advanced degrees. But I favor technical education, bring back the concept of apprenticeships that are plenty suitable for most jobs, and keep our youth from falling into unsustainable debt while getting indoctrinated.

Normally, I would say that a judge cannot be held responsible for the decisions of a "sovereign individual". However, if they make decisions to release - with numbers like this (that shouldn't have gotten to within 10% of those numbers) - then I would fully support holding those judges responsible and impeaching. Only need to make a few examples for the rest to fall in line and start upholding and interpreting the law objectively.

This is what we call irony... I can't stand Graham...can't stand McConnell either (glad he is stepping down like some of his other 80+ decrepit cronies). Both are corrupt, back-stabbing, uniparty war mongers.

And me with no dry powder...