Winter as a Selection Process
Why do correcting and quiet markets feel so uncomfortable? Discover why winter phases aren't punishment—they're a test of preparation and conviction.
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Crossing the Chasm
Year-end reflection: 2025 marked a pivotal moment. Bitcoin and crypto bridged the gap from pioneers to the mainstream—but through two radically different paths.
The Christmas no one saw coming
A true story about the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously stopped fighting. What this moment reveals about trust, human cooperation, and why that lesson is especially relevant now.
Have we been in a bear market for ten months already?
Crypto markets are quiet as bitcoin hovers between $88K-$94K. After a brutal drop from $126K to $80.5K that triggered $9.9B in realized losses, investors are catching their breath. But is this consolidation—or something more bearish?
Deceptive Calm
Bitcoin sits in a deceptive calm: headwinds from profit-takers, macro uncertainty and cycle fears clash with tailwinds from policy, institutions and easing prospects. What the winter at the Somme tells us about what comes next.
2025 Predictions Revisited
A quiet week on the bitcoin market: higher low, lower volume, then a push to $94K. Did $80.5K mark the bottom? We revisit 77 predictions for 2025—and the results are brutal.
The Real Poverty Line
The official poverty line masks how vulnerable households really are. With soaring housing, healthcare, and childcare costs—plus a monetary system that inflates asset prices—more families depend on subsidies just to get by. Is bitcoin an unexpected way out?
A V-Shaped Bottom: Relief Rally or Bull Market Revival?
Bitcoin crashed to $80.5k last Friday before sharply rebounding above $90k. Is this the V-shaped bottom investors have been hoping for—or just a bear market trap?
Stablecoins as a Rorschach Test
Stablecoins are the market’s Rorschach test. Where alarmists see a 2008 reprise, pragmatists see a global safety net. The inkblot isn't changing, but the projections expose the system's deepening fragility. Also inside: Who really sold the dip, and the muni market's Bitcoin pivot.
Now What?
No Uptober, no $400k moonshot. Bitcoin has crashed 35% as sentiment turns extremely pessimistic. With investors capitulating for the first time this cycle and rumors of a major collapse, has the bull market officially ended?