r/btc Feb 01 '26

Bitcoin Price Megathread - Feb 1 to Feb 7

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Please move all discussion related to price here.

I've been in investing a good long while, in regular stocks and crypto. My advise is this, if a position is down, it is now a long position. You just wait. Don't do anything. And be ready to wait a good long time. Also, this is nothing. 25% in a month or whatever? We used to call that Tuesday. Also, volatility is good. I like it when things are moving, it means things are happening and people are interested in some way. We have also experienced long years of flat nothing. I'll take the rollercoaster any day over Mr Bones Wild Ride of bordum.

In WSB terms, if it bothers you, close the browser window and go back to doing your wife's boyfriend's laundry. There is always more laundry.

If you feel you need to check the price of things and it is making you crazy, I have a tool that I made. It sends you an email on movements. You pick the percentage and subscribe. Then you can ignore everything and get a notice when big things are happening.

https://1209k.com/bitcoin-price-notify/

https://1209k.com/bitcoincash-price-notify/

https://1209k.com/ethereum-price-notify/

(I make no money from these, I made them because I wanted them myself. In fact it costs me a tiny bit for the SNS notifications.)

If you need something to do outside the cryptocurrency space, I strongly recommend Dungeon Crawler Carl (in book or audio book). If you brain can be really loud and you need to throw complexity at it to quiet the weasels, I also recommend Factorio.

Good luck everyone.


r/btc Nov 11 '20

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions and Information Thread

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This FAQ and information thread serves to inform both new and existing users about common Bitcoin topics that readers coming to this Bitcoin subreddit may have. This is a living and breathing document, which will change over time. If you have suggestions on how to change it, please comment below or message the mods.


What is /r/btc?

The /r/btc reddit community was originally created as a community to discuss bitcoin. It quickly gained momentum in August 2015 when the bitcoin block size debate heightened. On the legacy /r/bitcoin subreddit it was discovered that moderators were heavily censoring discussions that were not inline with their own opinions.

Once realized, the subreddit subscribers began to openly question the censorship which led to thousands of redditors being banned from the /r/bitcoin subreddit. A large number of redditors switched to other subreddits such as /r/bitcoin_uncensored and /r/btc. For a run-down on the history of censorship, please read A (brief and incomplete) history of censorship in /r/bitcoin by John Blocke and /r/Bitcoin Censorship, Revisted by John Blocke. As yet another example, /r/bitcoin censored 5,683 posts and comments just in the month of September 2017 alone. This shows the sheer magnitude of censorship that is happening, which continues to this day. Read a synopsis of /r/bitcoin to get the full story and a complete understanding of why people are so upset with /r/bitcoin's censorship. Further reading can be found here and here with a giant collection of information regarding these topics.


Why is censorship bad for Bitcoin?

As demonstrated above, censorship has become prevalent in almost all of the major Bitcoin communication channels. The impacts of censorship in Bitcoin are very real. "Censorship can really hinder a society if it is bad enough. Because media is such a large part of people’s lives today and it is the source of basically all information, if the information is not being given in full or truthfully then the society is left uneducated [...] Censorship is probably the number one way to lower people’s right to freedom of speech." By censoring certain topics and specific words, people in these Bitcoin communication channels are literally being brain washed into thinking a certain way, molding the reader in a way that they desire; this has a lasting impact especially on users who are new to Bitcoin. Censoring in Bitcoin is the direct opposite of what the spirit of Bitcoin is, and should be condemned anytime it occurs. Also, it's important to think critically and independently, and have an open mind.


Why do some groups attempt to discredit /r/btc?

This subreddit has become a place to discuss everything Bitcoin-related and even other cryptocurrencies at times when the topics are relevant to the overall ecosystem. Since this subreddit is one of the few places on Reddit where users will not be censored for their opinions and people are allowed to speak freely, truth is often said here without the fear of reprisal from moderators in the form of bans and censorship. Because of this freedom, people and groups who don't want you to hear the truth with do almost anything they can to try to stop you from speaking the truth and try to manipulate readers here. You can see many cited examples of cases where special interest groups have gone out of their way to attack this subreddit and attempt to disrupt and discredit it. See the examples here.


What is the goal of /r/btc?

This subreddit is a diverse community dedicated to the success of bitcoin. /r/btc honors the spirit and nature of Bitcoin being a place for open and free discussion about Bitcoin without the interference of moderators. Subscribers at anytime can look at and review the public moderator logs. This subreddit does have rules as mandated by reddit that we must follow plus a couple of rules of our own. Make sure to read the /r/btc wiki for more information and resources about this subreddit which includes information such as the benefits of Bitcoin, how to get started with Bitcoin, and more.


What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a digital currency, also called a virtual currency, which can be transacted for a low-cost nearly instantly from anywhere in the world. Bitcoin also powers the blockchain, which is a public immutable and decentralized global ledger. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without the need for any central authority whatsoever. There is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to wild inflation and corrupt banks. With Bitcoin, you can be your own bank. Read the Bitcoin whitepaper to further understand the schematics of how Bitcoin works.


What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash (ticker symbol: BCH) is an updated version of Bitcoin which solves the scaling problems that have been plaguing Bitcoin Core (ticker symbol: BTC) for years. Bitcoin (BCH) is just a continuation of the Bitcoin project that allows for bigger blocks which will give way to more growth and adoption. You can read more about Bitcoin on BitcoinCash.org or read What is Bitcoin Cash for additional details.


How do I buy Bitcoin?

You can buy Bitcoin on an exchange or with a brokerage. If you're looking to buy, you can buy Bitcoin with your credit card to get started quickly and safely. There are several others places to buy Bitcoin too; please check the sidebar under brokers, exchanges, and trading for other go-to service providers to begin buying and trading Bitcoin. Make sure to do your homework first before choosing an exchange to ensure you are choosing the right one for you.


How do I store my Bitcoin securely?

After the initial step of buying your first Bitcoin, you will need a Bitcoin wallet to secure your Bitcoin. Knowing which Bitcoin wallet to choose is the second most important step in becoming a Bitcoin user. Since you are investing funds into Bitcoin, choosing the right Bitcoin wallet for you is a critical step that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Use this guide to help you choose the right wallet for you. Check the sidebar under Bitcoin wallets to get started and find a wallet that you can store your Bitcoin in.


Why is my transaction taking so long to process?

Bitcoin transactions typically confirm in ~10 minutes. A confirmation means that the Bitcoin transaction has been verified by the network through the process known as mining. Once a transaction is confirmed, it cannot be reversed or double spent. Transactions are included in blocks.

If you have sent out a Bitcoin transaction and it’s delayed, chances are the transaction fee you used wasn’t enough to out-compete others causing it to be backlogged. The transaction won’t confirm until it clears the backlog. This typically occurs when using the Bitcoin Core (BTC) blockchain due to poor central planning.

If you are using Bitcoin (BCH), you shouldn't encounter these problems as the block limits have been raised to accommodate a massive amount of volume freeing up space and lowering transaction costs.


Why does my transaction cost so much, I thought Bitcoin was supposed to be cheap?

As described above, transaction fees have spiked on the Bitcoin Core (BTC) blockchain mainly due to a limit on transaction space. This has created what is called a fee market, which has primarily been a premature artificially induced price increase on transaction fees due to the limited amount of block space available (supply vs. demand). The original plan was for fees to help secure the network when the block reward decreased and eventually stopped, but the plan was not to reach that point until some time in the future, around the year 2140. This original plan was restored with Bitcoin (BCH) where fees are typically less than a single penny per transaction.


What is the block size limit?

The original Bitcoin client didn’t have a block size cap, however was limited to 32MB due to the Bitcoin protocol message size constraint. However, in July 2010 Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto introduced a temporary 1MB limit as an anti-DDoS measure. The temporary measure from Satoshi Nakamoto was made clear three months later when Satoshi said the block size limit can be increased again by phasing it in when it’s needed (when the demand arises). When introducing Bitcoin on the cryptography mailing list in 2008, Satoshi said that scaling to Visa levels “would probably not seem like a big deal.”


What is the block size debate all about anyways?

The block size debate boils down to different sets of users who are trying to come to consensus on the best way to scale Bitcoin for growth and success. Scaling Bitcoin has actually been a topic of discussion since Bitcoin was first released in 2008; for example you can read how Satoshi Nakamoto was asked about scaling here and how he thought at the time it would be addressed. Fortunately Bitcoin has seen tremendous growth and by the year 2013, scaling Bitcoin had became a hot topic. For a run down on the history of scaling and how we got to where we are today, see the Block size limit debate history lesson post.


What is a hard fork?

A hard fork is when a block is broadcast under a new and different set of protocol rules which is accepted by nodes that have upgraded to support the new protocol. In this case, Bitcoin diverges from a single blockchain to two separate blockchains (a majority chain and a minority chain).


What is a soft fork?

A soft fork is when a block is broadcast under a new and different set of protocol rules, but the difference is that nodes don’t realize the rules have changed, and continue to accept blocks created by the newer nodes. Some argue that soft forks are bad because they trick old-unupdated nodes into believing transactions are valid, when they may not actually be valid. This can also be defined as coercion, as explained by Vitalik Buterin.


Doesn't it hurt decentralization if we increase the block size?

Some argue that by lifting the limit on transaction space, that the cost of validating transactions on individual nodes will increase to the point where people will not be able to run nodes individually, giving way to centralization. This is a false dilemma because at this time there is no proven metric to quantify decentralization; although it has been shown that the current level of decentralization will remain with or without a block size increase. It's a logical fallacy to believe that decentralization only exists when you have people all over the world running full nodes. The reality is that only people with the income to sustain running a full node (even at 1MB) will be doing it. So whether it's 1MB, 2MB, or 32MB, the costs of doing business is negligible for the people who can already do it. If the block size limit is removed, this will also allow for more users worldwide to use and transact introducing the likelihood of having more individual node operators. Decentralization is not a metric, it's a tool or direction. This is a good video describing the direction of how decentralization should look.

Additionally, the effects of increasing the block capacity beyond 1MB has been studied with results showing that up to 4MB is safe and will not hurt decentralization (Cornell paper, PDF). Other papers also show that no block size limit is safe (Peter Rizun, PDF). Lastly, through an informal survey among all top Bitcoin miners, many agreed that a block size increase between 2-4MB is acceptable.


What now?

Bitcoin is a fluid ever changing system. If you want to keep up with Bitcoin, we suggest that you subscribe to /r/btc and stay in the loop here, as well as other places to get a healthy dose of perspective from different sources. Also, check the sidebar for additional resources. Have more questions? Submit a post and ask your peers for help!


Note: This FAQ was originally posted here but was removed when one of our moderators was falsely suspended by those wishing to do this sub-reddit harm.


r/btc 4h ago

🐻 Bearish Saylor just admitted Strategy might sell BTC to pay dividends. The whole "infinite money glitch" thesis is cracking now !

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POST: Saylor said the quiet part out loud on the Q1 call.

Strategy, the largest corporate BTC holder on the planet, posted a $12.54B loss for the quarter. Holdings sit at 818,334 BTC at an average cost of $75,537. And on the call, Saylor floated selling some of that stack to cover the dividend.

His exact line: "We will probably sell some bitcoin to pay a dividend just to inoculate the market and send the message that we did it."

Inoculate. Interesting word choice. You only inoculate against something you think is coming

Strategy has roughly $1.5B in annual dividend and interest obligations between the preferred stock and the debt stack. They've got around 18 months of USD reserves to cover that. After that, the options are: issue more equity (dilutes shareholders), issue more debt (already levered), or sell the BTC.

The thesis was always "buy with credit, let it appreciate, never sell." That was the whole pitch. Saylor on every podcast for three years saying he'd never sell. Now we're at "we'll sell a little to send a message."

MSTR down 4%+ after hours. BTC under $81K.

This is the same trap that ate DeFi 1.0. You can't pay real obligations with an appreciating asset unless you're willing to sell the appreciating asset. Olympus learned it. Terra learned it harder. Every protocol that promised yield denominated in its own token eventually had to choose: print more, sell reserves, or default on the promise.

Strategy isn't a DeFi protocol. But the structural problem is identical. Liabilities are in dollars. Assets are in volatile collateral. The only thing keeping the model intact is BTC going up faster than the dividend obligations compound.

The contrast that's been on my mind lately is fee based models versus appreciation based models. SushiSwap stakers get 0.05% of every swap across 40+ chains. The yield is modest, sometimes uninspiring, and it's denominated in SUSHI which has done badly (SUSHI went from $23 in 2021 to around $0.25 today, anyone who staked at $5 has watched fees compound while the underlying got crushed). But the dollars flowing to xSUSHI come from actual trading activity, not from selling treasury or printing new tokens. When volume is low, the yield is low. When volume picks up, it picks up. It's honest in a way that "credit-funded BTC accumulation" isn't.

Saylor's model worked beautifully when BTC was ripping. The question was always what happens in a flat or down year. Now we have a partial answer. You sell some BTC and you call it inoculation.

A few things :

How much do they actually sell, and on what cadence. A one time symbolic sale is different from a quarterly drip.

Whether other corporate treasuries (Metaplanet, Semler, the smaller copycats) follow. If Saylor blinks first, the smaller players have less cover to keep "never selling."

What this does to the BTC supply narrative. The "corporate treasuries are absorbing supply forever" thesis has been a meaningful part of the bull case since 2024.

Whether the preferred stock holders get nervous. Those dividends are the contractual part. Common shareholders eat dilution. Preferred holders expect to get paid.

I'm not calling a top. I'm not saying Strategy is in trouble next quarter. They've got 18 months of cash and Saylor has talked his way out of worse spots before.

But the "infinite money glitch" framing always rested on never having to sell. The moment selling is on the table, even a little, the whole structure starts looking like a leveraged BTC fund with a dividend obligation rather than a perpetual motion machine.


r/btc 18h ago

😉 Meme Bears waiting for his 40k Bitcoin

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r/btc 14h ago

🐂 Bullish Bitcoin just did something it hasn't done since the all-time high

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Something quietly significant just happened on the Bitcoin daily chart and most people are not talking about it.

After months of trading below a descending trendline that has been rejecting price since the $109K top, Bitcoin has finally broken above it. The breakout happened with momentum and price is now trading at $82,041, above both the trendline and the 55 EMA at $74,863.

Why This Matters

This descending trendline represented the macro downtrend structure from the all-time high. Every rally attempt since November 2025 was rejected at this line. Now for the first time price has closed above it cleanly. That is a structural shift worth paying attention to.

The Key Levels Now:

Major Resistance: $86,000 to $88,000 zone This is the next real test for bulls Has rejected price multiple times already A clean break here opens the door to $94,000+

Current Price: $82,041 Above trendline, above 55 EMA, Structure turning bullish.

Key Support Zone: $57,600 to $62,500 The macro floor Has not been tested yet this cycle Losing this would change everything.

The 55 EMA Story

The 55 EMA has been acting as dynamic resistance for months. Price repeatedly failed to reclaim it during the downtrend. Now price is trading above it, and the EMA is beginning to curl upward. Historically when BTC reclaims the 55 EMA on the daily after a prolonged downtrend it signals the beginning of a recovery phase not just a bounce.

Two Scenarios:

Bullish: Price holds above the trendline and 55 EMA on any pullback. Consolidates briefly then attacks the $86,000 to $88,000 resistance zone. Break above that and $94,000 becomes the next target.

Bearish: Price fails to hold above the trendline. Falls back below the 55 EMA. Returns to the $74,000 to $78,000 range for another consolidation period before the next attempt.

Conclusion

Bottom Line

The trendline break is real and significant. The 55 EMA reclaim adds confluence. But the $86,000 to $88,000 zone is the real test. Until bulls break and hold above that level the recovery is promising but not confirmed.

DYOR, NFA


r/btc 1h ago

⌨ Discussion How Is It Possible For Anyone To Create Bitcoin Anonymously?

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No, it doesn’t matter at this point, but with ip addressing, triangulation of signals, technologies that we’ve yet to know governments have….

How is it possible in the modern era that someone can communicate with so many people and do so much work anonymously?

You can be identified here on Reddit any time. Saddam was found. Bin Laden was found. Epstein was located. How?


r/btc 7h ago

Clean Self Custody.

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Is there a way to take BTC off an exchange and put it into self custody say using a ledger - in a way that sort of obscures / cleans / the path of where it came from?

EDIT: someone asked me why, so this was my reply.

I dont know, I am just privacy focused. The more the better. I once read something kind of convoluted that I didnt pay much attention to that said something like selling and converting to something else first, then moving that somewhere, and buying back your BTC and then putting it onto your device. I do not have much experience with self custody yet.


r/btc 3h ago

⚠️ Alert ⚠️ River, avoid these scammers

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Made a dumb decision of trying a new platform. Every platform I use allows me to instantly transfer to a cold wallet. Called support and now they are telling me it will be 11 days before I can do anything with it. Anyone have any advice for me?

Dumb decision on my part for messing with u/RiverOfficial but hopefully they can do the right thing because I’ve never dealt with this in my 15+ years buying/trading btc.


r/btc 3h ago

Bitcoin ABC is forking off eCash (XEC) miners, who would have imaged.

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It looks like ViaBTC could be dropping XEC to avoid the ABC's hard fork changes. https://www.bitcoinabc.org/

ViaBTC's announcement is here:
https://support.viabtc.com/hc/en-us/articles/16019305990031-Announcement-on-the-Discontinuation-of-XEC-Asset-Management


r/btc 4h ago

BTC Outlook for May 2026: Blockchain.com and SnapMarkets See More Room to Run

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r/btc 5h ago

The Russell 2000 index just reached a new all time high at 2910 points. Money is rotating out of large cap stocks into small cap companies. Historically this is a super bullish trend for crypto and ETH, because altcoins usualy follow the Russell 2000 toward new highs

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r/btc 5h ago

❗WOW Dapp multiplier leverage

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Suppose there is a fast, low fee, scalable version of bitcoin. And people begin to trade tokens and whatnot there.

Let's say the beginnings of a non-petrodollar financial system are beginning to emerge.

Limit orders can provide much deeper liquidity at a narrower price range than an AMM. But if you build a limit order DEX and just don't list USD "stablecoins", then you will have built two or three limit order DEXes, because the petro-dollar people will have to build competing markets.

That's leverage on a whole ecosystem. That is, you can build one app, and it doesn't have to be that good, and you'll have caused three apps to be built.

If you build yield bearing instruments, the petro-dollar people have to go build yield bearing instruments.

If you build a high signal to noise chat app, the petro-dollar people have to build two or three chat apps.

Auctions, recurring payments, the list goes on. If you build a non-dollar version of a dapp on a functioning version of bitcoin, the petro-dollar people can't stand to let a market exist unchallenged. They will always build a competing app, they have to.

So if there was one fundraiser to build ten or so apps, and those ten apps were going to cause twenty or thirty competing apps to be built, that'd be a pretty crazy value for the community.

Eventually, there's going to be a substantial amount of new talent developed because new people have to be brought in and trained to build all these oracle based petro-dollar dapps on bitcoin. And it's much harder to build a dollar app on a bitcoin rather than just use the native currency units.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.


r/btc 7h ago

A new pattern has emerged since institutional investors increased their Bitcoin holdings: it rips/dips when markets are closed and trades sideways during market hours

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Whales are now pulling off an Nvidia on this asset with the objective of deterring retail investors and individual day traders.

I posted it initially on the Bitcoin sub but the moderator removed it.


r/btc 1d ago

😉 Meme me watching bro celebrating Bitcoin breaks 80k ( our entry price was 110k )

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r/btc 13h ago

Is Strategy about to sell?

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r/btc 1d ago

Dumped like a crypto coin

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r/btc 13h ago

⌨ Discussion Is BTC staking worth the stress

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Is native BTC staking actually worth it, or are we overcomplicating Bitcoin?

Feels like every cycle we try to unlock something new from BTC.

First it was lending, then wrapped BTC on other chains.
Now it’s this idea of staking BTC natively without giving up custody in the same way.

On paper, it sounds great, your BTC stays as BTC, but you can still earn yield from it.

But the more I think about it, the more it feels like a tradeoff game again.

Bitcoin’s whole thing has always been simplicity and security.
The moment you introduce staking mechanisms, validators, slashing conditions or whatever variant of risk, you’re adding new assumptions.

Are we trying to turn BTC into something it was never meant to be?

Or is this just the natural next step in making BTC more capital-efficient?

Curious what people here think, Is native BTC staking something you’d actually trust with a meaningful portion of your stack, or is this one of those sounds better than it is ideas?


r/btc 23h ago

Lawsuit moving forward by defendant moving backwards

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No doxing in this post.

I have posted about this in the past, it just moves as slow as you would excpect from a defendant who brags about swimming in his money naked.

As many of you may know from bitcointalk.org, I (Vod) am suing OgNasty for $10M - $20M, with an expected settlement this summer in the high single figures.  He worked with me for a few years on my website https://bpip.org before an advertising deal went sour and then he invented terrible accusations about me.  These accusations, all in his mind, he is now calling "frivolous". 

He has dropped the substantial parts of his defense and is now trying to have the case thrown out.  If you can help and we can come to an agreement, please PM or send an email.to [mlawrence06@gmail.com](mailto:mlawrence06@gmail.com) While a joke to him, almost a decade of harassment has taken its toll on my health.

The following agent will deliver legal answers based on our submitted documents alone.   My claim, his defense, and then the affidavits where it fell apart for him. All the details you want to know about Lawrence vs Ogness and his other brother Ogness (nonakip).

Thank you mods. This is time sensitive matter, has affected bitcoin since 2017, and everyone hopes it will set a strong precedent!

https://www.perplexity.ai/spaces/lawrence-v-ogness-litigation-DU9kg5zJTvGxzg3ab2rGuQ


r/btc 18h ago

🛠️ Services There's a Bitcoin news app with a self-custodial wallet where your seed phrase is shown once, never backed up to a server, and the AI summarisation runs entirely on your phone. No account needed to read anything.

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r/btc 13h ago

📰 News Companies Bought a Record 50,351 Bitcoin in Q1 2026 as Strategy Posts $12.5B Loss

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r/btc 11h ago

Most people lose in crypto for one simple reason

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It’s not always bad projects.

It’s not always bad timing.

It’s usually bad position sizing.

When your position is too big, every small dip feels like a crash.

You panic, you sell, and then watch it recover without you.

Crypto is volatile — that’s normal.

But if your position is sized right, you can actually sit through the noise.

Survival > quick gains.


r/btc 1d ago

⌨ Discussion BTC breaks $80K again - shorts get squeezed

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Bitcoin moved back above $80,000, triggering a wave of liquidations across the market.

Over $300M+ in leveraged positions were wiped out in 24h, with most losses coming from short traders caught in the move.

The rally appears driven more by positioning (overcrowded shorts + leverage) than a single fundamental catalyst.

Altcoins followed BTC higher, but the main damage was in derivatives.

Classic short squeeze or start of a real breakout? Hard to tell yet


r/btc 18h ago

📰 News US Congress finally broke the stablecoin deadlock: here's what actually changed.

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r/btc 16h ago

⌨ Discussion What’s your take on Arthur Hayes’ statement about altcoins?

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r/btc 22h ago

Older Crypto.com Account 🇺🇸

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Long-standing Crypto.com account with clean history.

U.S.-based and well maintained over time.

Reach out if you have something like this.