qfx Tom Lee, the sage of Fundstrat who’s been crunching numbers since department stores had electric lights, believes Bitcoin is ditching its “four-year sulk” cycle and zooming toward $250,000 by 2026. According to him, Bitcoin isn’t just breaking the rules-it’s drafting a new rulebook in invisible ink while everyone else stares at the old one. Who doesn’t want to chase a treasure like that? (Spoiler: Not Tom.)
In plain words, Bitcoin is currently “boring.” This “uncharacteristic” calm suggests Bitcoin is losing its “casino” status. It is trading within a tighter range than usual, without the violent 20-30% daily swings that characterized previous cycles. 🪝
Brazil, in its zeal, added 11 tons to its reserves, a move that now constitutes 6% of its total holdings. In the preceding eleven months, it had already amassed 43 tons. China, ever the quiet accumulator, added a modest one ton in November, bringing its total for the year to 26 tons. Yet, in this race of folly, Poland emerges as the true champion, having stockpiled 95 tons in the same period. Oh, the irony! A nation once partitioned by empires now leads the world in hoarding a metal that cannot feed, clothe, or heal.
Binance, the ever-optimistic architect of financial utopias, has launched TradFi Perpetual Contracts-a product so bold it could make Midas blush. Now traders can “own” gold without touching the shiny rocks, because obviously carrying a bar in your pocket is barbaric inefficient. 🏛
Risk appetite vanished faster than a cryptocurrency on a hot day, with selling pressure resurfacing like a bad ex. 🙃 Bitcoin led the pullback, Ether followed, and XRP experienced a notable turning point-probably because it finally realized it’s not the center of the universe. Only Solana managed to escape the downturn, posting a small but symbolic gain. 🌈
The crypto market opens the year with the same stale energy that gnawed at the tail end of last year, a mechanical breath that whispers of fortune while the conscience shivers. 🚦
Beyond the ETFs, the Solana network achieved feats worthy of a grand opera-yet retail investors, ever fickle, remain unimpressed. A paradox of progress, where institutions dance while the masses yawn. 🎭
This comedy of errors continued throughout the session, for on the final day, SHIB’s long positions were fleeced to the tune of $408,210, while shorts merely shrugged off a trifling $23,990. And in the 12-hour window, the imbalance grew more grotesque: $218,940 from the longs, and a mere $7,380 from the shorts! 😱
For the banking industry, the markup of the crypto bill (CLARITY Act) is a golden opportunity to ban stablecoin yields, thereby protecting their turf like a grumpy terrier guarding a bone 🐾. Otherwise, they’d have to seek an amendment of the stablecoin law, the GENIUS Act-though one wonders if “GENIUS” stands for “Getting Everyone Nowhere, Unquestionably.”
