The Money Isn't Fixed Yet

Well we did it, 100k Bitcoin is here. I’m sure quite a lot of you are quite happy with where your net worth is at right now, and all of you in that situation have had to exert a large amount of self control in order to hold onto your coins in order to get to that position in the first place.

All of you are here because you initially got lucky, you found Bitcoin at the right time, you had someone you trust introduce you to it, the right confluence of events…

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M^0 and Noble set sights on Tether’s $136B empire

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M^0, a decentralized stablecoin infrastructure layer, is setting a new standard for stablecoin design with its innovative modular architecture, revenue and distribution model. Its first distributor, Noble, is pulling back the curtain on the Noble dollar, USDN, in a bid to shake up the market and disrupt entrenched players.

For the entire history of stablecoin issuance, Tether has been the dominant issuer. Its market share on Ethereum dipped to 30% in 2022 — following growth in Circle’s USDC and Binance’s BUSD — but thanks to its near monopoly on the Tron blockchain, Tether’s market…

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$100,000 Bitcoin Price Is Just The Beginning

Wow, we finally hit $100,000 bitcoin. What a time to be alive! A cypherpunk experiment started as magic internet money is now the 7th largest asset globally, surpassing a $2 trillion market cap. But make no mistake — we’re just getting started. 2025 will be the year of Bitcoin. $100K feels like the mere beginning.

This is my 3rd Bitcoin bull market after entering in 2016. From experience, the party is still early. Here’s why I think $100K Bitcoin is just…

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What SEC chair nominee Paul Atkins has previously said about crypto

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Crypto is “really exciting,” former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins said in a podcast interview last year. 

In that same interview, he noted that the FTX collapse just happened to occur in crypto but essentially, fraud is fraud. He compared Sam Bankman-Fried’s actions to Bernie Madoff’s. 

Aside from public appearances, it’s clear that Atkins — who, in case you somehow missed it, is officially President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to take over the SEC — is not only knowledgeable about crypto but has been active in the space for years.

On paper, Atkins looks pretty pro-crypto, but…

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Why bitcoin’s $100K breakout is just the start

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A dream is a wish your heart makes… unless that dream is bitcoin topping $100k, which happened late in the night for some of us. 

With $100k breached, bitcoin is the “seventh most valuable asset in the world by market cap, just behind the likes of Google and Amazon,” GSR’s Brian Rudick pointed out. 

Since November, we’ve seen bitcoin nearly double to hit $100k. And this climb hasn’t been without its challenges.

“Most investors are underestimating the price potential from continued global flows into bitcoin, whether from companies adding to their balance sheet or inflows into…

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