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It mirrored the movements of Bitcoin and Ethereum, a pale imitation. Solana’s little climb above $130. It wasn’t a roar, more of a polite cough. Then, a fleeting glimpse of $142-a momentary defiance of gravity. And like all such things, a slippage, a retreat, a humbling return to the 50% Fib retracement level. Such drama!
Lo and behold, this echoes the great Venezuelan saga where three crypto wallets allegedly conjured $630,000 from thin air by betting on President Maduro’s arrest. A mere coincidence? Sure, and I’m the Queen of England 🤴.
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At the time of scribbling this down, our furry friend was nipping at the heels of its December highs, ready to embark on a rally so grand, it’d make the Great Dane of Wall Street blush! 🐕💨
Strive, led by the charismatic Vivek Ramaswamy (who sounds like a character straight out of a spy novel), decided to splash out a cool $100 million on Bitcoin [BTC]. Imagine their joy – they scooped up 101.8 Bitcoin on January 4th, as if it were a box of excellent chocolates. This charming move boosted Strive’s Bitcoin trove to a whopping 7,626.8 BTC, worth approximately $708 million – enough to make even the most seasoned investors do a double-take. It’s no wonder their stocks jumped 15%, as if they’d just discovered a new sport called “market-mania.”
From the frozen wastes of $2,700, Ethereum rises-a phoenix with a calculator. The 50-day moving average, once a tombstone, now lies trampled beneath its hooves. Analysts, those modern-day prophets, whisper of a “recovery,” but one must ask: what salvation awaits when the crowd’s breath turns to ice? 🪦
An early 2026 break in the crypto slump? Please. It lasted all of 24 hours before Bitcoin slumped back to $92k, down 1.3%. Classic, right? 📉
BitMEX has decided that U.S. stocks are too mainstream unless they’re traded 24/7 with crypto collateral and up to 20x leverage. Enter Chainlink, the unsung hero tasked with keeping prices from going full circus during off-hours. Because nothing says “financial stability” like trading Tesla while Wall Street is asleep. 🚗💤
See, XRP’s been playin’ leapfrog with Bitcoin and Ethereum, leavin’ ‘em in the dust like they’d borrowed a snail’s pace. While BTC and ETH crawled ahead 3-4%, XRP shot up 6%-probably ‘cause it’s got more caffeine than a Seattle coffee shop.
In the dusty plains of Wall Street, SUI Group (SUIG) has lassoed Brian Quintenz as an independent director, the company announced Tuesday. This ain’t just any cowboy-Quintenz will also wrangle the board’s audit committee. 🤠📊
