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Bitcoin has shown up to $75,000 every single day this week. Knocked politely. Waited. Got rejected. Gone home. Repeated. 😅

The institutions are doing their part, spot ETFs dragged in $597.5 million in just two sessions, but it doesn't matter.

$76,000 has slammed the door on Bitcoin three times now, and analysts say only a confirmed close above $76,100 actually means anything. Everything below that is just vibes and hope. 🤷

The one key that could unlock the door? Iran.

Trump told Fox the conflict is "close to over", and any ceasefire extension would likely spark another relief rally just like last week's 5% rip.

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You know how your bank can freeze your account in four seconds if something looks suspicious? Circle can do the same thing with USDC. They just... didn't. 😬

Hackers drained $285 million from Drift Protocol, converted it to USDC, then used Circle's own bridge to move $230 million across blockchains in 100+ transactions.

Six hours. US business hours. Nobody touched a button…

Nine days before the hack, Circle had frozen 16 unrelated business wallets in a civil case, proving they could absolutely act when they wanted to. They just didn't want to this time. 🤷

Now a class-action lawsuit has landed in Massachusetts, accusing Circle of negligence for letting $230 million in stolen funds flow freely through its own infrastructure without lifting a finger.

Circle's defence?

They only freeze funds when legally required. Which is technically a position. Just not a great one to explain to the 100+ investors who lost everything. ☕💀

The man who sells the shovels in the AI gold rush just warned that China has a warehouse full of shovels on standby…😬

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned that China's "ghost datacenters", fully powered, sitting completely empty, give Beijing the computing capacity to match America's most advanced AI models whenever it decides to flip the switch.

The export controls meant to keep chips out of China?

Huang says the hardware needed to train frontier AI is "abundantly available" in China already, and the country produces 60% of the world's mainstream chips and hosts half of all AI researchers.

His solution isn't more bans.

Huang called for research dialogue, saying "victimizing them, turning them into an enemy, likely isn't the best answer."

The CEO of the world's most important chip company thinks the walls aren't working and we should just talk it out. Totally fine. Nothing to worry about... ☕😅

Turns out the biggest risk to your portfolio isn't a bear market. It's a van and four guys with cable ties. 😬

France has logged 41 crypto kidnappings in 2026 alone, one every 2.5 days, accounting for 40% of all crypto ransom attacks in Europe, after global incidents rose 75% in 2025.

The most recent?

A crypto entrepreneur's wife and 11-year-old child snatched in Burgundy, four suspects demanding €400,000 ransom. Police got them out the next morning.

Criminals are finding targets via a hacked tax reporting platform and a corrupt tax agency employee selling investor data.

New government security measures are coming. Until then, maybe stop flexing your wallet online. ☕💀

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Bitcoin is sitting near $75K looking all confident, but the chart has a dirty little secret underneath it. ☕

There are open CME futures gaps below current price. And here's the thing about CME gaps, they have a 95% fill rate.They almost always get visited. The market is petty like that.

Low volume right now makes it spicier. When Bitcoin pushes up without real buying conviction behind it, the move runs out of steam fast.

No volume = no fuel. No fuel = gravity wins.

The setup is simple: price grinds into resistance, buyers get tired, volume dries up, and then Bitcoin quietly remembers those open gaps below and goes to fill them in like nothing happened. 📉

This doesn't mean the bull run is dead. It just means the chart likes to do its housekeeping before going higher. 🧹

No volume showing up soon = correction probably will. ☕⚠️

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Stack BTC, a London firm that buys cash-generating businesses and uses the profits to accumulate Bitcoin, has swapped out its CEO, bringing in David Galan to replace founder Jai Patel. The company currently holds 68 BTC at an average entry of $70,000, up 2.7%.

Bitcoin has spent 75 days below the average cost basis of active holders, with capital outflows recorded on all 105 trading days in 2026, new money simply isn't showing up. Cointelegraph Analysts say $78,013 is the key level to reclaim, but warn previous cycles didn't bottom until months 5 to 9. Price is holding. Conviction isn't.

Twelve years after the $4 billion OneCoin Ponzi scheme launched, the US Department of Justice has opened a $40 million compensation fund for anyone who bought OneCoin between 2014 and 2019 and lost money.

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Told my parents I work in crypto. They think I'm a drug dealer. Honestly, same stress levels…