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Interesting thesis from experienced trader Peter Brandt: Bitcoin could break the $250,000 mark by 2029.
That's a pretty bold prediction, but Brandt has proven himself several times before — his crash call in 2018 was notably very accurate.
The statement was made in response to an optimistic tweet from NBA star Scottie Pippen.
Brandt uses his own channel model, which he developed — a kind of banana-shaped structure in the logarithmic chart, which has historically worked quite well to identify bottom points of bear markets.
What’s interesting: According to Brandt’s model, one should ente

Huh? Trading 212 initially sold cryptocurrency ETNs without properly meeting FCA requirements? When regulations were relaxed last October, other companies had already prepared everything, but it seems this company moved late. It's pretty surprising that they only applied for a license after being contacted by the FCA regulator. Although they recently registered as meeting FCA conditions, it might be a bit confusing for their competitors. Places like Interactive Investor or Fidelity have already met all the necessary conditions since the ban was lifted. Anyway, since there's a forecast that cry

just noticed Dividend Doge pumping on BSC—hit $10M market cap briefly before pulling back to $7.6M. trading at $0.0076 right now with like 55% gains in 24 hours. honestly feels like classic meme coin fomo all over again, reminds me of what happened with GOUT last year.
GOUT was absolutely insane back in December, won the BNB Chain meme competition and reached $14M market cap at its peak. everyone thought it'd keep running but then... yeah, it crashed hard. the team actually rebuilt the project on Flap and now they're calling it Dividend Doge with some new dividend mechanism that auto-distribut

Just noticed the yuan hitting its strongest level against the dollar since early 2023. The onshore yuan coin closed at 6.8397, up about 275 points from yesterday's close. This is pretty significant if you've been tracking the yuan coin's movement - we haven't seen these levels in over three years. The currency markets seem to be pricing in some real strength in the yuan right now. Worth keeping an eye on if you're watching forex or have exposure to yuan-denominated assets.

Just came across something pretty interesting about Latin America's crypto scene. Argentina is absolutely dominating adoption rates in the region right now, with nearly 20% of the population actively using digital assets. That's roughly 8.6 million people engaging with crypto, which puts the country among the global leaders. Pretty wild when you think about it.
What caught my attention is how the use case has shifted dramatically. Initially, Argentines flocked to stablecoins purely as a hedge against inflation and their currency's devaluation issues. But now? The narrative's changing. More and

I've been curious about something that gets thrown around a lot in financial circles: just how much does Elon Musk actually make a day? The answer's way more interesting (and complicated) than most people realize.
First, let's kill a common misconception. Musk doesn't wake up to a fat paycheck like regular employees do. Tesla literally paid him zero salary in 2024 — which sounds wild until you understand how his wealth actually works. His "daily earnings" aren't cash landing in a bank account. They're movements in his net worth tied to stock prices, company valuations, and market sentiment.
So

There's a portfolio move that caught my attention recently. Stanley Druckenmiller, the legendary investor behind Duquesne Capital Management, just completely exited his Sandisk position while tripling down on Alphabet. And the reasoning behind it tells you a lot about where smart money is positioning itself right now.
Let's start with why he bailed on Sandisk. Yeah, the stock absolutely ripped over the past year—we're talking 1,200%+ returns. That's the kind of move that makes headlines. But here's the thing: valuations got completely stretched. The company is trading at 95x adjusted earnings

So I've been thinking about this whole free Twitch viewers thing a lot lately, especially after watching so many new streamers panic about their view counts. Like, the struggle is real when you're starting out—you're doing everything right, streaming consistently, making decent content, but nobody's watching. That's when people start looking for shortcuts, right?
I get why the idea of getting free viewers on Twitch sounds appealing. The algorithm is brutal, and if you can just get that initial boost to show up higher in the category list, more real people might actually click in. Higher viewer

Just looked up how old Clix is and honestly it's wild that this guy is only 21 in 2026. Like, the man's already got a $27 million net worth just from grinding Fortnite and streaming. Qualified for the World Cup back in 2019 when he was still a teenager, won major tournaments, and now he's just printing money from YouTube (3.6M+ subs), Twitch, brand deals, and merch. The guy's pulling in like $1.1 to $1.5 million yearly at his age. Started with just a gaming PC his dad helped him buy and turned it into a full career. Honestly makes you think about what's possible when you're good at something a

Just realized something wild when looking back at Bitcoin's entire journey – from basically worthless in 2009 to where we're sitting now around $75K. What's crazy is how predictable the patterns actually were if you knew where to look.
Let me take you through this. Bitcoin started 2009 with zero real market value, but by October that year, someone actually paid $0.00099 per coin. Sounds ridiculous now, but that was the first time anyone put actual money on the table. If you'd thrown just $10 at that price point and held till now, you'd be looking at millions. That's the kind of math that keeps

Just noticed something pretty wild in the market right now – we're seeing a solid crypto rally unfold, but hardly anyone's actually searching for it on Google. That's... unusual.
So here's what's happening: Bitcoin's sitting at $75.76K, Ethereum's trading around $2.31K, and pretty much everything's in green. XRP hit $1.43, Cardano's at $0.25. The total crypto market cap climbed to $2.53 trillion. On paper, this looks like a textbook recovery. But then you check Google Trends and it's basically crickets. Search interest in major cryptos is at multi-month lows. Price is going up, but nobody seem

Just realized I needed to sort out my SASSA banking details update before the deadline hits. Turns out the process is different depending on whether you're on a permanent grant or the SRD R370 relief.
If you're getting permanent grants like old age or disability, you actually have to go in person to your nearest SASSA office to change your banking details. Can't do it online, which is annoying but fair enough for verification. You'll need your ID, proof of the new bank account (bank statement not older than 3 months works), and they'll process it there. Just remember the account has to be sole

Just caught that DUSK got absolutely wrecked in the last 24h - down over 35% from that crazy Monday peak at $0.32. Wild that it rallied 150% in a week and now we're seeing a hard correction. Current price sitting around $0.14 now.
What's interesting though is the futures OI on DUSK was hitting all-time highs around $47.94M before this dump, so clearly a lot of leverage got liquidated when sentiment flipped. The trading volume also spiked to $298M at the peak, which is insane for this token.
Technically the 4h chart still looks like it's holding above some key support levels despite the pullbac

Just noticed Shiba Inu holding up pretty well around that $0.000006 level despite some weakness in the broader market. The derivatives action has cooled down quite a bit though - open interest dropped over 7% in a single day, which is pretty notable.
What caught my eye is that traders are clearly taking profits or getting cautious after that recent rally. Only about 9.85 trillion SHIB sitting in active futures contracts now, down from the peak activity. Spot market volume has slowed too, but here's the thing - Shiba Inu managed to stay in positive territory with just a 0.81% dip over 24 hours,

Just noticed something wild about Satoshi Nakamoto's net worth situation. So his estimated 1.1 million BTC holdings have been dormant since 2010, and with Bitcoin's recent rally toward $126K ATH, we're talking about a pretty staggering wealth position here.
Let me break this down. At the peak price levels Bitcoin hit earlier this year, Nakamoto's holdings briefly touched around $133 billion in value, which actually placed him somewhere in the top tier of global wealth rankings. Even at current levels, we're still looking at substantial numbers. The thing that gets me is how the blockchain fore

Just caught wind of Schwab making a push into crypto trading, and honestly the timing feels interesting given how ETF products have already reshaped this space. Here's the thing though—they're planning to charge around 0.75% per transaction, which is pretty steep when you look at where the crypto ETF market has gone. We're talking ETF fees sitting at 0.02% to 0.25%, so the gap is massive.
Eric Balchunas from Bloomberg Intelligence nailed it when he pointed out this creates a real pricing challenge. Schwab's angle is direct ownership of Bitcoin and Ethereum—you actually hold the assets rather t

Just caught this on the charts - S&P 500 finally pushed past 7,000 during intraday trading. Pretty wild considering we haven't seen that level since late January. The intraday moves have been pretty aggressive lately.
According to the market data, it's creeping closer to that all-time high now. Definitely worth keeping an eye on if you're tracking broader market movements alongside crypto. These stock market swings usually have some ripple effects on the digital asset space too, so the intraday action here could signal what's coming next in the crypto markets.

Been watching the gold price action pretty closely lately, and there's some interesting technical setup forming here. Technical analysts like Gary Wagner have been mapping out how we could see one more dip before the real acceleration kicks in – potentially down to $2,600 range – and then a strong push toward $3,000 territory by late 2025 or early 2026.
What's caught my attention is the pattern Wagner's been tracking. Gold rallied roughly $500 from under $2,000 back in late 2023 to $2,535, pulled back, then ran another $500 up to $2,800, followed by a $400 move. If that cycle repeats, the gold

Just caught this interesting move in silver - XAG/USD jumped to around $79 this week after that softer inflation report came out. The US dollar got hit pretty hard when CPI came in at 0.1% monthly instead of the expected 0.3%, which basically killed expectations for more aggressive Fed rate hikes. When the dollar weakens, silver priced in usd becomes cheaper for international buyers, so naturally it attracted a lot of buying.
What's interesting is how this played out across different timeframes. Silver had been stuck between $74 and $76.50 for a couple weeks, then just broke through that resis