Bitcoin Price Tracking & Discussion -- 2025

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Almost dipped below 40k…

Huh?

It barely touched the 42k line before a bounce.

[risKingDigits]

Huh?

It barely touched the 42k line before a bounce.

I never realized to check for discrepancies, coinbase shows a major drop to 40,300 at 7:10pm and Kraken actually shows a drop to 39,999 at 2:10am

Mountain time zone.

I should have looked at a more reputable advanced chart. I have some sh!tcoin in coinbase I’m waiting to unload.

[risKingDigits]

Opti… can I get your opinion on Sol. I’m sure it’s in this thread somewhere. Thanks in advance.

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I never realized to check for discrepancies, coinbase shows a major drop to 40,300 at 7:10pm and Kraken actually shows a drop to 39,999 at 2:10am

Mountain time zone.

I should have looked at a more reputable advanced chart. I have some sh!tcoin in coinbase I’m waiting to unload.

Could have been gaps in the market on those exchanges I guess. I don't think any trades happened at those levels though. or maybe not enough to affect the overall market avg.

Opti… can I get your opinion on Sol. I’m sure it’s in this thread somewhere. Thanks in advance.

I'll leave that answer to Raiders. He will know better than me. But generally I would not be buying in after a huge recent rally.

[Arky]

I think there was "wick" that went down to $40.4k. At least, that is what Kucoin is showing. A wick is kind of a flash in price - up or down - that quickly recovers and is different from the opening and closing prices.

The BTC market has been so sluggish for so long I think some of us forget the days of the last bull market when volatility was crazy and $2K, $3K, or $4k swings in a day were not that uncommon.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I think there was "wick" that went down to $40.4k. At least, that is what Kucoin is showing. A wick is kind of a flash in price - up or down - that quickly recovers and is different from the opening and closing prices.

The BTC market has been so sluggish for so long I think some of us forget the days of the last bull market when volatility was crazy and $2K, $3K, or $4k swings in a day were not that uncommon.

I can confirm the $40,400 wick. Yes, it was quick and rebounded quickly.

On these charts, all about the time selections. Yes, the volatility can move very quickly.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Opti, gonna play a game here. Let's say we buy $1000 of BTC each time there's an 8% dip from local hi.

*How would this investment look on 5/1/2025?

Buy $1000 of BTC today. Price = $41,109. Gets us 24.3 mBTC.

[raiders72001]

I'll leave that answer to Raiders. He will know better than me. But generally I would not be buying in after a huge recent rally.

Like Optional said it's tough to jump in SOL because of the huge boom although I did FOMO into the ecosystem. Because of the SEC and delistings of Coins that the SEC was calling a security I jumped out of SOL. Robinhood delisted SOL but now Robinhood has an EU branch that lists SOL. Even Binance got scared and delisted some SOL trading pairs.

SOL is centralized and the SOL foundation controls a nice size portion. But this is allowing SOL to do airdrops and SOL has been on a huge tear. They've had NFTs for a while. They airdropped BONK, which is the SOL MEME. They also airdropped JTO. Aped into JTO but that just took a huge hit. JTO is a governance token. Solana is trying to say that they are a DAO and trying to get away from centralization. Even if they are a DAO it doesn't fly when the SOL foundation still owns so much SOL but best of luck with that.

Even with all those negatives, SOL could continue this boom. It flew by Cardano and if you told me that a year ago, I would have said no way this happens. My best guess is that they continue to be a winner with ETH and ADA. The other competitors could be in big trouble.

It's the same with all business sectors, even the .coms. Sooner or later there are a few that take over and the rest go away or become very small.

[homie1975]

Huh?

It barely touched the 42k line before a bounce.

tonight it bounced off 40,500 literally on the nose.

now back to 41,800

[allabout the $$$]

anyone into FET?????

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Independent Reserve OTC desk report...

It is important to note that after this week, there is very little Central Bank activity until the end of January. With many financial institutions running calendar-based financials, traders take holidays before P&Ls are reset for the new calendar and financial year. For many, this week represents the last trading week of the year. Take note.

While cryptocurrency price volatility has accelerated over the week, the ETH/BTC cross is very much range-bound, towards the support level of mid-2022. Alt performance has remained unaligned to ETH outperformance. A new iteration for this cryptocurrency upcycle.

On the OTC desk, relative value has become the dominant theme. With the SOL token leading the cryptocurrency market rally, other 'lesser' performing layer 1s like AVAX have started to outperform (play catchup). BTC buyers have now emerged, although they remain cautious of 'buying the top' and appear to be level targeting. OTC ETH trading remains much more balanced. Alts enquiry has aligned to underlying protocol token performance. That is, SOL token outperformance has seen Alts on the Solana ecosystem receive significant enquiry. It seems logical that this will also be the case as other protocol ecosystems are catching up. Continue to listen out for an update on a US spot BTC ETF.

[Arky]

Toby and Heidi discuss Elizabeth Warren:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODkHCyyVLI

Runs about 8 mins if you have nothing better to do.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Toby and Heidi discuss Elizabeth Warren:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODkHCyyVLI

Runs about 8 mins if you have nothing better to do.

Thank you, Ark.

I take this Warren bill as a GOOD buying opportunity. Artificial dip in price.

*Saw this on George Crypto: Warren has introduced 305 bills...and ZERO have passed. LOL

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Arky, watching it now.

Funny, the first 2:00 mirror exactly what I just said.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Agree with what they're saying:

1) Supply is going to be very tight in the near future.
2) I mentioned MSTR/GBTC as alternatives.
3) It could be tough to on-board with direct purchase of BTC.

[raiders72001]

Solana ecosystem hit, looks like it's now Cardano's time.

L1s take turns hitting. ADA and AVAX rolling now.

[raiders72001]

I'm not recommending to jump in now but this is what happens when an ecosystem hits. The ADA MEME SNEK.

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/snek

[ChuckyTheGoat]

BTC ripping today. You do wonder about:

1) The fake Eliz Warren news.
2) Artificial dip so Blackrock can stock their coffers?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Giddyup, Raiders. GL.

[raiders72001]

Giddyup, Raiders. GL.

SNEK up 32% today, 141% for the week. Definitely not the way to do this, jumping in and out of ecosystems since it's really the only chance to lose. They dump hard compared to the L1. Best buying and holding.

edit- SNEK now up 7.5% in the last hour.

[raiders72001]

BONK getting a boost from opening on Coinbase.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

BONK getting a boost from opening on Coinbase.

[allabout the $$$]

BONK getting a boost from opening on Coinbase.

not available in NY this is horseshit

[biggie12]

BSV up over 100% since i told you birds in May to buy did anyone listen.... Probably not.

[biggie12]

SNEK up 32% today, 141% for the week. Definitely not the way to do this, jumping in and out of ecosystems since it's really the only chance to lose. They dump hard compared to the L1. Best buying and holding.

edit- SNEK now up 7.5% in the last hour.

also mentioned this in May.

[raiders72001]

not available in NY this is horseshit

Put Sol in your Phantom wallet and connect to Raydium.

[raiders72001]

also mentioned this in May.

Now's the time to start buying all those small caps. Only problem is we'll be breaking ankles jumping off the train if the ETF gets passed over. I'll start posting all my small caps in January. I'm afraid to do it now since last time I tried to extend the bull run and posted some of those such as SAITAMA.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Could use another list of stock that figure to be tightly-correlated with a coming Crypto Bull-run.

I've had some success with BITQ.

[raiders72001]

Could use another list of stock that figure to be tightly-correlated with a coming Crypto Bull-run.

I've had some success with BITQ.

Chucky, do that in a bear market. Then you can try to time the market or swing trade. You're good at that. Right now it doesn't matter if you buy bitcoin today, tomorrow or next week. In a year you'll be really happy no matter what you buy. The only thing that can temporarily halt this train are the ETFs.

[raiders72001]

There will be pull backs. If it goes straight up over a prolonged period, it'll go straight down. The rocky road is the best road.

[biggie12]

Now's the time to start buying all those small caps. Only problem is we'll be breaking ankles jumping off the train if the ETF gets passed over. I'll start posting all my small caps in January. I'm afraid to do it now since last time I tried to extend the bull run and posted some of those such as SAITAMA.

I will stick to what i said in May. BSV is the real Bitcoin..

[raiders72001]

Turns out @BlackRock
has been buying #Bitcoin throughout the whole bear market using their PRIVATE trust.This PRIVATE trust was launched in 2022 with @coinbase
as custodian. BlackRock knew they will get their ETF approved and insiders have been accumulating hard ever since.

[raiders72001]

BONK up 52% L24. Not worth jumping in if you aren't in imo.

[raiders72001]

Pomp pumping BTC on CNBC.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Chucky, do that in a bear market. Then you can try to time the market or swing trade. You're good at that. Right now it doesn't matter if you buy bitcoin today, tomorrow or next week. In a year you'll be really happy no matter what you buy. The only thing that can temporarily halt this train are the ETFs.

OK, Raiders. I'm happy with my BTC exposure.

Question: What is your best site to purchase BTC right now?
...I have a small amount of BTC via Pay Pal. But I don't like the way they hold the coins.

Also, why not purchase MSTR/GBTC/BITQ and similar crypto assets? Wouldn't they figure to move in lock-step with BTC?