Bitcoin Price Tracking & Discussion -- 2026

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I do think it will be a tangible factor in it lasting long term and achieving a million per coin one day.

It's a very good design feature.

[Madison]

I think the finite supply factor is being priced into BTC as we move along and there wont be any point in time where that produces a big bump we can predict.

And whilst not being able to mint more is a confidence factor for long term investors, that fact that it it is infinitely divisible means there is no supply shortage associated with the end of minting like there can be with real world assets.

Maybe some retail excitement to trade on as the day approaches and shortly afterward but personally I cant see the end of new minted supply being a big event.

Appreciated. Thx!

[raiders72001]

I had nice timing with a reasonable size buy at 64K before the bounce. Had sold all I had in the mid 90s.

I need another dip in the next month or so to load up on some more.



Article talking about what might be behind the bounce;


Bitcoin rebounds towards $73K, and here’s what underlies the rally.

Bitcoin’s resurgence this week has been rapid.

The world’s largest digital currency has since rocketed back toward $73,000 after dropping to about $63,000 after the weekend U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran. That level is its strongest in almost a month.

At first glance, the move appears to be a straightforward risk bounce. But several factors are converging on the rally, and they extend beyond simply traders buying the dip.


ETF money is flowing back in

The most pressing impetus is institutional interest.

Fund flow data shows that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs collected over $680 million in the last two days. That’s among the biggest inflow spikes since January and implies that bigger investors took advantage of the geopolitical selloff to buy in.

These ETFs have emerged as the primary artery linking Wall Street capital with Bitcoin since their launch. Price tends to follow flows when they are accelerating.

This week is another illustration of that dynamic.


Markets are wagering the war won’t snowball

Bitcoin’s weekend fall came at a time when markets feared a broader regional war following the strikes against Iran.

Those worries have not gone away, but traders are more recently starting to price in a limited conflict.

Global equities have rebounded from an initial shock, and oil has stabilized around $75 a barrel. That change in risk sentiment is giving crypto space to move higher once again.

Bitcoin has historically sold off during sudden geopolitical shocks only to rebound as markets reassess.


Crypto policy momentum in Washington

Politics, too, is encroaching on the narrative.

In the United States, the Senate is gearing up to vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve, a candidate believed to be favorable towards Bitcoin and digital assets.

Separately, Trump this week rendered a public endorsement of the crypto industry’s fight against banks over yield-bearing stablecoins.

For markets, the bottom line is clear: Washington may be headed in a more crypto-friendly direction.


Liquidity expectations are shifting again

One other less-talked-about factor is the macro backdrop.

Fresh economic data on U.S. inflation showed it cooling somewhat in the services sector. That has rekindled chatter that the Federal Reserve will eventually shift back toward easing later in the year.
Bitcoin reacts violently to changes in liquidity expectations historically. When traders think the Fed might ease policy eventually, risk assets like crypto in particular often catch a bid.


Traders had already adjusted for a rebound

Finally, positioning mattered.

The decline in bitcoin to $63,000 led to heavy liquidation in derivative markets based on leverage. After that selling pressure lifted, traders were left with a thinner order book and space for prices to snap quickly back.

Open interest has been building back up since then, implying traders are once again leaning long.


The bigger picture

Add it all up and the rally becomes less of a mystery.

ETF inflows and improving risk sentiment, along with policy momentum in Washington and shifting liquidity expectations, all converged at once.

That mix has sent Bitcoin back toward $73,000, and reminded markets that in crypto, the bounce can arrive just as quickly as the drop.

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If the Middle East conflict escalates, what happens to Bitcoin?

1. It rallies like gold
2. It trades like a risk asset
3. It becomes a capital escape
4. Hard to predict

I'm late to the party but so far hard to predict and it'll probable stay that way.

[raiders72001]

Trump on fire!


Dinner for top TRUMP holders

Organizers said invitations will be issued to 297 holders of the coin, selected based on the time-weighted average balance of their holdings between March 12 and April 10. Participants will also be required to undergo a standard background check.

From that group, 29 of the largest holders will gain access to a separate private reception with Trump. The project’s website lists the U.S. president as the main speaker at the event. However, a White House representative noted that the meeting does not appear on Trump’s official schedule and is set to take place on the same day as the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

This will be the second such event for TRUMP holders. The first meeting took place last May at Trump’s golf club. Among the largest participants at that time was Tron founder Justin Sun, who received commemorative watches during the ceremony. Infinex founder Kain Warwick was also among the investors who accumulated enough tokens to attend.

Following the announcement, the market reacted with a price increase. TRUMP jumped to about $3.23, recovering from a drop to around $2.7 just hours earlier. Even so, the asset remains roughly 95% below its all-time high, recorded in January 2025

https://tradersunion.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/show/1684491-trump-rises-after/

[raiders72001]

Missed out on the pump but bought some TAO. Even if dumped on I like long term.

Covenant-72B (also called Covenant 72B) is the largest permissionless decentralized large language model (LLM) ever trained. It was completed in March 2026 on Bittensor’s Subnet 3 (Templar).

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I'm ready to buy more btc. Just cant work out when to pull the trigger. Been expecting to see low 60s again any day but maybe my crystal ball is foggy.

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What's the safe haven asset now?

Gold’s safe-haven status is looking shakier, after it fell 11% last week for the largest weekly loss since 1983. The price then crashed by up to 10% in the past day before recovering after news of the Iran negotiations broke. In contrast, Bitcoin has gained about one-third against gold since the conflict began, leading Ash Crypto to claim it was the new “safe haven.”

This, of course, should be tempered by the fact that the increase came after seven straight months of decline against gold. River has just released a chart claiming that Bitcoin has gained 12% since the war began and that it has seen similar or greater increases during other financial and geopolitical crises since 2020.

[raiders72001]

I'm ready to buy more btc. Just cant work out when to pull the trigger. Been expecting to see low 60s again any day but maybe my crystal ball is foggy.

I'm with you. No crystal ball and it's tough to keep waiting. Here's some on TAO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rxgM2O02EY&t=418s

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I'm with you. No crystal ball and it's tough to keep waiting. Here's some on TAO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rxgM2O02EY&t=418s

I dont trust a single one of these investment rampers on youtube, but I do trust your judgement. So I will come along for the ride and tail you on this one for a thousand.

[raiders72001]

I dont trust a single one of these investment rampers on youtube, but I do trust your judgement. So I will come along for the ride and tail you on this one for a thousand.

Most of these guys are shilling bags or doing anything for views. I don't listen to any price predictions. TAO is the first real decentralized AI. There are a lot of AI projects that run off of TAO called subnets. When these subnets hit, it'll also increase the price of TAO.

Betting on the subnets can cause exponential gains or complete loss. I don't know much about the subnets. On TAO, I'm sure that we'll get the dreaded dump but over the next 3 years TAO should be very profitable.

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It does sound like a clever setup.

Should I maybe look for a bit of a dip before buying? Look for 300 maybe? Or just jump now? Whats your plan with this? Any thought in mind of an upside target and timeframe?

[raiders72001]

I recently bought and I'll wait until the next dip to buy more. Looking at the market cap, 10x isn't out of the question.

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401(k) rule could flood the cryptocurrency market with retirement capital

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would significantly ease 401(k) plans 'ability to include alternative assets, such as cryptocurrencies, alongside private equity and real estate. The proposal marks a decisive break from decades of stock-and-bond-focused retirement investing and builds on the Labor Department's removal of its prior "extreme care" guidance on crypto last May.

Even a 1% shift in allocation across major plans could channel tens of billions of new dollars into crypto, dwarfing the roughly US$35 to US$40 billion that flowed into spot Bitcoin ETFs over their first year. Whilst this proposal is still in its early phases, positive progress will move markets significantly and be paradigm-shifting.

[Madison]

Do yourself a favor and spend the 20 minutes to read the article and watch Jonathan's short video.

This is the elephant in the closet for Crypto. Thank me later!

In Today’s Masters in Trading: Live

LIVE: Quantum Just Broke Crypto… Here Are the Crypto Players That Could Save It

I’ve been telling you 2026 is starting to feel like 2008.
But one major headline shock is giving me flashbacks to a whole different era. This time it’s looking like Y2K – on steroids.
A team of researchers from Google, Stanford University, and the Ethereum Foundation just found out what it takes to crack crypto encryption with quantum computers.
The simple answer? It’s easier and faster than it’s ever been.
We now know it takes less than 500,000 physical qubits to break Bitcoin & Ethereum encryption.
I know that might sound hopelessly abstract on its face. But you don’t need to understand quantum physics to get the risk here.
Here’s what matters:

• It could take under 9 minutes to crack a Bitcoin private key
• Roughly 6.9 million BTC are already exposed
• At least $600 billion Ethereum (ETH) are also at risk
• Attack success rates could reach 40%+ during transactions

Fixing this problem isn’t like patching an app. It means upgrading the foundation of blockchain security itself – which takes lots of time and money.
That’s why the smartest players aren’t just sitting on the sidelines waiting. They’re actively testing fixes right now.
And we don’t have to look far to find the massive opportunity building here at Masters in Trading. It’s not in the blockchain itself.
The players engineering those fixes are the opportunity.
There’s an entire wave building in post-quantum cryptography – and most investors aren’t even aware it exists yet.
Private players like SandBoxAQ and PQShield are flying under the radar today. But make no mistake – they represent the future of crypto security.
These are the picks-and-shovels plays. The infrastructure layer that will secure all digital currency transactions for years to come.
You’ve likely never heard of these names unless you watch Masters in Trading a lot. But I’ve been putting names like these on your radar for months.
In fact, I already walked through this space when the quantum land grab started gaining traction last year.
Right now, it’s moving from theory to urgency.
And while those names I mentioned above aren’t tradeable now… I’ve got my eye on several picks early investors can gain exposure to as the crypto boom takes off in 2026.
So join me for today’s episode of Masters in Trading at 11 AM EST, where I’m breaking down the biggest names in the quantum cryptography space that need to be on every trader’s radar. I’ll dive deeper into the major vulnerability affecting crypto transactions today, and I’ll show you the key picks and shovels plays we can trade throughout 2026.

[Madison]

This would be a great thread to keep alive as new opportunities arise. BOL!!

[Madison]

This might be a simpler layman's article. Somewhat simplified for us normal beings. LOL

Google Says Quantum Breakthroughs May Be Closer: Should Crypto Holders Worry?

[Madison]

FU ... Redirect this !!!

[Madison]

Bye, wish you all well!!