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$BCH has quietly been one of the stronger names lately.

It’s probably fair to call it a major at this point, whether people like it or not.

While a lot of the market is struggling to hold structure, BCH is just chopping right below the $675 area, not showing much urgency to the downside.

That kind of behavior usually says one thing: sellers are exhausted, and supply is getting absorbed.

If Bitcoin stays stable and doesn’t decide to ruin the party, a clean break of $675 wouldn’t be surprising at all.

No hype here, just relative strength doing its job.

These are usually the coins that move first once conditions line up.

Another underrated skill in crypto is knowing when not to have an opinion.

You don’t need a hot take on every move.
You don’t need to react to every candle.
You don’t need to trade every day.

Most losses come from forcing certainty in uncertain conditions. Choppy markets don’t reward conviction, they punish it. This is where staying neutral is actually a position.

The best traders step back when price action is messy, liquidity is thin, and narratives keep flipping. They wait for clarity instead of predicting it.

Being flat is not being wrong.
Sitting out is not missing out.
Protecting capital is a win.

Sometimes the smartest move in crypto is doing absolutely nothing and letting the market show its hand first.

The Hyperliquid whale sitting on roughly $744M in ETH, BTC, and SOL longs is now down more than $53M in unrealized losses as the market pulls back hard.

That’s what leverage looks like when momentum pauses. Size amplifies everything, both conviction and pain.

Good reminder that even the biggest players aren’t immune to chop, especially in thin conditions. One-sided positioning gets punished fast when liquidity dries up.

Markets don’t care about ego or size. They only care about timing and risk.

One thing that doesn’t get talked about enough in crypto is patience.

Everyone wants the fast move, the instant 5x, the perfect entry. But most real money is made by waiting while nothing happens.

Waiting through boring ranges. Waiting while sentiment is terrible. Waiting while timelines are quiet.

Markets spend more time doing nothing than they do trending.

If you can sit through the slow periods without forcing trades, you already have an edge over most participants.

Good positions often feel uncomfortable at first. If it feels obvious, it’s usually late. If it feels quiet and ignored, that’s often where opportunity starts forming.

Patience isn’t passive. It’s a decision to not make mistakes.

Not chasing anything here.

I’m flat on active positions and perfectly fine staying patient. No rush, no need to force trades when price isn’t offering clean value.

There are a few names I’m watching closely, like $AVNT and $ZEC , but only on a proper pullback. At current levels, I’m not bidding. Risk reward just isn’t there.

Markets are still choppy, liquidity is thin, and most moves feel reactive rather than constructive. That’s usually where people overtrade and give back gains.

For now, it’s simple. Protect capital, wait for price to come to me, and only step in when the setup is obvious. Opportunities don’t disappear. They repeat.

🚨 AI CRYPTO JUST GOT RESET HARD

AI crypto tokens are down roughly 66% in 2025, erasing about $53B in market value and effectively unwinding most of the 2023–2024 hype phase.

This wasn’t selective. It was broad.

Even the “blue chips” of the AI narrative got hit hard:
Render down ~82% YTD
The Graph down ~82%
Virtuals Protocol down ~73%

What this tells me is simple. The market massively overpaid for narrative before real revenue and adoption could justify valuations. Liquidity dried up, expectations collapsed, and price did what it always does in those conditions.

This doesn’t mean AI is dead. It means the easy phase is over.

From here on, only projects with real usage, sustainable demand, and actual cash flow will matter. Everything else gets priced like a science experiment.

This is how excess gets flushed.
And this is how future leaders are separated from hype.

Most people lose in crypto not because they pick bad coins, but because they have no plan.

They enter positions based on excitement, headlines, or what’s trending. When price moves against them, panic sets in. When price moves in their favor, greed takes over. Both usually end the same way.

A simple plan changes everything.
Know why you’re buying.
Know where you’re wrong.
Know how much you’re willing to lose before you enter.

You don’t need to catch every move. You don’t need to trade every day. Missing trades is part of the process. Protecting capital is what gives you the ability to compound later.

Discipline is boring, but it’s what keeps you profitable long term.

Stick to your plan and let others chase noise.

We’ve now had close to three months of persistent downtrending behavior in Bitcoin, while almost every other major asset class has already broken higher.

That divergence doesn’t last forever.

Historically, when Bitcoin lags while risk assets and commodities push up, it’s usually a matter of time before BTC catches momentum and starts moving again. Capital doesn’t disappear, it rotates.

The key level to watch here is simple and technical, not emotional.

The 20 day moving average.

Bitcoin has been capped below it for weeks, and that has kept short term momentum suppressed. A clean reclaim and hold above the 20 day MA would signal that the corrective phase is likely ending and that buyers are stepping back in with intent.

Looking ahead, next week lines up perfectly for a test of this level. If price manages to break above and hold, that opens the door for a broader trend shift and renewed upside continuation.

Until then, patience matters. Momentum always returns, usually when most people have stopped expecting it.

Big move from Uniswap, and this one actually matters.

Uniswap’s unification proposal just passed with overwhelming support, and it marks a structural shift for the protocol. The fee switch is now activated, frontend fees are removed, and most importantly, 100 million $UNI will be burned after a short timelock.

That is not cosmetic governance. That is a permanent change to the supply dynamics.

For the first time, Uniswap is leaning fully into a deflationary model that directly benefits long term holders rather than just usage metrics. Fewer tokens over time, protocol revenue turned on, and a cleaner user experience without frontend friction.

This is the kind of change that separates mature protocols from narrative driven ones. It aligns incentives between users, LPs, and token holders instead of relying on future promises.

Price may not react instantly, and that is fine. Structural changes like this rarely get priced in overnight.

But zooming out, this is how real value accrues in crypto. Quiet governance decisions that reshape fundamentals while most people are still watching the chart.

Mike Novogratz makes an important point that a lot of people don’t want to hear.

As crypto matures, the market is slowly moving away from pure narratives and toward assets that actually deliver real world value. Hype can carry a token only so far. Eventually, utility, usage, and business adoption have to show up.

According to Novogratz, tokens like $XRP and $ADA risk fading over time if they fail to translate their stories into measurable demand. That does not mean price cannot move in the short term. It means long term survival is no longer guaranteed by branding, community, or past relevance alone.

The next phase of crypto is less about promises and more about execution. Real users. Real revenue. Real integrations.

Narratives still matter, but they expire fast when nothing backs them up.

The market is growing up, and not everyone will make the transition.

CRYPTO ETFs COULD BECOME A MAJOR DRIVER IN 2026

More than 100 new crypto ETF filings are expected to hit the market in 2026. That alone should tell you where institutional interest is heading, regardless of the current sentiment or price action.

According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, these products could attract anywhere between $15B and $40B in inflows. That is not retail money chasing green candles. That is structured capital, slow moving, methodical, and persistent.

This matters because ETF flows change market behavior. They reduce reflexive volatility over time and create steady demand that does not care about short term noise. When capital enters through regulated vehicles, it tends to stay longer and scale gradually.

We are still in a phase where most participants are focused on drawdowns, chop, and frustration. Institutions are focused on access, regulation, and positioning ahead of the next cycle.

By the time ETF inflows become obvious in price, the opportunity is usually long gone.

This is not a prediction. It is a structural shift forming quietly in the background.

Nearly 70% of $ETH derivatives on Binance are now positioned net long, while whale accumulation continues to rise.

On the surface, that looks bullish. Positioning clearly leans toward higher prices, and larger players are quietly adding exposure rather than distributing.

At the same time, this is exactly where nuance matters.

Crowded long positioning can fuel upside if spot demand keeps absorbing supply. But it also creates fragility. When everyone leans the same way, even a small shakeout can trigger forced selling before the real move resumes.

The key detail isn’t the leverage, it’s the behavior of whales. Accumulation during dull, choppy conditions tends to matter more than accumulation during hype. It suggests patience, not urgency.

As long as $ETH holds structure and avoids impulsive breakdowns, this setup looks like pressure building rather than exhaustion.

This isn’t euphoria. It’s tension.

Tokenized stocks are quietly pushing toward another all time high in market cap, and almost no one is paying attention.

That alone is interesting.

This isn’t about hype or retail excitement. It’s a structural signal. Capital is slowly moving toward on chain representations of traditional assets, not because it’s exciting, but because it’s efficient.

24 7 markets. Instant settlement. Global access. No intermediaries.

While most people are distracted by short term chop in crypto prices, infrastructure adoption keeps expanding in the background. That’s usually how the biggest trends start. Boring, unnoticed, and dismissed until it’s too late to get good exposure.

Tokenized stocks growing while sentiment remains muted tells me this isn’t a top behavior. It’s quiet positioning.

When narratives catch up to infrastructure, price tends to move fast.

This is one of those areas worth watching closely, even if it feels dull right now.

$BNB Chain quietly closed the year as the most-used Layer 1 in crypto.

It averaged around 4.3 million daily active users and peaked close to 4.8 million at its highs, putting it ahead of Solana, Near, Tron, and Aptos.

What’s important here isn’t just the ranking, but the consistency. While attention shifts between narratives and chains every few months, BNB Chain continues to attract steady, repeat usage. That usually comes from real activity rather than short-lived hype.

High daily active users signal something simple but powerful: people are actually using the network. Apps, payments, trading, gaming, bots, and everyday on-chain interactions all add up over time.

This is often how leadership looks before it becomes obvious in price or sentiment. Usage grows first, narratives follow later.

Markets tend to underestimate boring consistency and overprice excitement. History shows which one wins over the long run.

Listen carefully.

After years in this market, one pattern is undeniable. When price goes quiet, people disappear. Not because opportunities vanish, but because stimulation does.

This has nothing to do with skill and everything to do with conditioning. We live in a dopamine economy. Movement is mistaken for meaning. Noise is mistaken for value.

When markets go up, participation feels easy. Prices rise, thinking shuts off, and everyone feels smart. Nobody studies. Nobody builds a process. They consume. The market becomes entertainment, not a craft.

The moment volatility fades, so does interest. Boredom shows up, and boredom is intolerable to a mind trained on constant reward. Sitting still, observing, refining, thinking without applause feels useless. So people disengage. That is the real failure.

A boring market is brutal because it removes distraction. It exposes discipline, patience, and emotional control. These are psychological skills, not technical ones. This is where most fail.

Boredom is the filter. Advantage is built here, quietly, while others look away.

I have zero doubt about this.

🚨 ANOTHER US GOV SHUTDOWN ON JAN 31?

US lawmakers left for Christmas without a budget deal or even a voting framework.

That alone increases the odds of another government shutdown on January 31.

No funding agreement.
No clarity.
Same political theater.

Markets now have to price in shutdown risk again heading into 2026, adding another layer of uncertainty at a time when liquidity and confidence already feel fragile.

Shutdowns don’t usually last forever, but they do one thing very well.
They inject volatility.

Something to keep on the radar as we head into the new year.

NVIDIA (NVDA) ticked higher in pre market trading on December 26 after news broke of a major technology licensing agreement with AI chip startup Groq.

The deal signals continued expansion of NVIDIA’s influence across the AI hardware stack, even as new players emerge.

Rather than competing head on, this kind of licensing approach reinforces NVIDIA’s position as the backbone of AI infrastructure.

Markets are reading this as a strategic win.
More distribution.

More ecosystem control.

Less downside from competition.

Another reminder that in AI, NVIDIA is still the toll booth.

If Bitcoin reaches $100,000, roughly $9 billion worth of short positions get wiped out.

That level is not just psychological.
It is a liquidation magnet.

Once price gets close, shorts are forced to cover, adding fuel to the move. That feedback loop is how slow grinds suddenly turn into vertical candles.

Liquidity sits above.
Pain sits above.
Momentum follows above.

The closer BTC trades to six figures, the more fragile the downside bets become.

⚡️FLARE JUST UNLOCKED XRP YIELD

Flare has officially launched earnXRP.

FXRP holders can now earn on-chain yield that’s paid and compounded in XRP, without selling their tokens or diving into complex DeFi strategies.

This matters.

$XRP has always had one big criticism: utility without yield.
Flare quietly fixes that.

Instead of rotating into risky protocols or giving up exposure, holders can stay in XRP while earning natively on-chain. Simple. Clean. No leverage games.

This is the kind of infrastructure that doesn’t create hype overnight, but it changes behavior over time.
Yield keeps holders sticky.
Sticky supply tightens markets.
And tight supply amplifies moves when demand shows up.

Not saying this sends XRP tomorrow.
But it removes a long-standing friction point.

Real progress doesn’t always look loud.
Sometimes it just quietly rewrites the rules.