You use BTC every day. But did you know it just reclaimed $1.4T market cap?
What is it → Bitcoin is hard money for the internet. The only digital asset with a fixed 21M supply, secured by the most powerful computer network on earth.
Key Stats 2026
Price: $72,500
Market Cap: $1.43T
Hashrate: 650+ EH/s, all-time high
Fees: $1.20 average, $0.05 on Lightning
Holders: 106M+ wallets with balance >$1
ETF AUM: $104B across US spot ETFs
Why watch → Post-halving supply shock hitting. Nation-states now hold 2.3% of supply. Runes + Ordinals driving $300M+ in quarterly fees. Corporate treasuries adding BTC to balance sheets.
Ecosystem → Lightning Network, Ordinals, Runes, Stacks, BitVM, MicroStrategy, BlackRock IBIT, Fidelity FBTC. Xverse = 800K users.
CTA → $72K now. $150K by 2027 or am I coping? What's your BTC target this cycle?
NFA. I hold BTC.