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🏦 Shakeout
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📈 Long-term growth
💰 And more…
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SHAKEOUT 🏦
BREAKING: Bitcoin sinks below $104,000, ether slides after Israeli airstrikes on Iran
Markets were cruising…
And then geopolitical tensions escalated…
Late Thursday, Israel launched a major airstrike on Iran, targeting nuclear and military sites near Tehran and Tabriz.
The escalation sent a shockwave through global markets - and crypto felt it first.
Bitcoin plunged over 4%, briefly dipping to $103,500.
While Ethereum fell 10% to $2,497.
Israel declared a state of emergency, warning of imminent retaliation.
Israeli President Netanyahu made the stakes crystal clear: the strikes won’t stop until Iran’s missile threat is eliminated.
But here’s the thing…
We’ve seen this before.
Back in April 2024, a similar sell-off hit when Iran launched drones at Israel.
Days later? Crypto ripped higher.
And many believe this dip will play out the same way:
“Previous flashpoints triggered weekend sell-offs… only to reverse sharply once the situation de-escalated… Those moments turned out to be great buying opportunities.”
Others are calling this exactly what it is: a temporary shakeout, not a trend reversal.
“We believe this correction presents a good buying opportunity for risk assets with strong fundamentals.”
The broader picture?
Bitcoin remains firmly in a macro uptrend - buoyed by ETF flows, cooling inflation, and growing institutional demand.
Even amid short-term chaos, the long-term setup hasn’t changed.
The Bottom Line
Bitcoin is behaving like a classic risk-on asset again
Geopolitical shocks trigger sell-offs - but don’t change the macro trend
Oil and gold soared, but crypto dips like these have historically been short-lived.
Long-term allocators remain unfazed.
Stay calm. Stay sharp.
Because panic often creates the best entries.
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ZOOM OUT BRO 🧠
Every day, someone says:
“If billions are flowing into Bitcoin, why isn’t the price exploding?”
Pentoshi’s answer?
“My brother in Christ… zoom out.”
Who is Pentoshi?
One of the sharpest macro minds on Crypto Twitter
Known for calling major moves months in advance
Posts under the pseudonym Pentosh1 with a cartoon penguin avatar 🐧
Billions are flowing in.
ETFs, institutions, sovereign wealth…
It’s happening.
But Bitcoin isn’t a meme coin.
It doesn’t move on your schedule.
Zoom out. Be patient.
Would you bet against this chart?
That’s how the real money plays the game. 🕰️
LONG-TERM GROWTH 📈
Today we’ll be taking a look at the amount of wallets that hold at least some Bitcoin. (anything greater than 0)
This metric offers a bird’s-eye view of user activity and adoption across the Bitcoin network.
But there’s a slight catch…
One wallet does not equal one user. A user can have many wallets.
What matters here is the trend of the chart.
Increasing number of addresses: increasing adoption levels 📈
Decreasing number of addresses: indicates users are selling their entire balance or consolidating wallets 📉
As of today, 52,938,455 wallets hold some Bitcoin.
That’s -80,660 over the past two weeks.
Not ideal… but zoom out.
Since January?
+414,918 new wallets have joined the network. 😳
The signal couldn’t be clearer:
The network is expanding
Adoption is accelerating
Momentum is compounding
Short-term dips happen.
But long-term conviction is still building.
CRACKING CRYPTO 🥜
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Galaxy's Novogratz suggests Bitcoin hits $1 million if adoption trend persists. The executive is not the first Bitcoin bull to suggest that the asset's price will continue to rise well beyond its current value.
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MEME CORNER 😂
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Trivia Answer: 10 minutes 🥳
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