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1. Never believe anyone's price predictions.
2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency).
3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight.
4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked.
5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck.
6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help.
7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people.
8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things.
9. Be on #bitcoin    twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are.
10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives.
11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do.
That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys.
#bitcoin #dyor #crypto2023

The Direction Vanar Chain Is Exploring
For many users, the difference between Web2 and Web3 is not ideology, but experience. Complex interfaces, confusing onboarding, and fragmented tools remain key barriers to adoption. This is why infrastructure projects like Vanarchain are interesting to follow, as they appear to focus on how Web3 experiences could become more intuitive and immersive.
The ecosystem around $VANRY highlights use cases such as gaming, interactive digital environments, and AI-powered platforms. These are not just trends; they are areas where user experience determines whether products feel engaging or frustrating. Supporting such applications requires infrastructure that prioritizes performance, design flexibility, and developer accessibility.
What stands out about Vanar Chain’s direction is its apparent focus on bridging experience gaps. Instead of expecting users to adapt to complex blockchain systems, the project seems to align with the idea that technology should adapt to users. This philosophy is often what drives broader adoption in any technological shift.
As Web3 continues to evolve, projects that prioritize usability and experience at the infrastructure level may play an important role in shaping how people naturally interact with decentralized applications. Vanar’s approach offers a perspective on how blockchain could integrate more seamlessly into everyday digital environments. #Vanar

Many people follow crypto projects with one main focus: expectations. Expectations about price, timelines, or outcomes. But over time, I’ve found that curiosity is actually a much aealthier lens, especially when observing infrastructure-focused projects like Plasma.
When you follow a project with curiosity, you start paying attention to different details. You notice how communication evolves, how ideas mature, how community discussions deepen, and how the product direction slowly becomes clearer. That process is often far more valuable than reacting to short term noise.
Looking at $XPL through this perspective makes the journey more meaningful.
Instead of asking “what will happen next?”, the more interesting question becomes “how is this evolving?”. That shift changes the entire experience of following a project.
For me, following #Plasma is less about predictions and more about observation. And in many cases, it’s the projects that reward curiosity with consistent progress that end up building the strongest foundations over time.

The Bitcoin price had a relatively rough trading period over the past week, as it hovered around the psychological $90,000 mark. The flagship cryptocurrency, which looked set for a return to six-figure valuation barely over a week ago, now seems to have lost all its bullish momentum.
Broadly speaking, these recent struggles put to rest questions around the “relief rallies” to the upside, and correlate more with the current bear market structure. However, the latest on-chain evaluation shows that the Bitcoin price woes could worsen from here on out.
Expert Explains Why $60,000 Is Possible For BTC Price
In a recent post on the X platform, Alphractal CEO and founder Joao Wedson said that the Bitcoin price could still have room to fall below the $60,000 level. This not-so-optimistic prediction is based on the number of days Bitcoin has traded at prices higher than today.
According to Wedson, there have been 355 days when the Bitcoin price has traded at levels higher than today. This figure was derived from the “Days Spent at a Profit” metric, which tracks the number of days in Bitcoin’s history where the market price was higher than the current price.
This indicator measures how much price action — in the past — has occurred above the current price level. From a historical standpoint, an increase in the number of “Days Spent at a Profit” tends to occur during bear cycles or extended periods of sideways movement, implying that different investor groups are holding BTC at a price higher than their cost bases.
Source: @joao_wedson on X
As Wedson highlighted, the “Days Spent at a Profit” metric reached around 775 days as the Bitcoin price approached a bottom. Going by this historical context, the current level of this indicator (355 days) suggests that the flagship cryptocurrency is still a distance away from extreme levels often associated with bearish market bottoms.
Ultimately, this deduction means that the price of Bitcoin could still be at risk of an extended decline over the next 300 days. According to the Alphractal, this extended period of price decline could see BTC revisit $60,000, potentially triggering significant liquidations among retail investors and institutional players who entered the market post-ETF.
Bitcoin Price At A Glance
As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $89,900, reflecting no significant change in the past 24 hours. However, the market leader is currently down by over 5% on the weekly timeframe, while nearly 30% adrift its all-time high of $126,080

#BTC $BTC #USIranMarketImpact

As the first-ever and most valuable cryptocurrency by market cap, Bitcoin continues to dominate headlines and shape the trajectory of the entire crypto market. First introduced in a whitepaper by ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ in 2008, and officially released to the world in January 2009 as the very first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin was the first financial instrument of its kind to use cartography to record and send transactions over the blockchain. The fact that a currency could be transacted peer-to-peer away from central banks and had a permanent and publicly accessible ledger (in the form of the blockchain), was groundbreaking at the time, and it comes as no surprise that this new form of currency would grow in popularity as it did.

As a digital currency, Bitcoin does not need to be bought and sold in whole units and can be exchanged in fractions made up of satoshis (100 million satoshis make up one bitcoin). This is why despite there only ever being a finite pool of 21 million Bitcoins that can be created or mined, almost anyone can own some part of a Bitcoin. This finite pool also offers partial resistance to economic issues such as hyperinflation or a banking collapse. To some degree, this perhaps explains why Bitcoin’s adoption and appeal has become so widespread in the last few years.
Let’s cover some brief history with this crypto. There was no funding round or launch in the manner we see with newer ICOs these days. The individual or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network back in 2009 when they mined the Bitcoin genesis block and the 50BTC first entered circulation at $0. Before the emergence of crypto exchanges, Bitcoin transactions weren’t easy, PayPal was one of the primary methods used to buy and sell Bitcoin. Bitcoin was being exchanged but it took until 2010 for the first Bitcoin transaction to take place (for a legitimate physical item). Laszlo posted in the ‘bitcointalk’ forum and ended up paying 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Papa John’s pizzas (little did he know then! In his defence, this was a period, where Bitcoin was worth little to nothing).
Following 2011, Bitcoin started to gain far more adopters and attention, with its earliest and more savvy adopters exploring its potential in web transactions. Several websites popped up allowing Bitcoin users to transact with their crypto for physical goods, which fuelled further adoption, and the very first Bitcoin price spike in 2013 where one Bitcoin would cost just over $1000. It was also around this period, that NewsBTC first started as a Bitcoin and crypto news outlet.
2014 marked a slight downturn in Bitcoin’s price trajectory, when one of the first crypto trading exchanges, Mt. Gox, suffered a security breach with hackers stealing $60 million, leading to the closure of the exchange and a slightly muted sentiment towards the cryptocurrency. Investor and user confidence did recover in the years following, with the price of bitcoin starting to break the $4000 mark in 2017 causing media coverage to grow and draw in more and more retail customers, Bitcoin finally surged to an incredible new all-time high of over $18,000 in December 2021.
As the hype, continuous adoption around the world and price of Bitcoin have increased, coupled with the fact that financial institutions, Washington and the rest of the world governments are finally interested in its potential, it’s more important than ever to keep an eye on Bitcoin. Over the years, more and more physical and online stores have accepted it as payment, with financial institutions finally investing in it, and some countries accepting it as legal tender (El Salvador), Bitcoin can now be seen as a legitimate asset with all the features of a revolutionary new technology that will be here to stay for the long-haul.
With the amount of Bitcoin that has already been mined to date, technological innovations such as the move from cold storage to wallets offered by crypto exchanges, overnight millionaires and the interest poured in from major financial institutions, it’s clear Bitcoin isn’t going away anytime soon. A recent surge in March 2024 gave Bitcoin another new all-time high (exceeding a value of over 73,000 USD), the lowered costs to transact, and the launch of new ETFs (exchange-traded funds) approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), there’s greater consensus, that now is a more exciting time than ever for individuals and expert investors looking to get invested in digital assets like Bitcoin.
Despite the obstacles, this crypto faced so far from hacks, security breaches, or even country-wide bans, Bitcoin’s ecosystem and infrastructure have evolved, with greater strides made in privacy, usability and improving scalability.
Keeping a pulse on reputable Bitcoin news is paramount for traders, investors, active users and enthusiasts alike, as it provides valuable insights into investing, market sentiment, bitcoin price movements, regulation, and the overarching trends influencing the markets and this groundbreaking financial technology.
The latest bitcoin and crypto news should not be solely restricted to price fluctuations. A comprehensive Bitcoin analysis should deep dive into the technical and fundamental aspects of BTC, exploring the intricacies of the underlying blockchain technology, Bitcoin mining mechanisms, and the potential impact of new layers and upgrades. Our in-depth examination of all these areas in Bitcoin and crypto aims to equip readers with a much more well-rounded understanding of the forces shaping the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Beyond BTC news, great cryptocurrency news should explore as many altcoins, decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, and other emerging technologies like AI out there, that could very well be the next disrupter. As we’ve all seen, financial advisors are increasingly interested in understanding crypto, its potential profitability and its implications for their clients. As such, NewsBTC is dedicated to giving readers the most accurate window into these important developments, partnerships, and innovations, allowing our readers to stay far ahead of the curve.
Our analysis provides thorough examinations of this rapidly advancing space. From evaluating the feasibility of new projects to assessing the potential impact of government policies, our expert analysis equips investors and enthusiasts with the knowledge necessary to navigate the complexities of the crypto space with confidence.
Our crypto market news will address a broad spectrum of topics, including regulatory updates, institutional adoption, ICOs, and the integration of cryptocurrencies into various sectors. As more countries explore central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and businesses embrace crypto payments, staying informed about these developments becomes crucial. After all, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent efforts have had a critical role in shaping the current market environment.
NewsBTC’s commitment to delivering the latest Bitcoin news (as well as broader cryptocurrency news), extends beyond merely reporting on events. The platform’s team of experienced journalists and analysts delve into the heart of the matter, providing insightful commentary, conducting in-depth interviews with industry leaders, and offering expert opinions on the future of the cryptocurrency space. Our comprehensive approach ensures that readers stay updated and receive a well-rounded understanding of the complex and ever-evolving world of cryptocurrencies, the more articles you read, the more confident we hope you will be!
Furthermore, NewsBTC recognizes the importance of timely and accurate information in this fast-paced crypto market. The latest cryptocurrency news plays a pivotal role in helping investors identify potential investment opportunities and manage their portfolios effectively. By staying on top of the latest cryptocurrency news, investors can gain valuable insights into emerging trends in the crypto space, new projects, and overall market sentiment, enabling them to make well-informed decisions that align with their investment goals and risk tolerance. This dedication to promptness and precision sets NewsBTC apart as a trusted source for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, traders, and investors worldwide.
As the go-to source for Bitcoin news, cryptocurrency news, and crypto market analysis, NewsBTC remains committed to empowering its readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the exciting and transformative world of digital assets.
#BTC $BTC

A large investor shifted funds into tokenized gold this week, and Bitcoin felt the impact. Prices dipped while a whale quietly bought millions in XAUT, a gold-backed token, signaling a short-term move toward traditional hedges.
Whales Move Into Tokenized Gold
According to on-chain trackers, one address moved $1.53 million in USDC into Hyperliquid to buy XAUT. Reports note that the same wallet had earlier bought about 481 XAUT, a purchase worth roughly $2.38 million.
The address still holds close to $1.44 million in USDC, which suggests more purchases could follow. These moves were picked up on public blockchains and then flagged by analysts watching large transfers.
This kind of action can matter. When big players shuffle cash, smaller traders often take notice and hedge their bets. The shift is not proof of a long-term trend, but it shows that, at least for now, some large holders prefer gold exposure over extra crypto risk.
Whales are buying gold, not crypto.~30 mins ago, whale 0x6B99 deposited 1.53M $USDC into Hyperliquid to buy $XAUT again.He has already bought 481.6 $XAUT($2.38M) and still holds 1.44M $USDC, which may be used to buy more $XAUT.https://t.co/0uV2kNEiD0 pic.twitter.com/rYA09b1OEn— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January 23, 2026

Gold And Silver Hit Fresh Highs
Reports say gold has been moving sharply higher, with spot prices climbing close to $5,000 per ounce in global trading this week. Silver also rose above $100 per ounce, with intraday gold prints near $4,988 before settling.
Traders tie the surge to geopolitical tensions and the idea that interest rates may ease, which encourages money into metal-based stores of value.
A weaker dollar has also helped. Market chatter points to increased demand as investors seek steadier places to park capital while global politics and policy choices create more worry.
XRPUSD now trading at $1.91. Chart: TradingView
Bitcoin’s Price Action And Market Mood
Bitcoin traded around $88,653 at one stage, slipping about 1% on the day and nearly 30% below its prior cycle top. That gap is large. It has market participants questioning whether BTC will stay the go-to hedge during times of high stress. Some long-term holders remain confident. Others are watching liquidity and macro signals more closely.
Reports have disclosed renewed criticism from economist Peter Schiff, who argued that Bitcoin has underperformed versus gold since 2021.
He highlighted the opportunity cost for investors holding BTC while metals climb to record prices. Schiff wrote on social platforms that precious metals are outperforming and that this weak run for Bitcoin weakens its role as a store of value in the eyes of some.
What This Means For Crypto Investors
Short-term rotations like this often reflect risk preferences rather than permanent shifts. Some funds and wealthy individuals seek lower-volatility assets when headlines grow louder and policy paths look uncertain.
Others still view Bitcoin as a long-term play tied to scarcity and network effects. The current picture is a mix: metals are strong, tokenized gold is drawing attention, and crypto markets are reacting.

#BTCVSGOLD $BTC

Technology alone rarely drives mass adoption. In many industries, creativity, experience, and emotional connection play just as important a role. This perspective makes Vanarchain an interesting project to observe within the Web3 space, as its ecosystem appears to connect blockchain infrastructure with immersive and creative digital environments.
The direction of the $VANRY ecosystem toward areas such as gaming, interactive platforms, and AI-powered experiences suggests an understanding that users engage more deeply when technology feels engaging rather than technical. These types of environments require more than fast transactions; they require thoughtful design, developer-friendly tools, and infrastructure that can support complex interactions.
Many blockchain ecosystems struggle because they focus heavily on mechanics while overlooking experience. Vanar Chain’s positioning around immersion indicates a different approach: building technology that supports how people naturally interact with digital environments. This mindset could become increasingly relevant as Web3 applications evolve beyond early adopters.
While the broader industry continues to experiment with various models, projects that integrate infrastructure, usability, and creativity often contribute more meaningfully to long-term ecosystem development. Vanar’s direction reflects this balance and offers an interesting lens through which to view the future of Web3 experiences. #Vanar

$XPL Plasma is revolutionizing how we think about blockchain infrastructure by building a stablecoin-native Layer 1 specifically designed for high-throughput settlement. With $2 billion in pre-committed stablecoin liquidity and partnerships with over 100 DeFi protocols including Aave, Ethena, and Euler, Plasma is positioning itself as the backbone of next-generation DeFi.
What makes Plasma unique? Its custom consensus mechanism, PlasmaBFT, enables zero-fee USDT transfers and instant settlement—critical features for institutional-grade stablecoin operations. The token, launched on September 25, 2025, serves dual purposes: securing the network through proof-of-stake and distributing governance rights to the community.
The ecosystem is already thriving. Plasma One, the stablecoin-native digital bank, offers 4% cashback on card expenditures, while the native USD₮0 stablecoin provides seamless on-chain liquidity. With 49 CEX listings including Binance, Bybit, and OKX, has achieved significant market penetration—currently ranked on CoinMarketCap with a market cap exceeding $260 million.
For DeFi participants and institutional players, Plasma represents a compelling infrastructure play. The combination of deep stablecoin liquidity, institutional partnerships, and community-aligned tokenomics creates a compelling narrative for the next cycle.
Follow @Plasma for the latest updates and join the movement reshaping stablecoin infrastructure.
#Plasma $XPL