A few years back, there was this quote saying that the 21st century is either going to be a spiritual one or it won’t be at all. To me, it means we either start living by fundamental life principles or we’re truly fucked. I don’t consider myself a spiritual person, but I can clearly see how the world we’re living in is decaying by the day.
It’s all by design, if you ask me. But is crypto meant to be part of the shitshow that’s dragging humanity toward hell (total surveillance), or is it a tunnel to ultimate freedom? I’d say the answer lies somewhere between those two paths.
During Trump’s first term, he probably mentioned crypto just a couple of times, and he was clearly not a fan. I don’t know if he called it criminal money, but he was all about the dollar and not so keen on crypto. Now, he’s on a different path, and the conspiracy theorist in me thinks he was playing a role back then, just as he is in this current term.
On the other hand, one of his sons is making some pretty meaningful statements.
While live on CNBC (fake news channel, as Trump likes to call it), he shared his family’s experience of getting debanked and how that pushed them toward embracing crypto. According to him, during the Biden administration, his family faced tough times trying to do business in real estate, and…
That’s when he got a taste of what it’s like to be an average Joe, powerless without the banking cartel’s help. Banks make it possible to build financial empires, but they can also send someone straight to the gutter. I’ve never taken a bank loan myself, and if I ever do, it’ll be to make money with that money.
Trump was vocal about crypto during his presidential campaign because he knew tons of Americans are into it, and he had to do everything possible to secure votes and beat Kamala (who we haven’t heard from since the election). But the Trump family went even further, creating their own DeFi shit, WLFI (World Liberty Finance), which is buying Bitcoin and all sorts of crypto as investments.
It seems they’ve recently filed for a Bitcoin ETF, and why wouldn’t they? I mean, it’s not like it’s gonna get rejected, and who doesn’t love free money? I also read yesterday that Horizon is allowing its customers to turn their homes into personal Bitcoin treasuries…
These folks are betting their homes on digital corn, and they’re gonna get fucked in the next bear market. What gives me hope for an epic bull market (despite the huge disappointment I’ve felt so far) is that all this is happening with BTC over $100,000.
We’re seeing companies left and right allocating to Bitcoin, but almost none did so when it was $20,000 or less. BTC.D is under 64%, and the only way we get a proper altcoin season is if it tanks to something like 50%, which might happen if BTC rallies to $200,000 in the coming months, leading to an epic altcoin season by year’s end.
I’m 50/50 on how this bull market will play out. Part of me thinks institutions going wild on crypto could fuel an epic rally by the end of the year, but I also feel like altcoins should’ve performed better this far into the bull market. We often try to find similarities between bull markets, but in reality, they don’t exist.
If you look at past ones, you’ll notice none perfectly mirrored any previous cycle, so we should probably embrace the unknown and be ready for… whatever. We’ll see what happens, but holding crypto into 2026 isn’t on the menu for me. I did that through two bear markets in a row, and it didn’t serve me well…
Thanks for your attention,
Adrian
