Bitcoin

[PNW bow hunter]

You handled a International wire transfer recently? Its clunky and involves intermediary banks.

Got it. Reading your post, it wasn’t clear you were referring to international transactions.

 

[PNW bow hunter]

International wire transfers take even more time.

Wire transfers will be as common as faxes in 2 years. Banks are developing their blockchain tech as we speak.

So if the wire transfer system is replaced in the next couple years with blockchain technology, would the banking institutions be using bitcoin to move the trillion’s of dollars daily in the US?

If they are developing the their own blockchain technology to build this system without the use of bitcoin, it seems like the blockchain technology is what would be valuable not any individual coin/token in this instance?


Very interesting stuff, the world is definitely changing fast with all the new technology!

 

[Poser]

So if the wire transfer system is replaced in the next couple years with blockchain technology, would the banking institutions be using bitcoin to move the trillion’s of dollars daily in the US?

If they are developing the their own blockchain technology to build this system without the use of bitcoin, it seems like the blockchain technology is what would be valuable not any individual coin/token in this instance?


Very interesting stuff, the world is definitely changing fast with all the new technology!

Potentially XRP is positioned to handle this specific task, functioning as a "bridge currency" that would possibly replace SWIFT. This would allow almost instant transfers and currency exchange. At least, that's Ripple's idea -it was developed as a cryptocurrency specifically for banking functions.

XRP is not necessarily a currency that people would use as "money", rather a currency that banks would use for the purpose of transfers. If you sent $100 USD to, say, Italy, you wouldn't manually convert to XRP, the banks would handle the exchange in XRP with the Italian currency equivalent available on the other side in a matter of seconds. There are other solutions working towards this same ends, but, at the moment, XRP is leading the pack.

 

[MountainTracker]

So if the wire transfer system is replaced in the next couple years with blockchain technology, would the banking institutions be using bitcoin to move the trillion’s of dollars daily in the US?

If they are developing the their own blockchain technology to build this system without the use of bitcoin, it seems like the blockchain technology is what would be valuable not any individual coin/token in this instance?


Very interesting stuff, the world is definitely changing fast with all the new technology!

I expect to see multiple stable coins from gov to banks. Btc/ysd will be the underlying asset which you can move into usdt or whatever stable coin is appropriate.


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[fmyth]

Let's see your 2026 price predictions.

I'll go first:

$170k as an ATH in 2026

 

[stevewes2004]

Let's see your 2026 price predictions.

I'll go first:

$170k as an ATH in 2026

Man I hate to even guess. Cycle history shows we should be entering into crypto winter, but macro environment says otherwise

However, this cycle never had euphoria like past cycles either.

I’m still stacking MSTR shares….


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[MountainTracker]

Man I hate to even guess. Cycle history shows we should be entering into crypto winter, but macro environment says otherwise

However, this cycle never had euphoria like past cycles either.

I’m still stacking MSTR shares….


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Yeah four year cycle broke we should have been green this year before red, but didn’t happen.

I’d like to see $130k, that’s 68% increase. New fed coming in, they’ve already started printing quietly.

Btc has shown the longer you hold the better the returns. Basically in extreme fear, which has always been the time to stack.


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[fmyth]

Morgan Stanley files for bitcoin, solana ETFs:​

https://www.reuters.com/business/morgan-stanley-files-bitcoin-etf-2026-01-06/

 

[fmyth]

Do you think Morgan Stanley crashed Bitcoin right before launching their ETF?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008906382037414387

"DID MORGAN STANLEY PULL OFF THE BIGGEST CRYPTO MANIPULATION?
The sequence of Bitcoin’s October crash and January recovery looks like a planned setup, and the data supports it.Let’s go through it:

1) THE TRIGGER: On October 10, MSCI, originally a Morgan Stanley division, announced a proposal to remove Digital Asset Treasury Companies from its global indexes.That included firms like MicroStrategy and Metaplanet, whose balance sheets hold billions worth of Bitcoin. This wasn’t a small change because MSCI indexes guide trillions of dollars in passive flows.If those firms were removed: • Pension funds and ETFs would be forced to sell• Institutional exposure to Bitcoin would shrink• Liquidity would tighten sharplyMinutes after the announcement, Bitcoin dropped nearly -$18,000, erasing more than $900 billion from crypto’s total market cap.

2) THEN THE 3-MONTH PRESSURE WINDOW.The consultation stayed open until December 31, meaning three full months of uncertainty.That overhang froze demand:• Passive investors avoided exposure• Index-linked funds risked forced selling• Prices stayed weak• Sentiment collapsed During this period, Bitcoin dropped about 31%, altcoins even more.It was the worst quarter for crypto since 2018.

3) JANUARY 1st: SUDDEN PUMP STARTS. From Jan 1st, Bitcoin starts pumping without any bullish news, and in the first 5 days of 2026, Bitcoin jumped 8%, that’s a $7300 pump from $87,500 to $94,800. No one knew why, but somehow the relentless selling stopped, and Bitcoin was printing back-to-back green candles.These were probably insiders who knew what was coming in the next few days.

4) JANUARY 5th-6th: THE REVERSAL. Then, somehow, in 24 hours, everything flipped.First, Morgan Stanley filed for its own spot Bitcoin, ETH, and Solana ETFs.Then, in a few hours, MSCI announced that it would not remove the crypto-heavy companies after all.The exact rule that caused three months of selling pressure was suddenly withdrawn the same day Morgan Stanley launched a product that benefits from a recovering market.That’s not a coincidence.Here’s the full sequence in order:

1. MSCI threatens index removals (October 10)
2. Crypto crashes, uncertainty lasts 3 months
3. Prices stay suppressed while institutions wait
4. Morgan Stanley files its ETF (January 5)
5. MSCI cancels the removal threat (January
6)It’s a clear pattern: Create pressure, accumulate at low prices launch product remove pressure. Make money. MSCI controls index inclusion.Morgan Stanley controls capital distribution.Together, they can influence how and when institutional money reaches Bitcoin.

The October crash wasn’t just market panic. It was a structural play.Now that the overhang is gone, liquidity is returning, and the same players who engineered the pressure are positioned to profit from the rebound.There is no official confirmation that this was coordinated, but the sequence, the timing, and who benefited raise real questions."

 

[Silver Wings]

Let's see your 2026 price predictions.

Current ATH is not challenged.
My plan is to sell ETF if BTC hits $98k in the next few weeks. Will reload in the second half of the year when BTC bottoms in the cycle.

That is my crystal ball prediction…ymmv