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Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) just keeps hanging around $108,000. Doesn’t go up, doesn’t go down—just sits there. Reminds me of my neighbor’s car that never moves but somehow always gets a parking ticket. Ethereum (ETH)? Same story above $2,500. Completely sideways. If boredom were a sport, ETH would win gold. The total crypto market cap is $3.32 trillion, and you’d think that kind of money would get you a little excitement. Nope. Nothing. Nada.💤

Across the marble halls of power, a new anxiety flutters among the central bankers—these digital so-called “stablecoins,” birthed not by the Motherland, but by companies with names like ‘Circle’ and ‘Tether’ (hardly inspiring trust, like being protected by a bouncer called ‘Cotton Candy’). Madame Lagarde, steely-eyed and unamused, has cast her gaze upon these coins and found them wanting—and perhaps, a little insulting.

A mere 1.5% gain in a week! Insomniacs achieve better returns in REM cycles! Yet Martinez, unfazed and, no doubt, sipping something cold and sardonic, hypothesizes XRP will soon cavort with that obstinate $2.33 resistance yet again. Should this digital amphibian pole-vault above the line, a jubilant, if somewhat nervous, bullish parade may ensue.

A grand total of eight wallets, which have been as dormant as a hibernating bear since 2011, decided to stretch their digital limbs and moved a whopping 10,000 BTC to new SegWit addresses. A truly staggering amount of money—enough to buy a small country, or at least a couple of well-heeled yachts! And what makes this all the more intriguing? The identities of these wallets’ owners are, as they say in detective novels, “a mystery wrapped in an enigma.” 🤔

“There are no indications that this whale is selling Bitcoin,” Arkham declared in a post on X, the social media platform where the digital and the absurd often collide. The firm elaborated that the eight transfers, each moving 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) from wallets that had lain dormant for over a decade and a half, might be due to the owner’s decision to upgrade from the original legacy wallet to a Native SegWit address. This upgrade, they say, offers the allure of improved security and lower fees, a move that could be seen as a digital equivalent of moving from a drafty old castle to a modern, fortified fortress.

Bitcoin has been loafing about the $108,000 mark lately, lazing like a sated crocodile after snacking on a couple of hapless traders. On Wednesday, our slippery friend dipped its tail near $105,500 then popped back up, testing $109,000 again because, as ever, Bitcoin simply can’t resist showing off in front of company.

If you think that sounds about as exciting as a wet Sunday at Blandings, you’re not wrong. The shrinking premium suggests trader enthusiasm is waning, despite Bitcoin clinging above $100K like a cat on a curtain rail.

It seems that the halcyon days of self-custody, when one’s private keys were sacrosanct, are behind us. The likes of Elon Musk, that great bastion of crypto wisdom, once famously declared, “Your app sucks,” to a crypto wallet that dared to deny users access to their private keys. Fast forward to the present, and we find ourselves in a world where Bitcoin ETFs and treasury companies have become the flavour du jour. The narrative has shifted, and self-custody has been relegated to the shadows 🌑.

CryptoWzrd, that great sage of the digital realm, explained that Litecoin’s price action was inextricably linked to the whims of Bitcoin. Ah, Bitcoin, that great behemoth of the cryptocurrency world. It seemed that Litecoin’s fate was tied to the apron strings of its more illustrious cousin. The $96 level, a resistance so formidable, stood like a sentinel, guarding the gates of prosperity. 💸

Now, you might be thinking, “Why BNB, of all things?” Well, it seems Nano Labs is a fan of the leading crypto exchange’s native token, which currently boasts a market cap of around $100 billion, according to CoinGecko data. And let’s not forget that Nano Labs is already sitting on a cool 1,000 BTC, making them the 31st largest corporate treasury holding the leading asset.