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[wastew @wastew_]

@IncomeSharks If only we could keep daylight savings time year-round

[wastew @wastew_]

@inmortalcrypto You been saying this since 2024 bro

[wastew @wastew_]

@inmortalcrypto Hope everyone is ready for a year of chop

$BTC $ETH

[Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder]

I Spy Spooky Mansion (1999)

[IncomeSharks @IncomeSharks]

If your trading style is slow and boring, you are investing. If it's fast and fun, you are gambling. The best way to balance this is to put majority of your net worth into the boring stuff and then try to feed the boring account with the fun account knowing you have a safety net.

[wastew @wastew_]

@TheLongInvest Actually it is breaking the law and becoming a penny stock

[wastew @wastew_]

@trader_koala @Bluntz_Capital That would be a net positive for crypto. $SOL enabled max extraction and ruined this space. It needs to go

[wastew @wastew_]

@Michael_EWpro He's good but he's also only max bullish. Been top blasting for months

[wastew @wastew_]

@CJ900X Can't say anything else but good call on this. Most were max bullish. Unfortunately we may go lower and for longer now but ETH isn't that far from 1.5K which I think would be max pain

[wastew @wastew_]

@RedditCFB Brother has his girlfriend watching the games for him 😂

[IncomeSharks @IncomeSharks]

There are two types of people. Those that work harder when things get harder, and those that give up as it gets harder and complain louder. Easy is an illusion that doesn't exist in the real world.

[Horse @TheFlowHorse]

Heard something today that I live: You don’t need more time, you just need to start paying attention more with the time you have.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

What if I told you there’s a country with
more UNESCO sites than Egypt,
borders with 15 nations,
and empires older than Rome

yet the world reduces it to nukes and veils?

That country is Iran.
And most people have never really seen it. 🧵

[Bull Theory @BullTheoryio]

🚨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) OCTOBER 10: 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 sharply

Minutes 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 STARS

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.

[Stock Pattern Pros/Tim @StockPatternPro]

$ETHE Last time the price moved up out of the falling wedge (Yellow). We'll see.

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

Notre Dame

- Got beat by the two Top 10 teams they played
- Don’t play in a conference
- Want us to believe they’re an elite team because they spent 2 months running up the score on the Stanford, Syracuse and Navy
- Conveniently aren’t going to play in a bowl game to prove it

[The Long Investor @TheLongInvest]

I don’t know who needs to hear this

But don’t offer investing advice to your family members

[The Long Investor @TheLongInvest]

$ETH my brain cannot comprehend how people struggle with this.

[The Long Investor @TheLongInvest]

$BTC now you believe me

No changes to our projection.

200 Day MA has been lost and we are already at the 0.236 Fib.

Typically Wave 4's drop down to the 0.38 Fib which is at $83k

This is an opportunity, not something to be concerned about

Our Wave 5 target is still $194k

This is the chart we have been sharing for nearly 2 years now

[redphone ☎️ @redphone]

1. If you haven’t already, gtfo of your hometown. Moving solo to a city where you know basically nobody unlocks two things: (1) You’re the author of your own story. You choose your friends and vibe based on who you want to become, not proximity; (2) Your environment sets your floor and ceiling. Change the environment, change the trajectory.

2. If you’re dating someone who’s genuinely wifey material in your late 20s, don’t fumble it lightly. Quality women who want partnership get locked down by their late 20s, early 30s max. After that it gets way more complicated. Don’t let a great thing slip away chasing some imaginary perfect scenario. Getting married is ultimately a decision (and that decision is you deciding to nut up).

3. Take lower pay, mid location, cringe job title. Just make sure you’re in an industry you actually care about. Grinding up in something you love beats pivoting your entire career at 35 when you finally admit you hate what you do.

4. Get financially literate. Read Rich Dad Poor Dad if you’re starting from zero. Then open a Robinhood account, grab some assets, and stack wealth while you sleep. Compounding is real but only if you start early.

5. If you’re “never having kids,” don’t lock into that identity too hard. I was the same in my 20s. Had them in my 30s and realized this is literally what we’re here for. All my fears about being a selfish or terrible dad vanished the second I met my kid. You’re just all in. You’d die for them without thinking. No way to explain it until you’re there.​ It’s just magical.

6. People don’t really care or think about you even a fraction as much as you think they might. They’re caught up with their own shit. Getting them to share that shit with you is how you forge real relationships. Care about others, and they’ll care about you.

7. You’re going to fuck up and do embarrassing shit. Good. That’s not failure, that’s tuition. The guys who never embarrass themselves never actually tried anything.