Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

[Gachapin]

this place turned into a tumbleweed desert

....apparently BTC is a stable coin now

[ChartBuddy]

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[OutOfMemory]

So the Sparkle Fairy has been secretly working really hard in her lab on her new wand tech.

She's having pretty good results.

How about the sparkle fairy turning the money printer with sparkles flying out instead?

[ChartBuddy]

Explanation
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[philipma1957]

How long have we been in this 87-90k range by now, it feels like an eternity.

First 2 days of January?

Since then it's been mostly over $90k.

the slot shifted and is more like 89-94k

works for me. I mine at a profit and get my btc at about 65k a coin with the mine. The only issue with the mine is what the difficulty will do.  With the off price the diff did drop

[ChartBuddy]

Explanation
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[BTCETFInvestor]

How long have we been in this 87-90k range by now, it feels like an eternity.

First 2 days of January?

Since then it's been mostly over $90k.

the slot shifted and is more like 89-94k

works for me. I mine at a profit and get my btc at about 65k a coin with the mine. The only issue with the mine is what the difficulty will do.  With the off price the diff did drop

Phil - How are you able to get such a low electricity rate for your New Jersey location (presumed to need a rate under $0.07 per kWh) to make it profitable to mine BTC when the price is as low as $65k a coin?

[BTCETFInvestor]

We have some potential good news coming in 2026 with a new Fed Chair!

Rick Rieder as the next Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair would be really good for Bitcoin, primarily because of his 'crypto-friendly' views (Rieder sees BTC as 'digital gold', and advocates for institutional adoption), and he has a dovish stance on interest rates.

Note: Rick Rieder is still with BlackRock, serving as their Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Global Fixed Income and Head of the Global Allocation Investment Team, but he's also currently a strong finalist for the next Federal Reserve Chair, (Fed Chair), with President Trump scheduled to interview him this week.

Kevin Hassett, a frontrunner as Fed Chair is a strong advocate for Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency industry.

Either Rieder or Hassett as the next Fed Chair will be excellent for Bitcoin, boosting institutional adoption and increasing confidence in Bitcoin as a store of value equal to that of gold.   

[ChartBuddy]

Explanation
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[ChartBuddy]

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[BitHodlers]

How long have we been in this 87-90k range by now, it feels like an eternity.

First 2 days of January?

Since then it's been mostly over $90k.

Technically correct, but up something like $2k and then right back down to $90k I consider being at $90k. 

[goldkingcoiner]

this place turned into a tumbleweed desert

....apparently BTC is a stable coin now

Always has been.
1 BTC = 1 BTC.
Deflation does the rest.

[JayJuanGee]

this place turned into a tumbleweed desert

....apparently BTC is a stable coin now

I continue to get a bit irritated when people refer to bitcoin as if it were stable when there is an underlying war (battle) going on around bitcoin, including what seems to be a current attempt to capture bitcoin in various ways, including but not limited to various aspects of the clarity bill and how clarity does not really protect individual financial self-sovereignty, individual financial privacy and/or abilities to transact without encumbrances. 

Maybe I am deviating from the "stable" idea that you raised, even though maybe, in current times, in my mind I am connecting these convoluting stable coins (that are somewhat pegged to to the dollar) with bitcoin.. which brings us back to aspects of the objectives of the clarity act.. .. and funny even with Tether that had been an outsider that seems to be becoming more and more co-opted - yet at the same time much (if not most) of its activities take place outside of the United States, even though they seem to be taken into the fold more and more as well as Binance being taken more and more into the fold, too.

How long have we been in this 87-90k range by now, it feels like an eternity.

First 2 days of January?
Since then it's been mostly over $90k.

the slot shifted and is more like 89-94k
works for me. I mine at a profit and get my btc at about 65k a coin with the mine. The only issue with the mine is what the difficulty will do.  With the off price the diff did drop

Maybe we are talking about largely noise with BTC prices hanging out in sub $100k territories for 2 months so far.. and a lowest point, so far of $80,537 on November 20.... so looking a wee bit zoomed out.. there is a very slow gravitation up (so far) from that November 20 low.. and will it be retested or not during what seems to be an ongoing so far slowly gravitation up.

[Gachapin]

can we get a 100k this week

....and a new poll

[Biodom]

this place turned into a tumbleweed desert

....apparently BTC is a stable coin now

I continue to get a bit irritated when people refer to bitcoin as if it were stable when there is an underlying war (battle) going on around bitcoin, including what seems to be a current attempt to capture bitcoin in various ways, including but not limited to various aspects of the clarity bill and how clarity does not really protect individual financial self-sovereignty, individual financial privacy and/or abilities to transact without encumbrances. 

Maybe I am deviating from the "stable" idea that you raised, even though maybe, in current times, in my mind I am connecting these convoluting stable coins (that are somewhat pegged to to the dollar) with bitcoin.. which brings us back to aspects of the objectives of the clarity act.. .. and funny even with Tether that had been an outsider that seems to be becoming more and more co-opted - yet at the same time much (if not most) of its activities take place outside of the United States, even though they seem to be taken into the fold more and more as well as Binance being taken more and more into the fold, too.

Imho, nothing good would come out of "clarity" because afaik we already have clarity as to what bitcoin is.
Basically, they are trying to put it in a "channel" with all those rules.
That said, it has been all talk and no action as even the stablecoin bill (GENIUS act) resulted in a big fat NOTHING as far as mcap of USDT/USDC (instead of trillions they expected).
I have a feeling that Washington is losing much interest in bitcoin, etc....maybe just for now...and maybe it is not a bad "thing".

[cAPSLOCK]

In agreement with many of the thoughts here around the Clarity Act, it is seeming at this point at much of what we had hoped would come in clearer regulation and stuff from the country that also runs the world's monetary reserve has been a bit booby-trapped and perhaps even could be called a Trojan horse in some ways.

As ETF mentioned above, the new Fed chair is coming and we all hope this is a good thing. I do believe he's going to open the money-priner floodgates which will make all real assets increase in value.

But, as has always been the case, the things the US government does, though they have a giant impact on everything monetary in the world, are going to be by design things that do not benefit Bitcoin.

But, as we know, Bitcoin doesn't give a shit.

[BTCETFInvestor]

this place turned into a tumbleweed desert

....apparently BTC is a stable coin now

I continue to get a bit irritated when people refer to bitcoin as if it were stable when there is an underlying war (battle) going on around bitcoin, including what seems to be a current attempt to capture bitcoin in various ways, including but not limited to various aspects of the clarity bill and how clarity does not really protect individual financial self-sovereignty, individual financial privacy and/or abilities to transact without encumbrances.  

Maybe I am deviating from the "stable" idea that you raised, even though maybe, in current times, in my mind I am connecting these convoluting stable coins (that are somewhat pegged to to the dollar) with bitcoin.. which brings us back to aspects of the objectives of the clarity act.. .. and funny even with Tether that had been an outsider that seems to be becoming more and more co-opted - yet at the same time much (if not most) of its activities take place outside of the United States, even though they seem to be taken into the fold more and more as well as Binance being taken more and more into the fold, too.

Imho, nothing good would come out of "clarity" because afaik we already have clarity as to what bitcoin is.
Basically, they are trying to put it in a "channel" with all those rules.
That said, it has been all talk and no action as even the stablecoin bill (GENIUS act) resulted in a big fat NOTHING as far as mcap of USDT/USDC (instead of trillions they expected).
I have a feeling that Washington is losing much interest in bitcoin, etc....maybe just for now...and maybe it is not a bad "thing".

Government has always moved at a slow pace! Here is what the GENIUS act has resulted in thus far - all good for further follow-on acts, which will [also] be favorable for Bitcoin, with more promising action for Bitcoin yet to come!

The GENIUS Act created the first comprehensive U.S. federal framework for regulating payment stablecoins, bringing them inside formal financial oversight while aiming to balance innovation, consumer protection, and monetary stability. It passed in July 2025 and is now shaping crypto markets, banking practices, and regulatory enforcement.

[ChartBuddy]

Explanation
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[Gachapin]

this place turned into a tumbleweed desert

....apparently BTC is a stable coin now

I continue to get a bit irritated when people refer to bitcoin as if it were stable when there is an underlying war (battle) going on around bitcoin....

I was referring to the price being at around 90500 for quite some time... however she wanna go up now it seems

[AlcoHoDL]

So the Sparkle Fairy has been secretly working really hard in her lab on her new wand tech.

She's having pretty good results.

How about the sparkle fairy turning the money printer with sparkles flying out instead?

OMG, looking fwd to the upcoming AI masterpiece. Seriously. That big smile, with the teeth, the crossed eyes and all... That's a scary fairy. Like, she's about to devour you.

A fairy version of this: