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

[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]

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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:

[BTCETFInvestor]

If the CLARITY Act passes, analysts expect it to provide a significant boost to Bitcoin’s price by reducing regulatory uncertainty, curbing market manipulation, and accelerating institutional adoption.

In 2025, regulatory clarity drove 86% institutional Bitcoin adoption, with spot ETFs managing over 800,000 BTC and BlackRock’s IBIT reaching $100B AUM with Fidelity's FTBC reaching $25B AUM. Passage of the Act could expand this trend much further.

Analysts project the Act could cut crypto market manipulation by 70–80%, making Bitcoin appear safer to pension funds, hedge funds, and retail investors. With clearer custody rules and banking guidance, institutional-grade solutions will attract more long-term capital, potentially stabilizing Bitcoin’s price swings.

[BitHodlers]

Analysts project the Act could cut crypto market manipulation by 70–80%, making Bitcoin appear safer to pension funds, hedge funds, and retail investors. With clearer custody rules and banking guidance, institutional-grade solutions will attract more long-term capital, potentially stabilizing Bitcoin’s price swings.

That sounds like a number that somebody made up. How does someone calculate that the manipulation will be reduced by 70-80%? 

[BTCETFInvestor]

Analysts project the Act could cut crypto market manipulation by 70–80%, making Bitcoin appear safer to pension funds, hedge funds, and retail investors. With clearer custody rules and banking guidance, institutional-grade solutions will attract more long-term capital, potentially stabilizing Bitcoin’s price swings.

That sounds like a number that somebody made up. How does someone calculate that the manipulation will be reduced by 70-80%?  

The US Senate Banking Committee with the Bill aims to reduce crypto market manipulation by 70% to 80% significantly.

Maybe this will help to explain it - Here: https://coinpedia.org/news/us-senate-to-vote-on-clarity-act-on-january-15-what-it-means-for-crypto/

If the CLARITY Act does not pass the committee vote, the long-term impact on crypto will be limited. Analysts warn that short-term market sentiment will take a hit.

[ChartBuddy]

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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

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?

my 9 s21xp units and 1 L9 run at iowamining.io

i run a few pieces at a loss at my house for heat and some sales and testing.

[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?

my 9 s21xp units and 1 L9 run at iowamining.io

i run a few pieces at a loss at my house for heat and some sales and testing.

Interesting! I don't understand! Are your 9 s21xp units and 1 L9 physically at your house, or are they in Iowa?

[philipma1957]

those 10 pieces mentioned which are my best pieces are physically in iowa and or south dakota as he has five containers for gear.

four smaller ones in south dakota and the larger one in iowa .

he can do about 2.5 megawatts of units about 600-650 s21xps and or L9s

if he were all s21xps it would be 600x270=162,000 th

or 162ph

[cAPSLOCK]

Analysts project the Act could cut crypto market manipulation by 70–80%, making Bitcoin appear safer to pension funds, hedge funds, and retail investors. With clearer custody rules and banking guidance, institutional-grade solutions will attract more long-term capital, potentially stabilizing Bitcoin’s price swings.

That sounds like a number that somebody made up. How does someone calculate that the manipulation will be reduced by 70-80%?  

What makes even less sense is WHY would people assume that manipulation would be reduced because of institutional involvement and regulatory clarity?

And what mechanism would be in play to supposedly cause that reduction?

Allow me to speak in parables for a moment.

___parable mode___

I use an open source third-party developed keyboard on my Android phone. It has a voice recognition app as well that is a sort of a partner software to it.  The main reason I have chosen to use this keyboard is privacy. The keyboard does not send any information out across any network connection I recommend this keyboard wholeheartedly. However, one should do one's own research.

https://keyboard.futo.org/

What is most interesting to me is what both a Samsung phone and all of the other manufacturers that use the default Google-based GBoard do every time you set the keyboard app to a different apk.




Samsung's warning is similar. And when you answer yes here, the operating system will activate this third party extra dangerous keyboard, but also Gboard as well. If you don't want that on, you have to turn it off again for some reason.

But I feel comfortable because the Futo keyboard has no connection to the internet. And unlike Samsung and Google, it doesn't send your information to their servers.  Samsung and Google do, however, and of course this is for the reasons of making sure that your spelling is correct, choosing what word to suggest next, or changing your voice recordings to text.  

Also, to reduce manipulation by 70% percent. No, I mean, what was I thinking? Also, to keep you safe from third parties seeing your data.

___end of parable___

Wat je zegt ben jezelf, met je kop door de helft.

For those who have the ears to hear...

Amen.

[ChartBuddy]

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