When my dad died on active duty, my mother started receiving a death benefit intended for me. That was frittered away on a lot of indulgences - none of which made it to me. When I moved in with my grandparents, they gave me control of the money at 12 yrs old. I was taught by them, so I only focused on saving as much as I could and laddering CDs. When I got to college, I read plenty of Money magazine and Kiplingers. By the time I got out of college, I started investing in mutual funds...back in the day I had to send in a physical check. I picked them by again reading Money, Kiplingers, and heading to the library to read Morningstar...spent a lot of time reading forums on Prodigy (yep, dialup). So started investing around 22 yrs old (1990). Stayed steady, frugal, never panic sold...and it served me well. We are not rich - but we own real assets and have no debt...and got 2 kids through college and building their own financial futures. Didn't start buying bitcoin until my mid-50s (Jan 2022), but I'm glad for the extra piece of mind of having an asset they can't debase.

A couple late shares from Robert Malone's Sunday Strip...man the stuff I did on a bicycle...and growing up on a river.

Reminder - I'm not associated with either party...I just want to expose and prosecute corruption in all areas of our government.

You can say that Bitcoin is the ultimate truth-teller, sniffs out liquidity conditions, whales selling because finally have liquidity to realize profits, BTC only thing you can sell on a Friday night or Sunday after a Trump tweet, etc. But with ETFs and treasury companies buying up BTC and all the tailwinds with new administration, pending/revised friendly policy, regulation changes, sovereign adoption, banks getting onboard with bullish announcements after announcements, other hard money and risk assets going up... ...it has to be some form of manipulation. I see things about Jane Street algos, etc...but just seems like there is a coordinated effort to (1) keep the ground unsteady regarding rate changes, Fed chairs, SBR or no SBR, Yen carry-trade and (2) using algos or simple institution adoption/announcements to keep BTC trading in a fairly narrow and SUPPRESSED price range. Or do we just have incredibly skittish and ignorant investors following typical "buy high, sell low" emotional selling patterns? And many of the BTC thought leaders who were picking $150k, $250k, $1M by the end of this cycle...are now saying $150k by end of next year? I'm not complaining too much because most of what I have is in retirement accounts I can't touch anyway (so longer time preference)...but I did start living on a BTC standard late this year...so buying at $108k and $118k hurts when using BillPay to convert BTC at $82k etc. So I do have a short-time preference component, too. Anybody want to add to the discussion any amended thoughts on how the price stays suppressed? I was hoping for a steady grind up with all of the chopsolidation diverging from historical price behavior - versus huge candles in both directions - but you know we are likely to get some huge green candles in Q1 and Q2 2026...and then big red candles as people take profits...so sub-$100k could still be in play a few times in 2026. FYI - I follow the folks below for my signal...and subscribe to both Lyn and James Check. @jack mallers @Lyn Alden @npub1d3f4...r4xv @_Checkɱate 🔑⚡🌋☢️🛢️

Point to ponder...

Amazing - sellers can't get out of their house, buyers can't afford the houses. We did have to pay 9% mortgage rate for our first house (back around '91, I think)...but the house only cost $81,000 (for 2,400 sq ft new build on 1/3 acre in Houston).