The Bitcoin eco is getting weird at $100k

December 18, 2024

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Bitcoin is solidly over $100k but what in the world is happening in the “Bitcoin ecosystem”? Microstrategy has a premium but on-chain activity is dead? Ordinals are down in BTC terms, but they are UP in USD terms. Everything is upside-down, let’s review the numbers!

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