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Will 2026 be the breakout year for Bitcoin and crypto, or will history repeat itself? In this deep-dive discussion, I sit down with Austin Arnold from Altcoin Daily to analyze why 2025, despite huge regulatory progress and institutional adoption, saw stagnant prices and altcoins getting crushed. We explore how Bitcoin has quietly transformed into a macro asset, driven more by global liquidity than headlines, and why 2026 could mark crypto’s pivotal “1996 moment” with the highly anticipated Clarity Act.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Coming Up
03:04 – 2025: A Year of Disappointment?
04:17 – Crypto Becomes Macro, Not Just Crypto
05:23 – Three Key Factors for Crypto Investing
07:48 – Ethereum’s Strong Fundamentals and Future
09:14 – Why Altcoins Underperformed in 2025
11:36 – Political Risks Affecting Crypto Prices
13:11 – The Clarity Act: Crypto’s 1996 Moment
16:45 – Trump’s Meme Coin Controversy Explained
18:46 – Clarity Act as Market Catalyst
21:21 – The Debasement Trade and Bitcoin
23:51 – Privacy Coins and Zcash’s Rise
26:37 – Stablecoins: The New Meme Coins?
30:27 – Gaming and NFTs: What’s Next?
31:54 – Global Liquidity’s Impact on Crypto
39:19 – Key Bitcoin Technical Levels Explained
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