Google searches for Bitcoin are near a 5-year low. In the US, the week ending August 1 got a Google Trends score of 18 out of 100, which is the kind of grade that gets you a polite email from a teacher.

Then in October, global searches for "bitcoin" and "BTCUSD" hit multi-year lows, so the timeline is not imagining it. Even the relative who explains Bitcoin to everyone at family dinners has gone suspiciously quiet.

Before anyone writes an obituary, a reminder of what Google Trends actually measures. It measures curiosity. It does not measure ownership, trading volume or on chain activity. And a lot of the biggest money, ETFs, pension funds and OTC desks, has never typed a search into Google in its life. Those desks have better things to do than check whether "bitcoin" is trending.

So Bitcoin is not being forgotten, it is being left on read. The coins are still there, the blocks keep coming, and the only thing that went quiet is the search bar.

No price talk and no predictions here, just vibes and a Google Trends score.

Warren Buffett wouldn’t pay $25 for ALL the Bitcoin in the world.

Yet his most famous investing principle explains why I plan to hold mine:

“Our favorite holding period is forever.”

The irony is irresistible. The lesson goes deeper.

Buying takes minutes. Understanding what you own can take years. Holding through crashes, boredom, and everyone telling you you’re wrong can test everything.

Three things have to survive:

→ The asset’s advantages.

→ Your reasons for owning it.

→ Your financial ability to keep holding.

“Forever” is a serious commitment. Your investment has to keep earning it.

I unpack Buffett’s Bitcoin paradox—and the lessons from Bill Miller’s Amazon bet—in my latest article. 👇

Bitcoin slipped under $80K on Saturday (low around $79.2K) and has been hovering around that line since.

What's weighing on it:

- Iran tensions pushing oil up, which feeds inflation fears

- Leveraged long positions getting liquidated on the way down

- About $773M pulled from Bitcoin ETFs over Thursday and Friday

- Everyone de-risking before the Fed

The Fed announces its rate decision Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. Markets mostly expect a hold, but the Fed already hiked in September and a December hike is widely expected. A surprise hike Wednesday would probably hit crypto hard.

Levels people are watching: around $79K support, $78K below that, and $82K to look healthy again.

Not financial advice. What are you doing before Wednesday? Holding, selling, or waiting to buy the dip?

Full breakdown with a chart of what he sold: https://holywizy.com/blog/arthur-hayes-sells-22-million-crypto-bitcoin-below-81k/

Quick summary: Hayes says Maelstrom closed all directional positions. Lookonchain estimates about $22.3M sold, with ETH by far the biggest chunk. He says macro and geopolitics look "a bit dicey", that the market may need to go down to go up, and that he'll sit on the sidelines for now.

Only nine days ago he said he was long BTC and ETH.

At the same time, BTC is hovering around $81K, and Bitcoin ETFs saw about $635M of outflows on Oct 22 alone.

Do you think he's right this time, or is this a classic Hayes flip before a bounce?

Say a small coin dumps 20% in one candle and blows straight past your stop

With Pump fun adding TP/SL for EVM positions now, im curious how people handle that. are you getting filled anywhere near your trigger or just wherever the liquidity is when it hits?

Are you getting tired of this? BTC goes up, most alts barely do anything. BTC drops a little, and suddenly everything is down 5-10% lol. I was looking through some smaller coins on mexc earlier and honestly, a lot of these charts look pretty rough. I keep seeing people talk about altseason coming, but at this point I’m starting to wonder if we’re just stuck waiting for something that might not happen anytime soon.

Are you guys still holding alts or mostly sticking with BTC for now?

Half the calls shared in crypto groups never seem to come with any proof that the person actually took the trade.

Been using Towns for group chats and it got me thinking about how useful it'd be to have a bot showing actual trades alongside the calls people post.

Would you trust that more or does seeing someone's wallet not really change much?

running a crypto bot with a 2h ATR 2.5x trail that kicks in at +5%. works fine but i feel like i might be missing out during big trends.

trying to decide between two ways to handle it.

first is just holding the bag until the trail hits and then waiting for a totally new dip signal to get back in.

second is selling on the trail but then looking for a quick re entry if the trend is still going, like if it dips a bit and bounces. trying to catch a few smaller moves instead of one big one.

worried about getting chopped up buying back in right before a drop or just losing it all to fees from trading too much. has anyone tested if re entering after a stop out is actually worth it or does it just add noise? my win rate is high now but i hate seeing a run end and sitting in cash while it keeps going up.

Why did you invest in crypto? Obviously many people make investments because of the perceived returns. But I would like to know the motivation. Is it the belief of what crypto will do and therefore, your hope that at a time in future, the project will gain value and change the world or was it honestly due to speculation? What is your current feeling about crypto?

Why does the United States Congress treat foreign central bank currencies 20x better than Bitcoin?

Under Section 988(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, an American citizen can spend $1,500 worth of Euros or Swiss Francs, realize up to $200 in exchange-rate profit per transaction, and owe $0 in taxes with zero IRS paperwork.

Meanwhile, under the flagship crypto tax bills moving through Congress right now (H.R. 10357 and the ADAPT Act), if a working-class American spends $14.50 over the Lightning Network to buy lunch, it triggers a taxable barter disposition on IRS Form 8949.

Even worse: the much-hyped "$10 de minimis exemption" inside H.R. 10357 only exempts the network transaction fee—not the purchase itself. Congress exempted the postage stamp and kept the letter inside fully taxable.

Why? Follow the incentives:

1. Wall Street got everything it asked for: Institutional lending safe harbors, mark-to-market accounting, and ETF trust protections.
2. Dollar stablecoins got a monopoly: Zero capital gains on spending and immunity from wash-sale rules—because stablecoins force everyday spenders to hold T-bill-backed dollars that silently pay the annual inflation tax.
3. Everyday Bitcoiners got handcuffs: A 30-day wash-sale ban, constructive-sale rules, and permanent taxation of miners on unsold block rewards.

Inside "The $10 Insult"—and why the state is terrified of letting Bitcoin circulate as everyday money 👇

Brazilian stocks crashed after Lula’s surprise election win. Investors fear higher spending, rising debt and more government control.

But here's the interesting part.

USDT trading volume on Mercado Bitcoin surged nearly 800%.

Companies were moving money into dollar linked stablecoins to protect themselves from a falling currency.

Timeline so far:

- Oct 20: Keystone detects an intrusion on its website

- Oct 24: discloses a customer data leak (names, addresses, order records)

- Oct 26: reveals the attacker also got the WebAuth key used to verify devices as genuine

That key is burned into devices at the factory and can't be changed, so in theory it could let counterfeit wallets pass Keystone's authenticity check. Keystone is destroying 18,835 devices in stock and holding orders until new ones ship with a new key.

Not affected: recovery phrases, private keys, wallet passwords.

Keystone says devices verified before Oct 20 are considered safe. If you got one after Oct 20, they ask you to contact support. And with names and home addresses leaked, expect fake "Keystone support" refund scams. Never type your seed phrase anywhere.

Anyone here using a Keystone? Sticking with it?

The recent Ledger hack got me thinking what the biggest risk with a cold wallet is, Someone stealing your seed phrase? Signing a malicious transaction? A compromised app? Someone physically getting hold of your wallet?

There's so much talk about which wallet is the safest, but it feels like every wallet just protects against a different set of risks.

I’m looking for the most secure cold wallet now, so tell me what is the one attack vector you'd be most concerned about? And does your current wallet actually protect you against it?

I’ve been wondering what people think about Polygon lately.

For those who have been following Polygon:

• Do you think Polygon is still relevant in the crypto space?
• Does POL have real long-term potential, or has it lost its momentum?
• Are developers and users still active on the network?
• Would you buy POL at current prices, hold what you have, or stay away completely?

I bought Polygon a few years ago for around $2,000, and now my investment is worth about $400. I’m thinking about buying more. What do you guys think? Is it worth investing more, or should I cut my losses?

Bitcoin doesn't have to rise to show relative strength.

The attached chart shows Bitcoin above its late-August starting level, while gold and silver are below theirs. Bitcoin has still retreated from its September highs.

In the source's separate weekly table, Bitcoin is down roughly 1%, gold 4%, and silver 5.6%. Those aren't the chart's endpoint percentages, and the cutoffs differ: metals are dated 23 October; Bitcoin is updated to 24 October, 02:45 EDT.

My interpretation: it's resilience worth examining, not proof of decoupling or money rotating out of metals.

What would distinguish sustained Bitcoin demand from a temporary pause before further selling?

StreetStats' late-August–October comparison shows Bitcoin above its starting level, while gold and silver are below theirs. Bitcoin has still retreated from its September highs.

My interpretation: it's resilience worth examining, not proof of decoupling or money rotating out of metals.

What would distinguish sustained Bitcoin demand from a temporary pause before further selling?

I shorted ETH with $100 at 20x leverage on Kraken and paid:

$16 opening fee
$16 closing fee
$5 margin fee

Made $7 gross but lost $30 after fees. A $1482 price drop breaks even but that doesn't even happen in a year...

Ideally, I want to short BTC from $80,144 to $79,673 (red to blue line in screenshot) using $100 at 20x leverage. That’s $11.76 gross profit, but Kraken’s fees wipe it out.

Any platforms that allow shorting with zero or very low fees so I can keep most of the profit?