Minority Mindset

The digital currency did experience a slight decline from its earlier heights, falling to as low as $86,740 by Christmas Eve. Indeed, attempts to regain $90,000 proved frustrating, halted at a mere $89,000 on Friday, with the weekend spent oscillating between $87,000 and $88,000. One might almost feel sorry for the speculators! Such is the fickle nature of these modern investments.

This pronouncement, delivered with suitably bureaucratic gravity by one Lu Lei (a Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China – a title that inevitably evokes images of endless paperwork and lukewarm tea), appeared in the Financial News, a publication whose very existence suggests a degree of self-assured centrality. The intention? To ‘boost adoption,’ naturally. As if a digital currency needs ‘boosting’ like a melancholic spirit needs a pep talk.

The XRP galaxy is buzzing with chatter, as if the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything was suddenly about wallet distribution. 🌌 Turns out, most wallets are as light as a towel at a hitchhiker’s convention, while a few hoarding whales could buy a small moon. 🌕 This has everyone arguing about whether the little fish can still swim in this cosmic pond.

On December 19, the Dogecoin open interest fell below the $1.3 billion mark, following the decline in participation. But the performance so far suggests that this could be a possible bottom. The week following this bottom saw a significant spike in the open interest, as it jumped above the $1.5 billion mark, as shown on Coinglass. 🚀📈

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, two industry giants, has recently referred to the impact that these restrictions will have on the industrial world. “This is not good,” he said, as if the universe itself had just stolen his coffee. 🚨