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Welcome to Issue #461 of Bitcoin Breakdown, where it’s OPSEC Wednesday special, followed by the latest Quick Bits snippets.
But first, today’s Top Stories:
🔍 Epstein Files Confirm Bitcoin is Uncontrollable Code
🛒 Oversold Signal Flashes at Critical Support Zone
🦕 Wealthy Family Offices Chase AI, Ignore Hard Money
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🔍 Epstein Files Confirm Bitcoin is Uncontrollable Code
Freshly unsealed records show disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein donated to the MIT Media Lab while it funded Bitcoin Core developers. Despite the sensational headlines, the documents confirm he held zero influence over the protocol or its decentralized governance structure.
Why it matters: Bitcoin is verified, not trusted. Open-source code requires node consensus regardless of who funded the developer, rendering the network immune to reputation attacks or billionaire influence. Read more→
🛒 Oversold Signal Flashes at Critical Support Zone
Bitcoin's Relative Strength Index dropped below 30 as the price tested critical support between $73,000 and $75,000. This 'oversold' technical reading often triggers algorithmic buying and suggests the recent sell-off was overextended relative to market fundamentals.
Why it matters: Technical indicators are largely astrology for day traders, but they drive short term liquidity. PSA: Volatility is currently flushing out over leveraged speculators, transferring cheap sats from weak hands to long term savers. Read more→
🦕 Wealthy Family Offices Chase AI, Ignore Hard Money
A new JPMorgan survey reveals 89% of ultra-wealthy family offices hold zero bitcoin, despite citing inflation and geopolitics as their primary risks. These institutions, averaging $1.6 billion in net worth, are aggressively allocating capital to AI buzzwords while neglecting the ultimate hedge.
Why it matters: The so-called 'smart money' is shockingly exposed to fiat fragility. Their eventual panic buying into the hardest asset on earth will drive the next massive leg up, proving we are still incredibly early. Read more→
Poll 461: Why are family offices buying AI but ignoring Bitcoin?
While the crypto tourists chase ephemeral gas tokens for their AI agents, the smart money knows that a machine designed for infinite uptime requires a currency with the same properties.
They don't care about ‘community’ or ‘governance.’ They care about finality, censorship resistance, and energy. They care about Bitcoin.
This week’s OPSEC feature spins up an OpenClaw agent on its own iron, giving it a Lightning wallet, and preparing it for the machine-to-machine economy.
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Binance began converting its entire $1B Secure Asset Fund for Users into bitcoin, purchasing an initial $100M in BTC to 'buy the dip' amid recent market volatility.
BitRiver, Russia's largest bitcoin mining operator, faces bankruptcy proceedings after a $9.2M debt ruling while CEO Igor Runets remains under house arrest facing multiple tax evasion charges.
Bitcoin's drop below $75K pushes most mining rigs into unprofitability, with only the latest Antminer S23 series machines recording healthy returns as network hashrate remains near all-time highs.
The Smarter Web Company, a UK-based web design firm turned bitcoin treasury holder, debuts on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market holding 2,674 BTC.
Bitcoin Magazine publishes The Core Issue, a special publication in which Bitcoin Core developers explain their work on the software that powers the Bitcoin network and keeps it running.
Strategy adds 855 BTC worth $75M as its total 713,502 BTC holdings fall below average purchase price of $76,052 per bitcoin amid market downturn.
Bitcoin Depot, a Bitcoin and crypto kiosk operator, faces a lawsuit from Massachusetts Attorney General alleging deceptive practices, overcharging customers, and facilitating scams that cost residents over $10M.
BlueQubit, a quantum computing software company, launches an open competition offering 0.25 BTC to solve cryptographic peaked circuits, aiming to publicly demonstrate quantum advantage over classical computing through a verifiable challenge.
NBC Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappears from Arizona home as alleged kidnappers send bitcoin ransom note to TMZ, prompting FBI investigation into possible abduction.
GraniteShares' 2x Short MSTR Daily ETF, designed to deliver inverse leveraged exposure to Strategy's bitcoin-heavy stock, surges to record highs as MSTR plummets from November peaks.
Tian Ruixiang, a Nasdaq-listed insurance brokerage, announces a $1.1B equity deal for 15,000 BTC from unidentified investors, alongside an AI and crypto partnership, potentially becoming the world's eighth-largest public Bitcoin treasury holder.
Xapo Bank's 2025 Digital Wealth Report reveals that 52% of bitcoin-backed loans carry 365-day terms, signaling shift from short-term liquidity needs to long-term financial planning among high-net-worth holders.
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says Bitcoin can adapt with quantum-resistant code as the threat emerges, while noting early bitcoin holders are breaking the HODL culture and taking profits in a self-reinforcing cycle.
Tron founder Justin Sun plans to buy $50M-$100M in BTC amid bitcoin's price dropping since mid-January, contrasting with treasury companies now facing 30%+ losses on holdings purchased at 2025 record highs.
Bitcoin's loss of the 100-week moving average signals a potential multi-month consolidation phase, with historical data showing previous breaks below this trend lasting 182 to 532 days before recovery.
Michael Burry, an investor known for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, warns that BTC's 40% plunge exposes it as ‘purely speculative’, threatening corporate treasuries and triggering cascading liquidations across tokenized metals markets.
