And now a plan is spoken, announced on January 30, 2026, to turn a billion dollars of stablecoins into Bitcoin within thirty days. A bold, almost ceremonial conversion, as if one were to plant a tree where yesterday’s wind blew hardest. The motion is not so much a triumph of spectacle as a quiet belief: Bitcoin, they profess, is a long-term store of value. A belief that persists even as the price has wandered down from the dizzying height of more than $76,000, as if the sovereign market itself had taken a small nap. If you like a good wager with a ledger as your witness, there is something vaguely noble in such steadiness, even if one suspects the world will not be moved to applause by a plan well-intentioned.