Crypto 2026: Doom, Gloom, And A Glint Of Hope (But Mostly Financial Agony)
10x Research, a name as incongruous as a yack in a ballet, plucks fiscal dates from the shadows, weaving tales of volatility around Bitcoin and Ethereum with the seriousness of a hungrier-than-usual bat. Markus Thielen, their conductor of chaos, partitions the year into four quadrants, each a potential theater for financial farce.






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