Knowing what bends and twists Bitcoin’s value is, for many, as critical as keeping an ear to the stock market’s restless chatter or the slow drip of shifting interest rates. It has wandered the earth for more than ten years now, sometimes wearing a crown worth over a trillion dollars, sometimes less, but always moving. What began as a niche oddity in the back corners of finance has swollen, mutated, and settled itself into the banquet table of global money power, pulling up a chair beside the old giants without asking permission. Its influence goes beyond crypto circles as it impacts conversations in banking, technology, and even government policy.

Bitcoin’s sharp price swings are intimidating to many investors. However, that same volatility makes both risks and opportunities for those wh

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