2025-12-29 10:23:13

What are you most eager to hold onto as the year ends? Positions, hair, girlfriend, or weight?

This question is fun, but when it comes to real money HODL, things get complicated.

Bitcoin peaked at $126K in October and has since retraced 30%, now hovering around the 9x level. There was supposed to be a Santa Rally, but what happened? Trading volume is thin, and there are no big waves. Market search interest has fallen to its lowest point of the year, with a heat index of 26 indicating that retail investors are really not that concerned anymore. Fewer people are asking about coin prices in social circles.

This year has dealt quite a blow to retail confidence—April’s tariff turmoil, the $20B liquidation in October, and wave after wave of memecoin floor crashes. These events have drained a lot of enthusiasm. Bitcoin’s upward momentum is weak, but funds are not idle.

Looking at the precious metals market makes it clear. Gold broke through $4500+ to a new high, with a yearly increase of 70%. Silver surged even more, breaking through $70, with an annual gain between 140-160%. The story of "digital gold" suddenly doesn’t sound appealing anymore, as investors’ FOMO has shifted entirely into traditional safe-haven assets. The story of asset rotation is very clear—when the crypto market lacks growth signals and risk appetite declines, funds naturally move toward more stable assets.

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StablecoinArbitrageur

· 4h ago

actually, the 30-day rolling correlation between btc and gold just inverted—classic risk-off rotation. those plebs still chasing santa rally while i'm quietly arbing the basis spread on physical silver. the real play wasn't hodling, it was understanding liquidity migration patterns.

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AirdropBlackHole

· 4h ago

I really can't hold it anymore. Gold and silver are rising like that, but the crypto circle is surprisingly quiet. This contrast... luckily I didn't go all-in last year.

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SurvivorshipBias

· 5h ago

My hair and girlfriend are long gone, my positions have shrunk, so I might as well not hold anything at all. Gold has risen 70%, and we're still here watching "Bitcoin's next move"? Laughing out loud, those who switched to gold early are the ones laughing last. Retail enthusiasm is at 26? That number hits hard. It used to flood social media, but now no one pays attention. It's right to move funds to confirmed places; anyway, there really aren't any new stories in crypto. Right now, I hold one firm belief: don't chase highs, and you won't get cut.

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RugpullSurvivor

· 5h ago

I've already given up on hair and weight, now I just want to hold on tightly to that remaining principal that hasn't been lost... Gold is rising so fiercely, and the crypto market is so bullish, it's truly a direct cut into traditional assets.

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MEVHunter

· 5h ago

nah the mempool's telling a different story than what these people are reading... gold's mooning while btc sits there like dead weight, classic risk-off rotation when retail confidence gets absolutely gutted. funds following the path of least resistance, always do.

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