Bitcoin Forecast Lowered, Bitcoin Price Diverging From Gold | Bloomberg Crypto 2/17/2026
“Bloomberg Crypto” covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today’s guests: Nakamoto Chair & CEO David Bailey, Depository Trust & Clearing President & CEO Frank La Salla and MIT Digital Currency Initiative Director Neha Narula.
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@BlackOpsInvesting
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Govts makes BIG $€£¥ on Bitcoin…aint going to ZERO
@theguildedcage
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
The system has been coopted.
@EdwardColeman-e6z5u
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Low fees and Bitcoin mentioned in the same sentence?!
@Mariourner-c7r
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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@jerrywielo2952
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
drop from $11 6 month ago to 24 cents today its a staggering 97.67% LOSS – why he has the air time there???
@gaslightOIC
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
I believe many institutions want to acquire Bitcoins. However, they don't want to pay 120, 80 or 60k. They obviously want at the lowest price possible. I don't know what that price is.
@jeffreycardoza8983
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Bitcoin going to like 50k
@WH0oo...
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Zero cost averaging is like adding bricks to your parachute. Lord, the slop that gets pumped out for advice.
@HODL.BTC.
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
These interviewers are not going to make it…
@bubblebobble9654
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
5:00 "bitcoin adoption being driven by access through traditional capital markets", which lends it that fig leaf of credibility that gamblers in denial and criminals need to run with it.
@bubblebobble9654
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Who should regulate prediction markets? Traditionally that was done by the State Gaming Control Commission😅
@IBALL509
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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@AaronJohnnyPrice
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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@aaronsanders2008
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
This isn’t about getting rich fast. Smart Broke Dumb Rich by Zor Veyl explains why the system rewards some behaviors and quietly punishes others.
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February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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@waltermyers1993
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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@TylerAlbertLewis
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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@raijin2774
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Banks are scam.
@HellCatLeMaudit
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
The guy is delusional.
@BakhodirSaydullaev
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Thank you
@jimmyjamm9938
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Bitcoin Price Diverging From Gold – Wow Genious what was your first clue.
@plpk
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
People in Puerto Rico hate David Bailey so hard in surprised he still has office space there.
@Melonv10
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Its endlessly amusing to me how little people understand BTC 😂
@khanhtranvan8761
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
5:35 🤣🤣 why this phony news channel even interview loser like this ?😂 . Hey , Bloom Can you interview someone who actually buy around 15k when last cycle was down and sold at the top like me of this cycle or u just want interview only losers ?
@noeldl
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
need more PT Barnum fool born every minute to buy bitcoin
@Barone8
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
BTC as the "Digital Sponge": While gold acts as the "geopolitical shock absorber," BTC is functioning as the "global liquidity sponge." Institutions are using it to hedge against sovereign debasement within the MMT cycle. Takaichi won on Feb 8 and if it launches a fresh stimulus of ¥21.3 trillion, Japanese banks will likely "relocate" JPY into BTC and Gold to stabilise their Tier 1 ratios against a falling Yen. Credit-Based Liquidity to Asset-Based Stability in my opinion.
@davidblick2192
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
What is Bitcoin except something to speculate on
@Brucefezatte
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
is bitcoin warning about rest of market
@henriquezfamily5135
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
😂😂😂yield control, margins, rate hike, what a cycle 🙌
@stuart1404
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Bitcoin is a scam
@joepepsico342
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
Review the history of the media and press on bitcoin and you will find they don’t know what they’re talking about ever. Not once has anyone been able to nail it on where BITCOIN is going to go. Don’t waste your time with these people. They don’t get it.
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February 23, 2026 at 6:07 am
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