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BITCOIN SEASON 2: Why The 2025 Bitcoin Bull Run Failed Us

Was the 2025 Bitcoin top a failure? We analyze why $126k felt underwhelming, compare BTC returns against Gold and the S&P 500, and discuss Meltem Demirors’ thesis on why TradFi is beating DeFi. Plus, why institutional adoption might be making crypto boring.
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BITCOIN SEASON 2: Why The 2025 Bitcoin Bull Run Failed Us
The Growing Dominance of Crypto KOLs

The Growing Dominance of Crypto KOLs

Dec 5, 2025, 4:38 p.m.
THE MINING POD: ABTC Investor Unlock, IREN’s $3.6B Capital Raise, Greenidge’s Fire and Land Sale
The Blockspace Pod: The Conspiracy Was True: Operation Chokepoint 2.0
The Blockspace Pod: The Conspiracy Was True: Operation Chokepoint 2.0
THE MINING POD: CleanSpark FY 2025 Recap: It's Not an AI Pivot, It's an Expansion w/ Matthew Schultz
Erik Voorhees: The Danger of Gov Bitcoin, ‘Gross’ Politics, and Losing 50,000 BTC to the SEC
Erik Voorhees: The Danger of Gov Bitcoin, ‘Gross’ Politics, and Losing 50,000 BTC to the SEC
Blockspace Pod: Bitcoin Ruined Your Thanksgiving (Here's What To Do)
Blockspace Pod: Bitcoin Ruined Your Thanksgiving (Here's What To Do)
THE MINING POD: Operation Red Sunset, the White House’s Genesis Mission, Tether Buys BTDR, RAM Prices Soar
Blockspace Podcast: Why Most Bitcoin Treasury Companies Are Struggling — and the One That's Getting It Right
THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining Isn't Dead w/ Steve Barbour
Blockspace Podcast: Bitcoin Collapse: Here's Who's Bleeding In The Street
THE MINING POD: Nvidia’s Q3 Earnings, ERCOT Power Market Update, Cipher Lands $830M Fluidstack Expansion
BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin & Islamic Finance
THE MINING POD: TeraWulf Q3 Recap: Future AI Deals, Capital Structure, and the Future of WULF’s BTC Mining
Mike Novogratz on BTC, Immigration, and the Ayahuasca Trip That Inspired Billions | Spotlight
The Blockspace Podcast: Did Jack Dorsey Fix The Bitcoin Merchant Problem?
THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining Stock Prices Lose $20B, Bitdeer’s Data Center Fire, Auradine’s New Unit, Jim Cramer Yells at CRWV
The Blockspace Podcast: $120K Bitcoin Call, Stablecoins, and 2026 Outlook
THE MINING POD: Unpacking MARA's AI Plans w/ CEO Fred Thiel
BITCOIN SEASON 2: The 7 Indicators Saying The Bull Market Isn't Over
WH Advisor Patrick Witt: Shutdown's "Strange” Silver Lining For Crypto Bill Talks
Sergey Nazarov on Crypto Bill: "Possible, if the Government Turns Back On"
Brad Garlinghouse on Ripple's $40B Valuation & "Imminent" XRP ETF
THE MINING POD: Cipher’s Amazon Deal, IREN’s Microsoft Deal, Q3 Earnings Recap, and is China Winning the AI Race?
What You Missed at the Stellar Meridian Conference
PayPal -> LinkedIn -> AI -> Crypto: Reid Hoffman's Innovator Journey | CoinDesk Spotlight
BITCOIN SEASON 2: Inside Russia's Secret Bitcoin Mining Industry