🕰️ The End of the Four-Year Era

Happy Friday, In A Nutshell this week:

• 🕰️ The End of the Four-Year Era

• 🔌 Reform Bets on Digital Future

• 🚨 Tax-Fuelled Fraud

• ⚡ Too Attractive to Ignore

• 🇬🇧 The Stealth Tax on Britain

• 🌎 Why Bitcoin Is Starting To Feel Inevitable

• …and much more

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 🚀⏰ Today’s news should be a ~4.59-minute read (756 words).

🧠 Quote Of The Week

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

— Seneca

🕰️ The End of the Four-Year Era

Bitcoin logged its first-ever post-halving red year, suggesting the old four-year cycle may be over.

In past cycles (2013, 2017, 2021), the year after the halving delivered the biggest gains. This time, the launch of ETFs in early 2024 pulled demand forward, sending Bitcoin to a new high before the 2024 halving. Since then, returns have cooled.

The market now looks more like a macro asset with lower volatility and less predictable cycles, so the simple “halving = rally” playbook may not hold. Investors may need to focus more on macro fundamentals and capital flows.

🔌 Reform Bets on Digital Future

In a five-minute New Year message, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage spent about a minute speaking about the importance of cryptocurrencies, AI and digital assets.

He said “one in seven” people now own a digital asset and criticised the government for neither caring about nor understanding the space, despite rising adoption.

He added that success with these technologies requires access to cheap energy. While he did not say so explicitly, Bitcoin mining could help support the existing power grid, monetise surplus power and potentially lower costs, which would boost awareness and adoption.

🚨 Tax-Fuelled Fraud

Marty Bent argues that US taxation has become a “humiliation ritual” after fresh fraud revelations, floats civil disobedience, and says Bitcoin offers a way to avoid funding misuse.

He cites a viral probe into alleged Minnesota welfare fraud and a California audit reporting tens of billions missing, arguing that money printing and rising debt enable waste.

Bent’s remedy is to take monetary control out of government hands and into neutral alternatives like Bitcoin, potentially driving demand for it as a hedge if public anger grows.

⚡ Too Attractive to Ignore

With global rate cuts on the horizon, Strategy has lifted the dividend on Stretch (STRC), to 11%, offering a yield that’s hard to ignore for traditional finance.

The payout is funded by a business built on a large Bitcoin treasury, packaging BTC exposure into a familiar instrument for income-focused investors.

Attractive yields could pull in new capital and nudge more investors to learn about the asset powering it: Bitcoin.

🇬🇧 The Stealth Tax on Britain

In a “love letter to Britain”, Peter McCormack zeroes in on inflation as the root cause of the country’s problems, quietly draining wages, savings and small-business margins.

He links the cost of living to monetary policy and calls for stronger accountability and sounder money. While not explicitly about Bitcoin, it addresses the problem Bitcoin was designed to solve: persistent debasement of money acting as a stealth tax on everyone.

Peter has also launched a peaceful “I No Longer Consent” movement, encouraging people to withdraw consent from the current system.

🌎 Why Bitcoin Is Starting To Feel Inevitable

Joe, Scott and Jez join Jordan to reflect on how the UK Bitcoin landscape shifted in 2025. The conversation is no longer focused on price; instead, it’s about living standards, broken incentives, and a growing sense that something in the system is failing.

They explore the debasement trade, renewed interest in gold and silver, and why Bitcoin increasingly stands out as a practical way for individuals and businesses to protect long-term effort and savings.

The episode is available here: YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify

🔥 What else have you missed?

1. The Crypto Lobby are pushing to exclude Bitcoin from a de minimis tax exemption

2. Metaplanet bought another 4,279 Bitcoin, now holding over $3 billion worth of BTC

3. Grant Cardone is going all in on Real Estate mixed with Bitcoin

4. Keonne Rodriguez shares his first letter from prison, detailing the realities of incarceration.

5. Aston Villa footballers show Bitcoin education still has a way to go

6. VanEck see a bullish signal for Bitcoin, as mining activity declines

7. Samson Mow Bitcoins 2025 ‘bear market’ could precede a decade-long rally

8. David Beckham backed Prenetics ditches Bitcoin buying strategy

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