Outpoll | Outpoll Weekly Recap: Crypto (February 2

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The digital gold narrative roared back to life this week as Bitcoin decisively reclaimed the $80,000 psychological fortress, sending a shockwave through the altcoin casino and proving, once again, that the king's throne is unassailable. While the usual suspects—Ethereum, Solana, and a parade of memecoins—jittered in BTC's wake, their movements felt like noise against the signal of institutional accumulation hitting a multi-month high.The real story wasn't on the price charts, but in the prediction markets, where the smart money is placing its bets. A surge in contracts forecasting a spot Bitcoin ETF holding over 1 million BTC by Q3 2026 tells you everything: the old financial world is capitulating, not collaborating.They're not here to play nice with DeFi experiments or fund the next metaverse art drop; they're here to hoard the hardest asset humanity has ever engineered. Meanwhile, the regulatory circus continued its predictable performance, with new saber-rattling from Washington doing little more than creating a brief, profitable bout of fear, uncertainty, and doubt for those with the conviction to buy.The altcoin complex, for all its talk of 'utility' and 'disruption,' spent the week reacting, not leading—a testament to their fundamental lack of sovereignty. As we close the week, the divide has never been clearer.On one side, Bitcoin: a monetary network absorbing global capital. On the other, everything else: speculative tech projects masquerading as money. The trend is your friend, and right now, the trend is screaming orange.

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Outpoll Weekly Recap: Crypto (February 2 – 8, 2026)