Outpoll | Outpoll Weekly Recap: Crypto (February 9

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This week, the crypto market delivered a masterclass in the only narrative that truly matters: Bitcoin's dominance. While the altcoin casino buzzed with the usual noise—another layer-2 token spiking 40% on vaporware promises, a metaverse land grab that’ll be ghost town by next quarter, and the perpetual DeFi governance drama that only ten people on Crypto Twitter care about—BTC just quietly did what it does.It held the line. As global equities wobbled on fresh inflation jitters, the orange coin didn't just act as a hedge; it asserted its sovereignty.Prediction markets, those crystal balls for the terminally speculative, went into overdrive. The real action wasn't on which meme coin would pump next, but on sober bets about Bitcoin ETF inflows hitting a new weekly record and the probability of a major sovereign wealth fund announcement before Q2.That's the signal in the noise. The flimsy narratives around 'Ethereum-killers' and 'Web3 social' faded into the background like they always do, proving once again that in a world of digital promises, Bitcoin is the only asset that doesn't need to sell you a future—it simply is the foundation.Everything else is just a distraction, a beta test at best, and at worst, a road to zero. The smart money isn't chasing the next shiny thing; it's stacking sats and waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to the inevitable.

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