# The Perfect FUD

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/86/
> Bitcoin sentiment has turned ugly, and the excuses are getting creative. We expose the perfect FUD driving quantum panic, cycle mythology, and weak macro narratives at precisely the wrong moment.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 86
- Date: 2025-12-17
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:14:31
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/rNuWY6gFXFoRCOozdMsJ/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---00d3612a-aee8-4a33-abe4-53acdef84fbf.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/rNuWY6gFXFoRCOozdMsJ/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




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**Show Notes:**

* [Manipulation? Bitcoin Drops $2,000 in 35 Minutes, $132M Longs Liquidated](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/manipulation-bitcoin-drops-2-000-192213571.html)
* [BREAKING: Bitcoin dumped $3,200 from $89.8k to $86.6k and liquidated $203 million worth of longs. All this happened in last 60 minutes with no major negative news or FUD.](https://x.com/bulltheoryio/status/2000590658067927257)
* [$200 million worth of levered longs were liquidated with Bitcoin now down to $86,000. That’s a $140 BILLION swing()](https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2001357941451165882)
* [Luke Gromen: We Are Facing "The Mother of All Crises" (And It’s Physical) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqtalk5v4ts)
* [Luke bailed](https://x.com/moneyordebt/status/2000376131460153422)
* [Longtime bull makes 'ugly' prediction for gold rival ](https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/trading/longtime-bull-makes-ugly-prediction-for-gold-rival)
* [This is the first time he’s openly admitted selling BTC to buy back lower — framing it through the classic 4-year cycle and a broader 2026 market reset.](https://x.com/Swan/status/2001359515539886516)
* [Bitcoin is humbling bc it doesn’t care about your patterns](https://x.com/ericyakes/status/2000376579038543953)
* [You're selling BTC in favor of other technological platforms equally, if not more so, affected by powerful quantum computers.](https://x.com/notgrubles/status/2000367348755402783)
* [Lawrence Lepard: "Anybody who has zero Bitcoin is really missing the most asymmetric bet that I have ever seen."](https://x.com/TrendingBitcoin/status/2000161092358857200)
* [Glassnode data shows whales accumulated 269,822 BTC](https://x.com/coinbureau/status/2001238441544310823)
* [Fidelity reports that Bitcoin's 4 year cycle may be over 👀 Investors "believe we could be entering a supercycle](https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2000661508519252221)
* [WHY assume whoever builds a quantum computer that can crack old wallets would be SELF DESTRUCTIVE??? ](https://x.com/daveweisberger1/status/2000202117647052887)
* [Bitcoin RSI flashes MAJOR reversal signal](https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2001279158358266202)
* [If you think the bull market is over and we are now facing twelve months of pain, this chart is not for you.](https://x.com/BittelJulien/status/2001266989264687239)
* [Why private credit is creating major concerns among economists - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srS-gMN1uRI)
* [Will 1 Bitcoin Be Generational Wealth? Whales Selling, Legacy Planning & Price Drivers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zFglF1aMKc)

**Music**

* [Kentucky Sore by Justin Lantrip](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7606172?episode=46095743698)