Bitcoin Hits $106K: Is the Government Shutdown to Blame? 🚨

With all the subtlety of a champagne-fueled debutante, Bitcoin sauntered past the $106,000 mark this dreary Monday, peaking at $106,437, according to CoinGecko’s ever-vigilant algorithms. 🎉

The timing? Coincidental, surely. Just hours earlier, the US Senate, in a fit of bipartisan enthusiasm (or sheer exhaustion 🥱), voted 60-40 to end the 40-day government shutdown-a spectacle of fiscal brinkmanship that made the Hatfield-McCoy feud look like a picnic. Democrats, ever the romantics, had insisted on healthcare subsidies; Republicans, ever the libertarians, demurred. How very civilized.

Bitcoin, that mercurial darling of the crypto-enthusiast set, initially rallied to $126,080 during the shutdown’s opening act. Alas, as the days dragged on, its bullish fervor wilted like a tulip in a heatwave. One might say it’s as fickle as a politician’s promise. 🌸

ETF Floodgates: Or How to Summon a Circus

Enter Nate Geraci, financial seer and ETF whisperer, who declared the shutdown’s end would unleash a “floodgate” of spot crypto ETFs. Because nothing says stability like letting Wall Street play pin-the-tail-on-the-volatility-meter. 🎩

“Government shutdown ending = spot crypto ETF floodgates opening…

In the meantime, could see first ‘33 Act spot xrp ETF launch this week.”

– Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) November 10, 2025

The SEC, during its government-mandated siesta, could only shuffle papers with the vigor of a lethargic aristocrat. Some ETF filings slipped through via “automatic effectiveness,” but the real circus awaits. 🤡

In conclusion: Bitcoin soared, politicians postured, and the ETF clowns stand ready. Cue the popcorn. 🍿

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2025-11-10 08:49