It is funny to me when I make these snapshot updates. The price will rise and fall during the time I take to make these posts and I almost have to go back and re-do it all by the time I am finished. However this is a perfect example of how BTC was $44,069 when I began, it rose around $400, and then falls to 43,865 by the the time I publish. Patience, take your time to learn.

Bitcoin has risen to $44,140.4 today, up from $37,048 11 days ago when I last posted about it.

https://bitcointicker.co/stamp/btc/usd/24hr/

"Zoom Out" to see the bigger picture.

Bitcoin has risen 19% this past week but is -4.3% over the past 6 months

https://bitcointicker.co/stamp/btc/usd/6Mth/

The question I am asking this year is, how low will BTC fall?

I have included links to previous Bitcoin price posts from Aug 3rd 2021 to Jan 30th 2022 here.

Snapshots on February 10th 2022

Bitcoin dominance has risen to 40%, Eth 17.9%, USDT 3.74%, BNB 3.38%, USDC 2.48%

Stablecoin market cap is rising because of those who think Bitcoin will fall further. Then we have the 1-2% in the theoretical chains, XRP, Cardano, Solana, Avalanche, Polkadot, Terra-- are these coins going to be the next big things? A year ago this all looked so much different.

https://coinmarkets.today/

The Future Is Multichain

We can't deny it anymore. These aren't the Litecoin and Dogecoin forks of the past. There are projects, contracts, companies, decentralized autonomous organizations, pools, and much more.

Messari Screener sorted by Top Change vs USD (24hrs) https://messari.io/screener

Messari Screener sorted by Real Volume (24hrs) https://messari.io/screener

A few coins jump out at me on these lists. I looked at HeroCoin PLAY a few weeks back. Enjinstarter EJS looks like a smart contract backed by investments and claims to be a "NEXT-GENERATION LAUNCHPAD FOR Blockchain Games and the Metaverse". I saw Smooth Love Potion once on EtherScan. Their website leads to Axie Infinity so it must be an in game item or some sort. They let you buy SLP with Ronin although you can just get Binance-peg Smooth Love Potion.

I had a family member tell me they heard about AXIE and were going to get into it, so I acquired a tiny bit of AXS and pooled it with BNB and threw it in a farm to earn some Cake.

With new users being introduced to crypto through projects like this, we can expect the future of Bitcoin to be bright, although there will be trillions of shiny lights competing for our attention.

Demand for Altcoins = Demand for Bitcoin. Some might not see it so, but how else do you buy them? As a result of Eth being a first mover smart contract platform, demand for Eth will persist as long as there is demand for any of the projects built on their platform. That should give us confidence in Hive too, realizing that while HIVE is still relatively inexpensive, this is a great time to acquire it.

In the near future there will be even MORE games on Hive, even MORE communities launching projects, and liquid Hive supply is not as thick as we might think. Hive is extremely undervalued, and while Bitcoin is in a bear market I think we will enjoy this altcoin season on Hive, discussing the philosophies and technicalities of everything from natural medicine to smart contracts.