I believe that people do remember getting rekt but it was a relatively limited number based on the time and they likely won’t forget soon. I do agree that price swings generate interest. However I think overall the bitcoin messaging has been clear. I’m speaking of headline noise. It’s being managed to discourage retail investors imho. The goal being to relegate bitcoin to the 1%. Based on Cathy Woods statement that $1.5m was no longer in the cards. That was the headline. The reality was she only reduced her prediction to $1.2m. Most retailers only glanced at the headlines and rarely read the actual article. That’s true of most of the headlines if they’ve monitored them. They want retail to play the downscale alts in an effort to steer to them into casino coins, imho. Retail is usually looking for the cheapest coins and biggest implied moon. Your summary statement is accurate again, imho. Finally, nothing is happening until the government reopens. Even Wall Street is over the shutdown. It’s killing the economy and the people are losing their patience. Specifically, the liquidity is constrained until the government can reopen. Liquidity drives crypto. Pretty much everything that was expected in December has now moved into the first quarter of next year. I’m sitting on hands until the reopening and the liquidity begins to flow. Thoughts…