Ran Neuner: The ‘Mysterious’ Bank Game That Crushed Bitcoin & The Exact Trade For 2026

Ran Neuner: The ‘Mysterious’ Bank Game That Crushed Bitcoin & The Exact Trade For 2026

In early October, Bitcoin hit a record high of $126,000. Today, it’s trading back around $91,000—erasing over $1 trillion in wealth. But while retail investors were panic-selling, Wall Street banks were quietly filing paperwork to launch their own Bitcoin products.

On this special Thanksgiving edition of Kitco News, Anchor Jeremy Szafron is joined by Ran Neuner (Host of Crypto Banter) to investigate the “Lost Year” of 2025. They break down a suspicious sequence of events—including margin hikes, product filings, and index warnings—that suggests the crash wasn’t an accident, but a “Hostile Takeover” of the Bitcoin trade by major banks.

Ran Neuner exposes the mechanics of this market shift, explains why the MicroStrategy (Strategy Inc.) premium collapsed exactly as he predicted in July, and reveals the new “Niche Trade” for 2026 involving AI Agents and the X402 protocol.

Recorded November 27 2025.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Market Overview
01:12 Corporate Treasury Trade and Market Dynamics
01:47 Retail Panic and Institutional Stability
04:46 Bitcoin Halving Cycles and Market Trends
06:08 October 10th Liquidation Event
07:44 MSCI’s Impact on Digital Asset Companies
14:22 Future Outlook and Investment Strategies
20:41 Cash Cows and Digital Asset Treasury Companies
21:08 Understanding Staking and Measuring Health
21:39 Breaking News: Tether’s Stability Downgrade
24:03 Ethereum vs Bitcoin: Market Dynamics
25:14 Global Liquidity and Bitcoin’s Future
28:31 Silver, Gold, and Bitcoin: Investment Strategies
32:32 AI and Crypto: The Future of Transactions
34:53 Privacy Coins and Regulatory Landscape

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