Betting 2026 might be the year Bitcoin breaks through as a true currency, not just digital gold.

Lightning Network is surging—capacity at all-time highs, Spark & Ark making self-custody instant and cheap.

Square/Block rolling out native BTC payments to millions of merchants worldwide, slashing fees and enabling real-world spending.

Jordi Visser calls BTC the "purest AI play"—as autonomous agents proliferate, they'll need a neutral, borderless money to transact value.

Bitcoin fits perfectly. Amid escalating global currency wars—debasements, tariffs, fiat instability—Bitcoin offers an opt-out: scarce, sovereign, global.

The infrastructure is maturing fast.

Very hopeful: 2026 might mark Bitcoin's shift from store of value to everyday medium of exchange.

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