Front Stage Exit

Front Stage Exit

We've been here before, and we've been right all along

You can route around any border with Bitcoin. If you can get your body out, Bitcoin can take care of your funds.

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Brady Dale
Feb 10, 2026
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“In reality, the opportunity is immense, and bigger than our most creative minds can imagine, but not as it’s been articulated over the last few years.

This blockchain adventure has always been about finance: open financial rails for anyone and everyone on the internet.” —Lily Liu.

Bitcoin’s price fell apart last week. It fell below the crucial level of $67,000, the prior all-time high set in the 2021 cycle.

It felt bad.

Ethereum’s coin of the realm, ether (ETH), which never really caught a bid during the run-up of Trump’s first year in office, crashed even harder.

There’s a reason why every civilization has an apocalypse myth. Worlds end when eras pass. People in the past might as well be from other planets. The question for crypto right now is: Are all the assets headed to zero or is this a metamorphosis?

I don’t think they are going to zero, and I want to tell you why.

I think this is a metamorphosis, and epochal change is painful. The question each of us have to ask ourselves is whether …

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