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Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain?

Once again, there was more carnage across our bags over the weekend, especially during Sunday evening, where Bitcoin led the next wave of bearish price action, sliding down to $80,000. Just another day in 2025, then!

As depression sets in for many overleveraged degens, and retail are getting flushed out wondering why they ever got involved with this again, doom remains firmly in control of the mood.

But a theory as to why we are down so very bad is gaining traction: what if this economic downturn isn’t just random chaos, but part of a calculated play by the current administration?

A recent article titled “Trump is Volcker-ing Himself” by Geiger Capital explores the idea that the White House might be intentionally engineering a slowdown.

Just weeks into his second term, Trump has rolled out sweeping tariffs, initiated major federal layoffs, cracked down on illegal immigration, and started cutting government spending. Not exactly short-term pro-growth moves.

Geiger suggests this could be a classic “short-term pain, long-term gain” strategy; an intentional cooldown to reset the economy. There's some circumstantial evidence to support the theory.

Trump hinted at this in his address to Congress on March 7, calling it an “adjustment period” and asking the public to “bear with him.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent echoed that sentiment, saying the “real Trump economy begins in 6–12 months,” while Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Elon Musk, appear aligned with the broader vision.

So why would a politician risk triggering a recession? The article argues it may be a high-stakes bet: force rate cuts, crush inflation once and for all, and tee up a massive rebound just in time for the 2026 midterms.

This approach is being dubbed “Volcker-ing,” a nod to former Fed Chair Paul Volcker, who aggressively hiked rates in the late ’70s and early ’80s to tame inflation. His policies sparked a recession—but ultimately stabilized the economy and cemented his legacy.

Could Trump be applying the same logic? Not through monetary policy, but via direct economic reform?

📌 Read the full article by Geiger Capital here.

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Ordinals

Hard to take much from today’s charts that hasn’t already been said a hundred times over.

OMB has dropped sharply in volume and is no longer enjoying the post-mint hype from Black Eyes—though it's still comfortably above mint price (0.021).

IDIOTS are down 30% and back close to mint price, with the final reveal taking place yesterday. Sentiment still feels good on them—staying power is the next big test. It’s more of a baptism of fire given the broader market conditions right now.

Runestone is the exception today—being the only gainer, up 2%. Persona by Rupture pops into the top 10 for the first time in a while, likely due to the upcoming mint.

Are Runes faring any better? Or at least a bit more exciting? Let’s take a look…

Runes (Bitcoin Memecoins)

Nope… they’ve seen better days too.

It’s easy to stay bullish based on conviction alone right now, but if you’re looking for reasons beyond that—there’s only so many ways to say “same story, different day,” as things continue trending downward.

$MIM is up slightly, and $CYPHER put in a decent 17% gain.

Over on OdinFun, things are looking a bit healthier with some solid 24-hour gains in the top 5. That said, this comes after a brutal string of days last week with some catastrophic losses.

OdinDog, while up 19% on the day, is still well off its ATH—as is everything else featured here.

That said, something interesting came up in the Inner Circle yesterday—Rik G speaking to Glatczar, XO’s resident genius on all things OdinFun:

“This reminds me a little of the early BRC20 run in 2023. We could mint almost anything for a few sats. And as much as you wanted!! Seemed like nothing was happening and then it literally exploded overnight and total MC went over a Billion IIRC. Times are bit different but the roadmap should be similar.”

Very interesting. Something to keep in mind.

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