Announcing the enhanced 2026 Pick of the Year contest! Now with scrubbing bubbles!!

[Massimo]

ACMIF Long please——betting on critical minerals having another strong year—-thanks BlueWolf

[BlueWolf]

Hi BlueWolf,

RIOT long please. See you at $150.

Your pick has been noted.

[BlueWolf]

ACMIF Long please——betting on critical minerals having another strong year—-thanks BlueWolf

Your pick has been noted.

[BlueWolf]

**** Get those picks in! ****

Entry deadline is midnight tomorrow (US PST)

[BlueWolf]

OK, here are the official picks. Let me know if I omitted anyone or got anything wrong:

[BlueWolf]

OK, here are the official picks. Let me know if I omitted anyone or got anything wrong:

[BlueWolf]

Sorry about the double post. I always seem to have some trouble when I’m posting the standings.

[Louetta]

I am getting my small but pleasingly firm behind taken in HOOD.

[BlueWolf]

I am getting my small but pleasingly firm behind taken in HOOD.

I think it’s because of their association with crypto markets. Crypto currencies, especially Bitcoin, are taking a beating right now.

[jiesen]

Folks are moving out of Bitcoin and into Labubus..... so PMRTY is where it's at right now. J/K, I actually have no idea what's happening with the bitcoin - but I imagine it'll keep bouncing up a bunch and down a bunch more in the future.

[Louetta]

I think it’s because of their association with crypto markets. Crypto currencies, especially Bitcoin, are taking a beating right now.

Yup. Guess that's right. Down another 4% before today's open, back of the envelope down 25% since the contest started.

I've been looking at BITC wondering if there might be some value here.

[jiesen]

Yup. Guess that's right. Down another 4% before today's open, back of the envelope down 25% since the contest started.

I've been looking at BITC wondering if there might be some value here.

I don't know if it's really a value, but it's sure at a discount right about here, looks to be about a 40% discount from where BITC was trading just a few months ago. I'm gonna try to catch this falling knife by buying some MSTR right here at 113. Hopefully it'll double, when bitcoin recovers back to the 90,000+ range in a few months. Super scary gamble, though. I do *not* recommend.

[jiesen]

I don't know if it's really a value, but it's sure at a discount right about here, looks to be about a 40% discount from where BITC was trading just a few months ago. I'm gonna try to catch this falling knife by buying some MSTR right here at 113. Hopefully it'll double, when bitcoin recovers back to the 90,000+ range in a few months. Super scary gamble, though. I do *not* recommend.

and by BITC I mean bitcoin, not the BITC ticker (which I am not familiar with, but assume it's linked to bitcoin, in a similar the way that MSTR also is)