The Open System View of Bitcoin and Crypto

For years, crypto has been explained through charts.

Price charts. Technical indicators. Cycle overlays. Historical comparisons.

And for a long time, that made sense.

Because early crypto behaved like a closed system — mostly influenced by retail traders, crypto-native capital, and predictable boom-bust psychology.

But something changed in 2025.

Not gradually.

Structurally.

And most people missed it because they were still staring at charts.

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