Crypto Winter 2.0: Be Careful What You Wish For?

E208 - Crypto Winter 2.0: Be Careful What You Wish For?

Published: February 18, 2026

Duration: 41:04

Bitcoin has had everything going for it: a crypto-friendly president, ETF approval, congressional legislation, institutional adoption, a strategic reserve executive order. And yet the price has halved from its all-time high. So what’s going on?

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week: What happens when it costs more to mine a bitcoin than it’s actually worth?

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