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Energy Prices Are SPIKING and Bitcoin Just Reclaimed $80K!

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September 19, 2026
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Diesel prices are hitting records while Bitcoin pushes back above $80,000, and the connection goes deeper than inflation. Rising energy costs expose the physical constraints that financial markets and government interventions cannot simply print away. Updating an old Max Keiser hash rate model produces Bitcoin scenarios of $651,000 and even $1.48 million under aggressive energy assumptions. These are scenarios, not price targets, but the math exposes what happens when scarce money is measured against real energy.

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