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The past two months have been a rollercoaster of hope and disappointment for bitcoin (BTC) investors. In late February of 2026, BTC touched a low of about $63,000 (all figures in U.S. dollars unless otherwise specified), which was a fall of close to 50% from its October 2025 high of about $123,000. If you read this column regularly you’ll know that this itself was not surprising for two reasons. First, BTC cyclical tops are often at the end of the year following the BTC halving (2024

“I wish I had reached out sooner.” It’s one of the most common things that credit counsellors hear from people struggling with debt.Debt problems rarely appear overnight. They tend to develop gradually through a series of well-intentioned decisions made while trying to stay afloat: a credit card is used to cover an unexpected expense; a savings account is tapped to make a payment; a tax refund is expected to solve the problem next month. Each decision can seem reasonable in iso