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This question is ambiguous. If you mean: will ETH reach $1,500 in January, then my answer is probably … as long as Bitcoin continues to go up.If you mean: will the bull-run for ETH peak in January? Then my answer is: doubt it because the bull-run is likely to continue.So, let me give you two reasons to think the bull-run will continue, especially for ETH.Reason #1: Ethereum Peaks After BitcoinHere’s an image of what happened in 2017 and 2018. Black is Bitcoin and Blue is ETH.You’ll see there that Bitcoin peaked and fell quite a bit even as ETH continued to climb.That same lateness in response is present in ETH’s present action. Here’s a view of ETH and BTC when they started to take off in February of 2020 (just before COVID hit).You’ll notice that ETH was late by a couple of weeks, though it did move up more.So the general story is the same: Ether moves after Bitcoin and tends to swing up (and down) more than Bitcoin does.What that means is that if BTC just hit its all-time high at $41,000, then ETH is likely to hit it just at the end of January (if history holds up). So it’s possible, but not likely for the next reason ….Reason #2: Bull Runs Last Longer Than ThisBull-runs for Bitcoin tend to last 12–18 months. This one began in April (that’s when it broke above its 200-day simple moving average).The black line is the SMA 200, and if you traded in right at the beginning (as I did) you would have started at $8,800 and now still be holding.The only bull-runs that have been shorter than that time frame are the ones at the very start of Bitcoin’s existence (the early 2010–2012 years) and the “bull-run” of 2019 that never hit an all-time high and so isn’t really a bull run.Concluding ThoughtsOf course, history doesn't have to repeat exactly. But it is about as good a guide as you can get in this domain. And what it suggests is that it is highly unlikely that ETH will not surpass its pass ATH and keep going for a bit.If you found this helpful you can follow my newsletter and join a community of traders exchanging ways to make money by trading bubbles and crashes.Notes and DisclosuresI am not giving you financial advice, but rather explaining how I think about things. Do your own due diligence before investing.At the time of writing, I own BTC, ETH and several other alt-coins. I also own a variety of cannabis stocks. I trade these, however, and so may not own them by the time you read this.Image by Peter Patel from Pixabay

It's not bull. Russia did interfere in the election. I wrote a letter to my senator John Cornyn to inquire if they had evidence and here is the response: Thank you for contacting me regarding the United States’ policy toward Russia. I appreciate having the benefit of your comments on this matter. As you may know, the Obama Administration announced its misguided policy to “reset” U.S.-Russia relations in February 2009. From its inception, I had serious concerns regarding this now-defunct policy. Russian actions in recent years have proven that Russia must take responsibility and work to improve relations with the United States. Russia’s ongoing land grabs and violations of Ukrainian sovereignty, the 2010 revelation and arrest of members of a Russian spy ring inside the United States, Russia’s opposition to proposed U.S. missile defenses in Europe, as well as Russia’s resistance to broad sanctions against Iran, support for the Assad regime in Syria and the bombing of innocent civilians in Aleppo, expanded ties with North Korea, and the reported interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election have clearly demonstrated that the Russian government’s policies and pursuits contradict U.S. national security and geopolitical goals. When the atrocities in Syria began in 2011, I started pressing the Obama Administration to end all U.S. government business dealings with Rosoboronexport—the Russian state-owned arms broker that facilitates the Russian Federation’s arms transfers to Syria and which the United States previously sanctioned in 2007 for its reported role in helping Iran with the development of its nuclear program. I offered Senate Amendment 3260 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (P.L. 112-239), which was signed into law on January 2, 2013, and prohibits U.S. government funding for any further contracts or business agreements with Rosoboronexport. Although the Obama Administration subsequently skirted this law and procured additional Mi-17s for FY2013, I am pleased that the Department of Defense heeded my call and ceased the procurement of all additional Mi-17s, including 14 that were planned for FY2014. On September 3, 2015, the U.S. Government sanctioned Rosoboronexport, barring all future U.S. military purchases with the company, and on June 22, 2016, the State Department announced Rosoboronexport had violated the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (P. L. 109–353) and placed additional sanctions on the arms dealer. Most recently, several agencies of the U.S. Intelligence Community jointly assessed that the Russian government orchestrated the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other organizations of the Democratic Party in the year prior to the 2016 presidential election, releasing thousands of stolen emails. I support the bipartisan congressional probe of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s interactions with the Russian ambassador. As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, I am pleased this committee is conducting a robust, independent review of Russian interference in the election and will keep your comments in mind as the inquiry moves forward. Ensuring U.S. elections remain transparent, fair, and free of foreign influence is essential for the future of our democracy. Russian actions that seek to undermine American public confidence in the electoral process must have consequences. The United States must also increase its defensive cybersecurity capabilities to protect against states and individuals who wish to do us harm, such as stealing intellectual property from U.S. businesses and compromising our national security. Finally, the Russian government’s respect for the rule of law and human rights has further degraded in recent years. According to the Department of State, Russia has engaged in attacks and killings of journalists, arbitrary detention and politically motivated imprisonments, and infringement on freedoms of speech and expression. There is also evidence of widespread corruption throughout the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Russian government. We cannot turn a blind eye to these deep-seated problems. For this reason, I was proud to cosponsor the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011, which was signed into law as part of the Russia and Moldova Jackson Vanik Repeal and Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (P.L. 112-208) on December 14, 2012. This legislation directs the Secretary of State to impose sanctions against individuals responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, and other human rights violations committed against individuals seeking to promote human rights in Russia or expose illegal activity and corruption by Russian Federation officials. I appreciate having the opportunity to represent Texas in the United States Senate, and you may be certain that I will keep your views in mind as these matters are discussed. Thank you for taking the time to contact me. Sincerely, JOHN CORNYN United States Senator 517 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Tel: (202) 224-2934 Fax: (202) 228-2856 http://www.cornyn.senate.gov Please sign up for my monthly newsletter at http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/newsletter. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of electronic communication, if you did not receive this e-mail directly from my office, I cannot guarantee that the text has not been altered. If you have questions about the validity of this message, or would like to respond to this message, please use the web form available at my website, Contact John Cornyn.

I’d say there are two main factors as to why convenience stores don’t have comics for sale anymore.First, it’s about money. Shelf space is a premium in a convenience store as every inch of it needs to sell and make money. For the space they’d need to display comics or magazines, they can make more selling Yoo Hoo and Twinkies.Next it comes down to comics and their distributors.Source: Comichron: Comics TimelineComics TimelineHelpful dates in comics circulation studyMay 1934: The first monthly comic book, Famous Funnies, publishes its first issue. By 1937, the title would be audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, which tracked its circulation in order to better inform the advertising industry. Many comics would be audited thereafter.1960: Comic book postal Statements of Ownership begin to report circulation figures. Previous statements had included no figures.1980s: Capital City Distribution begins publishing indexed preorder figures in its Internal Correspondence newsletter. Diamond Comic Distributors would follow much later, in its Diamond Dialogue magazine.1987: DC comics stops sending subscription copies Second Class, so it stops printing circulation figures.August 1995: Marvel begins exclusively distributing comics to comics shops through its own distributor, Heroes World Distribution.July 1996: Diamond Comic Distributors absorbs Capital City Distribution. Its reports now covered most of the non-Marvel comics shop sales.April 1997: Marvel folded Heroes World and returned its sales to Diamond. Diamond's sales reports thereafter covered most of the comics ordered by comics shops.January 1998: Diamond begins reporting preorders for its top Trade Paperbacks as a separate category.February 2003: Beginning with this month, Diamond shifted to reporting Final Orders from comics shops, rather than preorder figures.2012: Marvel stops running Statements of Ownership, leaving only Archie and Mad to publish them.Look at how circulation changed. Everyone started going through distributors or distributing themselves. Once Marvel and DC comics became almost impossible to get except for select comic shops, convenience stores had no incentive to carry the smaller independent titles nor pay the large fee to become a distributor.These two reasons converge into why you can’t buy Batman at the QuickTrip (TM).