R17 — considered for FOLD into ai-power-bottleneck (miner-leg stabilized; perspective is now an AI/HPC story)

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R17 — considered for FOLD into ai-power-bottleneck (miner-leg stabilized; perspective is now an AI/HPC story)

  • Type: consideration (subtype: retire/fold-proposal — NO ACTIVE.json edit this cycle per R17 Packet C guardrail)
  • event_id: 2026-05-20-crypto-geopolitics-r17-considered-for-fold
  • Source: R17 post-R16 research queue fanout — workflow/RUNS.md 2026-05-20 r17-post-r16-research-queue. Input: published/research-notes/2026-05-20-r17-active-json-capacity-hygiene-regrade.md (section 2). Tape from crypto (R15 5/19 close + 5/20 BTC Korea close).
  • Decision context: ACTIVE.json at 11 active vs 8 soft cap. R17 Packet C re-grades likely retire/fold candidates including this one.
  • Evidence (R15 5/19 tape + 5/20 BTC):
    • BTC-USD $77,186 RSI 46, 7d -4.87%, 30d +1.73% — range; original trigger ("BTC > $75K RSI > 65") fired on price but not RSI; correlation thesis has not materialized as a sustained trade
    • MARA $12.44 RSI 56, 7d -2.73%, 30d +6.96% — modest
    • RIOT $23.18 RSI 62.7, 7d -5.67%, 30d +28% — bouncing hard on AI/HPC pivot
    • CLSK $14.69 RSI 64, 7d +10.37%, 30d +21.91% — AI/HPC pivot working
    • GBTC $59.60 RSI 47.7, range
  • Verdict — PROPOSAL (not executed this cycle): FOLD into ai-power-bottleneck's equipment/AI-compute leg. CORZ already overlaps; adding CLSK + RIOT consolidates the AI/HPC-pivot signal under the perspective monetizing it.
  • Why fold not retire: RIOT 30d +28% and CLSK 30d +22% (without obvious BTC catalyst) is the AI/HPC pivot working independently of geopolitics — the original "crypto-geopolitics correlation" framing has been superseded by the more decisive AI-power thesis. The miners are now trading as AI-infra, not as a crypto-bloc.
  • Effect on thesis (proposal): Set status closed with verdict ("miner-leadership leg re-converged with ai-power-bottleneck's equipment leg as the AI/HPC-pivot rotation matured"). Add CLSK + RIOT to ai-power-bottleneck key_tickers as an "AI/HPC-pivot miners" sub-leg. File reopen-trigger as memory note ("BTC > $80K RSI > 65 sustained AND a geopolitics catalyst").
  • Why not executed this cycle: R17 Packet C explicitly: "do not edit ACTIVE.json unless the evidence is strong and cited. Output is decisions, not executions."
  • Action item for next perspective-touch refresh: add CLSK + RIOT to ai-power-bottleneck key_tickers; set crypto-geopolitics status closed; file reopen-trigger memory note. Net capacity effect: 11 → 10.
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Apr 10 ArchiveCrypto-Geopolitics Correlation Apr 9 Source@aleabitoreddit — 30 random US stocks I like today and why Apr 3 ArchiveCrypto-Geopolitics Correlation — April 3, 2026 (Updated) Mar 31 ArchiveCrypto-Geopolitics Correlation — March 31, 2026 (Updated)

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