$BCH has been genuinely steady lately, and today among the major coins it’s one of the most upright performers. But don’t rush to say it’s amazing. I checked it this week—it’s been green, but overall it’s still fallen more than Bitcoin in that one-week span.

That’s the persona of $BCH —an old-school payment coin, low fees, PoW, and a narrative so simple it can be explained in one sentence. So every time the market shakes, money comes here to rest. It rests, then leaves.

Look at this round of sectors and you’ll see it. RWA, privacy, meme—each one takes turns draining “blood.” For an old timer like $BCH , when it’s rising, nobody thinks of it; when it’s falling, it somehow manages to hold up a bit more. It’s a pure defensive player—can’t really score.

You already know what those copycoins that were being called “coin king” yesterday look like today. The difference between the real $BCH and its story is this: the story is loudest when the market is good. $BCH