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and other factors. Bitcoin

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payments, let's go. As

1:14

well as Arizona Crypto Reserve bill

1:17

passes the House committee heading to

1:19

the third reading. As well as

1:21

quantum computers likely to reveal Satoshi

1:23

Nakamoto is still alive according to

1:25

Bitcoin OG. Adam Beck. Also,

1:28

Saylor says ETF investors strong our

1:30

hands are helping to stabilize the Bitcoin.

1:32

He also shares with us 21

1:34

truths of Bitcoin, which I'll be revealing

1:36

for you in today's show, as

1:38

well as will the United States dump

1:40

gold for Bitcoin, a real

1:42

geoeconomic shift in real time. I think

1:44

most likely and I'll be breaking down the

1:46

most likely reasons for them to do

1:48

this. We'll also be taking a look

1:51

at the overall crypto market. All this plus

1:53

so much more in today's show. Yo,

2:01

what's good crypto fam? This

2:03

is first and foremost a

2:05

video show. So if you

2:08

want the full premium experience

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2:14

that's CryptoNewsAlerts .net. Today is

2:16

pod number 1 ,966. I'm

2:18

your host, JV. It's April 18, 2025.

2:21

Happy TGIF. A great

2:24

day to be alive and happy. Good

2:26

Friday, first and foremost.

2:29

Let's kick it off with our market watch

2:31

this Good Friday, shall we? And as

2:33

you can see on your screen, pretty little

2:35

bitty correcting, only down 1 % on the

2:37

day, maintaining above $84 ,500. At the time

2:39

of the live stream, Ether back in

2:41

the $1 ,500 range, unfortunately, XRP

2:44

BNB, Solana and Tron also in

2:46

the red and correcting as well. And

2:48

check it out, coinmarketcap.com,

2:50

the current crypto market

2:52

cap, says at $2 .67

2:54

trillion. and the Bitcoin

2:56

market cap is at 1 .6 trillion

2:59

roughly a trillion dollar difference between

3:01

the two 46 billion worth of

3:03

volume for the past 24 hours

3:05

with Bitcoin dominance coming in today

3:07

at 62 .9 % the apex predator

3:09

as ether dominance goes all the

3:11

way down to a minuscule seven

3:15

And check it out top 100 crypto gainers past

3:17

24 hours We got tau leading in the back

3:19

up 10 % full about flare up 9 % followed

3:21

by a mutable of five and a half percent

3:23

followed by the sandbox which all Tiffany are your

3:25

bullish on for the bull how large a boy

3:27

and check it out the crypto bubbles I like

3:29

to get the visual perspective on the day safe

3:31

to say Let's get

3:33

an update, here we go, updated, okay, so

3:36

I'd say majority of the alts are actually in

3:38

the green today, but the top ones are

3:40

correcting and in the red, as ironic as that

3:42

is, fart coin down 10 % on the day.

3:44

Zooming out on the weekly. I'd

3:46

say 60 40 red over green

3:49

on being the biggest loser and you

3:51

understand that was rug pulled lost

3:53

like five billion a market cap

3:55

overnight unfortunately and Checking out the crypto

3:57

greed and fear index today. We're

3:59

33 fear yesterday at 30 last

4:01

week at 25 extreme fear and last

4:03

month at 32 fear silver lining

4:06

the lower this number goes in

4:08

extreme fear the more likely of a

4:10

pumpy pump So let's pump it

4:12

up and checking out the infamous

4:14

time chain calendar uh we're currently on

4:16

block number 892 ,990 and uh We

4:18

have 157 ,000 blocks into the

4:20

next halving, and you can currently exchange

4:23

one fiat monopoly dollar for 1 ,183

4:25

sats. So pick up the sats,

4:27

put down the gas, and pick

4:29

up some Bitcoin caps from a man's

4:31

Sergio. Over at BitcoinCaps .net. And if

4:33

you don't know, now you know,

4:35

Joey. Let's get it. Let's kick it

4:37

off now that we did our market watch. We'll do

4:39

a little TA, a little astrology for the broskis. A

4:42

headline here reads, Bitcoin price volatility imminent.

4:44

As speculators move 170 ,000 of the

4:46

bitty, does according to the latest TA

4:49

from CryptoQuantz. Let's break this down, then I'll

4:51

pull up some of the live charts. Bitcoin

4:53

short -term hodlers are signaling that the

4:55

current calm Bitcoin price behavior may

4:57

not last long. CryptoQuantz revealed

5:00

that 170 ,000 BTC owned by entities

5:02

would have purchased date between three

5:04

to six months ago, begun to

5:06

circulate, quoting them here. Around 170

5:08

,000 bitties are moving from the

5:10

three to six month hodler cohort. Large

5:12

movements from this group often

5:14

signal that significant volatility is imminent.

5:17

And the chart, as pulled up

5:19

right here, shows the impact of the

5:21

previous short -term hodler events, with

5:23

the latest being the largest by volume

5:25

since late 2021. Price direction varies,

5:27

both upwards and downwards, making market

5:30

responses visible. Volatility is a comment.

5:32

And short -term hodler entities are notoriously

5:34

sensitive to snap market moves and transitive

5:36

narratives. That's why I got to be

5:38

in the cohort of the long -term hodlers.

5:40

Don't be so sensitive, Karen. And

5:42

recent Bitcoin price downside has been met

5:44

with episodes. of the panic selling by the

5:46

cohort, which is defined as an entity

5:48

buying up to six months previously. Earlier

5:51

in the week, CryptoQuant listed the short -term

5:53

hodlers as one of the main sources

5:55

of the current Bitcoin selling pressure. Not a

5:57

good look, short -term folk. Short -term hodlers

5:59

have been the primary sellers, sending an average

6:01

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6:36

I mean, it is what it is.

6:38

In contrast, long -term hotellers only moved

6:40

about 529 Bitcoin daily, highlighting the

6:42

short -term fear or profit taking while

6:44

long -term conviction remains intact. Meanwhile,

6:46

CrazyBlock described the classic shakeout

6:48

as occurring in Bitcoin while

6:52

- Concerns over a uniform

6:54

rush of exit across the investor spectrum

6:56

as he shares here with Bitcoin trading

6:58

sideways and volatility compressing This cohort driven

7:00

breakdown helps us understand that the current

7:02

correction is not a mass exodus by

7:04

the smart money It's more likely a

7:06

reaction from the nervous short -term mid -tier

7:08

Cabbage hand hodlers. So please don't be

7:11

like cabbage hands Portnoy over here and

7:13

hold the Bitcoin for the long term

7:15

You got to have the diamond hands.

7:17

You got a hodl at least a

7:19

minimum I would say of four to

7:21

eight years to extend significant gains. And

7:23

in fact, every single Bitcoin holler from

7:25

my understanding that has been hodling for

7:28

at least four years is in the

7:30

black, meaning with it, at least an

7:32

unrealized gain. And that's where you want

7:34

to be. Never sell at an unrealized

7:36

loss because then you're turning an unrealized

7:38

loss to the real McCoy, a real

7:40

loss. And that's not a good look,

7:42

and that's something the short term hodlers

7:45

are apparently notorious for. But

7:47

with all that being shared, I

7:49

promise to pull up some of the

7:51

live chart. We'll do some live

7:53

chart action, Jackson Satisfaction here on TGIF.

7:56

And yeah, you're looking at the outward chart

7:58

right here via Coinbase, via TradingView. There's live

8:00

and in the flesh, not a lot

8:02

of Movement really going on right now.

8:04

It's been trading sideways for the day

8:06

But we do have a target sitting

8:08

at 88 ,000 zoom in or bear

8:10

target sitting just shy of seventy eight

8:12

six zoom it out from there We'll

8:14

take a look at a four hour

8:16

Four hour chart says it's going on

8:18

forever, Jamie. We do have,

8:20

you know, we did have a dip,

8:22

but we have recovered and we're currently

8:24

again, flat line at 84 -5. Bear

8:26

scenario in play of 73 -5 on

8:28

the four hour, no bull scenario printed

8:31

currently. And zoom it out a

8:33

little further for the daily. We do have the

8:35

rising wedge followed by the falling wedge. It's like

8:37

a yo -yo. Let's see if we slinky back

8:39

to the rising wedgie formation. We do

8:41

have the bull. Trend scenario sitting just

8:43

shy of 112 ,000 taking us back to

8:45

price discovery currently sitting at 1093 the

8:47

current all -time high achieved in January back

8:49

on inauguration day We do have a bear

8:51

scenario just shy of 69 G's baby

8:53

And then there's a super bear sitting at

8:55

49 ,000 and zoom it out a little

8:57

further from there We'll take a look

8:59

at a weekly then we'll check out the

9:01

monthly real quick the weekly chart shows

9:03

a Cup and handle target as you can

9:05

see on your screen Last week we

9:07

finally had a green candle close and this

9:09

week thus far if things continue where

9:11

they're at at least we'll get another green

9:13

weekly close we have till sunday to

9:15

go but we'll see i mean again not

9:17

lots really happening right now unfortunately it's

9:19

been pretty boring but it is what it

9:21

is and zoom out a little further

9:23

we look at the monthly and the monthly

9:25

Also shows past couple of months have

9:27

been bearish, unfortunately, but hopefully we

9:30

can maintain in the green for the month

9:32

of April. Now we're in the second quarter

9:34

of 2025. It's the year preceding the halving.

9:36

So you already know, typically it's a very,

9:38

very bullish year and hopefully we ain't seeing

9:40

none yet. Here's the latest big news coming

9:42

out of Switzerland. Spar supermarket in

9:44

Switzerland starts accepting Bitcoin payments. How many of

9:46

you have ever been to Switzerland? Let

9:48

me know. I visited there for a few

9:50

days on my Euro trip. Beautiful scene. The

9:53

mountains were very majestic. It was

9:55

freezing when we were there, but nonetheless...

9:58

I just remember going on the train

10:01

and witnessing all the epic views of

10:03

the mountains and such. It was good.

10:05

It was a good look. Global

10:08

grocery giant SPAR has rolled out Bitcoin

10:10

based payments in Swiss city, marking another

10:12

step in the growing adoption of the

10:14

crypto for everyday transactions. Now

10:16

the SPAR supermarkets in Zug, Switzerland implemented

10:18

the Bitcoin payments via the Lightning

10:20

Network. The stores Bitcoin payments went live

10:22

on Bitcoin now, a community driven

10:25

project highlighting stores that accept bitty payments.

10:28

X Swiss, a crypto to fiat payment

10:30

solution firm announced just recently. This

10:32

bar location is among the first supermarkets

10:34

in Switzerland where you can pay

10:36

directly at the checkout using Bitcoin via

10:38

the Lightning Network. Thanks to our

10:40

new hashtag open crypto pay solution and

10:42

open peer to peer standard for

10:44

in -person crypto payments. I think that's

10:46

fantastic. So if you want to live

10:48

off of Bitcoin, you can do

10:50

that as groceries and everyday expense, obviously.

10:53

And most grocery stores do not.

10:55

accept payments. So that's a step

10:57

in the right direction. Bring it.

10:59

Switzerland has long been regarded as

11:01

one of the more crypto -friendly European

11:03

jurisdictions with some of the earliest

11:06

crypto adoption initiatives. Back in 2023,

11:08

the Swiss city of Lugano adopted

11:10

Bitcoin and Tether USDT payments for

11:12

all municipal fees, one of the

11:14

world's first city administrations. To do

11:16

so, there are currently 1 ,013

11:18

stores and businesses accepting Bitcoin payments

11:20

just in Switzerland. According to the

11:22

Bitcoin map data outline, right here

11:25

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There's a lot of options out there. And

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increasingly, more companies are adopting crypto in

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the country, sorts of in base blockchain ecosystem.

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here I thought unicorn was

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a fictional beast. No, unicorn

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and resilience and if you don't

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know now you know some of

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the crypto valley's well -known projects

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include layer one blockchain network ethereum

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cardano and casper blockchain i guess

13:53

casper's the friendly ghost i didn't

13:55

realize but anyways uh there you

13:57

have it broskies hopefully they start

13:59

adopting some retail bitty lightning payments

14:01

in the united states as well

14:03

Following Switzerland's footsteps. Why not here?

14:05

Here's the latest with the Arizona

14:07

bill. Good news. Arizona crypto reserve

14:09

bill passes the House committee and

14:11

it now heads to the third

14:13

reading. Lucky number three. That's right.

14:15

One of Arizona's crypto reserve bills

14:17

have been passed by the House

14:19

and is now one successful vote

14:21

away from heading to the governor's

14:24

desk. for the official approval and

14:26

this is the Arizona strategic digital

14:28

asset reserve bill SB 1373 which

14:30

was approved officially yesterday April 17th

14:32

by the House of Committee of

14:34

a whole which involves 60 House

14:36

members shut out to the House

14:38

members weighing in on the bill

14:40

before our third and final reading

14:42

in a full Floor vote. So

14:44

this is pretty massive, as you can

14:46

see here from the Bitcoin laws. Arizona Update

14:48

Bitcoin Reserve Bill SB 1373 has been

14:50

passed by the House Committee of the Whole.

14:52

The next step is the third reading

14:54

of the final vote. And you can see

14:56

trailing behind Arizona. Of course,

14:58

we have New Hampshire, we have Texas, Alabama,

15:01

we got Florida, we got Georgia.

15:04

I get my peaches out in Georgia.

15:06

Ooh, that's it. I like my from

15:08

California. Ooh, that's yeah. SB

15:11

1373 seeks to establish a digital

15:13

asset strategic reserve fund made up

15:15

by the digital assets seized through

15:17

the criminal proceedings to be managed

15:19

by the state treasurer. Arizona's

15:22

treasurer would be permitted to invest

15:24

up to 10 % of the

15:26

fund's total monies in any fiscal

15:28

year in digital assets. The pre -Lobidia

15:30

is going up forever, Laura. The

15:32

treasurer would also be able to

15:34

loan the fund's assets in order

15:36

to increase returns, provided it done

15:38

increase financial risk. However, the Senate

15:40

approved SB 71373, maybe a Setback

15:42

by the Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs,

15:44

who recently pledged to veto all

15:47

the bills until the legislator passes

15:49

a bill for disability funding. Boo,

15:52

Katie. Hobbs also has a history

15:54

of vetoing bills before the House

15:56

and has vetoed 15 bills sent

15:58

to her desk this week alone.

16:00

I say we fire Katie Hobbs.

16:02

How do you like those apples,

16:05

Katie? Now, Bitcoin Laws founder and

16:07

Apollo CEO Julian Farrer told Cointelegraph

16:09

he expects SB 1373 will pass

16:11

the House, though it may merge

16:13

with another crypto -related bill, such as

16:15

the SB 1062, which aims

16:17

to expand the definition of legal

16:19

debtor and to include a crypto

16:21

currency. Arizona is the new leader

16:23

for the state Bitcoin Reserve race,

16:25

where yet? Arizona let's go SB

16:27

1373 has been passing through Arizona's

16:29

legislative alongside Arizona strategic pick on

16:31

reserve act SB 1025 Which only

16:33

includes the pre little bitty the

16:35

bill proposes allowing Arizona's Treasury and

16:37

the state retirement system invest up

16:39

to 10 % of the available

16:41

funds into the bitty SB 1025

16:43

also passed Arizona House Committee as

16:45

a whole April 1st and is

16:47

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16:49

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16:51

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the cornerstone provision established in the Bitty

17:28

Reserve in the final reading. The Texas

17:30

Senate passed Bitcoin Reserve bill also on

17:32

March 6th, while a similar bill recently

17:34

passed New Hampshire's house, give it up

17:36

for the new hamsters. While

17:38

Arizona has seen most of the progress,

17:40

Farer believes that the Texas bill is

17:42

the best shot. So you're telling

17:44

me there's a chance at being

17:46

signed into law, noting it has seen

17:48

the fewest explicit roadblocks thus far.

17:51

And if you don't know now, you

17:53

know, state adoption coming to a

17:55

state. near you. Here's the

17:57

latest from Mr. OG himself,

17:59

Adam Back, who many still believe

18:01

is Satoshi, by the way. He

18:03

says quantum computers are likely to

18:06

reveal if Satoshi is alive. Early

18:08

cyberpunk, Mr. Adam Back, the OG

18:10

himself, cited Satoshi in the Bitcoin

18:12

White Paper, suggesting quantum computing pressure

18:14

may reveal whether the blockchain synonymous

18:16

creator is still alive. And what's

18:18

your thinking? Yay or nay to

18:20

Satoshi being alive? Let me know

18:22

in that live chat. During the

18:24

interview at the Q &A session of

18:26

the Satoshi event in Turin on

18:28

April 18th, back suggested that quantum

18:30

computing may force Nakamoto to move

18:32

their Bitcoin. That's because according to

18:34

back, Bitcoin hollers will be forced

18:36

to move their assets to a

18:38

newer quantum resistant signature based addresses.

18:40

powerful. Back said that the current quantum

18:42

computers do not pose a credible

18:44

threat to Bitcoin's cryptography, but will likely

18:46

threaten it in the future. Back

18:48

estimated that the quantum computers may evolve

18:51

to the extent in maybe 20

18:53

years, meaning all of your Bitcoin will

18:55

eventually have to go to a

18:57

new updated wallet which can be hacked

18:59

by quantum computing over the next

19:01

20 years, according to the OG. When

19:04

the threat becomes real, backs of the

19:06

Bitcoin community will have to choose between

19:08

depreciating old vulnerable addresses or letting those

19:10

funds be stolen, quitting them here. If

19:12

the quantum computers are here and people

19:14

at universities and research labs have access,

19:16

the network has a choice to either

19:19

let people steal them or to freeze

19:21

them to depreciate. the signature. Adam

19:23

Back expects the community to go with

19:25

the former option, forcing Bitcoin's autonomous crater.

19:27

So ultimately, if Satoshi is still alive,

19:29

he's going to be forced to move

19:31

his funds, which will verify Satoshi is

19:33

alive. And then naturally, if he never

19:36

moves it, all those coins will get

19:38

lost and donated to the network. And

19:40

then it'll prove Satoshi is probably Unalived

19:42

still back said that whether such a

19:44

situation will reveal as Satoshi is alive

19:46

also depends on the Bitcoin future privacy

19:48

features Quitting them here. It depends on

19:50

a bit of the technology. There are

19:53

some research ideas that could add privacy

19:55

to the bitty So possibly there might

19:57

be ways to fix quantum issues while

19:59

keeping privacy still not everyone is convinced

20:01

that privacy enhancements are not such as

20:03

a scenario would reveal whether Nakamoto was

20:05

alive an anonymous early Bitcoin miner and

20:07

member of the Bitcoin community shared that

20:09

he does not expect Nakamoto's coins to

20:12

be moved, as shared here, even if

20:14

he is alive and holds the private

20:16

keys, I do not think he'd move

20:18

them. Based on how he acted so

20:20

far, I would rather expect to let

20:22

the community to decide. And

20:24

he also added that since this is

20:26

a controversial choice, it makes sense to

20:28

let the community decide. He said that

20:31

he'd be surprised if Nakamoto came out

20:33

of the woodwork to move the assets.

20:35

And I'm in that camp as well.

20:37

I don't think he is alive and

20:39

or he would move it regardless. And

20:41

I think he would just dedicate it

20:43

to the network. Either way, now the

20:45

quantum resistant on Bitcoin back explained most

20:47

quantum resistant signature implementations either unproven in

20:49

terms of security or very expensive from

20:51

a data perspective. He cited lamp or

20:53

signatures for the old and proven design,

20:55

but pointed out that the weight. They

20:58

weigh tens of kilobytes, and consequently, he

21:00

suggested that Bitcoin should be prepared to

21:02

switch to quantum -resistant signatures, but only

21:04

do so when necessary, which again could

21:06

be 20 years from now. He suggested

21:08

a Bitcoin taproot -based implementation, allowing addresses to

21:10

switch to quantum -resistant signatures when needed.

21:12

And there you have it, which goes

21:14

to show you that the bit coiners

21:16

will always be ahead of the quantum

21:18

computing because a common thing is like,

21:20

dude, we got to worry quantum computers

21:22

are going to attack or hack all

21:25

of our crypto. Well, we'll be on

21:27

top of things because we're not art

21:29

hearted. Are we bitty broskies?

21:31

I want to share with you the

21:33

latest from the gigachat, including 21

21:35

Bitcoin troops, which he just published on

21:37

X. And also this headline reads,

21:39

Sailor says ETF investors stronger hands will

21:42

help stabilize. the Bitcoin,

21:44

referring to like ETFs such

21:46

as BlackRock, etc. So

21:48

yeah, let's break this down. Balchunas

21:50

pointed out that the spot Bitcoin

21:52

ETFs have attracted 131 million over

21:54

the past 90 days and are

21:56

up 2 .4 billion since January

21:58

1st. He called this impressive, noting

22:00

it helps explain why Bitcoin has

22:02

been relatively stable. its owners are

22:04

more stable, he says. Balchuna said

22:06

Bitcoin ETF investors have much stronger

22:08

hands than most people think. He

22:11

said this should increase the stability

22:13

and lower Bitcoin's volatility and correlation

22:15

in the long term. Saylor's firm,

22:17

Strategy B, made its latest Bitcoin

22:19

acquisition April 14th, acquiring $3 ,459 of

22:21

the biddy for $285 million at

22:23

an average price of $82 ,600

22:25

per coin. According to the Saylor

22:27

tracker, strategy holds now 531 ,644 BTC.

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23:08

time, Bitcoin is trading at around

23:10

just shy of $85 ,000. And

23:12

over the past 30 days, Bitcoin

23:15

traded between $75 ,000 and $88 ,000

23:17

amid macroeconomic uncertainty primarily driven by

23:19

Trump's imposed tariffs and the ongoing

23:21

questions about the future of the

23:23

US interest rates. Despite this, Bitcoin

23:25

remained above its previous all -time high,

23:27

which is roughly $73 ,600 first

23:29

surpassed back in November. Participants

23:31

in the broader financial market have also

23:33

expressed surprise at Bitcoin's relative strength

23:36

in recent times, particularly in comparison to

23:38

the S &P. And now, again, I

23:40

wanted to read. to you, the

23:42

21 truths of Bitcoin, Asper Michael Saylor.

23:44

He recently shared this, it looks

23:46

like dated April 17th. This was yesterday

23:48

at 1 .29 PM, 21 truths of

23:50

Bitcoin. Number one, Bitcoin is an

23:53

ideology. Number two, Bitcoin is a protocol.

23:55

Number three, Bitcoin is an asset.

23:57

Number four, Bitcoin is a network. Number

23:59

five, Bitcoin is immaculate. Number six,

24:01

Bitcoin is ethical. Number seven, Bitcoin is

24:03

a commodity. Number eight, Bitcoin is

24:05

a digital commodity. Number nine, Bitcoin is

24:07

digital scarcity. Number 10, Bitcoin is

24:10

digital goal. Number 11, Bitcoin is digital

24:12

money, number 12, Bitcoin is perfect

24:14

money, number 13, Bitcoin is legitimate, number

24:16

14, Bitcoin is corporate, number 15,

24:18

Bitcoin is global, number 16, Bitcoin is

24:20

immortal, number 17, Bitcoin is digital

24:22

energy, number 18, Bitcoin is a digital

24:24

energy network, number 19, Bitcoin is

24:27

a digital economic system, number 20, Bitcoin

24:29

is a digital defense system, and

24:31

number 21, Bitcoin is an emerging star

24:33

system. And if you don't know,

24:35

now you know. as per Mikey Saylor.

24:37

Now for our featured story the

24:39

day, will the United States literally dump

24:41

their gold reserves for Bitcoin for

24:44

their strategic Bitcoin reserve? Well,

24:46

let's break this down. We've been hinting

24:48

this for a while as there's

24:50

many net neutral ways for the United

24:52

States to acquire Bitcoin. So is

24:54

this the dawn of a new reserve

24:56

era from gold to treasuries to

24:58

Bitcoin? Let's break her down.

25:00

The U .S. has long relied on

25:02

the U .S. dollar and U .S. treasuries

25:04

as the twin pillars of its

25:06

economic, fiscal, and monetary strategies. But what

25:08

happens when all these instruments lose

25:10

their luster and become lackluster? According to

25:12

the Bitcoin Policy Institute, head of

25:15

policy, Zach Shapiro. The current

25:17

financial system is entering a historic inflection

25:19

point. In a recent interview, they

25:21

shared with the Bitcoin Policy Hour, noting

25:23

that the U .S. announces we are

25:25

buying a million Bitcoin as just

25:27

a global size make shock. In fact,

25:29

we covered that in great detail

25:32

yesterday that the Bitcoin price they believe

25:34

the Bitcoin Policy Institute would soar

25:36

literally skyrocket to a million per coin

25:38

just off the announcement of the

25:40

US purchasing a million Bitcoin. They say

25:42

we're probably go very quickly to

25:44

something like a million dollars per pretty

25:47

little bitty going up forever, Laura.

25:49

And while the changing monetary order, a

25:51

potential movement from treasuries as the

25:53

reserve assets towards the bitty is largely

25:55

evident for those with eyes to

25:57

see, the paths that can be taken

25:59

on that journey are a myriad

26:01

of gold's role is the largest question

26:04

mark facing the market. Recent discussions

26:06

around revaluing the US gold holding still

26:08

officially priced at $42 per ounce,

26:10

the derivatives, could unleash nearly

26:12

a trillion in new purchasing power

26:14

should the United States decide to

26:17

draw upon it. What would the

26:19

US do with that windfall? Well,

26:21

the Bitcoin Institute's policy thinkers are

26:23

right. It might be deployed to

26:25

acquire a strategic Bitcoin reserve in

26:27

a budget neutral manner, precisely, in

26:30

alignment with the remit of

26:32

the strategic Bitcoin reserve executive order

26:34

recently signed by the Trumpster. Now,

26:36

gold is ancient. Bitcoin is strategic.

26:38

One of my favorite quotes from

26:40

Max Kaiser. Gold is the

26:42

poor man's bitcoin, which is

26:44

right in alignment here. Gold is

26:47

ancient. Bitcoin is strategic. According

26:49

to Matthew Pines, executive director of

26:51

BPI, frames the choice in

26:53

stark geoeconomic terms. In terms of

26:55

strategic leverage, there is a

26:57

asymmetric advantage for the United States

26:59

to having Bitcoin monetized relative

27:01

to gold. Pines went to note

27:03

that the US and its

27:05

population owns 35 % of all

27:07

the Bitcoin in circulation. a ratio

27:09

that gives Washington serious incentive

27:11

to prefer digital over metallic money.

27:13

Gold, despite its historical credibility,

27:15

is centralizable, expensive to transport, and

27:17

incompatible with the 21st century

27:19

economy. And while central banks

27:21

continue stacking it, As a

27:24

hedge against the weaponization of treasuries,

27:26

its utility as a modern

27:28

reserve asset remains constrained. Bitcoin by

27:30

contrast is fast, global, and

27:32

increasingly liquid. A networked form of

27:35

monetary energy that size steps.

27:37

The geopolitical choke points that define

27:39

traditional finance. The post dollar

27:41

world has already begun. The dollar

27:43

remains dominant. but fragile, according

27:45

to Shapiro citing Triffin's dilemma, noting

27:48

how the US must increasingly

27:50

choose between domestic economic goals and

27:52

the international demand of the

27:54

reserve currency issuance. Sanctions like those

27:56

imposed on Russia's dollar reserves

27:58

in 2022 shook the global confidence

28:01

and the neutrality of the

28:03

US assets. You

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on our way. And

28:32

since then, foreign central banks have

28:35

responded by moving rapidly into the

28:37

gold. And in some cases, into

28:39

the pre -lobity going up for

28:41

Avalora. The Treasury is becoming less

28:43

of a neutral reserve asset, according

28:45

to Shapiro. Reference escalating disorder in

28:47

the bond markets and the US

28:49

perceived a politicization of the financial

28:51

power. And I also may add

28:54

the de -dollarization from the US dollar,

28:56

such as the BRICS movement, being

28:58

a great example of that. Yet

29:00

both he and Pine stressed that

29:02

the America still has tools, and

29:05

Bitcoin may be the most potent

29:07

amongst them by shifting revenues into the

29:09

bitty, the US can reduce reliance

29:11

on debt issuance. In fact, we can

29:13

reduce up to 50 % or more

29:15

of the debt, according to Lummis,

29:17

just by establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve

29:19

or maybe offloading the gold and

29:21

trading it for the... and

29:24

securing asymmetric leverage in a

29:26

digitized world, the act from a

29:28

position of strength, country's

29:36

superpower, Bitcoin superpower in the world. So

29:38

whatever country is going to be the first

29:40

to stack 1 to 5 million, Bitcoin

29:43

will most likely be the only one to

29:45

do so and become a literal Bitcoin

29:47

superpower. Will it be the US? Will it

29:49

be China? Will it be Russia? What

29:51

are your thoughts? The strategic Bitcoin reserve, is

29:53

it a national imperative? Yeah,

29:55

man, under the executive order now, got

29:57

into the Trumpster administration. The Bitcoin

29:59

strategy departments like the Treasury and Commerce

30:01

are already exploring the budget neutral

30:03

pass. Michael Saylor already laid out a

30:06

Dozen plus viable options for the

30:08

administration to acquire Bitcoin one of them

30:10

is revaluing their gold holdings And

30:12

also we need to do the audit

30:14

already at Fort Knox to understand

30:16

if we even have it and also

30:18

selling surplus federal assets which could

30:20

include real estate gold and spectrum rights

30:23

Also, what about just printing money out

30:25

of thin air and trading it

30:27

for the hardest asset in human history?

30:29

We're using tariff revenues or royalties.

30:31

In fact, we can reduce the entire

30:34

national debt using any of these

30:36

methods as well. Pines emphasizes the urgency

30:38

of the institutional execution. She says,

30:40

words matter, especially when they come from

30:42

the White House. He said, my

30:44

bad. And in executive order, stating Bitcoin

30:46

is strategic, it itself is a

30:48

global signal. However, he also heightened the

30:50

bureaucratic like inertia as the real

30:52

challenge. Obviously, there's still enemies of Bitcoin.

30:55

There's a massive difference between the

30:57

speed at which the White House wants

30:59

to move and the ability of

31:01

the federal bureaucracy to follow. Yeah,

31:03

I mean, now from theory to

31:05

detonation, the global fallout, the US with

31:07

the Bitcoin pivot, if America were

31:09

to allow through on large acquisition of

31:11

the bitty, the effects would be

31:13

both immediate and far reaching. Other nation

31:15

states will see that they can't

31:18

be left behind, sparking the global hash

31:20

wars coin by Max Kaiser. And

31:22

I think that's just a given, would

31:24

that spark Russia and China to

31:26

try to get the first movers advantage

31:28

becoming the Bitcoin superpower of the

31:30

world? I think so. Both Shapiro and

31:32

Pines agree whatever your view on

31:34

the Triffin's Dilemma or the monetary policy

31:36

history, Bitcoin is now too strategic

31:38

to ignore. Bitcoin is indispensable. Wherever

31:41

we're going next, it's going to help

31:43

us. get there. So whether the US

31:45

will truly dump gold is yet to

31:47

be determined, I think it's likely, what

31:49

are your thoughts? But the quote, the

31:51

late Charlie Munger, show me the incentives

31:53

and I'll show you the outcome, the

31:55

incentives given the US and China competition,

31:58

the game theory, and America's relative dominance

32:00

with regards to the domestic Bitcoin holding

32:02

suggests. And about face on

32:04

gold would very well be

32:06

on the cards. But you let

32:08

me know, obviously, We

32:10

hold the cards, not China. China

32:12

doesn't hold the cards. We

32:15

hold the cards. Nipponator holds the

32:17

cards. So let me know your thoughts, family,

32:19

and I'll read your comments out loud and

32:21

welcome everyone to the Q &A segment of

32:23

the live stream. Trump just gave

32:25

back the lands of some of the

32:27

tribes of the NW. Good.

32:31

That means the indigenous people got some of their

32:33

lands back. That's a step in the right direction. Please

32:36

such be there is no way

32:38

any country gonna mass 5 million big

32:40

what if it was a long -term

32:42

strategy brother? Like a 10

32:45

-year play or something and they're like

32:47

so what would that be a half

32:49

a million Bitcoin per year in my

32:51

opinion would be very doable because Michael

32:53

Saylor purchases an insane amount of Bitcoin

32:55

I don't know how he does it,

32:57

but he gets his hand on sometimes

32:59

two billion dollars worth of Bitcoin in

33:01

a single week So if they can

33:03

do it why can't? America

33:05

do it. Chickadee,

33:07

China. Chickadee, Chickadee,

33:09

Chickadee, Chickadee. Exactly. How

33:12

many bitcoins are there? 14 million. 1

33:14

.1 held in the original Satoji wallets.

33:16

And there has never moved. 3 .6 has

33:18

made it be permanently lost. 1 .5

33:20

million had to be mine. Who's selling

33:22

5 million to anyone? Well, I

33:24

would dare assume there's probably 2 million on

33:26

the exchanges. Is there a number

33:28

out there you can verify? So

33:30

let's just say 2 million are in the

33:33

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buys them, they trade their gold reserves for it,

34:03

and then they have a long -term plan to

34:05

acquire, just hypothetically speaking, if they were to go

34:07

the route of purchasing 5 million, which is 25 %

34:09

of the circulating supply. And then over

34:11

the course of the next few years, they acquire some

34:13

more, I mean, as fast as

34:15

they can get in, who knows? Maybe

34:17

they're going to seize it from the

34:19

next batch of criminals, because that's currently

34:21

how the United States has acquired all

34:24

their Bitcoin, because they seize it from

34:26

the other criminals. So we got criminals

34:28

seizing Bitcoin from other criminals, but we

34:30

need to change that, and they need

34:32

to start acquiring it strategically, not just

34:34

from stealing it. And don't forget to

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