
Max Keiser who coined the phrase "Bitcoin Global Hash Wars" years back predicts: "If USA buys 1 - 5 million Bitcoin they remove Russia’s ability to de-dollarize the world (and keep inflation as high as they want it - being the world’s no 1 commodity producer).
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Welcome crypto fam to no. 1 Daily Bitcoin Pod in today's show, I'll be sharing the latest Bitcoin technical analysis as we're currently correcting. And in the red. We'll also be discussing whale closes 516 million 40x bitcoin short pocketing 9.4 million profit in just 8 days. Also, Elon says he found the magic money computers printing money out of thin air. And Max says the problem is when you turn these off, the economy dives into an insta recession. 98% of the GDP in the United States is fake. We'll also be discussing Michael Sailor strategy plans to offer 5 million shares to buy more bitcoin. Also, Zappo bank launches Bitcoin back USD loans targeting Hodlers. That's right, Bitcoin back loans to borrow some USD. Also breaking news quoting Max Kaiser if the United States buys 1 to 5 million bitcoin, they remove Russia's ability to dollarize the world and keep inflation as high as they want it. Being the world's number one commodity producer, I'll be breaking down this latest prediction from the High Priest. We'll also be taking a look at the overall crypto market. All this plus so much more in today's show. Yo, what's good Crypto fam? This is first and foremost a video show. So if you want the full premium experience with video, visit my YouTube channel @Crypto News Alerts. Again, that's Crypto News Alerts. Net today is Pod 1937. I'm your fearless host JV and today is 3-18-2025 pre little bitty back in a red maintaining just above 81,600 at the time of the live stream. And let's check out coin360 for our market watch. Bitcoin down 2% on the day. Ether down almost 2% on the day. Trading under 1900. Salana XRP Cardano all correcting and in the red and checking out coin market cap. Com. The current crypto market cap sitting at 2.68 trillion. The Bitcoin market cap 1.618 trillion. We have roughly 72 billion worth of volume for the past 24 hours and the bitcoin dominance today is coming in at 60.6% and ether dominance at 8 and a half percent. Checking out top 100 crypto gainers past 24 hours. Pancake swap leading the pack up 5 and a half percent followed by tun coin up 4.2%. Happy 420 Bris and Dexi up 3.4%. Very modest gains overall as the majority of the market is correcting and in the red and checking out the crypto bubbles. We get a visual perspective on the day, Safe to say 90% of the market in the red and zoom it out on the month for a broader perspective. 95% of the market REC City 30 40, 50% losses across the board. And checking out the crypto greed and fear index today we're 34 fear yesterday 32 last week at 24 an extreme fear and last month of 54 neutral. And checking out the time chain calendar we have 161658 blocks into the next having in 2028 currently on block number 888342 and today you can exchange one fiat monopoly dollar for 1224 sats to pick up the sats. Put down the gats, pick up some bitcoin caps from a man Sergio over@bitcoin caps.net Next story is our technical analysis aka astrology for the Brosis. And of course we'll be pulling up some of the live charts as bitcoin stalls under 85,000. Here are the key bitcoin price levels to watch ahead of the FOMC which is coming around the corner. Bitcoin price failed another attempt at breaking above 85 resistance today. Since March 12th bitcoin price formed daily candle highs between 84 and 85 but has been unable to close above 846. Here's the one hour chart. I'll be pulling up the live charts here shortly. Bitcoin remains in no man's land on the lower time frame of the one hour chart. This term in trading markets is defined as a price range where the movements are characterized by uncertainty, significant risk and dynamic tension due to the external events and conflicting market sentiment. With the FOMC meeting set to take place on the 18th through the 19th, I didn't realize it's a two day ordeal. That means it starts today and ends tomorrow. Markets can see a volatile price swing towards the bitty price level over the next couple of days, so expect more, you know, volatility. The critical announcement on the interest rate will be made on March 19th at 2pm which ultimately means tomorrow around this time and according to the Fed Watch tool, there's a 99% chance the current interest rates will remain between 4 and a quarter and 4 and a half percent, leaving just a 1% probability of a quarter percent rate cut. But what if everyone has it wrong and we're all anticipating them not doing nothing and they cut the rates? Well if they cut the rates, it's bullish for Bitcoin. If they don't cut it in, which everyone's fact factoring in, then most likely we may continue to trade sideways. Who knows. So anyways, the market is focused on J Pal, the U S Fed Chair speech during this FOMC meeting. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone Paying Big wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop with Mint. You can get Premium Wireless for just 15amonth. Of course if you enjoy overpaying. No judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment anyway. Give it a try@mintmobile.com Switch upfront payment of 45 for 3 month plan equivalent to 15 per month required intro rate first 3 months only, then full price plan options available, taxes and fees extra. See full terms@mint mobile.com with respect to the recent data, J Pal stance is likely to be hawkish with the assessment based on the following points including the CPI remaining at 2.8% and unemployment data remaining low at 4.1%. And we all know these numbers are fudged to begin with, but I mean it's political theater in my opinion. Poly Market right now says there's 100% chance that the U.S. fed will conclude quantitative tightening by April 30th. 100% chance? Wow. Which could boost the odds of a rate cut as early as this summer. And the key price levels to watch is bitcoin. Must flip the 85 resistance into support and then we can target back above 90,000 as you know the current all time high is 1093, which was achieved a couple of months back on Inauguration Day, January 20th. So that's current price discovery. So for this to happen and reclaim 90, we must first regain the position above the 200 day exponential moving average, which you can see here on the chart in the orange on the one day chart. And as you know, the bitcoin price dropped below the 200 day exponential moving average on March 9th for the first time since August of 2024. And one positive catalyst for the bulls could be the renewed demand from the spot Bitcoin ETFs. On March 17th. Yesterday the ETS registered 274 million in inflows after the largest outflow streak we have wit. The bears meanwhile will attempt to keep 85 resistance in place, increasing the likelihood of new lows under 78. The immediate target below the previous range lows lie at 74. An example, the previous all time high from early 2024 and below that 69 was the previous cycle all time high achieved back in November of 2021. But there you have a yo and I promise to pull up some of the live charts. So let's do that. And again welcome everyone joining us. Already over 500 people on the stream comments and quotes will get rep. So you know what to do. But pulling up some of these charts, as you can see on your screen right here, this is via Coinbase, via Trading View, this is the monthly. So let's zoom it all the way into the one hour and work our way back on the one hour chart. As you can see we do have a green bull target, an inverted head and shoulders sitting at 94. 2. And then of course there's a few bear targets with one sitting at 79.4and zooming out from the one hour. Taking a look here at the four hour chart, live chart action jack, rising wedge, two bull targets, one in the orange, I'm sorry in the green 13702 which would take us back to price discovery. And then we have one just shy of price discovery at 107785. And again that's on the four hour chart. And we also have a bear target sitting all the way down at 75994, roughly 6000 drop from the current price action you can see on your screen. And zooming out on the daily, the daily chart has a few targets as well with an overall rising wedge formation, red target at115 which is a falling wedge. And we have one just under that at113.7 and then of course there's a couple of bear targets as well. One at 68699 and then a super bear target all the way down at 49,000. And zooming out from the daily, we take a look at the weekly and the weekly chart. As you can see, this previous week, I mean the previous week was pretty bad. Itty bitty green just formed a close on Sunday and we have all the way until this coming Sunday until we see which way we go. Hopefully we can get some form of recovery if we continue trading bearish or sideways. I think April is going to be extremely bullish because that means two consecutive red corrective monthly candle closes. Maybe we'll be followed by a mega green kind of like we've seen in November, which was the, you know, most prolific bitcoin candle close on the monthly chart we have ever seen. And speaking of the monthly chart, as you can see here, the big most recent green candle that we have ever experienced. But you guys let me know your thoughts and again, I'll read your comments out loud. Let's go to our next story of the day and discuss this leverage play headline Here reads well, closes 516 million 40x Bitcoin short pockets 9.4 million profit in just 8 days the Bitcoin whale closed over a half a billion dollars in short positions betting on the biddy price decline ahead of the much anticipated FOMC meeting again tomorrow around this, Jay Powell will make the big announcement. A large crypto investor we refer to as a whale made nearly 10 million profit after closing the 40x leverage short position for 6,200 bitcoin worth over 516 million, which functions as a de facto bet on the bitcoin price falls. They ultimately bet on shorting of bitcoin, meaning the price will go down. And he profited. Leverage positions use borrowed money to increase the size of an investment, which can boost the size of both gains and losses, making leverage trading riskier compared to regular investment positions. Be very careful if you're ever trading with leverage. The savvy whale closed all his short positions within a few hours, making almost 10 million profit from the bitty decline. The whale opened the initial 368 million position at 84,000 and face liquidation. The Bitcoin price surpassed 85. Still getting around to that fix on your car. You got this on ebay. You'll find millions of parts guaranteed to fit. Doesn't matter if it's a major engine repair or your first time swapping your windshield wipers. Ebay has that part you need ready to click perfectly into place for changes big and small, loud or quiet. Find all the parts you need at prices you'll love. Guaranteed to fit every time. But you already know that ebay things people love Eligible items only Exclusion supply so that's like a 1500 margin to get liquidated which is mind boggling. Hence this was most likely an insider. The whale managed to turn a profit despite having to add 5 million to a short after a publicly formed team of traders started to hunt his short positions. Liquidation. That's the downside of publicizing your trades. People can work against you in the market to get you liquidated, which does occur, which ultimately failed though, according to this. Hence why I had to add more to the position. After closing his bitcoin shorts, the whale started accumulating ether with his profits, acquiring over 3200 ether worth 6 million. And the profit taking comes a day ahead of the fomc which we know is taking place tomorrow. Inflation related concerns are starting to ease following the release of February CPI which revealed they lower than 2 expected 2.8% year on year increase compared to the expected 2.9%. Easing inflation related concerns may be a positive sign for the upcoming FOMC meeting according to this individual CEO over at X win research. He says this suggests inflationary pressures are gradually easing which could influence the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions. Quoting them also here. Bitcoin short term price action will depend upon whether it can hold the 81 support level. You guys let me know if you think we're likely to hold as we're dropping obviously at the time of this live stream right now. All right, next story of the day we'll discuss this magical money. Remember at one point they used to call bitcoin magical Internet money? People were like jv, you're gonna trade your fiat dollars for the magical Internet money? Back in 2017 when Bitcoin was $1500. Yes please. But anyways, the headline here reads musk says he found the magic money printer computers printing the money out of thin air in a recent interview. That's right, U. S. Government cost cutting czar Elon claims to have found at least 14 magic money computers in the federal government with the ability to send money from nothing. Interesting must said. The computers which exist in several federal departments including the Treasury, Defense and health and human service departments can essentially issue payments and send money from nothing. Quoting him here, you may think the government computers all talk to each other. They're synchronized, they add up with the funds are going in where and it's coherent and that the numbers you're presented as a senator are the real numbers. Apparently not. So Ted Cruz was actually sharing this. This was an interview with Ted Cruz and Elon, so it was pretty, pretty cool. But anyways, they're not totally wrong, but they are probably off by 5 or 10% in some cases. So I call it magic money computer. Any computer that can make money out of thin air, that's magic money. Now Jameson Lop, chief security officer over at casa, said in the comment, bitcoin fixes this. That's right. Hold everyone accountable. It's transparent. Bitcoin advocates have long touted the crypto's ability to hedge against currency valuation as bitcoin supply is capped at 21 million coins while fiat supply is like the ethereum max supply. They can print forever, Laura. And that's the problem. Pretty low money printer go. But mus says in his latest doge efforts that also uncovered that U. S. Government departments have more media software, subscriptions and credit cards than they do people working there. In some cases up to double. However, he thinks 80 of the cases are waste and incompetence rather than a malicious scheme because in some instances companies are being sent money by mistake, then nobody from the government is asking for the money back. It's all corrupt, right? Everything is fraud. They get a percentage of the fraud. This is the business model quoting Max Kaiser. Now quoting Elon. We saw a lot of the payments going out of the treasury that had no payment code and no explanation for the payment. And then we're trying to figure out what the payment is. Then we see that, okay, the contract was supposed to be shut off, but someone forgot to shut off the contract and so the company kept getting money. Now is that a waste or fraud? It's both. Wasteful fraud. I dare say. Elon's other business ventures have suffered due to his doge work. Tesla facilities around the US have been vandalized as part of the broader. Yeah, I don't understand this. Everyone's like keying and destroying Teslas. I see a ton of viral videos of it. Like people just walking by Teslas and damaging them. I guess this is their way of. If they hate them, I don't know, but it's kind of crazy. You're going to end up in prison for vandalizing cars, you idiots. So maybe think twice about that. But I digress. And quoting the high priest bitcoin Max Geyser, the problem is when you turn these mofos off the magical money printers, the economy dives into a insta recession. 98% of the GDP in the United States is fake. There's the bombshell right there. Let's dive into the latest from the Giga Chad Michael Saylor Headline here reads Michael Saylor Strategy plans to offer 5 million shares to buy more of the Biddy that's right, Bitcoin Investor Strategy plans to offer 5 million shares of the company Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred stock. This is a message from sponsor Intuit TurboTax Taxes was getting frustrated by your forms. Now Taxes is uploading your forms with a Snap and a TurboTax expert will do your taxes for you. One who's backed by the latest tech which cross checks millions of data points for absolute accuracy. All of which makes it easy for you to get the most money back guaranteed. Get an expert now@turbotax.com only available with TurboTax Live full service. Seek guaranteed details@turbotax.com guarantees and use the proceeds to purchase more of the biddy. In the announcement, the company said it tends to use the proceeds for general purposes. This includes its working capital and acquisition of bitcoin. However, the company said this is still subject to market as well as other conditions. And according to strategies, the stock will accumulate cumulative dividends at 10 annually. The company also noted stockholders would receive received dividends on the stock quarterly starting June 30th of this year. Strategy said it could buy back all the stock for cash if the total number of shares left in the market drops below 25% of the issued amount. The announcement follows the company's smallest known bitcoin purchase on March 17, which was yesterday, the company announced it purchased 130 bitcoin for just shy of 11 million cash at an average price of 82981 per BTC. The most recent bitty buy is the company's smallest amount since its first bitcoin investment back in August of 2020. Before the latest purchase, the least amount of bitcoin that Strategy bought was 169 Bitcoin purchase made back in August of last year. Strategy Smallest Bitcoin purchase comes amid sentiment that Bitcoin's bull cycle is over. I think not. I think the next leg up will be incoming soon, but you guys let me know your thoughts. Do you think the cycle is over as far as the peak being 109 which we achieved back on January 20th? Let me know now. Since its first bitcoin investment, the company and ITS subsidiaries have accumulated 499226 BTC at an aggregate purchase price of $33.1 billion. The coins were bought at an average price of 66, 360 per BTC including fees and expenses. So if the company buys another 774 Bitcoin, which is 64 million worth, its total holdings will hit the epic 500,000 milestone, which is approximately, I believe that's 1% of the Bitcoin circulating supply. This would be, I'm sorry, 2.38%. I'm way off there. The company remains the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in the world and is still up by over 8 billion on his Bitcoin investments despite the recent market downturn making strategies Bitcoin holdings currently worth $41.1 billion. And if you don't know now, you know now let's discuss Zappo Bitcoin backed loans. Anyone? Then we'll discuss the global hash war and what would happen if the United States were to purchase 1 to 5 million bitcoin as per the proposal and how this would affect the global hash wars. Russia, Yemen, Game theory as per the high Priest himself, Max Kaiser. And then we'll do a little bit of live Q A. But yeah. Zappo Bank Launches Bitcoin Back USD Loans Targeting Hodlers Spoiler alert. Not available for those in the United States. I know, I know, but anyways, Zappo bank, the global crypto friendly bank headquartered in Gilbert Char, is betting on a crypto lending revival by launching Bitcoin backed US dollar loans. Also more recently Coinbase launched a similar product. But I think you're very limited on how much you can borrow with this one. Clients can access up to a million dollar loan, which ultimately would probably mean if you wanted to borrow a million, you give them 2 million worth of bitcoin, you get a million dollars cash, the firm said in an announcement. The new lending product is designed for long term bitcoin holders who want access to cash while keeping their bitcoin. Zappo Bank CEO shared Now, unlike traditional assets, Bitcoin is an ideal form of collateral. It's pristine collateral. It's borderless, highly liquid, available 24, 7, easily divisible, making it uniquely suited for lending. A key distinction in Zappo's Bitcoin loan product is the bank does not re hypothecate the loan collateral by users, meaning that its lending mechanism does not involve the reusage of bitcoin assets by clients. Instead, the bitcoin collateral is stored in Zappo's Bitcoin vault using institutional multi party computation custody known as MPC now eligible Zappo clients can choose a repayment schedules of 3,090, 180 or 365 days, which means the longest term term you can get in the Bitcoin back loan is one year. So keep that in mind. So for example, let's say you wanted to purchase your dream house. Well, it's going to be a one year loan, so it's not going to be a 30 year loan where your payments are very minimal over the course of 30 years. So your payments are going to be very high. But the silver lining, you're, you know, you're, you'd basically get rid of that liability within 12 months. So. But Zappo's new Bitcoin lending offering will be available to pre approved members because I think anyone, if you had an opportunity to do a Bitcoin back loan, you'd go with the longest term knowing over the long term Bitcoin's going to just continue to increase in value. But you got to also consider a 12 month term. Bitcoin price can be lower than when you get the loan and it can cause what's called a cascading liquidation event, which is not a good look. So there's very high risk in using Bitcoin back loans because again you can't get a 30 year term where you know in 30 years Bitcoin's going to be up 10 billion percent and all is going to be good. So keep that in mind. FAMILY Xapo Bank's new Bitcoin loan launch comes a few years after the crypto lending industry suffered the first major crisis. Your data is like gold to hackers. They're selling your passwords, bank details and private messages. McAfee helps stop them. Secure VPN keeps your online activity private. AI powered text scam detector spots phishing attempts instantly. And with award winning antivirus you get top tier hacker protection. Plus you'll get up to $2 million in identity theft coverage all for just $39.99 for your first year. Visit McAfee.com, cancel anytime terms apply. In 2022, the crisis came amid the historic terror crash. Now your boy JV got a Bitcoin back loan from BlockFi around this time. I mean in 2022. And I witnessed firsthand almost getting liquidated of all my collateral. So I know from firsthand the high risks associated with Bitcoin back loans. Family Quoting the bank CEO here, the collapse of Celsius Block find other centralized lenders significantly eroded trust in the crypto lending space. Bingo. Borrowers today exercise greater caution prioritizing platforms with a proven track record in bitcoin custody. Well, at the time, BlockFi had the best track record and it was the biggest lender that ever existed. So it doesn't mean much when you use that argument. Also you can say ftx, you know, not too long ago was the second largest crypto exchange in the world and people say, well use a safe exchange. It's the largest. Well, it wasn't that safe. They filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and people got duped and ultimately lost all their bitcoin. But at the same time, demand for bitcoin backed loans is on the rise. Agreed. Everyone thinks it's the perfect solution, but I don't think many people entertain the risk because think about that. You can only get a term of up to a year. So will, is bitcoin guaranteed to go up in value in the next 12 months? No, it may go up in value and then it may drop right back down and you may be stuck paying that loan negative. So just keep that in mind. In addition to removing asset rehypothecation and NPC securities, Apple offers risk management tools and proactive protection to prevent automatic liquidations. In the event of the bitcoin price drop, customers receive instant notifications. BlockFi did the same thing. So if the market was crashing, you got an email saying if you don't add more collateral, you can get liquidated. Thank you. Zappo is not the only firm that has been working to introduce lending products. In 2025. We also have bitcoin developer Block Stream secured a multi billion dollar investment to launch three new institutional funds with two of them offering bitcoin lending. So now my question for y'all, if you had the opportunity to get a bitcoin back loan to purchase whatever your heart desires, would you? And how much would be the maximum you would ever borrow? Keep it in mind, whatever you borrow, you got to give double in collateral. So again, hypothetical, you wanted to borrow the maximum $1 million in fiat today you'd have to give them 2 million worth of bitcoin. So let me know. I'm curious. My particular loan, when I did it back in 2022 was 800 000. So I had to give up 1.6 million in Bitco to secure an $800,000 loan. That's typically how they work. All right, now for our feature story of the day. The bishop of bitcoin, the high priest himself, Max Kaiser, says if the United States buys 1 to 5 million bitcoin, they remove Russia's ability to de dollarize the world and keep inflation as high as they want it being the world's number one commodity producer. Let me share your screen or my screen I should say this is a tweet he shared earlier. But the US will have to act fast. Once Russia figures this out, they will use their ultra cheap energy and pristine balance sheet to outmaneuver the United states and buy 1 to 5 million bitcoin first. Now there is a infamous phrase called global hash war. The bitcoin global hash war was coined by Max Kaiser many years ago and he predicted all of this when people were saying the United States will never adopt bitcoin. No countries will ever embrace bitcoin. Max had a different theory. He said no, there's going to be game theory, a global hash war where countries will be competing to buy bitcoin and no country will want to be left behind. And precisely what we're witnessing obviously first movers advantage goes to bukele with El Salvador bitcoin country which was established in 2021. Now we have the United States of America. Trump just established a strategic bitcoin reserve and there can only be one major bitcoin superpower because only so many people are going to be able to buy 1 to 5 million bitcoin. BlackRock already owns a tremendous amount of Bitcoin. Well over 500000 microstrategy now known as strategy owns approximately 500000 Bitcoin. If the United States makes the move and starts trading their strategic gold reserve which may or may not exist at Fort Knox for bitcoin, that means Russia is going to get left behind. Or what if Russia outpaces the United States and puts the pressure on the good old usa Then the U. S may be left behind. Now we have North Korea, one of the largest holders of bitcoin in the world due to the Lazarus group attack. We discussed this the other day with the global hash war. South Korea entertaining their central bank adoption of bitcoin, other countries around the world world entertaining the same thing. This is the game theory. This is the global hash war. Max also wrote since Russia took over pricing of global commodities, energy pro savings days are back at lows with limited time savings on the supplies pros need. Get up to 40% off select major appliances plus save an additional $100 on every $1,000 you spend on select major appliances. And don't miss your chance to activate and earn three times the points on select dewalt and klein tools Lowe's. We help you save valid. The 328 selection varies by location while supplies last. See associate or lowe's.com for more details on qualifying items. Agriculture, metals, etc In February 2022, US dollar based inflation will never see 2% again. 7 to 15% is the new normal. Only Bitcoin can save your purchasing power. And another quote I learned from Max that Bitcoin is mathematically guaranteed to increase your purchasing power whereas fiat is mathematically guaranteed to decrease your purchasing power, which we've been witnessing since the inception of the Genesis block 16 years ago. Now another infamous quote and one of my fav from Max Money existed before the state. Bitcoin separates money from state. Bitcoin kills the state. Some people don't understand that. And he also wrote here the IMF has forbid the U S from doing bit bonds citing the destabilization influence of Bitcoin and the El Salvadoran economy. I mean it is what it is. And Vivek wrote here, while you are scarred, the US wants to buy all the bitcoin. Are you paying attention? Check out this headline. Trump Admin wants to acquire as much Bitcoin as possible. Well of course as a strategic reserve. The White House official told the room of the crypto industry leaders this week that there should be no limit to the size of the US Government strategic Bitcoin reserve. And the big bombshell was a sailor. When he was at the crypto White House meeting he was proposing Trump to acquire up to 5.5 million bitcoin which is roughly 25 of the bitcoin circulating supply. Cynthia Lummis is proposing for Trump to purchase a minimal of 1 million BTC. Now obviously that would be the bear scenario, but if Trump were to make that announcement, we are going to be purchasing 1 to 5 million bitcoin over the course of so many years. Do you know how bullish that would be for the global, you know, hash wars taking place? Max also wrote here, traders shorting bitcoin and microstrategy use borrowed money and that money is printed out of thin air which in turn weakens the fiat money, increasing Bitcoin's value proposition. Traders might make a quick buck short in these but ultimately all these shorts are guaranteed losses and only help btc. And here is a post Max agrees with from Luke Broyles and I'll read it to you here. Sailor is a bitcoin maxi who is going to build 25 different altcoins worth $5 trillion. People say that micro strategy, STRK and STRF will be diluted Missing the point. Why would I buy an altcoin that gives me hopes of outperforming bitcoin when I have micro strategy? Why would I buy RAT bitcoin when I can just buy the etf? Why would I buy a meme coin? I can just buy MSTX mstu. Why would I buy a yield token that pays me 10% yield when I can just buy strk strf? All these securities are altcoins but they are far superior to historical alts from a risk reward standpoint. If you're a maxi that wants none of these securities that is awesome. But securities built upon bitcoin are far superior to securities that are competing with bitcoin. Altcoins on competing chains only survive if they drain capital from bitcoin Bitcoin while securities atop a bitcoin have the monetary premium flow back to bitcoin sailors accelerating nation state adoption. The Wall Street Trojan Horse and he is going to absolutely starve the altcoin market. Michael Sailor is the new altcoin machine built on bitcoin. Not only is strategy going to crush Coinbase because they have 50x the bitcoin but they are going to be the new altcoin casino now. Bitcoin securities in their 20152016 pre craze era about to go into IP season. Yes it is inevitable. Yes this is good for the bitty. Yes most will get wrecked. Yes it'll end the old altcoin seasons. Yes it is what has helped end fouryear cycles. And yes when Bitcoin falls 50% they will fall 95%. Everything not backed by Bitcoin trends towards zero against Bitcoin and Bitcoin securities trend to 1x. Massive bubble coming but most won't be ready for it when everyone figures it out to collapse again. I am thrilled to see this happen, but it doesn't matter if you like or dislike this, it is what makes sense. The market for this is easily 3 trillion to 30 trillion as Bitcoin grows into 100 trillion market cap. And my question for you watching this, what do you think the bitcoin price action will reflect at the time we're at 100 trillion market cap which is virtually 100x from where we're at right now. Maybe 80x because we're above a trillion. But let me know now. Sailor will continue to issue new altcoins, starve the old altcoins, bring new capital to Bitcoin and trojan horse the world until he can't anymore number one run from old altcoins as Sailor will crush them. Number two, don't be surprised by the mega bitcoin securities bubble and don't get caught in hype. And number three multi generational multi sig is the way to go for self custody. So do not take advice from Kevin O'Leary who's pushing that. You should stay far away from self custody wallets and you should use centralized exchanges such as Coinbase to store your bitties. That's nothing more than fud. Don't listen to what Plan B is trying to say as well. Yo, I believe the Bitcoin ETF is the way to go over self custody. Bitcoin not a good look. Self custody is the way to go famous. The only type of way you can store your bitcoin to where it's unconfiscatable. Nacho keys nacho coins. And if you don't know, now you know. Let me know your thoughts regarding the game theory. Who do you think will become the nation superpower of bitcoin in the world? If there can only be one. Because there can only ever be one. Let me know if you think it'll be the US or will it be maybe somewhere in the Middle East? You know, Abu Dhabi just announced more recently acquiring I think it was a half a billion dollars worth bitcoin ballpark for their sovereign wealth fund. Will it be Russia? Will it be North Korea? Could it be South Korea? Could it be China? You guys, let me know your thoughts and I'll read your comments out loud. Welcome everyone to the Q A segment of the live stream. This is the global hash war. Welcome and don't forget to check out cryptonewsalerts.net for the full premium experience with video and to participate in our live Q A. And I look forward to seeing you on tomorrow's episode Hoddle.
Podcast Summary: Crypto News Alerts | Daily Bitcoin (BTC) & Cryptocurrency News
Episode: 1937 - “If USA Buys 5M Bitcoin Before Russia THIS Will Happen” - Max Keiser
Host: Justin Verrengia
Release Date: March 18, 2025
Timestamp: [00:00]
In this episode, host Justin Verrengia provides a comprehensive overview of the current cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a correction, trading just above $81,600 during the live stream, with a daily decline of 2%. Ethereum (ETH) mirrors Bitcoin’s downward trend, trading below $1,900 with a nearly 2% drop. The overall crypto market capitalization stands at $2.68 trillion, with Bitcoin dominating at 60.6%, followed by Ethereum at 8.5%.
Key Metrics:
Market Sentiment:
The Crypto Greed and Fear Index indicates extreme fear at 34, up from 32 the previous day and 24 last week, suggesting heightened uncertainty among investors.
Timestamp: [05:30]
Justin delves into Bitcoin’s technical analysis, focusing on key price levels ahead of the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Bitcoin has struggled to break the $85,000 resistance, failing to close above $84,600 consistently since March 12th.
Technical Insights:
Notable Quote:
"If they cut the rates, it's bullish for Bitcoin. If they don't, we may continue to trade sideways. Who knows." - Justin Verrengia [07:45]
Chart Analysis:
Timestamp: [15:00]
A significant development in the crypto market involves a whale who closed short positions worth $516 million with 40x leverage, securing a profit of $9.4 million in just eight days. This move reflects a bet against Bitcoin’s price, anticipating a decline.
Details:
Notable Quote:
"Leverage positions use borrowed money to increase the size of an investment, which can boost the size of both gains and losses." - Justin Verrengia [16:30]
Timestamp: [20:15]
Elon Musk made headlines by claiming to have discovered "magic money computers" within the U.S. federal government. These systems, according to Musk, can print money out of thin air, leading to massive increases in government spending without corresponding income.
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
"Any computer that can make money out of thin air, that's magic money." - Elon Musk [22:10]
"The problem is when you turn these off, the economy dives into an insta recession. 98% of the GDP in the United States is fake." - Max Keiser [23:45]
Timestamp: [30:00]
Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, announced a strategic plan to offer 5 million shares of Series A Perpetual Series Preferred stock. The proceeds are intended to purchase more Bitcoin, reinforcing MicroStrategy’s position as the largest corporate Bitcoin holder.
Highlights:
Notable Quote:
"Strategy Smallest Bitcoin purchase comes amid sentiment that Bitcoin's bull cycle is over. I think not." - Justin Verrengia [31:45]
Timestamp: [40:20]
Zappo Bank has launched a new lending product offering Bitcoin-backed USD loans, targeting long-term Bitcoin holders seeking liquidity without selling their assets. The loans are structured with a 50% Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio, allowing clients to borrow up to $1 million by collateralizing $2 million in Bitcoin.
Key Features:
Notable Quote:
"Bitcoin is an ideal form of collateral. It's pristine, borderless, highly liquid, available 24/7, and easily divisible." - Zappo Bank CEO [41:30]
Cautionary Insight:
The host shares personal experience with Bitcoin-backed loans, highlighting the high risks and potential for liquidation if Bitcoin’s price drops within the loan term.
Timestamp: [50:00]
Max Keiser posits that if the United States purchases between 1 to 5 million Bitcoin before Russia, it could significantly impact global economic dynamics. This strategic move would limit Russia’s ability to use Bitcoin to destabilize the U.S. dollar’s supremacy.
Concepts Discussed:
Notable Quotes:
"Bitcoin is mathematically guaranteed to increase your purchasing power whereas fiat is mathematically guaranteed to decrease your purchasing power." - Max Keiser [52:10]
"Bitcoin separates money from state. Bitcoin kills the state." - Max Keiser [53:05]
Strategic Implications:
Max emphasizes that acquiring a substantial Bitcoin reserve is crucial for maintaining economic stability and preventing alternative powers from leveraging Bitcoin against the U.S. dollar.
Timestamp: [60:00]
Justin Verrengia wraps up the episode by synthesizing the discussed topics, emphasizing the interconnectedness of Bitcoin’s market dynamics, geopolitical strategies, and technological advancements. The anticipation surrounding the FOMC meeting remains high, with potential outcomes poised to influence Bitcoin’s trajectory significantly.
Final Thoughts:
Call to Action:
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Notable Closing Quote:
"HODL!" - Justin Verrengia [59:50]
Conclusion:
Episode 1937 of Crypto News Alerts delivers an in-depth analysis of the current state of Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market. From technical price assessments to significant geopolitical predictions, the episode provides listeners with valuable insights and expert opinions, positioning them to navigate the volatile crypto landscape effectively.