
Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin.
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JV
Bitcoin zaskeeta like the new Derek Jita up over 2000 on the day I'll be breaking down the latest bitcoin technical analysis as well as breaking news. Fidelity launched a no fee retirement plan for U S adults to invest into the pre little bitty Going up forever Laura and quoting the high priest of bitcoin. Bitcoin was sent by God to un f our money and save our souls. Can I get an amen? Also we'll be discussing 2 billion lost in crypto hacks just in the first quarter of this year. 1.63 billion from control flaws. Also go mining launches a 100 million bitcoin mining fund for the institutional investors as well as UK trade bodies as government to make crypto a strategic priority. Respect my authority. Also bitcoin price can hit 250 per coin this year in 2025 if the Fed shifts to QE. According to Arthur Hayes just blazed as well as the breaking news the Gamestop finishing raising their one and a half billion to add bitcoin to its balance sheet. Who cares about a roaring kitty?
Laura
Boring kitty.
JV
Not me. I'm for the bitty. I'm for the nipinator. I'm for nipy. Anyways, 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 at crypto news alerts. Again, that's crypto news alerts.net today is pod episode 1951. I'm your host JV. It's April 2, 2025. Trump's supposed to speak about the tariffs in three more hours. The markets will react accordingly. Thus far, bitcoins are ripping like the new Scotty Pippen. Up 2,000 on the day. And I got a new catchphrase. Bitcoin's aa like the new Derek Jeter skeet skate volcano style. But anyways, I digress. Let's kick it off with our market watch as we do each and every day. I got to keep you guys entertained. So as you can see, Bitcoin up 2 1/2% on the day, trading above 87.2 ether correcting all the way down to 1900. XRP, Tron, Solana and Cardano all in the green on the day. Checking out coinmarketcap.com the current crypto market cap is currently sitting pretty at $2.78 trillion. The bidding market cap is at $1.73 trillion and we have roughly 86 billion worth of volume over the past 24 hours and checking out the Bitcoin dominance.
Laura
Today we're 62% even which means we're back on the climb. Ether dominance leveled out at 8.3%.
JV
Checking out top one hundo crypto gainers past 24 hours.
Laura
EOS has been leading the pack all week. Up again today leading the pack up 20% followed by radium up 10% and dexi up 6%. Which alts if any are you bullish on for the bull holla and checking out the crypto bubbles. I like to use this to get a visual perspective on the day and today I'd say 7525 red over green zooming out on the weekly unfortunately 9010 red over green and zooming out on the monthly very similar 9010 red over green and very substantial losses across the board for the alts minus just a handful including including EOS up 40% of the month and Kronos up percent and ton coin of 25 and check it out the crypto green Fair index today were 44 fear yesterday 34 last week 47 last month 33 and check it.
JV
Out the time chain calendar. We're currently on block height number 895 60. We have 159440 blocks to go into the next having and you can currently exchange one fiat monopoly dollar for 1147 sets. That's a divine omen because a 4 and a 7 is an 11 so ultimately that says an 1111. So stack the stats, put down the gats, pick up some bitcoin caps from my man Sergio of course over at bitcoinc caps.net let's kick off our next story. Dive into a little TA AKA astrology for the brosis and here's what's happening in the market. Bitcoin sales at 109 all time high, significantly below cycle tops according to glass node analytics. And before we get deeper into the.
Laura
Ta, here's some breaking news I wanted to share. Fidelity launched a no fee retirement plan for U S adults to invest in bitcoin.
JV
So that means every investor that has access to the fidelity platform can now.
Laura
Purchase bitcoin with no fees.
JV
That's a phenomenal thing and it's only.
Laura
Going to help bitcoin adoption so that's major. Also, Max Kaiser wrote some wise words. When strategy issues shares to buy more bitcoin they're not diluting, they are transubstantiating. We are witnessing something biblical. Everyone will experience experience their come to Bitcoin moment. It is the New New Testament. It's Christ 2.0. Bitcoin was sent by God to unfuck our money and save our souls. Trump is only on stage two of five of the Bitcoin Awareness and Sailor is on stage five. And if you don't know, let's break down what he's referring to. The map of the Bitcoin Singularity. There's ten levels. Level one is blame, despair and apathy. Level two is fear and anxiety. Level three Desire and craving. Level four, Anger, Aggression. Level five, Courage and optim. Level six, Satisfaction and trust. Level seven Acceptance, forgiveness and giving. Level eight Wisdom, abstraction as well as reason Number nine Self actualization and number ten Illumination. And if you don't know, now you know. I also wanted to pull up this. This is pretty lit right here. It shows you where we're at. 94 and a half percent of the 21 million Bitcoin has now been mined. Only 5 and a half percent left of the bitcoin supply to be mined over the next 100 in 15 years. And I believe that last bitty will be mined in the year 2140. And again, if you don't know, now you know. And diving into our ta Bitcoiners who enter the market between three to five years ago have retained their holdings despite significant bitty price upside. According to Glass Node Analytics.
JV
This investor cohort with a cost basis between the 2020 lows of 3, 600 that was right after Novid and the 2021 highs of 69, 000 is still holding. And although the share of wealth held bought Bitcoin three to five years ago has declined by 3 percentage points since its November 2024 peak and remains at historically elevated levels. This suggests the majority of the investors who entered between 2020 and 2022 are still hodling. Where my hodlers at? Holla at your boy. The chart shows the data from the realized cap Hodle Waves metric, splitting the bitcoin supply into sections based on each.
Laura
Coin that last moved on chain.
JV
Using this, Glass Node was able to draw a distinction between the 2020-2022 buyers.
Laura
And those who came immediately before them.
JV
Quoting them right here. In contrast, over two thirds of those who have bought Bitcoin five to seven years ago exited their positions by December of 2024's peak, it reveals, reflecting their lower cost basis. And more recent buyers who formed a more speculative investor cohort known as the short term Huddlers have proven much more sensitive to the recent Bitcoin price volatility and quoting the Gigachad Volatility equals life force. Episodes of panic sellin have occurred throughout the past six months as the video hit a new record high as you Inauguration Day. The current all time high is 1093. They also said the current short term hudder participation does not suggest the speculation frenzy, something common to the previous bitcoin price cycle tops. Quoting them here. Short term Hudders currently hold around 40% of the Bitcoin network wealth after peaking near 50% earlier in the year. This remains significantly below the prior cycle tops where new investor wealth peaked at 70 to 90% suggesting a more tempered and distributed bull market thus far. And there you have it yo and I promise to pull up some of the live charts so let's do that really quick before we continue with any of the news and I check the chat once again. So as you can see here live and in the flash live chart action Jackson Satisfaction. This is the 10 minute chart via trading view via the Coinbase Exchange and as you can see the momentum we have been building which is a beautiful thing, past couple of days have been bullish and we continue to pump. No particular targets on the 10 minute but definitely a bullish overall flow and zooming out we'll go to the hourly the hourly chart shows a a falling.
Laura
Wedge but followed by a recovery.
JV
You can see very bullish on the hourly chart. We've been pumping all morning here. We do have a red bull target sitting at 875 which is roughly a $500 jump from the current price action. We also have a bear scenario sitting.
Laura
At 79 GS and zooming out from.
JV
The one hour we take a look at a four hour chart as we continue to work our way backwards.
Laura
We do have a rising wedge formation.
JV
Sensation Here we have three bull targets.
Laura
On the RA sitting at 113.7.
JV
We have another bull target in the.
Laura
Red here sitting at 10:55 and then the blue target 10:36.
JV
We also have two bear scenarios here.
Laura
One at 79:3 and another at 65:6. And zooming out from the four hour we take a look at the daily and as you can see big green candle forming on the day yesterday we had a big green candle and the day before itty bitty green. That's three consecutive green candle days. Let a rip Tater chip rising wedge formation followed by the falling wedgie.
JV
We have two bull targets, one in.
Laura
The red just shy 113 and one into the teal sitting at 1137 which.
JV
Would take us the price discovery current.
Laura
All time high is 193. Two bear scenarios. We have one sitting at 68699 and a super bear all the way down at 49. Zooming out from the daily, we take a look at a weekly. The weekly says it's going up forever. JV uh, we have a bull target still at 124. That's the cup and handle target which have literally been printed here for several months now as we cover each and every day. And we finally got some bullish momentum. So hopefully we get weekly candle close, but we're only halfway through the week. And zooming out from the weekly, we take a quick look at the monthly and the monthly chart says thus far green only two days into the month for the month of March was a red candle close. February was a big red candle closed. January was in the green, December was in the red. November was the most bullish candle close we have seen thus far. And if we can repeat the November bullish Godzilla candle, we jump up 30,000 from the current price action right back to price discovery all time highs. And if you don't know now you know.
JV
Let's continue fam next story of the day. And again, welcome everyone joining us. Let's start with these hacks. 2 billion lost in crypto hacks just in the first quarter of the year. 1.63 billion from access control flaws. That's right, over 2 billion was lost in cryptos already this first quarter, according to a report shared by crypto security firm Hacken. Nearly 1.63 billion was lost just access to control exploits. Vice president of investigations at crypto forensics firm AML Bot shared that the exceptionally high figure is mainly attributable to the recent hack of the crypto exchange by Bit, which was considered, I believe, the largest hack in crypto history. The data is similar to that recently shared by Pec Shield. The competing firm's report excludes scams, suggesting crypto hacks total 1.66 billion just to the first quarter of 2025. And I believe that's 1.4 billion of which came from Bybit. Late February reports indicate the North Korean hackers behind the 1.4 billion Bybit hack control over 11, 000 crypto wallets used.
Laura
To launder the stolen funds.
JV
The increasing participation of North Korean state actors highlights increasing sophistication and scale. That also goes to show you that.
Laura
North Korea is one of the largest bitcoin huddlers because the government and these hacking groups continue to accumulate mass. This hack had a significant impact on the quarter figures.
JV
This is particularly clear when one considers the entirety of 2024 saw a total loss of only two and a quarter.
Laura
Billion hack and shared a key lesson on the subject quoting hacking here Securing digital assets requires more than just secure onchain code. The entire infrastructure from front end interfaces to internal processes must be equally hardened as all it takes is a single weak spot to wreck the entire system. Facts Hackin's report highlighted that the past few months saw even the biggest centralized and decentralized players falling victim to operational failures, access control weaknesses and in a few cases social engineering. The quarter did not see any notable new exploits, but rather the continued effectiveness of existing attack vectors. The report further highlights while smart contract vulnerabilities remain an issue, most damage is now caused by failure in people go figure processes or permission systems. This is also reportedly the third quarter in a row that has seen the top exploit by a multi signature wallet related hack. The Bybit hackers compromised a safe wallet front end. Previous hacks involving multi sig wallet implementations or management include Radiant Capital hack of Q4 2024 and the Wazir X hack of Q3 2024. Scams also resulted in large scale damage with hacking data attributing almost 100 million of losses to phishing scams. It was very common in crypto and 300 million in rug pools. Also, Jane highlighted a trouble trend in crypto scams becoming an industry, quoting them here the most worrying trend is the professionalization of the scam networks where criminals operate with startup like efficiency, including training programs for scammers, internal quotas and multi stage laundering schemes using platforms like Hoan Pay. I'm sure I'm butchering the name there, but the statements follow the mid January reports, often described as the largest online illicit marketplace to have ever operated, highlighted that the service has seen its monthly inflows increased by 51% in just half of a year. This growth followed the platform's deployment of its USD Stable peg, stablecoin and financial services dedicated to illegal activities. Now here's a reminder I like to reiterate. Typically every show not your keys, not your coins, learn how to properly self custody your cryptocurrency because if you leave it up to the Exchanges or a third party, you don't really own the crypto. You're not in control of it and a lot of bad things can happen. Including bad actors could hack the Exchange. The Exchange can file Chapter 11 bankruptcy like we saw from FTX, which was once the second largest crypto exchange in the world, so I can't stress enough caution. Just be very careful.
JV
Happens too often unfortunately. Let's discuss this hundred million dollar fund moving into the Bitcoin go Mining launches 100 million Bitcoin mining fund for the Institutional Investors adoption continues Go Mining is a platform that allows users to mine Bitcoin through data centers.
Laura
Is now launching 100 million bitcoin mining.
JV
Fund for the institutional investors custodied by Bitco. The fund promises annual distributions for mining.
Laura
Yields and strategy that focuses on Bitcoin rewards and reinvestment. Let me know if you ever heard of Go Mining. Their Alpha Blocks Fund comes as more companies have added Bitcoin to the balance sheet, capturing enthusiasm surrounding the resurgence of the biddy. Now companies that have done so, including Japan's Meta Planet we covered in great detail yesterday another buy and medical technology companies similar scientific, have seen their stock prices increase of course.
JV
And unlike passive equity investments, the Alpha.
Laura
Blocks Fund offers direct exposure to mine Bitcoin via a fully managed compounding hash rate strategy. Quoting them here, Bitcoin rewards are reinvested to increase the fund's hash rate and to improve the minor efficiency, creating real yield driven outcomes. Our model is built for performance, not market sentiment and integrates utility based advantages that listed mining companies typically don't offer. And according to the press relief shared Go Mining institutional operates with 7.3 ex, a hash of active Bitcoin hash power. This framework ensures compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and supports our focus on delivering institutional grade exposure to the Bitcoin mining yield strategies. The fund will charge a 2% flat annual management fee with no performance fees applied. And while Go Mining's Bitcoin fund caters to the institutional investors, its flagship product is geared towards retail miners who may lack the funds to create a heavy duty mining rig. And in 2024 it's revealed an attempt to gamify the bitcoin mining through the use of NFTs. Institutional investment into Bitcoin and other cryptos like Ether have been on the rise since 2024 when the first crypto ETFs were launched. I believe that was January 11th. That's right. And regulatory clarity from Europe's MICA and the enthusiasm for digital assets to the US might be changing institutional investor skepticism about cryptos. And in March a report by Coinbase revealed that 83% of the institutions are planning a crypto allocation. I'd expect nothing less. I mean, look at all the institutions.
JV
That have been acquiring and stacking the bitty. They've been doing a fantastic job. Obviously we have Black Rock leading the pack. Larry Finko home get your shine box Mr. Employee of the Month month we have of course MicroStrategy just made another 22000 Bitcoin purchase. They now hold over 520000 BTC. Nipinator still on guard downstairs protecting me. Thank you Nipinator Always doing God's work. Here's the latest with the UK adoption of crypto. Headline reads UK Trade bodies ask Government.
Laura
To make Crypto a Strategic Priority that's right.
JV
Several British trade associations asked the Prime Minister office to appoint a special envoy dedicated to the CRYP Dedicated Action Plan for Digital Assets and Blockchain Tech. The letter the coalition of the six.
Laura
UK Digital economy trade bodies urge Starmer, Special Advisor on Business and Investment for the greater strategic focus and alignment to deliver investment growth and jobs for the crypto industry.
JV
The group, which consisted of the UK Crypto Asset Business Council, Global Digital Finance.
Laura
Payment Association, Digital Currencies Governance Group, the.
JV
Crypto Council for Innovation and Tech UK.
Laura
Noted the US policy shift on crypto under President Trump and is appointed of a crypto czar. Britain's commitment to an economic trade deal focused on technological cooperation with the U S Presidents as a significant opportunity to mirror the United States ambition in fostering leadership in blockchain digital assets and other emerging financial tech. The group recommended the UK appoint a blockchain Special Envoy similar to the US to coordinate policy, foster innovation and position the country competitively in global markets. The trade bodies also called for the development of a dedicated government action plan for crypto and blockchain tech, including a concierge service to attract high potential firms. They added that the government should acknowledge and leverage the commonalities between blockchain quantum computing and AI tech, including the potential applications for government services. How many of you are out in the uk? Let me know in the chat. Fam Another recommendation is to create a high level industry government regulated engagement forum to ensure informed decision making and cross sector collaboration. Quoting them here. With deep pools of talent, access to capital, world class academic institutions and sophisticated regulators, the UK provides an environment where digital assets and blockchain innovation can thrive. Now the coalition argues that crypto and blockchain tech could boost the UK economy by 57 billion British pounds which is 73 billion USD over the next decade with the sector potentially increasing global Gross domestic product by 1.39 trillion pounds which is 8. 1.8 trillion USD by 2030.
JV
Quoting them here, now is the time for the FCA to Act or the UK will lose out on this huge opportunity, which is digital assets and all the benefits this sector can bring, not only now but over the next 20 years. So there you go, UK adoption. Will it come? I mean, sometime in the near future? You guys let me know your thoughts. Let's discuss Arthur Hayes's250,000 bitty price target. Then the breaking news of GameStop acquiring.
Laura
1.5 billion via convertible note offering which they just achieved.
JV
So they're probably in the process of.
Laura
Buying the Bitcoin right now and it gives them 6 billion cash to deploy.
JV
Let's see how much they actually put into their big first purchase for their balance sheet and then we'll do some live Q A and flip the pumpkin pump or flip the pot into a pump. Watch.
Laura
Granted, we're still pumping.
JV
So here we go. Headline reads Bitcoin price can hit a.
Laura
Quarter million this year before the end of the year if the Fed shifts to quantitative easing according to just blaze Arthur Hayes.
JV
That's right, 250000 before the end of.
Laura
The year with expectations of an increasing fiat supply remaining. The significant catalyst for the Biddy Bitcoin's 2025 price rally may be boosted by the U S Fed pivoting to quantitative easing when the Fed buys bonds and pumps the money to lower the interest rates and encourage the spending during the difficult financial conditions. Quoting just Blaze Arthur Hayes, Bitcoin trades solely based on the market expectation for the future supply of the vi. He also wrote, if my analysis of the Fed's major pivot from QT to QE for the Treasuries is correct, then Bitcoin hit a local low of 76.5last month and now we begin that ascent to 250000 per coin by year's end. Let me know if you agree. Disagree now the Fed reduced the treasury runoff cap to 5 billion per month from 25 effective April 1, while keeping the mortgage backed security runoff steady at 35 billion. The Fed may allow the mortgage backed securities to roll off without replacement and the excess principal payment might be reinvested into Treasuries, according to comments from the Fed Chairman J. Powell. Quoting again Hayes. Mathematically that keeps the Fed balance sheet constant, however that is treasury qe. Bitcoin will scream higher once this is formally announced. Other analysts are eyeing a more conservative Bitcoin price drop based on the bitty correlation with the global Liquidity index as outlined there.
JV
The growing money supply can push the Bitcoin price above 132000 before the end of 2025 according to the estimates from Real Vision Chief analyst Jamie Coutts. Hayes has been buying bitcoin and coins at all levels between 90,076. 5 Showcasing his conviction in the crypto market for the rest of the year the pace of the capital deployment will increase or decrease depending upon the accuracy of his predictions. Quoting him again I still believe Bitcoin.
Laura
Can hit a quarter million by year.
JV
End because now that the BBC has put Powell in his place the Fed will flood the market with dollars. That allows she the president of China to instruct the PBOC public something bank of China to stop tightening monetary conditions onshore and defend the $u N exchange rate which increases the net quantity of the UN and despite the optimistic prediction.
Laura
Many market participants are betting on a lower bitcoin price top for the end of 2025.
JV
But you guys let me know your thoughts.
Laura
I mean here's via Poly market the.
JV
Largest one what price will the Bitcoin hit this year?
Laura
And only 4% of you believe a million 9% a quarter,0122-000002-31500 30,048 120,060 of you believe Bitcoin will do 110,000 before the end of the year. So pretty while and quoting him again long term positions remain intact but near term momentum appears tethered to unfolding macro headlines.
JV
According to the Dispatch editor a digital.
Laura
Asset investment platform NEXO and if you don't know now you know Broskis. All right fam. Now for our feature story of the day. GameStop finishes one and a half billion dollar raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet. That now gives them roughly 6 billion worth of fresh capital to deploy into the pretty little bitty Going up forever Laura so this is major news and as shared here Gamestop labeled the indenture for its convertible bonds as Project Rocket and the file name submitted to the sec. Let's go Project Rocket Game on fam. This is pretty massive. Video game retailer Gamestop Corporation as you know is GME finished a convertible debt offering that raised 1/2 billion dollar with some proceeds earmarked for buying the pre little bitty. The offering was initially set to raise at least 1.3 billion but purchases opted for an additional 200 million aggregate principal amount on the notes according to the GameStop April 1 filing with the USSCC. Quoting them here the company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes including the acquisition of a Bitcoin or acquisition of Bitcoin in a manner consistent with the company's investment policy. The convertible notes are debt that can later be converted into equity and are scheduled to mature April 1, 2030. So as a five year term, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased, the conversion rate for the notes will initially be 33 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, according to the filing. Gamestop shares didn't see a significant move following the close of the convertible debt offering. GME closed April 1 trading day up 1.3% at $22.61 as you can see.
JV
Here in your screen and only saw an extra half a percent bump after the bell and positive shareholder sentiment saw the stock jump nearly 12% to $28.36 on March 26, the day after Gamestop announced as Bitcoin planned. But its fortunes reversed the next day with GME shares dropping nearly 24% to $21.68. Sense analysts at the time suggest the chili reception reflected shareholders fear of GameStop's.
Laura
Deeper problems within the business model.
JV
On March 25, GameStop confirmed that it.
Laura
Had received board approval to invest in.
JV
Bitcoin and the US dollar peg stablecoins.
Laura
Using the notes and its cash reserves.
JV
Those reserves stood at 4.77 billion as.
Laura
Of February 1, compared with 921 million a year earlier. So within one year they grew their cash reserves from 920 million to 4.77 billion. And what does that tell us now? That they have 6 billion in cash that will wither away like a melting ice cube if they don't deploy it into the hardest asset known to mankind, the one and only apex predator. Pretty low bitty going up forever Laura. Now Gamestop is a relative late comer amongst public companies creating Bitcoin treasuries. As we all know, MicroStrategy was the first publicly traded company to put pretty low biddy on the balance sheet and that was back back in 2020 and they've been crushing it ever since. And a slew of others have already added Bitcoin to the balance sheet following the sailor put. The video game retailer previously made forays in the crypto space with a crypto wallet for its users, which it eventually shut down in November of 2023 due to the regulatory and Gamestop is also considered the first example of a meme stock success after the short squeeze of 2021 that sent the stock surge over a thousand percent in a single month as traders flipped the table on the hedge funds that had been making money shortened the company. And this is important because of the, I would say the ethos behind the.
JV
Company and the investors, they don't like Wall Street. So if we could basically short Wall.
Laura
Street and long bitcoin, I think that's.
JV
Precisely what they are going to do. Because bitcoin severs the head of the central banking cartels.
Laura
And if you don't know, now you know.
JV
Bitcoin Achilles heel. So if you want the ultimate revenge, you want the ultimate payback from the central scammers of the world, Project rocket.
Laura
Baby to the moon.
JV
And if you don't know, now you know. And again, welcome everyone to the live stream. There's a Q A segment. Yeah, I'm gonna stick around for an additional hour. We'll kick it with the fam. Welcome everyone. Joining us over 13, close to 1400 people on the tri stream still live.
Laura
On x rumble and YouTube.
JV
And as I promised, granted, we're still pumping, which there's a good probability we will be. We'll flip it into a pump watch. We'll pull up some of the charts and we'll see how the markets react till to Trump speaking about the tariffs. And I believe that's at 4pm so less than two hours and counting, you feel me? And we'll play some new chandy music as well. As I said, we updated the playlist. Pump and dump are both beneficial to.
Laura
The Hodler retaliation strategy if necessary, by any means necessary. Like a young Malcolm X with the.
JV
Flex, Bitcoin's a skeeter.
Laura
Like the new Derek Jeter, Bitcoin ends Neo feudalism. There you go, Ryder.
JV
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.
Episode: 1951: GameStop Finishes $1.5 Billion Raise to Add Bitcoin to Balance Sheet
Release Date: April 3, 2025
Host: Justin Verrengia (JV) & Laura
The episode kicks off with JV's enthusiastic commentary on Bitcoin's performance, likening its surge to sports icons like Derek Jeter and Scotty Pippen. He highlights several key market movements:
Notable Quote:
"Bitcoin wasskeeta like the new Derek Jita up over 2000 on the day." — JV (00:00)
Laura discusses the top crypto gainers over the past 24 hours, emphasizing EOS's impressive 20% increase for the week, followed by Radium (+10%) and Dexi (+6%). They analyze crypto market sentiment using the Crypto Bubbles tool, revealing:
Notable Quote:
"The crypto green Fair index today were 44 fear yesterday 34 last week 47 last month 33 and check it." — Laura (02:40)
A significant highlight of the episode is Fidelity's introduction of a no-fee retirement plan allowing U.S. adults to invest in Bitcoin. This move is poised to enhance Bitcoin adoption significantly.
Details:
Notable Quotes:
"Fidelity launched a no fee retirement plan for U S adults to invest into the pre little bitty." — JV (04:27)
"Purchase bitcoin with no fees. That's a phenomenal thing and it's only going to help bitcoin adoption so that's major." — Laura (04:35)
JV and Laura delve into the alarming statistics of crypto hacks in the first quarter of 2025, highlighting a total loss of over $2 billion, with $1.63 billion attributed to access control flaws.
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
"Securing digital assets requires more than just secure onchain code. The entire infrastructure from front end interfaces to internal processes must be equally hardened." — Laura (12:16)
"The most worrying trend is the professionalization of the scam networks where criminals operate with startup like efficiency." — Laura (12:06)
Go Mining introduces a $100 million Bitcoin mining fund aimed at institutional investors, marking a significant step in institutional adoption of Bitcoin.
Highlights:
Notable Quotes:
"Bitcoin rewards are reinvested to increase the fund's hash rate and to improve the mining efficiency, creating real yield driven outcomes." — Laura (15:12)
"Their model is built for performance, not market sentiment and integrates utility based advantages that listed mining companies typically don't offer." — Laura (15:19)
UK trade bodies have formally requested the government to recognize cryptocurrency and blockchain technology as strategic priorities, advocating for the appointment of a dedicated blockchain Special Envoy.
Recommendations:
Notable Quotes:
"Now is the time for the FCA to Act or the UK will lose out on this huge opportunity." — Laura (20:00)
"With deep pools of talent, access to capital, world class academic institutions and sophisticated regulators, the UK provides an environment where digital assets and blockchain innovation can thrive." — Laura (18:29)
Arthur Hayes of Just Blaze forecasts that Bitcoin could reach $250,000 by the end of 2025, contingent on the Federal Reserve shifting to Quantitative Easing (QE).
Analysis:
Notable Quotes:
"Bitcoin price can hit a quarter million this year before the end of the year if the Fed shifts to quantitative easing according to just blaze Arthur Hayes." — Laura (20:27)
"Bitcoin will scream higher once this is formally announced." — JV (22:47)
In a groundbreaking move, GameStop has finalized a $1.5 billion convertible debt offering, designed to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet under the initiative dubbed "Project Rocket."
Details:
Historical Context:
Notable Quotes:
"Micrstrage just made another 22,000 Bitcoin purchase. They now hold over 520,000 BTC." — JV (16:56)
"Project Rocket. Baby to the moon." — JV (27:38)
"Bitcoin severs the head of the central banking cartels." — Laura (27:47)
The hosts provide a live analysis of Bitcoin's price charts across various timeframes—10-minute, hourly, four-hour, daily, weekly, and monthly—illustrating bullish momentum with various target scenarios.
Highlights:
Community Interaction:
Notable Quotes:
"We've been bullish all morning here. We do have a red bull target sitting at 875 which is roughly a $500 jump from the current price action." — JV (08:38)
"If you don't know, now you know." — Laura (26:08)
JV and Laura conclude the episode by reiterating the importance of self-custody for cryptocurrencies, cautioning against leaving assets solely on exchanges due to potential security risks. They emphasize the ongoing bullish trends and invite listeners to stay engaged through their platforms for future updates and live interactions.
Final Notes:
Episode 1951 of "Crypto News Alerts" delivered a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the cryptocurrency world, from significant institutional investments like GameStop's $1.5 billion raise for Bitcoin acquisition to critical discussions on the rising threat of crypto hacks and the evolving landscape of crypto adoption in the UK. The hosts provided insightful market analysis, bullish price predictions, and actionable advice for investors, all while fostering an engaging and informative environment for their audience.
Stay informed and HODL!