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Episode 2138: Traders Warn 50% Bitcoin Crash – ETFtober Expands as BTC Adoption Explodes

Date: October 17, 2025
Host: Bitcoin News Alerts

Episode Overview

This jam-packed episode explores the ongoing Bitcoin price correction, dire warnings from analysts about a possible 50% crash, explosive ETF activity ("ETFtober"), and the relentless global advance of Bitcoin adoption—from Russia to Florida and beyond. Host "Bitcoin News Alerts" keeps it raw, rapid-fire, and unapologetically Bitcoin maximalist, dissecting news, on-chain metrics, regulatory and legal updates, and the latest privacy and payments push from crypto OGs like Jack Dorsey. The episode is punctuated with high-energy side commentary, chart breakdowns, and a memorable mascot rap routine.

Key Topics and Insights

1. Market Correction: Extreme Fear & Bearish Sentiment

(01:24–06:11)

Host opens with the stark news: “As you can see, the correction continues. Some analysts are now warning we can see a 50% bitcoin price correction.”
All major cryptocurrencies are down; only a single token (AA) barely in the green.
Crypto Fear & Greed Index slips to 22: “Anytime it hits 25 or lower, it's considered extreme. Insane in the membrane, insane in the brain.” – Host (05:03)
“Cascading liquidations” of over $916 million in leveraged long positions as Bitcoin drops to $103K, with the overall sentiment deeply negative.
Host reviews technicals on multiple timeframes (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly), noting consecutive weeks of losses and the surprising underperformance in what is usually a bullish October.
Despite some calls that the “bitcoin bull run is over,” the host remains skeptical:
- “I categorically disagree ... I believe this cycle, you know, next leg up is just getting started and we may see an extended cycle.” – Host (06:41)
Key warning from cited TA (via CoinTelegraph): If Bitcoin falls below $100k psychological support, a further 50% crash is possible. Host rates this scenario as only “5% probability.”

2. Gold’s Market Cap Soars—Implications for Bitcoin

(11:05–13:20)

Gold just hit a record $30 trillion market cap, now 14.5 times the size of Bitcoin’s ($2.1T).
The surge in gold is attributed to “dollar debasement, geopolitical tension, and tariff woes.” Gold is up 64% since Jan 1, and more than double since the previous year.
Host:
- “Silver lining: It gives bitcoin that much more room to continue to run... we all know the apex predator is going to eat away that market cap like a black hole and all that liquidity is going to flow into the pre low bitty.” (13:20)
- “If we 15x the market cap just imagine 15x the biddy price probably take us ballpark 2.2 million send it.”
Notable Analyst Quotes:
- “As soon as gold stalls Bitcoin is going to rip. If Bitcoin can loosen its correlation with equities... perhaps this is the trade after the trade.” — @Psychedelic (13:09)
- “The divergence never lasts. Liquidity always finds risk and the catch up rally will be brutal.” — Merlin the Trader (13:16)
Host pokes fun at gold-shilling Peter Schiff: “Spotted in Dorado, Puerto Rico bingo night ... doing backflips.”

3. “ETFtober”: Wave of New Crypto ETF Filings Despite Government Gridlock

(13:24–16:44)

“ETFtober” is in full swing with at least five new crypto ETF applications filed—VanEck, 21Shares, Ark Invest, Volatility Shares, and more.
Major U.S. government shutdown has (for now) frozen SEC decisions, but filings continue.
Spotlight: VanEck filing for Lido Staked Ethereum ETF, and Ark Invest dropping three new Bitcoin ETF applications, including:
- Ark Bitcoin Yield ETF (options income strategies)
- Ark Diet Bitcoin ETF (50% downside protection, upside participation)
Host highlights that more exotic products (like 2x-5x leveraged ETFs) are being concocted, reflecting the maturing market appetite.
“Ironic that growing fiscal debt and usual political theater holding these up—exactly what crypto is targeting.” — Host quoting Nate Geraci

4. U.S. State Policy Shifts: Crypto Reserve Bills

(16:44–18:46)

Florida lawmaker (Rep. Barnaby) reboots a “crypto reserve” bill (HB 183) to allow state entities to invest up to 10% in digital assets—including Bitcoin, ETFs, and, bizarrely, NFTs.
Florida bill introduces expanded custody and fiduciary standards and broadens investable assets beyond just Bitcoin.
Only three other states (Arizona, New Hampshire, Texas) have successfully passed similar bills, all with stricter limitations (NH: Bitcoin-only, $500B+ market cap, 5% allocation cap; TX: Bitcoin-only reserves).
Florida also aiming to smooth regulatory requirements for stablecoin issuers, provided they’re fully collateralized and audited.
Notably, California reverses a previous law: Now, “unclaimed crypto cannot be automatically sold by the state and must be preserved in its original form.”

5. Russia: Leading European Crypto Adoption

(18:46–21:10)

According to Chainalysis, Russia leads Europe in crypto adoption, surpassing UK and Germany.
- $376B in crypto received by Russia between July 2024–June 2025, up 48% from last year.
- Dominated by “large institutional transfers” (up 86% YoY) and “growing use of DeFi.”
- “Russia's DeFi activity surging eight times the previous levels in early 2025.”
Ruble-pegged stablecoins outpaced EURC, showing demand for on-chain alternatives under sanctions pressures.

6. Bitcoin Payments Push: Jack Dorsey, Peter Todd, & Signal Integration

(21:10–27:00)

Breaking News: Jack Dorsey’s Square to enable small businesses to accept Bitcoin with zero processing fees from November 10.
Huge push among top Bitcoiners to integrate BTC payments into Signal, the leading privacy messaging app.
Integration would use Cashew’s Chaumian Ecash protocol to enable private BTC payments inside Signal.
Quotes:
- Jack Dorsey (via host): “Bitcoin will be a failure if it's only used as a store of value and not for everyday payments like Satoshi Nakamoto intended.”
- Peter Todd: “I have been wanting to try Mobile Coin but ... it is such a failure I can't even buy any. Signal app needs to accept reality and just add bitcoin support.”
Debate on privacy: Critics warn that using Bitcoin's public blockchain could compromise Signal users’ anonymity, suggesting Monero or Zcash as alternatives.
“Bitcoin for Signal” campaign also backed by Cali (SatoshiLabs cofounder), arguing for global, encrypted, peer-to-peer payments for Signal’s “70M+ users.”
European Union proposes “chat control” laws that could break end-to-end encryption (vote postponed after German opposition).
Host's hot take:
- “They weaponize virtue and that's what they're notorious for. Let's just say we're protecting the children. Yeah, okay. Right. But anyways, that's my two satoshis on that.” (26:40)

7. Side Commentary, Trading Warnings & Community Moments

(27:10–28:05)

Host issues warnings on leveraged trading: “Leverage trading is extremely risky. And not for noobs. And it's a great little disclaimer there.”
Community Q&A shout-outs, Max Keiser praise, Wu-Tang Clan references, and back-and-forth about Space Force and FTX (clarifying a listener meant “Space Force,” not “SBF/Sam Bankman-Fried”).

8. Mascot Rap: Nipsey Hussle’s “Bitcoin Shuffle”

(28:05–31:45)

Show staple: High-energy rap from Nipsey Hussle, the “Bitcoin mascot dog,” loaded with Bitcoin metaphors and inside jokes (“If he's licking at his balls you better bet it's higher ticking ...”).
“The lickenator indicator never missing, yeah that’s the Nipsey ... If you see him stretch mid show, you know orange line climbing, candles glow while trader stress, he just naps in style. Cause Nipsey’s been bullish all the while.” (30:53–31:04)
Maximalist punchlines, references to Michael Saylor, and playful jabs at mainstream financial figures.

Notable Quotes & Moments (With Timestamps)

On TA, Bearish Warnings:
- “Headline reads bitcoin bull run is over. Oh no. Traders stay with a 50% price crash warning.” (06:23)
- “I categorically disagree...I’d give this very low probability personally, maybe 5%.” – Host (07:45)
On Gold/BTC dynamic:
- “Silver lining. It gives bitcoin that much more room to continue to run.” (13:18)
On ETFtober:
- “There has been a recent flurry of activity ... filed with the US SEC despite the ongoing government shutdown.” (13:25)
On Florida’s Bill:
- “Probably the least intelligent allocation would be NFTS. I'm just saying stick to Bitcoin Florida please.” (16:57)
On Russia’s crypto adoption:
- “Russia’s DeFi activity surging eight times the previous levels in early 2025.” (19:56)
On Signal and Bitcoin:
- “Bitcoin belongs to Signal. Cashu Ecash enables truly private bitcoin payments inside the world’s most trusted encrypted messenger. That’s a dub.” (21:43)
- Peter Todd: “Signal app needs to accept reality and just add bitcoin support. You can't short your dorks, you can't afford that.” (22:31)
On EU law and privacy:
- “They weaponize virtue and that's what they're notorious for. Let's just say we're protecting the children. Yeah, okay. Right. But anyways, that's my two satoshis on that.” (26:40)
Mascot Rap:
- “If he’s licking at his balls you better bet it’s higher ticking ... the lickinator indicator never missing, yeah, that’s the Nipsey.” (28:30)

Segment Timestamps

Market Watch and Sentiment: 01:24–06:11
TA Breakdown & 50% Bear Case: 06:11–11:05
Gold vs. Bitcoin Market Cap: 11:05–13:20
ETF News/ETFtober: 13:24–16:44
U.S. State Crypto Legislation: 16:44–18:46
Russia’s Crypto Adoption: 18:46–21:10
Signal, Jack Dorsey, Payments Privacy: 21:10–27:00
Community Comments & Trading Tips: 27:10–28:05
Mascot Rap (Nipsey Hussle, Bitcoin Shuffle): 28:05–31:45

Overall Tone and Style

Fast-paced, irreverent, defiantly Bitcoin-only.
Loaded with memes, callbacks, and community references.
Host sets a “Stack Sats, Stay Sovereign” mood—maximalist, cautionary about leverage, but ultimately bullish on Bitcoin’s future.

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Data 1H 2025 Visit T mobile.com Happy TGIF. Welcome everyone to the number one daily Bitcoin pod. As you can see, the correction continues. Some analysts are now warning we can see a 50% bitcoin price correction. I'll be breaking this down for you. Also gold market cap soares to a new record breaking $30 trillion market cap dwarfing Bitcoin and the tech giants. Also, ETF October gets bigger. More than five new crypto ETFs have officially been filed this week. Also news in Florida. Florida lawmaker reboots crypto reserve bill after the first one flopped. Also here's why Russia ranks highest in Europe for crypto adoption. Let me break down the latest chain analysis report. Also Bitcoiners push to bring Bitcoin payments the signal as privacy meets crypto. We will be discussing the latest from Jack Dorsey and Peter Todd. If you guys are new to the Rumble important smash the likes give us a follow hit that repost over on X today is pod number 2138. Who do we appreciate Nipinator. And yeah, it's October 17, 2025. Correction continues. More cascading liquidations. Unfortunately we're maintaining at above 1064 at the time of the live stream. Let's kick it off with our margay watch. And as we do each and every day pulling up coin 360. Let's see how we're doing. And we're using the Brave browser today. You can see the whole market correcting. And in the red, unfortunately, virtually nothing in the green. Checking out coinmarketcap.com as you can see, the total crypto market cap down 5% on the day. Currently $3.57 trillion. The Bitcoin market cap 2.01 trillion and overall down 9% on the week. The BTC volume, the market cap just down 2% on the day. For the bitty. Uh, checking out top 100 crypto gainers past 24 hours. Is anything in the green? Nah, just AA. That's pretty much it. Everything's correcting. And in the red today, unfortunately. Uh, checking out the crypto bubbles. Get a visual perspective on the day. Uh, virtually everything wrecked. Uh, zooming it out on the week. Super wrecked. Zooming it out for the month. Still super wrecked. Unless it's Z cash. And checking out the annual perspective. You do got a mixed bag here. I Damn near say 50 50. But be careful with the coinery fam. Checking out the crypto green and fear index. Finally, we're in extreme fear. Yesterday was a 28 and today it's a 22. Anytime it hits 25 or lower, it's considered extreme. Insane in the membrane, insane in the brain. And next, checking out the infamous time chain calendar. You can see today we're on block height 919,521. And you can exchange one fiat monopoly dollar for 939 sats. So you know precisely what to do. You pick up the stats, put down the gats and pick up some bitcoin caps from a man sergio over@bitcoincaps.net but anyways fam. Now let's continue with our TA, aka astrology for the brosis and for the bitty baddies. Headline reads bitcoin bull run is over. Oh no. Traders stay with a 50% price crash warning. That's right, Bitcoin fell to 103 today, resulting in over 916 million in liquidations of leveraged long positions, dampening sentiment and the bitcoin market. Bitcoin may only have a few days of price expansion left in the cycle. According to the crypto bird, the bitcoin bull run ends in 10 days. I categorically disagree, but again we're entertaining the TA here. This is a major article published on Coin Telegraph, so bear with me. Crypto peak countdown shows that the Bitcoin bull runs 99.3% done as weak hands are shaking out in a classic pre peak pattern. 1:58 days since the cycle low equals 99.3% complete with only 7% remaining of the historic bull cycle. Our October 24th target is exactly 10 days away. According to the analyst, the ongoing pullback is right on schedule adding it appears to be a classic pre peak behavior occurring in every major cycle as final week hands getting flushed before the euphoric top. It has been 543 days since the 2024 Bitcoin having which put the Bitcoin market 25 days inside the historical 518 to 580 day peak window. We're not just in the zone, we're deep in the statistical heart where every major bitcoin top has occurred. Now, crypto bird said this represents a complete reset in market sentiment quoting them here. This emotional washout creates the perfect launch pad for the final leg euphoria. Some analysts are suggesting we crash $50,000 or dropping to a 50, 000 price action. Like I said, I don't find this to be the most probable scenario. I'd give this very low probability personally, maybe 5% so. But some analysts are, you know, are going to be perma bears so teach their own. They wrote touching grass if the bulls can't manage to hold the level this week. So ultimately what the analysts are saying, if we break below the major psychological level of 100,000 we can crash another 50%. Ultimately they're insinuating that the cycle top is in. I believe this cycle, you know, next leg up is just getting started and we may see an extended cycle but they wrote a 50% bearish correction is likely incoming in the midterm. Let me know if you agree or disagree. And next up let's pull up some of the live charts really quick via trading view. As you can see on your screen, starting with the one hour, this is the one hour chart. You can see we're trying to rip and then we correct and here we are in the next leg up here currently just above 1065 at a time of the live. No particular bull markets checking out a four hour. As you can see, it's been a lot of cascading downwards candles unfortunately and we're in a corrective zone. Clearly no particular bull targets or scenarios. Checking out the daily the get any better? We do got a bull target, the purple one, a bull flag sitting at 146 on the daily and you can see 1, 2, 3, 4 consecutive red cascading down candles unfortunately. And there's a Super bear target below 49, 000 which we're not going to entertain right now. Checking out the weekly we do get a new weekly candle in two days unfortunately this week is massive losses. Last week was massive losses reversing our entire October bullish month that we had to kick off the fourth quarter. No particular targets there. And checking out the monthly real quick, you can see red candle. Unfortunately this is historically the second most bullish month of the year, but thus far we're in the red unless we can see some type of reversal. But there you have it. As you can see in your screen here, the next headline here reads Gold market cap soars the 30 trillion dwarfing Bitcoin and Tech Giants it seems like just yesterday the gold market cap was like 23 trillion. But it continues breaking out hitting new all time highs. My understanding it just surpassed 4300 an ounce. And yes, Peter Shift spotted in Dorado, Puerto Rico bingo night with the Brosis doing backflips. He's very proud of the gold right now. The gold market cap reached record 30 trillion on Thursday. Throwback Thursday yesterday the commodity surged to a new all time high. Almost 4, 400. Announced the milestone market cap peak means the gold is now 14 and a half times larger than the Bitcoin market cap which is 2.1 trillion. Silver lining. It gives bitcoin that much more room to continue to run. It is also one and a half times larger than the market cap of the magnificent seven largest tech companies on the planet. Number one being Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla whose combined market cap is 20 trillion. Unlike a company stock market market cap which is based on outstanding shares, the mark cap of gold is a calculation of the total value of the gold that has ever been mined. However, also note it's impossible to know the exact amount. And also note it has an infinite supply. They can always find more of the precious metal in the earth. They just got to invest more into mining. That's you know, the difference between bitcoin with a finite limited supply and true scarcity. Can't say the same here. The price of gold has served 64% since January 1 as investors flock to the store value asset amid the dollar debasement Geopolitical tension and the tariff trade off tariff woes and you can just see this chart. Gold more than double since the beginning of last year. Many analysts believe that capital will rotate into Bitcoin, often referred to as digital gold. I agree with that. Gold added over 300 billion to the market cap today, said crypto analyst Psychedelic. What an awesome username. He says I don't understand how most cannot see as soon as gold stalls Bitcoin is going to rip. If Bitcoin can loosen its correlation with equities and the tense geopolitical backdrop, particularly if gold flows decelerate, perhaps this is the trade after the trade. Meanwhile Merlin the trader observed the M2 global money supply was surging gold a ripping like a new Scotty Pippin. But Bitcoin was sleeping. The divergence never lasts. Liquidity always finds risk and the catch up rally will be brutal. And there's the latest at least from the analyst there. Let me know if you agree disagree and like I said, I think it's a great silver lining the bigger the gold market cap becomes because we all know the apex predator is going to eat away that market cap like a black hole and all that liquidity is going to flow into the pre low bitty and now we have like 15x to go and if we 15x the market cap just imagine 15x the biddy price probably take us ballpark 2.2 million send it but anyways next story of the day Fam ETF Tober gets bigger. More than five new crypto e tests filed this week. That's the silver lining though we had massive correction. There's more ETS being filed. There has been a recent flurry of activity of the US crypto ETS this week with at least five new product apps filed with the US SEC despite the ongoing government shutdown. Now obviously they're not going to approve anything during the shutdown but they can still file. The most recent development came from Van Ak and I think we covered yesterday. As a BONUS they're projecting $3 million per coin as their base case case. Let me know if you tuned in which file the S1 form with the SEC Thursday for the Vanac Lido stake Ethereum ETF which will track the performance of ST Eth which I believe is the staked eth Leo's liquid staking token. As a result of the protocol based liquid staking activities underlying the st Eth, the Trust expects to acre certain staking rewards through its ownership of St. Venk took early steps towards launching the product by registering a statutory Trust in Delaware October 2nd. Earlier this month, ST E is liquid staking token representing deposited ether plus any staking reward that acre allowing holders to earn yields while maintaining liquidity. LEO is the largest liquid staking platform. Let me know if you've ever used it. With almost 8 and a half million ETH worth around $33 billion staked, it currently offers a 3.3% staking yield on deposited ether. And here's the breakdown right there. You can see LEO being the largest with 23.7% of the pie. Meanwhile, ETAB issuers 1 are connecting cannot concocting, sorry, concocting more exotic products under the new SEC leadership. However, the US government shutdown has now lasted 17 days has seemingly frozen all the decision making. Meanwhile, 21 shares filed for a leveraged crypto ETF with 2x exposure to hyper liquid native token hype on Thursday. Also, Kathy Woods Ark Invest filed for three new Bitcoin ETFs on Tuesday. Let's go Kathy. The ARC Bitcoin Yield ETF is designed to generate income through yield based bitcoin strategies including selling options and collecting premiums. The ARC Diet Bitcoin I'm not kidding it's Di1 ETF offers 50% downside protection while allowing investors to participate in the upside after a 5% increase at a bitcoin price each quarter. Also other crypto ETF news volatility shares filed a new range of 3x and 5x leverage ETFs tied to crypto major US stocks on Tuesday. Also, Vanx submitted an updated Salana staking ETF filing with fees at 0.3%, according to analyst James Safart. And also once the government shutdown ends, spot Crypto ETF floodgates open. Ironic that growing fiscal debt and usual political theater holding these up exactly what crypto is targeting, as per Nate Jurassi. Next headline here. This is for you Sweet Bitty Florida Lawmaker Reboots Crypto Reserve Bill after the first one Flizity Flopped that's right, the Florida House Republican filed a revised bill to allow the state to invest in digital assets such as bitcoin and crypto ETFs after Florida's operations subcommittee withdrew his initial attempt in June. The Florida House Bill 183 would let the state and certain public entities invest up to 10% of their funds into digital assets like Bitcoin crypto ETPs which are exchange traded products, crypto securities, NFTs and other blockchain based products. Now, probably the least intelligent allocation would be NFTS I'm just saying Stick to Bitcoin Florida please. According to the new bill introduced by Florida, imagine they go all in on melania coin that crashed 99. Not a good look. I'm just saying the new crypto reserve bill is similar to the Webster HB487 which is which was killed in June but added new custody documentation fiduciary standards for holding and lending the digital assets. Another key addition Barnaby made was to expand the investable digital assets from Bitcoin only to a broader range of crypto assets, giving Florida greater flexibility to diversify as digital asset holdings. If the bill passes now, HB 183 seeks to take effect July 1 next year and authorized the State Board of Admin to invest pension and other trust funds in digital assets. A spree of Bitcoin digital asset reserve bills were introduced into the state legislatures during the 2025 legislative session. However, the vast majority fail with just three bills from Arizona, New Hampshire and Texas being enacted into law. New Hampshire's HB 302 allows the Treasurer to invest up to 5% of the public funds and digital assets with market caps above 500 billion. Currently just Bitcoin fits that while the Texas Senate bill specifically establishes a Bitcoin only reserve. Now meanwhile, Barnaby over in Florida is seeking to ease regulatory requirement for stablecoin issuers in Florida, filing HB175 to clarify that recognized payment stablecoin issuers shouldn't be required to obtain separate licenses or registrations. The bill requires stablecoin issuers to be fully collateralized with US Dollars or Treasuries and a conduct of public audit or of those reserves at least once a month. Like HB 183, Barnaby is aiming for the stablecoin bill to take effect July 1st of 2026. Meanwhile, regarding California, their governor, everyone's least favorite Mr. Gruesome signed a new law protecting unclaimed crypto for being automatically sold, ensuring digital assets are preserved in their original form. Well, I didn't expect that because the prior law said that if you left any crypto on the exchange for three years that the state had the right to confiscate. So it seems like they're backtracking on that. The California SB822 allows crypto account holders to recover their original crypto by filing a valid claim with the California State controller. And if you don't know, now you know. Today's episode of Bitcoin News Alerts is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Do you Ever think about switching insurance companies to see if you can save some cash? Progressive makes it easy to see if you can save when you bundle your home and auto policies. Try it@progressive.com Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates. Potential savings will vary. Not available in all states.