2222: US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Still a Priority — $400K BTC Target

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Episode: 2222: US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Still a Priority — $400K BTC Target
Date: January 15, 2026
Host: JV (Bitcoin News Alerts), co-host Nip Anator
Special Guests: “High Priest” Max Kaiser

Episode Overview

This special landmark episode (#2222) dives deep into the state of Bitcoin as it flirts with the $100K threshold, highlighting technical analysis, market trends, and major news stories. The show focuses on sovereign Bitcoin adoption, particularly the growing momentum behind strategic national Bitcoin reserves (most notably in the U.S.), the performance and institutional impact of Bitcoin ETFs, the global movement toward financial tokenization, and the latest bullish price targets—some calling for $400K BTC. Latin American crypto use cases and a poetic/rap interlude from Max Kaiser round out the episode.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Market Recap & Technical Analysis

• Bitcoin's Price Action:
  • BTC reached ~$98,000 before a minor correction, currently trades around $96,400.
  • "We finally got a bit of a pullback after tapping out at 98 level just yesterday. We did a fantastic maybe 15, 16 hour pump watch." — JV (01:29)
  • Market correction described as "small, healthy," with BTC down 1% and altcoins taking heavier hits (Litecoin -8%, Dogecoin -6%).
  • Total crypto market cap back to $3.28T, BTC market cap at $1.925T (02:23-02:47).
• Crypto Market Sentiment:
  • Greed & Fear Index briefly returned to "greed" for the first time since October 2025 (03:02).
• Key Technical Levels:
  • Traders watching the $94K support; short-term holder cost basis at ~$99,600—potential resistance zone.
  • "Critical for the Bulls to hold 94 region going forward. And the silver lining is we're 2500 above that region." — JV (04:15)

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2. Max Kaiser’s Thematic Insights

• Hope vs. Despair:
  • Gold and silver prices surge on fear, Bitcoin rises on "hope and love."
  • “Gold prices gains driven by fear and despair. Bitcoin driven by hope and love... The more our collective unconscious believes in hope, we love and thrive. Given into fear and despair equals doom. Think about it and buy Bitcoin.” — Max Kaiser, quoted by JV (05:07)
  • Geopolitical events (like called-off airstrikes on Iran) are dampening metals but not Bitcoin.

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3. Sovereign Bitcoin Reserves on the Rise

• US National Focus:
  • The push for a "US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" continues, with the White House advisor confirming it as a policy priority.
  • "Let's get this strategic bitcoin reserve a rolling, shall we?" — JV (00:47)
  • Reports of ongoing interagency discussions to implement President Trump’s 2025 executive order.
    • “It is certainly still on the priority list right now… The DOJ has provided some good guidance on where we can move out on this executive order and do so in a legally sound way.” — JV relaying Patrick Witty, White House advisor (21:59)
• Global Game Theory & Copycats:
  • Sovereign reserves are increasingly a game-theoretic race, sparked by El Salvador, the U.S., and imitators (Brazil, Japan, Germany, Poland, Hong Kong).
    • "This is game theory in full effect. This is global hash war which Max prophesies over the years." — JV (08:36)
  • Countries mentioned:
    • Bukele’s El Salvador (first-mover, 2021)
    • U.S. (Trump’s strategic reserve, 2025)
    • Japan (lawmaker Satoshi Handmade proposed reserve in Dec 2024)
    • Germany (recently regretted selling reserves)
    • Poland (presidential pledge and win on BTC reserve platform)
    • Hong Kong, Brazil (parliamentary motions, proposals)
• Forecasts & Impacts:
  • Signum SE projects at least three G20 economies will publicly add BTC to their treasury this year.
  • Even initial small (1%) allocations have "profound" signaling effects; could take BTC from 6% to 25% of gold's market cap ($350K-$400K BTC).
    • “The most plausible early adopters will include financially pragmatic countries with acute currency distress.” — JV (09:17)
    • "That would imply a bitcoin price of 350 to 400,000." — JV (11:19)

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4. Bitcoin ETF Inflows & Institutional Trends

• ETFs Posting Biggest Inflows of 2026
  • Three consecutive days of strong inflows, reversing early-January outflows.
  • "Spot Bitcoin ETFs topped $843 million on Wednesday, marking the largest single day of inflows for the new year." — Nip Anator (13:17)
  • BlackRock (iShares), Fidelity, Ark Invest, Bitwise mentioned as key drivers.
  • Signals "a notable trend reversal;" ETF activity high as BTC retested $97K+.

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5. Tokenization & Traditional Finance Integration

• Signum SE’s Report:
  • U.S. regulatory clarity (anticipated Clarity and Bitcoin Acts) may trigger rapid adoption of tokenized finance and national Bitcoin reserves.
    • "Tokenization will enter the mainstream this year, with up to 10% of new bond issuance by major institutions potentially being tokenized at inception." — JV (12:23)
    • Tokenized corporate bonds already hit $1.1B (5% of total).
  • "The full transition will take five or more years, but the strategic decisions shaping that future are already being made."

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6. Argentina: Lemon’s Bitcoin-Backed Credit Card & Cash Hoarding

• Product Launch:
  • Lemon, major Argentine crypto exchange, introduces first BTC-backed Visa credit card—users deposit BTC as collateral but keep savings exposure.
• Economic Context:
  • National distrust of fiat and banks, $271B in undeclared cash stashed outside formal system.
  • Credit innovation aims to unlock spending power without liquidating BTC.
  • "That stash persists even after President Malay's Fiscal Innocence Tax Amnesty Initiative pushed close to 300,000 savers to declare more than $20 billion." — Nip Anator (17:01)
• Regional Crypto Usage:
  • Latin Am exchange activity booming; remittances and everyday payments increasingly rely on crypto rails.

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7. Long-Term Price Projections: The $400K Bitcoin Target

• TA and Cycle Analysis:
  • Crypto trader Calio and others: BTC may be mirroring historic “Livermore accumulation cylinder” pattern—calls for $400K by 2028, possibly sooner given accelerating cycles.
    • "Synonymous Crypto trader Calio shared on X that bitcoin may ultimately reach $400,000 in 2028 before any correction." — JV (24:20)
  • Host JV’s own targets:
    • Bear scenario: $222K (2026)
    • Base case: $420K (“for the Broskis”; 2026)
    • Bull case: $1.1M as soon as 2028–2029 and sees $1M as “inevitable.”
• Memorable Call to Conviction:
  • “Bitcoin will send well above a hundred thousand again. We will see another massive alt season that happens with that move. It's not a matter of if but when… Keep your conviction and focus on positioning yourself for when that day comes.” — Crypto trader Calio, quoted by JV (28:08)

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8. Max Keiser’s Rap & Poetry Segment

• Entertaining Interlude:
  • Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert deliver a rap and poetry session celebrating global Bitcoin adoption, referencing El Salvador, Bukele, and the spiritual/ideological side of BTC.
    • “Fiat is blasphemy, profanity, insanity… Time chain on the rise, Coded truth finality, Bitty samurais cutting through depravity with cryptographic clarity.” — Max Kaiser Poet (31:00)
  • Emphasis on sovereignty, stacking sats, and a digital “army” built on hope and code.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (w/ Timestamps)

• Market correction context:
  • "Small healthy Correction. Bitcoin only down 1% on the day. Ether down 1%. Big losers are Cardano and Litecoin." — JV (02:06)
• On sovereign Bitcoin race:
  • "Once peer competition emerges, reserve diversification becomes a game theoretic race rather than a philosophical debate." — JV (09:08)
• On Argentine savers:
  • "Argentines hold about 271 billion in undeclared cash dollars stashed in mattresses." — Nip Anator (17:01)
• On ETF inflows:
  • "Spot Bitcoin ETFs topped $843 million on Wednesday, marking the largest single day of inflows for the new year." — Nip Anator (13:17)
• On sovereign adoption potential:
  • "That would imply a bitcoin price of 350 to 400,000." — JV (11:19)
• On the $400K BTC thesis:
  • “Synonymous Crypto trader Calio shared…that bitcoin may ultimately reach $400,000 in 2028 before any correction..." — JV (24:20)
• On conviction during lows:
  • “Keep your conviction and focus on positioning yourself for when that day comes. Work harder when everyone else is complaining…” — Crypto trader Calio, quoted by JV (28:08)
• Max Keiser’s poetic punch:
  • “Fiat is blasphemy, profanity, insanity…Bitty samurais cutting through depravity with cryptographic clarity.” — Max Kaiser Poet (31:00)
  • "Orange Shades, Orange made, OG players new to the gamers. Innovative thinkers. Bitcoin shades and Bitcoin bling." — Max Kaiser Rapper (32:47)

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Key Timestamps for Segment Jumping

• Opening / Market Recap: 00:00 – 03:21
• Max Kaiser reflections: 05:07 – 06:38
• Sovereign Bitcoin Reserves / Global Game Theory: 06:44 – 12:58
• Bitcoin ETFs Inflows: 12:58 – 14:57
• Argentina’s Bitcoin Backed Card / Regional Trends: 14:57 – 20:21
• US Strategic Reserve—White House Interview: 20:21 – 23:50
• Technical Pattern & $400K BTC Target: 24:05 – 29:26
• Max Kaiser Rap & Poetry: 30:13 – 34:24

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Tone & Takeaways

The episode maintains an upbeat, ZEALOUS Bitcoin maximalist tone—unfiltered, energetic, and peppered with in-jokes and Bitcoin metaphors. The hosts blend market savvy with a “stack sats, stay sovereign” ethos and repeatedly issue rallying cries for conviction and hope over fear. The rap/poetry segment underlines the cultural, spiritual, and revolutionary aspects of the Bitcoin movement.

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Bottom Line

Bitcoin’s march into institutional, sovereign, and mainstream finance seems to be gaining unstoppable momentum. With new technical and macroeconomic signals, the podcast affirms a bullish worldview—encouraging listeners to “keep stacking,” stay the course, and look ahead to $400K and beyond.

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Transcript

[JV]

Welcome bitcoin fam to the number one bitcoin pod in today's show. I'll be breaking down the latest TA. We did tap roughly 98,000 before today's minor correction. We'll also be discussing the latest from the high priest Max Kaiser wrote silver down sharply because the air strikes against Iran were called off. Silver and gold prices driven by war and despair. Bitcoin prices trending higher on renewed interest and stateless money and the peace and love that would bring. We'll also be discussing Signum SE's tokenization and state bitcoin reserves taken off off this year in 2026. Also the latest with the Bitcoin ETFs posting their biggest inflows of the year thus far as Bitcoin rallied above 97, 000. We'll also be discussing lemon launches, bitcoin back, credit card cash hoarding in Argentina. Also US strategic bitcoin reserve is still a priority according to the White House advisor. Let's get this strategic bitcoin reserve a rolling, shall we? We'll also be discussing a very advantageous target crypto trader. Un thousand price target says bitcoin's mirroring the legendary technical PR pattern which I'll be breaking down for you. We'll also be taking a look at the overall crypto market. All this plus so much more on today's Special episode number 2,222. The show goes on.

[Nip Anator]

Sweet pity.

[JV]

But anyways, so yeah, today is Special episode number 2,222. I'm your host JV alongside the Fed here. Nip Anator, of course, keeping them nip and ating. Today is January 15, 2026. Bitcoin's been on a run this week. We finally got a bit of a pullback after tapping out at 98 level just yesterday. We did a fantastic maybe 15, 16 hour pump watch. If you're on it, let me know. We're currently sitting just above 96,400 at the time of the live stream. Kicking it off with our market watch. As you can see, yesterday everything was in the green. Today almost everything is back in red.

[Nip Anator]

But barely.

[JV]

Small healthy Correction. Bitcoin only down 1% on the day. Ether down 1%. Big losers are Cardano and Litecoin. Litecoin's down almost 8% today, so there you go.

[Nip Anator]

And Elon's favorite crypto dogecoin down 6%. Take that evildoers.

[JV]

But checking out coinmarketcap.com the silver lining here is the crypto market cap has been back on the climb we were suppressed under 3 trillion most of the fourth quarter. Today we're back at 3.28 trillion up 1.3% on the day even with the correction. And of course the bitcoin market cap is on the cusp of reclaiming the 2 trillion market cap.

[Nip Anator]

Today it's 1.925 trillion.

[JV]

Checking out top 100 crypto gainers past 24 hours we got D cred up.

[Nip Anator]

14% followed by Chili's up 10% and UN said Leo up 4%.

[JV]

Checking out the crypto greed and fear index Yesterday we returned to neutral for.

[Nip Anator]

The first time in several months. But today we're back in greed, believe it or not. And we ain't seen greed in like I'm guesstimating six months. We were stuck in extreme fear for damn near three months the entire fourth quarter. So it feels good, have that nice pump, you know. So hopefully we can keep that momentum.

[JV]

Going and go back to extreme greed.

[Nip Anator]

As we continue to bump.

[JV]

But checking out the time chain calendar today, episode 2222 we're on block height.

[Nip Anator]

Number 932403 and you could exchange one fiat monopoly dollar for 1,036 sats. So you know precisely what to do. You pick up the SATs, put down the gas and pick up some bitcoin.

[JV]

Gaps from a man Sergio that we'll.

[Nip Anator]

Do a little ta.

[JV]

Bitcoin must hold 94 next according to this trader as the price dips upon the US Open. We already did the live chart so let's go directly to the Kabisi letter who wrote President Trump has told Iran he does not want war and will not launch an attack. According to Iran's ambassador to to Pakistan. Oil prices are down sharply on the news. I mean here's a a chart the WTI crude oil going down a lot now market participants turn to levels in need of preservation during the potential correction within the local uptrend. Quoting Dan, crypto trades critical for the Bulls to hold 94 region going forward. And the silver lining is we're 2500 above that region at this moment. Any moves back down that level would.

[Nip Anator]

Not make for a pretty look. And from here on out the daily.

[JV]

Two May is next up.

[Nip Anator]

That one rejected price back in November right before the large drop which sent us plummeting to 80 GS.

[JV]

He also referenced the 200 day exponential.

[Nip Anator]

Moving average which is currently sitting at 99555. The weekly close target was set at 935. And the site of the 2025 yearly open we also have crypto quant who points out as the price hit 2 month high short term Hodler entities are.

[JV]

Holding for up to six months sent.

[Nip Anator]

40000 Bitcoin to the exchanges over a 24 hour period. Of that total, roughly 37, 800 of the bitties were sent to profit compared to when it last moved on chain Quoting Dark Fost Short term huddlers remain clearly impacted by the recent correction and it seems the more upside and stronger the confirmation will be needed to rebuild.

[JV]

Confidence and generate enough unrealized profits to.

[Nip Anator]

Encourage them to hold rather than to sell. Separate data points out the aggregate cost basis for the short term huddler cohort is 99 600, reinforcing that area as a potential future resistance point. And of course a hundred thousand is always a major psychological resistance. So that makes total sense to me. And as a bonus, here's some insights from Max Kaiser. He tweeted the other day the Hope, despair, arbitrage gold prices gains driven by fear and despair driven Bitcoin driven by hope and love act thematically and reflectivity or reflexively the more our collective unconscious believes in hope. We love or we love and thrive Given into fear and despair equals doom. Think about it and buy Bitcoin. He also added to that silver down sharply because the air strikes against Iran have been called off. Silver and gold prices are driven by war and despair. It's so true. And the market reaction is a great reflection of that, isn't it? He also says bitcoin prices trending higher on the renewed interest and the stateless money and the peace and love that would bring Amen to that.

[JV]

Shout out to the high priest, of.

[Nip Anator]

Course, the one and only legendary Max Kaiser. And there you go, yo.

[JV]

Next Oreo Singum sees tokenization and state Bitcoin reserves taken off in 2026. That's right. The US regulatory developments may unlock a new phase of the blockchain adoption this year, including sovereign Bitcoin reserves and a broader shift by the banks toward the tokenized financial infrastructure, according to the report.

[Nip Anator]

By banking group Syngom. I say them the highly the highly.

[JV]

Anticipated Clarity act and potential passage of.

[Nip Anator]

The Bitcoin act may provide the legal.

[JV]

Framework that sovereign actors have been waiting for. According to their latest forecast from this bank, the company said clearer rules of.

[Nip Anator]

The US may inspire more trust than.

[JV]

Bitcoin as a Treasury asset, globally predicting.

[Nip Anator]

That at least 3G or G20 equivalent economies will publicly add Bitcoin to their sovereign reserves. Let's make it happen.

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[JV]

Favors the early adopters which may lead to more urgency to form national bitcoin reserves ahead of the other countries and purchase bitcoin at the lower prices.

[Nip Anator]

This is game theory in full effect.

[JV]

This is global hash war which max.

[Nip Anator]

Prophesies over the years and we've witnessed this with Naijib Bulkele taking first movers.

[JV]

Advantage and establishing Bitcoin country.

[Nip Anator]

The rest is history. And then you even had President Trump.

[JV]

At the start of last year establishing the Bitcoin strategic reserve for the United States. And as long as it's a net.

[Nip Anator]

Neutral way of acquiring the bitcoin, they.

[JV]

Can add it to the reserves. Also noted here, once peer competition emerges, reserve dis diversification becomes a game theoretic.

[Nip Anator]

Race rather than a philosopher of philosophical debate making up my own words, the most plausible early adopters will include financially.

[JV]

Pragmatic countries with acute currency distress.

[Nip Anator]

I'd say nipinators very cute.

[JV]

Such as Brazil, Japan, Germany, the Hong Kong, the Poland. Brazil's House of Reps held the hearing on a national Bitcoin reserve proposal held back in August of last year. Hong Kong legislators proposed that in Bitcoin.

[Nip Anator]

As a national reserve back in December of 2024. That's right.

[JV]

If they don't adopt, they're just going.

[Nip Anator]

To be left behind and end up paying millions per bitcoin. Look at the big mistake Germany made. Remember they dumped billions worth of bitcoin back when bitcoin was like 30, 40 GS and then bitcoin went parabolic as soon as they sold it. Don't let that happen to you. Whatever world leader may be watching the podcast right now.

[JV]

Just saying.

[Nip Anator]

You've been warned. Also, Japanese lawmaker Satoshi Handmade proposed in.

[JV]

December of 2024 government create a national Bitcoin reserve converting part of the foreign.

[Nip Anator]

Exchange reserves, citing the creation of the.

[JV]

US strategic bitcoin reserve.

[Nip Anator]

So yeah, there's many countries that want to copy in Trump's footsteps at least. Or you can say in Bukele who is the first to do it back in 2021.

[JV]

Now in October of 2025, Germany's main opposition party, which I've just referenced, submitted.

[Nip Anator]

An official motion to the parliament opposing the over regulation of bitcoin, urging lawmakers.

[JV]

To consider creating a national bitcoin reserve. If they would have had one instead.

[Nip Anator]

Of dumping their bitcoin, they'd have billions in profits. So their loss, right our gain. And in Poland, the former presidential candidate Mr. Menson pledged during his campaign to.

[JV]

Establish a strategic bitcoin reserve if elected in 2025. That's right out of the Trump playbook.

[Nip Anator]

That's what he proposed to get the.

[JV]

Bitcoiners to support him.

[Nip Anator]

And lo and behold, he won the presidency and it seems we got some copycats. So be it.

[JV]

The report also predicts modest allocations, up to 1% of the country's total reserves.

[Nip Anator]

Why so bearish? But noted this signaling effect would be profound. Naturally, over time, wider sovereign adoption could help bitcoin narrow the gap with gold.

[JV]

Increasing its share of global store to.

[Nip Anator]

Value market cap from about 6% today to as much as 25%, which Singam said would imply a bitcoin price of 350 to 400,000. And stick around. I'm going to be sharing a chart which suggests Bitcoin hitting 400,000 per coin here shortly. Actually, it'll be our future story, but stay tuned. Bitcoin's liquid supply has contracted roughly 30% over the last 18 months as the ETFs and government hoardings absorbed the new issuance. But this is largely attributed to the institutional accumulation for 2026. Expect the actual pattern to be more pedestrian than the headline suggests. You'll see more U. S states and municipalities exploring reserves, not the G20 heavyweights. But still, sovereign bitcoin adoption remains constrained by political friction, including in Brazil, which faces growing pressure from the imf. Here's my message to the imf. The imf. I'm just saying. Meanwhile, beyond the sovereign adoption, Signum said traditional finance institutions are moving closer, using blockchain infrastructure as part of the core operations. The firm predicted tokenization will enter the mainstream this year, with up to 10% of the new bond issuance by the major institutions potentially being tokenized at inception. And I'll leave you with this quote. The full transition will take five or more years, but the strategic decisions shaping that future are already being made. So currently a company is already tokenized 1.1 billion worth of corporate bonds, which represents 5% of the total of 21 billion in tokenized assets. And there you have it, yo.

[JV]

All right, next story fam Bitcoin ETFs post the biggest inflows of 2026 so.

[Nip Anator]

Far as Bitcoin rallies above 97G's baby.

[JV]

That's right, the Bitcoin ETFs have seen strong inflows for three consecutive days, reversing the losses. So we're having a good January run thus far, even though we're only halfway through.

[Nip Anator]

Spot Bitcoin ETFs topped 843 million on Wednesday, marking the largest single day of inflows for the new year, according to data from SOO value. During the three day streak, spot Bitcoin.

[JV]

ETFs have drawn in more than 1.7.

[Nip Anator]

Billion, offsetting earlier outflows of about 1.4 billion from January 6th through the 9th. The fresh inflows came as Bitcoin revisited the two month high just above 97. We damn near hit 98 yesterday. It was like 978 and some change. We did a pump wash. Let me.

[JV]

Know if you're on it.

[Nip Anator]

Pushing investor sentiment higher as the Crypto Green and Fear index moved to greed.

[JV]

Territory for the first time since October.

[Nip Anator]

That's right, since around the time of the all time high. Meanwhile, investment giant Black Rock topped the spot Bitcoin ETFs yesterday with iShares Bitcoin ETF drawing more than 648 million. Other notable contributors included Fidelity, which is FBTC, which added $125 million as well as Arc Invest added 30 million in bitwise 10 million worth of the inflows. SP on ETFs have attracted one and a half billion of inflows over the nine trading days in January, signaling a notable trend reversal Tuesday. 754 million of inflows were the largest since October 7th, when the spot Bitcoin ETF saw 875 million of the inflows. And as sentiment shared here, Bitcoin ETFs are seeing giant inflows as 2026 crypto price rallies continue. Yesterday saw the net 753 million in total money moving into them, which is the highest day of the 1 point to 1 million inflow October 6th. So you already know ETF volume is.

[JV]

Back on the climb and the surge in bitcoin funds came as bitcoin climbed.

[Nip Anator]

Past 97 for the first time since mid November. So we're so back fam Nipinator indicator on full display. The ultimate signal of all signals. Anyways, next story of the day yo, let's dive into Lemon Launching the Bitcoin Backed Credit card and Cash Hoarding Argentina and this is interesting. Lemon, one of Argentina's largest crypto exchanges, has launched what it describes as the country's first bitcoin backed Visa credit card, offering users Argentine peso financing without forcing them to liquidate their bitcoin savings. According to La Nation, a leading Argentine daily newspaper, customers must lock up to.01 bitcoin as collateral, roughly $11,000 US to obtain an initial credit limit of 1 million pesos, with the Bitcoin held as a mobilized guarantee rather than being sold or converted into Fiat. Now Lemon plans to expand the product so the users can adjust to collateral and credit limits over time, eventually settling dollar denominated purchases directly in dollar PEG stable coins such as usdc, which I don't like by the way. I don't like Circle as a company. I don't trust them. They're part of the lizard folk. If you're to ask me. Stick with Tether.

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[Nip Anator]

Advanta.com USDT can't go wrong there. But anyways, the launch speaks to Argentine's long run and distrust of banks rooted in repeated devaluations and the Coralito deposit freeze of December of 2001, which wiped out savings and pushed many households to keep wealth and cash dollars rather than in peso accounts. And according to a Reuters report citing official data using the Argentina's International Monetary Fund program, estimated Argentines hold about 271 billion in undeclared cash dollars stashed in mattresses. Again, 271 billion worth of cash stashed in mattresses and overseas bank accounts. To to be outside the formal financial system because I don't Trust them and I don't blame them. That stash persists even after President Malay's Fiscal Innocence Tax Amnesty Initiative pushed close to 300000 savers to declare more than $20 billion. By letting users post Bitcoin as collateral for local credit lines, Lemon is effectively trying to turn a favored savings asset into a day to day spending power without forcing savers to unwind their Bitcoin or their stash of hard currency. The credit card arrives as crypto rails become more deeply embedded in Latin America finance. Data compiled from Dune and other analytic platforms indicate the centralized exchanges in the region saw their flows grow roughly nine fold over the past three years. Exchange flows reached around 27 billion back in 2024. Accumulative regional crypto activity approached 1.5 trillion between 2022 and 2025, with firms such as Bitso, Mercado, Bitcoin and Lemon handling a growing share of the remittance, remittances, hedging and day to day payments. Now remittance services are also massive in these Latin American countries. Even El Salvador I discovered is one of the largest for remittances. And that's kind of crazy considering as bitcoin country and bitcoiners could altogether avoid those, you know, old school payment rail remittance fees, you know. But anyways that backdrop gives Lemon a ready made user base already familiar with using digital assets for both savings and transactions. Globally crypto collateralized credit is no longer a novelty. Various platforms of the U.S. europe and Brazil currently allow users to borrow against Bitcoin or stablecoin positions. And some fintechs offer cars that draw crypto backed credit lines. Let me know if any of you have any crypto back cards or cards where you can spend like a credit card and maybe earn back bitcoin rewards let me know because I believe some exchanges such as maybe Coinbase, Gemini offer those services. Now what's different about Lemon's offer is its explicit positioning as bitcoin guaranteed peso denominated revolving credit product issued into a highly dollarized, still fragile banking environment. And while inflation has recently cooled from the triple digit levels, it remains elevated by global standards in the low 30% range. And memories of the past crisis continue to shape Argentines saving behavior. And if you don't know now you know. That's the latest what's happening there? Next up we'll discuss the U S Strategic bitcoin reserve still being a priority according to the White House advisor. And then a four hundred thousand dollar Bitcoin price prediction right here on coveted episode number two 222.

[JV]

And with that being shared next up, US strategic Bitcoin reserve is still a priority, according to this White House advisor. That's right, we're talking about Patrick Witty, described as the legal and bureaucratic question.

[Nip Anator]

Sitting beneath the idea on the paper. Sounds simple, doesn't it?

[JV]

In an interview recorded with The White House January 13, an episode of the Crypto in America, Whit Toast or host Eleanor Tourette that interagency talks on implementing President Trump's executive order are ongoing and that the effort remains on the administration's priority list. Well, it's good to hear that.

[Nip Anator]

What's more important?

[JV]

And then stacking bitcoin for the nation.

[Nip Anator]

Nothing, Just saying.

[JV]

As Congress simultaneously moves towards its next steps on crypto market structured legislation later this week.

[Nip Anator]

Well, let's make it happen already. It's time.

[JV]

Yo Asked how the White House is thinking about the reserve these days, Wit pointed to a process being driven not only by crypto policy staff, but by.

[Nip Anator]

The operations machinery tasks would push in executive orders through the federal government. Quoting them here, we've had good engagement from the deputy chief of staff for the policy team, which is Stephen Miller's team, to make sure that all the.

[JV]

Executive orders that have been signed by.

[Nip Anator]

The president, that the agencies are moving.

[JV]

Out on them, the treasury team Commerce team is involved.

[Nip Anator]

It seems straightforward, but then you get.

[JV]

Into some obscure legal provisions and why.

[Nip Anator]

This agency can't do it. But actually this agency could.

[JV]

Well, let's go. I mean, what are we waiting on?

[Nip Anator]

Yo Wit frame the current phase as.

[JV]

Less about whether the administration wants the.

[Nip Anator]

Reserve and more about ensuring it can move it in a way that will withstand the scrutiny we're continuing to push on that.

[JV]

He says it is certainly still on the priority list right now, adding that the Department of Justice, which I commonly refer to as the Department of Corruption since they sandbagged us with the whole.

[Nip Anator]

Epstein client list thing.

[JV]

But that's a topic for another conversation. Has provided some good guidance on where we can move out on this executive order and do so in a legally sound way. The remarks come against the backdrop of Trump's March 2025 executive order establishing, as you know, the strategic Bitcoin reserve and a broader digital asset stockpile which directed the government to treat existing federally held bitcoin as a long term reserve asset.

[Nip Anator]

While the agencies were tasked to research.

[JV]

Ways for the budget neutral acquisition. We had also addressed a separate flashpoint that had circulated in the bitcoin circles recent days, speculation that the Department of Justice has sold Bitcoin linked to Samurai Wallet case potentially conflicting with the admin's reserve posture quoting them here. I think it was somewhat misreported, whit said, referencing the settlement language and the characterized as standard legal drafting. If you look at the settlement agreement, he says the legal documents, it sounds like the agency is going to take a certain action and talking with the doj.

[Nip Anator]

It was based on basically written in.

[JV]

Such a way they preserve all of their options and their rights and those agreements. But those bitcoins have not been liquidated, those digital assets have not been sold.

[Nip Anator]

So there he's verifying they did not dump it.

[JV]

Wit's bottom line for the viewers was that the headline allegation that the DOJ had outright violated the executive order is not a concern. Though he stressed that he could not.

[Nip Anator]

Say more beyond that. I mean you should be transparent and say everything you know bro. Just saying what's going on in this world. Bitcoin's going on.

[JV]

But there you go.

[Nip Anator]

Let me know your honest opinion on.

[JV]

This Bitcoin executive order. All right fam. Now for our feature story of the day. Crypto trader unveils a massive four hundred thousand dollar bitcoin price target says the bitcoin is mirroring this legendary technical pattern.

[Nip Anator]

So let's discuss it shall we?

[JV]

And yesterday as well we discussed over 300000 price prediction for this cycle here. But anyways a widely followed crypto analyst says bitcoin may be printing a years long massive bullish pattern.

[Nip Anator]

Samson mounted a tweet along that those.

[JV]

Lines today as well that he's expecting a 12 month solid bull run for excuse me for this year of 2026. As you know extended cycle theory in.

[Nip Anator]

Play with all that we witnessed in 2024 with the institutions effectively changing the four year cycle as we formally known it. You know especially with all the institutional adoption leading the bull. But anyways synonymous Crypto trader Calio shared on X the bitcoin may ultimately reach 400000 in 2028 before any correction. Now here's the deal. Obviously 400000 would be a game changer. You know approximately 4x the current top or today's price action ballpark. But 2028 I think we can be a lot more bullish by then. I think realistically we hit between around 2 400,000 this year. 420 is my base case for the Broskis. But with this extended cycle theory maybe it doesn't end the bull in 2026. Maybe we continue the bull for the whole cycle.

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Get [e-mail] for example, we started the bull of the year, the having 2024 and then typically it would just be 2024, 2025. We had the all time high. But due to the institutional adoption, the way that things have changed from a macro landscape, some are saying we're going to continue this bull in this year, 2026 potentially next. Of course the year the having is always bullish because the block rewards get slashed in half by the bitty samurai. But anyways, the analyst believes bitcoin trading in line with what's known as the Livermore accumulation cylinder. Let me know if you've heard of that. The Livermore accumulation cylinder, a pattern identified by trader Jesse Livermore, a pioneer of day trading prominent in the early 1900s. Livermore cylinders typically see the price trade within an ascending megaphone pattern as outlined here in the chart, making increasingly higher highs and higher lows Before I find a final parabolic run well outside the upper resistance line of the range. Bitcoin, anywhere under a hundred thousand is free. So there you go. Right now you can buy bitcoin for free. Apparently take advantage of it. I mean the analyst also says bitcoin surge this week is confirming his bullish theory. As the outline here it's happening, we had a nice run up up of.

[JV]

Course the bottom we saw in the.

[Nip Anator]

Fourth quarter after we hit the freaking 126 3. That was October 6th and it was the same week that the government shutdown started, which ended up being the longest.

[JV]

US government shutdown of all time.

[Nip Anator]

It was the bulk of the fourth quarter, I think that also sabotaged and pushed back our bull run for the fourth quarter, where historically we would see roughly 70 gains the year preceding a having and for the first time in bitcoin history, the year after the having we actually dumped. I don't know what the total was maybe 35 to 40%. From the 1263 to the 80 bottom we've recovered significantly roughly 25 000. We got another whatever 30000 to go to reclaim the current firmament which is the 126. 3 level. Let me know when you think we'll likely hit that. This analyst predicts the alts will eventually start to outperform bitcoin if if the top of the crypto asset reclaims the six figure range. He wrote here fellas, I can't stress this enough. Bitcoin will send well above a hundred thousand again. We will see another massive all season that happens with that move. It's not a matter of if but when. Similar to how the Silver Bull sounded insane for years. You probably feel slightly crazy right now. All it takes is a few green candles to go from people laughing at you to people begging you for advice. Keep your conviction and focus on positioning yourself for when that day comes. Work harder when everyone else is complaining about how much things suck. Stay bullish. And lastly, you know, he shared some.

[JV]

Other insights but we're not going to entertain that.

[Nip Anator]

But there's the latest, there's the greatest. Let me know Your thoughts on Bitcoin.

[JV]

400000 my personal prediction.

[Nip Anator]

I'll reiterate. I do feel bear case this year. 222,000. That's my bear scenario. And yes, today is episode 2,222. Just saying base case for the Broskis 420. Which means I think that's the most probable. And if it's extended cycle and we continue in the bull, it may not happen this year.

[JV]

It could happen next year.

[Nip Anator]

I don't know. You know, but the reality is I do think we have a very realistic shot of hitting that base case target. And then my bulk scenario obviously if the stars are aligned, you know and all that fun stuff, I can see 1.1 million by 2028. Meaning it could happen this year or 2027. I don't know. And I do. I will stand by 1 million bitcoin by 2029. The next cycle. Having in that bull run, I do see us surpassing seven figures. If it doesn't occur this time. Can it occur this time? Yes, if we have a super cycle. But remember there's no telling with the constipated Ms. Yelling ban. You know, let me know your thoughts. And welcome everyone to the Q A segment of the live stream.

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