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The Wolf Of All Streets
Hosted by Scott Melker · EN
Host Scott Melker talks to your favorite characters from the world of Bitcoin, trading, finance, music, art, and anyone else with an interesting story to tell. Sit down, strap in, and get ready – we’re going deep.
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Bitcoin SHATTERED A $6B ETF Record – $10.6B Friday Expiry Hits
Today00:28:57Summary readyBitcoin is staring down its biggest day of the week: a $10.6 BILLION Deribit options expiry Friday with nearly 80% of positions out-of-the-money, clustered around a $60K put and $80K call — meaning the next 48 hours will decide whether the relief rally extends or collapses. CryptoQuant publicly called on Saylor to STOP buying as Strategy's dividend obligations QUADRUPLED to $1.2B annually. Add the dollar at a 7-month high, Meta secretly building a prediction market called Arena, the CFTC suing Kentucky as the federal-state war hits 9 states, and the CLARITY Act with 4 unresolved sticking points and 5 weeks until Senate recess — and Friday's $10.6B expiry is the single most important catalyst of Q3. We break down what $60K vs $80K means for the rest of the cycle, whether Saylor will actually pause, and which catalyst could break the floor before Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin’s $59K Test Is Coming As Korea Crashes – Caitlin Long
Yesterday01:02:18Summary readyBitcoin hit a two-week low at $61,877 (-3.9%) as a brutal AI tech selloff dragged risk assets globally: South Korea's KOSPI crashed 10%, Samsung and SK Hynix each cratered 12%, and SpaceX has now lost $600 BILLION across three trading days. Bloomberg is calling Bitcoin "tied at the hip" to the AI trade — the digital gold thesis is dying. Add Bank of America's bombshell call for THREE rate HIKES in 2026, the Senate passing a CBDC ban through 2030 in an 85-5 vote, and Jamie Dimon warning the bull market is a "little tsunami" — and today's setup is the cleanest macro inflection we've seen all month. We break down whether Bitcoin's new AI correlation is structural, what BofA's hike call means for the cycle, and whether Trump's quantum executive order is a real threat or just optics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Bitcoin Bottom Case Gets Stronger Every Day #CryptoTownHall
2d ago00:46:56Summary readyMorning markets update covering flat stock performance, crypto gains, gold and silver moves, and crude oil decline on peace developments. Bitcoin discussion on potential new lows, exhausted sellers, and altcoin correlation. Macro segment on inflation data, Jamie Dimon consumer outlook, and Kevin Warsh debt management via higher inflation with gold and Bitcoin as hedges. Reflection on Alan Greenspan's legacy from sound money to fiat policy. Analysis of Strategy's Bitcoin-backed high-yield STRC trading below par, comparisons to Terra Luna and GBTC, fixed income characteristics, and Bitcoin sales normalization. Examination of Bitcoin community tribalism, holder categorization, diversification benefits, and network fundamentals. Coverage of ICE-OKX tokenized markets joint venture and Franklin Templeton dividend reinvestment into Bitcoin ETFs. Bitcoin mining segment on hashpower shift to AI, network difficulty drops, and hardware acquisition opportunities near the 200-week moving average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryWhy Bitcoin Needs The Dollar To Die – Brent Johnson
2d ago01:02:21Summary readyBitcoin's brutal six-week ETF bleed is finally easing. Santiago Capital's blockbuster 84-page report from Brent Johnson warning that the dollar can't die of weakness — only of STRENGTH, when a sustained DXY spike forces enough sovereign and corporate defaults to compel an alternative system — and today's setup is the cleanest macro inflection point we've seen all cycle. We break down whether the ETF pain peak signals the cycle bottom, what a 2-year yield breakout means for Bitcoin, and why Brent Johnson's "dollar dies of strength" thesis is the most important macro framework you're not hearing about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin In Every Brokerage Account CHANGES EVERYTHING - Caroline Pham
3d ago00:28:39Summary readyCarolyn Pham, the former CFTC commissioner now leading MoonPay's institutional push, says crypto has roughly two and a half years to become too big to fail — and the numbers already prove it's happening. Stablecoins did $28 trillion in volume in a single quarter, dwarfing Visa and MasterCard combined. Tokenized repo is hitting $10 trillion every month. In this conversation recorded live at Consensus 2026, Carolyn breaks down what MoonPay Institutional actually means for every bank and asset manager trying to get into crypto without building from scratch, why the narrative that DeFi is incompatible with KYC is a complete fallacy, and how she built America's first digital asset taxonomy at the CFTC that became the foundation for everything the SEC and CFTC are doing now. She explains why this isn't disruption but modernization, how a $100 million acquisition of Israeli defense tech cybersecurity gives MoonPay the wallet infrastructure institutions actually trust, and why a Bitcoin in every brokerage account is the real point of no return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Summary"I'm Buying Bitcoin Like Crazy" - Grant Cardone
4d ago00:22:59Summary readyGrant Cardone says he may have found a way to disrupt the $4 trillion real estate industry by combining income-producing real estate with Bitcoin. In this interview recorded live at Consensus 2026, Grant breaks down why the 1965 REIT model is fundamentally broken — companies forced to distribute 90% of their cash with nothing left for capital expenditures — and how his Bitcoin real estate hybrid solves the liquidity problem that's crushing major institutions like Starwood right now. He explains why 80% of his investors have never owned Bitcoin before, how showing them the hybrid model turned them into Bitcoin buyers on their own, and why he believes every major institution will eventually adopt this model. Grant also reveals how he almost lost $12 million in Bitcoin on a plane he sold to Tim Draper, why he thinks Bitcoin should be $150,000 today, and what Michael Saylor said when he saw Grant's first hybrid deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Everyone Is Bearish.. That’s Why Bulls Are Excited #CryptoTownHall
5d ago00:52:47Summary readyIn this fiery Crypto Town Hall discussion, hosts and guests debate whether MicroStrategy's STRC is truly "digital credit" or high-yield preferred equity riding Bitcoin's wave—sparking retail outrage as it traded sharply below par amid leverage unwinds and DeFi vault concerns. Experts break down the risks of emotional investing, Saylor's bold Bitcoin accumulation strategy, and why forced selling fears are overblown given the company's hoard. The conversation pivots to exciting news from Ledn: support for tokenized Tether Gold (XAUT) alongside expanded stablecoins like USDT and USDC for seamless borrowing, repaying, and trading against Bitcoin. Discover why gold's lower volatility complements Bitcoin as a tried-and-true hard asset, offering potentially better loan terms, and how focusing on real value over hype products leads to smarter portfolio decisions in volatile markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin Just Flashed Kraken’s 113% Buy Signal At $63K
5d ago00:24:21Summary readyBitcoin just flashed one of its most reliable historical buy signals — dipping below its 200-week moving average twice in two weeks, a setup Kraken's Chief Economist Thomas Perfumo says has delivered 113% MEDIAN returns over the following year (and 313% over two years), with median time to break even of just TWO DAYS. The signal has only triggered on roughly 10% of all trading days since 2017. But the bull case lands into a brutal backdrop: Add Franklin Templeton filing BTC-reinvesting dividend ETFs, BlackRock's BITA pitched as "too big to ignore" for income investors, and Illinois passing the most punitive crypto tax in the country — and today's setup is the wildest bull/bear divergence we've seen all cycle. We break down whether Kraken's 113% historical signal will hold against Saylor's structural crisis, what miners going below cost actually means, and whether BTC's two-day median break-even is the bull case nobody's talking about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin TANKS To $64K After Warsh Goes Full Hawk
6d ago00:23:36Summary readyBitcoin tanked to $64,000 after Kevin Warsh's first FOMC turned full hawkish — the median dot plot now sees a 2026 rate HIKE, October hike odds jumped to 60%, and Bitcoin/Ether ETFs swung back to outflows ($111M combined, with BlackRock's IBIT bleeding $31M). But the on-chain picture is bullish: Bitcoin whales (1,000+ BTC addresses) just reversed months of selling and now control the highest BTC supply since March, absorbing 125,000 BTC in the first half of June. Add Strategy's STRC preferred stock hitting a record low (freezing Saylor's main BTC-buying engine), whale-sized 1,750 BTC put hedges at the $62K strike flashing weekend caution, Bitwise's Matt Hougan still calling for $1 million Bitcoin within 10 years, and the SEC scrapping the trade-through rule (clearing the runway for tokenized stocks) — and today's setup is the most confusing tape of the cycle. We break down whether the whale accumulation signals the bottom is in, what Warsh's hawkish pivot means for 2026, and whether the $62K weekend put hedge is the warning everyone's missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Altcoin Pain at 5-Year High… Reversal Next? #CryptoTownHall
6d ago00:47:56Summary readyIn this episode, the panel dissects Illinois’ sweeping new tax on digital assets—crypto, stablecoins, prediction markets, and tokenized stocks—that could gut CME Bitcoin futures liquidity, hammer market makers, and spark dormant-commerce-clause lawsuits. They analyze Hyperliquid’s surge, the Spacex perp’s unlock volatility, and how perps trading 3-10x spot volume amplify moves; the Spacex IPO’s capital drain (only 4% float, massive August–December unlocks); altcoin pops like Uniswap and Zcash amid rock-bottom Bitcoin volatility and AI-coin bids; privacy coins versus rising wealth taxes; Fed rate-path risks; tokenized-asset disconnects; SBF’s “VC lottery” luck; casino lobbying against sports prediction markets; and why a quiet, hated-rally summer market may reward smart positioning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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