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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 Just Lost Mark Cuban - Here's Why The Billionaire Sold
May 2200:24:21Summary readyBitcoin is at a crossroads for Mark Cuban as he reveals he sold most of his BTC after the Iran war exposed its broken hedge narrative, while gold rips and the dollar weakens. Meanwhile, Rep. Nick Begich is pushing the ARMA Act to enshrine a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into federal law, locking in a 20 year minimum hold and stripping future administrations of the power to dump it. Over on Ethereum, a high profile brain drain at the Foundation has Dankrad Feist and Laura Shin sounding alarms about ideology overtaking tokenomics, with critics warning ETH's "original sin" since Dencun is now coming home to roost. We're breaking down what Cuban's exit really signals, whether ARMA can pass before the midterms, and if Ethereum's identity crisis is the buying opportunity of the cycle or the start of something much worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin SET For Lower As HyperLiquid Decouples! - Bloomberg's James Seyffart
May 2200:30:28Summary readyBitcoin is stuck at $77K while Hyperliquid's HYPE just ripped 53% in seven days, with Goldman Sachs dumping its XRP and Solana ETF positions to rotate straight into HYPE infrastructure. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart joins the show live to break down what's really happening: the $6.25 billion options expiry showdown on May 29, Bitcoin ETF outflows hitting $1 billion in a single day, Truth Social abandoning its spot Bitcoin ETF race, and why Wall Street's smart money is suddenly more interested in HYPE than the king. Is this a generational rotation, or just another setup before Bitcoin reclaims the spotlight? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fed Access for Crypto Firms? Massive Shift Ahead #CryptoTownHall
May 2100:54:04Summary readyIn this episode, the panel breaks down President Trump’s major Executive Order directing the Federal Reserve to expand access to the financial system — including “skinny” master accounts for crypto firms, fintechs, and non-banks. They discuss redefining what a bank is in the crypto era, the future of fractional reserve banking, stablecoin adoption, making your wallet your bank, Bitcoin as collateral for lending, and the push toward seamless global dollarization. Additional topics include Elizabeth Warren’s latest moves, potential inflation measurement changes, Fed policy under new leadership, easier IPO rules for crypto companies, and the massive U.S. budget deficit challenges ahead. A wide-ranging conversation on the next phase of crypto integration into traditional finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin Has A 120-Day Fed Countdown - Trump Just Signed The Order | Mike Alfred
May 2000:31:48Summary readyTrump just signed his biggest crypto executive order yet, giving the Fed 120 days to evaluate opening payment rails to Coinbase, Kraken, Circle, Ripple, and Anchorage. The move could break the bank monopoly on Fed plumbing right as Bitcoin sits at $76K after $1B in ETF outflows and $660M in liquidations. Add Warren's attack on OCC crypto charters, JPMorgan saying Bitcoin ETFs are recovering 2X faster than Ethereum, Goldman dumping XRP and Solana for Hyperliquid, and the SEC readying tokenized stocks, and you have one of the most pivotal weeks of the cycle. Is this the bottom, or the setup for Bitcoin's next leg higher? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin Bleeds $1B As 30Y Yield Hits 5.14%
May 1900:56:30Summary readyBitcoin is hanging on the edge at $76K as Treasury yields surge to multi-month highs — sending a clear warning to risk assets across the board. The 10-year is climbing on hot inflation, the Iran war's oil shock, and growing doubts that new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh can deliver the rate cuts Trump is demanding. Spot Bitcoin ETFs just bled nearly $1 billion in 24 hours, BlackRock's IBIT led the redemptions, and Goldman Sachs quietly dumped its entire XRP and Solana ETF stacks while rotating into Hyperliquid. Add Toyota's motor oil shortage, grocery prices jumping 3.2%, NYDIG warning the CLARITY Act could stall past the midterms, and the House finalizing the bipartisan PARITY Act on crypto taxes — and the macro picture is shifting fast. Is Bitcoin on the verge of a deeper breakdown, or is the bond market warning us right before the biggest setup of the cycle? Let's break it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin CRASHES To $76K — $661M Wiped In Hours (Macro Monday)
May 1801:04:06Summary readyBitcoin just dumped to $76,711 — its lowest level in over two weeks — with $660 million in liquidations vaporized in hours as the Iran war, sticky inflation, and a fresh wave of risk-off positioning sent the entire crypto market into a tailspin. The pain is bleeding into Main Street too: Toyota is warning of motor oil shortages, grocery prices just jumped 3.2% year-over-year, and crude oil remains elevated as Putin lands in Beijing to meet Xi just days after Trump's own summit. Meanwhile, NYDIG warns the CLARITY Act could stall past the midterms if the Senate doesn't move before August, Iran is reportedly launching a Bitcoin-settled shipping insurance scheme through the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump's pivot on Chinese farmland and student visas has MAGA in open revolt. Is this a textbook "sell the news" flush after the CLARITY Act win, or the start of something much deeper? Buy the dip — or run for the hills? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin’s Strategic Reserve Breakthrough — Trump’s Crypto Adviser Reveals All | Patrick Witt
May 1700:29:40Summary readyPresident’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets Patrick Witt reveals a major breakthrough is coming on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, shares why legislation must be codified before regime change can reverse everything, and explains why banks actually need the Clarity Act more than crypto does. We dive into the new ARMA bill designed to lock the Bitcoin reserve into law, the stablecoin yield compromise that has both sides equally unhappy, and why this could be the most impactful piece of financial legislation in American history — all happening before the summer deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryWhy I'm ALL-IN On Bitcoin (And Never Going Back)
May 1600:09:23Summary readyBitcoin isn't an investment to me — it's an exit. And here's the exact moment it clicked: watching 40% of all dollars get printed in two years, realizing inflation isn't prices going up but the ruler being stretched, and understanding that every dollar you save is quietly being drained by people you never elected. I break down why Bitcoin is the first money in history that nobody can print, nobody controls, and nobody can take from you. This isn't financial advice — it's the honest explanation I wish someone gave me years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin Rips Past $81K — Is The CLARITY Win Already Priced In?
May 1500:20:08Summary readyThe CLARITY Act just cleared the Senate Banking Committee in a 15-9 vote, sending the most consequential crypto market structure bill in U.S. history to the full Senate floor — and Bitcoin sits on edge at $81K trying to decide if the news is already priced in. The catalyst stack is massive: Jerome Powell officially exits as Fed chair as Kevin Warsh takes over under Trump's pressure to cut rates, Bloomberg warns that AI-powered North Korean hackers have already drained nearly $600 million from DeFi this year and are putting the $130 billion sector on the brink, and a fresh Politico poll shows Americans still distrust both crypto and AI even as Fairshake's $28M PAC blitz reshapes the midterms. Add yesterday's $630M Bitcoin ETF outflow, Coinbase's Brian Armstrong calling the bill a "true compromise," and crypto stocks ripping (COIN +10%, MSTR +7%, MARA +7%) — and the question becomes whether this is the launchpad for Bitcoin's next leg up or a textbook "sell the news" trap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryBitcoin ETFs Bleed $630M As The CLARITY Act Vote Begins l Mark Yusko
May 1400:40:59Summary readyBitcoin ETFs just bled $630.4 million in a single day — the biggest outflow in over three months — as BTC broke below $80K to $79,200, Solana cratered 5.6%, and BlackRock's IBIT led the redemptions on the back of hot inflation data and Xi's Taiwan warning to Trump. The macro shakeout collides with the most pivotal crypto policy moment of the year: the Senate Banking Committee is marking up the 309-page CLARITY Act today with over 100 amendments on the table, while Coinbase's Brian Armstrong calls it a "true compromise" that could transform US finance. Add Metaplanet's $725M Q1 loss on its 40,177 BTC stack and Anthony Scaramucci doubling down on his S-curve adoption thesis, and the question becomes: is this the bottom — or just the beginning of the shakeout? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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