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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
The BITCOIN Act of 2024 with Senator Cynthia Lummis
Joe and Nik sit down with
@SenLummis
for a detailed discussion of the US' unsustainable debt problem, and how
#Bitcoin
can help address it with a strategic reserve.
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Here's the difference:
Vitalik dumped $336,000,000 worth of ETH onto holders at the cycle top.
Satoshi still holds $20,000,000,000 worth of BTC, unmoved after 14 years, and left the space entirely after it reached developmental escape velocity.
Which founder do you prefer?
Satoshi holds ~5% of all BTC
Vitalik holds ~0.27% of all ETH
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"Paper is poverty...it is the ghost of money, and not money itself"
- Thomas Jefferson, on
#bitcoin
in 1788
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Debt Monetization Is Coming, Hard Assets Are The Hedge | Michael Howell
Michael Howell (
@crossbordercap
) returns to the show for a rousing discussion on his global liquidity framework.
While the bull market rages on dancing near the door is your best bet!
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"Ethereum began in 2015 with a premine...almost 60% of today's total supply was part of the premine and sale."
In Bitcoin vs. Ethereum, Nik highlights some of the key differences between the two and explains why he believes bitcoin is the superior investment.
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Message delivered ✅
Good Morning from our nation's capital!
I'm heading to The Hill today bringing one message.
Bitcoin is a fixture of our society, both technologically and culturally, and the United States must accept this as fact. Regulate securities, not internet protocols.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
ETFs are DEMOLISHING Records: "This Is Crazy"
@Bloomberg
's senior ETF analyst
@EricBalchunas
details the records shattered by BlackRock's and Fidelity's bitcoin ETFs and forecasts the next couple years of institutional demand.
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Paying for coffee instantly and free over the Lightning Network with
@CashApp
#paidinbitcoin
#partner
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Michael
@Saylor
shares his thoughts on a fundamental shift in treasury management, spot ETFs, systemic
#inflation
, and long term
#bitcoin
adoption.
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Two major U.S. banks have failed in the past three days — one was the largest single bank failure since 2009.
It's never been more apparent: money deposited in a bank is not your money.
#Bitcoin
circumvents banks and enables direct ownership of your wealth.
That's powerful.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Global Liquidity Update with Michael Howell
In a wide ranging discussion on liquidity, the global monetary system, and
#bitcoin
,
@crossbordercap
shares his theories on how this year will play out in financial markets.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Lightning Network explained in 10 minutes.
Explore the concept of layered money and
#bitcoin
.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Bitcoin Fixes Broken Money with Lyn Alden
@LynAldenContact
walks us through why
#bitcoin
is a solution to the monetary problems of the day.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
19 Benefits Of Bitcoin That Most People Have Never Heard About
Nik explores 19 surprising benefits of bitcoin that are making a real impact worldwide, inspired by a social media post from bitcoin researcher
@DSBatten
.
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"Bitcoin can't be compared to any other cryptocurrency...bitcoin can't be compared to the dollar...bitcoin can only be compared to gold, and that is why I believe bitcoin will eventually surpass gold in total market value."
Watch 'The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin'👇
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ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
The Bitcoin Layer is excited to announce
@JoeCarlasare
as our Legal Correspondent.
Joe will be appearing across TBL's platforms to provide legal and regulatory insights to our readers.
Watch our new Guest Lecture with Joe:
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
@Glassnode
Analyst: BULLISH On-Chain Fundamentals For
#Bitcoin
@_Checkmatey_
walks us through holder behavior, exchange flows, the transition from bear market to bull market, and Glassnode's preferred metric to realized value and MVRV.
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The Bitcoin Layer is excited to announce a partnership with
@Unchainedcom
.
We are thrilled to work alongside the leader in
#Bitcoin
financial services.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Wall Street Will NEVER Control
#Bitcoin
-
@CaitlinLong_
shares her thoughts on the enormous demand for bitcoin ETFs since approval
- Why Wall Street will never control bitcoin
-
@CustodiaBank
's regulatory fight against the US government
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"Income can be generated from the Lightning Network⚡️ without any counterparty risk."
"I believe this to be the first example of this kind of capital market activity in all of human history" 💱
Watch our new video below.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Why
#Bitcoin
Makes The World Better
@JeffBooth
helps us understand why bitcoin is the only global solution to a broken money system where government currencies steal from our time.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Jeff Booth: The Dawn of Decentralized Web
@JeffBooth
returns to the show to discuss the centralized web and how bitcoin applications can leverage this in applications like Nostr to accrue value for the users forever.
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Twitter, hello.
Bitcoin's energy footprint is key to understanding its fair value.
We created an indicator that makes this clear.
Read our original research piece 👇
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Understanding The Fed's Balance Sheet
In this episode, we are joined by portfolio manager
@dampedspring
. Interested in understanding how central banking works?
Don't miss this one!
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We interviewed Senator
@CynthiaMLummis
about her bill to get the United States to HODL 1 million
#bitcoin
for 20 years.
Watch the full episode:
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
First Ever
#BITCOIN
CLASS At Major US Business School (
@USCMarshall
)
In this short film, we walk around University of Southern California with Nik. He shares his deep family connection to
@USC
and what he is trying to build as an educator.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Explaining Michael Howell's Global Liquidity Framework
After Nik interviewed
@crossbordercap
on May 9th, viewers asked us for more education surrounding some of the key concepts covered. Nik concludes with why global liquidity matters for
#bitcoin
.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Stablecoins Are The New Eurodollar System
@CaitlinLong_
explains why FedNow is a technology upgrade but not a CBDC, and she and Nik explore the theory of stablecoins as an extension of the Eurodollar, or offshore banking, system.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
Is REVOLUTIONIZING Energy Consumption Worldwide
@fgthiel
of
@MarathonDH
skillfully describes the global energy landscape in the AI era, and details why bitcoin is a revolutionary force in the future of energy consumption.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
$100,000
#Bitcoin
As Fed Monetizes Debt
Nik explores the path to $100,000 bitcoin by explaining why the Fed will be forced to monetize debt. We look at the chart of bitcoin to project historic trends four years into the future.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Property Rights, Capitalism, and
#Bitcoin
with Saifedean Ammous
@Saifedean
teaches us about the importance of property rights in a capitalistic system and why anti-capitalist rhetoric can be so dangerous.
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"There has never been a money like
#bitcoin
that is decentralized and secure. We've always had to trust someone else to control our money...and that trust is eroded as they use the money against us."
-
@JeffBooth
in our latest guest lecture series installment.
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🚨NEW GUEST LECTURE🚨
Paper Bitcoin, GBTC, & The Many Foibles of FTX with Caitlin Long
@CaitlinLong_
delivers a great lecture on paper bitcoin, the paths forward for $GBTC, the demise of FTX and risks posed to
@Binance
, and the concept of layered money.
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"If
#bitcoin
didn't exist, I would be a gold bug." - Peter St. Onge
@profstonge
discusses the Austrian School of Economics, bitcoin, and central bank distortions in our latest guest lecture series installment.
Watch the full episode here 👉
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Understanding
#Bitcoin
Price Movements & Cycles with Checkmate
In a brilliant overview of measuring bitcoin price and determining cycle position,
@_Checkmatey_
tells us exactly what to look for in order to identify the legitimate end of this bull market.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Stanford Professor: Fed Is Scared Of REPO CRISIS
Nik breaks down a Wall Street Journal opinion piece about the Fed's balance sheet. This an a very educational episode for those interested in Fed policy mechanics and monetary plumbing.
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We view the current
#bitcoin
bull run to be in the beginning stages. While a shallow path of increase on this log chart suggests a $100,000 price over the next few years, a more aggressive path could see those figures before the end of this year.
Not investment advice!
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
Is In A Classic BULL MARKET with Checkmate
@_Checkmatey_
presents bitcoin market analysis and his highest signal on-chain charts to demonstrate why he believes bitcoin is exhibiting classic bull market behavior.
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BITCOIN BULL
With an enormous start to the year,
#bitcoin
continues to outperform all other asset classes. Pictured are relative returns, index to 100, trailing 12 months.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
& Gold Know Fed Has Lost Control Of The Money
In this all-encompassing discussion,
@LawrenceLepard
breaks down tapering of the balance sheet and rate cuts and what individual investors can do to position themselves properly.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Operation Chokepoint 2.0: The Fed's Secret War on Crypto
@CaitlinLong_
explores how government agencies viciously attacked the crypto sector and dissects the evolving landscape of crypto banking.
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When comparing
#bitcoin
's return profile to stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, and inflation, it becomes clear which asset class holds up best in today's monetary environment.
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The US dollar is deeply entrenched in global financial plumbing—for now, the notion of China or Russia imminently dethroning it is a far cry from reality.
Reports of the dollar's death have been greatly exaggerated 🧵
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Striving for Financial Independence | Bitcoin in Africa
@noelynesumba
sits down with South African developer
@440UrPp
of
@Machankura8333
to discuss how he is leveraging his technical skills to enable
#bitcoin
use without internet access.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
Price: "This Is EXACTLY What You Want To See" - Checkmate
On-chain and bitcoin analyst,
@_Checkmatey_
discusses bitcoin's correction and recovery, ETF inflows, the basis trade across CME, Binance, spot exchanges, and ETFs, and more!
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🚨NEW GUEST LECTURE🚨
Bitcoin Adoption in Nigeria with Mary Imasuen
@mary_imasuen
discusses
#bitcoin
adoption in Nigeria, the new Naira that is being ushered into Nigeria, and the kleptocracy of fiat money across Africa.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Senator Lummis:
#Bitcoin
Is A COMMODITY
- US Senator
@CynthiaMLummis
joins the show to discuss Bitcoin and digital asset regulation
- Why
@SenLummis
believes Bitcoin is a commodity
- Why there is so much momentum within the government to understand Bitcoin
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"The incredible innovation of bitcoin was the ability to create provable digital scarcity...we've got digital gold. This is it."
-
@LawrenceLepard
on
#bitcoin
. Watch his full guest lecture👇
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🚨NEW GUEST LECTURE🚨
The Pitfalls of Central Planning with
@LawrenceLepard
Lawrence discusses the pitfalls of central banking, price signals, government debt, and gold and
#bitcoin
as insurance in your portfolio.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Unapologetic Capitalism Drives Human Flourishing |
@Saifedean
Ammous
- Principles of economics
- Attributing human flourishing to our capitalistic system
- Owning stocks vs government bonds
- Why trade brings about peaceful interaction
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The dream team of correspondents is complete.
@max_gagliardi
,
@noelynesumba
,
@joecarlasare
,
@vailshirecap
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
The Fed Is Fueling The 2023 Bull Market | Michael Howell
- Lecture on global liquidity bottoming, the world economy is already well into recession
- Why US QT is effectively 'dead'
- How stealth QE is supporting global liquidity
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Global Macro Update: Proceed With CAUTION
Nik brings us a global macro update to discuss recent weakness in stocks and
#bitcoin
, and looks ahead to next week.
This episode is packed with 30+ charts from inflation to the economy to asset markets!
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Happy Birthday, Satoshi Nakamoto
#Bitcoin
historian
@pete_rizzo_
explains the history of Satoshi's April 5 birthday and its significance. Pete breaks down early Satoshi email and online communication for a better understanding of his motivations.
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So, our YouTube channel seems to have been terminated after being broken into very early this morning.
@TeamYouTube
- can you help us out with this?
Please RT and Share to help us out 🙏
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
Mining MASTERCLASS: Miner Revenue, Economics, & Integrating AI with Drew Armstrong
@_drewarmstrong_
of
@CathedraBitcoin
takes Joe through a mining masterclass.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Teaching Bitcoin Part 3: How Bitcoin’s Supply Is Fixed
In this third episode of our ongoing series with
@crossbordercap
, Nik dives deep into the intricacies of
#Bitcoin
, focusing on its limited supply, mining mechanics, and the integrity of the network.
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THE TIME VALUE OF LIGHTNING NETWORK ⚡️
Using sats as the transmittal rails for transactions across every currency opens the door for a bitcoin-denominated global capital market.
The transition from reserve asset to reserve currency is well underway.
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Senator
@CynthiaMLummis
explains an increased understanding across political and economic landscapes that
#bitcoin
is unique among digital assets and is a commodity
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"Bitcoin is leaving exchanges and going into people's wallets...this is a sign that when demand does come back into the market, the supply won't necessarily be there to meet demand at current prices."
Watch our November Market Recap here 👉
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Bitcoin Miners SUPERCHARGED With Generative AI
@danroberts0101
of $IREN discusses how his company approaches the race for low-cost renewable energy to power
#bitcoin
mining and AI cloud computing services.
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"Bitcoin is property...if we look at bitcoin as perfected property or engineered property...I think that is an ideal metaphor." -
@Saylor
in our newest Guest Lecture Series installment.
Watch the full episode:
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#BITCOIN
SHINES
Bitcoin is vastly outperforming both stocks and gold over the past year. Trailing 12-month returns: bitcoin up 163%, stocks up 26%, gold up 23%, and Treasuries down 5.5%.
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We've entered a rarely surrendered zone for bitcoin - where the market price crosses below the average cost basis of the network.
A generational buying opportunity has fallen into your lap.
What will you do anon? 🤔
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
DEEP DIVE: On-Chain, Futures & Options, and Market Dynamics
@Glassnode
Analyst
@_Checkmatey_
joins the show once again to give us a masterful overview of bitcoin markets post ETF approval.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Bitcoin ETFs: Launch Success, Price Fail
Nik breaks down one of the most historic weeks for
#bitcoin
since its genesis block.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Goldman Sachs: $400 Million
#BITCOIN
BUY
Nik discusses the latest news about Goldman Sachs allocating over $400 million to spot ETFs.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Bitcoin Update: Trump Pledges To HODL, Biden Moves $2 BILLION of Our Bitcoin To Sell
Joe breaks down all of the mania surrounding
#bitcoin
over the last 72 hours - starting with Trump's proposed Strategic National Bitcoin Stockpile.
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
#Bitcoin
Covenants with Andrew Poelstra
In this episode, we are joined by the head of research at
@Blockstream
. Andrew presents his argument for Bitcoin covenants.
Don't miss this fascinating dive into bitcoin's cryptography and inner workings!
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ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
The Bitcoin Layer is excited to announce
@max_gagliardi
as our Energy Correspondent.
Max will be appearing across TBL's platforms to regularly brief our readers on the happenings across the energy sector.
Be on the lookout for more Max 👀
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
Bank Of England BAILS OUT BLACKROCK in UK Bond Crisis
Nik breaks down this week's Bank of England intervention in the UK government bond market.
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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Introducing The Bitcoin Layer’s new YouTube channel! Watch our trailer and subscribe to learn about all things
#bitcoin
and global macro.
You don’t want to miss this next layer 👀
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NIK BHATIA: Bitcoin NOT YET a safe haven.
@timevalueofbtc
went on
@StreetSignsCNBC
yesterday to talk
#bitcoin
and global markets.
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