Bitcoin enjoyed a pleasant weekend, and two perspectives suggest that it will continue in the immediate term and for the rest of the month. However, the billionaire investor Peter Thiel believes Bitcoin’s price won’t dramatically increase from here. Elsewhere, the SEC delays spot Ether ETF launches, Hamster Kombat is annihilating records left and right, and Polymarket sees an enormous uptick in June. Further reading: Bitcoin price gets 'interesting' as triple candle close sees $61.5K return Bitc...
Jul 01, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 162
You may have thought the major news from yesterday was the U.S. presidential debate, but it wasn’t; instead, it came from spot Bitcoin issuer VanEck. The investment management firm has filed for a spot Solana ETF with the U.S. SEC to complete the ETF hattrick of BTC, ETH and SOL ETFs, and news of the filing sent SOL rallying. Elsewhere, a Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallet wakes up after 14 years, and Bitcoin activity drops to its lowest activity levels since 2010. And there is much more to cover today ...
Jun 28, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 161
The $60,000 Bitcoin support has held once again, but the real test is going to be tomorrow, June 28. In today’s episode, we go through all the analysis from the past 24 hours, both bullish and bearish, as well as why tomorrow is a massive day for Bitcoin. We look at the U.S. government moving seized Bitcoin to Coinbase, the crypto super PACs impacting the U.S. political landscape, and how one generous Bitcoiner cleared Julian Assange’s debts of over $500,000. Further reading: Bitcoin Mayer Multi...
Jun 27, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 160
After a disastrous start to the week, things started to pick back up on Tuesday, June 25, with data revealing that Bitcoin was “oversold” as buyers stepped back in to boost the price after BTC dipped below $59,000. In other news, Solana has launched a new feature allowing users to buy NFTs, vote, mint, and carry out many other onchain transactions without leaving the website they are on, simply by sharing a link or “blink.” Japanese investment managers are showing a hunger for crypto, ARK Invest...
Jun 26, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 159
Bitcoin dipped below $60,000 on a chaotic day for the markets, and there are many reasons why this might have happened. Some of the reasons you may know, some you may not, but an intense debate is raging over the true impact of one of the largest influences, the Mt. Gox repayments scheduled to begin in July. While some believe the market will be flooded with billions of dollars worth of BTC, others say the numbers don’t add up. So, in a market-heavy episode today, we go through the chaos, the ca...
Jun 25, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 158
After a mostly sideways weekend for the Bitcoin price, volatility struck on Sunday evening, leading to a rough start to the week. It has sparked many questions and a lot of deep analysis of the state of play as we look down at the $60,000 floor, debating its stability. A contributing factor to the concern is a change in whale behavior, but one potential whale could change everything. Elsewhere, the Winklevoss twins get some of their donated Bitcoin back, and a memecoin founder watched his coin t...
Jun 24, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 157
While a little red this morning, Bitcoin is still stuck in a holding pattern, but the past 24 hours have seen a flurry of stories, analysis and updates you need to get up to speed on. We also look at why Fetch.ai and SingularityNET — two prominent AI tokens — have surged upward in the past 24 hours in what might be an AI token price renaissance. The Winklevoss twins have donated $2 million in Bitcoin to Donald Trump in response to President Joe Biden’s war on crypto, and LayerZero’s newly launch...
Jun 21, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 156
In over 150 episodes, we have never covered more crypto drama in a single episode than this one — not by a long shot. As usual, we’ll start with a rundown of Bitcoin in the past 24 hours, explaining why the price has felt stuck for so long, the insane number of short positions in BTC, and why one popular statistic about Bitcoin miners is misleading. Then it’s onto the drama, with Kraken claiming it is being extorted for $3 million by a mystery security research team, which then outed itself publ...
Jun 20, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 155
After another brutal day in crypto, why do the analysts and traders seem so chipper? Well, you should know by now that red across the charts doesn’t necessarily mean despair, and there are many examples of why that is currently the case. So, in today’s episode, we give you the run-down on Bitcoin and Ethereum — and there is a lot you need to know — before getting into some legal drama and the future of Web3 gaming. Further reading: Bitcoin price uptrend ‘intact’ with hodlers 120% in profit — Res...
Jun 19, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Yesterday was something of a false dawn for Bitcoin as it seemed to move with confidence to $67,000 before falling to one-month lows below $65,000 within hours. Nevertheless, things aren’t looking as bleak as you might think, particularly for NFTs on Bitcoin, which are performing impressively. Elsewhere, zkSync’s airdrop continues to come under fire, with a mixed-bag token launch, FTX victims are all trying to get their hands on the defunct exchange’s assets, and a Solana sandwich bot makes $30 ...
Jun 18, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 153
After a warzone week, it’s time to get the lay of the land and find out what the analysts are saying about Bitcoin; will it continue to slide back toward a sub-$60,000 price, or is the market consolidating before another attack on $70,000? Outside of Bitcoin, the U.S. SEC has shot down Ripple’s latest court argument, Donald Trump continues to make crypto a key part of his election campaign, and crypto startup funding reaches a record high. Carve out just 15 minutes from your day for all this and...
Jun 17, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 152
In today’s episode, we look at Terraform Labs’ decision to end operations and handover control to the Terra community, MicroStrategy’s plans for a $500 million stock sale to fund additional Bitcoin acquisitions, reinforcing its commitment to BTC as a treasury reserve asset, and Paradigm raising $850 million for a third crypto fund. Further reading: Terraform Labs to end operations, Terra community will take over MicroStrategy plans $500M stock sale to buy more Bitcoin Bitcoin whales scoop up $1....
Jun 14, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 151
In today’s episode, we look at Terraform Labs’ agreement to pay the United States SEC roughly $4.47 billion as part of its settlement with the securities regulator. Consensys-owned Ethereum wallet MetaMask has rolled out native pooled staking, Bitcoin mining stocks soared double digits after Donald Trump met with several U.S.-based mining firms, and TON has flipped Ethereum in daily active users — but is that the full story? Further reading: BREAKING: Terraform to pay $4.47B to resolve SEC civil...
Jun 13, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 150
In today’s news, Donald Trump reiterates his support for the Bitcoin mining industry after hosting a meeting with several executives from United States crypto mining firms. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has moved to withdraw his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman — which accused the artificial intelligence firm of deviating from its original mission to develop AI to benefit humanity, not for profit. We’ll also unpack Raoul Pal’s claims that around two-thirds of the net inflows into spot Bitco...
Jun 12, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 149
In today’s news, Elon Musk has threatened to ban Apple devices at his companies if Apple integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its iOS operating systems, the SEC has received another spot Ether ETF application from asset manager ProShares, and travel platform Travala has announced an integration with the TON blockchain. In other news, infrastructure provider Fireblocks now offers derivatives and trading products, and Iggy Azalea announced that she is relaunching her mobile company, which led to her M...
Jun 11, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Today’s episode starts with Donald Trump and his pro-crypto rhetoric, as well as the criticism of Ethereum’s leadership for its opinions on celebrity memecoins. Next, we’ll talk about Friend.tech announcing its blockchain network and Binance hitting 200 million users. And in other news, the Arbitrum Foundation has allocated $215 million to boost game development on its blockchain, and Bakkt — the crypto platform by NYSE’s parent company — may be sold or broken up due to financial struggles. Furt...
Jun 10, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 147
We have a big selection of stories for you to get you ready for the weekend. We’ll start with a Bitcoin and Ethereum rundown, looking at why today could be important for Bitcoin’s momentum, which direction it could go, and U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s latest comments on spot Ether ETF’s potential launch date. In other news, BNB has hit a new all-time high, Franklin Templeton wants to create a private altcoin fund, and the big shorts against MicroStrategy are not having much luck. Further readin...
Jun 07, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Today’s episode must be one of the busiest of the year so far, with things heating up across the board and not just in terms of prices. In today’s episode, we bring you the latest news and analysis on Bitcoin and Ethereum, a look at Coinbase’s new smart wallet, and one of the most interesting stories of the year so far: the tokenization of a $9 million violin, which was then used as collateral for a loan. Further reading: Bitcoin price at $72K is the ‘fuse’ to reach new ATH — Analyst Franklin Te...
Jun 06, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Bitcoin has seen another solid 24 hours as its price blasted through the $70,000 threshold, and it’s clear to see why, as U.S.-based spot Bitcoin ETFs see their second-best day of inflows ever — but that’s not the only reason. In other news, a flagship partnership is struck between Deutsche Bank and Bitpanda for real-time crypto payments, and a glitch on the NYSE caused Berkshire Hathaway stock to show as being down 99%, which is true if you set it against Bitcoin since 2015! Further reading: Be...
Jun 05, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 144
When the shortlist of analysts share their observations — whether bullish or bearish — as long as there’s a trend, we bring it to you. Nobody wants to start their day with bearish news, but sometimes it’s necessary. Fortunately, today, it’s wall-to-wall with bulls. After that hype train, we’ll deliver some tonic in the form of a more than $1 million crypto hack that used a Chrome plugin to steal cookies before capping off with the wild ascent of Notcoin. Further reading: Bitcoin transaction valu...
Jun 04, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Despite senators writing to him, U.S. banking organizations lobbying him, and key players in the industry pleading with him, President Joe Biden vetoed the resolution to repeal SAB 121 anyway. So, where do we go from here? Meanwhile, Coinbase slams the SEC for “choking” the crypto industry, the U.S. Navy launches a blockchain security system, and we go through why Nigeria — in spite of the government’s resistance to crypto — could be one of the most important countries for the industry. Further ...
Jun 03, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 142
I have neglected Bitcoin lately as it's been quiet, but yesterday’s insights from analyst Marcel Pechman proved to be the first of a few interesting observations. To start today’s episode, I will review the work of other analysts who give us a rough roadmap of what’s to come for BTC and what we need to see that breakout happen. Then, we’re going to tour the rest of the biggest stories in the industry in the past 24 hours, from Terraform and Do Kwon seemingly reaching a settlement to more memecoi...
May 31, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Bitcoin and Ethereum prices might be a little dull in these past few days, but there's plenty to suggest that's about to change. So, to start today's episode, I got an analyst on the show to discuss why $70K could come someday soon. Then, we'll look at an eclectic mix of stories from all corners of crypto, from the law and government, to the legit and the... not-so legit. You'll want to carve yourself out 15 minutes for this. Further reading: Bitcoin futures open interest reaches a 16-month high...
May 30, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 140
There is a veritable feast of stories for you today, from BlackRock flipping Grayscale on BTC holdings, to the SEC being ordered to pay $1.8M in fees from the Debt Box case dismissal. Then I'll take a look at the current state of play of memecoins, which, like them or loathe them, is dominant. The top memecoins are surging up the crypto charts by various metrics, and one recent rocket is the ChatGPT "joke" from April 2023 which has seen over 2,000% chains in the past 90 days! Further reading: Bl...
May 29, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 139
That was a tumultuous 24 hours in crypto! We saw a sizeable rally across the board yesterday, with Ethereum rising as much as 3.5% on the day and narrowly missing the $4,000 milestone. But then, as quickly as it had risen, Bitcoin took a 2% haircut as Mt. Gox wallets moved a staggering $9.6B of Bitcoin to an unknown wallet! And while we're tracing wallets, ZachXBT releases his latest investigation that connects the GCR hack with the team behind the viral $CAT memecoin. Further reading: Ethereum ...
May 28, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 138
In some ways, that was a quiet, unassuming weekend; Bitcoin and Ethereum were both relatively stable, price-wise, and there weren't a great deal of interesting stories unfolding. But, outside of those two, it has been one of the strangest weekends on record. Donald Trump has doubled down on endearing himself to crypto voters, and then doubled down again, the Aptos blockchain hits absurd daily transactions amidst a viral "game", and Caitlyn Jenner launches her own memecoin. Or was it a deep fake?...
May 27, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 137
There we have it: from near-certain denial just a week ago, the U.S. SEC has officially approved the 19b-4 filings for the spot Ether ETFs, giving the green light for them to begin trading. This unexpected news impacts crypto not just because Ether is confirmed to not be a security, with some heavy inflows expected, but also because many other tokens are now tacitly confirmed to not be securities. And yet, with all these reasons to be jubilant, the price of ETH is down. Let’s discuss why that mi...
May 24, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Today’s the day. In a matter of hours, we will find out whether VanEck’s spot Ether ETF application — the first through the door — will be approved or denied by the U.S. SEC. Fortunately, we have many indicators of the outcome, and we’ll take you through all the important ones. Elsewhere, but still in the U.S., the FIT21 crypto bill finds opposition from President Joe Biden and SEC Chair Gary Gensler, but it easily passes through the House of Representatives. For all this and much more, tune int...
May 23, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 135
The rumors that the U.S. SEC may be doing a 180 on the expected denial of spot Ether ETF applications have grown credible over the past 24 hours. At least five ETF applicants have amended their filings (with several making the same change), and the SEC has contacted exchanges looking to list the ETFs. This has spurred gains of over 20% for Ethereum in 48 hours, but other altcoins have slipstreamed their way up the charts too. Further reading: 4 reasons why Bitcoin was (and still is) a buy below ...
May 22, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 134
What a 24 hours it’s been! Out of nowhere, the market started pumping, and Bitcoin rocketed north of $70,000. Ethereum’s pump made those gains look tame, and a good portion of the reason is centered on the U.S. SEC’s looming decision on whether to approve spot Ether ETFs in the United States. In today’s episode, we discuss what has changed, how crazy the last day has been for BTC, the Grayscale CEO stepping down, and the New York Attorney General’s $2 billion settlement with Genesis. Further rea...
May 21, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 133
