EP21 aired on 6/7/24

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EP20 aired 02/20/24

How does the #bitcoin ETF and upcoming halving impact #btc price?

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🚀 In this podcast we review:

* The fairytail of US dollar hyperinflation

* Recessionary indicators

* The underperformance of bull & bear technical indicators

* SEC crypto misdirection

* $PEPE meme coin mania

* Layer 2 Alpha on arbitrum

* Fair token launch

* Housing inventory and demand

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Markets:

* The de-dollarization fairy tail

* LPL Weekly performance and recessionary indicators

* Index of economic indicators

* No respect recovery - underperformance of technical indicators

* US Government default

Crypto:

* SEC Gensler hearing by US Financial Services Committee

* Fair launch tokens with Camelot

* $PEPE coin liquidity risk

* Coinbase FIAT to L2 direct onramp

* Minting on mint.fun

* Sentiment under collateralized $ETH lending

* Ethereum stacking unlocks

Housing:

* Housing inventory

* Housing interesting rates

* Months of housing inventory

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🚀 In this podcast we review:

* Coinbase launching its BASE platform on Optimism

* Optimism tokenomics

* GMX legos

* Binance closes in Australia

* Code is not law with GEL and dydx

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* Coinbase launches BASE #Ethereum layer2

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* Coinbase changing BASE sequencer revenue

* Optimism profitability

* GMX legos

* Binance closes Australia derivatives trading platform

* Code is not law

* GEL token

* dydx

* Camelot launchpad ICO

* Federal Reserve balance sheet latest reading

* Federal Reserve balance sheet over time

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🕵️ Crypto assets have been on a rip in 2023. Bitcoin is up 37% YTD, Ethereum is up 35%, and Solana is up 80%. Alt-coins like OP, LDO, MANA, and more have all experienced price appreciation greater than 100% in the 1st 30 days of 2023. Why? Is this time different? Are the technical indicators, charts, and averages right?

🚀 In this podcast we review:

* Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Lido, and Optimism's latest bull run

* Is it a byproduct of strong fundamentals and new user adoption?

* The invisible hand of the Federal Reserve?

* Just another dead cat bounce?

* What are the technical analysis and charts telling us? Does it even matter?

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* What’s causing crypto prices to go up?

* The hardest game: predicting a recession

* S&P500 2023 Forecast: Wallstreet says “not sure”

* No winners in 2022

* A case for $1,200 Ethereum

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🕵️ We review claims of Grayscale misconduct, conflicts of interest within its investment committee, failure to act in good faith to its stockholders, and claims of malfeasance against the backdrop of the 2023 DCG meltdown.

🚀 In this podcast we review:

* A speed run of DCG's Genesis meltdown with Gemini and its relationship to Grayscale

* Two separate legal proceedings against Grayscale's #bitcoin and #ethereum trust

* Grayscale misconduct & conflicts of interest within Digital Currency Group 

* Allegations of failure to act in the best interest of Grayscale's trust stockholders

* Claims that Grayscale's ETF campaign is

* An exploitative and wasteful campaign destined to drag out in the courts for years

* An elaborate marketing expense to lure retail investors into the trust with no way out

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* Grayscale misconduct & conflicts of interest within Digital Currency Group

* Analyzing the complex relationship of Gemini and DCG

* Is now the time to buy Grayscale’s bitcoin trust?

* Was Grayscale’s bitcoin premium a leveraged ponzi?

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🤔 We explore the relationship between Gemini Exchange, its "Earn" program, Genesis Lending, and the role of Grayscale's Bitcoin & Ethereum trusts in what appears to be a perpetual leveraged merry-go-round.

Note to listeners: In the intro, I stated “it’s the 3rd week of January 2022”, which was a mistake. It’s 2023! oh, how time flies.

🚀 In this podcast we review:

* The complex relationship between Gemini Exchange, Genesis Trading, and Gemini’s Earn program

* Allegations of conflicts of interest between Genesis and Grayscale

* Questionable lending practices of Genesis

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* Untangling Digital Currency Group

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🔻Top 3 topics of the week for 1/7/23 MakerDAO partners with BlockTower and Centrifuge to facilitate real-world asset investments | Optimism’s OP token upcoming unlocks and valuation | The GMI token didn’t make it - RIP!

🚀 In this podcast we review:

* Real-world asset investments with MakerDAO’s leap into commercial real estate

* Optimism OP token valuation & upcoming unlock

* A post-mortem on the GMI token: it didn’t make it

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* Top 3: MakerDAO becomes a landlord | Optimism token valuation | $GMI didn't make it

* Real-world asset on-chain tokenization & risks

* The bear case on Lido’s LDO token🔥

* The bull case for Grayscale’s bitcoin trust in 2023

* The hardest game: predicting a recession

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