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Sa 18/4 | Daily Crypto & Macro News · Panic Drop Podcast

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  happy saturday everyone let's get into it because bitcoin just
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  pumped above 78 000
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  before settling around 77 000 and the momentum is electric the
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  s p 500 closed at a
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  SPEAKER_01: new all-time high of 7126 so stocks
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  SPEAKER_01: and crypto are running together in a way we haven't seen in months.
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  Michael Saylor's strategy has now bought over twice the amount
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  of Bitcoin mined
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  SPEAKER_01: this year,
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  SPEAKER_01: which is a stat that gets more absurd every time I say it.
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  SPEAKER_01: A US Congresswoman purchased up to $250,000 in Bitcoin ETFs,
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  and Morgan Stanley celebrated the launch of its Bitcoin ETF as
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  its most successful
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  SPEAKER_01: ever.
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  SPEAKER_01: Odds of Bitcoin reaching 80,000 rose to 64% on Polymarket,
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  while the odds of crossing 100,000 this year hit 47% on Kalshi
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  and over $400
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  SPEAKER_01: million in short positions were liquidated in the past hour.
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  SPEAKER_01: continue to get punished at every level.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now here's the headline that changes the global energy picture.
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  Ship traffic has resumed in the Strait of Hormuz after the
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  reopening and President
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  SPEAKER_01: Trump announced that Iran has agreed the Strait will never close again.
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  Investors appear to have front-run the news with roughly $760
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  million worth of oil
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  shorts placed shortly before the reopening announcement
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  triggering sharp price
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  SPEAKER_01: drops,
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  SPEAKER_01: which the CFTC will almost certainly be looking into.
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  The US extended a licence authorising the sale of some
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  sanctioned Russian oil,
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  SPEAKER_01: and India began settling payments for Iranian oil in Chinese yuan,
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  so the de-dollarisation of energy trade continues to accelerate
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  quietly in the
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  SPEAKER_01: background.
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  SPEAKER_01: TSMC has become an AI-first foundry with high-performance computing,
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  now making up 61% of its revenue showing how completely AI has
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  transformed the
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  SPEAKER_01: semiconductor industry.
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  SPEAKER_01: In altcoin news, XRP is now
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  SPEAKER_01: live on the Solana network,
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  USDC introduced a bridge for predictable and transparent
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  transfers between chains,
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  and the Crypto Fear and Greed Index hit the greed level for the
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  first time since
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  SPEAKER_01: October 2025,
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  marking a significant shift in market sentiment after months of
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  extreme fear.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's your Saturday recap.
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  Bitcoin pumping above 78,000 with the Strait of Hormuz reopened
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  and the S&P at all
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  SPEAKER_01: time highs is the kind of day that defines a market cycle.
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  SPEAKER_01: Make sure to follow and I'll catch you back here on Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Panic Drop is where we find the truth.
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