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Michael Saylor: Mainstream Bitcoin Awareness is EXPLODING | EP 865 · Simply Bitcoin

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It's. All.
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Going to zero against Bitcoin. It's going on forever.
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You're against Bitcoin. You're against freedom.
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Yo, welcome to another episode of Simply Bitcoin Live.
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revolution. Color breaking news culture.
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Matic warfare. We will be your guide through
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the separation of money and state.
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Anyways, Michael Saylor is just he he's just taking it all in.
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He's he's he's having a VV dance right now.
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He's up on his Bitcoin investment.
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I saw a tweet the other day. Did you guys know that every
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$1000 Bitcoin goes up in price? The Michael Saylor's Bitcoin
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investment goes up like $158 million?
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It's just some like absurd amount like that.
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So yes, Michael Saylor is vindicated and more importantly,
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we're going to play you guys a clip today where he's making the
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case. That we've been making for this
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last week, really for the last couple of weeks, that Bitcoin
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awareness is going mainstream. You're seeing that.
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You're seeing that when Natalie Burnell, we played you guys the
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clip on yesterday's episode where she went on Fox Business
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and she's literally saying how Bitcoin is the money of peace
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and Fiat is the money of war. How Bitcoin gives the
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opportunity to the younger generations, the millennials and
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the Gen. Zers.
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And she's saying this on legacy mainstream media, right?
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So yeah, I I completely agree with, with Saylor.
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Bitcoin is going mainstream. It is the legal tender of of of
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a nation state of a country. And I think that in the next
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cycle, there's gonna be so many public companies, there's gonna
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be so many countries, they're gonna be looking at what Michael
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Saylor is doing and looking at what Nayan Bukele is doing.
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And just come to the inevitable conclusion that, OK, the Bitcoin
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strategy is obviously superior. It's obviously the way to go,
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right? So anyways, very, very exciting
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times. We are ending the week with a
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bullish episode, but in the montage as well, I added some
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other things because I can't just be full, you know, bull
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tard all the time. We are going to talk about CBD,
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CS and digital IDs that they're planning to roll out in Europe
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and all over the world, make no mistake.
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And you're seeing the attacks by governments.
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You know, the SIOP attack by Elizabeth Warren and Co and her
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media allies to try to shove down the throats of Americans.
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These Crazy, insane Proposals by the Fin CEN.
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That would basically make it like look down upon for you to
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use a single use Bitcoin wallet address, which is like by
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default, that's how they work, right?
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So like, obviously you can make the case that there was more
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sinister intentions when they made these crazy proposals,
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right? So anyways, you don't call it
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the separation of money in state for no reason.
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That's exactly what we're living through ladies and gentlemen.
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And the way that you protect yourself through all this chaos,
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all this madness, the great disintermediation is by taking
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self custody of your Bitcoin. Anyways everybody, no more
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delay. I want to bring up my legendary
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Co host. He is optimistic today.
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He must have spent the night with Chrissy.
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How you doing out there? No, I did not stop spreading
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fake news, Nico. I'm doing well, man.
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It's Friday. It's Friday.
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What's up everyone? Hope you guys are going to have
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a good weekend. And then I have to.
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I have to off the rip combat something you said, Nico.
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I stay bull tarted. Always stay bull tarted.
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This is the way. Always stay bullish, but of
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course be conservative and make sure people don't get wrecked
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out there. That's that's always some good
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wisdom. And before we go on.
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Guys we apologize for starting a little bit late.
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I see some people complaining. You know we had we had to take
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care of some business had to deal with some technical issues
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to get our guest on point today like hey we do our best to make
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sure we're on time. So forgive us guys, we don't do
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it often. I get it.
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You know we will respect your time.
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We love you guys. I.
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It is what it is. Sometimes we're a little late,
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you know, Hey, we love you, we love you.
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But there's things that that happen that are outside of our
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control. Anyways, on that note, let's
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bring in our guest shouts out to Tony Miltenberger, A bitcoiner,
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and I think he's going to drop some wisdom on us about
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connecting the dots of inflation today in the culture.
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So I'm excited for this one. You know, we we love to spread
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that wisdom and and try to. Get our minds right when we have
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these conversations with our Normie friends and family and
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everyone out there that tells us we're wrong.
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Anyways, Tony, how you doing this morning?
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I'm very good. Thank you very much for having
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me on the show and Happy Veteran's Day.
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Let's go so it's and it's Friday, so let's.
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Let's make it a good one. Absolutely.
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It is Friday. It is Friday after all.
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For 100%, we have made it through the week.
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2680 block height, 816,170 blocks to halving, 23,830
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Total lightning network capacity 5000 Two 5278 Bitcoin capacity
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value It's roughly around 200 million U.S. dollars Realized
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Monetary inflation 1.74% The market capitalization of Bitcoin
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$728 billion With the B Bitcoin verse gold market cap, We're
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sitting pretty at 5.58% continues to crawl up once
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Bitcoin reaches the market cap of gold.
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That would put the price of Bitcoin at roughly 500,000 to
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$600,000 per coin. Anyways, I have a video for you
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guys of Michael Saylor. Just just bullishness saying
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that made that Bitcoin. The Bitcoin awareness is going
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mainstream. Also in the clip I included a a
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a clip of Jerome Powell losing it.
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Cursing out and like trying to like say we just kicked these
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climate protesters out of the room.
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And of course we have Congressman Davidson basically
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making the case as to why, you know, CBDC should not Warren
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Davidson should not be passed in the United States saying the
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quiet part out loud. I suspect that this fight will
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continue to accelerate and it will get bigger and bigger and
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bigger. Because it's very clear.
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Governments all over the world are are making it very clear
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where they want the future of money to be.
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They don't want a money that they don't issue, They don't
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want a money that they can't censor and confiscate, you know,
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at the flick of, you know, at the flick of a switch, right.
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So anyways, I'm going to play you guys the video and then
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we'll talk about it. Stream Awareness seems to be
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reaching new heights for Bitcoin.
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We have. We have the likes of Larry Fink
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referring to it as a flight quality.
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We have Druckenmiller noting that it's a legitimate asset
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embraced by an entire generation and lamenting that he doesn't
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own more of it or own it. We have Mohamed El Erian on
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television, noting that Bitcoin is being viewed now as a safe
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haven asset. We have a lot of coverage of
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Bitcoin in television, on television networks, news
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networks, and also through mainstream media that should
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continue to grow as that coverage increases.
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That combined with increasing availability of Wall Street
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analyst coverage and new voices emerging in the community like
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like Fidelity with their analysis of Bitcoin.
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All of those new voices and new interest is driving education of
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a new generation of investors. I think we can expect more of
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that during the coming 12 months.
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And all of these things together just create a virtual cycle.
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And as they drive Bitcoin awareness, they should drive
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Bitcoin investment. And that should drive more news
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and that should drive more awareness and that should
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catalyze more and more firms. To take an interest in
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supporting Bitcoin or investing in Bitcoin, I think the Chairman
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this amendment expands upon the base text.
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The base text says that none of these funds may be used to
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establish a central bank digital currency, and a central bank
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digital currency shouldn't be established.
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Establishing could mean though that it has already been created
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waiting in the wings, just in case we need it.
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So for Star Wars fans, imagine if we let the Empire build the
11:06
Death Star as long as they promise not to turn it on.
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Let's not do that. Let's not build the darn thing
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in the 1st place. We shouldn't design it or
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develop it and it shouldn't exist.
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So that's the point of this amendment.
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Stop wasting your time on something that the American
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people don't want and Congress hasn't authorized.
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GDP growth in the third quarter was quite strong, but like most
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forecasters, we expect growth growth to moderate in coming
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quarters of course. Help by refusing to treat
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climate change like this is OK. Thank you.
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Thank you very much. Disaster.
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Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Just close this fucking door. Oh man.
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He He's had, he like. He's had so much shit.
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That might be the most Chad move by Jay Powell I've seen in a
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while. Maybe Jay Powell is like
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secretly based. He's like, you know, fuck this
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shit, close the God damn fucking door.
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Oh man, that is hilarious. That is absolutely hilarious.
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Yeah man, I think everyone's just fucking sick and tired of
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of clown world right now these days.
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But so going back to the Sailor point.
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He painted this, this great picture of all these very, very
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powerful institutions, influential institutions, these
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asset managers that have trillions of dollars, assets
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under management, all getting into Bitcoin, all the interest
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getting to Bitcoin, the the media interest getting into
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Bitcoin. Because all these large players
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are moving in. And mind you, this is a chart
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that he posted back in. August 2nd, 2023 the price of
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Bitcoin was, you know, a lot smaller than it was a lot lower
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than what it what it is today. And it it it.
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Look, this speaks for itself. MicroStrategy outperformance
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since adoption of Bitcoin strategy.
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Anything else? Look, if you put your money in
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gold, it would be down. If you put your money in silver,
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it would be down. If you put your money in bonds,
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it would be down. You could say the tech stocks
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performed pretty well. Oracle performed really pretty
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well. Bitcoin still performed the best
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and MicroStrategy performed better than everyone else.
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So clearly, Michael Saylor on a public company front is proving
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to the entire world that the Bitcoin strategy,
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Microstrategy's Bitcoin strategy is superior.
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It it works. And I think that next cycle,
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it's going to be irresistible. For other public companies not
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to follow suit. And it will get to a point
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eventually where if you don't have a Bitcoin strategy, you're
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going to be left behind. And I think Michael Saylor is
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proving that right now. He's vindicated.
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I think his average cost per coin was like 29,029 to 30 K So
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he's up on his investment right now and we're just in the first
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innings of the next bull market cycle.
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So yeah, I mean, this is absolutely crazy.
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This is incredibly bullish. And he just looks super tired on
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that interview because, you know, I think he's sick and
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tired of saying the same thing every single time.
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But someone just put it in the chat because that chart that I
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showed you guys was old. Apparently MicroStrategy is up
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500% this year. I have to verify that.
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But but yeah, man, that's that's pretty crazy.
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Anyways, Opti, what are your what are your thoughts bro?
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Yeah, I think that metric or that tweet that we both saw
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yesterday, the I I don't have it on hand.
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I tried to find it real quick so we can verify.
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But every $1000 move in Bitcoin Sailor is in profit by what was
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it like 158 million or even more or something like that, Like
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it's just absolutely incredible. And so imagine, you know, we see
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the Bitcoin price go up and we feel good about our gains.
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But just imagine every little incremental move, you're just
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making millions on it. And that's just goes to show
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that. Holding Bitcoin on your
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corporate treasury, on your balance sheet is the probably
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the best move for everyone out there and we've been covering it
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all year long about all the corporations out there with FIA
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on their balance sheet and just that they're holding, you know,
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melting ice cubes as Sailor always says and.
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So just to just to interject real quick, this is the micro
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strategy chart. They're they're not up.
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What do they say 500% this year? That is not true.
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They're up. Well, the whole.
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Let's see. Since the Bitcoin bottom they're
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up roughly 62.95. We'll go back further, go back
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further, what's? Let's let's look back on a five
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year scale, right. Since they started their, you
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know their Bitcoin strategy, you could say that's in the early,
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what is early 2020, They are roughly yeah, roughly 500%
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that's that's true. OK.
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OK. Roughly 500%.
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That's not that bad. That's. 3320 but you know,
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close. Yeah, 333-2322, but anyways,
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close enough. Close.
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Enough. But yeah, it just goes to show
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and moving forward then this next year, next two years, going
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into 2025, it is going to be. Absolutely a stupid move if
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you're a corporation and don't have Bitcoin on your balance
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sheet and say there's going to prove that to everyone out
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there, you know Nico, he says. Naive Bukele will prove it on a
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nation state level and all us, just individuals will prove it
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on that individual level out there that like you need to be
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holding some Bitcoin, especially as it goes up.
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It doesn't need to be your entire net worth, but you need
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to have some at least to protect yourself.
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And here we are and and Saylor has been saying what we've been
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saying on the show for a long time.
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I really do believe. That we have crossed the Rubicon
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into mainstream consciousness and everyone is going to have a
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stance on Bitcoin right now moving forward.
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You're either, you know, what do we say, you know, you're either
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for Bitcoin or you're for slavery.
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You're either for prospering or you're for debasing the future.
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And funny enough, I was kind of having this conversation last
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night at dinner. I've just kind of.
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Putting all of the receipts on the table and just like talking
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about everything going on and how I just think like I this
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next bull run is really angling to be a perfect storm of
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bullishness for us. And you know, I was bringing all
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the receipts. We bring the receipts on the
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show all the time. But just it goes to show that
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once everyone starts talking about Bitcoin, I I really think
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we are all bearish because I I think there will be a crazy FOMO
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in regard to Bitcoin. And you know, being someone that
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fell into the FOMO in 2017 when I thought it was going to be
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like a hyper bitcoinization, I think this is going to be
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magnified. And we're all being very
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conservative in our Bitcoin prediction because we all got
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Burt last time. So we're like we're afraid to
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even talk about Bitcoin stupidly bullish.
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Hence why I'm telling you I am going to be stupidly bullish up
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front. Anyways, Tony, what's your
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thoughts? Oh, sorry.
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You're muted. You're muted for some reason.
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Go again. There we go.
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No, I'm, I'm, I'm very excited. What is, you know, what is in
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front of us? And it it does, it provides so
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much hope and I'm just, I'm, I'm jacked up that we're able to sit
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here you know front row and actually get to watch this
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happen. And so, yeah, no, I'm, I'm, I'm
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super stoked. Let's go, shouts out to the
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chicken coop, though. Are you in a fucking whole world
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chicken coop right now? Holy, Holy.
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Holy, this is who I come out and try to, you know, own it.
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Oh my God, Take a screenshot. Post it on the Simply Twitter.
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This is the first time for simply Bitcoin.
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Holy cow. We'll look at that smile and
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that screenshot I got. That is hilarious.
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That is. So we got 20, 20 chickens.
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Can you pick one up, ladies? Better start laying eggs soon.
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Can you pick one up, Mike? It's Oh good.
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I yeah, I got to find one. I've only had them here for like
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3 weeks. Yeah, I could probably pick one
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up here. Let's see.
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Get. Out of here.
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But yeah, it's just, you know, I, I, you know, I traded my
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life. I moved you know, from Seattle,
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WA 2 1/2 years ago out to the East Coast.
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And this is just, you know, one of the the new tricks.
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You know, you get to pick up and learn how to do.
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I was a commercial broker, did real estate out in Seattle and I
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did that for 20 plus years. And you know, started at the
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bottom, was able to work my way up and really get to a high
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level at the real estate level where you're really getting to
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see, you know where is this, you know, who is buying the real
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estate, where the money's coming from, who are these players that
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are in town. Well, it wasn't always like
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that. When I first started out, it was
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a, it was a, it was a market and I just focused on industrial,
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but it was a market that was owned by, you know, like your
20:51
parents and my parents. And maybe we'd team up and own a
20:54
building together and you know, we'd lease it out to these, you
20:59
know, other local businesses. And we never really pushed too
21:04
hard on the rental rates because we never wanted these guys to
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move out. We like the cash flow.
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Well, Fast forward to, like you know, when I started was in 2000
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and then in about 2008, 2009, 2010 is where the institutional
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money came to town. And then it it's the the
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changing of the guard happened and it happened right underneath
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our nose where the local families no longer open, you
21:31
know, own the real estate they had sold them to the
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corporations or the institutional money.
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And so you know, when you're young, you know I'm 46 now, but
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you know take 10 years, you know, away from that or you know
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or or 15 years back, I got to be right there where it switched
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over and to these institutions. And so institutions, they don't
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really care about cash flow. They do at some point, but
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they're there to get the highest price per square foot.
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And then that highest price per square foot for the rent then
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gets passed back down to the, you know, to the local business,
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which then gets passed back down to the consumer.
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And so all of a sudden you had, you know, rates that have been,
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you know, that had just been slowly going up over the years.
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And then cheap money arrived and they just took off like this
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because now you went from local landlord to a professionally run
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landlord on these buildings. And so you have these people
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that went from a rate of paying, like, let's say, $0.40 a square
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foot monthly to, you know, 60 cents, 80 cents, $1.20.
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And you're just like, wow. And then some of these
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companies, you know, they have these leases that they sign
22:47
every three or five years. And you know, let's just say
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the, the landlords, you know, changed within that period that
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they had their lease. And it's like, well, I've been
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dealing with this local family. Now I'm dealing with who is
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this? And it is, it's a, it's a a
23:03
professional landlord and and you're going to battle and
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you're sitting there going, well, I was paying $0.40, why am
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I paying $0.80? And they're like we'll go look
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around. Every building around you is now
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owned, you know, with, you know, institutional money and there
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are no, you know, cheap deals out there because the the change
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has happened. And so, you know, as I'm
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watching this happen, I'm, I realize, you know, I'm a part of
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this and you know, you're just like, well, Jesus, you know, and
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then everybody is you. You see some of these local
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businesses that used to be local that were the tenants, well, now
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they're all institutional and and you know, at the end of the
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day it just comes back to higher prices for the consumer.
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And so I was able to use that perspective, you know, and as
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I'm going and traveling through my Bitcoin, you know,
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understanding that you know all of Bitcoin and what it is,
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you're just like, holy shit, what industry hasn't been
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absolutely destroyed by cheap money?
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And there isn't one that you know, that hasn't been touched.
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And and and so that's where I'm just like, you know, when you
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find Bitcoin and realize how this changes the incentives of
24:19
our money, you're just like, wow, how is this, how is this
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possible? And so you know, this can't be
24:25
possible. I go to bed and I think now this
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is, this is a a a farce. And then you wake up, you go
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through it again and you're like I'm more bullish today than I
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was yesterday. And so I just, I can't wait to,
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you know, to see this happen. I wish it would just, you know,
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happen a little faster. But it doesn't.
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It's just it's we got a front row seat and it's going to be
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such a positive and it's it's really it's, you know, the
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people that jump on board today and don't prolong it, it's going
24:53
to be a softer landing for them. But make no mistake, you're
24:57
going to have to you're going to have to join this network just
25:00
like nobody knew that they were an Internet company.
25:03
Well, you're now a Bitcoin company and we're going to you
25:07
know, unleash that, you know the true powers of the Internet
25:10
through Bitcoin. And so I, I, you know, I go to
25:13
these conferences, I meet guys like you and I'm seeing
25:18
everything that's being built on top of Bitcoin.
25:21
And I think I'm bullish. Well these people are five years
25:24
bullish in front of me. They've they've left me behind
25:27
and they're I'm just scrambling trying to figure out what
25:29
everybody's working on. And that's where I'm just like
25:32
this is we are so far at the beginning and I you know I am I
25:37
I just I I feel so you know lucky to have been introduced to
25:42
Bitcoin and just see that this our kids have such hope and and
25:49
and just civilization you know and it it affect I I look at it
25:54
you know quickly from my point of view but you can look at it
25:58
through so many other people's point of view and how it affects
26:02
them positively and you just you can't deny it so.
26:07
Can't deny it. Can't deny it.
26:09
Is that a Bitcoin white paper on the back of your chicken coop?
26:13
It is. I couldn't you know, as I sat
26:17
there, I I I had it in my house and you know, I had it printed
26:23
and it didn't print out well. So it's it's it's blurry.
26:26
So then and I was like, well, shit, I'm just going to bring it
26:28
out to the chicken coop. I know what it is.
26:30
So when I feed these guys I, you know, now I can see it every
26:32
day. And so anyways, I think it's
26:36
appropriate. So you're streaming live from a
26:39
chicken COO and you have a Bitcoin white paper in your
26:42
chicken COO? Yeah, I thought.
26:45
That's pretty fucking bad ass, bro.
26:46
I'm, I'm, I'm not going to lie, that's that's pretty.
26:50
That's pretty. It's pretty crazy.
26:52
I'm tweeting it out right now. Breaking, Breaking.
26:57
Well, I just need these. I need these chickens to start
26:59
laying. Like I said there, I've had them
27:02
for three weeks and so they anytime now they're we got them
27:07
at 19 weeks and so any any time they're these ladies are.
27:10
Going to be well, all the power to you, bro.
27:12
That is badass. I I Opti we got when when we get
27:17
the studio, bro. We just got to have chickens
27:19
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27:22
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Anyways everybody, so this is what I wanna talk about today.
29:56
We always talk about the theme Bitcoin or slavery.
30:00
A lot of people think I'm hyperbolic.
30:02
I brought this up to beauty on a bit block.
30:04
Boom 2023, he said. Nico, you're wrong.
30:06
It's not Bitcoin or slavery, It's Bitcoin or death, right?
30:11
And a lot of people are like, no, that's so hyperbolic.
30:13
That's not true. That's an over exaggeration,
30:16
right? That's what people say.
30:19
No, absolutely not. Because Fiat is the money of
30:23
war. The Fiat and Fiat is the money
30:26
of endless wars. Fiat is the money of of capital
30:30
misallocation. Governments could spend an
30:33
unlimited amount of money funding.
30:35
You know these programs that you might not necessarily agree
30:38
with. Some of those programs are
30:39
funding wars, right? Some of those.
30:42
Some of those programs might be funding censorship and God knows
30:46
what, right? So as time progresses and
30:51
governments get more desperate because more and more people.
30:54
See the escape valve, To use Christine Lagarde's own words,
30:58
Who was the head of the IMF? Who's currently the head of the
31:03
European Central Bank? Who's also a convicted felon.
31:06
And that's probably why Opti and her fell in love.
31:09
The. That's a joke.
31:13
But but yeah, so check this out. This is not a parody.
31:17
I read this on Simply Sessions last night and I was just
31:20
awestruck because it's absolutely insane.
31:23
So this is serious. This is not a parody like this
31:26
is like they're being real. They even add a picture, you
31:29
know, they're like hash tagging it and everything one step
31:33
closer to the first trusted and secure EU digital identity
31:38
framework. Today's final agreement on the
31:40
EU digital identity wallets paves the way for a successful
31:44
digital decade. In which every European has
31:47
access to safe and secure digital wallets across the EU.
31:51
That's right ladies and gentlemen.
31:52
Without the EU digital identity, you don't have access to safe
31:57
and secure digital wallets. Let's ignore all those open
32:01
source Bitcoin wallets that gives you access.
32:04
And secure access to your Bitcoin ad that they don't
32:07
exist. But take a look at how they have
32:10
Co opted the language. They're now using our language
32:13
in a lot of this rhetoric bro. So check it out.
32:16
All EU citizen residents and businesses will be offered a
32:19
possibility to have an EU digital identity wallet to
32:23
access private and public online services.
32:26
This revolutionary tool right? We've heard that before.
32:30
Empower users like. Guys, wording is important.
32:35
Framing is very, very important. They are literally using our
32:40
vocabulary. Make no mistake, that is not a
32:44
coincidence, right? But also take a look at, you
32:47
know the engagement on this. This is a is at 130,000 people
32:53
following. You know, it's it's decent.
32:56
I wouldn't say it's that crazy. 212 likes for the size of that
32:59
account. I wouldn't say it's very
33:00
impressive. But clearly you know their their
33:03
information is working. I don't know, I want to know who
33:05
these 212 people are, but anyways, because I definitely
33:11
want to send them a video about Bitcoin or something.
33:14
But anyways, it goes on to say the revolutionary tool will
33:16
empower users, put them in control of their data and
33:20
privacy. Enhanced security, like all of
33:23
that, is BS. Like Total BS, this
33:26
revolutionary tool will empower the government, put the
33:29
government in control of the data and privacy and enhance
33:33
security, enhance security bullet, I mean it depends on how
33:37
you define security. So it goes on to say on top of
33:41
that, the EUEID will allow users to open bank accounts, make
33:46
payments, hold digital documents.
33:49
These can include a mobile driving license, a medical
33:51
prescription, a professional certificate, or a travel ticket.
33:56
For citizens, the EU Digital Identity Wallet will offer an
33:59
easy and practical alternative to online verification while
34:02
giving complete control over their personal data.
34:06
Like, I mean, dude, I think this is this is a terrible dystopian
34:11
idea. And the fact that they're trying
34:14
to connect your ID with. A CBDC, they're trying to get
34:20
rid of the relationship you have with the bank, and it's going to
34:23
be a direct relationship that you have with the government.
34:27
It is dystopian. And look, if you want to take a
34:31
look at where this could go and where I think they're heading
34:35
with this based on, you know, the rhetoric and the language
34:38
coming out of the videos coming from the World Economic Forum,
34:41
we played you that video of that central banker getting getting
34:44
all giddy. Talking about CBDC's and how
34:46
that will allow them to control certain aspects of society,
34:50
right here is China's social credit system.
34:53
And I think we've showed this on the show many, many, many months
34:56
ago. But it it it, it's a great
34:59
graphic to explain what the social what what a social credit
35:03
system is and how it can be connected to a CBDC and how that
35:09
can be used as a forcing function on on society.
35:14
Essentially what they do is that they incentivize good behavior
35:19
defined by the government, and they de incentivize bad
35:23
behavior. Now the problem is that what if
35:26
you live in a totalitarian country and the government is
35:31
the one you know doing bad things?
35:35
Well, hey, you know, here's one of the things that you can lose
35:38
some of your social, social points on.
35:42
If you illegally protest against the authorities, you lose
35:45
points. Who is defining what is an
35:47
illegal protest, right? Posting anti government messages
35:52
on social media? I mean, if you're a bitcoiner,
35:55
you're fucked there spreading rumors on the Internet, Who is
35:59
defining what rumors are, right? Insincere apologies for crimes
36:03
committed? Who's define who makes the
36:05
decision on whether that's an insincere apology or not?
36:09
Participating in anything deemed to be a cult?
36:12
Well, all bitcoiners are effed at that point, right?
36:15
And then they incentivize good behavior so defined by them
36:19
praising the government on social media, positively
36:23
influencing one neighborhood, taking care of elderly family
36:26
members, engaging in charity work.
36:28
You know, so a lot of these aren't that bad, but do you
36:30
really want the government to have this type of control?
36:33
Right, because it's it's absolutely scary.
36:35
And now what are the punishments of a low credit?
36:37
Of a low credit score or or social credit score?
36:41
You're excluded from booking flights or high speed train
36:44
tickets, meaning you can't drive.
36:47
Denial of licenses permits and access to some social services,
36:52
public shaming exposure either online or on TV screens in
36:56
public spaces of the names, photos and IDs.
36:59
Numbers of blacklisted citizens, phone dial tones mandated by
37:03
authorities that inform people that they are calling a
37:06
dishonest debiter. I mean this is a dystopian
37:11
society and of course for the people that behave, they get tax
37:14
breaks, You know, they get shorter waits in hospitals, they
37:17
get free gym facilities. You guys get the point.
37:20
This is a forcing function. It makes people self censor.
37:25
It makes people. Not, you know, complain or not
37:30
make their thoughts known. Because they know if they do
37:34
that they might not be able to travel, they might not be able
37:36
to get access to certain loans, right.
37:39
They might be publicly shamed on a public square like it's
37:43
absolutely crazy. This is what CBD CS will enable.
37:47
This is what a CBDC tied in with a a digital ID will give the
37:52
government the ability to do. Now they would like you to
37:55
believe specifically in, in the European Union and the US that
37:59
no, even though we'll have these powers, we'll never do something
38:04
like this. History has shown that when the
38:08
government has the power, they tend to use it, right?
38:12
And and I know what a lot of you guys are thinking, this is only
38:15
happening in China. No, ladies and gentlemen, they
38:17
are rolling out the CBD CS all over planet Earth.
38:22
Here's this great resource from atlanticcouncil.org.
38:25
You can go to atlanticcouncil.org/CBDC Tracker
38:29
and it tells you all the CBDC projects all over the world and
38:33
what their current statuses are. So in China, it's already
38:36
basically launched. In Russia, the same thing.
38:39
In Kazakhstan, the same thing. In Europe, it's it's in
38:42
development. In the United States it's in
38:44
development. In Canada it's in development.
38:46
In Mexico, it's in development. Brazil, it's in development.
38:51
So, and again, remember in the United States, it's interesting
38:55
because they have specifically said no, we're not working on a
38:58
CBDC, but on this website it literally says what is the CBDC
39:02
status in development, right. And remember what happened when
39:06
Bitcoin Magazine tried to make fun of the Fed Now system, which
39:11
is, which is what I believe is the first iteration of the
39:13
American central bank digital currency.
39:15
What did they do? The Federal Reserve literally
39:18
sued Bitcoin Magazine. For talking shit about them,
39:23
right? So this is the world that we're
39:25
heading into. And if you think this is only
39:28
going to happen in in in China, you're kidding yourself.
39:31
Remember what happened during the Canadian truckers protest?
39:36
They shut off people's bank accounts because of their
39:38
political beliefs. Now imagine not having to go to
39:43
the banks directly and saying, hey, cut this person's account,
39:46
but the bureaucrat themselves flicking the switch.
39:51
How they see fit. No one deserves that type of God
39:54
like power. No one deserves a God like
39:56
power. The God like power of of having
39:59
a CBDC and also and also the the power of the money printer.
40:06
No one deserves that and I think bitcoiners fundamentally
40:09
understand that in their hearts. But I guess the rest of the
40:13
world you know is is still playing catch up to put it
40:16
nicely. Anyways, Opti, what are your
40:18
thoughts on all this, brother? Oh man, before I get serious,
40:22
the chat's killing me. They're basically saying that
40:24
I'm to blame because Chrissy is pushing the CBDC.
40:29
Oh my God, you guys are funny. First and foremost, kind of just
40:33
adding on to the last things that you were saying.
40:36
The CBDC doesn't work if there's an escape hatch, IE Bitcoin
40:39
guys, so they need to corral everyone everywhere.
40:42
Hence why we're seeing all these pushes recently to get everyone
40:47
on, you know, a central bank digital control mechanism.
40:50
It's digital wallets, digital IDs, we're we're seeing this all
40:53
play out the same time. You know, some could say that
40:56
maybe there's a conspiracy, but we'll say that there just isn't
40:59
coincidences here. And then further doubling down
41:02
on what you were saying, I I just watched this morning on X
41:05
or Twitter. I hate using X on Twitter.
41:09
Tucker Carlson about the guy who made a meme and he may be going
41:13
to jail for 10 years for subverting politics.
41:15
Like this isn't happening away somewhere in China.
41:18
Like it's happening here in America as well.
41:20
Like, wake up before it's too late.
41:22
And this is what we always talk about here.
41:24
This is why we constantly try to expose the lies, expose
41:29
corporate BS and show that there is solutions here.
41:32
And I really like that you brought up that this digital
41:36
wallet, digital ID system coming from the ECB is using our memes
41:40
and our, our, you know, our battlefield, which is the
41:44
Internet. Like it's our meme world and
41:46
everyone else is just living in it.
41:47
And their reactionary stances just make me so bullish, like
41:50
they have no original thoughts out there.
41:52
They they don't even know how to combat the the meme army.
41:55
They they don't know how to partake in the guerrilla mimetic
41:59
war that we are all a part of that we were born into.
42:02
And it just, it just makes me feel so good.
42:05
It's like it's it's like there's no way they're going to win on
42:08
the battlefield of ideas on Twitter if they aren't able to
42:12
control information. And we know that constantly
42:14
information wants to be set free.
42:16
We're seeing it be set free constantly.
42:18
Whether it's like what Elon Musk is doing, say what you want
42:21
about him, you know, say what you want about Twitter, actually
42:24
pushing free speech. There's also Noster.
42:26
There's everyone in Telegram groups.
42:28
Like people are talking about stuff and people are noticing
42:31
that this is happening in real time and they're actively
42:35
pushing back. I I don't think humans are
42:37
necessarily sheep and they want to just go to the slaughter.
42:41
But the framing that they're using is absolutely nefarious.
42:44
It it, it's always the same thing.
42:45
We're here to protect you, citizen.
42:47
You know trust us. Like you know she wolf in
42:50
sheep's clothing like oh we're not leading you to the
42:52
slaughter. Like we're the ones that were
42:54
here to protect you when they're the very people that you need
42:57
protection from. Anyways, while you were going
42:59
Nico, I was kind of reminded of the movie they live.
43:03
If you guys haven't watched They Live.
43:04
I it's one of my favorite sci-fi movies.
43:06
It's super great. It's got rowdy what's it rowdy?
43:09
Rod Piper, The The Wrestler. It's a great movie it's like AB
43:11
rated or BB film sci-fi movie. But it's so good.
43:16
And anyways the the plot of the movie, I'm going to run it for
43:19
you guys but it's so good. Movie is he finds sunglasses
43:22
that basically expose the propaganda for what it is, that
43:26
they're like an alien invasion on planet Earth and they're
43:29
constantly trying to brainwash you and psyop you.
43:32
And this is, this is what it feels like constantly.
43:36
And then once you finally see through the veil you realize Oh
43:39
my God, it's all propaganda to try to keep me in the the gate,
43:43
keep me under control. And this is what it's all about.
43:47
They want to control everything about you and as they continue
43:51
to lose control, they will continue to overstep and try to
43:54
take more rights away at quicker and quicker paces.
43:58
And we're seeing this happen in real time.
43:59
The the they'll roll stuff out like this and say it's for your
44:02
benefit, you know, it's to, it's to protect and save the citizen
44:06
out there with his digital wallets.
44:10
Again, it's all just rehashed Bitcoin narratives and they're
44:17
just trying to put like a cloak on it to to basically get you
44:20
entrapped. And it's just it's horrible.
44:23
Like, don't let them, guys, This is why we tell you constantly to
44:26
download Bitcoin wallets, get as many people as possible to
44:29
download Bitcoin wallets, transact with Bitcoin wallets.
44:32
This is how we peaceably fight this dystopia.
44:35
And then on the last thing, you know, like that you were showing
44:38
that like China social Credit score, like all my homies are
44:42
already on lists. Like we're already on those
44:45
lists. You convince me otherwise.
44:47
And I I think, I think probably a big majority of the American
44:54
population and people around the world freedom fighters are
44:56
already on these lists. Our our, our credit scores are
44:58
probably horrible because all we do constantly is ridicule the
45:02
corporate press and government and stuff.
45:03
And and again it's just it's just reminded of like we have a
45:06
dude right now who's who might be going to jail in America.
45:11
For a meme like this is absolutely insane.
45:14
Like it is. This isn't happening somewhere
45:16
far away. Like this isn't happening in the
45:18
future. It's happening here and now.
45:20
This is why we constantly say and double down.
45:23
It is bit corner slavery and we use beauty on the meme now it's
45:26
bit corner death. Guys like this is a matter of
45:29
life and death. You need to hold some Bitcoin.
45:31
Anyways, Tony, jump in. Agree.
45:36
I mean, when you say, you know, or slavery or, you know, or
45:40
death, I mean we have lost our vote.
45:44
We have lost our leverage, you know, and they tell us what to
45:48
eat. You know, we don't, you know,
45:50
they're no longer, you know, equals.
45:52
They don't work, you know, with us anymore.
45:54
We're we're sitting there. You know, we have the
45:57
corporations and you have the government.
45:59
And the government, you know, enforces what the corporation's
46:02
want. And we're just the yield down at
46:04
the bottom and we're just making this.
46:06
Go and you're like how the hell do I get off this?
46:08
Well, I'll tell you how to get off this.
46:10
You get off this wheel by buying Bitcoin and learning about it.
46:14
And then you kind of your eyes are opened up and just you see
46:18
all how you've played into this and you're just you can't turn
46:24
that back. But you just look forward and
46:26
you just say hey let's buy some Bitcoin.
46:28
Let's get you know everybody else orange peeled and teach
46:31
them and change the incentives. Couldn't agree more.
46:38
Absolutely. Amen to that.
46:40
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46:44
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All right, Tony. Well, this is the point of the
48:13
show where we let our guest rant.
48:15
So you touched on something that we will come back to and
48:19
everyone in the chat heard it as well.
48:21
And so this we're going to make a point to emphasize it, but
48:24
everyone really likes a a good orange pill story.
48:27
So Tony, how did you become a bitcoiner?
48:31
I It was 2014 and it was, I'd had my third daughter and so you
48:40
know you're going to be home on Saturdays and Sundays quite a
48:42
bit and, you know, watching football.
48:45
And so I I sat there and wanted to put some money on these
48:48
games. But again I'm I'm 46 years old
48:52
right now and and and trying to do this in 2014 there was only
48:57
way to do it was offshore And so you end up you know, learning
49:02
about well how do you do it well you had to get some Bitcoin.
49:04
Well what the hell is Bitcoin? And it was, to me, it was just
49:08
like, you know, getting amusement, you know, part token
49:12
and just so I can, you know, go play my game.
49:15
And so I bought one. And then I started, you know,
49:19
doing my betting. And I realized real quick that
49:21
I'm awful at doing parlay bets. And so I quickly, yeah, lost a
49:28
Bitcoin, won a Bitcoin, and then just quit and then kind of
49:32
forgot about it until about 2017.
49:36
And you start hearing about it in the, you know, the news.
49:39
And you're just like, wait a minute.
49:41
I think I have one of these. And then you realize how much
49:44
you have and, you know, it's like I got one Bitcoin and it's
49:47
going up to, you know, $17,000. I'm thinking, hey, I'm buying
49:52
some Sonos speakers and so I buy the Sonos speakers.
49:56
I get home. And so I'm now going to, you
49:59
know, cash this Bitcoin in and I'm like, well, why the hell
50:01
would I do that when, you know, I only paid 400 and some dollars
50:05
for it? And that was kind of at the
50:08
point where I was like. What do I have here?
50:11
And so I slowly started learning in 2017 and just, you know,
50:16
really would smash by every night And it's, you know, I
50:22
haven't looked back since. And so it's just it's it's been
50:26
a great ride and you know, it's, you know, you go all the way up.
50:31
And you know go all the way down and and it's it's, it's so it's
50:35
exciting to see you know where we're at today at 37,000.
50:39
And you know what I can't wait to, you know, I continue to
50:42
accumulate and just, you know try to you know get my family
50:46
and friends and I I'm, I'm not a very good orange pillar.
50:50
So I just kind of just keep asking them like what's broke,
50:53
don't you think it's the money you know how does it affect you.
50:57
But yeah, that's that's, that's my orange pill.
51:00
Love the story, love it. And and there's so many threads
51:04
that I can push and pull on that one.
51:05
But I think the main one is usually once you either get
51:10
caught up in Bitcoin or you hold some Bitcoin or maybe you're
51:12
holding shit coins, you ask yourself like, wait, what is it
51:14
that I'm actually holding? And that's when, like, the real
51:17
rabbit hole starts. Anyways, let's get back to kind
51:19
of what you were talking about in the beginning of the show and
51:21
what we were talking about before the show started.
51:24
So you were in real estate and you were mentioning this idea of
51:29
watching real estate go from local hands to institutional
51:33
hands and you know, connecting those dots.
51:36
And basically everyone in the chat was saying, did you guys
51:39
hear that what he said about corporations?
51:41
And this is where we are right now in Bitcoin.
51:43
So let's jump on that and then maybe we can do some like a
51:46
Bitcoin versus real estate stuff at the end.
51:48
Yeah. No.
51:49
And I, you know what and it's it is you know when you talk about
51:52
an industry, I mean I love the industry.
51:54
It was a lot of fun. It's, you know real competitive
51:58
and you're working with a bunch of other people that are that
52:02
are you know they're at the top of their game and it it was
52:08
just, but it you see the effect of what it does and so you have
52:16
really when you have local ownership.
52:19
They, you know, just care about cash flow and that's they don't
52:22
want to see vacancies. So they never push on the rents
52:26
too much. It's like, hey Bob, we know that
52:29
your lease is coming up here in one year.
52:31
Are you thinking about staying? OK.
52:34
Hey, you know it's that's good to hear that business has
52:36
improved. You know, we all know that
52:38
values are going up. And you know if you when you had
52:40
two local business person that was renting the space and a
52:44
local owner, they were able to you know pretty much work things
52:47
out because the local owner just absolutely did not want a
52:52
vacancy. And once that switches over to
52:56
an institution, well, an institution is playing with
52:59
other people's money. And so, you know, to get into
53:03
this market, they're always paying the highest price per
53:06
square foot. And they also realize why
53:08
they're doing this, you know, across the United States is like
53:12
there's, you know, the rents have been compressed for quite
53:15
some time just just because of this cash flow that, you know,
53:18
they wanted cash flow, the ownership did well.
53:20
This model is different for institutions again, and so they
53:25
can take these risks, but you know, pay for a building, you
53:28
know, higher price. And then sit there and you know
53:32
there's a lot of good things happening in, you know the, you
53:35
know, the the Class A markets where companies are you know,
53:38
moving their populations growing and it's just you know, we're in
53:41
a growing economy. And so it just that model works
53:44
at that time and it's just winding it up and all of a
53:51
sudden you have you know people that were paying, you know
53:53
paying this amount for for rent. Going up this much, you know the
53:57
next year, the next year, the next year, I mean just to put
54:00
things in perspective, you know, I watch dirt go from $8 a square
54:07
foot to you know north of $50 a square foot and this is just for
54:10
industrial. And so you know who ends up
54:13
getting to pay for that, It is, you know the the business person
54:18
and so they know that you know that that time the landlord sits
54:23
there and goes well. What other options does this guy
54:25
have? He's got to go move and it's
54:27
going to cost him, you know, $100,000 to move or whatever.
54:31
He can't move. So he's going to just end up
54:34
renewing, you know, renewing his lease.
54:36
And so that's what that's what happens.
54:37
A lot of people are just stuck like throwing the towel or just
54:40
what the hell, let's just sign another five year lease and hope
54:43
to God we stay in business. But then that pushes.
54:46
You know who ends up ultimately paying for it again?
54:49
Is the, is the. Consumer, which is all of us.
54:55
And so this happens, you know, all across, you know, the United
54:59
States. And and So what I should also
55:04
say is some of these landlords, these institutional landlords
55:07
is, you know, they're big pension funds.
55:10
You know, it's like California State teachers pension fund.
55:12
I mean, they're a big client of mine and love working with them.
55:16
But what happens when you know some of the tenants that they
55:20
have are paying this exorbitant amount of rent and can't make,
55:23
you know, can't make rent anymore?
55:24
Well, it just trickles on down and you just see like just what
55:28
a big puffed up inflated economy that we have, which is just
55:33
purely bullshit And it's, it's so as long as we can keep it,
55:39
you know, feeding the monkey. Then and keep it up, well, then
55:43
it's, you know, we're not going to have a problem, but there's
55:45
no possible way that we can keep, you know, that massive
55:50
balancing act. So anyways, I, I, I watched that
55:56
first hand and you know, realized I was, you know, part
56:01
of it and you know, and then then COVID hit and you know, it
56:06
kind of makes you think differently, like, you know,
56:08
hey. This life is is not a drill.
56:10
You get one of these and, you know, I didn't want to start a
56:13
career over or anything like that, but I was like, fuck it,
56:16
I'm out. This isn't where I want to raise
56:18
my, you know, children. And we ended up moving to
56:23
Virginia to live next to family. And so we're just, we're
56:28
starting over, which is just fine.
56:31
And, you know, I'm really proud of it and my kids have been, you
56:34
know, really enjoying themselves and it's like going back to
56:37
1980. When I grew up and I really
56:42
just, you know, when I look around then I just, I didn't
56:44
know the difference. You know, everybody seemed like
56:46
they had the same everything, clothes, shoes, you know,
56:50
experiences. And when I was in Seattle, it
56:54
was much different. It was like, you know, you look
56:56
around and you're just like, wow, how did this, how did we
57:00
get here? And but there's, you know.
57:04
It was also, you know, I can that sounds all negative, but
57:06
there was some positives too. You got to see what happens to a
57:09
city when you have tremendous economic drivers.
57:14
You have from Microsoft, Bowling, Nordstrom, Costco,
57:18
Amazon, and you see all the positives and then you see the
57:21
negatives and they, you know, Seattle's kind of lost their
57:23
way. Their fabric that they was so
57:26
special 20 years ago has been disrupted with, you know, you
57:29
have a bunch of new people in town and they're trying to
57:32
figure it all out and it's. It was, it was awful.
57:35
We we when I say I laid rubber leaving that town, it was you
57:38
know, my office. Every window was you know,
57:41
busted out in that. We had a two-story office and
57:46
you know all the windows were busted out down below.
57:48
And it was every day I'd sit there and just go, God is my
57:52
window busted in my car or my office was up on Capitol Hill
57:57
and they had that chopped zone or autonomous zone or whatever.
58:01
So it's kind of like chaos. In Seattle for a while.
58:05
And anyways, we start rambling here.
58:09
No problem. No problem.
58:11
You touched on something that I was literally saying last night
58:14
to my friend and it's like like I think few people understand
58:18
just like you said how how bloated and how the economy is.
58:22
Just like it's it's all fluffy and and like it's really just
58:26
hot air that is keeping this thing going.
58:29
It absolutely is. And what's crazy is, you know,
58:32
just people have become aware of it, let's say in the last three
58:35
years and talking about inflation.
58:37
Well, guys, this has been going on for a long time and it's
58:42
scary that it's, I mean, we started, you know, as as brokers
58:47
working in Seattle, we started thinking the market was really
58:50
frothy in like 2014. Like, hey man, we've hit, we've
58:54
hit highs we've never seen before.
58:57
And that was you know, 10 years ago almost.
58:59
And so again when you see where this money is coming from and
59:06
what is supporting these markets, it is you know, like
59:09
our, our our pension funds. And So what happens when these
59:13
things do implode. So it it's I I don't know what
59:19
happens. I just know that it's not going
59:21
to be good and I I don't want to be.
59:24
I'm glad I'm not living in the city.
59:25
All right, last question, Nika, before we go into the meme
59:30
review, because I hear this constantly.
59:34
I still kinda keep an eye on money, Twitter and money in
59:37
social media and you'll see a lot of people recommending
59:42
investing in real estate and as Bitcoiners were like, yeah,
59:45
that's cool and all, but we think there's a better
59:48
opportunity to be investing in Bitcoin.
59:50
So Tony, as someone that's played both of those fields,
59:54
what would you say to someone thinking of this very decision
59:57
today? You know, we like to buy when
1:00:02
it's low and sell when it's high, and I don't think I'd like
1:00:06
to buy right now. I think it's all high.
1:00:10
To be clear, real estate, you're talking real estate, right?
1:00:13
Yes. I don't I I just I would I would
1:00:16
not be interested in buying real estate right now.
1:00:18
I just it feels too frothy. It feels like when things start
1:00:23
to unravel there will be some absolute, you know, deals.
1:00:27
I mean you're seeing it right now with these big office towers
1:00:31
that have been cut in half. I think it's way worse than
1:00:33
that. I think it's going to be cut
1:00:34
further and that's just in the office arena.
1:00:38
We haven't talked about all the other arenas and we're all
1:00:41
connected and it's just in 2008 did not teach people how
1:00:45
connected we are. We'll get ready because this is,
1:00:48
this is I think once you know you start one it just and it
1:00:51
just gets bigger and bigger and bigger.
1:00:53
So I just say sit on the sideline and what are you going
1:00:57
to buy right now with your money.
1:00:59
There is no there is nothing else.
1:01:01
I it, it, it is get the one thing that is not melting away
1:01:04
and it is Bitcoin. And that's, that's where I'd put
1:01:07
every that's where I'd stake a big chunk of dough.
1:01:12
Let's go. Wait.
1:01:13
Hold on before we go. What's the second best?
1:01:15
There Is the second best. All right, everybody, let's
1:01:19
let's, let's hit the meme review.
1:01:21
Let's do it. The Daily Meme Review.
1:01:31
All right guys, you already know the deal.
1:01:33
This is the meme review where you guys send us memes on
1:01:35
Twitter. Tag us at Simply Bitcoin TV on X
1:01:38
or Twitter. X.
1:01:40
Is such bad branding anyway. Anyways, tag your memes, tag
1:01:44
your favorite memers memes or drop them in our telegram group.
1:01:48
T dot me slash simply Bitcoin TV.
1:01:50
Tweet to the bullets memes with the artillery.
1:01:52
As you can tell, we are in an information war and it's upon us
1:01:56
as individuals to do our best. To wake up our friends and our
1:02:00
families out there and of course ridicule the corporate press and
1:02:04
make the funnies to keep our friends heads in the game.
1:02:06
All right first theme is by run the banks AKA at empty under
1:02:09
score banks. And he goes never underestimate
1:02:12
the hardness of a bitcoiner. And we got what looks like like
1:02:17
a Roman warrior here with the shield and there's some arrows
1:02:19
in his shield and it looks like he just went through a heavy
1:02:23
battle. But he's getting back up on his
1:02:24
feet and it goes fair weathered investors think they can out
1:02:27
Hoddle us scammer. Traders sink, They can squeeze
1:02:30
us. Arrogant hedge fund sink, they
1:02:32
can buy us. They are all in for a rude
1:02:35
awakening. Let's go.
1:02:37
This is why we huddle. Love it.
1:02:39
All right, next one. Young Gucci tea shots at the
1:02:41
Tommy and he goes good morning with a earth emoji, sun emoji
1:02:46
and a smile. And this looks like one of his
1:02:49
pieces that he's auctioning off. But I just like the art chess at
1:02:51
the you Tommy and it goes and Fiat before Fiat ends us and we
1:02:56
got a ticking time bomb. Earth and Bitcoin is the
1:03:00
scissors that is cutting off the Flint that is gonna explode.
1:03:05
This is why we huddle Bitcoin anyways.
1:03:07
Next one is everyone feeling their feels right now.
1:03:10
Everyone being excited about seeing some price movement and I
1:03:14
guess there was some inauguration of King Charles and
1:03:17
he is wearing his godly kingly stuff.
1:03:21
And as Bitcoiners, we we like to poke fun at things.
1:03:24
And here we go. BTC Gandalf on Twitter goes live
1:03:26
footage of you addressing your friends and family when Bitcoin
1:03:29
hits $1 million. And it's a picture of King
1:03:31
Charles and his king. Get up and he goes, I told you,
1:03:34
you should have bought Bitcoin at 36 K This is the way.
1:03:37
All right. Next one, the same same theme.
1:03:41
We got Chewy, AKA S 256 and 9001.
1:03:44
He goes Thanksgiving is going to be lit, and it's the play of
1:03:48
like the aristocrats looking down from their stoop.
1:03:51
From their from their patio looking down at the peasants and
1:03:54
they put King Charles heads on and he goes told you to buy
1:03:57
Bitcoin now you're royally fucked past the potatoes
1:04:00
peasant. Oh man, that's a good one.
1:04:03
I like that one. All right.
1:04:04
Next one is by having party having party MF on Twitter and
1:04:08
we're I guess this is a everyone's favorite new
1:04:12
template. It is the Bitcoin Hotline Bling
1:04:15
and we got the know. Don't wait to buy Bitcoin.
1:04:18
We got the Yes, you buy Bitcoin and wait.
1:04:20
This is the way guys don't. Don't wait to time the market.
1:04:24
I know that you guys are still out there waiting for 12K or
1:04:26
whatever, but time in the market beats timing the market.
1:04:31
DCA stacks at every single day. Stacks at every time you get
1:04:36
paid. Pay yourself in Bitcoin.
1:04:38
This is the way save for your future.
1:04:40
Anyways, next meme is by Maxi's Club.
1:04:42
And this seems pretty PG Nico, but I don't know you're the
1:04:46
fuhrer here so we'll see what happens.
1:04:48
Because I do all my Bitcoin transactions at high priority
1:04:52
rate. This is literally Nico.
1:04:53
I do all my Bitcoin transactions at high priority rate and here's
1:04:56
a female and she goes oops, my bra fell off and then this other
1:04:59
girl goes oops, my stats fell off.
1:05:04
First class citizen if you don't care about fees and you just pay
1:05:06
those transactions like it doesn't matter, get my Bitcoin
1:05:09
through. Next one is by Big Sean
1:05:11
Harrison. He goes number go up my old
1:05:13
friend and we got the girl. I don't this is Game of Thrones.
1:05:17
I I never watched it, but you know, she's got the smirky,
1:05:20
smirky smile here. And he goes when all of a sudden
1:05:23
you're getting texts from friends about Bitcoin if now is
1:05:25
the right time to buy. It's always the right time to
1:05:29
buy Bitcoin. But you should have bought
1:05:30
Bitcoin when I was telling you at 16 K You should have bought
1:05:33
it when I was telling you to buy it at 3K.
1:05:36
Should have told you should have bought it when I told you to buy
1:05:38
it at 10K. Anyways, I have been getting
1:05:40
these texts recently, shouts out to the fam and friends texting
1:05:43
me. You already know my answer.
1:05:45
Always buy Bitcoin consistently. This is the way.
1:05:49
Anyways, drop your meme. If you score in the chat, we
1:05:51
will cover it live. And actually, Nico, you know
1:05:53
what I realized this morning? I don't think we gave our meme
1:05:58
review scores yesterday. I think, I think we got, I think
1:06:01
we were sidetracked and bantering at each other and then
1:06:04
we went straight into the chats meme review scores.
1:06:07
So anyways, today's meme review score is are you go what ASMR?
1:06:16
What are these? Boulder Canyon Thin and crispy
1:06:21
Avocado. Avocado oil.
1:06:24
Plastic sea salt chips. Wow.
1:06:27
Is avocado oil seed oil bad? Seed oils?
1:06:29
I don't. I don't remember Seed oil.
1:06:32
Seed oil. Ricotto.
1:06:33
Is the avocado isn't the seed dog?
1:06:40
Thank. All right.
1:06:41
Yeah, maybe you're right. I don't know.
1:06:42
Anyways, Miami review score is this bowl that I ate my berries
1:06:46
out of, some raspberries and some blueberries.
1:06:48
Avocado's a fruit, bro. Yeah, but don't they use the
1:06:51
seed? I don't know.
1:06:52
I don't know. I don't know how this works.
1:06:54
Avocado's a fruit, bro. Hey, I don't know.
1:06:56
I'm just wondering. I'm just wondering, Tony.
1:06:58
What? Would you give those memes?
1:07:01
Oh, I was going to show you my meme real quick.
1:07:04
It's it's my fidget spinner. Oh, it's up.
1:07:10
No, it's it's it is. Honestly, it's the best knife
1:07:13
I've ever come across, but it's it's just one hand, one handed
1:07:17
and it just it's like where's the batteries go?
1:07:19
There is no batteries, but you just push a button and it's just
1:07:22
like a one handed Awesome. That's a good score.
1:07:25
That's a really good score. All right, everybody, let's get
1:07:29
on to the Wait, wait. Wait, Wait.
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Wait. Wait.
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Wait. Wait.
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All right Nico, now is the time when we cover the meme review
1:08:27
scores from the chat. The first one by Bart.
1:08:36
A dozen fresh eggs. That's a great score.
1:08:39
Classic classic. Next, one by Skip on Down the
1:08:42
Road Meme score. Purchase Bitcoin. close the
1:08:45
Effin door on Fiat. I like that, I like that, Nigel
1:08:48
Lurie or Lowry says. I give the memes a vanilla
1:08:52
review that Nico will read out. Phil CI give the memes a pimp
1:08:58
suit for every Bitcoin pleb. This poor, Yes purple BTC is
1:09:05
truth Score Waiting for five sats BBBBBBBBBBBBBB Torn up
1:09:11
huddle meme score. Hot sauce, Hot SA house for
1:09:16
those hot sauce Hot sauce for those eggs to be determined
1:09:21
soon. OK, OK.
1:09:23
Next score by Matthew J. I give the memes 12 spot Bitcoin
1:09:27
ETFs on Friday, November 17th. Matthew J must know something
1:09:30
that we don't is Matthew. J All right, Nico, I stand
1:09:33
corrected. I guess avocado is the best
1:09:36
thing for you so. We won't shame you.
1:09:38
OK, Elaine. Tony creates a course to teach
1:09:41
chickens to take self custody. Normies TuneIn and learn too.
1:09:45
I love that. Elaine.
1:09:46
You always have the best scores. I love that.
1:09:49
All right. Rave elevator.
1:09:51
I score the memes. The empty rubber band I used to
1:09:54
hold Fiat. OK, OK, Next one by sicko 1.
1:09:59
Hurrah. OK, there we go.
1:10:02
There we go. All right.
1:10:03
Next score by Opti's digital ID. Mr. Opti Fields Contillionaire.
1:10:07
Boyfriend. Does Opti see green avocados or
1:10:11
not? Green Avocados.
1:10:12
Green. I don't know.
1:10:14
I just know they're green maybe. Winekas T Cellie with DIRECTV
1:10:20
OK, OK, OK, that's a good score. I don't know if you.
1:10:23
Can feel this one? Hold on.
1:10:25
Yeah, you could read it. Opti's waiting for the real
1:10:28
estate crash so him and Chrissy can stop sneaking around and
1:10:31
hiding from his roommate mom. All right.
1:10:39
So last one, last one will. Rogers said.
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Don't wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait, they
1:10:45
ain't making any more of this stuff.
1:10:48
Oh wait. Oh wait.
1:10:49
Oh wait. Wait.
1:10:49
Hold on. Hold on.
1:10:52
One meme score on Rumble shouts out the Narwhal Tacos.
1:10:56
He goes. Beam score a copy of the white
1:10:58
paper in your outhouse. Oh man, oh man.
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Guys, if you're enjoying the show, make sure to smash that
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shout out to all the rumblers out there.
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Whatever you decide, we'll be there.
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We'll try to be there. Anyways, I want to give a very
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special shout out to the chicken man himself.
1:11:29
Tony, thank you so much for joining us on the show today.
1:11:33
From the chicken coup. I gotta say that is a first in
1:11:37
simply Bitcoin's history and it is absolutely badass and no
1:11:41
fucks given. You must be like a 2010
1:11:44
bitcoiner or something, no 2014 and then.
1:11:49
Really close. Right on.
1:11:54
Thanks for having me on your show.
1:11:55
It was a lot of fun. Yeah man, you had some great
1:11:58
takes. Really appreciate it.
1:11:59
Love to have you back on in a couple months and all the power
1:12:02
to you bro. That is absolutely badass.
1:12:05
I hope when I grow up one day I could be just like you and just
1:12:09
have the studio and a chicken coop cuz.
1:12:11
That is really, really fucking cool.
1:12:13
Thank you so much for joining us, Tony.
1:12:14
Appreciate it. All right, guys, that was our
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