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Michael Saylor changed everything and no one even noticed | EP 1460 · Simply Bitcoin

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Has Michael Saylor change everything and no one even
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noticed? While we've all been distracted
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by the Middle East and markets bleeding trillions of dollars,
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one of Michael Saylor's products has been quietly buying billions
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of dollars worth of Bitcoin. Could this product alone be the
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catalyst that end bitcoins bear market early and leave everyone
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in disbelief waiting to buy Bitcoin at lower prices?
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I know that sounds crazy, but what Sailor has done with
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Stretch is truly incredible. There is so much interest in the
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last week it it really is almost mind blowing what we're seeing
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happen. And as Sailor said in the past,
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this is in his opinion the iPhone moment.
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But before I get into all of the numbers, let me play you the
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clip from Matt Hogan a bit wise explaining why there is so much
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interest in this STRC or Stretch product from MicroStrategy.
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I mean, the leading preferred is STRC, which is a really
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fascinating instrument for people who don't know
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corporations can have multiple different kinds of securities.
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They can have bonds that are just debt instruments.
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They can have convertible bonds that can convert into shares.
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They can have common stock, which is just the stock that
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most of us don't. And then there's this unique
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streak called preferred equity. Where preferred equity sits is
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it's above the common in the event that the company goes
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bankrupt. So you pay off your debts and
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then you distribute the proceeds first to the bondholders, then
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convert holders, then preferred. But what what's really unique is
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that they can pay income, they can pay distribution.
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So with STRC specifically, it's paying about an 11 1/2 percent
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annual yield. And then what micro strategy
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does is it raises or lowers that yield in an effort to get the
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keep the preferred price at $100.00.
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So what we've seen even during this massive drawdown is that
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the preferred stock has stayed right around $100 and the people
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have been getting 11 1/2% yield and it's mostly tax free because
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it's technically return of capital, they're able to offset
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losses. The risk you're taking with
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something like STRC is that MicroStrategy effectively is
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deciding what the yield is. So they can make the yield more,
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they can make the yield less. Theoretically, they could not
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pay a yield at all. The, the, the reason you're
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betting they won't take that last option is that it would be
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a huge reputational damage to the firm.
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So that's the risk you're taking.
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But the benefit is you're getting like a, a, a really
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hefty tax deferred yield, 11 1/2 percent is hard to come by and
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they've been doing a very good job.
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I suspect that that the interest in STRC and and and copycats of
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that will be really significant for the next 12 months or so.
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All right, guys, that last point, well, rather probably
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that second to last sentence, that is the main idea right
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here. 11.5% yield, annual yield is hard to come by and I think
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This is why we're starting to see it pick up.
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I think traditional financial investors are starting to look
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at what Sailor is doing and and they're getting excited.
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Maybe it's the green bug, whatever you want, but you do
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not get those type of revert re returns from traditional
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financial vehicles. That is why this is so
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interesting. But from you, from the viewer,
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from someone that might just be a Bitcoin holder, you're
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probably like, why? Why is this?
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Why? How could this product in and of
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itself and the Bitcoin bear market?
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Well, that's obviously the big speculation.
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That's the big if. But when you look at the
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numbers, it is absolutely insane what they've done in the last
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week, which from our friends over at Bitcoin Magazine really
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show just how crazy this last week has been for the Stretch
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product. Sailor's strategy has bought an
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estimated accumulated 9454 bitcoins so far in the last week
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via just the STRC product. Just one of Sailor's product has
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bought close to 10,000 Bitcoin in the last week.
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Now if you connect that with what with what Matt Hogan said
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he's like, I'd expect that this might continue for the next 12
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months, which means there might be a whole new interest into the
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stretch product. And if this amount of Bitcoin
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thing happens continuously, if Sailor somehow with one product
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is miraculously able to buy 10,000 Bitcoin per week and that
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demand just continues to snowball and get bigger and
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bigger and bigger. That is an incredible amount of
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Bitcoin that is going to end up in strategy and just in one of
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his products, the SDRC product. Now this number again for you
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guys at home to really wrap your head around just how much
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Bitcoin they bought in this last week.
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Remember, 450 Bitcoin are released per day, 9454 Bitcoin.
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That's about 21 days of Bitcoin buying done in a single week by
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sailors. So if that continues to go on
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and they're just chewing up all of this Bitcoin week by week
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again, demand, supply, economics, you'd expect the
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price to go up. Now to make this even crazier,
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this STRC product with the amount of interest it's gotten
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in the last week, they have now been able to raise enough
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capital to buy another 4000 Bitcoin.
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So 9 almost 10,000 this week at minimum 4000 next week.
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Now you can see how the dominoes are just continuing to grow.
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If this continues to go up and more people are incentivized to
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use this coming from more a tradify investor because you at
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home, you're probably just thinking, hey, I just want to
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buy Bitcoin in spot. Totally get it.
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I don't want to buy a levered Bitcoin play.
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I don't want to buy a security. I want to own Bitcoin.
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I mean, just do what what sailors doing, right?
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Yes. But from his perspective, again,
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a product market fit, he is not necessarily marking these
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products for us at home. Yes, you can use this product if
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you're trying to get an 11.5% annual yield, you know, tax free
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and income. Like obviously there's a there's
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a product market fit for us as individuals, but from a more
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traditional institutional investment outlook, this is
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starting to really be a game changer.
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And Nico brought this up last week when we mentioned stretch
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the first time, maybe it was the first time on the show.
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I think we've hinted at it. It's starting to really, really,
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I think turn a lot of eyes here, you know, turning a lot of heads
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here. Sorry, I the optiisms on the
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show. Anyways, here is the
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strategy.com stretch dashboard and you can just see the amount
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of interest, just the amount of money that is already been
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acquired by this product. And it's their latest product.
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It's relatively new and you're starting to see it's it's really
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just picking up. I think it's that, well, I don't
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think I know it's it said 11.5% annual yield.
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That is we're starting to see a frenzy around here.
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You're starting to see that people are really starting to
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notice this product. Obviously we've seen around the
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world institutions, hedge funds, even central banks really get
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incentivized to buy MSTR, just the common stock.
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Now we might be seeing a whole new incentive structure building
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on top of these, you know, equities, Bitcoin stocks, what
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whatever, whatever you want to call them, preferred stocks.
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You're seeing it. He might have actually done what
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he said he did a few years ago on I forget what stage it was.
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It might have just been at the Bitcoin for corporation stage.
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But he's like, I think this is the iPhone moment for Bitcoin.
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It's a stretch product. And again, he is tapping into a
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lot of trap liquidity a lot, a lot of different markets that
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Bitcoin wasn't really looked at favorably.
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It wasn't really able or capable of getting and attracting this
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kind of well. And we're seeing it, it's, it's
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working like he found an incredible product market fit
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here. He he and he found himself like
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the product here. And it is kind of interesting
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when you remember how Sailor got to this point.
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And I, I'm not going to, you know, be too cynical about it,
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but it did seem like Sailor was just kind of throwing products
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at the wall and seeing what sticks.
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And some of them were really well, obviously the MSTR stock,
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the Bitcoin treasury play was obviously he was ahead of the
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curve on that one. They've been able to acquire
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close to 1,000,000 coins. They might even be able to get
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to 1,000,000 coins if this bear market continues to go sideways
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for a while or even lower. If it goes lower, he's for sure
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probably going to be able to get to 1,000,000 Bitcoin.
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But this one, the stretch product, as Matt Hogan said, as
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we're seeing from the amount of interest, as we're seeing by the
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amount of Bitcoin that has been accumulated in a single week, it
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really, it really seems like this one is going to be the game
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changer product. Maybe you're not interested in
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just buying a levered Bitcoin play by buying MSTR.
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Maybe it's just preferred stock because you, you know, you just
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want to 1111 1/2 annual income here tax free.
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You don't really want to do anything you want to, you know,
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get paid. Remember the whole idea, Bitcoin
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has no yield. Why would I invest into this
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thing if I'm a traditional financial investor?
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Sailor, I think might have unlocked all of the capital.
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This is definitely going to attract.
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I don't know if this product alone the the stretch product,
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but this idea is definitely going to be able to attract, you
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know, trillions of dollars, whether it's spread out a bunch,
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a bunch of competitors or you know, Sailor just continues to
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innovate. But even if it if it's just this
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product in the market and sailors able to attract this
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much capital into it and he's able to buy thousands of Bitcoin
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via this new flywheel that he's created.
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This is why you're starting to look at this and be like, wow,
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is Sailor little literally single handedly going to end the
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bear market by himself. And to sailors credit, he went
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out there and tweeted something very interesting and everyone on
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Twitter is like, wait, what? What is he saying here?
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Like what does he know? What is going on behind the
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scenes? What is sailor watching?
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Because yesterday he tweeted this basically right when we
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went live. And I saw this earlier and I, I
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didn't connect the dots with the stretch product, but it does
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make you think it's like, wow, I think Sailor is literally saying
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he just ended the bear market. So I'll, I'll pass it over to
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Nico after I read this tweet. But Sailor yesterday tweeted,
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you know, there's a delay between the time we buy Bitcoin
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and the time Bitcoin goes to the moon.
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You're like, yo, Sailor is really, he's really out here
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kind of flexing right now. He's like like last week we
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bought or this week, sorry, this week we bought 10,000 Bitcoin
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just in one of my products. He's continuing to raise capital
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and do the the standard flywheel Bitcoin treasury play.
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Now he's got multiple vehicles of attracting Bitcoin.
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There's not that much Bitcoin released daily.
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It does feel like we are seeing the end of seller exhaustion.
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Obviously, there's still debate, there's still speculation of
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whether we'll see another, you know, leg down.
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I know that's kind of the consensus right now, but if this
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continues and we have seen the end of OG selling Bitcoin, the
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end of Bitcoin mining, public companies selling Bitcoin, this
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could get out. This could get out of out of
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hand to the upside. This remember I said it the
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other day, the violent repricing again sailor by himself might be
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doing this exact thing. And then, of course, once the
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number actually goes back up once we probably break out of
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the 70 K area is when you'll you'll know for sure.
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I I did talk to Luke this morning, guys.
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You know our our reigning more almost more bullish friend than
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me. He has been kind of bearish the
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last couple of days privately. And I, I don't mean to put your
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business out there, Luke, but he's like, yo, if we break out
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past 84 K like it's, it's on like Donkey Kong and then me and
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then I'm in the middle like, yo, you're bearish.
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And Nika's like we're still going to 40K, bro.
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So look what Sailor has done. I think what he will continue to
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do with this product is just insane.
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He if if Sailor again if sailor alone just is able to acquire
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1000 close to 10s of thousands of Bitcoin into a single
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product. It's just simply supply, demand,
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economics. Yeah, I mean, like what's crazy
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to me about all of this is and we wouldn't talking about
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stretch for a while now, first of all, the the memes dropping
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from the the strategy CEO are hilarious, right?
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It's like, you know, the doctor recommends you get a good
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stretch in the morning, you know, to to remain, to remain in
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good health, you know, and stuff like that.
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So the memes are just hilarious. That's the first thing I'll say.
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The second thing is, you know, regarding this as the iPhone
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moment, 100%. I mean, this is what got me so
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excited talking about this over the last couple weeks.
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But this is what you guys need to know.
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Fundamentally, Sailor is betting.
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It's a bet, fundamentally, that the Bitcoin price will
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appreciate 20 to 30% over the next 15 to 20 years per per
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year. For the next 15 to 20 years.
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So there's ebbs and flows. He's he's taking out the
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volatility for you. He's.
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Guaranteeing you 11% interest if you're, if you're sorry, a
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dividend, but it amounts to around 11% return on a yearly
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basis. That completely blows any other
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fixed income product out of the water.
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But I I I read this post from Forrest Hoddle this morning and
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he's absolutely right to point this out.
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This only works if number goes up, right?
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That's what it boils down to. Because if Bitcoin does not
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appreciate faster than 11%, this product doesn't make sense.
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If Bitcoin does appreciate faster than 11%, let's say it
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appreciates out of 20% CAGAR for the next 15 to 20 years or it
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appreciates out of 30% CAGAR for the next 15 to 20 years, then
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this stretch product, not only is it viable, it's an iPhone
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moment because the whole fixed income market, the longer this
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stretch product exist, the more confidence it's going to have in
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the product and the more people are going to see it as the more
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people are going to see it as less risky, right?
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So essentially it becomes this crazy flywheel, right, that
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we're going to see. And this flywheel is
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essentially, you know, they're using the proceeds from this
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product to buy more Bitcoin. And as Opti pointed out, they're
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buying on a daily basis just this product alone, more of the
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Bitcoin supply than is being mined on a daily basis.
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So I think what Sailor is aiming for and what Opti was saying in
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the beginning of the show is that eventually there might be
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some type of supply shock, which again sends to new highs.
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If Bitcoin goes to new highs, then this stretch product can
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continue, no pun intended, can continue being stretched into
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the future. Right now, what is the long
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term, let's say 50 year viability of this of of this
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product? I don't know.
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Let's get through the next five years.
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But fundamentally, if Sailor is able to deliver that 11% return
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for the next five years and it being fueled by the best asset
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the world has ever seen, which is Bitcoin, it's going to be a
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complete game changer for financial markets.
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And strategy is going to be one of the most successful companies
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on planet earth. And copy and Opti did mention
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copycats earlier. I mean, we did see that with the
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Bitcoin treasury companies early on.
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But once again, strategy has this first mover advantage,
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right? I wouldn't, I wouldn't even look
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at any of the of of the copycats.
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The other copycats are gonna have to offer higher interest on
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top of the 11. We know how that game wins.
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Exactly. So they're gonna have to offer
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higher interest. For people to be attracted to
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them, but with higher interest comes more risk, right?
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And that's a that's a big bet, ladies and gentlemen, and I'll
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be honest with you, I think 11 percent is conservative.
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I think 15% Kaggar is conservative.
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I think we get a minimum of. 20 to 25 to 3030% Kaggar moving
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forward, I think if we don't get that.
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You know, I, I, I would say that Bitcoin failed in in a lot of
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ways, right? Because again, you know the
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whole thesis, there's been so many books written about this,
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there's been so many articles written about how great of an
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asset Bitcoin is the. Bullish case for Bitcoin, the
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Bitcoin standard by Seifidine. You know, Larry mentioned it on
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on in the big print Lynn Leopard like nothing stops this train
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and the the theories behind, you know, all these books and you
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know, all these theories is basically like, look, if they're
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going to print more money, look at the situation in the Middle
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East, right? They're going to debase the
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currency. If they debase the currency,
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it's Infinity divided by 21 million gold.
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Even though it's scarce, ultimately it's not absolutely
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scarce like Bitcoin is, right? So that's really the question
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right now. Is Bitcoin going to be that 11%
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return that micro strategy is offering with their stretch
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product? If you strategy, they're
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renamed, If you believe Bitcoin is, I believe Bitcoin is, then
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this is a, this is a, this is such a monumental moment for the
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traditional markets because the fixed, the fixed income market
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is massive. It's huge and most people in the
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fixed income market are getting like let's say you get a high
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yield savings account like from Amex or you know, from the other
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banks that offer it, they're offering, you know, like 3 and a
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half, 3.8%. Let's say you you're buying
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bonds, right? It's in the four and a half
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region. Let's say you're investing in
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real estate. Right.
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You know, on a, on a very, very good year, you're getting
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between 8 to 12%. But you have to deal with
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tenants, you have to deal with maintenance, you have to deal
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with taxes. This is why this stretch product
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is such a game changer because you're getting 11% yields.
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It's tax deferred. As Opti mentioned, you don't
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have to deal with tenants, you don't have to deal with
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maintenance, and you're getting that type of return like in the
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stock market. Just to kind of give you guys
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A-frame of reference, and I'm sure of a lot of you guys know
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this. If you come from the traditional
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markets, a 10% return is fantastic.
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If you get a 10% return on your portfolio on a yearly basis, I
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know we've been spoiled here in Bitcoin land, you know that is
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the best, that is a a fantastic return for the year.
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So the fact that a fixed income product is basically offering
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that is an ultimate game changer.
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But the big question on everybody's mind and we don't
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know the answer to this question yet.
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We have no idea what is how this is going to end up the big
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question. Is and our business depends on
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this, the entire Bitcoin industry depends on number go up
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technology is. Is Bitcoin going to reach that
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20 to 25 to 30% kagar over the next 10 to 15 years?
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That is the big question. If Bitcoin does stretch, the
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stretch product is going to be a game changer.
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It's going to be fueled by Bitcoin and strategies.
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Strategy is going to work. If it doesn't, then this product
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is is going to fail. But not only is this product
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going to fail, I would say the entire Bitcoin industry doesn't
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look as attractive to investors anymore.
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Like if Bitcoin can't outperform the S&P 500, you know, again,
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not from us ideologues that are believing in self custody and
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and you know, look at Bitcoin from a sovereign sovereignty
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perspective, from a a revolutionary perspective, but
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from traditional investors. So, you know, if you're someone
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that has a four O 1K, if you're someone that's interested in for
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a a fixed income to kind of maintain your lifestyle,
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etcetera, etcetera, you're not you're not going to look at you,
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you're going to look at Bitcoin. You're like, yeah, that's
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interesting. But like, why am I going to take
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that perceived risk that they associate Bitcoin with if they
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can get a much safer return, for example, with AUS treasury,
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right or with a high yield savings account?
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Why, why would they take that additional risk on?
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Because at the end of the day, that's what you're doing when
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you are buying the stretch product.
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Now it is working for the time being.
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But let's see, I I think the next three to four years are
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going to be incredibly exciting. I'll tell you guys what I
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personally believe. Of course, this is not trading
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advice. This is not financial advice.
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I think the, the year after the, the, the year after the blow off
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top, it usually tends to be a little bit of a bearish year.
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So we're in that year to right now, which is 2026.
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But what I'm really looking forward to is the end of
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20262027 and then 2028. Historically, the halving cycles
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have not broken yet. As much as everyone kept yelling
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from the rooftop, this time is different.
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This time was in fact not different.
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So because the the halving cycle theory is still in play, that
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means that 2027 should be a fantastic year for Bitcoin, 2028
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should be an incredible year for Bitcoin, and 2029 should be an
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amazing year for Bitcoin as well.
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Now, if you put all of what I just said together with the fact
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that now traditional Wall Street has the mechanisms and the
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vehicles to get exposure to Bitcoin and there's different
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products to tap into, different pools of capital.
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This next bull market is going to be it's going to put this
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last one to shame in terms of institutional adoption and
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institutional involvement in Bitcoin.
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And that is what could potentially bring Bitcoin to
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those new price tiers, right? Because Bitcoin is such a huge
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asset right now. It's a multi trillion dollar
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asset. So for you to really move the
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price, you really need a lot of capital going into the asset
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that and this is where the big banks, this is where Wall Street
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kind of comes into play. And I get, I know I understand a
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lot of you guys that get that icky feeling when you hear Wall
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Street and big banks. But ultimately, ladies and
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gentlemen like that is what is going to push Bitcoin to the new
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price points, right? And I think that's part of the
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motivation as to why, you know, some of the, some of the Ogs
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felt like exiting last cycle. I think the reason that we
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didn't have this euphoric phase is a lot of people that were
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holding for 10-15 years, you know, they bought Bitcoin under
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$100 in the $100 region or, or the below $1000 region.
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You know, they're like, listen, I've made an incredible return.
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This is life changing money for me.
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I'm going to start going and living my life a little bit.
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Doesn't mean that they've sold all their Bitcoin, but their
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priorities have changed, right? Perhaps they got into Bitcoin in
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their mid 20s at the time in their 30s.
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If you got into Bitcoin in your early 30s and you've been
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holding for 15 years, you're now 45 years old, right?
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Your priorities are a little bit different.
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Perhaps that militant attitude in that militant worldview that
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you had when you when you were younger changed a little bit,
25:59
right? So a lot of things happen over a
26:01
15 year time scale. Like for me, looking back, holy
26:05
crap, it's been 10 years, right? It's been 10 years.
26:08
I can't even imagine what another five years in this
26:11
industry would be like. Like exactly.
26:14
That's what I'm trying to talk about.
26:15
So I I kind of empathize a lot with a lot of these O GS that
26:19
were like, look, man, like it, it's it's time to ride into the
26:23
sunset a little bit, right. So anyways, back to the stretch.
26:27
Yeah. And then?
26:27
Pass it back to Opti and I'll get off my soapbox.
26:29
I promise is dude, this is an absolute game changer.
26:33
But big butt it does require for the Bitcoin price to appreciate
26:41
at at least a 15 to 20% kagar if it doesn't appreciate at that at
26:48
that rate, then this stretch product is not going to work.
26:51
It doesn't mean that they're not going to be able to pay out the
26:54
dividends for the foreseeable future.
26:56
Strategy has a huge cash position.
26:58
They will be able to to to service those those dividend
27:02
payments. But that stretch product is
27:07
based on Sailor's thesis, which he gave this presentation at
27:12
Bitcoin 2025. He basically believes that by
27:17
2045, he thinks that minimum the price of Bitcoin is going to be
27:22
$13 million per coin. This stretch product is based on
27:26
that theory. Now, Sailor has had a very, very
27:30
good track record at predicting paradigm shifts and at
27:35
predicting innovations, right? He wrote the book The Mobile
27:40
Wave, where he predicted that the iPhone was going to
27:44
fundamentally change the world because it was going to put a
27:47
computer in everybody's hands. And he got that 100% right.
27:53
So I mean Opti, I just, I don't see how you know.
27:57
I don't see how you know the he. I'm on Sailor's.
28:01
Side in terms of what his his his theory.
28:04
Is anyways, I'm going to pass it on to you.
28:05
We also have a very special guest joining us.
28:08
We're going to be bringing him on on the show in a little bit.
28:11
Steve has joined. Steve is from SAT 123.
28:15
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28:17
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Right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are
30:35
back and we have Steve joining us.
30:38
Steve is with Steve. Please correct me.
30:42
SAB Sabra defense team, is that correct?
30:45
No Sabre defense team. Sabre defense.
30:49
Team yeah, the younger generation sometimes goes what
30:51
how is that Sabre defense team is a private security contractor
30:56
and and then we also run a separate organization called
31:00
Strategic Response Partners, also knows also known as SRP,
31:04
it's a global disaster management company.
31:07
Awesome. So guys, you guys know the deal,
31:09
right? The Bitcoin is all about
31:11
sovereignty. It's all about, you know,
31:13
reclaiming back your financial sovereignty, but it's not only
31:16
about reclaiming your financial sovereignty.
31:18
You want to reclaim your sovereignty as a sovereign
31:21
individual, right? And that comes with, you know,
31:24
not relying on the grid for power, not relying on, you know,
31:28
traditional communications, but also it's thinking about home
31:32
defense, right? This is all this is.
31:35
It's all. 1. Package when it comes to this
31:37
right so Bitcoin is just one element of becoming a sovereign
31:41
individual and I'm very excited to have Steve joining us on on
31:45
the show today and again shout out to SAT 123 for the
31:49
recommendation. So Steve, please give us a
31:52
breakdown of what Saber does. It's a pretty badass name, by
31:55
the way, I might add, and I'll pull up your website while you
31:59
do that. Yeah, so Saber defense team has
32:03
provided security for some of the largest high net worth
32:08
clients that own some of the biggest burger franchises, done
32:13
a lot of special events for big musicians, provided security for
32:17
Tulsi Gabbard, Bobby Kennedy, Charlie Kirk on certain
32:22
occasions. We did the six part docu series
32:24
called Border Battles with Charlie.
32:26
He was a close friend actually had him speak a few weeks before
32:29
he passed in in Dallas at a conference called When the
32:33
Storm. And we do mission critical
32:36
stuff. So aside from executive
32:38
protection for many people that are well known people, we
32:42
provide certain mission critical stuff like heading out what we
32:46
went to Syria as far as in Haddad and Sweda where they
32:49
slaughtered 2000 Druze and Christians, right, which barely
32:52
made any news station just didn't fit the narrative.
32:56
We've done missions in Nigeria, in Sudan.
32:59
We were the ones that were instrumental, instructing a
33:02
bunch of Americans and VI PS out of Puerto Vallarta.
33:05
Within minutes of that happening, we had armored
33:07
vehicles pulling people out of Puerto Vallarta, getting them in
33:10
the Kornavaca at an FBO there and then flying them from that
33:14
FBO to Tijuana using our Mexican assets that we use during
33:18
Hurricane Otis with SRP on the search and rescue side of it.
33:23
So we operate in over 70 countries.
33:25
But when it comes to protection, right, people go, I got a
33:28
firearm. How well are you trained?
33:31
That's like going to Guitar Center and buying a guitar
33:34
doesn't make you a musician, right?
33:35
Going through the training, being the protector of your
33:38
household. And my business partner, which I
33:40
owe a lot of credit to, is Byron Rodgers, right?
33:44
Always preaching executive protection, always talking about
33:47
being the man of peace, the protector of your family.
33:50
But we do grid down courses completely where you're building
33:54
a shelter, you're forging for food, you're processing an
33:56
animal, you're doing force on force, you're doing security
33:59
perimeters, and you're completely off the grid.
34:01
So when people talk about being off the grid, and if you haven't
34:04
done it, I highly, highly recommend it to your listeners
34:08
because it'll change your mind, it'll change your life, and
34:12
it'll raise your confidence level of going.
34:14
You know what? I could actually do this if the
34:17
grid went down and I had to operate solo, I know how I could
34:22
hunt for food, how I could forge for food, how I could ambush
34:26
another camp, Right? I'm just telling you because
34:28
it's a fit of the survival, right?
34:30
Survivalist. Yeah.
34:32
There's a lot, lot, lot of benefit in in our training.
34:37
What makes the the guys that come out of the SF, the Special
34:39
Forces and then how we train them, how to operate in the
34:43
urban interface. So yeah.
34:46
That that's, that's fantastic. And again, the, it's so, you
34:50
know, part of, of, of, of Bitcoin culture, Steve, where
34:55
this aspect of sovereignty, right?
34:57
This, this aspect of reclaiming back your financial sovereignty.
35:01
And I think, you know, like home defense really plays.
35:04
A. A key.
35:05
Role in that, but when it comes home defense training is
35:09
everything right? This is not you know, you're not
35:11
playing with toys. These are the ultimately these
35:13
are firearms. You you need to be trained to to
35:17
to to to use them. And there's also legal
35:20
implications that I think are, are are, you know, people have
35:23
to be aware of, right? Depending on the state, there's
35:27
different laws, right, that apply to you.
35:28
But thankfully in Florida, we have stand your ground, right?
35:31
But different states have different laws for all of this.
35:35
But this, this plays a key role in my opinion.
35:39
And again, reclaiming your sovereignty as an individual.
35:44
And part of that is knowing how to how to defend yourself and
35:48
most importantly, how to defend your loved ones and your family,
35:52
right. So I, I really love what you
35:55
guys offer in terms of not only the security services for high
35:59
net worth individual bitcoiners that are looking into that over
36:03
the next, you know, 10-15 years, I believe, you know, if we are
36:07
about right about the Bitcoin price appreciation, you know,
36:11
Steve, the 2020 to 40% of the ultra high net worth individual
36:16
a class are going to be bitcoiners and they are going to
36:19
require some type of security. But fundamentally, I think also
36:23
it comes down to the individual as well, right?
36:26
So learning how to properly use a firearm is incredibly
36:31
important from a safety perspective and in both ways,
36:36
how to handle a firearm properly and how to defend yourself if
36:41
worst comes to worst. So that's really interesting.
36:44
Could you talk a little bit more about the training program?
36:48
Because what I, what I've been seeing in your website is that
36:50
it's really, really all-encompassing in terms of
36:54
what you guys offer in the training.
36:56
So I'm just going to read some of this.
36:59
I can't really say this on YouTube, but let's just say a
37:02
close quarter battle type of situation, a a, a simulator lab,
37:07
the off site training, training that emulates real conditions
37:11
for the end user to navigate and emerge better.
37:13
A realistic training environment where you can become an
37:16
efficient shooter and communicator control the
37:19
environment as you navigate real world scenarios on a reality
37:23
base simulator. So it really, really is
37:26
all-encompassing. And Steve, before you answer
37:29
that question. I really want to know what is
37:31
your. Background like how did you
37:32
start? Like what?
37:34
Made you involved in this company?
37:37
So if you, if you look at there's two companies, if you go
37:40
to srp24.com, that's strategic response partners in 89, I was
37:46
that kid that was fascinated with, you know, worldwide
37:50
disasters, right? People going down a river in a
37:53
makeshift mattress boat trying to carrying their personal
37:57
belongings. I had a bunch of my friends that
37:59
were in the fight that went into the fire service and I'm like,
38:02
well, what'd you do? We went and kicked the door and
38:04
put some water, you know, put the wet stuff on the red stuff
38:06
and then you left, right? So my stuff was disaster
38:11
response, crisis response. And then just putting together a
38:15
very comprehensive team of just the best operators.
38:19
And it's not just someone who's trained, man.
38:21
They have to be first and foremost in all things
38:24
spiritually grounded. Because that spirit, if you're
38:27
not tuned in there, you're not knowing when to zig or when to
38:30
zag, right? And I've really kind of just put
38:34
the elite team together. So that's why we represent some
38:37
of the most well known people as not just their private security,
38:41
right? And they're all in, they're all
38:43
around Bitcoin, a big that's just part of their world.
38:46
We also provide private fire. So in the LA fires, we saved a
38:50
bunch of their homes made, made it on multiple news stations
38:54
because they're who are these guys that that that stayed
38:56
behind with their fire pumps drafting from pools, protecting
39:01
all these homes for these rich and famous people.
39:03
And we've been doing that for years.
39:06
But when it comes to disaster preparedness and crisis, they
39:10
kind of go together. But they're 2 stand alone
39:12
companies. So when it comes to, I get the,
39:15
the, the beautiful thing of going into hurricanes couple
39:18
days earlier, setting up and preparing the critical
39:20
infrastructure, bring in the fuel, the temp power, the shrink
39:23
wrap crews, environmental structural engineers to be able
39:27
to make sure that that hospital, that logistics center, that they
39:31
stay online, right? But my guys are trained to be in
39:34
that area knowing there's no communication, there's no power,
39:38
there's no food, there's no water.
39:40
So we bring a city within a city, and the level of
39:43
preparedness that we have is keep it lean, keep it nimble,
39:47
and be able to have your grab and go kits.
39:49
All our stuff's in Pelican airs, right?
39:51
And we have different gear that is deployable for hurricanes,
39:55
tornado chases on the medical side of it, or if we're going
39:59
into a wildfire. So they're all very specific.
40:04
If we're going into civil unrest, what does that look
40:06
like? Civil unrest?
40:07
Call it a riot, right? Or if there's a drone strike,
40:11
for example, in California, you know, so there's a lot of talk
40:15
about a lot of things, but having the the wherewithal, the
40:18
Intel and the right partners, that makes all the difference.
40:22
And so for us, for example, we've gotten calls from
40:25
Nazareth, from Israel, right? We got calls where we evacuate
40:28
people out of Dubai into Oman to get them out of that area.
40:31
But we're working closely with the State Department because
40:35
unless you're in communication with what's going on at the
40:38
ground and you're moving people, you become part of the
40:41
casualties, not knowing that they're dropping bombs in an
40:44
area. Now you're trying to push people
40:45
through there and you're not in direct communication to
40:48
effectively and properly move people out of these areas.
40:52
So bottom line, honestly, I'm a solutions guy, 35 years, 14,000
40:57
plus numbered projects. And I just I, I TuneIn to see
41:04
where I can serve, how I can serve.
41:06
And if any of your listeners are like, hey, you know, I'm
41:08
interested in what your disaster personal disaster plan or your
41:12
grab and go supplies or they can e-mail me and I'm happy to share
41:17
with them. There's no promo stuff in there.
41:19
You know, it's just, there's no promo codes.
41:22
It's just I, I tell them basically what I know that's
41:24
very effective and what works. And then they can pick up the
41:28
stuff on Amazon or, you know, pick up the stuff where they
41:31
need. But obviously the satellite
41:33
phone store. I mean, those guys, they've been
41:36
instrumental because every time we deploy, they've always backed
41:39
us up providing, you know, mobile Starlinks, helping us set
41:43
up the Starlinks at all the command Centers for the cities,
41:46
for the municipalities, for the fire departments, for the police
41:48
departments, even in Jamaica that they were instrumental in
41:52
actually setting up comms in that island when they had no
41:55
comms. So the mayor of Montego Bay, MO
41:58
Bay, the fire department there, the, the Police Department,
42:01
Samuel, the guy, the Chief Police officer, we put their
42:05
mobile Starlinks in their vehicles on the roof and she
42:08
donated over 50,000 and just the hardware, you know, so I've
42:14
always been a big promoter of those that promote and support
42:16
us to support them. But they've done an incredible
42:20
job. They have, they have ballistic
42:21
backpacks that I have my kids take with them that have the
42:24
Kevlar stuff in it. But yeah, yeah, I mean.
42:29
The the, the, the synergy here and I'm so glad that you're
42:32
you're joining us on on the Friday show, Steve.
42:35
I love the Friday shows, this Friday, Friday show specials
42:38
because you know our audience, our core audience, Steve.
42:41
And I think that the reason there is so much synergy with
42:44
our partners at 123 is Bitcoin fundamentally makes you question
42:51
the very idea of money. And when you take self custody
42:55
of your Bitcoin, essentially what you're really doing is
42:58
you're opting out of the traditional financial system.
43:01
But with self custody comes tremendous responsibility
43:04
because you're not relying on a third party custodian, which
43:08
means you are responsible for the asset that you're holding.
43:13
And security plays a role in that, right?
43:17
Obviously, you know, as bitcoiners, there's different
43:19
levels to it, but I think the longer you remain in the
43:22
industry, Steve, the more you understand and value
43:26
sovereignty, the more you understand and value freedom
43:30
tech. Like, for example, me and me and
43:32
my partners were messing around with Jack Dorsey's app
43:36
yesterday, the Bit Chat, which is essentially this
43:39
communications app where you can talk locally via a Bluetooth
43:43
mesh net and it doesn't require a traditional cellular to to
43:49
interact with each other. And it was so easy to use,
43:52
right? So I really believe that your
43:55
company, you know, plays a role in this where Bitcoiners could
43:59
start really asking the hard questions, right?
44:02
Because this isn't just about reclaiming sovereignty over your
44:05
money. This is about reclaiming
44:07
sovereignty over yourself and depending on where you, you
44:11
know, fit on the economic spectrum, as you know, we had in
44:14
this in the next 5 to 10 years, you know, you got to really ask
44:18
yourself outlook. I'm, I'm just speaking, you
44:22
know, generically, right? Look like I'm, I'm taking self
44:26
custody of my Bitcoin. Am I really thinking about my
44:28
security situation? Am I really thinking about what
44:32
happens, you know, with, with a potential $5 wrench attack?
44:36
Am I prepared for that type of situation?
44:39
Or if you can afford it, you know, you start thinking about
44:42
it. Look like, let me start looking
44:44
into security. I mean, look at the political
44:46
violence that has happened over the last two years.
44:49
I mean, it, it, it in the United States out of all places, right?
44:53
President Trump, you know, 2, you know, attempts on his life.
44:58
And then, of course, you know, the late Charlie Kirk, what
45:01
happened was horrible. So, you know, it's better to be
45:03
prepared than be put in a situation where you say, listen,
45:09
this could never happen here. And you get caught in a
45:12
situation where you're unprepared.
45:14
You know, for for a lot of, I would say Americans in general,
45:19
I think this country, we take a lot of things for granted.
45:23
I think the political environment has changed.
45:25
So I think a lot of people are asking questions.
45:28
But for example, I'm a first generation American.
45:30
I originally came from Venezuela, right?
45:33
So, you know, a lot of the things that, you know, we take
45:35
for granted in this country isn't exactly the norm in the
45:40
rest of the world, right? And as a political environment
45:43
gets a little bit more heated, you know, these are the types of
45:47
of opportunities where you guys want to get yourself prepared,
45:51
whether that's with training, whether that's with security,
45:54
whether that's reclaiming back your, your, your communication
45:57
sovereignty. You know, SAT 123 has so many
46:01
products on their store, mobile batteries, Star links, obviously
46:05
satellite phones where again, you don't have to rely on a
46:09
centralized grid. For you to.
46:12
Communicate with your loved ones for you to send a Bitcoin
46:16
transaction. You can plug in your Bitcoin
46:18
node with the with, you know, with the Starlink that's powered
46:22
by battery backup and then that's.
46:24
And then that Bitcoin node communicate with the block.
46:27
Stream. Satellite right like there,
46:28
there there's a big rabbit hole here.
46:30
So there's a lot of synergy here.
46:32
Steve, I want to get your opinion what I I feel like you
46:36
know, Bitcoin and your your industry, it goes hand in hand.
46:39
What do you what do you think about Bitcoin?
46:42
How do you feel about it? I mean, I think it's a
46:45
necessity, right? It's a necessity along with just
46:49
diversifying, right? You could have also your, your
46:52
hard gold coins, your silver, you know, and then having stuff
46:56
that you can barter and trade with.
46:59
The best thing that I feel that many people can do is create a
47:01
community, right? It's like a neighborhood watch.
47:04
You're not calling it a militia, you're not calling it anything
47:07
but a neighborhood watch or community within your community.
47:11
Get to know your neighbors, right?
47:13
Who's the welder? Who's the doctor?
47:16
Who's the Bitcoin guy, right? Everyone has to have some sort
47:19
of level of diversity because you're going to count on each
47:22
other in those type of extreme environments.
47:25
I mean, if people just go to YouTube and type in strategic
47:29
response partners, they'll see the multiple deployments that
47:32
we've done over all these past years, you know, and I know I
47:38
learned the beauty of it is I'm not the guy that that textbooks
47:42
on prepping. I'm the one who lives the
47:43
prepping and response side of it and creating a community.
47:48
It's always people go, man, you know, a lot of people.
47:50
I'm like, I make it a point to know a lot of people.
47:53
I'm the guy who's got a guy, right?
47:55
And I'm not asking people come train with us wherever you're at
47:59
locally, find a group and do a training, find an outdoor range,
48:03
do a training. We have the building with our
48:06
training to do some of the most incredible simulation, indoor
48:10
range, outdoor range, night OPS. We do all types of immersive
48:15
site. And of course, there's people
48:17
that are high net worth that pay for these specialized training
48:21
for like the YPO or groups that, of like that where they'll get a
48:25
group together of their friends. You just bring in a good
48:28
trainer, a good instructor and get, get, get the training, get
48:32
your, your family prepped and know how you're going to move in
48:36
and around a zone if things go down.
48:38
Like you mentioned with the Bitcoin, having a Starlink,
48:41
having a battery backup, having the solar panels.
48:44
And you know what you do? Run a drill, kill your cell
48:47
service off, run a drill, put your Starlink up, run the stuff
48:52
and see what you what your hiccups are.
48:54
That's the biggest problem. People don't drill any of this
48:57
stuff. It's like, oh, I'm too busy.
48:59
Well, you're going to have a lot of time on your hand when it
49:01
goes down, fumbling with stuff that you're like, Oh my God, I
49:05
really, I missed that connection, that little, that
49:08
little filament or that little screw that would have made my
49:11
life a lot easier. Handle it now, not when it's in
49:14
crisis mode. Then you're the person who's
49:16
relaxed knowing I'm in position to ride this thing out.
49:20
Absolutely. I I I 100% agree.
49:23
With you, we have a term, Steve in in the Bitcoin in the Bitcoin
49:28
space, which is we call it peer-to-peer circular economies,
49:33
right. So again, you know, no, like
49:37
the, there, there's, there's entire examples of this, like
49:40
for example, Bitcoin beach in El Salvador and you know, in Costa
49:43
Rica as well, where the traditional financial rails just
49:49
weren't viable in those areas. So that's where Bitcoin kind of
49:53
came in. And it finally allowed a lot of
49:56
these individuals in those kind of like isolated communities to
50:01
finally not only transact with each other digitally, but now
50:06
have the ability to transact with the world as well.
50:09
And it, it goes back to OK, yes, know a plumber and you know,
50:14
know a doctor know this person and you could pay them directly
50:18
peer-to-peer with Bitcoin. And, and it makes you it, it,
50:21
it, it puts you in a stronger position.
50:23
It makes you more sovereign and it makes you less dependent on,
50:28
you know, on, on, on the powers that be, so to speak.
50:31
The dependency goes back on yourself, which in my opinion, I
50:34
think is a good thing. I think that if more of the
50:37
world, you know, trusted in themselves and depended on
50:41
themselves, I think a lot of the the issues that we see with big
50:46
government today, a lot of that would naturally, you know,
50:50
dissipate as time goes by. So Steve, it's been an honor to
50:55
have you on the show today. I'd love to have you back on
50:58
again today. I think that again on the show,
51:01
I think there's a ton of synergy between what you do at Saber.
51:06
And and and and the offerings. That you guys have and the
51:09
Bitcoin community as a whole. And I think that this is just
51:12
the tip of the iceberg in terms of the of the synergy and in
51:16
terms of really people opening up their eyes because there
51:19
really is an enormous community out there, Steve, that is, is
51:23
looking at what you had to say. And they're highly interested in
51:27
it because it's it it goes right up their alley in terms of
51:31
wanting them, wanting their them wanting to reclaim back their
51:35
sovereignty, not only financially, but as a whole, as
51:38
an individual. You know, it's interesting you.
51:42
Shared earlier that you're a first.
51:43
Generation from Venezuela, I'm a first generation from Serbia, so
51:48
I know my family, the pain that they went through with
51:50
communism. My father spending seven years
51:52
in prison for for his Christian faith, right, because he
51:55
wouldn't take a gun. You know, it's kind of skips a
51:57
generation. But you know, what it always
52:01
brings me back is that if I find that those of us who've come
52:03
from those countries, Warren torn countries sanctioned you,
52:08
you, you know, back then, you don't read the newspaper and you
52:12
don't trust the government and you learn how to move
52:15
sovereignly. But you take full accountability
52:18
of how you operate. And you only operate because you
52:21
have community that's trusted. So thank you again for having me
52:25
on your show. I'm here simply to teach,
52:29
educate, give them the clear path that I know based on
52:31
results works and also what doesn't work.
52:35
So, you know, your audience is welcome to reach out, be a
52:38
little patient. You know, we're on certain OPS
52:41
that that are critical. But I will do my best and I will
52:43
respond. I respond to everybody.
52:45
I make it a point. Thank you, Steve, I appreciate
52:47
it. Guys, go to Saber.
52:49
Team.com to find out more information.
52:51
We also put Steve's website in the video slash podcast
52:56
description. Steve, thank you so much for
52:58
joining us today. I really appreciate it.
53:00
Appreciate you as well. Thanks for having me.
53:03
Guys, we're going to move on to the next segment.
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Guys, tons of clips to react to. I got one by the Economist.
56:34
They're, they're, you know, they're, they're scaling it up,
56:37
the propaganda scaling up again. We played you guys this clip of
56:43
again, guys, there's, there's this, I'll just be blunt,
56:46
there's there's a, there's a political divide as it comes to
56:50
Bitcoin, unfortunately, and there are.
56:54
And again, it's not monolithic, but essentially there are people
56:58
in the United States and countries all around the world
57:01
that want a future of central bank digital currencies.
57:05
I would say that's a future of of nihilism, despair, endless
57:09
war is a continuation of the Fiat system, but times 10.
57:13
And then there is another side. Of the.
57:17
Political spectrum that wants freedom, right, that wants to be
57:22
able to get to decide what money they can use.
57:26
In my humble opinion, the fact that you know the the you have
57:31
to basically you're you're forced to use.
57:35
Money that is designed to steal from you via inflation is
57:40
ludicrous. Like, and that's not how the
57:45
country was originally structured, right?
57:48
The, you know, the, this Fiat standard is quite new.
57:51
It's only been around since 1971.
57:54
And you know, before that, right before the Federal Reserve, you
58:00
know, which was established in 1913, you didn't have a central
58:04
bank in the United States. In fact, a lot of the original
58:07
founding fathers warned about what would happen if a central
58:11
bank was established. And a lot of their predictions
58:15
were became eerily accurate, right?
58:18
So, you know, we have two opposing world views that are
58:23
happening right now and the media outlets that that support
58:28
the world view of more centralization, more, you know,
58:33
the continuation of Fiat, the continuation of the central
58:37
banking system. Because ultimately, guys, you
58:39
have to understand, right? And I know that that like
58:43
politicians kind of played this dance where they're like, look
58:45
like, you know, Bitcoin isn't money.
58:48
It's actually a commodity. It's okay if it's a commodity,
58:50
but it's not okay if it's money. And the reason that they have to
58:53
take that stance is because Bitcoin in its very nature, the
58:58
reason the IMF freaked out the way they did when El Salvador
59:03
made Bitcoin legal tender, and the reason the IMF put so much
59:07
pressure on El Salvador for El Salvador to reverse the Bitcoin
59:12
as legal tender is the central bankers can't have it.
59:20
For Bitcoin to be seen as a money.
59:22
To for Bitcoin to be treated and equal to Fiat.
59:27
And the reason they can't have Bitcoin seen in that light is it
59:33
calls their whole system into question.
59:38
Bitcoin proves that money can exist without losing purchasing
59:44
power. Bitcoin proves that money can
59:49
exist without a central bank. Bitcoin proves that money can
59:54
exist without a custodian. Bitcoin proves that money can
59:59
exist without a middleman. And all of the things that I
1:00:03
just laid out for you have enormous implications for the
1:00:08
current power structures of the world.
1:00:11
So the reason I'm laying all of this out is I know we started
1:00:15
with kind of like the trad FI conversation in the beginning
1:00:18
because that relates to number go up.
1:00:20
But remember why we are all here.
1:00:23
We were all here. We originally came to Bitcoin
1:00:26
because it gave us hope. It gave us hope for change.
1:00:31
It gave us hope for a better future.
1:00:35
And that better future comes with ending the Federal Reserve.
1:00:41
And I think that what we learned as Bitcoiners when we finally
1:00:44
threw our hat in the political ring is we finally learned with
1:00:49
the election of President Trump, which I appreciate.
1:00:52
What he did for Venezuela is amazing.
1:00:53
What he did for the Bitcoin community has been great, the
1:00:57
fact that he freed Ross Ulbricht.
1:00:59
But what we learned with Trump, I believe, is that I don't think
1:01:04
you can change the system within the system.
1:01:09
I think the only way for things to actually change and I tweeted
1:01:13
this out like a week ago or so. Is that the most important?
1:01:18
Vote you can make this midterm year is not voting for party
1:01:25
blue or party red. The most important vote you can
1:01:28
make is reclaiming back your sovereignty.
1:01:32
The number one thing you should do is reclaiming back your
1:01:35
financial sovereignty and you do that by buying Bitcoin, earning
1:01:38
Bitcoin, and putting that Bitcoin into self custody.
1:01:42
That is the most important thing you could do as an individual
1:01:46
and the most important thing that you could do for you and
1:01:49
your family because that way you opt out of politics entirely.
1:01:55
Now that's not. To say that.
1:01:56
Politics aren't important, right?
1:01:59
You obviously do want, you know, elected officials in office
1:02:03
that, you know, represent your your desires, But I think the
1:02:07
system is so well entrenched that it's going to be very
1:02:10
difficult for us to change that said system internally.
1:02:15
I think the only way for that system to change is if, if if
1:02:19
enough of the population start to opt out of the system
1:02:24
entirely. And the way that you do that is
1:02:27
again, buying Bitcoin, earning Bitcoin, mining Bitcoin and
1:02:30
putting that Bitcoin into self custody.
1:02:33
I think that's really the only way to do it.
1:02:38
So all of that. Being said, I do.
1:02:40
Want to show you guys this video from The Economist because
1:02:47
again, you know, we've been covering the economist for so
1:02:50
long. I, I love, you know, one of the,
1:02:52
the, one of my favorite things from the people that critique
1:02:56
Bitcoin is that they always opti, I'm sure you've noticed
1:03:00
this. They always end up calling
1:03:02
themselves economist. So it's basically the line goes
1:03:06
something like this. Bitcoin is not money.
1:03:10
Trust me. I studied economics, right?
1:03:13
Like that's the line, right? And it's like, dude, if you
1:03:17
studied economics, I don't know what type of economics you
1:03:20
studied, but you don't get to determine what is money.
1:03:26
The free market determines what is money.
1:03:29
Not you. Not you with your credentials,
1:03:33
not you the politician, not you the central banker.
1:03:37
Ultimately, the free market is going to get to decide what is
1:03:42
money and what is not money. That is a big culture shock.
1:03:47
That is a huge shock to the powers that be in the power
1:03:51
structures because governments get a tremendous.
1:03:54
Amount of. Power from being able to create
1:03:57
money for free that everyone else has to work for.
1:04:01
So you guys have to understand where we are in the movie
1:04:04
Connect the dots. We started the episode with all
1:04:08
right, guys, number go up stretch is fantastic.
1:04:11
We'll we're infiltrating the traditional financial system.
1:04:14
This is great. You know, we did the middle of
1:04:17
the show. We brought Steve from Sabre team
1:04:19
to talk to you guys about, you know, reclaiming back your your
1:04:23
you know, your your individual sovereignty and meat space.
1:04:26
And now we're ending the show with.
1:04:28
Keeping you guys. Informed with what the enemies
1:04:32
of Bitcoin are saying, what their propaganda is saying, it's
1:04:37
extremely important to stay on top of all of this so that you
1:04:41
are informed. After all, this is a midterm
1:04:46
year and whether you like it or not, there's only two parties in
1:04:50
the United States. One party which again not a big
1:04:55
fan of with this the the the Trump videos.
1:04:58
Coming out of his account, the. Wild there's like that We the
1:05:02
the the we sports video and then he's showing like all the
1:05:05
bombings that are happening in Iran.
1:05:07
Not a big fan of that a big fan of what happened in Venezuela.
1:05:10
So again, it's not perfect right, but ultimately how it
1:05:15
stands right now is that the Republican Party has a pro
1:05:20
Bitcoin anti CBDC stance. The Democrat party, which will
1:05:24
more than likely win the midterms, has a anti crypto anti
1:05:29
Bitcoin stance and pro CBDC stance.
1:05:35
That's how things stand right. So I am not an ideological
1:05:40
voter. I am a single issue voter.
1:05:42
My, my, my vote is, hey, listen, I'm going to vote for the party.
1:05:48
And that, you know, at least isn't going to, you know, come
1:05:53
after me or try to censor me because I'm advocating for
1:05:58
freedom tech and freedom money, right?
1:06:01
Anyhow, so I do want to show you guys this.
1:06:04
The economist clearly stands on the side of central bank digital
1:06:09
currencies. It clearly stands on the side
1:06:12
of, you know, the government should control money.
1:06:15
So I want to show you guys this, you know, one of the latest the
1:06:20
hit pieces that that they that they released.
1:06:24
So the economist is claiming that crypto isn't cool anymore.
1:06:31
So let's check out the clip. Crypto is uncool now.
1:06:35
For an asset class based on vibes, that's a big problem.
1:06:39
Bitcoin is down about 45% since October.
1:06:43
The market value of all cryptocurrencies has fallen by
1:06:46
almost $2 trillion. But crypto has crashed before.
1:06:51
So why do its biggest fans see more despondent than ever?
1:06:56
They're sad. Because they're lonely.
1:06:59
The last All right, I'm just going to leave it at that.
1:07:02
So again. This is.
1:07:05
Just again, ladies and gentlemen, this is this is
1:07:07
propaganda one O 1. They're, you know, they're
1:07:11
basically saying, you know, Bitcoin is, is is is isn't cool
1:07:15
anymore. And if you buy Bitcoin or if
1:07:18
you're into Bitcoin, the reason that you're into Bitcoin, it's
1:07:22
because you're lonely, right? So their excuses are suffering
1:07:26
from inflation themselves, their propaganda suffering from
1:07:29
inflation, they can't even come up with good reasons anymore,
1:07:33
but they want you to walk nilly, nilly into hey, let's all adopt
1:07:37
central bank digital currencies because they're fantastic,
1:07:40
right? So we've seen every single type
1:07:43
of FUD. Excuse known to man thrown at us
1:07:46
for the last 10 years or so. It's clear to me that Opti at
1:07:52
least seeing that video. Man are they running out of
1:07:55
reasons bro to say the least. Yeah, yeah.
1:08:03
Are you lonely? I'm.
1:08:04
Dude, I'm so lonely. Yo, look, I know Niko's going to
1:08:10
get. Mad at my response here but dude
1:08:15
first of all. That last point I mean I.
1:08:18
Honestly, I kind of wish we we heard the rest of it.
1:08:20
I'm not going to lie, I, I kind of, I was having a good laugh at
1:08:23
that. But we're not mad that we're
1:08:28
lonely here. We're mad that the price is down
1:08:30
50%. What are we?
1:08:32
What are we talking? About like yo are, are you
1:08:34
kidding? Me and and further like look
1:08:36
again, I know we try to be as inclusive and Nico yells at me
1:08:41
all the time, but if you're listening to this nerd about
1:08:43
what is cool, like bro, you got a bigger problem.
1:08:46
OK, Like this guy is literally the epitome of not cool telling
1:08:49
us what cool is. It's like OK, but I do I do
1:08:53
agree with him on a point. Crypto is not cool.
1:08:56
Crypto, the word crypto is not cool.
1:08:59
All the shit coins are not cool at all.
1:09:01
People are getting literally destroyed.
1:09:03
Everyone's hoping for crypto shit coins to go up.
1:09:06
Like crypto has never been cool. Literally crypto has never been
1:09:10
cool. Now, obviously I have a bias.
1:09:13
I, I think Bitcoin is the cool thing.
1:09:15
Like Bitcoin is the fundamental revolutionary technology here.
1:09:19
And it's not necessarily just about Bitcoin, you know, being
1:09:22
cool with the tech itself. It's really about what it means
1:09:25
for humanity, what it means means for the world, what it
1:09:27
means for us as individuals. Like, to me, that is cool.
1:09:30
Call me a nerd because I wear glasses too, whatever.
1:09:33
But to me, the implications of what Bitcoin is going to do, I
1:09:37
think that's like the coolest thing ever.
1:09:39
That's why we are so obsessed with it.
1:09:41
That's why we became obsessed with it in the first place.
1:09:44
Now, it does make a point here, though.
1:09:48
I, I, I know the Economist made a point.
1:09:50
It's not about economics at all, but you can see that a lot of
1:09:55
the stuff that we've been talking about recently, and I'm
1:09:58
particularly me on the show and Nico as well, 'cause we have
1:10:01
been covering the propaganda against Bitcoin is you can tell
1:10:05
from where the price currently is, where we currently are in
1:10:08
the bear market, that the sentiment, the demoralization
1:10:11
has been working very well. And you can see right now that
1:10:14
they're doubling down on this moment, that they're going to
1:10:17
continue to double down, continue to try to get people
1:10:20
away from Bitcoin because they know what it means.
1:10:23
They know, know what it will do. It's their jobs to try to get
1:10:26
people basically still corralled in the traditional vehicles, in
1:10:31
the traditional system. Because if everyone's out here,
1:10:34
you know, just doing Bitcoin things completely unplugged,
1:10:37
then they obviously, one, will lose their business model.
1:10:41
But two, it will fundamentally change where things are.
1:10:44
And then they have to update what's going on.
1:10:46
They have to update their models.
1:10:47
They have to change their worldview.
1:10:50
And so honestly, I'm I kind of enjoyed that.
1:10:53
I'm not going to lie. I I totally do agree.
1:10:56
Shit, coins aren't cool. I don't listen to that.
1:10:59
I like, I can't even listen to that guy tell me what cool is to
1:11:02
me. That's just funny in and of
1:11:03
itself. Listen man, I'm I'm selling all
1:11:06
my bags. Because I'm lonely, bro.
1:11:07
That's, that's what it comes down to.
1:11:09
And I'm so lonely. Like I I got to, I got to buy
1:11:12
the. The CBI mean.
1:11:13
He's got a point. Dude.
1:11:14
I thought we were going to get. I thought I was going to get a
1:11:16
girlfriend the cycle. So I actually lonely.
1:11:20
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