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      "body": "Over a three-decade financial market career, the primary reason my cumulative annual return (41%, since I started investing in 1999) has been in the world’s top 1% has been my ability to spot major trends early, and adapt investment theses when warranted.  This, even if it meant a 180 degree shift from a previous, long-held belief that could, and likely would, make enemies of those who stuck with my previous views.\n\nIt happened at the dotcom peak, when I sold everything in early 2000; in early 2007, when I sold a significant portion of my holdings near the peak of a raging bull market; spring 2011, when despite soaring gold and silver prices. 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The reason being, that I FINALLY understand the enormity of the Metaverse opportunity…and with it, why the BTC price follows ETH, decidedly NOT because anything is “wrong” with BTC.\n\nIn September 2017, the week I launched CryptoGoldCentral.com, I was nearly 100% in Bitcoin, with a smattering of Litecoin which I foolishly believed could be “silver to Bitcoin’s gold.” That said, the space was so novel, I found it hard to believe there wouldn’t be material uses for cryptocurrency other than the monetary asset Bitcoin aspired to be. \n\nTo wit, “the process will take many years, but make no mistake it’s commenced. And when the movement matures; which, due to the speed technology develops, and spreads, could be less than five years; today’s $100-$150 billion cryptocurrency market capitalization will be many multiples higher; very likely, above $1 trillion. Heck, hyperinflating Central banks may well print $1 trillion of incremental fiat toilet paper by then!”\n\nhttps://cryptogoldcentral.com/2017/09/15/trillions-will-enter-the-crypto-space-perhaps-half-in-bitcoin/\n\nOf course, I had not a clue what such applications would be – only that they were inevitable due to the revolutionary improvement cryptocurrency could make to traditional financial market products. More so, that cryptocurrency could not only make capital markets more efficient; and long-term value storage (and appreciation) viable; but completely change the world’s political and social environments.\n\nAs the crypto markets evolved, Bitcoin decidedly, unmercifully won the store of value battle, setting up what I believe will be a run at global reserve currency status within 2-3 years. \n\nNo, that’s not a typo – as in 2021 dollars, I expect Bitcoin to be worth well over $1 million per coin by then. Which is why, no matter how my views change about the Metaverse, I have no intention of selling any Bitcoin, or materially reducing my current liquidity allocation of 98%. Not to mention, at age 51, I’m too old to have the same risk profile as in earlier times – particularly when, in my view, Bitcoin’s CURRENT reward/risk ratio is BY FAR, the most favorable in its 13-year history.\n\nhttps://twitter.com/Andy_Hoffman_CG/status/1473293081235570690\n\nSince ETH emerged in 2017, the altcoin market has undergone massive transformations, typically ending in misery due to the fact that 90%+ were pump and dump schemes to start with. However, as I personally learned when working with the dev teams of two altcoins in 2018-19, at least 10% are founded with good intentions, seeking to carve a niche that investors can embrace over the long-term.\n\nIn the store of value space, all such attempts miserably failed. In other words, there will NEVER be a “silver to Bitcoin’s gold” - as NOTHING can replicate, or even challenge, Bitcoin’s first mover status.\n\nHowever, contrary to Maximalist dogma, Bitcoin CANNOT be everything to everyone. As money, it’s Total Addressable Market (TAM) is in the hundreds of trillions, and I firmly believe it will get there by decade’s end. However, as the “Digital Age” explodes globally, and assets of ALL kinds (not just monetary) go digital, I expect hundreds of altcoins to rise sharply, and some parabolically. This, with the tailwind of hyperinflation, as fiat currencies are summarily destroyed by suicidal Central banks.\n\nFor the past 18 months, I have very vocally questioned WHY the Bitcoin price follows ETH tick for tick – via algorithms that clearly depict Ethereum’s growth opportunity relative to Bitcoin to be superior. The reasons being, that 1) I am trying to figure if I am “missing” something about Bitcoin relative to Ethereum; and 2) having watched, and very publicly chronicled Precious Metal price suppression for 15 years, I have developed a complex that no matter how “right” I am, I will somehow lose to thieving governments or other unforeseeable obstacles.\n\nThis is why I have in the past year shifted from a passive, leery stance about Ethereum to fear, anger, and aggression – as in my view, there should be NO WAY the much smaller, much less stable ETH should lead BTC, given how powerful Bitcoin’s market share is; and oh yeah, the fact that BTC are not in the slightest way “competitors.”\n\nhttps://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1474064920069251074\n\nIrrespective of my new revelation on the Metaverse – which is as wildly bullish as my views of Bitcoin when I first started aggressively acquiring it in early 2016 – I STILL don’t understand why BTC follows ETH tick-for-tick; recognizing, of course, that the ETH/BTC ratio, whilst trending sharply upwards for more than a year, is subject to violent short- and long-term trend changes…that have NOTHING to do with ETH’s “competitiveness” versus Bitcoin, but the market’s cumulative view of its relative upside potential.\n\nGiving credit where credit is due, Adam Meister, who has been my most trusted confident, source of conviction, and in numerous cases colleague, has finally helped me see the light. The “BitcoinMeister,” as Maximalist as it comes from a portfolio standpoint (all BTC), is also one of the most open-minded crypto analysts – recognizing that whilst scams, pump and dumps, and DOA concepts dominate the altcoin landscape, some MAJOR, world-changing trends are evolving, too…that ultimately will produce (some already), some of the best performing assets in financial market history.\n\nThe way I have always viewed Ethereum has mirrored the consensus view that my heavy exposure to the Maximalist community has fostered; i.e., it’s a “centralized,” pre-mined pump and dump whose sole purpose is facilitating other pump and dump scams. Particularly baffling to me have been the concepts of “DeFi” - as currently, no asset other than Bitcoin is truly decentralized (and certainly, none worthy of holding for monetary purposes); and NFT’s, given their limitless supply.\n\nHowever, in the big picture, ETH is, like it or not, an asset created with noble purposes – which, like Bitcoin, has developed massive investor and development communities that will NOT go away (especially if ETH 2.0 is successful)…and likely, not shrink one bit. \n\nYes, its evolution and maintenance have been “centralized” per se, the network is now so big, it is just as unassailable as Bitcoin. Plus, whilst many of the aforementioned applications will not work (with the vast majority of tokens going to zero), DeFi and NFTs are unquestionably here to stay – and like all crypto technologies, will equally unquestionably develop into viable use cases at exponential rates.\n\nThat said, the one area that REALLY interests me – and in my view, DOES possess a total addressable market as big or bigger than Bitcoin (kudos to Raoul Pal, one of the first legitimate analysts to conclude this) is the “Metaverse”; i.e., a network of hundreds, or even thousands, of social communities willing to transact in unique tokens as both currencies and stores-of-value…as well as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major coins. \n\nWhen I saw “Ready Player One” last year – which particularly interested me because when I was nine years old, was introduced to the Atari Adventure Easter Egg – I didn’t realize the concept was NOT pure fiction, given advancements in virtual gaming, AI, and crypto technology; not to mention, the mega-cloistering effect of governments’ cumulative, horrifying response to the COVID virus.\n\nSubsequently, watching the “Dueling Vipers” episode of the amazing Netflix series “Black Mirror” this month gave further insight into Metaverse applications (and addiction) – and more importantly, that such things are not only POSSIBLE, but occurring NOW. \n\nSo, when earlier this week, whilst on vacation with my family in Key West, Adam posted this AMAZING, MUST LISTEN podcast about the Metaverse’s potential, I not only FINALLY understood what the (NON-MANIPULATED) market was saying about Ethereum, but that the total addressable market of a Metaverse-dominated social environment (cultivated by a decade of exponential growth in “linear” social media) is AT LEAST as big as global money itself. \n\nhttps://twitter.com/Andy_Hoffman_CG/status/1473289137004371969\n\nSo, whilst my liquidity allocation remains 98% Bitcoin, I’ve moved some of my 2% fiat allocation into selected Metaverse names – and would you believe it, STAKED them on Gemini. To that end, whilst I still believe strongly in the virtue holding one’s own keys (which I do 100% in Bitcoin), I recognize that given improved network and exchange security; an explosion of POLITICAL support; and the end of the “Cryptodividend Era” (forks, airdrops) ;  I no longer think holding one’s own private keys has the same level of urgency. I continue to do so (via complex, unassailable multi-signature technology), but with each passing day look forward to the day when I can hold it as confidently at Gemini or Coinbase as I’d hold stocks or bonds at Charles Schwab.\n\nThough the reward/risk profile of any given Metaverse token remains extremely high (in some cases, CONSIDERABLY lower than others), I now believe the Total Addressable Market of the Metaverse (which includes NFTs, DeFi, pay-to-earn, and other applications) is AT LEAST as big as being the global reserve currency. 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      "body": "I was born in September 1970, less than a year before the commencement of the most disastrous experiment in financial history; i.e., the end of the last vestige of currency backing, launching 50 years of unfettered “money” printing. In its wake, the world’s political, economic, and social landscapes have deteriorated at an accelerating pace – with the COVID “pandemic” serving as the proverbial straw that broke that camel’s back.\n\nFor 800 years, fiat money has infected the world, failing 100% of the time. Capital misallocation, corruption, and an ever present “Cantillon Effect” (i.e., cronyism) have continually weakened the human condition; and today, such issues represent the greatest threat the world has known.\n\nWhich is why, in true “life finds a way” form (for those who saw Jurassic Park), a generation of technological experimentation led to the creation of Bitcoin in 2008, via a “virgin birth” of the ultimate decentralization platform. Just 12 years after its launch, Bitcoin is spreading virally – and likely, will be challenging “leading” fiat currencies like the dollar, Euro, and Yuan for global monetary leadership by decade’s end…if not sooner.\n\nGiven my history in Bitcoin, dating back to 2013; let alone, my role as a commentator in the Precious Metals AND crypto spaces, I don’t believe (unsubstantiated) claims that significant portions of the world’s population hold Bitcoin - with the exception of hotspots like Nigeria and, shortly, El Salvador. However, it is entirely possible that 2%-3% do – and given where we appear to be on the “S” curve, I fully expect those percentages to rise five to tenfold within two to three years. And yes, despite being a Bitcoin Maximalist, I fully expect a (very small amount) of other coins to be successful, too.\n\nFiat currencies rarely last more than 50 years – and the U.S. dollar will be no different. Unquestionably, it has reached its terminal phase – in which money printing goes parabolic, along with the exploding debt and inflation that accompanies it.  Thus, I believe today, August 15th, 2021; i.e, the 50th anniversary of Nixon “temporarily” closing the gold window; will serve as a clarion call to investors worldwide, that the end of the global Fiat Epoch has arrived.\n\nThat said, this historic moment is simultaneously intersecting with the viral spread of Bitcoin (and like it or not, Ethereum).  So, not only is the world moving MONETARY value out of fiat and into Bitcoin, but legacy asset classes like stocks, bonds, real estate, and “precious” metals are being historically disrupted by the explosion of digital technology. In other words, not only is the Fiat Epoch ending, but financial assets, in general, are morphing to Digital form.\n\nThose who saw this coming have become extremely wealthy…and those who start NOW will see the same result (particularly those buying Bitcoin, as it possesses the best reward/risk profile I have ever seen). Conversely, those who ignore these blaring clarion calls will be left behind, particularly those that don’t realize how FAST the Digital Age moves.",
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      "body": "Preamble: I am NOT writing this at CASA’s request. To the contrary, after having finally pulled the trigger on this amazing, and NECESSARY new Bitcoin security protocol, I simply wanted to share the experience – with the hope that more HODLers recognize the need to upgrade their security, and realize CASA’s multi-sig technology is for many, especially retail Bitcoin holders, the perfect solution.\n\nIn the most dramatic, and socially beneficial event in global monetary history, Hyperbitcoinization is occurring in real time. There are myriad reason why Bitcoin is going mainstream, including one EXTREMELY important one that gets little attention because it’s not as sexy as “Number Go Up” technology.  Which is, dramatic advances in the TECHNOLOGY behind Bitcoin’s operation, efficiency, and security.\n\nRegarding the latter, it’s hard to believe that not long ago, exchanges were regularly hacked.  However, in recent years, storage technology has improved by leaps and bounds, both for retail and institutional investors. This, as MAJOR financial players have entered the space, lending dramatic credibility improvements, and massive capital investment.\n\nTo that end, when I first held Bitcoin, the only choice – other than for computer experts – was to hold it at exchanges. Moreover, aside from hacking risk, exchanges hold your private keys. Thus, not only is your BTC confiscatable, but you don’t receive the “crypto-dividends” from forks and airdrops.\n\nAround 2016, I for the first time used a hardware wallet – a Trezor, which I use religiously and SOLELY recommend. This was a major technological breakthrough, yielding significantly increased market adoption – as for the first time, Bitcoin could be the truly self-sovereign bearer asset Satoshi hoped it to be.\n\nHardware wallets work beautifully. However, with Bitcoin going mainstream, the value proposition of hardware wallets is rapidly diminishing. The reasons being, that 1) Bitcoin’s value is so high, it makes holders theft targets; and 2) consequently, I expect a massive, highly sophisticated industry to develop, with the sole purpose of stealing BTC. \n\nTo wit, the relentless phishing emails, and hacks of information databases like that of Ledger - in a world where each day, the audience of potential thieves grows exponentially. In other words, if you now hold, say, $5 million of Bitcoin in your house; on a hardware wallet that could be stolen via coercion or phishing; or destroyed by the elements (along with your seed); I’m guessing you feel a lot more uneasy about the hardware wallet as you once did.  I have experienced this progression of emotion about my Bitcoin security for some time, which is why CASA has been more actively on my radar.\n\nThe transition from holding my BTC on an exchange to a Trezor represented a significant leap of faith - which in hindsight is comical, given how reliable hardware wallet technology is.  Yes, anyone who moved a large balance for the first time was terrified – until, in time, they became accustomed; and ultimately, addicted to, the benefits of this groundbreaking technology.\n\nThat said, CASA’s “multi-sig,” or multi-signature wallet technology is vastly more complex. So, not only is moving large balances terrifying – more so, as BTC is vastly more valuable; but the technology is more difficult for the layperson to comprehend. However, like the Trezor, or any new technology, the only way to get used to it is by taking that same leap of faith – which I finally did, this week. And trust me, the resulting reduction of “Bitcoin loss anxiety” is extremely powerful.\n\nMulti-sig simply means that while the process of sending to your wallet is no different, sending FROM it requires multiple signatures. As there are multiple “Key Shield” options, one can choose the amount, and type of signatures required, depending on their personal risk parameters.\n\nThe simplest form, “2 of 3,” means your wallet has not one, but three private keys. Thus, to send FROM it, two of the three must be signed.  In this scenario, you will have one hardware wallet; plus, a “mobile key,” controlled by a password on your cell phone; and finally, an emergency key held by CASA - in case, say, you lose your hardware wallet. This represents a dramatic security improvement relative to a mere Trezor, but does not protect you from many potential Bitcoin loss scenarios. That is why it is the cheapest option – with the least amount of customer service.\n\nThe most complex form, 4 of 7, was created principally for institutional and VERY high net worth individuals – particularly those with significant inheritance or custody related issues. Thus, I’m going to focus on the 3 of 5 option, which costs $150/month and is worth every penny.  The reason being, it is a perfect balance, in my opinion, of high tech security and practicality that will help you rest easy, by dramatically reducing the risk of Bitcoin self-custody.\n\nWith any new technology, the most effective marketing campaign is the reputation of its management team – which in CASA’s case, is best in class. Co-founder Jameson Lopp is one of the most well-known Bitcoin coders and crusaders; whilst early investor, and heavy promoter, Max Keiser, may be the most influential Bitcoiner outside Satoshi himself.  \n\nWithout these endorsements, I would not have been willing to “risk” this new technology. However, I trust them so much, it was a no-brainer – particularly because CASA, which has been operating for several years now, has not a had a single client lose a single Satoshi.\n\nWhen you sign up for the 3 of 5 – i.e., “Platinum” solution, you are immediately mailed an onboarding package featuring three hardware devices; as well as a Tamper Evident bag and three EMP-proof Faraday bags. The VIP help team then sets you up for a group, but anonymous Webinar, and provides a checklist so you can launch the CASA app and install the five keys on your “Key Shield.” If you follow the directions, it’s quite easy.\n\nAmazingly, the process of creating the shield dramatically expands the progression of your multi-sig learning curve – like, for instance, realizing you do not hold your BTC in the individual devices in your shield; but instead, your multi-sig wallet - of which, each of those devices represent one of the five private keys. Thus, you don’t need to save all your seeds, as losing one in a three of five setup is no big deal. \n\nAfter attempting test transaction to and from the wallet – the latter, requiring the use of three of the five private keys – it’s time for your one-on-one onboarding session, where your emergency contact person and duress word are logged, and you are given numerous tips regarding how to use the wallet. Not to mention, instructions of how to fully recover your BTC in the worst-case, highly unlikely scenario of CASA being abruptly shut down.  This is the beauty of open-sourced software; as well as the simple, but vital fact that CASA is just a Bitcoin security service, NOT the custodian of YOUR Bitcoin wallet.\n\nBy the way, given that CASA just raised $4 million through investors controlled by Fidelity and Coinbase, among others, it’s difficult to see a circumstance where this highly decentralized company could be “shut down” – let alone, in a manner so abrupt, you’d need to go to such extreme measures to recover your Bitcoin. To that end, my guess is CASA will be acquired by a major financial investor in the next year or so – from either the crypto or legacy realms - as mainstream Bitcoin adoption goes viral.\n\nBitcoin Startup Casa Raises $4M Led by Fidelity-Linked Avon Ventures - CoinDesk\n\nOnce your Key Shield is operational; and your onboarding 1-on-1 complete; you simply send your Bitcoin to your new CASA wallet – which you can monitor 24/7 on the CASA app, simply by logging in. Then, the “art” of multi-sig security comes into play, as you decide where to hide your three hardware devices. \n\nSome might choose to keep them all at home, in three separate, hard to find places – which clearly, is a huge upgrade versus simply holding your BTC on a Trezor. However, for maximum security – which naturally, I opted for - you can disperse your hardware wallets to the corners of the globe…knowing full well, that at any time, you can disable one or more, and replace them with new hardware wallets.  \n\nThis way, the risk of your house burning or being flooded out is eliminated; as is the risk of an intruder coercing you via “wrench attack.” In other words, eliminating ALL potential threats to your Bitcoin.\n\nWith the Platinum (3-of-5) and Diamond (4-of-7) plans, VIP Help Desk support is theoretically 24/7, though at the moment I don’t think they are truly up to 24/7. 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      "title": "02/18/21 ANDY HOFFMAN (CryptoGoldCentral.com): As Bitcoin Grows More Valuable, And Mainstream. The CASA Multi-Sig Wallet Solution Does, Too. DRAMATICALLY Upgrade Your BTC Security, With This Amazing Retail Technology!",
      "body": "Preamble: I am NOT writing this at CASA’s request. To the contrary, after having finally pulled the trigger on this amazing, and NECESSARY new Bitcoin security protocol, I simply wanted to share the experience – with the hope that more HODLers recognize the need to upgrade their security, and realize CASA’s multi-sig technology is for many, especially retail Bitcoin holders, the perfect solution.\n\nIn the most dramatic, and socially beneficial event in global monetary history, Hyperbitcoinization is occurring in real time. There are myriad reason why Bitcoin is going mainstream, including one EXTREMELY important one that gets little attention because it’s not as sexy as “Number Go Up” technology.  Which is, dramatic advances in the TECHNOLOGY behind Bitcoin’s operation, efficiency, and security.\n\nRegarding the latter, it’s hard to believe that not long ago, exchanges were regularly hacked.  However, in recent years, storage technology has improved by leaps and bounds, both for retail and institutional investors. This, as MAJOR financial players have entered the space, lending dramatic credibility improvements, and massive capital investment.\n\nTo that end, when I first held Bitcoin, the only choice – other than for computer experts – was to hold it at exchanges. Moreover, aside from hacking risk, exchanges hold your private keys. Thus, not only is your BTC confiscatable, but you don’t receive the “crypto-dividends” from forks and airdrops.\n\nAround 2016, I for the first time used a hardware wallet – a Trezor, which I use religiously and SOLELY recommend. This was a major technological breakthrough, yielding significantly increased market adoption – as for the first time, Bitcoin could be the truly self-sovereign bearer asset Satoshi hoped it to be.\n\nHardware wallets work beautifully. However, with Bitcoin going mainstream, the value proposition of hardware wallets is rapidly diminishing. The reasons being, that 1) Bitcoin’s value is so high, it makes holders theft targets; and 2) consequently, I expect a massive, highly sophisticated industry to develop, with the sole purpose of stealing BTC. \n\nTo wit, the relentless phishing emails, and hacks of information databases like that of Ledger - in a world where each day, the audience of potential thieves grows exponentially. In other words, if you now hold, say, $5 million of Bitcoin in your house; on a hardware wallet that could be stolen via coercion or phishing; or destroyed by the elements (along with your seed); I’m guessing you feel a lot more uneasy about the hardware wallet as you once did.  I have experienced this progression of emotion about my Bitcoin security for some time, which is why CASA has been more actively on my radar.\n\nThe transition from holding my BTC on an exchange to a Trezor represented a significant leap of faith - which in hindsight is comical, given how reliable hardware wallet technology is.  Yes, anyone who moved a large balance for the first time was terrified – until, in time, they became accustomed; and ultimately, addicted to, the benefits of this groundbreaking technology.\n\nThat said, CASA’s “multi-sig,” or multi-signature wallet technology is vastly more complex. So, not only is moving large balances terrifying – more so, as BTC is vastly more valuable; but the technology is more difficult for the layperson to comprehend. However, like the Trezor, or any new technology, the only way to get used to it is by taking that same leap of faith – which I finally did, this week. And trust me, the resulting reduction of “Bitcoin loss anxiety” is extremely powerful.\n\nMulti-sig simply means that while the process of sending to your wallet is no different, sending FROM it requires multiple signatures. As there are multiple “Key Shield” options, one can choose the amount, and type of signatures required, depending on their personal risk parameters.\n\nThe simplest form, “2 of 3,” means your wallet has not one, but three private keys. Thus, to send FROM it, two of the three must be signed.  In this scenario, you will have one hardware wallet; plus, a “mobile key,” controlled by a password on your cell phone; and finally, an emergency key held by CASA - in case, say, you lose your hardware wallet. This represents a dramatic security improvement relative to a mere Trezor, but does not protect you from many potential Bitcoin loss scenarios. That is why it is the cheapest option – with the least amount of customer service.\n\nThe most complex form, 4 of 7, was created principally for institutional and VERY high net worth individuals – particularly those with significant inheritance or custody related issues. Thus, I’m going to focus on the 3 of 5 option, which costs $150/month and is worth every penny.  The reason being, it is a perfect balance, in my opinion, of high tech security and practicality that will help you rest easy, by dramatically reducing the risk of Bitcoin self-custody.\n\nWith any new technology, the most effective marketing campaign is the reputation of its management team – which in CASA’s case, is best in class. Co-founder Jameson Lopp is one of the most well-known Bitcoin coders and crusaders; whilst early investor, and heavy promoter, Max Keiser, may be the most influential Bitcoiner outside Satoshi himself.  \n\nWithout these endorsements, I would not have been willing to “risk” this new technology. However, I trust them so much, it was a no-brainer – particularly because CASA, which has been operating for several years now, has not a had a single client lose a single Satoshi.\n\nWhen you sign up for the 3 of 5 – i.e., “Platinum” solution, you are immediately mailed an onboarding package featuring three hardware devices; as well as a Tamper Evident bag and three EMP-proof Faraday bags. The VIP help team then sets you up for a group, but anonymous Webinar, and provides a checklist so you can launch the CASA app and install the five keys on your “Key Shield.” If you follow the directions, it’s quite easy.\n\nAmazingly, the process of creating the shield dramatically expands the progression of your multi-sig learning curve – like, for instance, realizing you do not hold your BTC in the individual devices in your shield; but instead, your multi-sig wallet - of which, each of those devices represent one of the five private keys. Thus, you don’t need to save all your seeds, as losing one in a three of five setup is no big deal. \n\nAfter attempting test transaction to and from the wallet – the latter, requiring the use of three of the five private keys – it’s time for your one-on-one onboarding session, where your emergency contact person and duress word are logged, and you are given numerous tips regarding how to use the wallet. Not to mention, instructions of how to fully recover your BTC in the worst-case, highly unlikely scenario of CASA being abruptly shut down.  This is the beauty of open-sourced software; as well as the simple, but vital fact that CASA is just a Bitcoin security service, NOT the custodian of YOUR Bitcoin wallet.\n\nBy the way, given that CASA just raised $4 million through investors controlled by Fidelity and Coinbase, among others, it’s difficult to see a circumstance where this highly decentralized company could be “shut down” – let alone, in a manner so abrupt, you’d need to go to such extreme measures to recover your Bitcoin. To that end, my guess is CASA will be acquired by a major financial investor in the next year or so – from either the crypto or legacy realms - as mainstream Bitcoin adoption goes viral.\n\nBitcoin Startup Casa Raises $4M Led by Fidelity-Linked Avon Ventures - CoinDesk\n\nOnce your Key Shield is operational; and your onboarding 1-on-1 complete; you simply send your Bitcoin to your new CASA wallet – which you can monitor 24/7 on the CASA app, simply by logging in. Then, the “art” of multi-sig security comes into play, as you decide where to hide your three hardware devices. \n\nSome might choose to keep them all at home, in three separate, hard to find places – which clearly, is a huge upgrade versus simply holding your BTC on a Trezor. However, for maximum security – which naturally, I opted for - you can disperse your hardware wallets to the corners of the globe…knowing full well, that at any time, you can disable one or more, and replace them with new hardware wallets.  \n\nThis way, the risk of your house burning or being flooded out is eliminated; as is the risk of an intruder coercing you via “wrench attack.” In other words, eliminating ALL potential threats to your Bitcoin.\n\nWith the Platinum (3-of-5) and Diamond (4-of-7) plans, VIP Help Desk support is theoretically 24/7, though at the moment I don’t think they are truly up to 24/7. 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      "body": "I rarely feel compelled to write these days - as after HODLing Bitcoin, and helping Digital Lending Capital Corp advance its mission of becoming the leading crypto Prime Brokerage platform, there’s not much else that motivates me.\n\nHowever, the emergence of Wall Street Bets as a real-life, heavily armed challenger to age old Wall Street fraud is one of the most exciting developments of my three-decade career. The reason being, that I’ve fought “the powers that be” since 2002; first, in Precious Metals, and now Bitcoin…and now, it appears the end game of history’s largest, most destructive fiat Ponzi scheme is finally upon us.\n\nAs a borderline charter member of GATA (the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee), I spent 15 years documenting the Gold Cartel’s every movement – watching Central banks and their henchman, banks like JP Morgan to miners themselves (like Barrick Gold) destroy the Precious Metal markets. In the progress, they devastated the mining industry; likely irreversibly diluted the bullion markets; and caused the PM sector to underperform essentially all asset classes.\n\nHowever, as ALL fiat currencies ultimately die, I always knew it was only a matter of WHEN and HOW something took the current, hideously grotesque system down. Backed by dramatic technological advances in market manipulation, plus propaganda and game theory that incented all Central banks to work together, it has successfully maintained confidence in fiat currency, and suppressed man’s obsession with Precious Metals’ monetary properties. By even the best Ponzi and pyramid schemes ultimately fail – which is exactly what HAD TO ultimately happen here.\n\nWhen Bitcoin started to mature, the HOW finally came into focus – as not only is BTC superior to Precious Metals in all aspects, but immune to the paper dilution of the gold and silver markets. Governments’ response to the (self-created) COVID crisis put the frailties of fiat currencies in focus, so the stage was set for what sound money believers knew was inevitable the day the gold standard was abandoned in 1971.\n\nUntil last week, I would have said a parabolic Bitcoin would be the ONLY catalyst to said End Game. However, the emergence of the populist financial movement Wall Street Bets – a real-world version of Mr. Robot’s F-Society – may well accelerate the process, by attacking entrenched, illegal short positions in the equity and Precious Metal markets.\n\nRegarding the former, blowing up hedge funds’ naked short positions will dramatically weaken confidence in the hideously fraudulent, but until now masked by manipulation, nature of legacy stock and bond markets. However, the biggest losers in this game would be overleveraged hedge funds, as opposed to the major banks and government institutions that would be the primary victims of a successful silver short squeeze.  This is why the imminent silver short squeeze attempt (futures markets open less than three hours from this posting) is so interesting.\n\nGameStop itself will be an interesting scenario, given that the short position of it (and others like it) remains above actual shares outstanding. However, the silver market is MUCH larger than GameStop, particularly as the “paper silver” market is thousands of times larger than the underlying bullion market – with its manipulators, led by the U.S. government itself, willing and able to produce limitless naked short contracts. And TRUST ME, they will!\n\nI understand Wall Street Bets’ M.O. of breaking illegal, over-levered short positions, but there’s far more at stake in the silver market than mere stocks. Plus, silver is no more likely to be a major monetary asset in the future as retail stores major players in the future video game market – although at least, GameStop can change its business model to focus online, whilst silver will never be able to compete with Bitcoin. Yes, silver will do just fine if the dollar is indeed destroyed – but will be increasingly difficult to trade in such a scenario, and a very, very distant third option to Bitcoin and gold.\n\nThe biggest problem with attempting a silver short squeeze is that it will NEVER succeed unless massive demands for PHYSICAL DELIVERY are undertaken and sustained – which, aside from the creation of the Sprott Physical Silver Trust in October 2010 (the REAL reason silver surged by $50 in April 2011), has not occurred since the Hunt Brothers attempted it in late 1979…at which point, in Robin Hood like fashion, the CFTC changed the rules, making it illegal to BUY silver at its highs.\n\nI don’t believe that even a successful SLV short squeeze – which itself, will be extremely difficult to accomplish – will trigger enough physical silver demand to truly break the Cartel…let alone, that it would actually be delivered. 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      "body": "I rarely feel compelled to write these days - as after HODLing Bitcoin, and helping Digital Lending Capital Corp advance its mission of becoming the leading crypto Prime Brokerage platform, there’s not much else that motivates me.\n\nHowever, the emergence of Wall Street Bets as a real-life, heavily armed challenger to age old Wall Street fraud is one of the most exciting developments of my three-decade career. The reason being, that I’ve fought “the powers that be” since 2002; first, in Precious Metals, and now Bitcoin…and now, it appears the end game of history’s largest, most destructive fiat Ponzi scheme is finally upon us.\n\nAs a borderline charter member of GATA (the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee), I spent 15 years documenting the Gold Cartel’s every movement – watching Central banks and their henchman, banks like JP Morgan to miners themselves (like Barrick Gold) destroy the Precious Metal markets. In the progress, they devastated the mining industry; likely irreversibly diluted the bullion markets; and caused the PM sector to underperform essentially all asset classes.\n\nHowever, as ALL fiat currencies ultimately die, I always knew it was only a matter of WHEN and HOW something took the current, hideously grotesque system down. Backed by dramatic technological advances in market manipulation, plus propaganda and game theory that incented all Central banks to work together, it has successfully maintained confidence in fiat currency, and suppressed man’s obsession with Precious Metals’ monetary properties. By even the best Ponzi and pyramid schemes ultimately fail – which is exactly what HAD TO ultimately happen here.\n\nWhen Bitcoin started to mature, the HOW finally came into focus – as not only is BTC superior to Precious Metals in all aspects, but immune to the paper dilution of the gold and silver markets. Governments’ response to the (self-created) COVID crisis put the frailties of fiat currencies in focus, so the stage was set for what sound money believers knew was inevitable the day the gold standard was abandoned in 1971.\n\nUntil last week, I would have said a parabolic Bitcoin would be the ONLY catalyst to said End Game. However, the emergence of the populist financial movement Wall Street Bets – a real-world version of Mr. Robot’s F-Society – may well accelerate the process, by attacking entrenched, illegal short positions in the equity and Precious Metal markets.\n\nRegarding the former, blowing up hedge funds’ naked short positions will dramatically weaken confidence in the hideously fraudulent, but until now masked by manipulation, nature of legacy stock and bond markets. However, the biggest losers in this game would be overleveraged hedge funds, as opposed to the major banks and government institutions that would be the primary victims of a successful silver short squeeze.  This is why the imminent silver short squeeze attempt (futures markets open less than three hours from this posting) is so interesting.\n\nGameStop itself will be an interesting scenario, given that the short position of it (and others like it) remains above actual shares outstanding. However, the silver market is MUCH larger than GameStop, particularly as the “paper silver” market is thousands of times larger than the underlying bullion market – with its manipulators, led by the U.S. government itself, willing and able to produce limitless naked short contracts. And TRUST ME, they will!\n\nI understand Wall Street Bets’ M.O. of breaking illegal, over-levered short positions, but there’s far more at stake in the silver market than mere stocks. Plus, silver is no more likely to be a major monetary asset in the future as retail stores major players in the future video game market – although at least, GameStop can change its business model to focus online, whilst silver will never be able to compete with Bitcoin. Yes, silver will do just fine if the dollar is indeed destroyed – but will be increasingly difficult to trade in such a scenario, and a very, very distant third option to Bitcoin and gold.\n\nThe biggest problem with attempting a silver short squeeze is that it will NEVER succeed unless massive demands for PHYSICAL DELIVERY are undertaken and sustained – which, aside from the creation of the Sprott Physical Silver Trust in October 2010 (the REAL reason silver surged by $50 in April 2011), has not occurred since the Hunt Brothers attempted it in late 1979…at which point, in Robin Hood like fashion, the CFTC changed the rules, making it illegal to BUY silver at its highs.\n\nI don’t believe that even a successful SLV short squeeze – which itself, will be extremely difficult to accomplish – will trigger enough physical silver demand to truly break the Cartel…let alone, that it would actually be delivered. This is why the attempt will be so fascinating – as in today’s world of social media flash mobs; and unprecedented knowledge of, the “powers that be’s” vulnerabilities; who knows what may happen?\n\nIf it miraculously succeeds in breaking the Gold Cartel, all hell will break loose in the financial markets. HOW it would play out, I’m not sure – but what I am sure of is, that Bitcoin, by far the soundest, and most unconfiscatable money every created, would be the biggest winner.\n\nIf not, it will only cause Wall Street Bets’ to shift its focus to the ONLY market where beating the powers is likely, if not guaranteed – which is, the extremely scarce, and heavily undervalued Bitcoin market. 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      "body": "Just TWO DAYS ago, I pounded the table of the exploding “arms race” that recently launched in the crypto space, now that the OCC has permitted Federal banks to be crypto custodians, whilst Wyoming awarded (to Kraken and Avanti) the first State crypto bank charters.\n\nIn other words, leading banks and exchanges — from both the legacy finance and crypto communities — are racing to acquire whatever crypto Prime Brokerage assets they can, from a space that remains highly undeveloped and fragmented.\n\nThis is why DLCC will be a crown jewel asset — as unlike essentially all “crypto Prime Brokerage” assets, it has built the CORE product; i.e., the all-in-one SOFTWARE banks so desperately require to enable institutional participation, in a space where a proverbial “wall of money” is arriving, NOW.\n\nThat said, I have always noted the “double dog years” pace of crypto market development — which is why it’s no surprise, with Bitcoin closing in on $17,000 as I write, that an EXPLOSION of institutional interest occurred THIS WEEKEND, above and beyond what I wrote Saturday.\n\nTo wit, Sky Bridge Capital amending its SEC charter to enable its $3.6 billion fund to buy Bitcoin; Greyscale Investments (operator of the GBTC closed-end fund) buying its 500,000th Bitcoin (nearly 3% of total supply), at a pace DRAMATICALLY higher than mining production; and Citibank, following JP Morgan, which last week predicted Bitcoin would triple, challenging gold’s store-of-value leadership, forecasting BTC could reach $318,000 within 12 months.\n\nIn other words, in my VERY strong view, the first hints that a concept long espoused by the (until now) tight Bitcoin community, that a “Bitcoin Standard” was possible, is spreading virally to the institutional investment community. That is, the potential for Bitcoin becoming both the principal store-of-value asset and primary unit of account.\n\nWith the global political, economic, and monetary fabric being exposed, and destroyed, by the “great accelerator” known as COVID, the “viral” explosion of not only Bitcoin demand, but philosophy is in my view, a fait accompli — and obviously, given Citibank’s December 2021 price target, a rapidly growing mainstream view, too.\n\nTo that end, consider just how nascent and fragmented crypto infrastructure is — and thus, how valuable the robust, comprehensive full-service, institutional grade crypto Prime Brokerage platform DLCC has built (over the past 18 months) could be, to the equally powerful “wall” of legacy AND crypto finance companies seeking to profit from it.\n\nConsequently, by the end of 2021, I expect ALL institutions, of ALL kinds (money managers, corporations, and governments) to either directly participate in the crypto market or, at the least, internally discuss potential crypto strategies.\n\nDigital Lending Capital Corp is Crypto’s first full-service Prime Brokerage software solution — fully online, and actively operating in today’s exploding digital market. For more information, please go to https://www.dlcc.co/; email me, DLCC’s Marketing Director, at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected].",
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      "body": "I was not planning to work again, but when the opportunity to become Marketing Director of Digital Lending Capital Corp (DLCC) arose, I could not resist. Not only is its Founder and CEO, James Runnels, a grizzled veteran of the legacy Prime Brokerage industry; whose prescience about institutional participation in the crypto market has proven itself, in spades; but how about that — 20 years ago, we both worked at Salomon Smith Barney in New York City!\n\nLast month, upon introduction by a mutual friend, he told me that 18 months ago, he commenced development of a unique, full-service, institutional grade crypto Prime Brokerage software and service solution, to bridge the gap between legacy finance and the emerging Digital Age. 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This is why essentially all crypto banks and brokerages have RAPIDLY commenced an “arms race” to build Prime Brokerage capability, now that the long-awaited “Institutional Wall of Money” is arriving — with an Eagle-eye focus on January 1st , when calendar wise, the majority of hedge funds launch.\n\nIn legacy finance, Prime Brokerage incorporates all aspects of the institutional investment process —from trade settlement to custody, margin, and securities lending. All of these services will be utilized in the crypto world — as well as other, Digitally-unique services like staking.\n\nHowever, as of now, the crypto Prime Brokerage space is highly fragmented, with most players only occupying one or two of these segments. Moreover, we are not aware of any full-service, institutional grade crypto Prime Brokerage software solution — which, as noted above, has taken DLCC 18 months to build, given the coding complexity involved.\n\nThis is why we are so excited to launch version 1.0 NOW, which we will discuss in later communications — and why we believe DLCC will be a crown jewel asset in the crypto Prime Brokerage space.\n\nTo that end, the “arms race” has exploded in recent months, starting with Coinbase’s acquisition of Tagomi in May — clearly, with the goal of building an in-house Prime Brokerage platform…\n\n“The addition of Tagomi will round out our product suite for the fast-growing institutional trading market. 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Throw in the rapid expansion of crypto services by major institutions like Fidelity; usage of Bitcoin as a store of value asset on corporate balance sheets like MicroStrategy and Square; and the emergence of major legacy investors like Paul Tudor Jones, Bill Miller, and Stan Druckenmiller (and likely, Abigail Johnson of Fidelity); and you can see why the race to service these mega-accounts is ON!\n\nAnother major player in the exploding crypto Prime Brokerage race is Galaxy Digital, the high profile crypto investment and banking firm run by Mike Novogratz — who prior to becoming famous in the crypto world, was a well-known legacy finance investor.\nHe has been extremely vocal about his goal of making Galaxy a premier crypto bank — and this week, proved it by acquiring BlueFire Capital and DrawBridge Lending, bringing trading and lending capabilities to its growing institutional service platform.\n\n“DrawBridge and Blue Fire’s market-leading capabilities further reinforce our position as a go-to trading desk for institutional investors and traditional asset managers seeking exposure to digital assets,” said Christopher Ferraro, President of Galaxy Digital. With their expertise now under the Galaxy umbrella, we hope to accelerate the pace with which we continue bringing original trading products and services to the market.”\n\nIn our view, DLCC could not be better positioned to capitalize on this exploding market trend — particularly as, from what we can see, DLCC’s crypto Prime Brokerage software is as advanced as any in the space, if not the most advanced…that NOW, is be launched.\n\nSo, if you are currently operating a crypto hedge fund; or intend to launch one January 1st; we encourage you to contact us, so we can demonstrate 1.0 for you NOW.\n\nDigital Lending Capital Corp is Crypto’s first full-service Prime Brokerage software solution — fully online, and actively operating in today’s exploding digital market. For more information, please go to https://www.dlcc.co/; email me, DLCC’s Marketing Director, at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected].",
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      "body": "Today’s news that Pfizer may have a viable COVID vaccine sent shockwaves through the global financial community. If this scenario plays out, the amount of capital flowing into capital markets will dramatically increase — particularly January 1st, when the majority of global hedge fund products launch.\n\nGiven Bitcoin’s price explosion — and with it, Ethereum; as well as rapidly growing acceptance of crypto as a regulated, must-own asset class; it couldn’t be clearer the long-awaited “Wall of Institutional Money” was arriving irrespective of the status of potential COVID vaccines.\n\nHowever, if indeed a vaccine is coming, there will undoubtedly be significantly more financial market optimism; and subsequently, hedge fund launches — which is why the need to contact DLCC now, just as it launches its unique, full-service, institutional grade Prime Brokerage software and service solution, is more urgent than ever.\n\nThe product is being launched imminently, and we are already setting up demos with potential clients — who hope to be the first onboard to a Prime Brokerage solution that until now has been non-existent; and in a years’ time, may well be ubiquitous.\n\nRemember, there are very few, if any viable crypto Prime Brokerage solutions — which is why the fortuitous timing of DLCC’s 1.0 launch, following 18 months of development, can benefit YOUR fund greatly!\n\nDigital Lending Capital Corp is Crypto’s first full-service Prime Brokerage software solution — fully online, and actively operating in today’s exploding digital market. For more information, please go to https://www.dlcc.co/; email me, DLCC’s Marketing Director, at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected].",
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      "body": "With the Democrats taking back the White House, Wall Street is assuming, correctly so, that the Fed’s money printer will be turned up to unprecedented levels.\n\nThis is why Bitcoin responded so powerfully — and why, undoubtedly, the entire financial world will be at least looking, if not acting on, BTC’s massive upside potential. Consequently, it is all but guaranteed that hundreds, if not thousands of crypto hedge funds will launch January 1st, from all corners of the Earth.\n\nTo that end, the timing of Digital Lending Capital Corp’s 1.0 product could not be more perfectly timed — as after 18 months of development, it should be available for client consumption as early as next week!\n\nAs discussed in last week’s introductory article, DLCC is likely the first to market with a full-service, institutional grade crypto Prime Brokerage software and service solution — which in our view, will be the only pure digital offering in the Prime Brokerage space.\n\nSo, whilst we continue to develop and upgrade this unique, first-in-kind offering, we can now offer it for public consumption — which is why, if you are currently operating a crypto hedge fund; or intend to launch one January 1st; we encourage you to contact us, so we can demonstrate how 1.0 works.\n\nDigital Lending Capital Corp is Crypto’s first full-service Prime Brokerage software solution — fully online, and actively operating in today’s exploding digital market. For more information, please go to https://www.dlcc.co/; email me at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected].",
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      "body": "The long-awaited “wall of institutional money” is starting to arrive in the crypto space — and without doubt, the required infrastructure to support it has not yet been built. To that end, Bitcoin’s rise to global prominence may be so rapid in the coming months, it is likely we will see an all-out “arms race” to either build, or acquire, the back office products and services required.\n\nAs discussed in an introductory article two days ago, DLCC, or Digital Lending Capital Corp, may well be, when launched in the VERY near-term, the ONLY institutional grade, full-service Prime Brokerage solution in the crypto market — supporting trade settlement, custody, margin loans, securities lending, and staking operations. Created by a team of seasoned Wall Street veterans — in technology, trading, and operations — that know EXACTLY what hedge funds and other institutional investors require; and how crypto works; we have no doubt DLCC will rapidly become one of, if not the leader in back office Prime Brokerage technology and services.\n\nKey to its success has been the project’s fortuitous timing, as for the past 18 months this incredibly complex software has been in development — at a time that no other such project is on our radar. In fact, the only one we have heard of is in Europe — where financial rules are so different, the software is for all intents apples-to-oranges relative to DLCC.\n\nOtherwise, companies anxious to get into the crypto prime brokerage space have been acquiring firms with one or two core strengths — like, for instance, a custody manager, OTC trading desk, or software expert; including several major exchanges, who would like to build such a capability from within, but can only find bits and pieces to acquire.\n\nThis is why we believe DLCC will be in significant demand when it imminently launches its 1.0 offering — from both crypto hedge funds requiring such services (particularly the hundreds likely to launch January 1st), and crypto exchange and banking entities seeking to gain a foothold in the potentailly EXTREMELY lucrative crypto prime brokerage space.\n\nSo, if you are looking to participate in crypto Prime Brokerage — as a user, or operator — it would be wise to contact DLCC ASAP…as once 1.0 imminently launches, the Prime Brokerage space will look significantly different than today!\nDigital Lending Capital Corp is Crypto’s first full-service Prime Brokerage software solution — fully online, and actively operating in today’s exploding digital market. For more information, please go to https://www.dlcc.co/; email me at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected].",
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      "body": "The “institutional wall of capital” that approached crypto when Bitcoin first crossed the “Hoffman Line” (a $100 billion market cap) in Fall 2017 officially arrived in in the second half of 2020 — and shortly, will cause an historic paradigm shift in financial markets, as Bitcoin accelerates its unprecedented, meteoric rise.\nConsequently, the demand for institutional grade legacy financial products and services is about to explode — in a space that until this year, was for all intents and purposes immaterial. Custodial solutions, multi-signature wallets and second layer liquidity and privacy solutions are reaching critical mass — just as game-changing financial products like Bitcoin ETFs are on the cusp of widespread, global approval.\nConsequently, we are about to witness dramatic increases in the amount of crypto hedge funds and investment trusts — and equally massive crypto sector demand from pension funds; endowments; insurance companies; family offices; and high net worth individuals.\nThe companies that achieve first mover status in the soon-to-explode crypto service industry could be amongst the biggest winners of the 2020s — particularly those who most effectively bridge the gap between modern technological innovation and old school service requirements.\nTo that end, crypto industry infrastructure is being rapidly built — most of it, behind the scenes. The reason being, to support the massive wave of incoming institutional investment. To that end, prime brokerage capabilities must be enabled, in institutional grade quality, to support simultaneous investment in legacy and crypto assets.\nPrime brokerage is the turnkey solution of choice for institutional investors — where a broker supports all back office activities, including trade settlement, custody, margin loans, securities lending; and in the case of crypto assets, staking. It is the backbone of the legacy hedge fund industry and the investing arms of myriad non-financial institutions — and now, will support the investing activities of hundreds, if not thousands of crypto-focused entities.\nTo wit, here is what Raoul Pal, a crypto expert with deep experience in the mainstream investment world, said in an October 19th interview at the 31 minute timestamp.\n“The (U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) just allowed custody of Bitcoin. That’s a code word for prime broking for hedge funds. That’s coming, so Paul Tudor Jones was right.”\nAnd here, Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy, a NASDAQ-listed company (ticker: MSTR) that just invested $425 million of its Treasury in Bitcoin, in an October 20th interview. First, at the 59 minute mark, he responds to a question about potential catalysts for global crypto adoption.\n“(Regarding) institutional onramps, as the prime brokerages and banks come online; and people allow you to borrow against Bitcoin, and generate yield on it; and when it’s possible to buy $500 million worth in a five minute phone call; and just wire it, easily; it will be a big catalyst. These are pretty straightforward (concepts), and I don’t’ think they’re far away.”\nAnd then, at the 60 minute mark, he responds to a question about the best way to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin.\n“You need an institutional grade prime broker — someone that can buy it for you in scale. You can do it through institutional grade funds that will buy it for you, or go directly to exchanges via institutional grade OTC desks. There are a number of them, and two years ago there weren’t many. I think 2020 was a big year, with lots of really great institutions coming online, and a lot of really good exchanges and brokers. That makes a big difference, and we’ll see a lot more in the coming 12 months.”\nIn the next 12–18 months, prime brokerage service will likely be ubiquitous in the crypto space — which is why the timing of the launch of unique, state-of-the-art, all-in-one prime brokerage software by Digital Lending Capital Corp, or DLCC, couldn’t be better.\nToday, the crypto prime brokerage space is extremely fragmented, with no all-in-one providers, and significant deficiencies and inefficiencies in essentially all market segments. Per below, there are numerous problems being actively addressed — which, when resolved, will enable crypto institutional investors to execute as efficiently as those in the legacy financial realm.\nImage for post\nFortunately, DLCC has resolved these issues with proprietary software that is in the process of being launched. When online, it will be uniquely suited to support the all-in-one requirements of crypto AND legacy financial institutions — including those active in both markets simultaneously.\nImage for post\nEqually important, no other product we are aware of is currently capable of supporting the broad suite of back office crypto services — which shortly, DLCC will have on display for the entire institutional investment world.\nDLCC strives to not only provide the best crypto back office technology and services, but with the institutional grade professionalism top institutions desire. Given the management team’s deep experience in top Wall Street trading, brokerage, and information technology roles, best practices are a top priority, to provide the highest quality, most user-friendly experience possible.\nIf you are an institutional investor in the crypto space; or seek to become one shortly; please check out the firm’s website below, or email me at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected] . It won’t be long before DLCC is a well-known brand, catering to small and large institutional crypto investors alike!\nDigital Lending Capital Corp is Crypto’s first full-service Prime Brokerage software solution — fully online, and actively operating in today’s exploding digital market. For more information,please go to https://www.dlcc.co/; email me at [email protected]; or Mike Hamill, Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales, at [email protected].",
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      "title": "9/23 ANDY HOFFMAN (CryptoGoldCentral.com): Very Sad, That Precious Metal Diehards SHOULD Understand Bitcoin Is VASTLY Superior, But Will Miss Out On The REAL Hard Money Revolution - THIS IS MY LAST WARNING EVER TO THE PRECIOUS METAL COMMUNITY!",
      "body": "Yeah, I know. I’m 50 years old (as of yesterday), but no longer relevant.\n\nI think it’s awesome that the Bitcoin (notice, I did NOT say crypto) community is exploding– and that with each passing day, its most vocal leaders are Millennials. However, the handful of legacy finance guys like myself that were early Bitcoin adopters and evangelists have a heck of a lot of experience in the financial world that you’d be wise to heed - even if the new financial order is with each passing day, less and less connected to the old.\n\nIn my case, I am unquestionably the first well known Precious Metal community member to switch from gold/silver to Bitcoin – starting my transformation in early 2016, and going all in in mid-2017. Max Keiser was well ahead of me, but he’s a special case because he was not part of the gold community – but instead, a brilliant journalist and investor who recognized Bitcoin long before anyone else.\n\nI wrote hundreds of articles and taped dozens of Bitcoin-related podcasts from 2016-20, but that pales in comparison to the thousands of articles and hundreds of Precious Metal-related podcasts I published from 2002-17.\n\nSo, when it comes to gold, silver, and mining stocks, I have a deeper pool of knowledge than 99.99% of the entire global investment community. Thus, when I speak of it, as I am now, it would be wise to listen. And why I’m writing today, is to for the millionth – and LAST - time, to BEG Precious Metal investors to switch to Bitcoin, whilst there’s still a chance to eschew the OLD sound money kings for the NEW.\n\nNot that such pleas are new, as I have been shouting this from the rooftops since selling my silver for Bitcoin in summer 2017, and my gold shortly thereafter. However, in seeing yet another Precious Metal failure this summer – care of the Gold Cartel, and increasing realization gold and silver will NOT have material roles in the unfolding Digital Age – I felt the need to yet again state my case…this time, for the LAST TIME EVER.\n\nThe fact is, Precious Metals lost their use case the day Bitcoin was born – as frankly, everything I loved about gold and silver before have been rendered archaic and obsolete…to the point of actually being “barbarous relics.” To wit, not only are Bitcoin’s monetary properties VASTLY superior, but the gold and silver markets have been so compromised by governments and bad financial actors (JP Morgan, etc), they no longer function properly.\n\nNo one knows exactly how much gold is held by Central banks, as they are NEVER audited and admit to limitlessly rehypothecating it. But rest assured, Central banks and Treasuries own massive amounts, to the point that they are big enough “whales” to move the price at will. To that end, “paper” gold and silver markets are at least 100x the physical markets, to the point of rendering physical market price discovery useless. In other words, PM prices are still heavily influenced by bad actors – nearly all of whom willfully suppress the price to maintain history’s largest, most destructive fiat Ponzi scheme.\n\nYes, I am WELL aware of goldbugs’ endless mantra, that one day the physical market will overwhelm the paper market, causing prices to explode and the Cartel to flee with their tails between their legs. The problem being, that if that ever occurred, it would likely destroy the Precious Metal markets entirely - to the point that liquidity would dry up, and holding gold and silver extremely dangerous.\n\nLikely, it would accompany the worst-case scenario of a global fiat collapse – in which case, governments would do everything in their power to source physical metal…like, for instance, shutting down coin shops and metals dealers, or outright confiscating bullion coins. It’s not like it hasn’t been done before, that’s for sure!\n\nMoreover, the miners Peter Schiff so loves – which I owned from 2002-11, and worked for from 2006-11 – would be destroyed far worse than they already have, as unquestionably THE worst asset class of the past 40 YEARS. The reason being, that if gold became so valuable (in a collapsing fiat environment) that governments want to source it, the FIRST thing they’d do is confiscate all mine production. I ASSURE you, this is a big reason they trade so poorly relative to gold and silver prices – and why frankly, they are barely Precious Metal proxies at all.\n\nFYI, Warren Buffett is already down on his Barrick Gold investment – and I’m going to thoroughly enjoy watching him squirm when this HORRIBLE company, which itself has been associated with gold price suppression, winds up, one way or another, atop his growing list of stock market failures.\n\nAs for silver, it LONG ago lost ALL monetary value – though it still maintains the legacy directional correlation it has had with gold for centuries. Today, it is principally an industrial metal; and the fact that it is STILL less than half its 2011 peak, which is also its all-time high from 1980, should tell you all you need to know about how “valuable” it is.\n\nI mean, if you think gold is bulky to hold and impossible to transport (one million dollars’ worth weighs 33 pounds), consider that $1 million of silver weighs 2,700 pounds! Thus, nearly all material silver holdings are stored with custodians, who not only can steal it or allow it to be confiscated, but charge exorbitant fees whilst doing so.\n\nIf you own paper gold and silver, they will ALWAYS be the death trap they have been since January 1, 1975, the day the COMEX was launched with the explicit purpose (per leaked Fed and Bank of England documents) of suppressing prices. To that end, do you think it “coincidence” that after being banned in 1933, physical gold and silver ownership was re-allowed on…wait for it…December 31, 1974?\n\nIf you own physical metal, it will become increasingly obvious that in the Digital Age, they are FAR inferior to Bitcoin in every way. This, with a dramatic valuation disadvantage to start with, given Bitcoin’s $200 billion market cap vs. $10 trillion for gold. With each passing year, BTC’s expanding outperformance will be a glaring reminder that goldbugs SHOULD have understood its superiority, but didn’t do anything about it do to inertia - and listening to compromised commentators like Peter Schiff, who MUST defend his legacy to the death, due to the irreversible corner his ego painted himself into.\n\nMoreover, if the “best case” Precious Metals scenario occurs (fiat Armageddon), physical metal will become dangerous to hold; likely, impossible to sell; and very possibly, confiscated…whilst simultaneously, mining stocks would likely become worthless.\n\nFurthermore, if PM prices do indeed surge, increased capital investment – by private companies, or the governments that confiscate miners – would likely yield significant production increases. Let alone, if new technologies are invented to mine sea water - which, as someone who was an oilfield drilling analyst when deepwater drilling was invented 15 years ago, I ASSURE you is eminently possible.\n\nFinally, with 100% CERTAINTY, I am telling you that as the Baby Boomers who own nearly ALL the world’s retail gold and silver die over the next two decades, essentially ALL bullion coins they pass on to their Millennial and Gen Z heirs will be sold for digital assets, principally Bitcoin. In other words, Precious Metals demographics could not be uglier – in contrast to Bitcoin’s, which couldn’t be better.\n\nI have been saying this for nearly four years now – so loudly, I got fired from my position as Marketing Director of a major bullion dealer for doing so (in August 2017) – which led to my creating CGC in September 2017, to become one of the world’s most prolific, and vocal, Bitcoin supporters.\n\nSo, to all goldbugs, Peter Schiff followers, etc, this will be my LAST warning. Sell your bullion and mining stocks whilst you can for Bitcoin, or forever regret that you SHOULD have known this was the right thing to do, but DIDN’T do anything about it due to ego, inertia, or both.",
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      "body": "What a long post...lol...  I have to tell you that we will not Confiscate anyone's Bullion Coinage...  We won't need to...  We get to issue an equal amount of Circulating Sound Money for every \"Existing\" U.S. Bullion Coin minted since 1986...  Every time we Mint a New U.S. Bullion Coin, we get to issue more Circulating Sound Money. in either Physical or Electronic Forms...  Have you given Electronic Sound Money any thought...???  The Digital Banking System will soon be removed and replaced by our Electronic Banking System...  We will be adding 99 Decimal Cents to the end of our 99 Electronic Cents...  Feel free to check out a few of my Posts...\nSeptember 23, 2020...  10.5  Hollywood Time...",
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      "body": "Yeah, I know. I’m 50 years old (as of yesterday), but no longer relevant.\n\nI think it’s awesome that the Bitcoin (notice, I did NOT say crypto) community is exploding– and that with each passing day, its most vocal leaders are Millennials. However, the handful of legacy finance guys like myself that were early Bitcoin adopters and evangelists have a heck of a lot of experience in the financial world that you’d be wise to heed - even if the new financial order is with each passing day, less and less connected to the old.\n\nIn my case, I am unquestionably the first well known Precious Metal community to switch from gold/silver to Bitcoin – starting my transformation in early 2016, and going all in in mid-2017. 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And why I’m writing today, is to for the millionth – and LAST - time, to BEG Precious Metal investors to switch to Bitcoin, whilst there’s still a chance to eschew the OLD sound money kings for the NEW.\n\nNot that such pleas are new, as I have been shouting this from the rooftops since selling my silver for Bitcoin in summer 2017, and my gold shortly thereafter. However, in seeing yet another Precious Metal failure this summer – care of the Gold Cartel, and increasing realization gold and silver will NOT have material roles in the unfolding Digital Age – I felt the need to yet again state my case…this time, for the LAST TIME EVER.\n\nThe fact is, Precious Metals lost their use case the day Bitcoin was born – as frankly, everything I loved about gold and silver before have been rendered archaic and obsolete…to the point of actually being “barbarous relics.” To wit, not only are Bitcoin’s monetary properties VASTLY superior, but the gold and silver markets have been so compromised by governments and bad financial actors (JP Morgan, etc), they no longer function properly.\n\nNo one knows exactly how much gold is held by Central banks, as they are NEVER audited and admit to limitlessly rehypothecating it. But rest assured, Central banks and Treasuries own massive amounts, to the point that they are big enough “whales” to move the price at will. To that end, “paper” gold and silver markets are at least 100x the physical markets, to the point of rendering physical market price discovery useless. In other words, PM prices are still heavily influenced by bad actors – nearly all of whom willfully suppress the price to maintain history’s largest, most destructive fiat Ponzi scheme.\n\nYes, I am WELL aware of goldbugs’ endless mantra, that one day the physical market will overwhelm the paper market, causing prices to explode and the Cartel to flee with their tails between their legs. The problem being, that if that ever occurred, it would likely destroy the Precious Metal markets entirely - to the point that liquidity would dry up, and holding gold and silver extremely dangerous.\n\nLikely, it would accompany the worst-case scenario of a global fiat collapse – in which case, governments would do everything in their power to source physical metal…like, for instance, shutting down coin shops and metals dealers, or outright confiscating bullion coins. It’s not like it hasn’t been done before, that’s for sure!\n\nMoreover, the miners Peter Schiff so loves – which I owned from 2002-11, and worked for from 2006-11 – would be destroyed far worse than they already have, as unquestionably THE worst asset class of the past 40 YEARS. The reason being, that if gold became so valuable (in a collapsing fiat environment) that governments want to source it, the FIRST thing they’d do is confiscate all mine production. I ASSURE you, this is a big reason they trade so poorly relative to gold and silver prices – and why frankly, they are barely Precious Metal proxies at all.\n\nFYI, Warren Buffett is already down on his Barrick Gold investment – and I’m going to thoroughly enjoy watching him squirm when this HORRIBLE company, which itself has been associated with gold price suppression, winds up, one way or another, atop his growing list of stock market failures.\n\nAs for silver, it LONG ago lost ALL monetary value – though it still maintains the legacy directional correlation it has had with gold for centuries. Today, it is principally an industrial metal; and the fact that it is STILL less than half its 2011 peak, which is also its all-time high from 1980, should tell you all you need to know about how “valuable” it is.\n\nI mean, if you think gold is bulky to hold and impossible to transport (one million dollars’ worth weighs 33 pounds), consider that $1 million of silver weighs 2,700 pounds! Thus, nearly all material silver holdings are stored with custodians, who not only can steal it or allow it to be confiscated, but charge exorbitant fees whilst doing so.\n\nIf you own paper gold and silver, they will ALWAYS be the death trap they have been since January 1, 1975, the day the COMEX was launched with the explicit purpose (per leaked Fed and Bank of England documents) of suppressing prices. To that end, do you think it “coincidence” that after being banned in 1933, physical gold and silver ownership was re-allowed on…wait for it…December 31, 1974?\n\nIf you own physical metal, it will become increasingly obvious that in the Digital Age, they are FAR inferior to Bitcoin in every way. This, with a dramatic valuation disadvantage to start with, given Bitcoin’s $200 billion market cap vs. $10 trillion for gold. With each passing year, BTC’s expanding outperformance will be a glaring reminder that goldbugs SHOULD have understood its superiority, but didn’t do anything about it do to inertia - and listening to compromised commentators like Peter Schiff, who MUST defend his legacy to the death, due to the irreversible corner his ego painted himself into.\n\nMoreover, if the “best case” Precious Metals scenario occurs (fiat Armageddon), physical metal will become dangerous to hold; likely, impossible to sell; and very possibly, confiscated…whilst simultaneously, mining stocks would likely become worthless.\n\nFurthermore, if PM prices do indeed surge, increased capital investment – by private companies, or the governments that confiscate miners – would likely yield significant production increases. 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