In today's Macro Monday, we break down why Bitcoin may be entering the final stages of its correction. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have started seeing inflows again after record outflows, miner stress has reached historically rare capitulation levels, and the market continues to absorb selling from Strategy without breaking key support. We also discuss why the macro backdrop may finally be shifting in Bitcoin's favor. Hedge funds just recorded their biggest tech selloff since 2016, expectations for Fed rate cuts are rising after weak jobs data, gold is rallying despite ETF outflows, and investors are beginning to ask whether capital is rotating out of AI and back into store-of-value assets like Bitcoin and gold.

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Matthew Sigel from VanEck breaks down exactly how his Node fund has outperformed Bitcoin by 100 percentage points since launch, why he's been overweight miners pivoting to AI and underweight exchanges and altcoins, and why he believes Bitcoin will be materially higher a year from now. He explains why the OpenUSD consortium of 140 companies threatening Circle and Tether will likely struggle because consortiums historically fail without a clear business driver, reveals that Bitcoin's hash rate is in its longest decline ever without making a new high as listed miners exit for AI data centers, argues that alt season already happened in crypto equities rather than tokens, shares why he respects the four-year cycle and tells clients to have their full position by October, and makes the case that strategy DATs should carry a living will that forces an unwind if they trade below MNAV for too long.

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Their research helped the SEC approve the Bitcoin ETFs. Their dashboards helped expose the FTX collapse before anyone else knew what was happening. In this interview, Adrian Fritz and Eli Ndinga from 21Shares break down why institutional allocation to crypto is still practically zero despite all the headlines, how they decide which products to bring to market before the narrative even exists, and why the old altcoin seasons where everything pumps together are never coming back. They explain how blockchains are about to become invisible infrastructure that your mother uses without knowing it, where the next mini bubbles will form in privacy and AI, and why 99% of crypto assets won't exist in a few years — but the 1% that survive will be the Googles and Facebooks of the next era.

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Bitcoin rebounds after hitting a fresh 21-month low, below its 200-week moving average — but underneath the panic, whales just made THE LARGEST single Bitcoin accumulation spike EVER recorded on chain: 270,000 BTC scooped up at $59K, bigger than the COVID bottom (150K) and the FTX bottom. Cantor Fitzgerald says the bear market is entering its FINAL stretch, projecting a late October bottom based on historical cycles. Metaplanet added 2,823 BTC to push its stack past 43,000. Robinhood just went 24/5 as DTCC's new 24x5 clearing goes live — Wall Street is officially catching up to crypto's 24/7 reality. Meanwhile the biggest stablecoin launch in history just dropped: 140+ giants — BlackRock, Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, Amex, Google, Coinbase, Ripple — launched Open USD (OUSD), a USDC killer that crashed Circle stock 15% overnight. Add June's brutal Marubozu candle (worst month since June 2022), Fed rate HIKE fears from Kevin Warsh, Strategy's $1.25 BILLION sell authorization, and Trump's disclosed $1.4 BILLION in 2025 crypto earnings blowing up Clarity Act ethics negotiations — and we break down whether smart money just called the bottom, or if this is a whale trap before the next leg lower.

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In this episode, hosts and guests explore the stark contrast between widespread bearish crypto sentiment and their own bullish conviction, noting how prediction markets and AI equities are thriving while crypto feels sidelined. They break down the major stablecoin consortium announcement involving Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock and banks, which redirects Treasury yields away from issuers like Circle and triggered sharp stock moves. The discussion covers why a 2022-style leverage implosion is unlikely this cycle due to improved lending models, proof of reserves, and better risk management, alongside MicroStrategy’s dynamics and why it isn’t a near-term forced seller. They also examine traditional finance’s push to adopt stablecoin rails—including potential disruption from X Money—regulatory shifts like the Clarity Act, and why Bitcoin remains undervalued long-term as a digitally native asset amid institutional adoption and cycle patterns.

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Bitcoin just cratered to $57K — a fresh 21-month low, the lowest since September 2024 — as the token sliced through its 200-week moving average, historically a signal of prolonged bear markets. Fed rate HIKE fears from Kevin Warsh and mounting concerns over Strategy's new $1.25 BILLION sell authorization are stripping Bitcoin's biggest structural bid, with June ETF outflows now confirmed at a record $6 BILLION. Meanwhile the biggest stablecoin story ever just dropped: 140+ giants — including BlackRock, Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, Amex, Google, Samsung, Shopify, Coinbase, and Ripple — just launched Open USD (OUSD), a USDC killer with zero mint/redeem fees and reserve earnings shared with partners. Stripe's president declared OUSD "the DEFAULT stablecoin for businesses running on Stripe," and Circle stock (CRCL) crashed 15% overnight. Add Trump's disclosed $1.4 BILLION in 2025 crypto earnings blowing up the Clarity Act ethics fight — and we break down whether Bitcoin's bottom is in, or if this is just the start of something much worse.

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Bitcoin has just 4 weeks of Senate floor time before August recess to pass the Clarity Act — the bill that could unlock billions in sidelined institutional capital — and the political clock just got brutal. Trump is refusing to sign the housing bill (which carries the four-year CBDC ban) unless lawmakers approve a voter-ID bill, threatening the entire legislative track, while JPMorgan officially endorsed the Clarity Act today but loaded it with stablecoin restrictions designed to protect their deposit business. But the bull signals are stacking: DTCC's NSCC just went 24x5 (Wall Street catching up to crypto's 24/7 reality), and Fidelity outlined 5 catalysts that could end the bear market.

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In this crypto town hall show, Dave, Scott, and Peter Schiff discuss Michael Saylor and Strategy’s new manifesto and market reaction. Topics include Strategy’s long-term Bitcoin appreciation bet with no near-term selling or buying, 25-month reserves via preferreds, share repurchases, dividends, and capped BTC sales. They analyze MSTR outperforming in BTC rallies but lagging in flat markets, STRC as high-yield debt tied to future Bitcoin price, and dismissal of 2022-style forced liquidation waves. Crypto sentiment covers retail exodus and fear versus net platform buys and Solana’s surprising strength and adoption. Ethereum foundation shifts are noted. The core debate examines token economics and valuations: Bitcoin as unmatched digital gold with superior security and global PoW access, versus utility tokens on Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, single-use chains, and compute tokens potentially accruing value through fees, tokenization, or agentic commerce — or remaining narrative-driven distortions like the internet bubble, without real economics flowing to holders per DTCC-style analogies. Regulatory challenges around the Howey test and token pass-through are touched on, alongside a light Dogecoin versus Bitcoin exchange.

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Bitcoin just had its WORST ETF month in history — $4.1 BILLION pulled in June, with BlackRock's IBIT alone accounting for $3 billion — while gold is holding $4,000 even as the US and Iran traded fresh attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Bitcoin is now down 30% YTD and on track for a second straight quarterly loss, with legendary investor Jeremy Grantham — who called both the dot-com and 2008 crashes — predicting on CNBC that Bitcoin will "dwindle away with a whimper." Meanwhile Peter Schiff just issued a fresh Saylor warning: MSTR can't sell Bitcoin without crashing the market, and even STOPPING buys would crush the price. Brad Garlinghouse called STRC's slide below par a "damning indictment" of Saylor's strategy as Strategy stock hit its lowest level since February 2024. Saylor responded by teasing more buying with his "we're gonna need more charts" post. We break down whether gold has officially won the safe-haven trade — and what Thursday's Jobs Report could mean for Bitcoin's July.

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Yat Siu of Animoca Brands lays out his provocative thesis that AI agents — not humans — will drive the next crypto bull run, creating hundreds of billions of autonomous wallets transacting on chain through microtransactions that only blockchain can support. He reveals Animoca's new agentic platform HelloMinds.ai, explains why altcoin tokens will become the commodities of the AI economy while L1 chains risk becoming commoditized like telcos, warns that dollar stablecoins are already "colonizing" foreign economies and forcing governments to react, shares how a simple grocery price agent exposed a 75% spread saving $500-700 per month, argues that NFTs are quietly coming back as status symbols that AI agents themselves will purchase for identity, and announces a $10 million fund for builders creating agentic AI on their platform.

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11 million Bitcoin underwater...capitulation or opportunity? Today's panel explains why the stat is overstated due to custodial ETF and exchange holdings where transfers no longer signal real ownership. They cover record long-term holder conviction, the persistent four-year cycle with possible lower lows into Q3/Q4, and lack of true capitulation without leverage deleveraging. Macro pressures from SpaceX liquidity drains, geopolitics, and inflation are weighed against stablecoins powering dollar dominance, tokenization, and RWAs. The discussion highlights crypto’s bifurcation into Bitcoin as neutral collateral versus infrastructure for AI agents and machine-to-machine payments. Special focus on MicroStrategy’s STRC yields, MNAV debates, dilution risks, cash runway issues, and “investigation” headlines as law firm class-action PR, alongside current bear market frustration and the constructive long-term outlook.

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