There’s barely time to take a breath as we recap an unbelievable week for bitcoin (BTC)!
Final Friday I issued an pressing briefing about Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)’s pending shareholder vote as a result of it appeared to me that issues had been lining up similar to again in 2017…
Earlier than the first huge bull market occurred in crypto.
That’s when the SEC voted “no” on a bitcoin ETF.
On Tuesday, Microsoft shareholders voted “no” on investing in bitcoin.
And in each circumstances bitcoin dipped instantly after the vote.
However in 2017, as soon as bitcoin took off once more… it by no means seemed again.
Immediately bitcoin has already rallied again over $100K…
Bitcoin is again over $100K (Chart: coingecko.com)
And shortly we’d by no means see it go beneath that 6-figure mark once more.
However bitcoin isn’t the one crypto we’re keeping track of.
The remainder of the crypto market fell together with bitcoin after the Microsoft vote. However Ethereum (ETH) has its sights again on final week’s highs…
ETH is rallying too (Chart: coingecko.com)
And the remainder of the crypto market is surging too.
Some shops are calling this a frenzy…
And it’s straightforward to grasp why everyone seems to be so excited.
Issues are lining up simply as I’ve been predicting, which implies we may see some main strikes within the crypto area within the weeks and months forward.
For instance, on Wednesday I informed you that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN)’s shareholders had been now contemplating an identical proposal to the one Microsoft simply voted on and that different corporations would quickly begin following swimsuit.
That ought to drive up the value of bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies.
Now think about the transfer Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) simply made…
Apple Makes it Simpler to Use Crypto
Coinbase simply built-in Apple Pay into its Coinbase Onramp service.
This permits customers to rapidly convert conventional foreign money into cryptocurrency.
For now, it solely works a technique. What I imply is that it permits for fiat-to-crypto transactions fairly than direct crypto funds.
However it’s nonetheless a big leap ahead for crypto and for Apple.
As a result of by leveraging Apple Pay’s widespread adoption and ease of use, it makes cryptocurrency extra accessible to mainstream customers.
It’s simply one other instance of how cryptocurrency is turning into legitimized by mainstream firms.
And right here’s one other piece of attention-grabbing information that leaked out lately…
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook dinner simply revealed he’s owned bitcoin for 3 years.
Might we see Apple’s board vote to begin shopping for bitcoin sooner or later?
That continues to be to be seen.
However in keeping with David Puell, a analysis affiliate at ARK-Make investments, issues are heating up with one other prediction of mine…
A New Crypto Period
Throughout my pressing briefing one week in the past right now, I predicted that when Trump takes workplace he’ll pardon Ross Ulbricht, a crypto icon that many think about a political prisoner.
That transfer will ship a transparent sign to crypto holders that Trump will maintain the remainder of his guarantees to Make America the World’s Crypto Capital.
I additionally informed you that Trump is changing anti-crypto SEC chair Gary Gensler with a pro-crypto chair, Paul Atkins.
This transfer will finish a 5-year lengthy regulatory struggle in opposition to the tiniest cryptos, letting them innovate and spike far greater than they might’ve in any other case.
And at last, I informed you about Trump’s plans to arrange a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
This initiative would commit the federal authorities to purchasing and holding an enormous quantity of bitcoin, triggering a race between different governments to do the identical.
Laws has already been proposed by Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming to make it a actuality. It’s referred to as the BITCOIN Act.
Right here’s what David Puell has to say about it:
The BITCOIN Act features a plan to accumulate as much as a million bitcoin over a five-year interval, capping the purchases at 200,000 per yr. At right now’s value of ~$100,000, this system would value ~$100 billion. The Treasury would maintain the bitcoin for at least 20 years after which promote them to assist pay down the Federal debt.
To fund the bitcoin purchases, the Act proposes reallocating the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) surplus funds and adjusting the valuation of the Fed’s gold certificates ~60-fold from ~$42.2 in e book worth per ounce to its present ~$2,500 market value. Senator Lummis has urged that the US think about promoting a portion of its gold reserves to finance the SBR and diversify US reserves.
In response to David, the BITCOIN Act is gaining momentum..
Though proper now it solely has a 28% likelihood of passing on the world’s largest prediction market, Polymarket.
I anticipate these odds will quickly rise as soon as Trump assumes the presidency.
However simply once I thought the week couldn’t get any crazier…
One other bombshell dropped.
It seems the nice state of Texas would possibly beat the U.S. Treasury to the punch!
Laws was launched within the Texas Home of Representatives on Thursday to determine a Texas strategic bitcoin reserve.
It was submitted by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione who made his needs identified final month.
Of us, this can be a huge deal.
Texas is the second-largest economic system within the U.S. It’s additionally the eighth-largest economic system on the earth.
However why would Texas legislators think about approving a state-run Strategic Bitcoin Reserve?
Most certainly as a result of the state has the very best focus of bitcoin miners within the nation.
And a state-run Strategic Bitcoin Reserve would make it simpler for these people to start paying their taxes in cryptocurrency.
Right here’s what I do know for certain…
Issues are transferring rapidly within the crypto area, and I couldn’t be extra excited for what it means for all of us going ahead.
Regards,
Ian King
Chief Strategist, Banyan Hill Publishing
