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Bits + Bips: Will Rate Cuts and Trump's Policies Spark a Bitcoin Supercycle? - Ep. 737

Category: Business
Duration: 01:26:04
Publish Date: 2024-11-20 17:00:00
Description:

Bitcoin and SOL are flirting with all time highs, Ethereum is lagging behind, and the next six months could define the trajectory of crypto markets. 

In this episode of Bits + Bips, James Seyffart, Alex Kruger, and guest David Grider unravel the key stories driving the space: What could a meeting between Trump and Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong mean for crypto policy? Could a new Treasury Secretary pick become the industry’s biggest ally? And is Ethereum’s underperformance hiding a major comeback?

Plus, what crypto categories might be winners in the near future.

Show highlights:

What the potential meeting of Trump with Brian Armstrong shows

  • Which pick for the Treasury Secretary position would be most positive for crypto
  • Whether Michael Saylor has been driving the bitcoin market
  • Whether rate cuts are coming in December and what impact it’s having on the markets
  • How tariffs are not as bad as people think, but massive deportation is, according to Alex
  • Why a potential Treasury General Account (TGA) rundown would be bullish for the markets
  • Whether traders will be taking profits at the $90,000 bitcoin level
  • How ETH has been underperforming and why David sees a silver lining
  • How the lack of institutional interest in ETH has changed dramatically since the election
  • Why David is so optimistic about restaking across different ecosystems
  • What the outlook for crypto regulation looks like in the near future and what will benefit the industry
  • Why James believes that we’ll have in-kind creations and redemptions for bitcoin ETFs under new SEC leadership
  • What the future trajectory of bitcoin’s price is and the role of a strategic bitcoin reserve
  • How different categories within crypto will perform in the markets

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:31 What a Trump-Brian Armstrong meeting means for crypto
  • 07:36 Who could be crypto’s biggest ally as Treasury Secretary
  • 12:43 Is Michael Saylor driving bitcoin’s rally?
  • 14:46 Whether December rate cuts will shake the markets
  • 19:33 Tariffs vs. deportation: What’s worse for crypto?
  • 26:03 Whether a Treasury General Account rundown would be bullish for markets
  • 30:19 Whether traders will take profits at $90K Bitcoin
  • 35:50 Why ether’s underperformance might hide a comeback
  • 47:15 Whether institutional interest in ETH has turned around
  • 51:49 Why David is bullish on restaking across ecosystems
  • 54:09 What’s next for crypto regulation and industry growth
  • 1:06:55 Whether new SEC leadership would greenlight better bitcoin ETF structures
  • 1:09:10 Whether strategic Bitcoin reserves could drive its price higher
  • 1:17:25 Which crypto categories could lead the next rally

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