An excerpt from the Crypto Astrology Report Live Update on January 22, 2025.
Transcript edited for print.
Lummis has officially introduced the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve legislation, and Armstrong stated at the WEF meeting in Davos that Coinbase supports the idea that governments, including the U.S., should hold Bitcoin as a reserve asset—likening it to a modern gold standard with better portability and divisibility. This certainly upset a number of people in Davos, but it’s really clear—the writing is on the wall. This is coming, and there’s nothing that the WEF can do, the powers that be, the Klaus Schwab cloud—nothing they can do to stop this.
MARA’s 50-State Bitcoin Plan and Growing Global Adoption
Fred Thiel at MARA is basically spearheading an ambitious plan to establish Strategic Bitcoin Reserves across all 50 states and the federal government. The initiative has already gained traction, with 11 states introducing SBR legislation, including Florida, Alabama, Utah, Wyoming, and Massachusetts. With Bitcoin trading at all-time highs and the Trump administration appearing Bitcoin- and crypto-friendly, MARA’s timing for this nationwide Bitcoin Reserve push couldn’t be better. So we are getting there. This is imminent and inevitable.
Italy’s $1M Bitcoin Test Signals a Broader Shift
Since Trump has taken office, we’re seeing not only Bitcoin but gold surging significantly. One of the big developments that occurred yesterday, leading up to this wedge pattern, was that Italy’s largest bank made its first Bitcoin purchase—a $1 million test. They said, quote, “It’s a very small amount considering we have 100 billion euros in our securities portfolio. It’s an experiment. It’s a test.” This move stands out in Italy, where the central bank governance has consistently cautioned against digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, describing them as unseen, unsecured.
Regulatory Clarity and Tokenization on the Horizon
Now, Italy realizes this is imminent. The big thing being discussed right now is that the U.S. is likely to pass legislation. Regulation will make it possible. We’re going to see regulatory clarity lead to a lot more tokenization. And I’m not talking about more altcoins—we’re talking about tokenization of every asset class, including for bank deposits. What they’re realizing now is that tokens are a superior form factor for a digital economy.
The success of stablecoins, for instance, has proven the demand for tokenized dollars. And the theory behind tokenized deposits goes something like this: like stablecoins, bank accounts suggest dollar liabilities people use for savings and payments via their checking account. Since tokens are superior to accounts, we should have banks tokenize their deposits so people could use this on-chain as well. We’re going to see the banks get very involved in this.
Italy has picked up on the fact that Bitcoin will be a strategic reserve. Also, we’re going to see tokenization—anything on a blockchain will be possible to be deposited. Trump is soon expected to sign an executive order easing bank ownership of digital assets, says the Circle CEO. And the Bank of America CEO says the financial industry will jump into crypto payments if regulators allow it. And we know regulation is moving rapidly in that direction.
Saylor’s Bold Prediction
The thing that was stated earlier today by Michael Saylor—he said that the first nation to print their own currency, to print fiat money out of thin air, and to buy Bitcoin with it, wins. And this is something that 99% of mundane and financial astrologers—and nearly 100% of astrologers—still don’t get. That the first country that says, “We will print money, we will take that money, convert it to Bitcoin, and put it on our ledger and use it as an asset to commence all types of monetary operations, banking operations, trading operations”—that’s going to be the winner. So this trend is moving very, very fast.
Gold Rebounds as Bitcoin Surges Past $2 Trillion
The other thing that’s happening—and this is connected to Bitcoin—is that gold is suddenly back to within a whisker of its all-time high. Now, what did I tell you all last year? I said the two biggest things to be invested in are Bitcoin and gold. The asset allocation you should have for each one depends on your age and your exit—like when you plan on off-ramping into cash for lifestyle, retirement, etc.
So money is going very quickly into gold and Bitcoin. As of today, Bitcoin’s market capitalization is officially above $2 trillion. The market value of the world’s largest cryptocurrency has doubled in just 11 months and has quadrupled in 20 months. Since 2016, the market cap’s compound annual growth has reached a massive 97%. To put this in perspective, Bitcoin now accounts for 54% of the total crypto market value. Bitcoin dominance is at 54%, while the second-largest token, Ethereum, reflects just 11% of the market. Crypto investors are winning.
Traditional Finance Is Still in the Dark
When we look at the Relative Strength Index (RSI), Bitcoin’s recent performance has been remarkable. It has exceeded $100,000 and is currently trading at approximately $104,000. What you need to keep in mind is that Bitcoin is getting stronger. The RSI is at $76,000, and 99% of traditional finance has absolutely no idea what is happening.
When we look at the Bitcoin market cycle here, we see we’re still in the early phases of this bull market. We’re in the red. Bitcoin’s market capitalization hits $2 trillion right here. It’ll begin to demonetize Google and Amazon. It’s already demonetized oil, Saudi Aramco. It demonetized the stock market. It demonetized silver. It demonetized Facebook. It demonetized the S&P 500. It demonetized Tesla.
Demonetization means—should I put more money into Tesla, William? Why would you do that? What’s going to beat Bitcoin? There is nothing out there that can beat Bitcoin. Like, in other words, let me put money into this AI company that’ll get me, like, 70%. Why would you do that? Put it in Bitcoin instead. You’ll get 150%.
The Adoption Curve and the “Banana Zone”
So it’s coming down to the fact that the only thing stopping Bitcoin is gold—and Bitcoin is coming for gold. Why? Look at this. The Bitcoin adoption rate is faster. The internet, by the way, is the greatest technological adoption in history—faster than radios, faster than cars. But Bitcoin is blowing out the adoption rate of the internet, equivalent to 1999.
You all remember how many people had the internet in 1999—maybe just one connection in the whole office. That’s where we are at with Bitcoin. So if we’re at the 1999 stage, Bitcoin is already at 11% adoption. It has demonetized 11% of gold and is on its way to flipping gold.
Look at this: Wall Street ETF inflows for gold and Bitcoin. This is Wall Street putting money into gold ETFs. Bang. And we just started year two. So what is the smart money doing? What are the too-big-to-fails doing? They’re moving their money into Bitcoin.
Look, it’s going to easily eat away all these stocks. If Bitcoin just 2x’s, it blows out Nvidia—and the Bitcoin banana zone run hasn’t even gone full throttle yet. We’re just entering the second phase of the banana zone. Remember, the banana zone was when Bitcoin went from, what, $50-something thousand to $108,000?
So we’re looking at Bitcoin demonetizing AI tech stocks, blowing them out, and then going after gold.
The Quiet Truth: Gold vs. Stocks
And here’s something Wall Street doesn’t want you to know. You’ve always been told by your too-smart-to-fail certified investment advisor that equities outperform gold over the long run—due to earnings, dividends, etc.—but that hasn’t been true over the past 25 years.
If you had invested $10,000 in either two assets a half-decade ago, you’d have $90,000 in gold and $65,000 in stocks. Nobody talks about that. And by the way, when we talk about stocks, that includes dividends for U.S. stocks. So that’s important. That means gold is outperforming stocks.
Why is that happening? Because the dollar is getting wiped out. The debasement of the dollar is accelerating. It’s intensifying. And you keep working harder in your business, maybe you have more money than you did last year, but your financial firepower is diminishing unless you’re investing in something like Bitcoin—or some other crypto or AI equity.
But the point is, if people just invested in gold—which is boring—they would have blown out stocks.
Bitcoin’s Historic Performance and the Big Question
Now here’s the interesting part. Go back—take Bitcoin, gold, and S&P after one year. Bitcoin is up 124%, gold is up 31%, and S&P is up 22%. So, gold outperformed the S&P.
If you go back 14 years, Bitcoin is up 29 million percent. You’d be a trillionaire or multi-billionaire. Gold is up 98%, and S&P is up 352%. So what’s interesting here is that Bitcoin has been significantly outperforming gold and the S&P for years.
If you look at the compound rate of Bitcoin every year, it’s been averaging about 124%. Annualized return is somewhere around 145%. So it’s nearly 150% a year. When you look at gold and the S&P, you gotta ask yourself: why would I put money into anything else?
Think about it. Why would you put money into anything else?
So the strategic reserve discussions that are going on right now—they’re realizing, “Whoa. Why would we put our money into bonds?” Why should people buy bonds when they can buy Bitcoin—or have a Bitcoin-backed bond?
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