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'Everyone Thinks Trump Is Our Friend—He's Not': Mark Yusko Exposes Crypto Reality

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  • Ethereum has better odds than competitors despite higher costs and slower speeds because it has more developers, more activity, and more infrastructure already built

    80% confidence

  • The current version of the Clarity Act is a non-starter that takes crypto down the path of CBDCs, centralization, and control

    80% confidence

  • A short squeeze is coming that will drive Bitcoin prices higher, similar to what drove gold from $2,000 to $5,000

    80% confidence

  • Previous Bitcoin cycles saw falls of 84% and 75% from peaks

    80% confidence

  • Brian Armstrong was labeled public enemy number one by Wall Street for fighting the Clarity Act

    80% confidence

  • Bitcoin targets $63,000 as bottom

    80% confidence

  • Institutions like Millennium buy Bitcoin ETFs but short futures to remain market neutral, suppressing prices

    80% confidence

  • The four-year Bitcoin cycle (actually 3 years 11 months based on Bitcoin blocks) stays intact with trough arriving around September 30-October 1, 2026

    80% confidence

  • Bitcoin will reach $600,000-$700,000 by September 2029

    80% confidence

  • If gold settles at $30 trillion market cap and Bitcoin achieves gold equivalence at $15 trillion, that reaches $750,000 per Bitcoin at 10x current levels

    80% confidence

  • JP Morgan made $20 billion from gold market spoofing while only paying $960 million in fines, treating it as cost of doing business

    80% confidence

  • Bitcoin only reached $126,000 versus fair value around $90,000—just 35% above fair value versus 2x in prior cycles, meaning less upside and less downside

    80% confidence

  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others are working with Cantor Fitzgerald and Tether on clandestine initiatives to preserve dollar hegemony and prevent China's yuan from becoming world reserve currency

    80% confidence

  • President Trump has a whole different agenda for crypto focused on preserving dollar dominance, not helping crypto

    80% confidence

  • Bitcoin bottoms around $58,000-$63,000 in September 2026

    80% confidence
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