PDS
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Finance & Cryptocurrency
PDS•March 1, 2025Bitcoin, Government Audits, and the Power of Transparency: What’s Really Going On?
As governments and institutions quietly accumulate Bitcoin, calls for greater financial transparency are amplifying—and the stakes are higher than ever.
Finance & Cryptocurrency
PDS•February 25, 2025Bitcoin’s Liquidity Moment: Why the Smart Money is Accumulating While Retail Gets Bored
As Bitcoin consolidates, smart money is quietly accumulating while impatient retail traders look elsewhere. Here’s why this moment is crucial.
Finance & Cryptocurrency
PDS•February 24, 2025The Liquidity Cycle is Everything: How Macro, China, and the Fed Set the Stage for Crypto's Next Boom
An analysis of global liquidity cycles, central bank policies, and their impact on crypto markets, featuring insights from Raoul Pal and Michael Howell.
Finance & Cryptocurrency
PDS•February 23, 2025The Battle Over America's Bitcoin Strategy: Ripple's Lobbying and the Digital Asset Reserve
A deep dive into the strategic battle for Bitcoin’s role in U.S. digital asset policy and the influence of lobbying on government decisions.
Finance & Geopolitics
PDS•February 10, 2025Bitcoin, Trump's Tariffs, and AI Competition
Anthony Pompliano shares insights on Bitcoin’s resilience, Trump’s tariff tactics, and the intensifying AI arms race between the US and China.
Technology & Finance
PDS•February 9, 2025The Future of Crypto, AI, and Human Purpose: Key Insights from Raoul Pal
Veteran macro investor Raoul Pal shares his vision on the intersection of cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and human society, offering both an exciting and sobering look at the next decade.
Finance & Macroeconomics
PDS•February 6, 2025Market Euphoria, Creative Destruction, and the End of Easy Money: A Conversation with Dave Collum
As markets hit new highs, Cornell professor Dave Collum shares a sobering view on financial markets, monetary policy, and the future of investing.
Crypto Market Analysis
PDS•February 5, 2025The Evolution of Crypto Markets: Applications Over Protocols
Explore how crypto investors are shifting focus from protocols to applications, and the opportunities emerging at the intersection of AI and crypto.
Market Analysis
PDS•January 22, 2025The Banana Zone: Understanding the Next Phase of the Crypto Bull Market
Explore the explosive growth phase analysts call "The Banana Zone" in the crypto market, its driving factors, and what lies ahead.
Finance & Regulation
PDS•January 13, 2025Inside the Push to Get Corporate Giants to Buy Bitcoin: The Shareholder Proposal Strategy
Explore how shareholder proposals are being used to urge big corporations like Microsoft and Amazon to consider Bitcoin in their treasury reserves, and what this means for corporate governance.
Finance & Regulation
PDS•January 11, 2025The Battle for Bitcoin: How Regulators Tried to Kill Crypto and What Comes Next
Explore Paul Grewal's insights on the regulatory challenges faced by the cryptocurrency industry and the potential shift toward embracing digital assets under new leadership.
Finance & Technology
PDS•January 8, 2025The Convergence of AI and Bitcoin: A New Economic Paradigm
Explore Jordi Visser's insights on how artificial intelligence and Bitcoin are reshaping the economic landscape, transitioning from scarcity to abundance.
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PDS•January 6, 2025Bitcoin in 2024: The Year Wall Street Embraced Digital Gold
2024 transformed Bitcoin into a mainstream financial asset with unprecedented adoption, political support, and global impact.
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PDS•January 5, 2025Bitcoin's Path from $100K to $13 Million per Coin: Michael Saylor's Vision (Part 2 of 2)
Exploring Michael Saylor's bold vision for Bitcoin's future, game theory implications, and why the U.S. must embrace digital capital to remain dominant.
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PDS•January 2, 2025Bitcoin's Path from $100K to $13 Million per Coin: Michael Saylor's Vision (Part 1 of 2)
Discover Michael Saylor's bold predictions for Bitcoin, its role as digital capital, and the potential trajectory toward $13 million per coin.
Crypto Insights
PDS•December 30, 2024Riding the Banana Zone: Understanding the Crypto Market Cycles - Part 2 of 2
Dive deeper into Raoul Pal's analysis of crypto market cycles, risk management, and strategies for navigating the unique 'Banana Zone' period in crypto.
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PDS•December 29, 2024Riding the Banana Zone: Understanding the Crypto Market Cycles - Part 1 of 2
Raoul Pal's insights into the 'Banana Zone' highlight key phases of the crypto market cycle, emphasizing global liquidity, asset allocation, and economic context.
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PDS•December 26, 2024MicroStrategy Joins the NASDAQ-100: What it Really Means for Bitcoin
MicroStrategy's inclusion in the NASDAQ-100 index marks a key milestone for traditional finance and crypto. Learn about its significance and implications for the future of Bitcoin.
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PDS•December 25, 2024The Fed's Bitcoin Dilemma: How Market Forces Are Driving Monetary Policy
Explore the fascinating dynamic between the Federal Reserve and Bitcoin as market expectations influence monetary policy and drive asset prices higher.
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PDS•December 19, 2024Bitcoin Hits $100K: Understanding the Perfect Storm Behind the New All-Time High
Bitcoin has surged to $100,000, reaching a $2 trillion market cap. Explore the five key factors fueling this bull run and what it means for the future.
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PDS•December 18, 2024The Economic Singularity: Why the Next 6 Years Are Critical for Crypto Investors
Raoul Pal explores the coming 'economic singularity,' driven by AI and debt dynamics, and why positioning in crypto over the next 6 years is crucial for investors.
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PDS•December 17, 2024The Coming Liquidity Crisis: Why Global Markets Could Face a Major Test in 2025
A potential refinancing air pocket in 2025 could trigger a major liquidity crisis. Here's why this risk matters and what it means for global investors.
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PDS•December 16, 2024Why Bear Markets Have Been Outlawed: Understanding the Fed's New Market Reality
The Federal Reserve's actions have fundamentally reshaped the market cycle, essentially outlawing prolonged bear markets. Here's why it matters for investors.
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PDS•December 15, 2024The Great Bitcoin Centralization Debate: MicroStrategy Now Owns 2% of All Bitcoin
MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin accumulation strategy raises questions about decentralization while showcasing innovative financial engineering. What does this mean for Bitcoin's future?
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PDS•December 7, 2024Understanding Bitcoin's Tech: The Ledger and Blockchain
At its core, Bitcoin is purely information about transactions. Let's break down how the blockchain, cryptography, and wallets work together to create a trustless, secure, global currency.
A Guide to Money
PDS•November 28, 2024Bitcoin - What is it Actually Good For? (A Guide to Money: Part 8 of 8)
Bitcoin has been called many things: digital gold, a currency, a collectible, a ponzi scheme. But after more than a decade of operation, we can start to see what Bitcoin is actually useful for. Let's break it down.
A Guide to Money
PDS•November 27, 2024Digital Scarcity: How Bitcoin Solved the Internet's Hardest Problem (A Guide to Money: Part 7)
For decades, the challenge seemed insurmountable: how do you create something digital that can't be infinitely copied? From music to movies to photos, the internet's defining feature was that any digital object could be duplicated endlessly at zero cost. This made digital payments seemingly impossible without trusted intermediaries - until Bitcoin.
A Guide to Money
PDS•November 24, 2024Sound Money vs Government Control: Why Freedom Depends on Who Controls the Monetary System (A Guide to Money: Part 6)
There's a fundamental scam at the heart of modern economics: the idea that the government needs to manage the money supply. This seemingly technical question about monetary policy is actually about something much deeper - it's about freedom itself.
A Guide to Money
PDS•November 23, 2024The Hidden Truth About Prices: How Central Banks Break the Economy's Information System (A Guide to Money: Part 5)
When you think about money and prices, you probably think about shopping or business. But there's something much deeper going on: prices are actually the world's largest and most sophisticated information system. And central banks are breaking it.
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