WAR SHOCK: Why Bitcoin Just Tanked (And What Comes Next)
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🎯 Summary
Podcast Summary: WAR SHOCK: Why Bitcoin Just Tanked (And What Comes Next)
This 55-minute episode of the “Discover Crypto” podcast, hosted by DZ with Josh and TJ, focused on the immediate market reaction to geopolitical tensions (specifically the Iran-Israel conflict) and analyzed technical indicators suggesting a potential market bottom and relief rally in Bitcoin and altcoins. The discussion heavily integrated macroeconomic factors, particularly Federal Reserve policy and US Treasury actions, with crypto market movements.
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Focus Area: Cryptocurrency markets (Bitcoin, major altcoins like XRP, ADA, SOL), technical analysis (chart patterns, RSI), macroeconomic indicators (Fed rates, PPI, DXY), and geopolitical risk assessment.
- Key Technical Insights:
- Bitcoin Oversold Bounce: The one-hour Relative Strength Index (RSI) showed Bitcoin was oversold, historically preceding significant “relief bounces” or V-shaped recoveries, which appeared to be starting during the broadcast.
- Resistance Levels: Key resistance for Bitcoin was noted around the previous all-time high range, with a potential next leg up targeting $123K before a possible 20% pullback (which could land near $98K).
- Ethereum Breakout Watch: Ethereum was closely watched for a breakout above $2,800, targeting the $3,052 resistance zone, with strong underlying support around $2,717.
- Market/Investment Angle:
- Geopolitical Impact: The initial market drop due to war fears was viewed as a short-term shock, similar to past events (like the China trade war), which often leads to initial pullbacks but ultimately nets positive for markets due to potential stimulus/rate cuts.
- Altcoin Buying Opportunities: Significant drawdowns (10-25% for the month) presented buying opportunities in specific altcoins; TAO (Worldcoin) and NEAR Protocol were favored over SEI on pullbacks, while Chainlink and Virtus were discussed for longer-term vs. short-term recovery potential.
- DXY Correlation: A falling Dollar Index (DXY) below 98, driven by cooling inflation data (lower PPI), is seen as highly bullish for Bitcoin and altcoins, mirroring patterns from the 2021 bull run.
- Notable Companies/People:
- President Trump: Mentioned for a breaking statement at the Coinbase State of Crypto Summit promising to create clear frameworks for US crypto dominance.
- Nick Crypto (Coin Bureau CEO): Quoted regarding the soft inflation data (PPI below expectations), suggesting the Fed is running out of reasons not to cut rates.
- Ripple/XRP: Discussed due to the launch of USDC on Ripple’s XRP Ledger (RLUSD), signaling increased commercial utility and tokenization efforts, including tokenized treasuries (OUSG).
- Regulatory/Policy Discussion:
- Fed Rate Policy: The market is heavily betting on a June or September rate cut, as inflation indicators (CPI, PPI) are cooling while the job market remains strong (ADP/Jobless Claims high). The hosts noted the increasing probability of a rate decrease by the September 17th meeting.
- Stealth Quantitative Easing: The US Treasury secretly buying back $10 billion of its own debt again (the third large operation recently) was highlighted as a bullish sign of “stealth quantitative easing” supporting asset prices.
- Future Implications:
- The consensus is that the geopolitical shock will be transient, and the underlying macroeconomic trends—cooling inflation, potential rate cuts, and US Treasury debt management—will drive the next major leg up in crypto markets.
- The hosts anticipate that as market caps grow ($4T-$5T), the frequency and depth of typical 20% pullbacks may naturally diminish.
- Increased tokenization and real-world asset settlement on chains like XRP are expected to drive future utility and adoption.
- Target Audience: Crypto investors, traders, and financial professionals who need a rapid synthesis of current market action, technical analysis, and the interplay between geopolitical events and macroeconomic policy in the digital asset space.
🏢 Companies Mentioned
UNDO
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JP Morgan
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institution
MARA
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CleanSepar
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21 Capital
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MetaPlanit
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institution
Polymarker
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Virtus
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Cryptocurrency (Altcoin)
Jupiter
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Crypto Gloss Works
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Elemental Altus
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New York City
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New York
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Kathy Wood
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💬 Key Insights
"UNDO is ready to talk about. It's just something overnight. What did they do overnight? It was with JP Morgan and Chainlink. They did that. They completed a cross-chain treasury settlement. And as JP Morgan's Codnexus platform, and they completed this between a permissioned payment network and a public RWA blockchain."
"ETF with XRP exposure likely next, says a top expert. So according to Nate Garasi, the next in line to gain approval might be Grayscale's Digital Large Cap Fund. This has XRP in it and Cardano as reported by you today."
"BlackRock has bought this crypto every day for two weeks straight, and it's not Bitcoin."
"Tether's investment arm is taking a minority stake in this company, a publicly listed precious metals investment company. The CEO said confidence, this is just reflecting their confidence in the fundamentals of gold, and they referred to increasing exposure to gold as the dual pillar strategy alongside its holdings of $100,000 Bitcoin at a $10 billion worth."
"Plume is I think number two now in RWAs if I'm not mistaken here. Their main net launched, and they absolutely blew up with their RWA holders."
"How they make the most amount of money, how exchanges make the most amount of money is based off perpetual contracts. So when they have like a max pain point, they can wipe out the most amount of like leverage positions on a market... they get paid based off those transactions."
📊 Topics
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🧠 Key Takeaways
gladdies here, but we should we should do a ritual with a steady bug here and get like a whiteboard that's called steady loss, and then we'll just continuously add anybody that's all right
bring that back and green screen it, and then like use that as a cap cut
watch out for, especially if we do get like a Trump stimulus check, which I'm it's not a stimulus check, but talking about a care package for kids or something
🎯 Action Items
essentially
investigation