The Bitcoin & Crypto Cycles Have Changed Forever! | Bill Barhydt
Bill Barhydt, Founder and CEO of Abra, joined me to discuss whether crypto market cycles have changed and what could come next for Bitcoin and altcoins. Topics: - Is the Bitcoin 4 year cycle dead? - Fed Quantitative Easing - US Venezuela situation...
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Bill Barhydt, Founder and CEO of Abra, joined me to discuss whether crypto market cycles have changed and what could come next for Bitcoin and altcoins.<br />Topics:<br />- Is the Bitcoin 4 year cycle dead? <br />- Fed Quantitative Easing <br />- US Venezuela situation impact on markets <br />- Impact of the Trump memecoin <br />- Banks fighting stablecoin yield and DeFi <br />- US Crypto regulation <br />- What's new with Abra<br />Brought to you by 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz<br />💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX<br />🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert Commentary - http://MyCryptoCourse.com <br />Sponsors:<br />🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages smart contracts to facilitate property transactions globally https://propy.com/home/ & https://propy.com/home/ownyourtomorrow/ <br />✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ <br />🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IRA platforms https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/thinkingcrypto <br />🖥️ Sign up with Santiment to get quality crypto metrics - https://santiment.net/?fpr=thinkingcrypto Get 25% discount with code THINKINGCRYPTO <br />🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk. <br />📰 Sign up for the Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter https://thinkingcrypto.substack.com/ <br />✅ Become a Channel Member - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjpkwsuHgYx9fBE0ojsJ_-w/join <br />🔥 Buy Merch & support the Podcast https://my-store-574b5b.creator-spring.com/ <br />🧙♂️Merlin - http://tinyurl.com/MerlinTCYouTube “I am a Merlin partner and get compensated for purchases made through links in this content"this content" <br /><br />Follow on social media:<br />➡️ X(Twitter) - https://x.com/thinkingcrypto <br />➡️ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thinkingcrypto/<br />➡️ LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/company/thinking-crypto <br />➡️ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thinkingcrypto/ <br />➡️ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thinkingcrypto5 <br />➡️ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@thinkingcrypto <br />➡️ Website - https://www.ThinkingCrypto.com/ <br /><br />🔊 Listen to content on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews/id1458945676 <br />🔊 Listen to content on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/221AV5A65v7uYEsuMviVKl <br /><br />💼Business Inquiries💼<br />hellothinkingcrypto@gmail.com <br /><br />⏰ Time Stamps ⏰<br />00:00 Intro<br />01:54 Has Bitcoin topped?<br />05:18 4 year cycles<br />10:03 Long term view on crypto market<br />16:41 Privacy Coins<br />22:57 Human & Currency cycles<br />29:15 AI & blockchain fixes money?<br />35:35 Banks fighting Stablecoin yield<br />38:37 Tech disruption<br />41:57 Crypto legislation outlook<br />43:19 Abra roadmap <br />================================================= <br />#Crypto #Bitcoin #Altcoins #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= <br />The Thinking Crypto Podcast is your home for the best Crypto News and Interviews - crypto, cryptocurrency, crypto news, bitcoin, bitcoin news, xrp, xrp news, ripple, ripple news, ripple xrp, ethereum, ethereum news, cardano, ada, solana, altcoins, defi, news, interviews, podcast, metaverse, nft, altcoin daily, cryptosrus, coin bureau, altcoin news, bitcoin today, markets, investing ================================================= <br />Disclaimer - The Thinking Crypto podcast and Tony Edward are not financial or investment experts. You should do your own research on each cryptocurrency and make your own conclusions and decisions for investment. Invest at your own risk, only invest what you are willing to lose. This channel and its videos are just for educational purposes and NOT investment or financial advice. Note that links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue to provide you with free content each week!<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews--3464539/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews--3464539/support</a>.