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[pod] Stacker Sports Episode 8- Finding their groove

realBitcoinDog

im greencandleit on twitter or bkeys1010 feel free to shoot a dm there and ill come on!

its an interim coach. id trade a first round pick for shannahan tbh

if you need a chicago sports guy to rant about how terrible all of the franchises in the city are lmk :')

bitcoin

Unrealized cap gains are a secret plot for a European CBDC

How Trump FORCES China To Pay For US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve w Parker Lewis

what is everyone's thoughts on politicians now embracing or discussing bitcoin now on a daily basis?

Putin says Who can ban Bitcoin? No one.

The world's most powerful nation JUST Flipped Bullish on Bitcoin?!

Stacker_Stocks

Bitcoin Well becomes the first Canadian Company to put Bitcoin on balance sheet

Michael Saylor urging more companies to employ his Bitcoin strategy on national televison

Micheal Saylor on MSNBC discussing his presentation to MicroSoft Shareholders

Interesting description of bitcoin from Doomberg who's been very anti Bitcoin for a while. Still there but starting to come back around a bit after the recent run up. 

Is The Wall Street TAKEOVER Keeping Bitcoin Under $100k?(DOOMBERG EXPOSES ALL)

Discussing how Bitcoin and AI will change business. Hope you all enjoy. Available wherever you get podcasts

AI-Driven Growth: Damion Lupo on Revolutionizing Business

The Next Bitcoin Presidents Announcement Changes Everything!

Maya is very based. I was extremely impressed by her. Hope you enjoy the interview!

Fun podcast with Maya Parbhoe who's running for president of Suriname. Getting interviewed while she is getting the Bitcoin supply formula tattoo'd on her wrist

What are your favorite Bitcoin podcasts?

DesertDave

Would love for you to check out the State of Bitcoin podcast.
It's Bitcoin and Macro focused.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greencandle
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/326v8V7L4q9WVgxR1MxZZ6?si=331ce54f9b3a4c26
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/5015946

The Best Bitcoin Podcasts

Jon_Hodl

Would love for you to check out the State of Bitcoin podcast.

It's Bitcoin and Macro focused. 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greencandle

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/326v8V7L4q9WVgxR1MxZZ6?si=331ce54f9b3a4c26

Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/5015946

How BlackRocks Options Product Allows This $1Q Market to Buy Bitcoin!

sounds good will move towards that thread next time

"Don't underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These tiny ripples can become a tsunami." – Unknown
BlackRock’s IBIT Spot Bitcoin ETF became the first Bitcoin ETF to have options tied to it. Okay cool, right? Well this is much more significant than you might think. The derivatives market is the LARGEST market in the world, totaling nearly $1 QUADRILLION dollars.
![](https://m.stacker.news/65509)

For reference, likes dive in on how big some of the other markets around the globe are:
Professional sports teams are worth ~$340 billion
Cryptocurrency (gross I know but is majority Bitcoin) is at ~$760 billion
The World’s Gold is valued at $11.5 trillion
Central Bank balance sheets valued at $28 trillion
Global Debt is valued at $300 trillion
Household wealth at $463 trillion
Notional value of derivatives is between $600 trillion and $1 quadrillion

Another great reference point is the difference from 1 million seconds (1 day 13 hours 46 minutes and 40 seconds) to 1 trillion seconds (31,668 years) to 1 quadrillion (31.7 million years).

This amount of capital moving into Bitcoin is MONUMENTAL. The IBIT BlackRock Bitcoin Spot ETF launched first, then everyone else followed shortly after. The opening was historic as IBIT options surpassed $2 billion in notional exposure, had 25k contracts as a position limit, and had an anticipated 400k option contracts per day. 

How bullish are options traders?

TLDR: extremely bullish.
![](https://m.stacker.news/65511)

In the first day of trading, the IBIT options had the highest volume in $65 strike calls expiring on December 20, 2024 which would reflect a Bitcoin price of $114,339. There were also 4 calls for every put meaning 4 times the people were wanting to buy options contracts of the Bitcoin price rising opposed to sell with the price lowering. A lot of these options are even calling for the Bitcoin price to double by December 20th.
![](https://m.stacker.news/65516)

With this volume, the IBIT ETF was in the top 1% of options traded on its opening day only behind the QQQ and SPY, which historically are the top daily options traded. This is EXTREMELY bullish to close out the year. November historically has a phenomenal month in positive years for Bitcoin and it is continuing the trend. Don’t believe me? See for yourself. 

All this to say, $100k before the end of the year is looking all too likely. So let’s hope that occurs by the time this is published.
![](https://m.stacker.news/65517)

BlackRock's Strategic Moves in the Bitcoin Ecosystem

Yes it is! Trying to figure this out. Thank you I'll get on that!

Where are we at with the Bitcoin Spot ETF on the New York Stock Exchange/NASDAQ?

By now you’ve heard the craze about the Bitcoin Spot ETF being passed sometime in the near future and you may think it is about time that the NASDAQ had a Bitcoin Spot ETF. Currently, eight countries have approved a Bitcoin Spot ETF: Canada, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Jersey, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Guernsey. It is rumored that the BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF is going to raise a seed of $100 million, ten times more than the original $10 million rumored in October. The demand is there and the largest asset manager in the world knows it. 

We all hear how BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world, but how big are they? As of June 2023, BlackRocks owns $9.2 trillion in assets which is nearly have of the M2 money supply of 20.7 trillion. That means BlackRock nearly has the coveted 51% attack on the world’s global reserve money supply and everyone is worried about the 51% attack on Bitcoin? C’mon. 

Have there been signs of BlackRock wanting to get into Bitcoin?

The short answer is yes. But I’ll give you the slightly longer answer to paint the picture as to why BlackRock has been preparing to launch a Spot Bitcoin ETF for some time. Riot Blockchain is the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner and BlackRock recently increased its percentage of ownership to 5.65%. Marathon Digital is another large publicly traded miner and BlackRock increased its holdings in MARA to 5.30%. BlackRock also owns large stake in CIFR, WULF, and CLSK. Now why would BlackRock hold Bitcoin miners if BlackRock was not bullish on Bitcoin?

Oh wait, there’s more. BlackRock owns 8.1% of MicroStrategy which famously continues to stack Bitcoin every chance Michael Saylor gets. For reference, MicroStrategy owns 174,530 Bitcoin equating to ~$7.62 Trillion. MicroStrategy is the largest holder of Bitcoin of any publicly traded company and BlackRock owns a significant share. 

BlackRock has been in the Bitcoin space for quite sometime but it has been waiting for a time to strike on the Spot ETF. It appears its not a matter of if, but a matter of when this will occur. The largest asset manager in the world beat you to Bitcoin with a significant amount of regulation, and all you had to do was read a book. What are you waiting for?


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