For the last couple of years, I haven\u2019t been talking about crypto as much as I used to. With everything going on in the world\u2026 the globalist agenda, the geopolitical madness, the push toward Digital ID\u2019s and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)\u2026 it felt like there were other urgent fires to shine a light on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it\u2019s time to get back to our roots. Crypto is one of the absolute biggest value drivers in The Dollar Vigilante\u2019s history. We featured Bitcoin at $3 back in 2011, and we recommended Ethereum at $2 in 2016.<\/p>
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<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nEd Bugos, my partner and senior analyst at TDV, and I always laugh and cry about the same frustrating pattern: nobody wants to sign up for financial newsletters when assets are dirt cheap. Everyone waits until Bitcoin is smashing all-time highs and featured on every mainstream news outlet before they get excited and buy the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we decided to switch things up. We are currently in a crypto bear market. We\u2019re getting close to the end of it\u2026 likely within the next few months. That means\u00a0right now<\/em>, when everyone is terrified or bored, is the absolute best time to position yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why we\u2019re running\u00a0Crypto Week<\/strong><\/a>, and why I brought Ed on for a deep dive into where the markets are headed\u2026 and why you need to be paying attention before the crowd returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broker Who Saw the Tech Bubble Pop and Gold Hit $4,000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don\u2019t know Ed Bugos\u2019 background, the guy is a legend. Back during the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, Ed was working as a stockbroker in Vancouver. While every other broker was telling clients to buy overhyped tech stocks, Ed told his clients to sell all their tech shares at the top and back up the truck on gold at $200 an ounce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was one of the trades of the century: tech stocks collapsed 80% to 90%, and gold kicked off a historic rally that brought it near $4,000 today. Naturally, his firm fired him\u2026 because Wall Street doesn\u2019t want you making real money; they want to collect fees on your wealth while it bleeds out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ed joined me to launch The Dollar Vigilante around 2010. Shortly after, we bumped into Bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMost Austrian economists back in 2011 were cynical or outright hostile toward Bitcoin because of Mises\u2019 Regression Theory\u2014they thought money had to start as a physical commodity like gold. But once the market established a real exchange value, it proved that in the digital age, a scarce, peer-to-peer network with no intermediaries could perform the functions of money even better than precious metals.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Ed Bugos<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ed was one of the very first formal financial analysts anywhere in the world to take a bullish stance on Bitcoin. Together, we\u2019ve navigated every major cycle since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Calling the Key Turning Points: From $3,500 to $125,000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you look back at Ed\u2019s track record alongside our team at The Crypto Vigilante (TCV), the call accuracy is unbelievable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2017 Top & $3,000 Target:<\/strong>\u00a0When Bitcoin hit $20,000 in late 2017, Ed turned bear and publicly called for a crash down to $3,000. People thought he was crazy\u2014until Bitcoin bottomed right around $3,100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201cOnce-in-a-Lifetime\u201d COVID Crash Bottom:<\/strong>\u00a0In March 2020, as markets panicked and Bitcoin plummeted to around $3,500\u2013$4,000, Ed was pounding the table in our member updates, calling it a once-in-a-lifetime buying opportunity before Bitcoin surged toward $66,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201cTesla Moment\u201d & 10x Run:<\/strong>\u00a0Ed predicted that institutional adoption would trigger a massive squeeze beyond $20,000, calling the exact stair-step levels to $66,000 and the subsequent pullback to $33,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The FTX Bottom & $125K Expansion:<\/strong>\u00a0During the 2022 FTX crash, Ed and Mr. A from TCV signaled the absolute bottom near $15,000. Bitcoin subsequently went on nearly an 8x run over $125,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, Where Are We Heading Now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bitcoin is down roughly 50% from its recent highs, and many altcoins are beaten down by 80% to 90%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Ed pointed out during our chat, when an asset class has already suffered a massive correction, the downside risk becomes significantly smaller than the upside potential. While we might see a few more months of grinding or a final liquidity wash, we are fast approaching the window where life-changing entries are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wait until Bitcoin breaks out and hits the news again, you\u2019re throwing away the biggest profit margins. The real money is made by getting in while the market is quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t Miss Out: Crypto Week Is Live!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To make sure our readers are ready for the upcoming bottom, we are offering our biggest discount of the year during Crypto Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you subscribe to The Crypto Vigilante, you also get full access to The Dollar Vigilante\u2026 giving you three packed newsletters a month covering crypto, gold, silver, macro economics, oil, and stock market hedges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20% OFF your first year of TCV + TDV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 30% OFF when you pay using CRYPTO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n