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CHOPSOLIDATION, ON-CHAIN ANALYSIS, & WHERE BITCOIN GOES NEXT | CHECKMATE (JAMES CHECK) (THE Bitcoin Podcast)

By Walker America

Aired Feb 13, 2025 · 1h 27m · Last boosted Feb 15, 2025

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"Everyone is now paying attention to [Bitcoin] because it is the index for where the world is going." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with James Check (AKA Checkmate). We discuss market sentiment and where we’re at in the current cycle, chopsolidation and where bitcoin moves next, onchain analysis and what it shows us, Hodling strategies vs trading, tips for new investors, market cycles and human psychology, global liquidity and bitcoin’s role, microstrategy, why altcoins are complete garbage, impact of bitcoin halvings, the bitlife crisis and a whole lot more. <...

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    I confirm there’s a market for it. I’m also one of those long-term hodlers that just want to understand what’s happening in the market. Knowledge is power!
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    Nice one Walker. Thank you. Common sense and realistic analysis much appreciated.
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    The 4 year cycles are also, as @npub1k7vkcxp7q… has pointed out, tied to the 3-5 year cycle of private debt refinancing that just so happens to have reset in 2008, and to an extent, again in 2020. Not just the halving and its impact on the miners. Bitcoin isn't JUST a play on global liquidity, but the fiat price of anything is impacted by it. Throw that into the halving cycle and you get some real synergy. That said, right NOW, interest rates are being a little stubborn, especially with CPI coming in hot. So the chopsolidation isn't too shocking. Watching that dynamic could yield some interesting insights.