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Jan 2024
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174. BITCOIN ETF APPROVED: Are We All Go...

Arman Assadi, Stephen Cesaro, Nick Urbani, and Eric Johanson
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Join the Alfalfa Crew as they celebrate the Bitcoin ETF Announcement just 4 hours after approval. Welcome to the Alfalfa Podcast 🌾 👉 Alfalfapod.com 🤝 Get Zbiotics (use code Alfalfa for 15% off): https://zbiotics.com/alfalfa 💰Donate to the Pod: https://streamlabs.com/alfalfapod 🏷 Check out Eight Sleep: https://bit.ly/eightsleepalfalfa (👉 Use code ALFALFA at checkout for a special discount.) 🏷 Check out Dry Farm Wines: https://bit.ly/dfwalfalfa (Use our link for an extra bottle for one penny!) Chapters/Timestamps

(0:00) BITCOIN ETF!!

(9:05) Trading Post ETF Announcement 

(12:20) Alfalfa NFT

(13:35) What Does Bitcoin ETF Mean?

(22:35) Portfolio Update

(28:55) Coinbase Memecoins

(31:35) ETH ETF?

(36:00) Rotating into ETH post Bitcoin ETF

(40:25) Do We Thank Gary Gensler?

(57:35) Powerplayer Interests 

(51:25) Is This Bitcoins IPO?

(53:05) Are We Buying the Bitcoin ETF?

(58:20) Insane Start to 2024

(1:01:25) Zuck’s Cows

(1:02:30) Cuban vs Musk on DEI

(1:14:00) X is on 🔥🔥

(1:18:25) Billionaires Protect Us

(1:24:35) Bill Ackman vs. Harvard

(1:31:00) What’s Under this Fight?

(1:33:45) Shut Up and Dribble

(1:37:50) Peter Zeihan’s Confidence

(1:45:05) Experts vs. Expertise

(1:53:05) Shah of Iran

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