🫡 The People Have Spoken

We are kicking the year off as we mean to go on… with a BANG. This was the result from the poll asking which platform you’d like to see In a Nutshell on:

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️ YouTube 🎥 58%

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Podcast 🎙️ 42%

Each week the email will be sent out first, closely followed by YouTube and the Podcast.

♟️ Saylor is Playing Chess

Michael Saylor, co-founder of MicroStrategy, plans to sell $216 million worth of stock options to buy more Bitcoin for his personal holdings. He's set to sell 315,000 stock options awarded in 2014, exercising and selling 5,000 shares each trading day from January 2nd to April 25th. Saylor is playing chess, we’re all playing checkers.

📺 Battle of the ETF Ads

The Bitcoin Spot ETF scene is getting intense, and you're likely as tired of it as we are but it’s a big step for Bitcoin. Here's a rundown of the most recent ads we've come across.

VanEck, BitWise, Hashdex and Invesco/Galaxy instead decided to release a Bitcoin Birthday ad.

🇺🇸 The Infinite Credit Card

The U.S. national debt recently surpassed $34 trillion, with projections indicating it will reach $35 trillion by Election Day in 10 months. On this day in 2020, the debt was a mere $27 trillion.

Want to keep up with the clown show? US Debt Clock.

1. Free E-Book: The 15 most important and impactful books in Bitcoin. Ranked from Beginner to Advanced

2. The Bitcoin sell-off on Jan. 3 coincided with the release of a skeptical report by Matrixport on approving a spot Bitcoin ETF.

3. “In an unexpected twist, Bitcoin mining could help wind and solar development. Maybe.” Cornell’s report is picked up by Anthropocene

4. The number of unique addresses that have at least one Bitcoin is now over 1,024,061

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Until next week ✌️,

The BC Team