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Tom Luongo: Bitcoin - The Savior of Our Financial Future?

12/16/2024 · 152 min · transcript via mlx

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Key topics

Trump's cabinet is designed to dismantle the managerial state and shift capital flows toward productive lower-order goods (steel, aluminum, food) away from speculative assets and cultural excess.

The next 50 days are critical; escalatory scenarios in Ukraine, Syria, and potential false flags could be used to justify a 25th Amendment removal of Biden and install Kamala Harris to prevent Trump's inauguration.

A $2 trillion cut to government spending is imminent; this will require massive retraining and severance for government employees but will eliminate unfunded liabilities and make the U.S. attractive to foreign investment again.

Bitcoin functions best as collateral at the base of the monetary pyramid (like gold), not as everyday medium of exchange; adoption as bearer collateral is already happening through institutional holdings.

Capital flows will shift from fiat-driven speculation back to productive sectors as the yield curve normalizes and credit deflation forces reallocation away from non-essential consumption.

Comfortable wolves (ordinary people suppressed by the managerial state) are now emboldened after the election; the spell of institutional control is breaking as information channels decentralize.

Market & price signals

Luongo described interventions in bond markets on the last Friday of November: the 2-10 yield curve was bid hard (9 basis points) when U.S. markets were closed, and the dollar index was prevented from breaking above 106.62 (closed 105.74), signaling central bank paint-the-tape activity. He expects Powell to cut rates hard under Trump to restore a normal yield curve and unfreeze credit markets. A deflationary wave is coming as spending cuts offset money supply; the inflationists' thesis is broken. Bitcoin and gold will be used as collateral for government loans and infrastructure financing.

Actionable insights

Monitor the next 50 days closely: Any assassination attempt, false flag, or 25th Amendment move would indicate the deep state is escalating to World War III as a last resort to block Trump's inauguration; get to January 21st safely.

Prepare for credit deflation and re-regionalization: Capital will flow from finance and services back to productive infrastructure (mining, energy, manufacturing, food); hold real assets and be ready for a 18–24 month transition where government severance and retraining create temporary fiscal drag before the productivity boom.

Bitcoin as collateral, not currency: Stop demanding Bitcoin become everyday money; its real victory is becoming the bearer collateral that backs a hard-money system and forces governments to abandon fiat hegemony—this is already happening via Tether liquidity and institutional balance sheets.

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