How to Ride Through This Bitcoin Bull Cycle with Vijay Boyapati SLP559

My friend Vijay Boyapati (Author of the Bullish Case for Bitcoin, and part of the Swan team) rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLing, share his analysis on things, and offer some tips on how to HODL. We talk:

What phase of the cycle we’re in

HODLer psychology

Does Bitcoin get captured? 

Is Bitcoin for Everyone?

Self custody tech

GBTC and Bankruptcies

Common traps and how to avoid them

Links:

X: @real_vijay

Genesis thread https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1744454450138526162 

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Mempool.space

Nomadcapitalist.com

Stephan Livera links:

Follow me on X: @stephanlivera

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Overview

03:01 - The Excitement of Bull Markets

05:54 - The Slow Build-Up and Parabolic Moves

08:46 - Hodling Through Adversity

13:07 - The Nature of Bitcoin Cycles

16:02 - The Reachability of Bitcoin Participants

19:45 - Coinkite.com

21:00 - NomadCapitalist.com

22:08 - The Challenges of Self-Custody

30:00 - The Feasibility of Self-Custody for All

34:14 - Bitcoin as a Superior Monetary Base

35:10 - Concerns about Concentration Risk

38:07 - Mempool.space

39:16 - Swan.com

40:12 - Government Influence on Bitcoin ETFs

43:32 - Multipolar World and Bitcoin Adoption

44:01 - US Favorability towards Bitcoin

46:51 - Genesis Bankruptcy and Grayscale's Future

50:11 - Common Traps in a Bull Cycle

59:54 - Dealing with Corrections in a Bull Cycle