I grew up in an environment where I was assailed by parental abandonment, poverty, neglect, and random acts of violence.
My hope is you never have, nor ever will experience, any of the horrors that were visited upon me during my childhood. I rarely talk about those times because I believe in looking forward, not backward.
I’ve seen too many people become ensnared by their past instead of empowered by it. From boyhood I made a conscious choice to not let my circumstances dictate my future.
That’s why I’ve spent my whole life rebelling against the suffocating circumstances of my early life. I never wanted to be that powerless again.
I learned quickly that people of wealth had different choices than those that didn’t have wealth.
Money isn’t everything, but, friends, let me tell you: Being rich is a game-changer. The impact it can have on the lives you love and the freedom it can give you are the sweetest of joys I’ve ever known.
Perhaps that makes me sound materialistic and shallow.
How is it shallow to want to have a life where you’re in control of the doctors you see, the medicine you receive, the safety of the car you drive, the cars your kids drive, the quality of education and the resulting improved life you can build for your future generations?
How is that shallow?
I’m writing to you today to push back against the drivel we’re being force-fed each and every day by the media.
“Money and wealth are bad,” they say. “Money and wealth drive inequality,” they preach.
Well, I’ve been poorer than just about anyone reading these words right now, and I can tell you it’s soul crushing.
Money matters. Being able to provide the best medical care for your loved ones matter.
We live in a world where it’s getting steadily more difficult for the everyday person to create real wealth.
Rising taxes, rising inflation, salaries not keeping up with the cost of living, and the complete institutionalization of the stock market have crushed the little investor.
The opportunity to strike it big from a small starting stake just doesn’t exist the way it did even 30 years ago.
Oh, sure, if you’re tech savvy, the world is full of opportunity. If you’re young, go learn all you can about artificial intelligence or smart contract programming, and you’ll make a ton of money.
But for the everyday person devoid of deep technical skills, the future looks increasingly bleak.
And that’s why I’m still here working in the newsletter industry.
My job, plain and simple, is to help everyone else get the freedom they want without risking the life they’ve already built.
In my opinion the single best way to do that, right now in 2023, is via the crypto market.
Friends, hear me when I tell you the rocket is getting ready to leave the launchpad.
We’re about to embark upon the next leg of this crypto journey together… And it’s going to be epic.
Time Is Running Out
When I first came to you in 2016, when bitcoin was at $400 and change and Ethereum was at $9, I told you that once it got easier to buy crypto, prices would soar.
That’s exactly what has happened. Bitcoin has gone from $400 and change to as high as $68,000. That’s as much as a 16,900% gain.
Ethereum has gone from $9 to almost $5,000. That’s as much as a 55,456% gain.
Think about that. Again and again and again, I’ve urged you to take action.
I’m here to tell you that the next leg of this journey will be the last chance to turn a modest sum of money into the potential for a life-changing fortune.
But time is running out.
Just last week a federal judge removed a massive obstacle that was preventing crypto from going mainstream.
On July 13 a New York federal judge sided with Ripple Labs, which issues Ripple (XRP).
But for now it doesn’t matter what Ripple does. What matters is that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had accused Ripple of being an unregistered security.
The judge rejected that argument, ruling XRP is “not necessarily a security on its face.”
The rejection of the SEC’s primary argument ignited an explosive rally across the cryptosphere.
Ripple’s XRP token ran up 100%. Stellar’s XLM token was up 65% along with a slew of other tokens that had been in the SEC’s crosshairs.
Friends, this landmark ruling sets the stage for broad-based adoption of crypto assets by traditional financial firms.
Even the ever crypto-bashing New York Times called it a “victory” for the crypto industry.
Don’t Mess With Larry Fink
Larry Fink’s firm, BlackRock, manages more money than anyone else on the planet, close to $10 trillion.
His firm manages money for entire nations. Kings, sheiks, presidents, and prime ministers all kiss his ring.
This was a man who in 2017 called bitcoin an “index on money laundering.”
And yet on June 15, Fink’s firm applied for a bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). Since then, Fink has been all over TV beating the drum on the value of bitcoin.
During an interview on CNBC, Fink said “more and more” gold investors have been asking him about crypto:
If you look at the value of our dollar, how it depreciated in the last two months and how much it appreciated over the last five years… An international crypto product can really transcend that. That’s why we believe there’s great opportunities, and that’s why we’re seeing more and more interest. And the interest is broad-based [and] worldwide.
As for a spot bitcoin ETF, Fink said, “As with any new markets, if BlackRock’s name’s going to be on it, we’re going to make sure it’s safe and sound and protected.”
Ponder that position shift. Really ponder the implications of it.
Fink is pushing back against SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s “anti-crypto reign of terror.”
Bitcoin now has one of the most powerful men on Wall Street as an ally.
The Story Everyone Missed
Amid the hubbub of the SEC’s defeat in court on July 13, the SEC officially acknowledged it had accepted BlackRock’s refiled ETF application for review.
This means the clock has now officially started on the review process.
The SEC has 240 days to either approve, deny, or request more information on the application.
Let me be clear: This won’t be a straight-shot, easy-breezy process. The SEC will drag its feet.
But as I wrote earlier this month, it’s a simple bet.
I’m betting the political power and combined greed of Wall Street’s most established firms will overcome the protests of Gensler, who history will view as a low-level obstructionist functionary.
Sure, Gensler can drag his feet. But now we have Larry Fink – who’s been going on television and actively promoting bitcoin.
There’s no way Fink ties himself to bitcoin so publicly without him knowing he can get an ETF approved.
If you care as deeply about your financial freedom as I do, you’ll do what I’ve been doing and go buy bitcoin.
I don’t care if bitcoin drops 50% tomorrow. and neither should you. Because the future is now obvious.
Bitcoin is destined to become a widely held core asset that every asset manager in the world will need to have exposure to.
You can either watch it happen without you, or you can take action right now and get on board this rocket ship before it blasts off.
Let the Game Come to You!
Big T
P.S. We could be days away from a new monetary regime in which the government would replace the U.S. dollar with a digital version that’ll be radically different from what you have in your bank account right now.
The government could announce this new regime as soon as July 26. I recently released a video explaining how this new digital dollar could play out.
During the briefing, I’ll show you the one move you must make when your bank tells you it’s moving all your cash into this new digital payment system.