Heidegger : What is it, really, to live? | Being and Time

Big pond. Hey, Chip Mahoney here. Welcome my show. So in today's episode, I want to introduce you to the Open System view of Bitcoin and of crypto because where Bitcoin is today under 70,000 or so, well, I don't think it's a failure. I think it's more of a reclassification. There's different ways to think about it and go forward because right now is a good time to learn and get involved when retail interest really isn't that much right now. So it's a good time for you. And then also I'm going to cover some of the signals that have run recently. One that led all of crypto in the last 24 hours on my signals page. So you don't want to miss out on that. So this is my show. I said, welcome to it. Now, keep the music. I can't get there from here. Baby. And I don't care where I'm going. Here's to your thin red line. The line forms late for Bitcoin and other top crypto assets because retail needs price confirmation. They need surface level validation and they need to see a line. They need to see a crowd before they get excited. Now, you've probably had the experience when you're driving down the road and you're just thinking about driving, but then there's just line out the door of some business here like what's going on there? Grab your attention. Could be like a cafe, a new bakery restaurant, some sort, whatever. But if there's a line out the door, it catches your attention as you're driving my turn your head and just notice a business. Then look it up later. Why do I need to go there? Why is everybody interested? Now, those could be paid actors outside for that business. Make it look like something's going on. But it still is a psychology as the marketing and the line forms late. So for Bitcoin being the price, it is the time this recording under 70,000. Well, that's no fun for your average retail buyer who was supposed to be here for all season, but is somewhere else. So when the price, let's say doubles because yeah, at some point it's going to double. But when it does, then there's more of a line. There's more interest and more. Oh, yeah, maybe I should have Bitcoin too. So line forms late. And yeah, that's market psychology. That's what my latest interview subject said to me, the co-founder of Bitcoin R.A. He's like, I've been this for 10 years. I've got 200,000 clients that have Bitcoin other retirement assets or digital assets. And right now they kind of shrug. But when it doubles, when it gets to higher price points, then the line forms around the building. And so yeah, I totally believe that I see that. And I think it's something to remember at this time where, as I've said, we've had this regime change from what I was calling it before, which was Vault season, Vault being built. And now Bitcoin is capital. That's what it is. I said that recently on my substack where I cover signals and all the content really. So you can find out more about that link in the description. But I said, yeah, now it's Bitcoin's capital. They have relabeled things to where the shift has already happened. More things will be revealed in the future. Maybe we need more clarity on that. Maybe we'll see that coming. But yeah, right now Bitcoin is capital, even if it's under 70,000. Whereas before they said, it's digital gold. You know, store value, you know, it's something or yeah, definitely Bitcoin. It's a total fraud. That's a scam before that. It's a pet rock before that rat poison. And so here we are today in this like evolution of Bitcoin and without a visible creator of Bitcoin, someone like Steve Jobs to stand on stage and say, yeah, I created this for you. Here it is. This is what it does. This was going to do in the future. And someone to protect that narrative. Then it's just open to others who are like kind of custodians of meaning they can stand on stage if they have the most Bitcoin that the most influence kind of tell you what it is. And so yeah, it's been relabeled Bitcoin is capital. So things are coming for crypto. These platforms that have been built, this shift has taken place. It's happened already, but it's going to be revealed more in the future in my opinion. So get ready for it. But right now, I think it's a good time to learn and learn all you can because your average retail that was supposed to be here for all season, October, everything that they were promised by the influencers in 2025 that did not happen. Well, they kind of bounced. They're like, yeah, crypto sucks. And they went somewhere else. We didn't get October. We didn't get all season. There was no banana zone. It sucks. And so the influencers just push out their timelines, but that's a closed system view. That's hanging onto charts and graphs. And yeah, maybe that's useful for stocks and commodities. But in Bitcoin, this is an open system view. Now this is open for anyone, billionaires, small countries, whomever to get into Bitcoin, do whatever they want to with it, whether they're binding and bulk or selling it or just affecting things out of nowhere that you couldn't even think about they're doing. So it's more of an open system rather than a closed system. And the closed system thinking is like, yeah, old season is coming. October didn't happen, but first quarter, 2026, man, it's going to be good. Well, on my watch right now, as we get to like mid February at the time of this recording Bitcoin under 70,000 or clarity act, other crazy stuff happening in the world, the boring Olympics are happening right now, kind of where seems like it's exciting, but it's not really. And there's just other things going on around the surface, but this shift has happened, like tech tonic place underneath us that you cannot feel. But one day they will be revealed about what they've been building. And that new season will come. It's going to be a lot more expensive for people to participate then if they're not getting ready right now. If you're here listening to me, that's a good idea. So yeah, I've got start here link in the description there that goes to my sub stack where you can get my signals, which I'm going to talk about here in a minute, but also my front run the week newsletter, totally free in your inbox every Sunday. And just yesterday I released the newsletter and then also one of the crypto projects that I had flagged on my signals about two months prior, which had already run a little bit, was leading all of crypto assets yesterday in the last 24 hours, top 300 in the number one spot. And people were asking what the heck is this? Well, that was flagged on signals. And I think that's a reason why you want to get the newsletter. And also get signals because you can check that out on the seven days, kind of like a watchlist. If you don't have one, you can think of it that way. But it's tokens I like, narratives I'm tracking and some of them have really run very well. One I'll give away right now is because it's done so much and I have talked about it more and more is river. But the one that was yesterday, this AI project that you probably haven't heard about before, was been on signals for two months and yeah, top spot and the top 300 crypto assets. It's really cool to see. And crypto always draws back. So you got to take profit if you can, not financial advice, just sound advice, but you need to watch this if you are getting the crypto right now and trying to learn all you can. That's a good thing. So what I'm saying is you can trade your email for getting the newsletter in your inbox and then doing the seven day and checking out signals and then everything else that I offer on the content ecosystem of sub stack where I really have everything for yeah, people who are seasoned in crypto, but also new people in crypto because this is a skill you've got to learn and this is where we're going. The shift has already happened. The digital dollar or something and yeah, don't get shaken out. You know, learn it all that you can right now. So closed system thinking is kind of how I see it with charts and graphs and whatnot with influencers saying all season and everything else that they do for views on YouTube and whatnot. Well, that's hype, not the hype token, but that's hype. And when it doesn't happen, they just become more dramatic, more theatrical. They grab stages somewhere they have, you know, pillow talk or something. But in reality, people are listening. they're watching and they're thinking that October's coming. And when it did come and I said that, you know, it's going to be abrupt. It's going to be abrupt, October. And when all season ever happened, the bananas on didn't happen, these things get pushed out. It's a closed system thinking it's hanging on the charts and graphs. And that can be dangerous. So when we are in crypto and Bitcoin is the leader in crypto, as we know it, it really sets the market for all of crypto and the alt coins that can do something where they haven't kind of branched off from it just yet. Maybe in the future they will. You have to have more of an open system view that anyone can come in at any time with a bunch of money. And it doesn't have to be black rock. It can be any unknown entity. And it can shake things up. It can manipulate. It's more of an open system. So less closed system thinking more of an open system. Bitcoin, not necessarily digital gold, not necessarily a store of value. Bitcoin is capital. And so think about it in those terms. And yeah, link in the description. Check out what I got for you on the newsletter. Trade your email for that. If you've never made a trade before, you don't know what a smart contract is. You don't know what a Dex is. You never bring a Coinbase or a crack or anything like that. Trade your email. And I will help you out and give you that content. Then you can just get more involved. And then check out signals because as I'm going to get into in the next segment, there's one that really did well. And some others have done well. And I'll probably touch on those in the next segment. So stay with me. If I had more of a closed system view, and I didn't say vault season for the last 12 months or so, and I was just following what everybody else was following and hopefully getting something right, then I don't think any of the signals that I have would have done too well. They probably would have been good names to list, but having runners happen during a time when no one was getting all season, October wasn't happening, and that closed system view thinking, well, it would have just been different, I think, but certainly on my signals, some have done really well. Conservably, River has done 800%. It was over 1,000%, maybe 1,500%. But I was conservative about it, said, you know what, it's done 800% since I have been covering it. And others that you will find on signals. So it's a signals page on my ToganTrust substag right there in the header. And yeah, you can get that link in the description. So the asset that I did mention leading the 24 hour yesterday, at least top 300, that is Venice AI, ticker symbol, triple V. You can find it on the topic exchanges. And yeah, it's been on signals for a couple months. It had already run some, and I flagged that before, but then yeah, it started picking up attention. They've been doing some advertising, some marketing. I thought it was pretty clever. I like Venice AI. I have used it. And I like the privacy aspect. So it's privacy plus AI. It's somewhat user friendly. There are some things that you have to kind of do more than, you know, just one click to get what you want. But I think it's pretty efficient. And I think privacy in AI is really important, particularly with the other platforms that you know that you might be using that they're not private in so many ways. I mean, obviously your privacy is something the biggest tech companies want without telling you that they're after it. You know, you've been hoodwinked by the biggest tech companies as we all have. The privacy is really important. Blockchain technology, AI agents, language models. It's a lot of cool stuff for what we use now, what we need for the future. But it's also pretty dangerous. So I think that Venice AI is doing something that is necessary. And certainly I saw it over $4.60 yesterday. I think around the top about $4.60. And so I flag that early on. It was leading top 300 assets of all crypto. And you know, it's going to draw back others. They're going to take its place, gain that interest, gain that volume. But I happen to think that, you know, after it draws back and go back up charts and graphs and so forth, closed system viewpoints use it for what it's worth to try to think about, you know, what the price came in when it first started, what the volume and attentions like, do your own research go to the website, look at what they're doing, who founded it, who are the backers, where's it listed, and then make those decisions. So for me, it's about 30 hours of research a week. And you know, it adds up and there's a lot of tokens that I do list on signal. So if you check it out, you will see others, as mentioned, River and you know, probably a handful that are at least 200% runner since I flag them. And I won't name them here. I want you to go check it out because I want you to be part of the ecosystem. I have a lot there for you. So remember that you got to do your own research. And you have to think in terms of like more of an open view. And yes, not Bitcoin, but just kind of think in terms of what might be important that they're not saying. What aren't they saying that's a quality project that might do something in the future. And you got to kind of guess a little bit because if you get everything right in crypto, yeah, I'd love to see that. I mean, even with all the research that I have, it's not like every single one of them goes up at the same time. And that's why I don't like that closed system thinking of all season because somebody knew in crypto is like, oh yeah, if it's not named Bitcoin, then everything goes up at the same time. And it goes to this ridiculous banana zone or this whatever zone that they want to call it or relabel it. Because they will relabel those things just like they're relabeled what Bitcoin was useful for. So the influencers will come up with something new. But you don't need to be influencing where you just have to be prepared. Web 3 is a skill. And Venice AI, it's a real project, real marketing. And they're going after like this segment of LLMs are going to take all of your data. They're going to turn on you. It's going to be a terminator situation that would live in the future. So you have to have that privacy protected. And yeah, once I saw their commercials, once I used it, once I kind of evaluated against other platforms, or their similar platforms that I won't name, then I liked it. It was a little bit slower, a little bit more cumbersome. But again, in order to have something good, you have to kind of wait a little bit. If you want some good food at a restaurant, you might have to wait an extra five minutes for them to actually make it, rather than, you know, throw it in the microwave. So if you want quality, you know, maybe you can't get that in one click. You've got to do more than that. And I know in today's world, we want everything without doing anything. But yeah, that's kind of how I see it. And you'll see it on my signal. So please get involved with that. Get the newsletter, get everything I got for you. And next up, I've got something I'll leave you with. But for now, you know that I got signals. You know that I got your watch list covered at minimum. Not financial advice, just sound advice. And right now, you could do a lot worse in crypto. But I think I got some good things for you on my substack. So thanks for sticking around with me today. Here in the last few minutes, I want to leave you with some more signal before I let you back to all the noise. Because I think you could admit, just like I say, there's just so much noise out there. It's like all we get these days, more and more noise, less signal. You got to have more signal. You got to have more protein. You have to have more quality. And you have to have it at a decent price. So there's that. So think about maybe what's going on right now, time of this recording, Bitcoin under 70,000, not any fun. No one's really talking about it outside of the regular influencers and channels that you might watch. But those thumbnails only get louder. They only get crazier with their predictions. They only double down on their BS. They never really say they're sorry and admit that they're wrong. And maybe kind of do something else. They just double down because they're kind of an image only. You're not really going to see them in real life so they can kind of get away with it, my opinion. But that's noise. It's like watching the Olympics, where it's super boring, but the commentators won't stop talking and telling a story or some. narrative, some background noise that goes with something they're trying to tell the audience. I'd rather watch the sport happen and maybe be speechless because something really awesome happened in the competition, whatever sport it was in the Olympics, but it's so boring that all it is is chatter and narrative and storytelling and then commercials, of course, and it's all kind of laced in together and it's just not exciting anymore. So when it's boring, it's kind of being put to sleep. So the influencers influence, we need less of that, but it's only going to get crazier when things don't turn out as they've said before, they double down on noise. You got to have signal and I've got that for you and just as a takeaway, going to like my sub stack, I've got a lot of information there for you. But number one, even if you don't go there, just get more signal somehow, tune out the noise, double down on the effort to learn crypto. Because your average retail person, the millions of people that were supposed to be here in crypto that aren't here right now will be when there's a line around the block. They'll be here, there'll be a lot of noise and it's dangerous to go to exchanges for the first time then. So I have signals, the upgrade also is token trust network because I'm not an influencer. I'm just someone who does what I do and I am certified and defined so forth, but I have a modern advisory for web 3 called token trust. So I help advisors and just about anybody that needs that. But if you're an individual that needs that support, I have the token trust network. The highest here on my sub stack where we do a dollar to digital plus web 3 portfolio review, one hour with me over Google Meet. Some people have already done that. I have probably a dozen members on token trust network. And so it works for some people. It might work for you if you need that. If you need to learn how to bring some of the dollars on chain and work with that with bots and even Neal banks. Now it is. What's this all about? You can get involved in the sub stack, but if you really need that, you can get that. So the help is here now. And that's what I offer. Not just trying to influence someone. This is the future. This is something I think is a great opportunity. But there's a lot to learn. It's been a market for 15 years now. And this is the time where tradify is finally showing their cards. They were not showing them before. They were saying different things. They were creating diversions. They were saying one thing and doing the other. They're being more vocal, more visible. And that just means it's already happened. So they don't just do things because they say it. They've got a plan for everything. You've got to have a plan. And I hope you join me. Link in the description to start here. Thanks for being here on this episode. I'm out on this one. But I have more for you on my sub stack. See you there. [Music] [Music]