2452: $400K Bitcoin TRIGGER - Coinbase CEO Just Revealed The Number

0:00Something is happening. Beneath the surface, a Bitcoin right now. And I think most people are just completely underestimating what comes next. Because the pieces, they're starting to line up in a way we have never seen before. And if you understand what those pieces are, you'll understand why today's story is so damn important. Let's get right into it. $400,000 Bitcoin, not from some anonymous account farming engagement, not from a random influencer throwing numbers at the wall, we're talking Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, who just put that number on the table. And the crazy part, that may be conservative. Because the $400,000 prediction isn't even the most important part of the story. Look at what's happening underneath the surface right now. And the setup is becoming impossible to ignore. Armstrong says the Bitcoin bottom is already in. I agree with that. His reasoning is simple. Bitcoin has historically moved in cycles, but the market surrounding it today looks nothing like it did four or eight years ago.

1:00The difference, Wall Street is here, institutions are here, and governments are here. Now some of the largest financial institutions on the planet are opening the gates to millions of people who previously had no direct exposure. Germany is the latest example. Spark asks the massive German savings bank network overseeing roughly three trillion in assets is preparing to launch direct Bitcoin trading through its banking infrastructure. The network serves around 50 million customers. Think about the magnitude of that shift. For years, traditional banks treated Bitcoin like something their customers needed to be protected from. Now they're building the rails to sell it directly to them. And Germany isn't happening in isolation. In the United States, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson is publicly urging the Senate to pass the Clarity Act. Warning that failure to establish clear digital asset rules risk surrendering the American leadership. The message from Washington has changed. The question is no longer whether Bitcoin belongs inside the financial system.

2:01The fight is increasingly about who controls the infrastructure around it. Meanwhile, Bitcoin supply hasn't changed. Still 21 million, that's it. No central bank can print another million because demand exploded. No government can authorize an emergency supply increase. No CEO can issue more shares and millions of coins already permanently lost or held by long term owners with no intention of selling anytime soon. Now we put those two sides of the equation together. Tens of millions of new potential buyers gaining easier access, banks integrating Bitcoin, Wall Street accumulating it, governments establishing rules around it, public companies putting it on their balance sheets against a mathematically fixed supply. That's the mechanism people miss when they hear $400,000 Bitcoin. And immediately assume the number sounds ridiculous. At 400,000, Bitcoin's market cap would be roughly $8 trillion. Gold today, 31 trillion. That means Bitcoin can nearly 4x from a $400,000 price before its total value would even match

3:03what humanity already stores in gold. An unlike gold, Bitcoin can move anywhere on the planet, settle 24.7, and be held directly without relying on a bank or financial institution. So Armstrong's $400,000 target is an interesting because the CEO of Coinbase picked the giant number. It's interesting because the infrastructure required to support numbers that once sounded impossible is being constructed right in front of us. One bank at a time, one institution at a time, one country at a time. The crowd will focus on today's candle, all focus on where the money can flow tomorrow. $400,000 Bitcoin, I'm not asking whether it's possible. I'm asking what happens when 50 million new doors open and there still aren't any more Bitcoin. But don't take my word for it because the man who just made this call didn't leave much room for interpretation. He believes the bottom is already behind us and he just told CNBC exactly where he thinks Bitcoin is heading next. Do you still believe that we can see Bitcoin

4:04400,000 by the year 2030 and what would it take to get that? This were the answers, yes. I do think that that's a reasonable target by 2030. If you follow crypto, it typically go through these four-year-ish cycles. There'll be a run-up, some U4, some U4, there'll be a down period. Most of the down periods last about a year. And we've actually just come across the one-year mark for this down period. And so I personally believe that the bottom is in on Bitcoin in this most recent cycle. There you have it. We just experienced the shallowist bear market in Bitcoin history. It lasted about one year. Many analysts were anticipating it last at least up until October of this year, but that was recently invalidated with the $15,000 weekly candle. So that's unprecedented. And we have unprecedented times we're living in with governments now establishing strategic reserves and Clarity Acts, one nation after the other. The United States continuing its expansion, Clarity Act, looming Bitcoin strategic reserve.

5:05There's just so many headwinds and tailwinds like we have never seen before. And previous cycles, we never had institutional adoption, whatsoever. That did not begin until early January of 2024 with the result of the 11 ETFs, including BlackRock, the largest one in the world, from the largest asset manager. Now regarding Brian Armstrong's prediction, I have to agree, 100%. I believe 400,000 is inevitable. Very reasonable, I'm more bullish. I think we're more likely to trend towards seven figures by the top of the decade. The next having looming, he's correct. It's going to happen around April of 2028. And between then and now, we're already starting to run up. So we may see three years of pure euphoria. How high will the Bitcoin price climb? You let me know your thoughts, fam, in the comments. Oh, Lord, man. Oh, Lord, man. Today's episode is brought to you by Cash App. After covering Bitcoin every single day for years,

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8:11Welcome, everyone. This is part episode 2452. Amia Hose JV is September 10th, 2026. Also in the headlines here, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says he strongly urges the Senate the Pasta Clarity Act, quoting him here, failure to do so would send a troubling signal to our allies and adversaries alike that America's unwilling to lead on the future of digital assets. And he makes 100% sense right here. The world is watching governments around the world are all watching Bitcoin in the United States and how we move forward as we are the largest holder. Currently and we have the most bullish Bitcoin administration we could have ever dreamed of. If you would have told me, you know, the entire United States government was bullish on Bitcoin 10 years ago. I'd be like, yeah, right. They're never gonna embrace Bitcoin. But there were the likes of the Max Kaisers out there that said it's part of the game theory. They're going to have to. Not only can they not ban it, they're gonna start purchasing it for strategic reserves.

9:12It's gonna become strategic infrastructure. And that's precisely what we're witnessing. Like in Iran, Bitcoin already is a strategic infrastructure because they can't freeze the Bitcoin. And that's a pretty significant deal. Meaning there's countries actually holding Bitcoin and accepting Bitcoin because they realize that all other forms of money can be frozen, confiscated, controlled, tariffed or whatever the like. But that's why they're now accepting Bitcoin payments to go through the straight of Hormuz. Now September 15th is only five days out. That's next week. They supposed to vote on the Clarity Act, the Senate that is. However, there's rumors that they're gonna remain on recess. No one's voting, then others are saying no, it's still on. They're still going to vote. Some are optimistic, some are pessimistic. I speak into the Clarity Act, White House executive director, Patrick Witt says they have made progress on all of the concerns of the Clarity Act. He says I'm feeling pretty good about it. Which are you leaning more towards?

10:13Clarity Act getting approved this year by the Senate or it not gonna approved and or them never even voting on it. Because Senator Cynthia Lema says, if we don't get it passed this year, the next window of opportunity won't be into the year 2030. And think about all the other nation-state adoption around the world that can occur between now and then if we fumble the ball here when we're already on the one yard line. Touchdown talk is all I'm saying. You run it straight up to the middle, like Emmett Smith or Barry Sanders and his prime. Touchdown for the United States. Let's move forward. Really makes no sense for the United States to Lollie Gag from here because you're already signaling the rest of the world and then they can take that primary spot we're hoping to have here and lead the world as the crypto capital and Bitcoin capital of the world. We still have a lot of progress to make. So we'll see how it plays out. But let me know your thoughts regarding the Clarity Act. They'll read that out loud here in a bit and speak in a nation-state game theory here. $3 trillion German banking giant Spark Asks.

11:13We'll launch Bitcoin trading starting next month. 50 million customers are about to get direct bitty access. One of the largest banks in Europe. So every day it's like another massive announcement. Oh yeah, another 50 million customers getting access to Bitcoin in their existing banking app. You know, there's eight billion people in the world, a very minuscule number of people actually hold Bitcoin. So we're still very early in the grand scheme of things. We also have here Bitcoin now worth more than Brazil's entire stock market, but that's in can. Bitcoin is flipping the eighth largest economy on earth. Brazil, I believe, has the largest population in all of Latin America. It's a huge country. Check this out. You know how the iPhone 18, they just announced the new folding phone and the new models. Back in 2011, this really puts perspective on the purchasing power of Bitcoin versus the dollar. When this dropped in 2011, the iPhone 4, it costs 52 Bitcoins. Could you imagine if you spent 52 Bitcoin on an iPhone,

12:15granted it was in 2011, Bitcoin was only two years old and virtually no one in the world believed in it. Now today in 2026, you could cop the new iPhone 18 for 0.02 Bitcoin. This speaks volumes. Another great infographic is real estate compared to 10 years ago today. You used to cost hundreds of Bitcoin to buy the average home in America. Now it's like six because Bitcoin's purchasing power continues going parabolic against the dwindling value of the dollar and that trend will only continue. You know, I can only imagine another 10 years from now, 0.0000 to Bitcoin. You can buy the new iPhone 26. That's the direction we're heading and that's why we save in Bitcoin. We spend our fiat because saving in fiat, what do we call them? Folks, sailors says, call them poor. Also check this out. European Central Bank admits inflation will stay above 2% target for quite a while. Thanks, Captain, obvious. Central banks always find an excuse to print the money.

13:16Couldn't be more bullish for Bitcoin every time they print trillions of dollars. And I understand now just in America, we're over 40 trillion in debt. And the interest on that debt, they got to pay the Federal Reserve, is over a trillion dollars a year putting us in tremendous more debt. It's insanity. The ironic part is we all know inflation is like 15%, 20%. But these magicians, as I call them, because that's practically what they are. They just lie because they wear suit. So it's like, yeah, we'll just tell them, you know, we've had inflation under control at 2% what are they going to do about it? They believe anything we tell them, idiots. But yeah, the true inflation is way more significant and your everyday cost is a reflection of true inflation. You could look at real estate. You could look at gasoline, because they remove things from the metrics to pretend inflation is under control. But we all know it's out of control. Hyperinflation is happening. They're just going to continue to print more. And it's not even just the US. It's central banks around the world.

14:17Fiat currency is doomed. Our savior, besides Jesus, is Bitcoin. It's the only way to protect ourselves against inflation, hyperinflation, it's the ultimate insurance policy. It can't be confiscated. And as Mike Tyson said, it's impregnable. Now I got to update you here, very significant update for Trezer users, which is a popular hardware wallet. Be extremely careful right now. I just received this very convincing, phishing email appearing to come from Trezer, claiming a critical entropy vulnerability can put your recovery phrase at risk. This comes following the recent Trezer customer data breach involving their shipping provider shipmunk, which exposes customer info and created an obvious target list for sophisticated phishing attacks. Do not click links and emails like this. Do not connect your hardware wallet. Do not enter your recovery phrase. Do not provide your X-Pub. If you receive a security warning involving your Trezer, independently verify it through Trezer's official website and the Trezer suite. These phishing attacks are getting extremely convincing state vigilant and warn other Bitcoiners. And it gets even worse, because I received this.

15:19This is actually my post I'm reading you. And I received three of these phishing attack emails since yesterday. And the scary part, they also hacked Trezer's email server provider. Yes, it's actually coming from an authentic Trezer email. And I'm gonna talk about that. And Trezer announces it right here. So I wrote this as well. This is crazy. The phishing email I warned you about earlier was actually sent through Trezer's breached third party email provider, which explains why it appeared to come from a legit Trezer domain. Never trust an email just because the sender looks authentic. Never enter your seed phrase. And I also gave another update here this morning because I received more phishing emails. Trezer users, this is why checking the sender address is no longer enough. I just received two more emails showing the exact same sender. Help at Trezer.io. One is the phishing attack, claiming your Trezer as a critical entropy vulnerability. The other appears to be Trezer's legitimate warning. Confirming that an unauthorized email was sent through their compromise, third party email provider,

16:20same sender address. One malicious, one warning you about the malicious one, is fricking terrifying from a phishing perspective. Yesterday I warned everyone, never trust an email simply because the sender appears legitimate. This proves exactly why. Personally, I have unsubscribe from Trezer emails. And I'm treating anything that lands in my inbox, claiming to be from Trezer as untrusted. Never click links and emails involving your hardware wallet. Anything important involving your wallet or device can be independently verified through. Trezer suite and Trezer's official channels, your recovery phrase should never ever be entered into a website, form, or email link. Trezer would never need you to provide it online. Share this with every Bitcoiner you know. And this goes for all hardware wallets. This just happens to be Trezer as an example of the current phishing attack. It's happening with the others ledger. There was also security breaches throughout the years and many others. And it's probably going to continue in phishing attacks or scary because to get all your personal information,

17:20your name you use to purchase the device, your email address, your home address, people are receiving physical letters in the mail, text messages, voice mails, these hackers are relentless. So my advice unsubscribe from all the emails from hardware wallets and never click on the links. Now from my favorite segment of the show, Tarte of the Day, 22 year old Malone Lamb, pleads guilty to stealing 245 million in Bitcoin and spending it on luxury homes, exotic cars, and private jets. Word to the wise, if you ever steal a quarter billion dollars worth of crypto is probably best to stay low key for a very long time. Because as soon as you start spending the funds, they're going to figure it out. And in this case, he was spending drop in half million dollars in evening at a nightclub, gifting, Birken bags and things of that nature. I mean, you gotta be quiet, how'd they get Frank Lucas? Because he wore that big fluffy coat. If you ever watched, I forgot the name of the film,

18:21but Denzel played the character, you know who I'm talking about, American gangster. But yeah, he played guilty to stealing the 245 million after recruiting his crew through online games. They spent the money on supercars, private jets, mansions, and 569,000 in a single night at the club. And my understanding is that's how they got this fool. How can a kid be dropping a half a million dollars? Who is he? Then they look into it and then they connect the pieces. I don't click emails from Trezz or any hardware wallet companies, they go right into the trash. Good. Or buy them from the booth at the conference, you don't need to input any info. That's actually a great idea. Current inflation is 11.4. I believe that more than 2% for sure. 400,000 is bearish one million sooner rather than later. Agreed. Quick question. Do you think $400,000 Bitcoin is conservative? Yes or no? And don't forget to check out bitcoinnewsallerts.net for the full premium experience with video and to participate in the live stream along with the Q&A. And I look forward to seeing you on tomorrow's episode.

19:23HODL.