You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

So it's all acting like safe haven.

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their

currency, Bitcoin wins. In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

Mel, I'm not going to lie, I've been pretty disconnected for the last three weeks.

So I'm very excited we're having this conversation because I have a feeling it's going to help me catapult back into the present day, get caught up with everything that's been going on.

We had the conference of

Vegas a few weeks ago now at this point. I had a cross-country move between now and then.

I had a wedding in Chicago over the weekend and I've been sort of out of the loop with what's

going on and I need an update.

What are you seeing out there?

No, that's perfect.

And I'm getting ready to head out for a few days myself on Thursday to the Blue Ridge Mountains

here in North Carolina.

I haven't been there since the hurricane went through.

So interested to see how my old spots are doing. But it's always good to get away. So happy to bring you up to speed. You know, there's a lot going on. And at the same time, there's not, right? The steady march higher in Bitcoin and equities, gold has been on, you know, just a consolidation phase,

basically since it kind of blew up to 3,500. But given how fast and how strong that move was,

it actually is just a sign of strength to me that it's still, you know, holding well above

3,000. I think the days of 2000 something gold are probably over. I think I think if it ever

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