Crypto Rundown: Bitcoin Rips, Vanguard Flips, Bank of America Goes 4%, and Whales Reload

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Crypto 101 Rundown, Tevo and Brian break down a major post-Thanksgiving market rebound as Bitcoin rockets from $84K to $92K despite extreme-fear sentiment. They highlight huge bullish catalysts—Vanguard finally enabling crypto ETFs, Bank of America recommending a 1–4% allocation, and whales aggressively accumulating during the dip. The discussion also covers strengthening U.S. regulatory momentum, including the FDIC’s movement on stablecoin frameworks and rising institutional adoption from JPMorgan and others. The show wraps with updates on MicroStrategy’s cash moves, Ethereum’s upcoming upgrade, and community favorites like Pudgy Penguins and HyperLiquid gaining traction.

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Chapters

00:00 — Show opens: markets rip post-Thanksgiving, BTC rebounds hard, and bullish news floods in.

03:33 — Market scan: BTC, ETH, and SOL surge while Fear & Greed stays unusually low.

05:51 — Whale wallets holding 1,000+ BTC spike, confirming heavy dip accumulation.

09:24 — Vanguard shocks the industry by enabling Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP ETFs.

17:11 — Bank of America recommends a 1–4% crypto allocation, signaling major TradFi alignment.

24:21 — Sentiment talk: fundamentals remain strong as U.S. regulators and agencies turn pro-crypto.

31:30 — Macro discussion: price fear vs. long-term conviction, plus reflections on past cycle psychology.

43:36 — Momentum segment: Pudgy Penguins land an NHL partnership and hype tokens react to team unlocks.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Crypto 101 podcast presented by Gemini, your bridge to the future of money.
0:10.3	And welcome back from Thanksgiving break.
0:16.8	We put out our rundown with Brian and Brendan, a dynamic duo last week. And we said we were going to wait and see what happens over the markets of the low liquidity weekend. And Brian, we're back. You know, the Bears said we were dead. We had a couple trying weeks here on the rundown. And we had everybody stick with us. We said we checked. How many times did we check, Ryan? Is the light on? It's on.
0:38.0	It's still on, baby. Listen, how bullish is this rundown? We'll do you some ETF flows, even when
0:44.9	price is going down. The ETF flows were coming in. Vanguard, the program that we predicted,
0:51.0	sorry, we predicted on this program that one day they will flip. One day they will open the floodgates to Bitcoin.
0:56.8	Today is that day, folks.
0:58.5	Bank of America is literally telling you, they are giving you personal financial advice,
1:02.6	which on this show you don't get personal financial advice.
1:04.8	But Bank of America is giving you personal financial advice, saying 4% by Bitcoin, by crypto.
1:10.5	The FDIC is looking into implementing the Genius Act.
1:14.6	Guys, there's so much Bitcoin and crypto news going on that even Elon Musk is talking
1:19.5	about Bitcoin and how energy will be the future of money.
1:23.5	And Bitcoin is a practicing asset of energy equals money. We also have some. That's why Brian is here. We'll do those at the end of the show. And if we have some time, maybe we'll dive into the prediction markets because we've been having fun with that. Brian, welcome back to the show. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I hope you're ready for the holiday season. But guys, it's awesome to be here. It's a fun day when markets are up. The markets are ripping right now. And Brian, how are you? Yeah, man, I'm doing great. We had an interesting movement with the prices over the past few days. I'll tell you that. It seemed like when we did our last rundown, we kind of bottom ticked right around there. And then we just kept
2:01.7	climbing and I was loving it over the past few days. And then yesterday, we pretty much got just,
2:08.4	there was a sea red out there. And we were back to like $84,000 Bitcoin. And again, I'm a
2:15.4	permable. So I wasn't overly concerned, but I don't like to see the market going south.
2:20.0	I like when we're all ripping, when we're fun, when we're energetic.
2:23.6	And then today had some bullish news come out, some things that we've been talking about for some time, some catalysts.
2:30.3	And what we're sitting above about a $92,000 Bitcoin, which it's kind of funny because I feel
2:38.1	great at 92,000. If you told me this a couple of months ago, I'd be like, wait, we lost
2:43.2	100. But, you know, it's all relative at the end of the day. There's a lot of bullish reasons out
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