Simply Bitcoin Government Shuts DOWN | Bitcoin Blasts OFF!! | Simply Originals
Oct 1, 2025
Michael Saylor, a longtime Bitcoin advocate and the founder of MicroStrategy, joins to discuss how the recent U.S. government shutdown affects markets. He argues that Bitcoin is surpassing gold as the primary monetary network and warns that not owning Bitcoin might be riskier than holding it. Along with insights from Jack Mallers on the shift from treasuries to Bitcoin, they highlight Bitcoin's resilience during fiscal instability. Telegram’s CEO supports the notion of Bitcoin reaching $1 million, underscoring its potential.
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Bitcoin Runs While Governments Pause
- A government shutdown halts services and furloughs hundreds of thousands but does not stop Bitcoin's network from producing blocks.
- Bitcoin operates independently of political budget cycles, making it resilient when fiat systems stall.
Macro Moves: Gold Up, Dollar Down
- Gold and the US dollar moved opposite ways amid the shutdown, with gold surging and the dollar weakening.
- That divergence, paired with potential rate cuts, raises stagflation risk and boosts demand for hard money alternatives.
The Real Flippening Is Monetary
- A new 'real flippening' reframes competition as treasuries versus a neutral reserve asset rather than crypto token rivalries.
- Monetary competition will favor instruments that best preserve time, energy, and labor value.