TD₿: Bitcoin Cycles Will Never Be the Same Again - Here's Why - (a Swan Signal Live segment) with Brady, Steven, John and Isaiah
TL;DR: Bitcoin is breaking tradition—hitting all-time highs before the halving and outperforming the S&P. The 4-year cycle is outdated. Bitcoin is now steering global macro trends.
Hey Bitcoiners,
Bitcoin has climbed from $85K to $95K in a week, yet sentiment remains muted compared to previous rallies. Despite outperforming the S&P year-to-date, uncertainty around trade wars, recession fears, and a less engaged retail crowd have kept enthusiasm in check. In today’s video, we discuss Bitcoin’s growing decoupling from traditional markets and its dual role as both a risk asset and a hedge against systemic dollar risks. A recent pivot in Trump’s trade stance is seen as a key driver of the market rebound.
Many now argue Bitcoin has outgrown its halving-driven cycles. With 95% of supply issued, the impact of new issuance cuts is minimal. Instead, macro forces—liquidity, fiscal policy, and institutional flows—now dominate. Volatility remains, but dramatic drawdowns may give way to more mature market behavior, with Bitcoin trading more like gold than a speculative tech stock.
Tick tock next block,
The Swan Education Team
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Job of the Day
Complaints Specialist
Anywhere Remote only
Full Time
$55-75k (Annually)
Finance / Financial Services
About Fold
Fold makes it easy to earn, buy, sell, and live off of Bitcoin. Fold takes established consumer financial products and optimizes them for a Bitcoin future. Fold also offers an FDIC-insured checking account, a Bitcoin exchange and wallet, thousands of merchant offers, and more. In 2020 we partnered with Visa to launch the first ever Bitcoin-rewards debit card, we recently announced a Bitcoin-rewards credit card, and we continue to launch new products at regular intervals. In February, 2025, Fold became the first publicly listed bitcoin financial services company. We’re growing like crazy with a passionate and loyal community.
As a Complaint Specialist, you will be part of our growing Compliance Operation team. Your role will involve using good judgment, innovative thinking, and collaborative decision-making to help our customers. You will use your research and investigation skills to review customer experiences that have led to dissatisfaction.
Responsibilities
Resolves customer complaints from support channels such as e-mail, BBB, CFPB, FDIC, and social media.
Research member complaints to comprehensively understand a consumer’s experience with Fold. Identify the point of failure for the consumer experience.
Partner with process owners, product, legal, and compliance to resolve member complaints. Pinpoint process gaps and escalate with a reasonable resolution to the appropriate business partner for remediation.
Resolve member complaints in line with Fold's existing processes and procedures.
Create draft summaries, detailed timelines, and fact patterns related to a consumer’s complaint. Pull relevant supporting documentation and take full ownership of creating a thorough complaint response.
Respond to consumer complaints clearly and concisely. Explain what went right and wrong in language that makes sense to a consumer and a regulator.
Work with existing and new Fold tooling to identify gaps within the system and reduce user friction for internal and external users. Suggest improvements for tools and software to track better, test, and promote compliance and operation functions and initiatives.
Assist in the improvement of current processes and procedures.
Develop and maintain extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local consumer protection laws and regulations applicable to all Fold products.
Contribute to reporting to keep key stakeholders aware of complaint issues and trends.
Work on external stakeholders' weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
Qualifications
Have 2+ years of experience in financial services, preferably in operations, complaints, compliance, risk management, dispute processing, and/or audit roles
Have a strong ability to build relationships as well as establish trust and credibility with your colleagues through excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Work effectively in a team environment where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are essential.
Escalated customer support experience in a high-volume environment.
Possess strong critical thinking, multi-tasking, organizational, and prioritizing skills.
Have advanced Zendesk and G Suite(Google Sheets)
Familiarity with FinTech payment products
Must know or have familiarity with bitcoin
Why You’ll Love Us
Fold operates in the fast-growing, early stage industry that is Bitcoin. Our products and our mission are direct extensions of the financial freedom that Bitcoin represents. In addition to being part of a mission that matters, we offer incredible benefits, including:
We’re a highly collaborative, fully remote team
Flexible work schedule, including unlimited time off
Competitive salary
Equity package
401k with employer match up to 3%
Yearly vacation stipend
Comprehensive health, vision and dental insurance, including HSA and FSA accounts
Paid parental leave
Annual training and tuition allowance
Regular in-person team meetups to socialize and co-work
Do you hate Mondays? We close the office on Mondays the 1st and 3rd of each month, and you’ll never have Monday meetings.
New to Bitcoin? We offer all our new hires a “starter pack” to get you up to speed, including learning materials about Bitcoin and your own hardware wallet.
And much, much more!
To Apply
Send a cover letter and resume to people@foldapp.com
Candidates interested in this opportunity must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship, including student visas, is not available for this position.
Fold is an equal-opportunity employer. We don’t discriminate against applicants for any reason.
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In the Headlines
Metaplanet Launches U.S. Subsidiary in Florida, Aims to Raise $250M for Aggressive Bitcoin Strategy
Metaplanet Inc., a Tokyo-listed investment firm, is launching a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary in Florida—Metaplanet Treasury Corp.—to expand institutional access and support its around-the-clock Bitcoin strategy. The firm plans to raise up to $250 million to accelerate its BTC accumulation, citing Florida’s emergence as a Bitcoin innovation hub.
This follows Metaplanet’s $745 million capital raise, reportedly Asia’s largest, using moving strike warrants. With over 5,000 BTC now held—worth $473 million—the firm ranks 11th globally among Bitcoin-holding entities and continues to track its growing BTC exposure using a "BTC Yield" metric.
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Event of the Day
The Bitcoin Conference 2025 is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas from May 27 to May 29, 2025, at The Venetian Las Vegas. This event is the world's largest gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts and industry professionals, featuring talks by thought leaders and industry innovators, and attracting over 30,000 attendees.
Las Vegas is also home to several cryptocurrency companies, including CleanSpark, which specializes in sustainable infrastructure for Bitcoin and aims to promote financial independence and inclusion.
Bitcoin Conference 2025: The world's largest Bitcoin event, scheduled for May 27-29, 2025, in Las Vegas.
CleanSpark: A Bitcoin company based in Las Vegas that focuses on sustainable Bitcoin infrastructure.
Las Vegas Tax Attorneys: Experts providing consultations on Bitcoin tax issues.
Tickets for the Bitcoin Conference 2025 can be purchased through Eventbrite, and the event times are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily. There are no refunds or exchanges after the order has been made.
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