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      "episode": 203,
      "date": "2019-08-16",
      "segment_text": "uy this stuff, but the plus token thing pushed the price down and it should be going up quite a lot considering what's happening in the regular normal markets. Theo Goodman. Sub 10k party in a submarine. And now we have a special appearance from Bitcoin talk show. We have the Bitcoin price tracker. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? And it is don't count on it. Don't count on it. Not looking good from the Bitcoin price tracker. Moving on to issue two, China coin. China coin. First Facebook now China. The people's bank of China is on the verge of releasing their own cryptocurrency solution. While China has banned several times in the past, they seem to be in hurry to take control of their people's money with a new sovereign currency. Theo Goodman, I ask you, will China coin be a",
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      "episode": 204,
      "date": "2019-08-30",
      "segment_text": " of Bitcoin this time next week. There or lower Josh. I'm going to go with lower. Dan Eve. Evidence optimist. Higher. As a special treat, we have an important guest here from Bitcoin talk show. I haven't been doing too many of those. We're going to check in with the magical Bitcoin price predictor. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Why sources say no? It's a very pessimistic ball. It has answered nothing but negative. Since we've answered questions, but it's also been 100% correct. You can look it up online in the archives. Moving on to issue two. Issue two billions and billions. Alleged Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright lost in district court this week and has been ordered to pay half of the alleged holdings of his company to the estate of his partner, David Climent. The two of h",
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      "episode": 211,
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      "segment_text": "an Gold. The price of Bitcoin will be closer to 10,000. We might touch 10,000 by the end of the week. Then Eve. Next week. I'm going to go for the big, I'm actually going to completely flip reverses it and say we're going to be 885. Oh, yeah, I'm going to say 8 to and finally, the magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Reply hazy. Try again. No, it's not satisfying, but it's a good thing. Do you get to try again? That's it. One one call each week. Moving on to issue four, bitch fight. Roger Veres Bitcoin.com made a major announcement this week. Their popular mining pool would not be supporting the new bitch fork, AKA bitch plus mining reward. Instead sticking with their original vision or bottom bitch. They're surprised by the announcement, claiming that he was ju",
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      "episode": 215,
      "date": "2020-03-20",
      "segment_text": "Gagalla. Lower Florian. And no. Oh, I'm always bullish, but I'll stick with the group this week. I guess I'll go lower. Oh, bad news for Bitcoin. Moving on to the eight ball thing. All the magic eight ball. Do you want to go to the eight ball? Let's see. Let's get back to the graphics. Here we are. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Remember, this is a very trustworthy, especially modified, technical magic eight ball here. Here we are. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Reply hazy. Try again. You don't always get an answer from the eight ball. You don't always get what you want. But there you go. A ball does not want to talk to you to date Josh. Maybe let me add something to that. I mean, if they come up with another rescue package over the weekend, or if they close",
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      "episode": 216,
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      "segment_text": "while the rest of the market is printing trillions of dollars and bailing out the economy. Bitcoin is actually reducing the amount of Bitcoin on the market. Pretty much by choice. It pretty much can't change. Let's ask the magical Bitcoin ball. What the price of Bitcoin will be this time next week? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? My sources say no. Tough, tough break from the ball there. The ball has spoken. So I think we've lost Ben on this. It's been with us. No, we can go to this view. Oh, yeah, he dropped off. All right. Trouble on the internet over there. Let's move on to issue two issue two and also be sure to like this show everyone at home. Please push the like button. The like button is how YouTube recommends the show to other people. Right now we have 14 ",
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      "episode": 217,
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      "segment_text": "hink there's really good reason to think it could go up, but it could also have, you know, we could also go down. I'm not really sure. I'm biased towards long, but the happening in the past hasn't been an instant bull market kind of like take off. It usually takes a little bit to. Let's consult the magic eight ball. Here we go. Yes, well, the price be higher this time next week. It is decidedly so it is decidedly so the ball has spoken moving on to issue to. Factum one of the first ICO companies is getting liquidated. That's right. They were one of the very first to offer their very own tokens and your chance to invest in the factum protocol. They were going to put deeds and other documents onto the blockchain. They even raised multiple rounds of traditional VC funding, but the road has co",
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      "episode": 218,
      "date": "2020-04-10",
      "segment_text": " aftermath and the aftermath is coming hard. Exit question, the price of Bitcoin this time next week, higher or lower, one galt. I'm sorry, what was the question? The price of Bitcoin higher or lower. One next week. Higher. All right, higher than Eve. Higher. Josh, Valtoro. Lower. Magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Getting the good shake. Ask again later. The ball next week. Ask next week. We'll see moving on to issue two. Ooh, hacks. Travel X paid $2.3 million in Bitcoin to get it system back from hackers. The hackers controlled their networks for more than a month. They paid more than 285 Bitcoins to get their network back. Meanwhile, hackers exploits flaw in decentralized Bitcoin exchange BISC to steal $250,000 in Bitcoin. What is it about Bitcoin and hacki",
      "ball_answer": "ask again later",
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      "episode": 219,
      "date": "2020-04-18",
      "segment_text": "it'll go down and unless it goes down too much, then it'll go down. So I want to predict both ways. I want to know that. So you think I'm a genius. I've got the prognosticator of prognosticators, the seer of seers, the magic eight ball that's been specially modified to predict the price of Bitcoin. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? My reply is no. My reply is no. So be sure to give us a thumbs up right now. We have 20 people watching. Be sure to give us a thumbs up. The magic eight ball has predicted the price. We'll be lower next week. There it is right here. Moving on to issue two issue two. Ethereum now matches Bitcoin on one key metric. That's right. Coin desk was breathlessly excited this week as Ethereum matched Bitcoin on one key metric. What key metric could that be? V",
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      "episode": 220,
      "date": "2020-04-24",
      "segment_text": "ects hybrid cars, Tesla's battery powered vehicles, environmentalism, all of that's out the window now because it's just far too expensive. Why would you ever buy a Tesla if you can get a gallon of oil for under a dollar? So moving on to the exit question, how does this affect the price of Bitcoin? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? I think the price of it can be higher next week, at least I'm betting on it. One thing that's really interesting about this whole oil price is crashing is that the emperor has no clothes anymore. Somebody did just a quick analysis of comparing this S&P 500 to the price of gold, like doing it in the price of gold instead of dollars. And we're not at all time high-ends right now. It's all been at this fantasy economy we've been on and I thin",
      "ball_answer": "yes",
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      "episode": 221,
      "date": "2020-05-01",
      "segment_text": "ah blah and for every one of those articles that they write that could continue to drive the price up I think as we start to talk so heavily about the price it's only right that we should check in with the magic eight ball the source of all truth in all that is Bitcoin this special magic eight ball will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. I'll tell you as I see it yes yes I see it yes all has spoken by by I'm not going to go up next week and also I mean more than all of that Bitcoin's true value is the technology itself and think like how far along the technologies come since the last halfening like just remember that question for me is it is and I always kind of reminiscing about it. This on it there was a huddle the hot one of the hard battle conferences and it was before",
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      "episode": 222,
      "date": "2020-05-08",
      "segment_text": "h is just how the mainstream generally gets fleeced in this. Not that I'm saying don't buy, but I'm also not saying buy. Let's check in with the magic gateball. See what's going on in the world of Bitcoin predictions. As you know, this is the most accurate Bitcoin predictor it has never been wrong. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Very doubtful. Very doubtful. So there it is. 10K may be a top. Let's move on to the exit questions. Same things to the panelists. Of course, now you have to follow the eight ball. Crypto Raptor will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. I can I'm going with one and the eight ball because one one seven seven days time will be after the halving so there'll probably be a post harvining dump. Everyone's kind of a bit, you know, ",
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      "episode": 223,
      "date": "2020-05-29",
      "segment_text": "o buy some Indian food. It was fantastic. Nice. It'll go up. Definitely agree with all that. And I think it's time to call on the seer of seers, the prognosticator of prognosticators, the magic eight ball that can predict the price of Bitcoin. And of course, we're going to ask the magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Here we go. We're reaching deep into the spirit world. It is certain. It is certain. The price will be higher this time next week. We still have to go around the horn. Here we got to ask everybody. Ben, Ark, will the price be higher this time next week? You're going with or against the ball here? Ben says up sticking with the ball. Dan Eve, higher or lower next week. I'm going to say higher. Yeah, because I don't often go lower. That's because I alw",
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      "episode": 224,
      "date": "2020-06-05",
      "segment_text": "the exciting thing so if it if it does follow this stock to flow ratio then we should see a pretty card core pump which would be awesome that would be we'll have to see how it goes now I know earlier on the show I think the eight ball predicted it would be lower next week let's see what it does now will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week here we go the magic eight ball the sear of sears prognosticator of prognosticator says signs point to yes the eight ball is on our side now but not on our side earlier I do agree with the panel the price of Bitcoin is going to go up and down I especially interested in what Dan was saying about the hash rate going down previously the price of Bitcoin has followed the hash rate but the hash rate has always gone up as I read an article earlie",
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      "episode": 225,
      "date": "2020-06-12",
      "segment_text": "t the economy of Bitcoin. So in my perspective, there's only one way it can be when it's obviously a deflationary asset and it's in its essence. Now, let's find out if the price of Bitcoin is going higher or lower next week. We'll ask the only predictor of Bitcoin price, the greatest predictor, the magic eight ball of Bitcoin. Here we go. Will the price be higher this time next week? And remember last time I think it said lower and I think it was right. I think we're a little bit lower this week. And now it says outlook not so good. So it doesn't look so good that it'll be higher. So the Bitcoin price may be lower for the second week in a row. Thanks to the magic eight ball moving on to issue two. Screen share full screen all the buttons. Here we go. Issue two, the Pentagon has a plan for ",
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      "episode": 227,
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      "segment_text": "s to stay away from that virus. It's going to affect the way they buy and sell their investments, which is going to affect the price of Bitcoin. So I don't think it looks very good in the short term. We're tied to other forces and they might be taking us down, which moves well to the exit question, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Ben Arck. Yeah, I mean, just because there is, it is kind of like caught up in the stock market nonsense. I will say as well that as time goes on, more and more Bitcoin gets locked up by people who kind of have more than understanding what Bitcoin is and they're in for a long term investment. So that little slither of traders sitting on top of Bitcoin trying to make a quick book on this volatile asset gets smaller and smaller and smaller. ",
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      "episode": 228,
      "date": "2020-08-07",
      "segment_text": "e predictor of predictors the sear of sears prognosticator of prognosticators but ban you are now on the clock you're forced prediction the price of Bitcoin this time next week higher or lower I always say hi so I'm just gonna say lower I always say higher I'm gonna stick with higher but here we go magic eight ball will the Bitcoin be higher this time next week it is certain it is certain floated right to the top took no time all the Bitcoin ball has spoken it's not holding anything back so there you go make all your predictions now use your triangles and so on and so forth moving on check out the world crypto network store at world crypto network dot store we've got the world crypto network mug the treasures don't float t-shirt that I'm wearing today the Bitcoin not bombs have any special",
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      "episode": 230,
      "date": "2020-08-28",
      "segment_text": "e to move on to the exit question. There's been inflation news. We have the magical Bitcoin predictor ball. It's time to face off against it, Ben. The price of Bitcoin this time next week, higher or lower. Hi, baby. Hi, I'll go with higher, too. I always go with higher, but we have to ask the ball, will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? Of course, we shake the ball. It says on Wikipedia, you're not supposed to shake magic eight balls. It causes bubbles, but it is friction. It makes the magic happen. Where does the air come from? Where does the air come from? The shaking. I don't understand them at the science behind it. How hard are you shaking that bubble? You're splitting the hydrogen and the oxygen. The back. But since you never have to fill over water, interesting side note abo",
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      "episode": 231,
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      "segment_text": "ence will probably show that they can generally show things like inflows to exchanges so we might get an answer to that uh moving on to the exit question and remember you will be competing against the predictor of predictor's prognosticator of prognosticators the bitcoin magic eight ball kyle torpy will the price of bitcoin be higher this time next week next week oh let's hope in for next year uh i will say i'll say no because yesterday i was just tweeting that i almost i was almost going to tweet that i haven't been this bullish from bitcoin since like 2016 or something uh so i think that means we're probably due for a pulled back because i'm not a very good trader so i'm gonna say lower i always feel the same way ben arc higher or lower you got me questioning myself no i high hi hi hi ba",
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      "episode": 241,
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      "segment_text": "t so we can't we can't have the christmas poem yet uh but we do have a chance right now for a very special interview uh we got to get your questions ready and we could take questions from the chat if there's time uh but we have a very special gift i was given today this is the uh the john old trump magic eight ball uh let's make you great again and uh we can answer any question that you might want to ask donald trump uh we're still waiting if you guys want to give us a thumbs up down below uh we have 72 likes we're halfway turrets our goal of 150 uh so we're doing good uh give us a like it's free and now uh Josh are you ready with a question for the presidential magic eight ball Josh is muted my teens muted oh there we go um yeah uh uh uh uh we'll uh we'll we'll you get a say another chanc",
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      "episode": 242,
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      "segment_text": "So I have no muscle in this market. So just I'm just standing by and watching the show. If wishes were fishes we'd all live in the sea. Is that right? Yes, it's no longer our Bitcoin. It now belongs to the the billionaires. Josh Gagalla forced prediction with it all on the line up against the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower? I think we will see a correction one. It's that round number. It's that 30,000 people will sell off. Martin, do you agree? It will go sideways. I mean a correction correction maybe a little bit, but I don't see a big drop at any time soon. There's just too much institutional money in it right now. Let's let's have the magic eight ball the predictor of predictors. Will the price be higher next week? Says it is decidedly so it is decidedly so the price",
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      "segment_text": "e that we'll keep on going sideways and, and pendling between 40 and 30. For another couple of months, because that will really set us up. There's a nice solid ground to slowly move up past 40 and, and head up towards moonville. And now the predictor of predictors, the magic eight ball. Here we go. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Outlook not so good. So Ben's got all those charts, but the same answer right here from the magic eight ball. Very easy to do. Anyone could do this. Moving on to, let's see this first. Check out the world crypto network shop at shop. World crypto network.com. You can get treasures. Don't float the t-shirt. World crypto network. The mug. Hey, that's the mug I have right here. Whoa. You can get all that stuff on shop. You can get all those c",
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      "episode": 247,
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      "segment_text": "d paying negative interest rates. So we're in a weird world right now, folks. I would definitely get as much, you know, only invest, only keep as much in the money in the bank as you're willing to lose. And moving on to the exit question, competing against the undefeated predictor of Bitcoin price, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week than arc? Higher. Maybe significant, higher, but yeah, higher. Higher. Josh, Josh, go ahead. Well, after Michael's sale is a shell fest, it'll probably be higher, but I kind of feel like it needs to bounce off of 40 a couple more times to break through. So I feel like my touch 40, have a little tickle under the arm there and head back down and probably bounce off 35, maybe bounce between 35 and 40 for a while until it breaks 40. No",
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      "segment_text": "e thinking about scarcity and the digital world and different types of tokens and here we are. Yeah that's the interesting thing is why would you want to spend your precious fungible tokens for one non fungible token. Yeah see a point. Let's see do we do we go to everybody I think it's time for the magic eight ball will be investors in NFTs make lots of money. You may rely on it. Should have asked if they lose their money better deal let's move on to the next issue all were out of issues let's see if anyone sent us any messages to read on tally coin using the lightning network remember you can donate now you just select two dollars or whatever you'd like to say you can type it in. And then you just click lightning and we can also shock benefit more times but everyone needs to get ready wit",
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      "segment_text": " they're writing like, it could go down. Normally we see that they're saying, yeah, it goes down. It goes down. It's a worse crisis. So if they're talking about Texas, everything is fine. Just nice, no signal. What to say? It's always the same. And now moving on to the exit question. Exit question, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Dan Eve. Okay, so I'm like three weeks wrong now, because I went like 65, 75, and then pulled it back instead like 65. Now I still think we have a chance of having a little bumpy rub. So I'm going to say 65 again. Screw on there, 65. Josh, Shigala, higher or lower? Yeah, I've been looking at all the technicals and I did the new show yesterday where I showcased what I think is going to happen the next couple of days. Of course, I c",
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      "segment_text": " But yeah, trading for me is all about chances, so it's not just, it will do this. It's like, for me, there's probably like 60% chance of going up and 40% chance of going down, so I would make the call on along. And now the seer of Seer's prognosticator of prognosticators, the Magic Bitcoin 8 Ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Signs.2 Yes. Signs.2 Yes. The ball has spoken. Bye now. Issue 2. Goldman Sachs is getting close to offering Bitcoin and other digital assets to its wealth management clients. The bank aims to begin offering investments in the emerging asset class, emerging 12 years ago. In the second quarter, Goldman is offering a full spectrum of investments, including Bitcoin and digital assets, and they feel like we're at the dawn of a new internet just",
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      "segment_text": "st it's after the fact but you can still like tip like 100 sets for the podcast whenever you hear something that you like. It's pretty cool but we're running out of time but we still have time to go to the Bitcoin predictor ball because otherwise you guys wouldn't know how to invest your stocks. So will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week here we go against the advice of the Wikipedia we're shaking the ball which could cause air bubbles to form. Decreasing the value of the ball but maybe not it's predicting abilities because it says will the price be higher this time next week. Signs point to yes signs point to yes so it's a very positive prediction from the Bitcoin predictor ball and we're running out of time so we're going to head towards the end of the show. Thanks to Jed",
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      "segment_text": "ing something will happen some great some great phone will happen and it'll be just awful go and fortunately as Travis was saying you don't have to rely on charts or graphs or any of that nonsense anymore we have the problem solved for you right here with the magic bitcoin predictor ball here we go will the price of bitcoin be higher this time next week here we go against the Wikipedia's advice for shaking the ball this could cause bubbles both in the ball and the bitcoin market this is the weekly the very doubtful very doubtful for next week the ball has spoken and just a doubtful little go down oh very awful higher no changing the ball around it only predicts one way but just a reminder to everyone to give us a thumbs up and to subscribe down below there's about 40 or 50 people watching ",
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      "segment_text": "that. Anyway, I have financial advice for you from the ball itself. I'm going to go ahead and break the rules. We're going to ask the Bitcoin ball about Doge coin because I know that this is how you make your decisions. So will the price of Doge coin collapse after Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live? Shaking the ball. A lot of drama the people at home were like, if you just shake the ball properly, you don't have to tear it out of there. I think it is. Outlook not so good. So the price of Doge is going up. The ball is speaking like Yoda backwards with great knowledge. We are all completely wrong. And the price is going up. So the ball says, buys much. Joe's coin as you want. Moving on to issue two. Issue two coin base transparency report shows that the United States leads the way in Bitcoin ",
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      "episode": 258,
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      "segment_text": "y love turns into his only hate. A real Romeo and Juliet situation there. Also since Dan mentioned it, we'll go ahead and predict the price of Bitcoin for you. I know a lot of you guys like to read charts and that kind of thing. But we have our own predictor ball right here that is always right. So will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Got to shake it if you really want it to work. Says most likely, most likely. So there it is. Bet the house. Bet the wife. Bet the kids. You're already Josh should call it. Do you have a prediction or a story of the week? Go ahead. No, I mean, the story of the week is that we've been cranking out the articles on Valtora.com slash learn to help the noobs in the space really. We've got lots of articles as beginner tags. Because I just kept o",
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      "segment_text": "y. And really it's just it went up too much and now it's going to go down for a little bit. But don't worry, we've got you covered here with all the knowledge and information that you need. We have the Bitcoin predictor ball. The only one of its kind, the only one in existence and it will tell you, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? We're going to the ball first before the commentators just puts a lot of pressure on you guys. So higher this time next week. My sources say no. My sources say no. The ball is bearish. Martin Wishmeyer do agree with the ball. No, I'm forever bullish on Bitcoin. It's a short time, you know, time frame. The ball predicts one week in advance and it can't see any further than in the future. And we know there's still only 21 million bitcoins. I",
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      "segment_text": "ah, I think we'll see a little bit of a down. Yeah, a downer. Sorry to say that folks. Short. The panel is saying now, but now we must ask the magical Bitcoin ball, the predictor of predictors, prognosticator of prognosticators. Here we go. Shaking the ball may cause bubbles according to Wikipedia. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Ask again later, ask again later. The ball knows the truth, but you don't always get it right away. Moving on to issue two. Issue two Elon Musk reveals why he's backing Dozecoin over Bitcoin, Ethereum and others after his surprise call for upgrade ideas, sends its price sharply higher. Yes, Elon Musk took to his preferred platform Twitter and he said, what makes you choose Doze over other coins? Elon Musk replied Dozecoin has dogs and meme",
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      "segment_text": "t 61 people watching now and 28 people have liked us so thank you so much for your support you can also like later on it's still important to push that thumbs up button but you're competing against the predictor of predictor the prognosticator of prognosticators the magic bitcoin eight ball Dan Eve will the price of bitcoin be higher this time next week inflation or not okay so I just go about how last week's prediction because I didn't check on it I think for the fun I was wrong by about a hundred dollars come on that's pretty spot on if I did like the seven day I'm about a hundred dollars off now I said it would go up and it went down a hundred dollars and so I'm gonna say I'm gonna say up I think we're now we've had the little mini the mini the mini the mini the mini the mini the mini e",
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      "segment_text": "ng opportunities for those who missed the vote. Justin Newton, give us some green. I have no clue. So I'm just following everybody else. All right. Here we go. Remember, you have to ask the ball. Yes, there are no questions. You're not supposed to shake it, but we do anyway. It could cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Yes, definitely. Yes, definitely. The ball has spoken, not financial advice. Don't just trust the ball. Of course, it is easier than thinking. Moving on to issue three, Bitcoin has three flaws. And that could set the stage for other alternatives. It says a Cornell economist who got into Bitcoin just yesterday. Let's find out what his three flaws are. Number one, mining harms the environment. Number two, not so anonymous after all. And numb",
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      "segment_text": "coin, of course, a little bit, but not too much. And I did say to him that you look if it goes anywhere near 15k or below 15k just buy the fuck out of it because it will then go up quite significantly. If you can't trust Elon Musk, who can you trust? And now the price of Bitcoin this time next week will the price of Bitcoin be higher? Yeah, very doubtful, very doubtful. Oh, pessimistic pessimistic Bitcoin ball moving on to the next issue. Check out the WCN clips channel on Google at WCN clips. We've got 48 subscribers and you could join them. Check out exciting videos like clips from this show such as who will adopt Bitcoin next? See why Bitcoin's flaws are not real and will there be a Bitcoin alternative? These videos and more on WCN clips. Issue 3, L Salvador announces national Bitcoin w",
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      "segment_text": "ine. It's going to break the little charts. And it's probably going to happen soon. But all the way to 11, all the way to 11, D miners, the saddest note there's ever been. But you guys do have to compete. I found it. It was in a box. I had to go look for it. But you now have to answer the question, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Let's go to Dan Eve, crypto Raptor. I'm going to be optimistic and I'm going to say higher. And arc higher or lower. We said lower last week and the week before I think and we were right. So I think it's going to go lower, lower, lower, lower. But hold on tight because, you know, you know, hold on. And then within a year, you'll be back up. Don't worry. Ben the bear and now Carter higher or lower. I think it'd be higher. I'll take the oppo",
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      "segment_text": "the greatest prognosticator of prognosticator the seer of seers this truly has all of the answers so Redalfa just one question for the exit question higher or lower this time next week which direction are you going no I'm going to I'll just follow I'll join Redalfa I usually say higher now the ball will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week here we go shaking the ball could cause bubbles you want to be careful here we go it is certain it is certain so there we go plan b the ball redalfa and I everybody on the same page for once we did it and we're also reaching the the end of the show so redalfa do you have a prediction or a story of the week anything you'd like to tell the people about what you're up to what's going on no I wanted to share and there is a very nice video last ",
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      "segment_text": "still. That's for sure. Martin Wishmare. Uh, we'll go sideways for a while. And we're trading within this like narrow, narrow bent, we'll probably go sideways for a while. Sideways. And now we'll ask the ball, the predictor of predictors. This is the only thing you need to trust. So the only truth, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Most likely, most likely, which again, I mean, I need mad bitcoins on another tour because when you're being tall, that's when Bitcoin really, really makes moves. That's what's wrong. No, man. How long, how long has the eight ball been around? It's been six years, hasn't it? Well, yeah, yeah, well, ever since we lost all the other chart predictors, we replaced them. We got this one. Never talked back. Doesn't say anything political at all.",
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      "segment_text": "s going up it's amazing like you need a model you need a model and a chart and a bunch of triangles to tell you the bitcoins always going up dan eave the price of bitcoin this time next week higher or lower only up josh segala higher or lower the only ways up magic bitcoin eight ball predictor ball will the price of bitcoin be higher this time next week yes well you don't get any more equivocal than that says yes nothing else just yes check out the wcn clips channel google wcn clips and subscribe we're up to 67 subscribers very strong on our way to a hundred uh looks like people are starting to view these and share these we even have ones right here from last week with gabriel divan martin josh dan myself everybody's here on the wcn clips yeah it's a treasure trove if someone picks on the ",
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      "segment_text": "ower next week because it's going to give me an opportunity to buy some more Bitcoin cheaply so I just wanted to go lower next week so I can keep buying these cheap big coins up so the but what did the boss say are we about to find out what the boss is the personal the personal advantage choice now will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week signs point to yes signs point to yes positive prediction you're going to start buying now yeah you can't trust balls can't trust balls but what about ETFs issue to Bitcoin futures ETFs are here paving the way for spot based ETFs yes you can finally buy Bitcoin on the stock market but it's only Bitcoin futures there are no Bitcoin spot ETFs yet Josh Egaala what's the difference between a futures based ETF and a spot based ETF and which one ",
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      "segment_text": "9 420 thing is so freaking hilarious, man. We got to have more people saying that that are not 12 years old. It's great. It's great. Well, I have 12 years old. So it's difficult. I used to just think it was a great thing that it broke a thousand or around anywhere along there. Let's go to the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? My reply is no. The ball is bearish. Watch out people. Could be dangerous out there. Moving on to issue two. Issue two. Squid Game. Rogue poll. The Squid Game cryptocurrency scammers made off with $3.3 million. Thanks to the help of the mainstream media. Yes, the Squid Game coin had nothing to do with Netflix, nothing to do with the South Korean group that produced the TV show. And you couldn't sell the coin. Yes, you couldn't sell the coi",
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      "episode": 283,
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      "segment_text": " How much meat can you get? But anyway, don't worry. We don't just have coin desk or coin telegraph writing these breathless articles to tell us how high the price could go. We also have the Bitcoin predictor ball. So Peter and Josh, it's now your chance to predict against the ball. Josh, Shagalla, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Yeah. Peter Todd. Maybe. Fencing. Very predictive. Maybe a push. One of the worst predictions. Here we are. We asked the ball. We shake the ball. The ball constantly fence it's man. So don't worry about it. The cause bubbles. Here we go. Will the price be higher this time next week? Without a doubt, without a doubt, the ball has spoken. That is, that's truth. Moving on to issue four. The Miami Herald is serious about popping up ads. Suarez",
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      "segment_text": "r than that, it's a super epic. I think it's a bad prop sky. It was probably a, I think it was half and half in ice. Yeah, it's not very good. But we do have today the greatest prop of all time, the predictor of all predictors, the source of all knowledge and truth, the Bitcoin predictor ball. Then will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week, keeping in mind, you'll be competing against the ball. Who higher then goes with higher, Dan higher or lower. I'm going to go lower because I know if I say lower, it will go higher. Reverse psychology, Josh Tagala higher or lower. Oh God, what are we? Yeah, higher, we're going higher folks. Martin Wismer. I'll agree with Josh from this one to definitely higher. And now the Bitcoin predictor ball will the price of Bitcoin be higher",
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      "segment_text": "y're they won't be buying when it's above 50 for a little while. They're going to keep buying these dips. Buying up the dip works well into the exit question. Last week, the Bitcoin predictor ball, even bigger than the rock predicted that the price would go down. The ball was correct. Now, Dan Eve, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? We're going to finish the year on a high. Martin Wismer. You know, I think for the next foreseeable future, we'll be going like this up down, up down, up down, because I will see a lot of volatility, the market is a bit shaky. So yeah, well, you know, just looking at the ball won't be able to respond to that. So I'd say up. So I think the price of Bitcoin will be higher this time next week. I think the thing is that most people te",
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      "segment_text": "e next week. Yeah, I don't want to say it, but I'm afraid it will be a little bit lower. Oh, come on. I got to go higher. I just talked all this stuff about the bottom. I'm going higher. You're going lower. Here we go. We're asking the ball. Will the price be higher this time next week? Here we go. Shaking the ball could cause bubbles. Ask again later. Ask again later. The ball has spoken. It does not want to speak today. That's just the way it is. Sometimes sometimes you get a prediction. Sometimes you don't have to tune in to get next week. I give us a thumbs up down below. Say hello in the chat. Issued to Bitcoin network power slumps as Kazakhstan crackdown hits crypto miners. Apparently the Bitcoin hasch rate that used to be in China has moved to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan now accounts for",
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      "segment_text": " a little bit. A little bit okay Dan Eve and tell us in the chat to what you guys think at home Dan Eve higher or lower. And the Frankfurt crew higher or lower higher. That's really not so because I mean that's our resistance already if we don't go higher. I'll say higher but what does the ball say will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. As I see it yes as I see yes the ball has spoken the price will be higher this time next week moving on to issues. Is there to is Nea Bukali the hero that we need evidence that the L Salvadorian president has targeted journalists and suppressed free speech contradicts Bitcoin's core values. An interesting piece this week about a couple of months late in coin desk suddenly questioning the L Salvadorian dictator after we've already slept wit",
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      "segment_text": "I'm going for the higher this week. Robert Allen. muted. Sorry. Yeah, I'd say higher, probably. Dan Eve, this stunning optimism is overtaking me here. I am. Martin Wishmare, will you make it a sweep? Is it all higher? No, it's higher. It's number go up technology. Remember that's... Oh, if only the Magic 8 ball was here, I'm sure he would say something else. Moving on to issue two. Issue two. President Joe Biden is going after Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. Yes, the United States government is waking up to the fun, fun, fun of regulating cryptocurrencies. And they've chosen a time where the stock market, the crypto sector and all are going through a tumultuous time, losing large amounts of value, the SEC, the CFTC, the IRS, and FINRA are all excited to investigate Bitcoin, NFTs",
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      "segment_text": "keeps happening. And it's only been two weeks. Like you said, it's like a long lost lover. Like, oh, I haven't seen you in so long Bitcoin. But that's also good because we're back home. And that means it's time for you to predict against the predictor of predictors. The Bitcoin predictor ball. Dan, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm going higher. Ben Ark. We're going to go higher. So we should go higher. So we're going to go lower. Eric Benz. We got one on one side, one on the other. But businesses about being high, therefore Bitcoin must be high. Josh Legala, will you go higher? Bitcoin has taken a way massive of a dose of Viagra. Bitcoin got too high. But now will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Come on, baby. Says concentrate and as",
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      "segment_text": "rren, Ukraine, ruining your retirement plans. Higher because it's a sanction resistant. So all the sanctions which would be levied against the Russians, they'll just bypass those sanctions by using Bitcoin. Would be pretty exciting. And now it's at the ball. I remember shaking it may cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Outlook good. Outlook good. The ball has spoken. Moving on to issue two, issue two, crypto ruined my life. The mental health crisis hitting Bitcoin investors, the stress and anxiety that goes with funneling your life savings into a volatile market is no joke. The article from Vice goes on to talk about a 19 year old who lost a good amount of money in the recent crash and felt that the market was going to zero. He's had sleepless nights and",
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      "segment_text": "u know, that's the old, uh, the old thing by when there's blood in the streets and that's what you're doing. But, uh, it's not financial advice, of course, just for education. And this connects well into our exit question, competing versus the predictor of all predictors, the Bitcoin ball. Dan Eave will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm going for, I'm going for higher. Yeah, higher. Josh, should I go higher or lower? Higher, baby. All right. And now the Bitcoin predictor ball, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It's hard to read. Ask again later. Ask again later. What a cup, uh, sometimes, you know, you just can't predict the future. The balls just not ready. But you can check out WCN clips on YouTube, just Google WCN clips and subscribe",
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      "segment_text": " it didn't seem they were quite serious about lightning. What moving on to the exit question compete against the Bitcoin predictor ball yes the predictor of predictors prognosticator of prognosticators the greatest source of knowledge in all the universe the Bitcoin predictor ball martin wish mayor will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. I'm just looking at my stats let me see. Oh I think we're going sideways is that an option I can. Is that said sideways or push is considered the weakest of all options almost like not even making a choice yes. This is the reality perhaps is unless you're within unless you're like you get it to 0.1% you know either way and that way that's very ninja that's a good prediction right if you just. I thought for a second it's going to p",
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      "segment_text": "ing the tweets. Sorry to Plumbe if you're listening, but, you know, I followed you for your predictions and not the COVID advice. He was very upset at the Netherlands and their attempts to get control over COVID. Now it's the time everyone's been waiting for the Bitcoin predictor ball. Adam McBride will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Oh, hire my friend. But did you hear, man? A million, dude. A million. That's the prediction. What do you do? And of course it's going to be higher. What does the ball say? Mike Dupree. It's going to zero, but I won't tell you when. I guess I guess lower for the purposes of one week. Yeah, I guess lower. We've got a higher and a lower so far. Dan, if where are you going to go? Well, I don't think it's quite going to hit a million ",
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      "segment_text": "e people. Evil, evil is a scale when you talk about World War II. It could be an automotive, an automotive evil. There's all kinds. But as I said, the Russian news made the price go up. And that's what really matters. Prepare yourself to fight against the Bitcoin predictor ball on the road. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. I'm going higher. I'm the optimistic. I mean, optimistic this week. Ben Ark higher or lower? I was thinking again, where I was feeling remember my point of sale. And I was like, how is one penny worth 30 cents? I wasn't making sense. Must be broken. And it was the price. And then, and then I finally looked at the price. I was like, oh, it's the price again. And screw me over. So yeah, it's going to go higher. Martine Wishmare. Abs",
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      "segment_text": "next week? Josh, you got to hire or lower. It'll be slightly higher. Dan Eve. Yeah, I think I think we're doing a slow tear away actually. Yeah, I'm going higher. Positively from the panel. But what about the ball or shake in the ball? We don't have the camera with us. We're back on the road again. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Outlook not so good. Outlook not so good. The ball is cautious. Is it cautious and a bearish ball? Moving on to issue two. The ball is pulling its own April Fools prank. Yeah, that's right. You can't trust the ball because it's April Fools. Very clever ball. Very clever. Moving on to issue two. YouTube plagued by fake Elon Musk Bitcoin giveaway videos. We've noticed them for quite a while, even seeing them running at the same time as the B",
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      "segment_text": "tely, Dan, we have the solution here. All of your triangles, your double tops, your dojis and your hammer candles can be explained by the magical Bitcoin predictor ball, the sear of sears prognosticator of prognosticators. But first, Dan, you must compete against the magical Bitcoin predictor ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I think judging by the triangle I'm making right now on the chart, I think it's going to be higher. Mart\u00edn Wishmeier, higher or lower? Oh, he's muting. It's increasing the drama, increasing the drama. It's higher, not too much though. A little bit. I think maximum 10% higher. But nothing but 10%. It's nothing at all. And now the ball will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? As I see it, yes. As I see it, yes, the Bitcoin bal",
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      "segment_text": "e you back bring all the spies into Bitcoin now. I'll buy it again more track. They can do so bring him in. I'm sure they're I'm sure they're working on the the better spies they're going to get us some better spies but it's nearly the end of the show it's time for prediction I don't know where the magic eight ball is I have to find it but it's up to you Dan to lead us forward with a prediction predict something that will happen in the future. I predict that there will be I'm gonna go I'm gonna go pretty hard I'm gonna go I'm gonna go I'm gonna go for four countries in total by the end of the year that except Bitcoin so there's another two I think we yet to see. Two more countries Martian Wishmare a prediction. Yes well I look at the prices over the week and I think we'll be seeing a bit o",
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      "segment_text": "nowing when it's going to go up. I don't know when it's going to go up. I don't know when it's going to go down. I do know there's a limited number of units at 21 million. And if you can get yourself one of those, that's pretty awesome. I know something that will go up or that does know though, the magic eight ball. I don't know where it is though. We've got the perfect thing. Well, we're going to have you guys predict anyway. But yeah, we're in an absolute Indiana Jones type situation where the match gateball is at a time like this. You know, when we need it so much. But I think we have to rely on web pages like is Bitcoin dead? And you can check that. It says no. And there's another web page. I think it's like, is it time to sell Bitcoin? I think it also says no. So it doesn't ever chang",
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      "segment_text": "edictor of predictors the greatest prediction engine in all of Bitcoin it's better than the ballinger bands it's better than the triangles it's better than trading view all these websites the magic eight balls back Josh a call a lot of people are sat out there we had a bit of a recovery rally today will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week I mean we might be heading into a dead cat bounce focus so maybe up a dead cat bounce Ben Arck what say you I went in I found Tom Vays and I shook him and then he just said lower so that's the only way to get the truth out of it is you have to shake him and now we're going to the magic eight ball on its own special camera oh look at that this is advanced technology here you have to shake the ball remember be careful that could caus",
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      "segment_text": " go 27. Okay, 27. That's very specific. 27. 27. 29. 29. Oh, prices, right rules. So out of your green, we're going higher here. No, lower. That's lower, isn't it? No, no, no, it's lower. Yeah, double. I bet it, I bet it. I bet it. Always lower. Everyone's a bear now. And now we're shaking the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Reply hazy. Ask again. Reply hazy. Ask again. There's a focus. You know, allow it. You're going to ask a parent. That's amazing. It's telling you to ask again. Or is that against the rules? Oh, no, you can't, you can't anger. Oh, by asking. That's like, that's like, you're one of those who go out to the genius. And you're like, I wish for more wishes. And you know, I wish for a hundred wishes. You got a big pile of turd. Issue two is the o",
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      "segment_text": "ni magic eight ball. Yes, that's right. This is the world's smallest Bitcoin predicting device, but it's still incredibly powerful. This is more powerful than all the triangles and all the lines and all the charts. It's also very difficult to read. Unfortunately, I have a flashlight. So here we go. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? We're shaking the world's smallest magic eight ball and says maybe, maybe from the ball. That's what you're the ball. Like cover your own ass ball your first time on the show and you pull out a maybe. I love it. I love it ball like you're the champ. Anyway, let's keep moving moving on to issue two issue two. This eclipse like event is why Bitcoin could reach $100,000 by next year says forecaster who has made prescient calls. Well, what kin",
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      "segment_text": "e professionals are like, that's rat poison. Yeah, that's right. Instead of maybe put 0.01% of your portfolio in this, you know, just some, some tiny amount nut, it's rat poison. You don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. It's amazing what they could have made, what they could have had. Exit question, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? And we do have the magical Bitcoin predictor ball travel edition with us. So Josh Shagalla higher or lower? Yeah, I think it will be higher next week. I think J.B. Morgan might be under something following the banks. Dan Eve higher or low? I'm staying on my pessimistic run. So I think it's going to be lower even though last week I was wrong and it's now higher, but I still think it's going to be a little teeny bit lower. All right",
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      "segment_text": "o 200 K. It reminds me of a cheer that they wish we wouldn't do at marching band games. Kill, kill, kill. Blood makes the grass grow. And now the magic Bitcoin eight ball travel edition will predict the future for you. Obviously, this is serious financial advice that everyone should take seriously. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? No, we continue to ask the positive version of the question. And the ball says, ask again, ask again, the ball has much wisdom, but occasionally will not grant it to mere mortals. It doesn't want to break it to us. It doesn't want to break the bad news. Ask again. I'm sure glad I brought you with me, ball. You're really earning your keep this week. Moving on to issue two Elon Musk suddenly hit with huge $258 billion crypto pyramids game la",
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      "segment_text": "h, that's so bad. And then he's maybe Trump circles. Yes, they have to be, Joe circles are breaking out everywhere. But now we have the breakout of the exit question. Surprise forced prediction competing against the amazing Bitcoin ball, the baldest form of Bitcoin prediction. It's so bald. And Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Lower. Josh Shagalla. He's muted. I'm sure he's saying lower. Everyone is negative. We're going down. We're going to, we're going to liquidate the Celsius. That's what's going on. That's terrible and awful. I don't even know Fahrenheit let alone Celsius. Martine Wishmare higher or lower? Oh, definitely lower. We haven't seen the bottom yet. And I think we'll be like, we will be going down. Down. If you haven't sold already, you sc",
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      "segment_text": "hours of video for you to enjoy, all free on YouTube. It's been 8 years, 7 months, and 9 days since our first video, and I haven't shaved since. Moving on to issue 3, all the way, we didn't do the exit question. Let's go back. We're going to do the exit question anyway. Fixed. Competing against the Magic 8 Ball travel edition, the predictor of predictors, the baldest and cleanest 8 Ball in the industry. Dan Eve, with a price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this week, keeping in mind that everyone said lower last week and was all wrong and the permable right here continues to be in charge of the market. Dan Eve, higher or lower? I'm still going lower. Ben are continuing the pessimism trend. Higher, something's going on because there's not really any big news out there and the price has been p",
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      "segment_text": "les and these platforms and they just keep making them and they keep making money and you keep losing it. And now to predict the price next week, Ben, arc predicting against the travel magic eight ball, a magic eight ball so small, you could lose it on your desk with nothing on your desk. Ben, arc, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I think we the lower off the lightlining. It feels a lot to me like the the three K Bitcoin, which we had in the COVID period, which again, was a very make a centric time when people stopped talking about the price and they were just building things. I mean, probably the reason I haven't been aware of the prices, people are talking about it less on Twitter because they're all depressed and sad and that's a proper bear market. So t",
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      "segment_text": "the way I'm going to do it. I've done the Fibonacci and I'm all Fibonacci that I think I'm going lower. I mean the stock market keeps going down the bond rate keeps going up the war in Ukraine keeps going on I'm sure that this is going to be fine I continue to be bullish here but we'll ask the ball will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. Ask again later ask again later the ball doesn't even want to tell you it won't even share it's truth with you. Moving on to issue five Snoop Dogg and Eminem performed as their board ape yacht club NFTs and according to PC gamer dot com it's somehow even worse than you think yes NFTs and board apes hit the American music awards or the VMA. Music awards here you can see Snoop Dogg and Eminem flying through a virtual universe being transform",
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      "segment_text": "said higher and then so this week I'm going to go lower. Mart\u00edn, wish mayor, Ben, just all over the place here. We're going back to 10K, yeah, I've been told. 10K? Yeah. 10% after a 10% bump and the Ethereum merge excitement. Only the ball knows for sure. And now we will shake the magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? The ball says no. A commanding no from the ball. The ball has spoken. Moving on to issue two. Issue two, US lawmaker says there's too much money and power behind crypto to ban it. It seems like a Sherman here, Brian Sherman, Brad Sherman has says Congress has not banned crypto because there's too much money and power behind it. It's like he's going through the stages of grief here, but with Bitcoin. At first he hated Bitcoin and then he tr",
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      "segment_text": "le while longer. Dan, Eve, your chance to join the pessimism? Oh, yeah, I think it's going down for a little bit until we're teetering around this price and probably a bit lower for a while. Oh, I hate it when it goes down. I only wanted to go up, up, up, but we'll ask the Magic 8-ball. Here we go. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Ball says, most likely, most likely, the ball isn't optimist. Moving on to issue seven, we're running out of time really quick issue. Jay Z is selling Bitcoin in the projects, not everyone's buying. We talked about this issue before, Jay Z attempting to go as well as Jack Dorsey from Twitter to go back to his previously home in Brooklyn and to sell Bitcoin to the people to teach them about Bitcoin. There were complaints at the time, whethe",
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      "segment_text": "kind of rally the troops and flip out the laser eyes again and all that kind of crazy stuff. The youngest member of the panel, but also the most pessimistic, a crusty young man. Dan Eve, will the magical Bitcoin ball agree with you? Here we are, we're shaking the ball, evidence for YouTube. And now will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Outlook good. Outlook good. The magical Bitcoin ball is optimistic. Place your own predictions in the chat down below. It's a great time to give us a thumbs up and check us out. We've got our own audio podcast on Apple iTunes and other places where you can check out podcasts. It's up to date last week's episode is there and we have exactly 67 ratings. Not a single person has rated us since last week. So there's still a chance for you to ra",
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      "segment_text": "orth mining Bitcoin. You know, when there's no block reward in 2140, boy, that's going to be a problem. We're going to need to get the boys down in the newsroom on that. And now exit question time for you to predict against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the prognosticator of prognosticators are an ob will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Bitcoin is always to the moon, right? It, it, it always goes up. But the thing is that you know, the question is, are we seeing as Joshua mentioned, is it a short term objective or it's a long term, right? Long term is definitely, I think there is a price appreciation possibilities in the Bitcoin, but in short term, I think Bitcoin is resilient. This is, I think, very key, right? The Bitcoin resilience is much more resilient than ",
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      "segment_text": "ell, it must be somebody's birthday. It can't be everyone's unbirthday. Joshua should go higher or lower. I think this rate, Bitcoin will experience a little up to its value. Oh, it's a mixed panel. We have pessimism and optimism, but the ball knows all will shake the ball, which may cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Not likely. Not likely. The ball is pessimistic. Omnis. Great time for everybody to give us a thumbs up. If you haven't already, it helps the YouTube algorithm find the show. You can also put in a comment or chat. Let us know what you thought. Do you think the happening is going to save Bitcoin? Or do you think we need regulation, regulation and regulation? Check out worldcryptonetwork.com. We've got links to the podcasts, all the shows. O",
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      "segment_text": "from all these other assets and being in a complete class of its own and the leader against fear. A future we can all look forward to. And now it's your chance to predict against the original Bitcoin predictor ball. It's bigger. It's boulder and it's better. It's the Bitcoin predictor ball. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. And after all that positive stuff about hash rate, I'm still saying it's going to go a little bit lower because, uh, because I'm a neg-negginancy. Oh, well, we've got a bird type you. Yeah, I'm going to go slightly lower. Again. Man, arc higher or lower. Man, I mean, like, I remember once and I was freaking out about Bitcoin. It's one of the, the stuff was happening with the Bitcoin cash stuff and I had a moment where I was freaki",
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      "segment_text": "ve news articles from the mainstream ones, rather than just kind of, you know, it will be our environmental fight. So it's quite balanced at the moment. I think that's going to impact positively. I'm hearing a lot of a lot of waffling, but it comes out positive. We have an all positive panel. We're shaking the ball, which can't create bubbles, according to the Wikipedia. Will the price be higher this time next week? Reply hazy try again reply hazy try again. That's why the Bitcoin predictor ball is such an incredible source of predicting power because sometimes it refuses to predict, which is also a prediction. Moving on to issue two women will save Bitcoin. According to Tim Draper, legendary venture capitalist man who suggested that hotmail put a footer on every email they sent advertisin",
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      "segment_text": "t selling the Bitcoin. And then I kind of felt that maybe we oversolved them, but I'm kind of feeling that maybe there is still some time of pressure to come, but yeah, I'll go with the one outside. Hi. Incredible optimism. Obviously, we're looking at a huge fall here. Let's see if the ball agrees. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Very doubtful. Very doubtful says the pessimistic ball. And I also want to go with a bonus exit question here because I'm just curious to see what you guys think. To me, crypto has always been a generic term for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It's like Kleenex or Band-Aids. It's a generic catch all that people use, but lately on Twitter and other places, there's been a movement to separate Bitcoin from crypto. And while I do think tha",
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      "segment_text": "on't think they can pass global legislation. I don't think they can tighten up the market, but they can scare the pants off of everybody, which is what they're doing right now. So let's move on to the exit question before we go to more doom and gloom because all the issues are pretty much the same. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Dan Eve, say something positive. I'm going to love. I'm going to love it. It's doom and gloom chicken, look in the skies falling and to say you should start picking some Bitcoin up if you bet. But obviously this isn't financial advice. What on gold is at the bottom and getting lower? I think it's much more likely that we're close to the bottom than that we are close to the top. Obviously. So I am I've been bullish for like since l",
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      "segment_text": " of truth in the bitcoin industry might do pre the price of bitcoin this time next week higher or lower lower dan eve despite you to be said my thing lower than arc higher gonna get a pump higher and arc says higher everyone else says lower let's ask the ball remember shaking it could cause bubbles will the price of bitcoin be higher this time next week yes yes unequivocal yes from the ball the ball has spoken but we're running out of time dan eve do you have a prediction or a story of the week go ahead um my prediction is that is that um um okay okay i'm gonna go i i i think out of the blue maybe uh i think oh the when is the sbf thing sorry there when's he actually in court right when's he in parliament or whatever is with parliament same Tuesday that's but it's unclear it's you'd him fi",
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      "segment_text": "fline wallet, like a ledger. There's fancy new models or treasurer, which is tried and tested. And, forget about it. And look in 10 years time, you'll thank us later. You know, that's the advice you need. And now we have the only tool from the legacy financial market that Martin trusts, the Bitcoin Magic 8 Ball, the baldest and truest predictor of Bitcoin price. Oh, Ben Arck, will the price be higher or lower this time next week? Danny, fire or lower? Oh, Martin, higher or lower? I'm very bullish. It will be higher with the only ways up. I'm always bullish as well, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything good. Bitcoin ball with a price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. It is certain. It is certain. The ball is positive. All of this negativity is about the death cross. It's just ",
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      "segment_text": "time next week. Lower, I always guess lower. I'm a pessimist. Oh, the pessimism is everywhere in this Christmas season. Let's see what the ball thinks. As you guys know, this is the baldest and most greatest source of truth for Bitcoin predictions. This is people use this to plant all their charts. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Here we go. Very suspenseful. You may rely on it. You may rely on it. So the ball is positive looking into the Christmas season. But thanks again to everybody for joining us and commenting and chatting and sharing the show and everything else. It's been fun to do the show this year. Thanks to all the panelists who've been on to the show. Thanks to Marwee for helping us organize the show and getting us guests. I think to Mike and Dan for be",
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      "segment_text": "ecline in block rewards. Um, either that or the fee structure takes over, but, um, we will, we will see, we will see. People have got to know Bitcoin are rare, they're getting rare. And now it's your chance to pick against the Bitcoin predictor ball and predict the future. Let's see, Josh, the goal will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Uh, it'll be higher. It'll be higher. We'll be, we'll be higher. Victoria Jones higher or lower? Uh, I suspect marginally higher. Dan Eve, higher or lower, everyone's pretending to be optimistic, but only for a week. All right. Um, going higher as well. Actually, I think it's going to be a little, a little bit of high, but then I think we'll probably dip a bit before the, you know, January because of taxes and stuff. hedging like ",
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      "segment_text": "aven't seen that. They'd said we'd go to 1300. They said we have to retrace all the way back before we see a rise, but we didn't see a rise. We didn't trace all the way back. We've got one more question. The exit question predicting against the greatest predictor in all of Bitcoin history. Ben Arck will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Let's go higher. Why not? Victoria Jones, do you share Ben's optimism? Well, I said a little bit high last week, and I was right, very little bit. I don't know whether or not that will continue there. There's lots of rumors on the street of more crises on the horizon. So I think we could be lower next week. No, not more crises. Ben, Dan Eve, higher or lower? Well, fortunately, I copied Victoria's prediction last week and went high",
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      "segment_text": "tead they went for more and that's just a human failing and it's also like you're saying it's about a time preference of whether you have Bitcoin today or if you have Bitcoin tomorrow five years or 10 years which leads us to the exit question. The price of Bitcoin against the magical predictor ball will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week or Dolphal you go first. I hate Bitcoin rights predictions. Let me say higher because. All right higher optimism Josh Shagall a more optimism. Yeah, I think higher you know that one of the things that I saw with this whole DCG thing is that they're very close to the whole FTX Tether stuff suddenly billions of Tethers been been pumped into the market the coins going up. Sounds like it's going up right now or Dolphal's already being ",
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      "episode": 343,
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      "segment_text": "these things. It was seamlessly replaced. No one listens to cassette tapes anymore. It's all MP3s. But there's still one analog force of power that demands and deserves your respect. The Bitcoin predictor ball, the greatest predictor in all of Bitcoin history. Now Dan Eve predicts against the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm stubbornly saying lower. Stefan can sell a higher or lower higher. Martine Wissmeyer. We've got a mixed panel so far. It's totally higher. The only way is up to the one higher. Now we'll ask the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Most likely, most likely, the ball is positive. Moving on to issue four. Issue four. Arizona Senator introduces Bill to make Bitcoin legal tender in the state. Yes, the new",
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      "episode": 344,
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      "segment_text": "illion dollars, you know, what's a, what's a couple thousand here there? If you're going to go to that level. So here we are. What does the ball say? This is the baldest, truest predictor we just had Groundhog Day. I didn't even get to watch it. I love to watch Groundhog Day again. But here we are. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Yes. Definitely. Yes, definitely. The ball has spoken positivity rules the land moving on to issue two issue two Bitcoin community erupts in existential debate over NFT project. Ordinals, some are calling the new protocol, which stores NFTs a K a J pegs on Bitcoin and attack on the blockchains original mission to conduct financial transactions. Others say the new use case should be embraced along other demands for block space. Thomas Hunt.",
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      "episode": 345,
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      "segment_text": " well wake me up when they pass legislation forcing people to hold their own keys everybody pound that like button it's time for the exit question exit question competing against the magical Bitcoin predictor ball the greatest predictor of Bitcoin of all time better than any triangle Victoria Jones will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week well it's not doing very well at the moment is it it's taken a bit of it's it's looking a little bit scary so I'll say given how strong the move has been over the last few weeks it's probably time to take back some of those games so I think it's in the space will week I think it'll probably be down a bit further. Dan Eve continued pessimism over the crackdown on cracking and the trouble with staking and whatever else it is yield yi",
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      "segment_text": "e sure you buy some sets every now and then. And yeah, the new all-time high will take a while, but eventually it will get there. Let's all cry some tears for the shorter is getting wrecked. And now predicting against the magic Bitcoin ball, the greatest predictor in all of Bitcoin history, Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Oh yeah. Ben Arck, higher or lower? Higher. Ugly old goat, it's all positive, higher or lower. No, I think you got to go to trend to trend just reverse, guys. He's going lower, martin, will you go higher or lower? Definitely lower. And now we ask the ball. Remember shaking the ball can cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Concentrate and ask again. Concentrate and ask again. The ball doesn't alwa",
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      "episode": 347,
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      "segment_text": "uidity. But I believe we can trust them and they won't do that. So at least that's one plus. Yeah. More on this issue. Moving on to the exit question, predict against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the baldest and true source of all Bitcoin wisdom who last week denied you of its wisdom. Josh Shagalla, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower next week? I think we're kind of move sideways for a little bit. So I'm going to sit on the fence. Sideways of push, Dan, Eve, higher or lower? Well, I'm going to go higher and as a great contract trader, that means that I'm going to hopefully be able to buy some cheaper Bitcoin next week when it's cheaper because I got it wrong again. I don't think it works if you predict against yourself while you're predicting against yourself. But we can try that ",
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      "segment_text": " center? It's all positivity here. Will we go higher? I believe the price will be exactly the same in seven days like to the nearest Satoshi. Of course we have the greatest predictor in all of Bitcoin history right here. The last two weeks it's refused to predict. Refused to predict. So here we go. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Here we go. Two weeks off. Big prediction. A lot of people are going to put their money on this. Higher this time next week. Most likely. Most likely. The ball is bullish. The panel is bullish. This is crazy. We must be heading for a huge collapse. Moving on to issue Binance woes. There's nothing but trouble this week for Binance. The exchange without a home they used to live in Malta. One time they lived in the south of France. Now nobody",
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      "episode": 349,
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      "segment_text": "does actually still affect Bitcoin because we're just not that big. Moving on to the exit question, predicting against the magic Bitcoin ball, the true source of knowledge in all the universe, which everyone last week predicted that the price would be up, I believe. We have a lot of uppers in here. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Martin Wishmeyer. It will definitely be lower. I think it will be lower. I mean, if you didn't sell yet, it's time to apply for a job at McDonald's, I think. Many fine careers have been started at McDonald's. Many fine books have been written in prison. Gabriel D. Vine will it be higher or lower this time next week? I'm looking at the price now. It looks like it's down 2.5% today under 20K. So I think it's actually in the bottom a",
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      "episode": 350,
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      "segment_text": " got to have your haters there. Your haters will help you out. Mainly we're just talking about the price here. So we'll move on to the exit question. Adam McBride competing against the greatest Bitcoin predictor in the world who did say yes, the price would be up last week. It said straight up yes. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Oh, lower for sure. For sure. Adam, it's too many eyeballs right now and too much, too much hype around it. So you get an artificial pump and it'll drop. Adam Leister, higher or lower? Over next week. Uh, lower. Yeah, good call. The atoms are in agreement. All right. We've got two lovers. I think the pessimism now is time to ask the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Most likely, most fall I said, he's ",
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      "episode": 351,
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      "segment_text": "k. Keep in mind that you are predicting against the greatest predictor of Bitcoin in history, the magic Bitcoin. I think it will be lower. I'm always bullish. I'm sticking with higher and I'm going to ask the ball, isn't higher. You got to be careful when you shake the ball. It could cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It is decidedly so. It doesn't want to agree with me, but it agrees with me. Moving on to issue three, green piece war on Bitcoin unintentionally spawns a new bad ass mascot green pieces skull of Satoshi artwork highlights their gripes with Bitcoin's consensus mechanism. Bitcoin is predicted on this show. They are using the Ethereum switch to proof of stake to claim that Bitcoin and proof of work are dirty. They are ignoring any of the sec",
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    {
      "episode": 352,
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      "segment_text": "ng to eat beer tonight. Two ups and a down Benark which way are you going to go. As long as you're in faster than the other people when you're running away from the bar you find up yeah it's going to go up because yeah it's going to go up. The panel is feeling optimistic let's see how the ball does will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. Here we go. Most likely most likely a positive prediction from the Bitcoin predictor ball now everyone can place their bets. Moving on to issue two space force major to Pentagon mine Bitcoin yes a new research to put research paper from the space force says that the United States should mine Bitcoin acquire a great deal of Bitcoin and perhaps even have a pseudo cyber war instead of a real cyber war all over the control of Bitcoin. That's a",
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    {
      "episode": 353,
      "date": "2023-04-07",
      "segment_text": "in a bear market. But yeah, where are you going to get more income when you're more to put in when you're already all in? But now, you know what's going to happen. It's your chance to predict against the greatest predictor of Bitcoin price in all of Bitcoin history. It's also bald. Next in Rootsle, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Maybe we see a little bit higher. I'm optimistic. Slightly optimistic. Andy's German. So that should kind of twice as much. Victoria, higher or lower next week. Can I say about the same? You can. Another step. The first of all answers. Worst of all answers. It's as good as not, not answer. Daniel, do you have an answer for us and up or down? Just based on my experience, if I say lower, it'll probably go higher. So I'll say lower. ",
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    {
      "episode": 354,
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      "segment_text": "ly win anything. The whole thing collapsed. So it would be better if we had a more reasonable transition. Moving on to the exit question predicting against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the greatest source of all Bitcoin prediction power in all of Bitcoin history, the baldest source of truth. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm on the optimistic train. So I'm going to go higher. Higher, Rachel, will you continue the optimism? I'm going to say lower. I think like naturally, it's going to do the stuff like pulls back a little right. You know, I don't think it's going to go down anywhere near 20k, but I would think like 27 or 26 minutes and not bad. A little bit of play with people and then probably go up would be my pick. But you know, Martin, with the",
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    {
      "episode": 355,
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      "segment_text": "eally meaningless, unpredictable, and sometimes it goes just by some Bitcoin hold it for a decent period of time. And now showing that you have two powers over the market, I'll ask you guys to predict against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the greatest source of all truth in Bitcoin history. Dan Eave, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? A man, Rafi, higher or lower? I'm going to get up. They say never short. So I'm going to get long. John Lyd, it's been all positivity so far, higher or lower? One BTC is one BTC. Uh oh, a push, the worst answer. Ben, arc, higher or lower? Uh, lower, but I, Jack, just for tiny period of time in the back up, I mean, yeah, whatever the money, yeah, lower, lower. Because someone has to be contrarian, right? I can't all be positive. He",
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    {
      "episode": 356,
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      "segment_text": "g to move to permuta. And the next thing you know, he's joining one of those polycules. And they're all the rage these days. Moving on to the exit question, predicting the price of Bitcoin against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Martijn Wishmeyer, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Well, I think higher. I think the, the bulls are almost out of the woods and we are definitely going to see a higher price. Dan Eve, are we out of the woods yet? It's going. Dan's bullish. That must be a counter indicator. Joshua, should call it higher or lower? Uh, we're, we're going higher. I, it's, it's negatively correlated to the banking crisis now that we're seeing all these more banks fail in the US. And I literally, you ca",
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    {
      "episode": 357,
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      "segment_text": "hould try to do something positive and focus on the just, you know, gold and Bitcoin can coexist. Gold doesn't have to kill Bitcoin. Bitcoin doesn't have to kill gold. Let's move on to the exit question, exit question, predict the price of Bitcoin against the magical Bitcoin predictor ball. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I was very rarely right when I said higher by 0.4, 7% apparently. So I'm going to go higher again. Dr Orangeville higher or lower? I have to be a permable. Someone say up. Always up, always up. That's what I've always said until it went horribly, horribly down, used for like years. I was like, how can you go down? It's the greatest thing ever. How can it go down? And you're like in this loop. So go higher or lower? Well, when I dr",
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    {
      "episode": 358,
      "date": "2023-05-13",
      "segment_text": "n an asset like Bitcoin is, you know, nothing to lose sleep over. It does seem like a disaster. But now predicting against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and wisdom, no doubt if you go look at the last episode, I'm sure the ball was right. It's right every single time. Dan Eve, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Um, well, I'm going to say higher again because I can buy more when it's lower. Because we were finally, finally, using that reverse psychology in your favor, Josh, a guy that higher or lower. Now, you're muted. I like it. It's like George, it stands a style. Um, the summer of George. So, um, yeah, I'm trying to understand what if you divide that by the line that you're probably up. Cheers. Whatever I think of doing, Jerry, I'll j",
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    {
      "episode": 359,
      "date": "2023-05-20",
      "segment_text": "on its debt publicly seems like the kind of crisis that Bitcoin's made for, which surprisingly might cause Bitcoin to go up. So it's just you predicting against the magic Bitcoin ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in the universe. I know you've had a lot of success lately. So here it goes. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Well, surprisingly, I was actually, I think I said up last time and it did go, it seems like it has gone up, which is a really, really rare thing because I'm usually terribly wrong about these things. I'm going to say up again and see if I can be right twice in which is a record for me twice in a row. Well, I'm always bullish. I never understand why Bitcoin goes down, but they tell me it has to. So let's see what the ball thinks. ",
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      "episode": 360,
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      "segment_text": " article says, Bitcoin, happening more and more, we're going to talk about that in the next issue. I'd also like to disagree with myself and be incredibly negative about the price. The Biden administration is cracking down on cryptocurrency and this will no doubt affect Bitcoin. Now, turning to the magic eight ball, the source of all truth in Bitcoin, will the price of Bitcoin rise this time next week? Will it go up? Here we go, shaking the ball could cause bubbles. Outlook not so good. Outlook not so good. The ball is bearish, not much meat on the issue for issue ones. We're going to just move on to issue two issue two, Bitcoin, Ethereum balances on exchanges, edges towards the five year low. The article speculates that the collapse of FTX, the rise in self-custody interest and Ethereum's",
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      "episode": 361,
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      "segment_text": "se they make made a lot of money that don't really understand the technology, well, they shouldn't probably be in this space because they'll lose their shirts. But yeah, moving on to the exit question predicting against the source of all truth in Bitcoin predictions, Bitcoin predictor ball, Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm just going to add one small thing to add because I don't check it very often. In fact, I seem to just check it once a week. But going back on ignoring the price thing, the average hash rate over the last 24 hours is 392.18 exa-hashes, which is within a spitting distance of all time high. So the network is there, it's growing, it's solid. And Bitcoin difficulty is literally right now at all time high at 51.234 trillion. So whil",
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      "segment_text": "h about that one, but these ETFs on day we celebrate a Bitcoin ETF, a proper Bitcoin ETF on the show and I'll be a good day. Someday someday moving on to the exit question, predicting the price of Bitcoin against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the greatest source of all truth in this universe. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. I'm going with higher again. Josh should call it higher or lower higher. Ben, are higher is it all optimism on this panel? I don't break the trend. Yeah, high, high supply and demand like, yeah, people of the bits is going to go up. There's no way the ball is going to stand for this higher all around and the ball predicts. It is certain it is certain that the price of Bitcoin will be higher according to the magic Bitcoin predictor",
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      "segment_text": "t I do wish them the best I hope they find the hard job and I hope that they find a way to crack this one open and that we get to hear about it and this guy gets to spend some sunny days in Spain or whatever he would want to do now Dan as we reach the end of the show it's time to predict the future will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week oh I think I think I said I said up last week but I'm usually always wrong I'm going to say I'm going to say okay I'm going to say down so that it goes up even I am pessimistic this week the sudden 4% drop not presumably not getting the ETFs as we've predicted on this show I'm going to also say down which is a very rare bear market I'm pretty much always saying Bitcoin goes up there's only 21 million what the heck you're thinking a",
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      "segment_text": ". Josh, I think it did go up slightly from last week, Dan. We were both positive or negative on that. I forget Josh higher or lower. It's, uh, if all my triangles and circles are correct, it's going lower. And now just ask the real source of all truth. Will the Bitcoin price be higher? We asked the magic eight ball and it says it is certain. It is certain. The ball is optimistic. Wow. To issue five, I think it is Bitcoin happening to take the Bitcoin price to a hundred and forty eight K, budget, live 2025 says Pantera capital. Dan, even what do you think about Pantera's incredible prediction that the Bitcoin price, which now everyone knows is horrible. Yet the magic eight ball predicts that it's certain to go up is now being said to be perhaps a hundred and forty eight thousand dollars by ",
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      "segment_text": "would be 22k for maybe a few hours I would say Dan it's a little better for going sideways rather than flat lining flat lines what's happened when you die and your heartbeat starts stops beeping so hopefully the Bitcoin isn't flat lining but we'll see how it goes. Let's move on to the exit question will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week Victoria Jones keep in mind that you're competing against the online Bitcoin magic eight ball the source of all truth and knowledge. Yeah I'm starting to think at some point it's really going to start picking up pace so I'm going to go with higher. Dan Eve higher or lower. Well I maybe I'm on a streak because I think I said higher last week and it's 0.38% up on the last seven days so I'm going to go for up again just because I'd like to see",
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      "segment_text": "be a Bitcoiner as the Chinese proverb goes, we're going to go and go to the exit question. We're going to bring out the magic eight ball early. Dan, evil, the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. I am. And now magic eight ball virtually shake it, which could also cause a bubble. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? The ball says count on it. All right. So there you go, a little optimism from the magic eight ball and at least it answered our question this week. This is a great time for everybody to give us a thumbs up. Usually get about 30 thumbs up a show. So if you got a thumb, give us a thumbs up. Moving on to issue two, why Bitcoin mining might actually be great for sustainability. And as I was talking to Dan about the last issue, now that BlackRo",
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      "segment_text": "e brains and guts and stuff which go into the sausage. The sausage. Oh yeah. And you don't want unaired laundry. Like it starts getting on muffly and disgusting. The smell, you know. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Now that we've exhausted the laundry and the soap analysis. Yes. We need all of this. So Dan, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Josh, Shagalla, higher or lower? I'm looking at a definite high, the triangles and the squares and the circles they're heading up. Ben Arquett's trending towards higher, which way are you going to go? Well, we had a two before nine and then we had an eight before six. So we've got a five coming up, which means this definitely going to go on. Oh, he's got all the magical numbers, but we've got the magic eight ball. Will the price o",
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      "segment_text": "It's usually six months a year after, as soon as you've given up and you're like, the halvings not working, this doesn't work. Bitcoin never goes up. That's when it starts going up. All right. So now predicting against the, the magic eight ball, the source of all Bitcoin truth in the universe, Gary will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Higher. Derek higher or lower. Lower. Dan Eve higher. Lower. We've got a mixed panel. All of our, what happened to all of our bullishness? We were bowl, bowl, bowl. But now it's mixed. Dan, what do you got? Higher as well. All right. We're going to ask the bar. Remember shaking the magic eight ball can cause bubbles. So I watch out at that. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It hasn't answered us the last few",
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      "segment_text": "'s a new Bitcoin bull run. And oh, if you would bought Bitcoin at this price on this day, oh, what you would have done. The articles all flip over and suddenly we're intelligent again. Josh, you're competing against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? It was obviously a little higher recent. Yeah, I think it could reach 69 for 20. I just love that number 69 for technique. I can get past that. Yeah. 69 for 20. It's like the Bodimic boat face of internet. Yeah, he really is. I'm just taking that piece. Dan Eve predicting, predicting face will the price be higher or lower still higher. I think I think we've got a way to go. Well, this is the F hype is getting getting everyone's li",
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      "segment_text": "orist groups are rejecting Bitcoin and refusing to use it. Obviously it needs to be fixed. Let's move on to the exit question predicting against the magic eight ball the source of all truth and knowledge, most financial firms and large hedge funds use a magic eight ball for their decisions. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm still optimistic. Hi, Hi. Daniel higher or lower? You know, I have to say higher. It's going up forever. So that's my pick. Josh, she got its only positivity today. Higher or lower? Higher, baby. Ben Ark? Love much lower. There's always one and now the magic eight ball, it doesn't often answer. Sometimes it says no. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Very doubtful. Very doubtful. The magic eight ball is p",
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      "segment_text": "the price broke 400 I'm like it's 400 it's so sweet bitcoin is 400 but with Ben 600 billions rotating in the background we will ask the magical bitcoin ball which I think might have been wrong last week but we all know the ball is never wrong it is always right therefore that couldn't have happened will the price of bitcoin be higher this time next week reply hazy try again so there you go the ball will not answer it does not play tricks for you it is not a dancing pony moving on to bonus issue issue five argentina's new president says that shutting down the central bank is quote unquote non-negotiable he's got a plan and he's carrying it out can argentina really move from the peso to the dollar another part of the president's plan is to move the country not to the bitcoin that everyone ta",
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      "segment_text": "ast time or will it be different? I think it'll be a little bit different because the information environment has changed 100k by the happening and then maybe we'll see about these larger predictions. But like you say, Dan, the most important thing is predicting in the weekly competition next week, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower than Eve? Hi, next week. Yeah, we've got to be hitting 40 before Christmas. Let us know what you think in the chat. Higher or lower? We'll give you a second. You can type it in. I'm always bullish. I always think Bitcoin is incredible. I always think higher. But that's of course not financial advice and it doesn't even work for me because I still sell to buy food and rent and these kind of things. So here we are. We're shaking the Bitcoin ball. It cou",
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      "segment_text": "Bitcoin predictor ball. Dan Eve. Well, the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Oh, it's not going to be low only this Christmas. It's going to be higher. Josh, a guy higher or lower. I'm going to say there's going to be a little bit of correction this week. Will the ball agree? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? My reply is no. My reply is no. The Bitcoin ball agrees with Josh. Perhaps we will have a correction moving on to issue two Bitcoin having is poised to unleash Darwinism on the Bitcoin miners. Strong miners might be about to eat the weak ones as the reward for mining Bitcoin gets cut in half. Yes, the happening is coming and as promised, we're going to talk about it pretty much every week until it happens in April or May of 2024. But now c",
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      "episode": 387,
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      "segment_text": "to 10 years, what we say, I wonder how much that five grand is worth now. Oh, yeah. I'm sure it keeps getting worse and worse. We got to move to the exit question. The price of Bitcoin predicting against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge. Robert, this time next week, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower? Oh, I'd say higher. Higher. We're going to ask the ball shaking. It could cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? My sources say no. Second week in a row, the ball is pessimistic. It sources say no. Moving on to issue three international issue. Argentina's Malay so far, shunning Bitcoin as predicted on this show, devalues the peso by more than 50%. The government's official rate is now 800 pesos to the dollar versus ro",
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      "segment_text": " later. And we're just going to trust them with an ETF and let them be traded on the stock market. So you got to like that. Let's go to the exit question. Josh, you got to compete against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth of all so powerful it can break the green screen behind me. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I reckon we'll see a higher Bitcoin next week. Victoria Jones higher or lower. I don't know. I'm going to I'm going to be contrarian again and say, lower. So all contrarian show here are shaking the ball. Could cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It is certain. It is certain. A Merry Christmas for Bitcoin from the ball. Moving on to issue three. Argentina's new government gives an early nod to B",
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      "segment_text": "e bar or wherever you trade cryptocurrency in India. So hopefully they'll get VPNs first. But we need to move on to the exit question. Competing against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge. So powerful. It makes green screen screens, green screens, link. Victoria Jones will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Well, I said lower last week and I was correct. So as I'm on a winning streak, I'll repeat that prediction against the ball I might add. Ben, are higher or lower? Hi, baby. So yeah, the new year is going to rock it from now. Dan Eve. Yeah, I think we'll be springing up right. The ETF says all these rumors about the ETF. So it's going to it's going to pump it for the decision. And then who knows where it is from that going from the",
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      "segment_text": "oin went. But in the short term, yeah, I think we'll see that price rise. Everybody be happy, sunshine, rainbows, gumdrops, lollipops, lollipops, all the things that you need. But for now, Dan Eave predicting against the source of all truth and knowledge in the universe, the Bitcoin predictor ball, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower next week, keeping in mind, next week, we could be meeting post Bitcoin ETF approval on the other side of the approval. I'm still thinking it's going to be a go on the ETFs and there'll be a bit of a bit of a pump after. There may be some consolidation just shortly after. As Josh said, it's not really a sell the news event because the news is the swathes of liquidity that could be now into Bitcoin. But so I think we're going to be up again next week. ",
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      "segment_text": "now any of the symbols, but there's a lot of ways now to buy Bitcoin on the stock market. So I think the world's getting better in that respect. Now of course the price has gone down. The ball last week refused to predict for you. It could not see anything, but this week what will happen? Dan Eave, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I think we're going to have a little recovery. And just for the record, it's only 0.18% lower than last week. We were almost correct in saying that it would be higher. Hence the refusal to answer. The ball, it was too precise. The ball couldn't tell. It was too on the line. Victoria Jones, what about the price of Bitcoin will be higher this week? Everyone thought it would be higher with the ETF than they sold the news, right? They",
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      "segment_text": " sorts of big institutional hacks like yeah and there's so much money so much Bitcoin and it all fits in one suitcase but we're running out of time still a chance for people to give us a thumbs up down below let's go to the exit question predicting against the magical predictor of all Bitcoin truth will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week tray walls higher or lower I think higher we've got an interesting end to the week this week um started to creep on up a little bit more than I thought already uh I don't know what happened in the past hour but uh I think we're going higher quite a bit higher joshigala higher or lower oh sorry yeah yeah no I agree that there is a bunch of stuff in the background um that that I'm yeah I think this massive sell-off was FTX and a whol",
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      "segment_text": "a contrairians a lower. Josh a gole higher or lower. I've drawn some Pythagoras theorems and some triangles and some lines and they all state high I said I'm just going to go higher. That's two to one it's going to take a lot of charts but now we'll shake the ball which you know could cause bubbles will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. It is certain it is certain says the ball one of the most certain predictions that the ball can make moving on check out world crypto network dot com where we just celebrated our 10th anniversary from February 1st 2014 until February 1st 2020 for check out the whole video and let's stop for a minute here. Just panels when's the first time think back in your memories when's the first time that you heard about the world crypto network or the",
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      "segment_text": "u think it will be higher or lower this time next week, does the great rally continue? Everyone let us know in the chat down below. Yeah, ever the ultimate is higher. Just show. I agree. I always think higher. I've generally thought that if you can buy Bitcoin, you should buy some Bitcoin. But now, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Outlook not so good. Outlook not so good. We might be in for a surprise reversal, according to the magic Bitcoin eight ball. Moving on to issue two, computer expert told Brazen Lie that he is Bitcoin founder high court heirs according to a headline from the standard. Dr. Craig Wright has claimed he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the person widely credited with founding the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Yes, Dr. Craig Wright's trial is bac",
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      "segment_text": " possible. Then to see Bitcoin go up even another 10 times. And that's when you'll realize, or 100 times or more. But it's exciting. We're finally, the banks are finally buying at least the ETFs. But moving on to the prediction against the magic eight ball, the source of all truth in this universe. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Dan Eve. It's ever optimistic and up. Victoria Jones going to break the streak here. Well, Dan was telling us before we started that the fear and greed indexes at four. So there's still room to move to five. So I'd go, it's going to go higher. All right, room for more greed. Josh, should go higher or lower? Well, I think higher, if you think higher, smash the like. If you think lower, hit down. Let's see. Oh, higher and lower. And",
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      "segment_text": "'s continuing to fight with their angry statements. While the inflows to the ETFs continue to go up and the price continues to follow. And this is just getting to be Peter Schiff and other jokey, Britain, Bitcoin critics that we've seen go through the years. But the important question is, Dan Eave, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week predicting against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe? I think we're going higher. Maybe 50. Let's, let's, I'd like to see a 55K. That would be great, wouldn't it? Josh Egolla, higher or lower? I think it will go sideways for another week. Consolidate over time, rather than price. Ah, push, the worst of all answers. And now we'll shake the ball which could cause bubbles. Will the pric",
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      "segment_text": "the market. The market's always smarter than us. Josh, a goal of the price be higher or lower this time next week. I think we'll see higher. Yeah. Victoria Jones higher or lower. No sign of it slowing down. So yeah, Max Green still has to be reached. Overwhelming positivity will it affect the ball? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Without a doubt without a doubt rare positivity from the panel and the ball unbelievable. Let's see we got world crypto network dot com. We've got over 3,561 videos that you can check out for free at world crypto network dot com. Issue 3 coin base fixing outages after users report seeing zero dollar account balances during the Bitcoin rally. I've had enough of this every rally we have to talk about coin base crashing and we have to pretend",
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      "segment_text": "entually. Maybe if you started talking to about 5K, 20K, 50K, they see it at 70. Now they're ready to come on board, but they needed that convincing of the market. And now it's time for us to convince the market as we predict against the source of all truth, the Bitcoin, magic eight ball. Dan, Eve, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Yeah, I can 75. We're going for the stars, maybe. Josh, a gole, a higher or lower? My triangle's point to, yeah, 75. Let's do it. Let's go 75. Did he? A higher or lower? Is it an all optimistic panel? I just say yes. I'm not going to talk about that. Well, here we go. We're going to ask the Bitcoin magic eight ball, the source of all truth in this universe. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? You may rely on i",
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      "episode": 401,
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      "segment_text": "eople I think could have gotten tens of Bitcoin's. But again, people had rent. They had things to pay for. They had stuff like that. Now it's time for you guys to earn your money and to predict against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Adam Meister, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I always say higher. So higher, baby, take me higher. Josh Shagalla, all positivity on the panel, higher or lower? Let's roll higher. Yeah, no, probably higher or slightly sideways. Yeah, let's go. This week I won't forget. I'm shaking it right away, even though shaking it can cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It is certain. It is certain. The ball has spoken. Moving on to issue two. Issue two",
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      "segment_text": "hat got wrecked because our intern pushed the wrong button. We're firing him, by the way, he's out. He's gone. He's out. He's out. He's out. He'll be great. But let's move on to the exit question predicting against the Bitcoin predictor of all the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Victoria Jones. Well, I'll keep going with the we still haven't reached maximum breeder. So yeah, why not? It'll be higher. Josh, a gole higher or lower higher higher. All right, let's go to the predictor ball. Here we go. Remember shaking the ball can cause bubbles. It's funny because it's true. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Outlook not so good. Outlook not so good. So the ball is pessimistic. So those ",
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      "episode": 403,
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      "segment_text": "tcoin is causing the price to go down. But fortunately, we're joined by the only analyst on the internet that knows what's going to happen before it happens. The magic eight ball, the true predictor of Bitcoin. And now you are forced to predict against the magic eight ball, poor you. Victoria Jones will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Last week, all the analysts on this show, oh, we weren't here, but the week before they said higher, it went lower like the ball said higher or lower. Well, you know, I hate to disrupt a good trajectory. So I'll keep going with lower than. Josh, should go higher or lower this time next week. I don't know, but does this make me an analyst? You could be right about Twitter articles, but it would be a lot easier if you were the found",
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      "segment_text": "there will be some sells. The price might go down. But as many people have said in the past, buy the dip, it's an opportunity, all of those things. But I often find myself, buy the dip, and I'm already all in the Bitcoiner, whatever. There's no money left to buy the dip. But now we'll ask the ball, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Keep in mind, we do have a havening coming up this evening. The ball says, don't count on it. Don't count on it. The ball is pessimistic. The ball has spoken, not financial advice. It's a magic ball. But yes, magic ball advice, yes. Moving on to issue two, Jamie Diamond is back again. I didn't think we'd get to do this article in 2024, but here it is again. Jamie Diamond calls Bitcoin a fraud and a Ponzi scheme and says the crypto is hopel",
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    {
      "episode": 406,
      "date": "2024-05-04",
      "segment_text": "here. I mean, we're talking about money line here. ESPN has its own betting service now. The United States is gamble crazy. And I didn't tell you guys last week what the A-ball said. So Dan, Eve, predicting against the Magikapal, the Bringer and the show of all truth and knowledge in this universe, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I think we're going to be back, back up next week. You know, oh man, we're already on 62, 7. So that's really made a nice little comeback in 24 hours. So yeah, I think higher next week. Well, everyone knows the price of Bitcoin goes up when we make our shows and historically has gone up. Ben, arc higher or lower this time next week. It is certain. It is certain. Ben's been looking into the ball here reading behind the rules. Here ",
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      "episode": 407,
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      "segment_text": "all. A lot of people rely on this prediction, like sports gambling. They're like, I need to know my lock of the week. I don't know how to make my decisions on my own. I rely on a piece of plastic filled with water to make those decisions. So Victoria Jones with no more time left. The exit question, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I'm going to get with lower. Yeah. Josh, you got a higher or lower? I'm going to go with sideways sitting on that fence. I love sitting on that fence. Oh, sideways and pushes the worst prediction. Everyone knows that. All right, shaking it may cause bubbles, but here we go. This is the only way to predict the future. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? As I see it, yes. As I see it, yes. The ball is optimistic",
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    {
      "episode": 408,
      "date": "2024-05-18",
      "segment_text": "nk Josh has a good point here. We could see Wisconsin that cheese heads owning the United States if they hold their investment and if they have strong diamond-like hands, which I know you guys do because we're holding the Magic 8-ball, the source of all true knowledge in this universe. Adam McBride will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Oh, much higher. Oh, yes. Josh, Shagalla, higher or lower? I'm going to go higher. Yeah, I'm going to higher. Higher, baby. And we'll ask the 8-ball. Here we are. We're shaking it. Will the price be higher this time next week? What's that for bubbles, dude? Outlook not so good. Outlook not so good. So the panel is bullish, but the ball is not. That's a contrarian ball for you. Very hairy. We've got one more issue. It's not very mu",
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    {
      "episode": 409,
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      "segment_text": "correct. I think the ball is never wrong, obviously. But in the short term, if you wagered all your money on the ball, you might have been wrong this week. I've seen some major price movements with Ethereum going up 20% Bitcoin up 5% drops, of course, after that. Dan Eve, everyone's looking at you. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Higher. Let's go higher next week. Victoria Jones higher or lower? Lower. Lower. We've got a mixed panel. That's always the best for the ball. The ball will be the decider, the deciding vote. Here we are. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Very doubtful. Very doubtful. The ball is pessimistic. Moving on to issue two. Issue two. Judge has published his ruling in the Copa versus Craig Wright lawsuit that Craig ",
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      "episode": 411,
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      "segment_text": "the price is going to be higher. I always think, how could people sell their Bitcoin? How could they not want to buy Bitcoin? It doesn't make sense to me. But every once in a while, they do sell and buy strategically to make more money. But the ball, those, the ball knows the truth. The ball knows. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Here we go. It says. Yes, definitely. Yes, definitely. So there you go, Josh. All the balls are rewarded. The ball has spoken. Moving on to issue two, there is a second best Bitcoin bull, Michael Seller, softens on Ethereum. In the wake of the spot, Ethereum ETF approvals, the micro strategy founder appears to be warming to the notion of a crypto industry bigger than just Bitcoin. And again, this is only logic here. We've talked about this",
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      "date_7d": "2024-06-15",
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    },
    {
      "episode": 412,
      "date": "2024-06-15",
      "segment_text": "f all truth in this universe. Josh, should go with a price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Oh, yeah, the triangles and the squares and the circles, the Fibonacci specifically are pointing to up. All right, I'm going to stick with higher always Bitcoin maximalist blah, blah, blah. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Concentrate and ask again. Concentrate. Go ask again. So there it is. You can't always get what you want. Moving on, check out worldcryptonetwork.com where it seems like this week, we've got a lot of short videos about Curio cards. Learn about Curio cards, NFTs in short videos this week on the world crypto network. Moving on to issue three Bitcoin politics. Trump wants all Bitcoin made in the USA after hosting mining industry heads. The pr",
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      "ball_correct": null
    },
    {
      "episode": 413,
      "date": "2024-06-21",
      "segment_text": "ndles that they want to call a God candle. So that might happen. So we don't know. Of course, the magic eight ball downstairs in the car, but we do have for the exit question, this webpage magic eight ball version here. So Ben are predicting against the untested, brand new webpage magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Well, let me let one again to more detail here. So I did a workshop in BC Prague, and in it we made an element of its extension in half an hour from scratch, and we made the magic eight ball. So you could pay an element your old pay, and then ask a question, and then it would return. I said to talk about this on the show for a while, like I wanted it to exist, and then it would just return a random magic eight ball type word. But ",
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    {
      "episode": 414,
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      "segment_text": "nly go further down than they are at the moment, then we could hear of some miners screaming in pain and possibly, you know, have a rebalancing of the market, which is fairly typical for this point in Bitcoin's price cycle, so yeah, watch out for that. All right, let's move on to the exit question, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Josh, a call. Yeah, yes, slightly. Dan Eve, higher or lower. Yeah. And Victoria, higher or lower? Lava, just to be contrairing. And here we go. I think the magic eight ball is downstairs. We'll use this virtual magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And shaking and shaking. Ask again later. Ask again later. So much for that. Moving on to issue four. Why Bitcoin's Mount Gox Trillard triggered sell off is ",
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    {
      "episode": 415,
      "date": "2024-07-06",
      "segment_text": " your friends were like, oh, Bitcoin's too expensive. I'll never buy it. Now it's on sale and they're like, oh, it's falling forever. I'll never buy it, but it seems like it'll recover. And now predicting against the true Bitcoin magic eight ball, the source of all truth in these universe, one galt will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Maybe higher. I'll go with higher. Dan Eve higher or lower or go with higher. Victoria Jones. Well, I appear to be on a road cause I did say low last week and I was right. So you know, I have to continue with my prediction. Continued negativity Ben R can we buck this trend? It's a springy bouncy ball, we just hit the deck and I was going to fly off and hit someone in the eye so higher. And now the only opinion that really matters ",
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    },
    {
      "episode": 417,
      "date": "2024-07-27",
      "segment_text": " all that. But it's not as good as just teaching people how it works, how you can send money around without a third party, that kind of thing. Get them to send their first lightning transaction, that kind of thing. That's what we need. Let's move on to the exit question. Predict the future. Daniel, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Oh, my favorite question. Why I'm, you know, always going to say, I say, we're going to go higher. Victoria, we had the Ethereum ETF. So Bitcoin went up, Ethereum went down. What do you think will happen this time next week? Yeah, it's looking a little bit tricky at the moment. In August, is not normally a great time for Bitcoin price action. So I'd say maybe lower. All right, so I had complaints about the virtual 8 ball. So I wen",
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    {
      "episode": 418,
      "date": "2024-08-17",
      "segment_text": " works out well for the people who get the free shit coins for doing the tutorials. So, but we do have an extra special guest here on the show. I had to run and go get it. We have the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. The exit question, the Bitcoin predictor ball is back. Ben Ark, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Lower. Lower. Joshua Chicago higher or lower? Still muted keeping them in suspense. Suspense building. Ah, sideways sideways. How's that for fence sitting? Push is the worst of all answers. Jimmy song higher or lower this time next week. Doesn't matter, but I'm going to say higher higher. Here we go. We'll ask the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And it says ask again later, ask again later after all ",
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    {
      "episode": 419,
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      "segment_text": "r to that question. That's what I say. I don't know how anybody can sell their Bitcoin. I mean, you got to pay rent and stuff, but other than that, Vlad Kosta higher or lower. I'll play the heel in this situation lower. Somebody's got to be bearish. Last week, the ball wouldn't answer us this week. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher next week? You may rely on it. You may rely on it. The ball is bullish. Moving on to issue two. Bitfarms acquisition of Bitcoin Miner Stronghold, a strategic move against rival, riot. Bitfarms appears to be making itself more challenging target for its competitor, which has been gunning for a takeover in over a year. We're seeing a lot of attempted consolidation and even violent consolidation in the Bitcoin mining corporate market. James and Lop, what do you t",
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    },
    {
      "episode": 420,
      "date": "2024-08-31",
      "segment_text": "as stuck. Even maybe a thousand dollars. It was stuck. And everyone's like, oh, it's going to be 58 K forever. And they go and they find some other more exciting investment to buy instead of Bitcoin. And then all of a sudden out of nowhere, it jets up or it jets down. We have no idea except for the magic eight ball, which we're now going to ask prediction for the future. Let's see, Josh, it all will the price be higher or lower this time next week. Let's go with higher. I'm going bull bull. Robert Allen higher or lower? Always higher for Bitcoin. That's what I say. And also on the last one, yeah, Josh is right. All the articles are about price. You're lucky we can talk about anything else on this show. Because when I Google for articles, it's like different variations of how we can talk ab",
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    {
      "episode": 421,
      "date": "2024-09-07",
      "segment_text": "st seems like it always goes up in the past. But it is certainly scary news from the Fed and the kind of thing that gets people ready to sell and to freak out. Josh, now you're going to, for the exit question, you're going to predict against the magic eight ball, the source of all truth in Bitcoin. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Oops. I don't know about next week. But my thesis is in the next two months leading into Christmas, we will start to see that turn around happen. I just don't know how long it's hard to tell. So I'm going to go sideways for a annoying fence, SIDA. A happy Christmas for Bitcoin. Let's see, Starship Schrodinger in the chat says next week higher, but going below 52. That would be quite a thing. I'm going to stick with being a permable. I just",
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    {
      "episode": 422,
      "date": "2024-09-14",
      "segment_text": "he treasurer. It's not too hard. Just divide it up into grids. We'll each search until we find it. There's $14 billion in that treasurer. He lost it all. Well, let's move on to the exit question competing against the Magikapal, the source of all truth in this and any other universe. Victoria Jones, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Yeah, possibly. It's been going down for a while. Say it's probably time for little bounce. Josh Shagalli, we've got it possibly. Everyone has put their portfolios on the line. Now will you say, higher or lower this time next week? Yeah, I agree there. It'll be higher. My triangle's point to higher. Well, don't agree with the possibly. We've got to take opinions here and certainly the ball is going to take an opinion. Well, the price of Bi",
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    {
      "episode": 424,
      "date": "2024-09-28",
      "segment_text": "get it. It's the source of all knowledge and truth in this universe, the magic Bitcoin ball. Look at those graphics, big graphics today, big budget. All right, Victoria Jones, I think last week, my mind went negative. I've heard some negative people, but the price is up. Where will it be next week? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower? I think at the moment there's a lot of optimism because of the reduction in interest rates and a lot of people seeing all of this liquidity going into the market. So in spite of the dangers, I think maybe in the next week it could still be higher, but in the medium term, watch out. Maybe not for too long. I'm a bull and I'm bullish. We're going higher, especially like the report last week that BlackRock said that Bitcoin was not a risk on risk off as",
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    {
      "episode": 425,
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      "segment_text": "l be watching. Well, that blends well into the exit question. As I said, if the price of Bitcoin is up, El Salvador will be fine. If it goes down, they might need those IMF loans. Now, ugly old goat predicting against the magical Bitcoin ball, the predictor and source of all truth in this universe. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? You're muted, which makes it more dramatic and suspenseful. Go ahead, ugly higher or lower? It's going to be higher. We bottom this thing out yesterday October 3rd. We bottom that one. We have that little quick flag down quickly under 60 and reversed. We are in a very strong seasonal. I could probably share this. Can I screen share with you? Yeah. Let me see if I can find a good head should work if you push the screen. Let's see i",
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    {
      "episode": 426,
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      "segment_text": ", I'd say that it's got a strong future, but the timing of that is tricky and now I think. I know there's one thing that has no problem predicting the future of Bitcoin, and that's the magic eight ball, the source of all truth in this or any other universe. Daniel Kerry predicting against the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Higher. Ben Arck, higher or lower? Higher. Victoria Jones, everyone seems to be trending bullish today. Will you continue the trend? No, I'm going to say lower. Lower, I've also heard people say that the magic eight ball has not spoken to us for many weeks now. We don't really keep track of these things, but they say it hasn't answered. So will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Most likely, most likely. So there ",
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    {
      "episode": 427,
      "date": "2024-10-18",
      "segment_text": "with Bitcoin is such a unique investment is it keeps going up so it keeps ruining your plans when you're like, I sold on the high, I sold on the other high, I sold on the all time high and then it keeps going up, but not financial advice and do what you want to do. And now checking with the 8 ball, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? This is a very accurate shaking technique here. It is outlook good outlook good. The ball is bullish. Let's move on to issue two issue two coin base shares up 27% in October as Bitcoin rallies to $68,000. The crypto industry's flagship company is on a roll benefiting from a sector wide rally that is pushing the price of Bitcoin close to its all time high. So far coin base stock is up around 27% this month from 165 to 10. Obviously, I don't",
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      "date_7d": "2024-10-25",
      "actual": "lower",
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    {
      "episode": 428,
      "date": "2024-10-26",
      "segment_text": "cussed earlier. But, uh, no, it just seems like it's time. It's time for everyone to get just a little bit. A couple hundred bucks. Try the Bitcoin. And, uh, well, I won't predict the future and neither will the panel. We do have this plastic ball that will now Dan Eave predicting against the ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Nay, higher. Victoria, higher or lower? Um, well, just to be contrarian and given all the controversy with the US election coming up, I'm going to say lower. No, it's higher, always higher. But here we go. What will the ball say? See if I have my flashlight sometime the ball can be hard to read. Um, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? You may rely on it. You may rely on it one of the strongest predictions from",
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    {
      "episode": 429,
      "date": "2024-11-02",
      "segment_text": "ing 100 coins a week, you're a coin base or a big exchange or something, now you can only get 50. This is a big problem. This could drive up the price of Bitcoin and many people think this is driving up the price for Bitcoin. Let's check in with the next story. Well, we've got the check in with the magic eight ball for the exit question. This is the only source of truth and knowledge we're doing this up front so you guys know what's a bet on. Now, remember shaking the ball can cause bubbles, bubbles are bad, but let's check it out with the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Will it be higher this time next week? Outlook not so good. The ball's probably seen the other stories coming up, but this is just your standard price article. People talked about October all month",
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      "segment_text": "financial as he launches his own coin by think we're going to talk about that in a later issue for now obviously the price of Bitcoin and several altcoins has gone crazy completely gangbusters but we'll now turn to the Bitcoin predictor ball to find out the future of Bitcoin exit question. Victoria will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Well Bitcoin traditionally does very well at this time of year and obviously there's a lot of momentum for for the price at the moment sometimes when it gets extended it's time for a pullback but you know maybe the momentum could continue for another week so I'll say higher. Josh a call higher or lower. Yeah yeah much higher it's going to keep going this week. My hair retrace might maybe there's a retrace but like the average is g",
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      "segment_text": " Let us know in the chat type higher or lower. There's a couple of people in the chat right now. It's pretty quiet in there. But if you guys let us know higher or lower, we'll count them later. Let us know what the chat thinks. Here we go. We're shaking the ball, which they say could cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And it is very hard to see an upside down. Ask again later. Ask again later. That's why it's a good bit. It doesn't always deliver. Moving on to issue three US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin. Heist worth billions. A hacker has been sentenced for five years to US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the largest ever cryptocurrency threat thefts. Illa Lichtenstein, the hacker with Rosalconn. What was his code name? It doesn't say by f",
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      "episode": 432,
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      "segment_text": "we reach 101 million dollars no one might know what who Austin powers is I feel like it's a tearing graph of Austin powers versus the price of Bitcoin rising and when they meet I wonder how many people will still know who Austin powers is so I have to hold out for that and let's see let's go to Ben will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week yeah I think you run something that Josh I think it's going to pop about 100 K for a bit 215 or whatever is the is the target is being the target I've said on this show for three four years now on the cycle of us going up but yeah I think once we get that floor of 100 K I mean it's it's supply and demand scarcity you got these big ETFs sucking up all the Bitcoin you got microstrages sucking up all the Bitcoin you got these countries buildin",
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      "segment_text": " we reach $101 million, no one might know who Austin powers is. I feel like it's a tyrannic graph of Austin powers versus the price of Bitcoin rising. And when they meet, I wonder how many people will still know who Austin powers is. So I'll have to hold out for that. And let's see, let's go to Ben will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. Yeah, I think you run something that Josh I think is going to pop about 100k for a bit. 215 or whatever is the target. It's been the target. I've said on this show for three, four years now on the cycle of it's going up. But yeah, I think once we get that flow of 100k, I mean, it's it's a planned demand scarcity. You got these big ETFs sucking up all the Bitcoin. You got microstrages sucking up all the Bitcoin. You got these countries buil",
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      "episode": 434,
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      "segment_text": "tablished this network with the blockchain, with the miners, with all of this complexity, is to protect that ability to transact. And no one talks about this on TV. And I'm sick of it. So there you go. You guys can watch it here, but nowhere else. We're going to move on to the next topic, Victoria. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Well, you know, we're reaching that classic time of year where the American bankers all want their bonuses. So yeah, they call it the Santa Claus rally. So I'm quite sure with all the ETF involvement, you know, we're going to be on a continued upward trajectory for the rest of next week. So yeah, I'll say higher. It is a fantastic time, much like Schrodinger's cat. We have a cat in a box. We don't know if the cat's alive or dead, ",
      "ball_answer": "don't count on it",
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      "episode": 435,
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      "segment_text": "put it in altcoins. They make money in altcoins. People in altcoins make money. They're like, where are we going to put this money? Hey, how about NFTs, collectibles? Anyway, I think it's all, I'm always bullish. I think it's going up. But let's ask the Magic8 ball who really knows what's going on. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It says, it is decidedly so. It is decidedly so. So there you go. Moving on to issue two, meme coins like fart coin, which had the board. Are riding Trump's victory to huge valuations? Experts say it may have only just begun. The Carnival Casino era of cryptocurrencies has come back with a vengeance. And again, I don't think it never it never left. Maybe we just saw a depression in Dogecoin and a comeback. Let's go to Thomas Hunt. What do ",
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    },
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      "episode": 436,
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      "segment_text": "ink the Santa Claus rally is probably coming to a screeching end, especially, you know, as you've just said, with selling for tax purposes at the end of the year. So it could well be lower by next week. All right. When we before we ask everyone in the chat say higher or lower, put your vote in now. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? High. Without a doubt. Without a doubt. Oh, yeah. Higher. Yeah. That's spoken. Moving on to issue two tech companies embracing Bitcoin treasuries as a strategic asset as the market heats up heading into 2025. And as we were just talking about with microstrategy, other companies are taking notice that you could just buy Bitcoin with your extra cash or even your profits or anything, hold it on your balance sheet and watch it go up. Some in t",
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    },
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      "episode": 437,
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      "segment_text": "o it's pretty amazing. And we're just kind of recognizing some classic stories today on Genesis Block Day as all of the news is just obsessed with the price. So we're going to finish out this issue by giving you the price update that you need, that you deserve. So you can make your decisions. Josh, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Keep in mind, they're competing against the magical Bitcoin ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Well, if I remember correctly last week, it was correct. It said it's going to go higher and it is higher. I'm going to go with higher. I'm going to go with we're going to reach the old time highs again. But like, but then come back down. So it's just going to be sideways for a while, which is fantastic for the",
      "ball_answer": "yes",
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      "date_7d": "2025-01-11",
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    },
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      "episode": 438,
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      "segment_text": "e lower strand right now. I, all my triangles and my Fibonacci's and my circles and my spirals are pointing towards up for next week from here. That's great because it feels like it's going lower to me, but I'm always bullish. So I'm going to stick with that. But here we go. What does the ball say? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And the ball says, you may rely on it. You may rely on it. So the ball is bullish. We're moving on. Let's see. I have one more. I have a runner up for a worse Bitcoin company. FTX. I'm still mad at FTX. I'm still mad at SPF. I think they did an incredible amount of damage to our industry. They set us back with the trust. They took a lot of people's money. And we've seen over and over this year as we continue to cover the story. Caroline's ",
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    {
      "episode": 439,
      "date": "2025-01-25",
      "segment_text": "et's go to the exit question. We need to predict the price of Bitcoin before we move on, Josh. As everyone knows, this is how people choose their portfolios. It's how they set things. They don't have punches or they don't use charts. They just decide on what this says. So Josh, this time next week, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower? Ah, according to my underpants, it's going to be higher. There's always good. We're very bullish over here usually. But let's see about the ball with the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week. The ball says, really hard to read. We're getting old. We're getting old. Ah, it says, it says concentrate and ask again. Ah, ask again. So better, better luck next week. Moving on to issue two, issue two, Trump coin. The first big Trump scam is alread",
      "ball_answer": "concentrate and ask again",
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      "actual": "lower",
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    },
    {
      "episode": 440,
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      "segment_text": "ason we covered the tariff stories at the beginning of this show is you might think they're boring like 18th century history, but it will affect you and it will affect the Bitcoin market, even if we want to pretend otherwise, however, I'm still bullish Bitcoin always goes up. But the ball knows all will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Concentrate and ask again. Concentrate and ask me. And that's why you have great power. You just don't share that knowledge. Now you just have to see what happens. Moving on to issue four. Netflix hit with a cease and desist over the bitfinex to Bitcoin heist documentary. Lawyers for Heather, Rosalcon Morgan, accused Netflix and library films of violating the privacy of wedding guests and spreading false claims allegedly, Rosalcon and her ",
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      "episode": 441,
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      "segment_text": "in before but they have gone up you know it's I just think it's bullish so yeah 10x 1 mil here we come that's the number to look out for. And now onto the exit question where you have to predict against the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe the Bitcoin predictor ball. Josh Shagalla will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Yeah I'm going to go higher. Jimmy Song higher or lower. Higher. Arthur Van Pelt higher or lower. Higher. Everyone's bullish I'm just going to agree with everyone this week and now what will the balls say here we go shaking it can cause bubbles we might need a flashlight to read it sometimes let's see it says without a doubt without a doubt the price of Bitcoin will be higher this time next week so even the ball agrees. Moving on ",
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      "episode": 442,
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      "segment_text": "m up. But we're just going to keep talking about this because this is our classic story. We do want to do an exit question kind of from before, but from now, but think about the 8,000 Bitcoin and think about the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth in this or any known universe. And now, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? We talked about it on the beginning of the show. Let's go back to the chart from our friends at Bitcoin.old.com created by DJ Booth. The price is 97,377. That's a lot of sevens. That's three sevens. The price is up since we started the show. Naturally, the price has always been up historically. If you look at it, since the creation of mad bitcoins and the world crypto network, the price of Bitcoin has historically always been up since then",
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      "episode": 443,
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      "segment_text": " down 3.8 and USDC is holding as well so there's a lot of market action on this let's go to the exit question predicting against the predictor ball the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe given the fact that we have been hacked this morning and the market is up in a roar Josh Shagall will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week I think we'll be higher again Ben arc higher or lower now we were higher until this hack Bitcoin was around 99,000 everyone was saying 100 100 and like nothing we dropped back to 95 which is where we are now but as of course the ball knows all if you're looking for trading advice this is it right here will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week my sources say no the price will not be higher is say sources say n",
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      "episode": 444,
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      "segment_text": "dles when you have a dramatic one. It's going to take a while for everyone to kind of restabilize their confidence. So yeah, I'll say it's going low in next week. Well, let us know what you guys think in the chat. If you think it's going to be higher or lower, now go ahead and ask the Magic 8 Ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? My reply is no. My reply is no. The ball's pessimistic. I remain optimistic. I like Bitcoin, as with many of the hotlers, these kind of things happen. All of a sudden, you're kind of knocked over by it, but your strategy is hoddle. Your strategy is long term. You're not selling now. You're selling in five years. You don't know what the price is going to be in five years. You don't know what it's going to be in six months. And we'll just ha",
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    {
      "episode": 445,
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      "segment_text": "to everybody in the chat uh sanatajin inspiring formula oh there we go Tarshi my reply is no all the crew my reply is no no that means the price is not gonna be higher next week the ball is pessimistic just to compare we'll have to compare with the analog ball for all the people that are old school will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week it is too dark for me to read he rolls says oh there's a lot of words it says better not tell you now better not tell you now that it is the ball has spoken and we also had a digital eight ball this check out world crypto network at worldcryptoneatwork.com we've got lots of shows like this going back 10 years 11 years three months and one day but we've got more show more issues bonus talk L Salvador announces more Bitcoin purchases but give",
      "ball_answer": "my reply is no",
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          "quote": "to everybody in the chat uh sanatajin inspiring formula oh there we go Tarshi my reply is no all the crew my reply is no no that means the price is no",
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      "episode": 446,
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      "segment_text": "y lower and they're going to manipulate the sentiment on the market towards this, just like BlackRock did before the ETF. So maybe for next week lower. Well, certainly the news on Bitcoin has never been more positive, but that's not doing anything for the price. I'll let's see what the ball thinks. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Of course, shaking it can cause bubbles. And it says, as I see it, yes, as I see it, yes, the ball has spoken. Everyone can push their orders in. Go ahead and push buy right now. You're all set. Moving on to issue two, US Senator and congressman introduced strategic Bitcoin reserve bills to buy one million Bitcoin. Cynthia Loomis from Wyoming and others have launched a Bitcoin for America summit where the lawmakers announced their plan for",
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      "episode": 447,
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      "segment_text": "re money if we manage to fix this crisis, which we have. So I wouldn't, yeah, I wouldn't worry too much. Well, we'll see. We live in interesting tiles. The exit question for the exit question against the Bitcoin predictor ball, which of course was correct last week as it is always correct. Ben Arck will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? That gap bounces man. We're going down as no resistance. And off the president talking about Bitcoin in such a favorable way should have sent the price skyrocketing through the skies and it really didn't. There's nothing there. We're going down. Josh Shagalla higher or lower? I think we're going sideways for a while and build a good solid floor. This is what will be there building, but yeah, who knows who knows. All we know is tha",
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    {
      "episode": 448,
      "date": "2025-03-29",
      "segment_text": "r shareholders this micro strategy guy said it was a great idea. He said it would be fine. And then it doesn't work out for them. Let's go right to the exit question, predicting against the mad Bitcoin ball, the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Ben Ark will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Where is it compared to last week? Where was it lower or higher? That's not the question. No, but I want to know. I want to know if I won the last one or not. It's going to determine us to where I say it's going. I'm going to check the price on the show every Friday. So I'm just want to make my call. All right. Lower. It looks it looks like lower. It's been a try to get the chart up here for Ben. I'm going to go for a streak. Ther",
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    },
    {
      "episode": 449,
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      "segment_text": "ake the money off the site. It's like you say you could liquidate it you can pay off the interest whatever you can you own the capital and we did not. So but let's move on to the exit question which is really more important than anything predicting the price of Bitcoin in the future. Victoria Jones will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. What do you know with the stock markets looking a bit shaky I'm going to say lower. West email Cindy higher or lower. I'm going to say higher but I'm not sure it's going to stay high for long. Even the dead cat bounces Josh Shagalla higher or lower. Oh that cat is going to bounce. For sure. I still think there's a possibility we've got all these technical traders I think we're going to talk about more in the next issue but I think",
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      "episode": 450,
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      "segment_text": "happening to your people right now. I'm sure they have to do it to globalize to get a level up, to build up and all that. You have to break eggs to make an omelet and all that. But yeah, it has been funny with China doing that. Let's move on to the exit question. They say 250k. How much do you say, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this next week? This time next week, predicting against the Bitcoin ball? Obviously, I'm a terrible predictor. I wish that I would publish myself so that you guys could do the opposite. They have one of those bots. It's like doing the opposite of what Tom thinks all the time. You would make a fortune. You would do really well. But the inverse Kramer. Exactly. Every single time Anna and not meaningful, I'm always like, I'm freaked at the wrong time. I'm excited",
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    },
    {
      "episode": 451,
      "date": "2025-04-19",
      "segment_text": "leasant society. So yes, amazing things at these casinos. But anyway, I think higher as well, will the price be higher? We're going to ask the ball, the one who truly knows the reason you're I know the bubbles and I got the light. I'm going to need all the light. We're going to need it. Here we go. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Ask again later. Ask again later. I do all the work. Ball, no answer. Moving on, check out worldcrypto network.com where we've got short videos featuring Dan. That's right. Dan Eve, the crypto raptor was back on the show with us last week. You can check out these short videos as well as Victoria, Josh, with Seam and more right here on the world crypto network.com. Moving on to issue three, Michael, sailor has one word for Bitcoin and it's ",
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      "segment_text": " the road. They said, President Eisenhower says we've got to keep down the cost of living, which of course was justification for them to steal food from the military base. Moving on to the exit question, the Bitcoin predictor ball and source of all truth and knowledge in this universe, Josh, a goal will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I call a lot of pessimism last week and I might recall staying bullish and being right again. My mum bought a flight with some Bitcoin yesterday. So it's probably going up. It's always the personal story. I know it always goes up on I sell a Victoria Jones higher or lower. It seems to be on a good trajectory. So I'd say higher. An arc higher or lower. I want to go lower. Lower sticking with the pessimism and here we are shaking th",
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      "segment_text": "ah, it's going to be 100K. It's going to be a million, 10 million. And even now we have people Tim Draper was echoing what mad bitcoins has always said. Bitcoin price will go to a million, which I think is a good segue to the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all power in this universe. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher lower? I think they were saying in the chat last week, the ball predicted higher. Ball, of course, was right. Dan, what will you predict higher? Yeah. I'm getting higher. I reckon we could be above 100K. I think we need to be above 100K. It's made right. We're on the, we're on the beginning of the ball run really like the, we're re returning to the ball run. I'm going to blast past 107 people. Locked me. People called it hope. Yeah. They said that you're follo",
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      "segment_text": "sort of smash through. So yeah, I'm feeling pretty bullish on Bitcoin in general. So higher. So 600 billion here we go. Victoria Jones higher or lower? Yeah, it's looking pretty strong. I'm going to go with higher. And we'll ask the magic eight ball. Of course, shaking the ball could cause bubbles. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It says, ask again later. Ask again later. That's the thing about predictors. Sometimes they don't want to respond. You have to think for yourself. Check out worldcryptonenetwork.com where you could think for yourself and watch more than 4,351 videos. You could watch them for three months, 21 days, and 21 hours. Consequently, moving on to issue three, 45 million dollars stolen from Coinbase users in the last week, according to Zach XBT. Co",
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      "segment_text": "g thing every week I put in the same things and if they're going to have errors every other week that's not going to work for me so but let's go to the exit question I brought all the way from Las Vegas the Bitcoin predictor ball the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe Victoria Jones will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week I don't know it's been on a pretty good run normally when we find that it's been a bit of a run even though the run could keep going it might have a bit of a pullback in the short term so I'm gonna say lower I'm always bullish it's tough to be though with so much external things like tariffs and negative news and the destruction of the United States of America by four and enemies happening in front of our eyes like a Tom Clancy mov",
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      "episode": 457,
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      "segment_text": "arts of the original Bitcoin Group logo by Feneep into the graphic. Don't worry, Cheffield. I'm not too much under the weather. Just kind of have to talk the whole episode here. I can't drink as much tea and water as usual. So, it's pretty dry out here in the desert. We do have time for the Bitcoin Magic 8 Ball, the predictor, the source of all truth in this universe. We are down since the conference started. It was around 115 110 on my picture. Now I think it's 105. This usually happens after Bitcoin conferences. Everyone gets all excited about Bitcoin. Michael Sailor tells you to go out there and start a company and build generational wealth. And you get all fired up. You come home and it turns out I know what it is, but I think that the big boys probably dump on us after the convention.",
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      "episode": 458,
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      "segment_text": "ll them that. They say, oh, my buddy was into that. My cousin, he made so much money but not me, not me. So they sit on the sidelines. They get nothing. You get nothing on the sidelines. But here we have the truth, the source of all truth, the magic eight ball, the predictor of predictors. Ben Ark, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I mean, yeah, obviously not investment of ice, but I think we're radically higher. We're in the beginning of a parking stick the moment. Victoria Jones, we finally have people who disagree. Tell Ben that it will be lower. Yeah, just to be contrarian, I'll say lower. Lower the negative hockey stick, whatever hockey stick looks like going down, the scratch of the bear's paw, not the upward trend of the bull's horn. A floppy penis. W",
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      "episode": 459,
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      "segment_text": "generals as well. And if they want to run his support around Israel, and it's pretty hard for him to go against that. It could be. And to close out, we have the magic eight ball to predict the future of Bitcoin price as a war is currently affecting our future. So we will go back to plastic. Ben Ark will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower the war likely continuing through the week? Actually, I don't think the war has that much of an impact on the price of Bitcoin. I don't think anything can have that much of an impact on the price of Bitcoin. Currently, with all these strategy companies who've been up Bitcoin reserves on an exchange as an all-time low and then soon to be a huge wave of retail investment. So I feel that the Bitcoin price can only go up quite a lot from now. Josh Jagala,",
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      "episode": 460,
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      "segment_text": "t, Ben. Up and down. Up and down. It's going to go up. It's going to go down one day. We'll win. Fortunately, we've already won because we have the source of all truth and knowledge right here, ready to tell you if the price is going up or down. But first, we're going to ask the panel, Mike Jarmuz, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Higher. Josh Shagalla, higher or lower? Higher. Ben. Everyone's optimistic. You've got to break through. Is it all optimism, Ben? It's just you can't not be bullish like higher. I mean, are we are we higher than we were last week? We had some like funny news like that. Yeah, but the higher, higher. They said in the chat that we were slightly higher and that the ball is always right. I believe them about the second part. Now, will ",
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      "segment_text": "to the exit question. The picked predicting the price of Bitcoin of course this could affect it the large amount of derivative interests other people trading paper bitcoins. The darkest word that Satoshi who hated the mortgage crisis created Bitcoin would have ever heard his paper bitcoins. Ben Ark will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. And ironically the paper bitcoin could cause a future financial crisis which would be a real irony that the thing built to prevent financial crisis causes for financial crisis. Well it doesn't seem as stupid as he trying to do what it usually does up. I think we're going to be up higher higher. I think it would be beautiful and delicious irony Victoria Jones higher or lower and what kind of irony do you think it would be. Yeah I a",
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      "episode": 462,
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      "segment_text": " your own, investment, and vice blah blah blah. You know, if it doubles, if it triples, that's 200%. That's 300. The extreme we're talking about 2000. But of course, we're traveling. We weren't able to bring the magic eight ball through customs, but we have magic eight ball dot com for you. Dan Eve will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Hire. Victoria Jones higher or lower? Yeah, we could be on a roll, maybe higher. You know, I've been bullish. I've been following tech dev. I've been trying to huddle what little I have left as Dan said after spending so much of it at conference after conference. And now we will ask the magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It is decidedly so. It is decidedly so. We're going on to our real. Oh,",
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      "episode": 463,
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      "segment_text": " small dip. Ben Ark continuing the positivity higher or lower. I like this is we're just this bonkers. It's going to go so high. It does seem to me like we only went down so we could go back up. So it's one of those the market is working little correction things. But let's ask the magic eight ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It is decidedly so it is decidedly so the online eight ball perhaps more positive than the offline version. Sec out world crypto network.com we've got 4,459 videos including new short videos, which we've told we've been told they're making an effect. Maybe not the effect that we want. But they're making an effect Victoria our friend on the show here was in a video where she talked about hex and I think she actually said good things about i",
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      "segment_text": " seems a lot more like a standard four-year business liquidity cycle, where money flows in and out of businesses. And we were at the point where money flows into businesses, which means money flows into Bitcoin and other things. So I'll continue to be bullish as per always, but what about the ball? Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Saking the ball can cause bubbles. Without a doubt, without a doubt, the magic eight ball continues. Hositivity on the Bitcoin price. We're going to issue two, perhaps better timed before the markets turn around. Why Ethereum is suddenly beating Bitcoin? Ethereum, the number two cryptocurrency used for smart contracts and curial cards, was up 54% in the last month, while Bitcoin was only up 10%. Why is the price of Ethereum suddenly going ",
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      "episode": 465,
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      "segment_text": "the future with the magic Bitcoin ball. Dan, evil, the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Ever positive. I think we're going higher. Yeah. This is just a blip. New a new all time high as well. I was a grem always bullish. I always think it's going up. It's always hard to sell. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Don't count on it. Don't count on it. The ball is bearish. Moving on to issue four Harvard Harvard reports a $116 million stake in Black Rock. I shares Bitcoin ETF in the latest filing. The position marks one of the largest known Bitcoin allocations by a US university. It's also Harvard their largest stake in anything larger than their stakes in stocks or gold. Of course, I'm sure you all remember back in 2018 when I Harvard University eco",
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      "segment_text": "in that appreciates a bit way beyond what the property market's done. And I think everyone in the audience wants to see how much their Bitcoins going to appreciate and they're waiting for the exit question predicting against the magical predictor ball, the source of all truth in this universe. Jed, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Well, higher, I'd say higher. Jed says higher, Dan, Eve, higher or lower. Oh, higher, baby. All time high. Let's go for it. All time high is only 10 K away. Ish. It was a close today. And as you know, the price always goes up when we do shows historically since we started doing shows, the price is nothing but up. You can look it up, but we must check with the eight ball that knows all, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time",
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      "segment_text": "keep an eye on that. It's going to keep happening. There's lots of Twitter talk about this, but let's go to the real predictor that they should have used. If they wanted to know the future and the truth, they didn't have to invest in Nakamoto. They could have just trusted the Magic 8-ball. Dan Eave will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Wow. So we're about half a percent down from last week, which is definitely not 50% down from yesterday, like Naka. But I think we're still going to hire. We're floating around. I think we've really done well to float well above the 1.10 market for a while now. It seems like we're approaching October. Everyone's saying October is when things really start to kick off. We're what, 10, we're 12 days away from October. So yeah, I thin",
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      "episode": 470,
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      "segment_text": "p the government closed. But for now, it does seem like it gains some people more power. So they're going to keep it closed. We're going to keep an eye on this. And of course, the price of Bitcoin. Now, to predict the price of Bitcoin, Dan Eave predicting against the magical Bitcoin predictor ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I know last week. There's a lot of pessimism out there. I stuck to my bullish guns. Look where we are now. Almost an all-time high. Some saying that it could come during this show because of the power of you clicking the like button. We had about 13 likes last week. Well down from 20. So maybe you guys could push the like button this week. I'll tell you early in the show while you're still watching. But here we go, Dan. Higher or ",
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      "episode": 472,
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      "segment_text": "oin goes up because it's worth money, and it may be without these longs and shorts, we're finally free to rise. So Dan, Eve, higher or lower next week. Higher. Jesse, higher or lower? The forever optimist. Everyone is, everyone is bullish. But what about the ball? The only vote that really matters. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? The ball says it is certain. It is. Yay. The high spoke in the price will be higher next week. Let us know in the chat what you think, higher or lower. We'll check it out after. Make sure to give us a thumbs up and say, high in the chat. We're only really going to do the one big issue this week of the crash. There's some other smaller things. I like that Jack from Twitter was given tether the knife. Tether, of course, you know, made billio",
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      "episode": 473,
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      "segment_text": "ate where the bank would make money if you ran out on the loan and they'd get to keep this down payment of your precious coins. But we are running out of time. We have the exit question predicting against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth and knowledge in this universe. Jess, see, will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? I seem to recall a lot of pessimism, pessimism last week, pessimism, blah, blah. No, we're fine. Everything's back. What do you think, Jess? Not for me. The forever optimist always up, always in one direction for Bitcoin. Oscar, do you think the price will be higher or lower this time next week? Of course, it will be higher since Treadel's launch of the new hardware wallet that will hear our quantum threat. Oh, higher because of a",
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      "episode": 474,
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      "segment_text": "igher, but I'm just going to say lower just because I might be siss is that you need some of this like chaff to get washed out first. We've certainly seen it go up and down wiping out the shorts and the longs, but we really have the true predictor Bitcoin price here, the Bitcoin predictor ball. Now will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And it says very hard to read. It is decidedly so. It is decidedly so. So the price will be going up next week. I'm buying. Yeah. Moving on to issue two, the Swiss city that lets you pay for most things with Bitcoin. Lugano, Switzerland is now the home of Bitcoin according to the BBC. Shops and restaurants across the city accept Bitcoin, including McDonald's in a lake surrounded by mountains. Josh Legala, what do you think about Lugano acc",
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      "episode": 476,
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      "segment_text": "one positive, higher or lower? I mean, there has to be a pessimist in this conversation just for the fun of the game. I wish it would go up, but let's see down just to have a different perspective. All right, and I'll stay with always bullish, although I don't know anything, the ball and those all. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And it is. Cannot predict now cannot predict now. If the ball is not right, sometimes it cannot predict moving on to issue two. Russia, United States, discuss Bitcoin mining at Zaporizia, nuclear power plant, sidelineing Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the United States is, quote, interested in crypto mining at the news at Zaporizia, nuclear power plant in the disputed territory of Ukraine. Jimmy Song, what do you think",
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    {
      "episode": 477,
      "date": "2026-01-02",
      "segment_text": "US trading hours were dominated by selling pressure. The reversal reflects the end of year tax lost harvesting that drove Bitcoin down 23% in quarter four. Perhaps the floor is in. And now the prediction. The magic eight ball, the source of all truth, and this and other, any other Bitcoin universe. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? And it is. It is certain. It is certain. Says the magic eight ball. Thanks to everyone for joining us on this day after New Year's when no one's available. Give us a thumbs up if you're watching live or even later on. Moving on to issue two. Scammers notched $333 million from Bitcoin ATM scams in 2025, according to the FBI, as ABC News says in their tagline, the kiosks allow users to send cash to a digital wallet anywhere in the world. We'",
      "ball_answer": "it is certain",
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    {
      "episode": 478,
      "date": "2026-01-10",
      "segment_text": "that like, but no, that did not happen. That did not. Let's start to move on towards the next issue as we already went very close towards politics today. But fortunately, we have the arbiter of all truth with us. So everyone can agree. The Bitcoin Magic 8 ball, the source of all truth. Adam Meister will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week. Oh, lower. Yeah, definitely lower. I'm going to stick with higher. I always think higher, but who knows what's going to happen? You don't think the tear, you know, this pre court is going to go, but you don't think they're going to get the tariffs. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, they're going to get the run that Bitcoin's on with ETFs and all the other people waiting in the wings to buy. I think I just think I thi",
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    {
      "episode": 479,
      "date": "2026-01-24",
      "segment_text": " guy that was selling us books and he was going to sell things cheaper. We had the Walmart guy who's making things cheaper. He was going to sell you a cheaper broom. But now the only way your business works is complete death of the species. So with that positive note, let's go to the exit question. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Victoria, we had kind of a push last week. We were similarly at 90% 90, 90,000 dollars. We're around there again today. What do you think? Higher or lower? Well, given the dollar seems to be crashing right now, maybe it might be a bit higher. So I'm getting with higher. I do love the people that keep posting how the Bitcoin price may have gone back up. But the value of the dollar is down so much that you actually have less money. ",
      "ball_answer": "my sources say no",
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    {
      "episode": 480,
      "date": "2026-01-31",
      "segment_text": "d break, which laws he wouldn't break. He's like, oh, that's a finance law. Oh, you could get a lot of trouble for that one. I wouldn't do it. But we've got to move on to the exit question predicting against the Bitcoin predictor ball, the source of all truth of this or any other universe. Ben Arck will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week? Keep in mind that the ball is always right and was right yet again, right? Last week. I think as long as the room was persist on this Kevin Warsh, becoming the new head of the Fed, then the price is going to continue to go down because the market's just going to have less money in them. It doesn't sound good. I'm always bullish. So I'm going to stick with that. Well, let's check out the ball. What will the price of Bitcoin? Will t",
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    {
      "episode": 481,
      "date": "2026-02-07",
      "segment_text": ". Robert Allen higher or lower? I'm the eternal Bitcoin optimist. I'm going to say higher. Ben, are higher or lower? It's just a nice going lower. I mean, it may bounce off some dead cat bounce, but it's going lower, much lower, much, much lower. And now I'm muted asking the Bitcoin predictor ball. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? I think it might have pushed last week, let's say. I think it says outlook not so good. Outlook not so good about the price being higher. The ball is just slightly just slightly pessimistic. So take that for what it's worth. Obviously, you should make all your financial decisions based on the magical April. Moving on to issue two, block stream has no financial links to Jeffrey Epstein. Adam back says last week right here on the world crypt",
      "ball_answer": "outlook not so good",
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    {
      "episode": 482,
      "date": "2026-02-13",
      "segment_text": "coin to fall. The bank lowered its end of 2026 targets to $100,000 for Bitcoin and $4,000 for Ethereum. Long-term forecasts through 2030 remain unchanged. The bank's still conservative on the asset class. Checking in with the Magic eight ball, the source of all truth in this and any other universe, will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? It is certain. It is certain the ball has spoken. Moving on to issue two. A Bitcoin blunder for the ages. $40 billion accidentally given away. You won't believe it. But this exchange gave away $40 billion in Bitcoin. Hundreds of prize pouts were just a few bucks each. Part of a promotional campaign by a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange. The total reward around $425. Instead, they executed instead of $620,000 Korean won, they inputted $",
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      "episode": 483,
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      "segment_text": "'t want to forget and go to the end of the show and then have everyone say you didn't do the ball i don't know how to predict my money this week i'm gonna have to ask the AI or something so exit question ben arc predicting against the greatest source of all truth in this or any other known universe will the price of Bitcoin be higher or lower this time next week we are as i've said i'm not being right we are in a bad market we're in the post harbing bear market now and this one's different to the other bear markets and i'm not puffing on the hope you there's just so many eyes on Bitcoin and there's so many people who know what it is an institutional finance as well there's these companies with which people can access Bitcoin through but yeah we're looking of course at like a two to three y",
      "ball_answer": "yes",
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    {
      "episode": 485,
      "date": "2026-03-07",
      "segment_text": " the price went up. I enjoyed it a lot. I think we should check with the Magic 8 Ball to see what the price will do next week. I'm always bullish. I think the Bitcoin is great. This gets me in a lot of trouble. But fortunately, I have the Magic 8 Ball to make all of my decisions for me and for you. Will the price of Bitcoin be higher this time next week? Here we go, shaking it may cause bubbles in the price and the ball. And it is too hard to see, balanced on its edge. You can really see the dice. Without a doubt, without a doubt, the price of Bitcoin will be higher next week. So the Bitcoin price higher, that means that the war must be over soon as we can see here, the price continues to go down during this show breaking below 68,000. President Trump has a plan for Iran. He wants uncondit",
      "ball_answer": "without a doubt",
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