# Four Horseman of the Marketpocalypse

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/22/
> The four horsemen of the apocalypse are riding roughshod over Bitcoin... and the no-coiners are cheering. I'll break down the FUD, separate facts from fiction, and explain what set all this off.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 22
- Date: 2024-08-05
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:33:10
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/638584898345713560204a510c-900c-4f58-afa5-072b7a311d12v1.mp3





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**Links:**

* [Japan's stock market, the Nikkei 225, is currently set to post its largest 2-day drop in history. ](https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1820281834300699060)
* [The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is caught between tightening monetary policies, risking a collapse of the carry trade, or maintaining low rates, which threatens financial stability. ](https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1820260286349406247)
* [Magnificent Seven set to shed $1 trillion in value, led by Apple, Nvidia](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/magnificent-seven-set-to-shed-1-trillion-in-value-led-by-apple-nvidia/ar-AA1og2MG)
* [Treasuries Surge as Traders Bet on Emergency Fed Rate Cut](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bond-traders-bet-big-fed-190000721.html)
* [Schwab, Fidelity resolve temporary disruptions on frenetic trading day](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-trading-platforms-down-thousands-135815367.html)
* [Are Banks Sweeping Dud Property Loans Under the Rug? - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/finance/are-banks-sweeping-dud-property-loans-under-the-rug-61fd7029)
* [Biden's Treasury accused of trying to juice U.S. economy pre-election](https://www.axios.com/2024/08/05/biden-treasury-economy-spending-election)
* [Schwab, Fidelity resolve temporary disruptions on frenetic trading day](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-trading-platforms-down-thousands-135815367.html)
* [The Japanese Yen has retraced an entire year's worth of price action in just 26 days.](https://x.com/stackhodler/status/1820392821745983996)
* [Dow tumbles 1,000 points, S&P 500 posts worst day since 2022 ](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/04/stock-market-today-live-updates.html)
* [Wharton's Jeremy Siegel says Fed needs to make an emergency rate cut](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/whartons-jeremy-siegel-says-fed-needs-to-make-an-emergency-rate-cut.html)
* [Carry trades: A major unwinding is underway amid a stock sell-off](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/carry-trades-a-major-unwinding-is-underway-amid-a-stock-sell-off.html)
* [The Reason Behind Bitcoin's Price Crash: Arthur Hayes Speculates](https://cryptopotato.com/the-reason-behind-bitcoins-price-crash-arthur-hayes-speculates/)
* [Bitcoin Crash Wipes Out 18% Of Profitable Investors In 24 Hours - BitcoinWorld](https://bitcoinworld.co.in/bitcoin-crash-wipes-out-18-of-profitable-investors-in-24-hours/)
* [Bitcoin Falls Below $53K, Wiping Out $600M in Leveraged Longs - Co…](https://coinchapter.com/bitcoin-falls-below-53k-wiping-out-600m-in-leveraged-longs/)
* [Saylor's $2 Billion Bitcoin Plan Amid Market Chaos](https://www.ethnews.com/saylors-2-billion-bitcoin-plan-amid-market-chaos-desperation-or-strategy/)
* [Polymarket 26% chance of U.S. Recession in 2024](https://polymarket.com/event/us-recession-in-2024-1?tid=1722892045533)
* [Tezos co-founder calls Bitcoin “pretend internet money” on CNBC](https://x.com/RhinoBTCapp/status/1820476416968044967)

  * [Tezos Price Price Chart](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/tezos)
  * [Tezos](https://tezos.com/)


**Music**

* [Jim Cramer pumps Crowdstrike and dumps Bitcoin by Annonymal](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6975771?episode=25689726829)