QUESTION: How can you say that Bitcoin is not a store of wealth? Nobody agrees with you.
DF
ANSWER: Bitcoin is no more a store of wealth than copper or anything else. I have said from the outset that it is a trading vehicle. It will rise and fall like everything else. A store of wealth is one where, if you put $1,000 into it, you can get $1,000 back. Everything rises and falls with the value of your house, as well as salaries and wages.
All the hype that Bitcoin is the saviour of the world, will replace the dollar, and circumvent central banks, was all great sales propaganda. The government in criminal cases has confiscated crypto accounts. The U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the District of Columbia relating to over $225.3 million in cryptocurrency tied to fraud schemes and money laundering. There was over $2.8 million in crypto + other assets seized from a wallet in connection with ransomware operations (Zepplin ransomware) by the DOJ. There are cases and a growing legal practice around cryptocurrency accounts being seized, or at least compelled to be disclosed, in divorce proceedings. It’s complex, but courts are increasingly treating crypto like other financial assets when dividing property. Here’s a breakdown of how this works, the challenges, and what seizure/turnover looks like in practice.
Under U.S. law, if you carry more than $10,000 in “currency or other monetary instruments” into or out of the country, you must report it to U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP). The relevant form is the FinCEN Form 105 (Currency and Monetary Instruments Report). “Monetary instruments” are defined broadly to include items such as paper money, coins, traveler’s checks, bearer instruments, etc. Granted, U.S. law does not clearly define cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, etc.) as “currency or monetary instruments” in the same way. Some commentators argue that the $10,000 border‐reporting rule does not currently cover crypto because of this definitional ambiguity. However, U.S. regulators have proposed including crypto in border declarations, but as of now, no final rule has been enacted.
I had flown to Bermuda to buy some ancient coins in an auction. I paid by check, threw them in my briefcase, and you had to go through customs there in Bermuda. The agent opened my briefcase and saw the purchases I had made that had the prices on them, and said I didn’t declare them so that he could confiscate them. I argued that they were not listed in the guidelines, and under his definition, my clothes could be confiscated as well. He backed off, but every time for the next 30 years, when I returned to the United States, they looked at the screen, and the smile and friendly demeanor vanished. Then came the words, “Let me see the briefcase.”
You can argue that Bitcoin is not in the code for now. But if the agent wants to make a name for themselves, they will confiscate your account. You’ll go to court to argue for its return, and if you get an honest federal judge (good luck on that), maybe you’ll win.
The European Union has been working on regulatory frameworks (for example, via the Travel Rule / Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR)) that would require crypto‐asset service providers (CASPs) to share originator & beneficiary information when crypto is transferred across borders. But these rules apply to regulated crypto service providers, not necessarily individuals crossing a border carrying crypto in wallets. The requirement is more about the transmission of assets via institutions.
However, as on MONDAY, travelers in and out of the EU must disclose all their accounts. I would bet that they will include crypto. I have been warning that as Europe moves closer to war with Russia (they assume Trump will be forced to defend the EU at American expense as always), they are pushing for iron-clad capital controls. They are going for the cancellation of all physical cash, will then convert all accounts to their digital CBDC, and you will NOT be allowed to take money out of the EU. What starts this will is step one.
Not all Americans are NEOCONS looking for World War III like Lindsey Olin Graham. I believe Trump is being played by the NEOCONS, and advocating that NATO can shoot down Russian planes if they even venture into their airspace is an act of war. Some of the NEOCONS, such as John Bolton, never served, yet have no problem sending others to die in combat. Lindsey has served in the military, though he has not fought in combat or been in an active war zone. He was in the United States Air Force (active duty from 1982–1988).
Anna Paulina Luna was in the military from 2009 to 2014. I can say she is anti-war, and she does have a fire in her belly. It is Congress that must issue a declaration of war. Roosevelt had to impose sanctions on Japan, freezing all their assets in the USA, then threatening to put an embargo on it to prevent Japan from buying energy from anyone else. That was what led to Pearl Harbor. Once they attacked, then Roosevelt finally got his declaration of war from Congress.
Luna is at least on our side. I give her credit for opening a dialogue with Russia. Putin is doing everything he can to avoid World War III. My concern is that the media in Europe and in the USA are bought and paid for by the NEOCONS and the Military Industrial Complex that President Eisenhow warned us about, which will always promote war, for that is how they make their billions with the blood of others.
When Kruschev backed down from the 1962 Missile Crisis, the dignity of Russia was called into question. There was a coup and Kruschev was ousted.
Russia was invited to join NATO. Because the hardliners feared he might do that and surrender Russia to its postwar enemy, NATO, they staged another coup and overthrew Gobabchev. That is when Yeltsin stood on the tank and told the military not to follow their orders and not to shoot their fellow Russians.
Trump and NATO are playing a perilous game of chicken. Trying to force Putin into this corner to show your balls are bigger than his runs the risk of yet a third coup, and this time they will get more than they bargained for. With longer-range missiles, Ukraine can destroy all the military targets inside Russia to reduce it to ashes, which is the real goal of this Ukraine War. My sources have been obvious. NOBODY EVER EXPECTED Ukraine even to survive. The only objective was to use Ukraine to weaken Russia so that NATO could walk in unopposed.
Any news article that starts out saying “When Russia launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it set off the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II,” is propaganda put out by NATO, NEOCONS, and the war mongers. If anyone cared about the Ukrainian people, they would have honored the Minsk Agreement. The powers behind the curtain want war with Russia, and they intend to get it.
COMMENT: Marty, I hope your family enjoyed the painting I had made of you to thank you when I sold my business in California. Your long-term advice has guided my life since the days when you were regularly on the Buz Schwartz show in California. Your advice that 1999 would be the low in gold was excellent. I bought $1 million of gold at $275 back then, when they were illegally keeping you in contempt to silence you for the bankers after the Russian collapse. Buz was supporting on the air. It was obviously a lie to claim the bank had no idea where $1 billion was, when that kind of money can only be wired. That $1 million I invested on your advice is now $12 million. I bought going into the Benchmarks. You said gold would decline for 19 years, then rise to $5,000 by 2032. That was why you retired from the gold business back then. The NY boys wanted to silence you because you always told the truth. As Barclay said in the Forecaster Movie, Goldman Sachs admitted they thought they could crush you, but you usually won.
I am so happy that they are making films about your life. It has been an honor to have known you. You have done more to try to help society and have suffered the arrows for doing so.
If they make this film about you vs the deep state, it will be like The Big Short that exposed the corruption between the banks and credit agencies. I will be glad to invest in that venture. The world needs to wake up.
JK
REPLY: Thank you. I knew about selling your company, and I thank you for the painting. I did not realize you also bought the gold near the low in 1999. My mother always told me there was a time and a place for everything. I never forgot that. I heard it all the time. I remember Buz. He was truly a great guy. He instantly saw through the government’s BS and how it was all about protecting the banks. If it wasn’t for the Japanese press coming to interview me, and I told them the bank stole the money, and if they did not come and sue the bank, they would never see a dime because the prosecutors were protecting the bank. The NY banks want people to buy at the high and sell at the low so they can make their pound of flesh.
That right comes from the Sixth Amendment, which states:
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial…”
When they were taking my lawyers away, the judge illegally closed the courtroom. The Associated Press was in the room and then told to get out. She went right up to the bench and said, “You cannot throw us out.” He ordered the Marshall to escort her out. She then wrote in a “closed” court, which violates the Constitution. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals did nothing. The Constitution means absolutely NOTHING in New York City, and it is far too dangerous to even have an account there.
If it were not for the support of my clients following my direction to sue the bank, they would have kept the money, probably handed some of it out to the Deep State, which might have taken place anyway because I had a $400 million profit due to the currency swing, where the dollar nearly doubled and they still handed that to the bank. They gave my notes to the bank to redeem because if the receiver did that, there was a $400 million profit they did not want to show. They even stole the pension funds of the employees, so much for the honesty of the DOJ in New York City. Then they put a gag order on me to prevent me from helping my own clients against the bank. It was even suggested that if they went to court, I could not testify for them.
Like a hostage held by terrorists, they do the same. You are handed a script that you must read. You are not allowed to speak in your own words. This is American justice in NYC. What a joke. There is absolutely nothing worth saving about the legal system in NYC – NOTHING!!!!!
The STATS for the SDNY show the tyranny.
Over 97–98% of defendants in federal cases plead guilty (primarily through plea bargains). You are threatened with double the time if you go to trial, or they threaten your family. They froze my mother’s account, even her social security funds, so she could not even get her medicine. They backed off only when my lawyers threatened to hold a press conference that they were deliberately trying to kill my mother to get me to plead.
Of the small fraction (about 2%) who go to trial, roughly 80–90% are convicted.
That produces an overall conviction rate around 99% once you include both guilty pleas and trial convictions.
No prosecutor will EVER admit a mistake. They fear they will never get a job if they have failures on their record. NEVER allow your child or grandchild EVER to marry a prosecutor. When the rule of law collapses, the country is not far behind. I have to warn client NEVER have any account in NYC for if you have to go to court against a bank – YOU LOSE 99% of the time!
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Renowned forecaster Martin Armstrong joins Dennis Tubbergen to discuss his groundbreaking computer model that tracks global capital flows and has accurately predicted major economic events for decades. Armstrong explains why capital is fleeing Europe and heading to the United States, the real reasons behind BRICS development (hint: it’s not about gold backing), and why talk of “de-dollarization” misses the mark. He reveals how geopolitical tensions are driving market movements, why European debt poses systemic risks to the banking system, and the surprising connection between stablecoins and Civil War-era war bonds. Armstrong also shares his unique perspective on why the U.S. dollar remains the world’s reserve currency and what makes it fundamentally different from other nations’ currencies. A must-listen for anyone seeking to understand where global capital is heading and what it means for markets, currencies, and the escalating geopolitical landscape.
Elevate, take the big picture, then understand exactly why the political operatives on the left are doing everything possible to stop the Trump tariff policies.
As President Trump secures a growing Main Street economy through the use of tariffs, the revenue generated becomes part of the financial mechanism to remove the leftist leverage mechanisms with income taxes.
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “Chuck Schumer recently said, “Every day gets better” during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of “Leader” Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th.
That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.
I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” (source)
October 12, 2025 | Sundance
President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to a massive crowd from “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Speaking beside Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, Steve Witkoff delivered a message of thanks and appreciation to the people of Israel on the cusp of the release of the Israeli hostages and a historic Mideast peace agreement.
The Israeli crowd erupts in boos when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s name is mentioned, but erupts in applause and chants of “Thank you Trump”, when President Trump’s name is mentioned. Blessed are the peacemakers. WATCH:
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October 11, 2025 | Sundance
CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis (pictured left) has removed the acting CIA general counsel and put himself into the role until President Trump’s nominee Joshua Simmons can be confirmed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Deputy Director Ellis, like DNI Tulsi Gabbard is a solid MAGA ally. Without knowing the reason for his decision to remove the CIA general counsel, the New York Times is not happy.
WASHINGTON DC – Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A., has abruptly demoted a career lawyer who had been serving as the agency’s acting general counsel since January and installed himself in that role, according to people familiar with the matter.
[…] It was not clear what was behind Mr. Ellis’s taking personal control of making legal judgments for the agency while continuing to help lead it, but the move raised alarms among some current and former intelligence officials.
[…] The C.I.A. did not specifically address questions about what was behind the move and whether it raised conflict-of-interest issues. But in a statement, a C.I.A. spokeswoman, Liz Lyons, noted that Mr. Trump had nominated a State Department lawyer, Joshua Simmons, for the role. The Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for him on Wednesday.
“The deputy director is a highly respected national security lawyer and intelligence professional,” Ms. Lyons said. “This temporary arrangement was approved by career agency attorneys while the Senate considers President Trump’s nominee, Josh Simmons, for C.I.A. general counsel.
[…] a career lawyer who had been the principal deputy general counsel had been serving as the acting top lawyer for the C.I.A. His name has not been publicly released.
That lawyer has now been relegated to the role of a regular deputy — not fired — and Mr. Ellis has given himself the role of principal deputy, which automatically makes him the acting general counsel so long as the position remains vacant. (read more)
Some, very few – of which you are a select audience, may read this story and ponder what is going on. Again, all of this cuts to the core issue of a rogue Intelligence Community being confronted.
Remember, one of DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s first moves was to confront the National Intelligence Council inside the CIA and remove it. Gabbard then fired the NIC leadership, and it became obvious quickly she intercepted an NIC effort to undermine President Trump’s framework of Venezuela operatives Tren de Aragua De operating as a criminal terrorist organization. Soon thereafter, Gabbard removed the security clearances of 37 current and former officials – some from the CIA stable.
As that second scenario unfolded it became clear the CIA Directorate of Analysis was attempting to frame a narrative against Gabbard using a changed “covert status” for CIA operative Ms. Julia Gurganus, Senior Executive Manager – Europe and Eurasia Mission Center, Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA scheme didn’t work. DNI Gabbard declassified and released the CIA work product, and then later removed Gurganus security clearance. Julia Gurganus was the author of the false, corrupt and heavily weaponized 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment.
At each step of the IC confrontation, we can see CIA operatives intending to interfere.
Therefore, it makes sense for CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis to make a move inside the agency to ensure the general counsel is not part of the problem. Who can Ellis trust? Given the nature of what has unfolded, the answer is himself.
Why now?
Great question.
Two likely scenarios surface. First, former NSA John Bolton’s DOJ prosecution is likely to come down to a set of “classified” document determinations as defined by the CIA previously working with Bolton. If there is a Bolton indictment looming, Deputy Director Ellis needs to ensure no political defense postures are mounted from within.
The second issue is even bigger in consequence.
With China making bold trade and geopolitical moves simultaneous with President Trump’s focus being directed to the Israeli/Gaza conflict, there is one point of geopolitical leverage which can cut the Gordian knot – Russia.
If President Trump can pull Russia out of the gravitational field of China, things can quickly change. Bold changes within the U.S-Russia relationship, at such a tenuous time as this, would require a fully aligned CIA.
The moment we realize the technological systems have begun to decide who speaks and who is silenced, we can look around and see the cage bars; hopefully, before the door closes. It is from that moment when we value ‘free speech.’
Pavel Durov is a man of strong strategic focus and self-discipline. The company he created, Telegram, is at the forefront of an information control war, and arguably Durov is one of a small group who grasp the dynamic.
PAVEL DUROV – “I’m turning 41, but I don’t feel like celebrating. Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet built for us by our fathers.
What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.
Once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning of private messages (EU).
Germany is persecuting anyone who dares to criticize officials on the Internet. The UK is imprisoning thousands for their tweets. France is criminally investigating tech leaders who defend freedom and privacy.
A dark, dystopian world is approaching fast — while we’re asleep. Our generation risks going down in history as the last one that had freedoms — and allowed them to be taken away.
We’ve been fed a lie.
We’ve been made to believe that the greatest fight of our generation is to destroy everything our forefathers left us: tradition, privacy, sovereignty, the free market, and free speech.
By betraying the legacy of our ancestors, we’ve set ourselves on a path toward self-destruction — moral, intellectual, economic, and ultimately biological.
So no, I’m not going to celebrate today. I’m running out of time. WE are running out of time.” (source)
Those who control information have now perfected the art of algorithmic control, using advance Artificial Intelligence as a tool to control the flow of information.
The control algorithms are learning the dark art of manipulative content operations. As Elon Musk famously said of his intentions, “the freedom of speech, not the freedom of reach.”
What the Larry Ellison (Oracle) mindset believes, is that social opinions, and ultimately public policy, can be changed simply by controlling the information inputs. This was the long-game strategy behind Larry Ellison’s like-minded fellow travelers taking action to acquire TikTok, and his son David Ellison simultaneously taking control of Paramount (CBS).
The background context is the beta test that Ellison’s protege’ Elon Musk provided with Twitter.
What comes next is exactly what Pavel Durov is warning about.
Platform content is controlled using the algorithm to apply benefit for the correct message and isolation for the incorrect message.
Content creators instantly recognize which content message is gaining benefit (likes, engagement), and which content messages result in punishment, isolation, for wrong or devalued thinking. Content creators immediately begin to modify their content to enhance the benefit and avoid the consequence.
This approach creates a system of self-governed filtration. The control officers don’t need to censor; the censorship becomes organic. By controlling the reach, the algorithm controls the speech. Nothing is organic.
Government entities don’t even need to tell platform providers to ‘blacklist’ or delete certain information any longer; they can simply tell their tech partners what information is against their interests, then let algorithms inside the machines go to work on identifying that information for isolation. Conversely, the information beneficial to their interests can be enhanced and amplified in what looks like an organic spread.
That’s what Elon Musk tested on the X platform; that’s exactly what exists today, and that’s also what is being launched by Larry Ellison on TikTok and David Ellison on CBS.
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