Welcome guys to another episode actually episode 24 of let's talk crypto I am your host Bitcoin Jay here with the BTC Queen. How are you doing BTC Queen? Pretty good can't complain. I think I Might take a trip to Asia soon. So that that'll be fun The problem is it's like on the other side of the world and that means like the time would be weird, but we'll figure it out Other than that not too bad been looking at The news the market Crypto is not too bad. I went to see the the movie the highest stake if anybody Knows anything about that movie. It's the movie about pecs and Richard Hart that came out Oh, no, which was filmed completely independent by Outsources no one in the community filmed it, which I thought was cool Originally, I was in the impression that like people in the community were like, oh, it's make this movie to elevate hex But like no, it was like a purely unbiased documentary Very controversial. So like what we'll talk about a little bit about that today later on In the news, but pretty pretty good. Otherwise Awesome. Well, why you were talking? I just went and turned off my AC which I forgot and left on At the start of it. Yeah, so it's been a crazy week overall. I literally just walked in the door After from getting off a plane. I went to visit like I told you guys I went to visit Cuba this weekend So I was there for a few days literally just landed this morning been running around just walked in the door so I Am I am definitely drained? But I'm putting all my rest the rest of my reserve energy into getting this podcast together getting this livestream together And putting it out for you guys. So grinding right through it. So, um, yeah, let's yeah today today. We're gonna We're gonna cover a lot of things. We have we have a big week on the economic calendar price has been It's it's been choppy, right price has been a little choppy and we have some potential a Potential double top on the charts that I want to talk about but there's also a bullish case for it So we're gonna look at both those both of those scenarios to end today's live-stream podcast and And what else? I know you have some juicy news for us as usual. You got you got the the down low the 411 and And yeah, and remember at the end of this we're going to go ahead and do a Q&A So if you guys have any questions, make sure to drop them in the comments This weekend. I wasn't since I wasn't using my phone I wasn't able to to ask questions on Instagram. So So we're gonna need some help from you guys the live viewers for today's show. So let's go ahead and jump right in The first thing we're gonna be talking about. Let's look at the price. So let's start there. I think that's a good place to start let's take a look at the price here and You can see that right now We're at 20 and so we actually just broke back above $29,000 and we go to the daily really quickly so you guys can get a clearer view and We were actually we went down as low as 28,000 690 today Which last week we actually went a bit lower than that. So what we'll talk about that but Yeah, so we're actually we just as soon as we went live Price started to go back up. So you already know it price was waiting for us to go live in order to start moving up So that's a good sign already a great way to start to show already Let's take a look at what's been going on around the market, I know it's been a little slow last week was pretty slow We didn't really have much going on as far as like in the economic calendar things like that and a lot of people were probably just kind of Waiting to see what's going on with the inflation report that's coming out this week. So We can see that in the last seven days Bitcoin has literally really done nothing. It's pretty much flat, right? It's down 0.36 percent Ethereum is down 2% And if we kind of look across the rest of the market, you can see that XRP is down almost 13 percent We know that XRP had a big run Over the last few weeks. So it's been kind of in that retrace has been probably retracing more than then More than it should as it not more than should but more compared to the other cryptos And that's probably do in part because of that big move to the upside It left a lot of imbalances in the market. So You know that means in liquidity to the lower levels and that's what it looks like it's been doing here If we keep going down the chart, you'll see Doge is down about six and a half percent We have Cardano down about seven and a half percent Solana down about four and a half percent and Tron down about two percent. So That and we could also see here a Litecoin down 12 percent which Last week the Litecoin halving occurred, right? Do you know the exact day that it happened on? I was watching the halving party actually It was like Charlie Lee and friends The first like half like two hours of it was just guys going back and forth about like charts and stuff, right? I feel like it was Wednesday. Like I want to say it was Wednesday. Okay. Yeah It was around the second or the third If i'm not mistaken, but we can see here that pretty much Um price has been dropping again And we ended up getting that the top On the third of july is when we ended up getting the top of that Wednesday the second. Okay. Okay. So I was on the second exactly So, uh, yeah, so it looks like we ended up getting the top on the monday july 3rd Um, which ended up being around 115 dollars I think when I did my video and this is back like in january february I my my guesstimate for a top was um, I think it was like june 18th or something like that And my price guesstimate for the top was between 120 to like 160 or something like that Um, so, I mean, I wasn't that far off and I was predicting it like six months in advance Uh, we got till at 115 and I was about two weeks off as far as the date the date exactly trying to guess the exact day It was going to top out. So, um, it has been a weird year overall Economically with the overall market. So I think that also has to do a lot with with why the price behaved A little bit differently than the previous halvings pre-halvings But we did get we did get a small rally up. Unfortunately, it wasn't as much as we would have liked And now we see prices dropping back down for this. Um, so like I spoke about in my video if you guys watch that usually Once the halving happens, there's there's a price drop and a bottom out period And then after that bottom out period usually after bitcoins halving Then you can see price start to jump again and reaching new all-time highs Historically, that's what it's done. So, um, that's what I'll be looking for next in uh, litecoin So let's look at the rest of the market and see what's been going on You can see here, uh, the top gainers in the last seven days. We have flex coin. We have caspa Bone sheba swap. So this is a new one jumping in here It's actually exactly at 100 in the top 100 gainers. It's up 8% Flex I forgot to mention how much flex coin and caspa were up flex is up 37.5 percent caspa up 28.8 percent Caspa's been on the top gainers list for like a few weeks in a row now When we've been doing this this this podcast so It it's it's been consistent We have xdc network here as well up 8 and fract shares is up seven percent As far as the top losers in the last week, we have, uh, pepe once again This one is on the other side of the coin of caspa, right pepe's been making Been streaking here on the top losers chart It's down about 15 percent on the on the week in the last seven days XRP down 13 percent litecoin down 12 percent Fida network down 11 and a half percent and uniswap down 11.3 percent. So It's it's been a mixed bag as far as what's been going on in the market over the last seven days I do expect to see Some some movement this week. So Looking over at the economic calendar to see what's going on. We can clearly see here August 10th. So the 10th of august, which is on thursday. So On thursday, the inflation rate reports are going to be coming out. Now. Why is this important? Because if we look all the way back Until you know as far as this year year to date every week that we've had the inflation reports Bitcoin for the most part has gone up. So we're with this is the eighth month this year Um, so that means we've we we have received seven of these reports so far Six out of seven of those reports those weeks when the reports came out bitcoins price went up So um, and then last month when we the report came out bitcoins price went up So just something to keep in mind there Um, I believe last time so last time did the inflation report come in at three percent Was that where we were last time? So the forecast right now is actually at three point three percent Is what consensus is that? So basically they're they're expecting The inflation the the year over year to go up In this report that that's coming out on thursday That that'll be the first report that we get in a year basically that um that this didn't go down the year over year So it'll be interesting to see what happens there during that report If remember, usually the way that it works when these reports come out, whatever consensus is That's pretty much what the prices what the market is expecting Depending on then once it comes out if we go if we come in below consensus Usually, um, we get some bullish movement within the market if we come in above Consensus usually we'll get bearish movement within the market So, uh, we'll have to wait and see how this plays out because this will be the first time that um That the consensus is above in the last year basically their consensus is above The previous reports, uh inflation rate and um, I'm not sure How the prices are going to react how the market's going to react depending on how that report comes out Because even if it comes in at let's say 3.2 3.1 or even 3 percent We're beating consensus, but we're not beating, you know, the move that we had last month Um, so we got to see we have to see what happens. We we're not really moving from that 3 percent And remember the the Fed is targeting to get into that 2 percent area So it seems like that 2 area is going to be a resistance to get into So, um, you can see here that the trading economics forecast is 3.1 percent So we'll we'll see we'll see who's right here the consensus or the forecast or maybe none of them, right? um So Yeah, that's basically what we're going to see this week. I'm expecting, you know, once those reports come out on Thursday, I expect to see some movement here within the market You can see here last this is the last month when the reports came out Um, I believe one was it had to be like mid month. I'm assuming So probably around here. I think it was Wait, this is I'm looking at June. I'm I'm sorry. I'm lost right now. So it was actually Yeah, it was actually in july. So I I believe it was here on the 12th last month And you can see that we did end up getting a uh, a green week there We went up. This is actually that during during inflation report week is actually when we topped out for the year highs Um, I I believe we hit 31,800 Uh 869 as our high there before, you know, we're basically down ever since ever since that week we're down. So let's see if Um, maybe this report brings in some inspiring news and some bullish movement back into the market We'll talk a little bit more in-depth about the um, what I think what i'm currently watching on the charts here And what I think could happen, uh, depending on which way we move this week But first, let's go ahead and break down what's been going on overall in the market with uh, with the btc queen So let me hand the reins over to you I've been out of the loop. So please fill me in. What has been going on in the bitcoin market? All right, so, uh I guess the bitcoin market but overall the news So first, let's talk about the movie that came out this weekend. Uh in correlation with the sec serving mr. Richard Mr. Richard Hart The movie called the highest stakes which is out in theaters now I believe regal is the only movie theater that is playing it So guys, um, if you want to watch a pretty interesting and controversial Movie that is on cryptocurrency and everything that's going on right now. Please go And see the highest stake in theaters. So um I'm not gonna ruin the movie for anyone because it's just like I said It's very controversial and it was filmed by somebody by a group that was outside of the actual community so I think that it highlights all aspects of um, I guess the movie well and all takes of the Idea of hex. Um now what I will say is that After seeing the movie and watching it, um, yeah, it wasn't anyone's favorite one two Uh, I pretty much I think that's pretty much why the sec served Um, Richard prior to that movie coming out because it was coming out because it was You know some movie that's like a major documentary that's coming out and like theaters like I felt I feel like they had to tell people something at that rate and that's pretty much why they decided to serve him now interestingly enough um on everything that Richard heart does and says throughout the movie online is Opposite of pretty much what the sec is like blaming him about Um, which is he is very honest and transparent about the cryptocurrency market He says hey guys if you put your money in this you can lose it all Um, and he says that all the time and he says it every time he streams and it's crazy because uh, nobody Like with that like has like invested in hex like that. I know personally has ever felt uh wronged by this man Um, and it's usually because he says things like this because he's actually extremely honest So it's quite funny. Um, how That is actually portrayed um In the documentation against, uh, mr. Hart And what he actually does, uh, you know every day A lot of some in some of the documentation that they had said was like, oh, you know He spent these people's money to do this on the third um, but I remember him being wealthy off bitcoin because he used to be a miner back in the day Which he actually goes over in the movie which is true Um, he he did mine. He I I didn't know Richard from being an og bitcoiner Just from way back when ironically, so it's actually quite interesting to see these two, uh, I guess Negating sides and aspects of like what's going on. So, uh, yeah highly recommend the movie. Um, I think after going with some friends Who are working on other projects They like saw the movie and their only thought was man. Am I wasting my life? Is this what occurred to us all of pal? It's quite funny. What's the name of the movie again? The highest stake the highest stake that's that definitely sounds interesting Yeah, no, it's it's it's a great movie. Um, it's um, it's at regal So so find your your nearest regal and um, hopefully they're playing at it. It was quite a good movie So anyways, uh, moving on, uh, the biggest news this morning is that paypal Is launching its own stablecoin That's that's basically the highlight of the day. Oh, yeah, I did see that. Yep He's officially having a stablecoin. I'm like, what what is the point of having a stablecoin like within like paypal? Like it's it's basically like like they already They already have like their own ecosystem pretty much. Um I'm assuming The stablecoin in my brain and it has to make sense at the stablecoin like you can like purchase it on the free market So that you can like redeem it in paypal But if it's something that just stays in paypal and it's like Just like oh instead of us offering, you know, like tether. We're we're gonna offer you this this, you know, paypal stable Um, which is in our trade your bitcoin into a stable. Um, that's that's really what I see here. So, um It's it's cool, but it's it like in reality. It's it's actually less underwhelming than it could be But uh, yeah, I think I think honestly They may or may not put it on the free market But for the most part they just might keep in an app as like an alternative of you holding all your crypto, uh, you know in a volatile state on paypal versus, um Yeah, not having this option. So That's that's pretty much that um So some not so great news in 2024 us businesses Will collect id name and addresses if you make a crypto purchase over $10,000 Now there's not a lot of things that you buy that are over $10,000 that usually don't require these things Like if you buy a car, uh, you know, you got to do your illustration if you buy, you know, just just different things Um, but I mean, I guess let's say I want to buy a boat or I want to buy like in a really expensive handbag And I want to pay in crypto and instead of paying my credit card these people now have to like Get all this information off me Why why do they need to do that if it's already not something that they like Have if I wanted to pay cash Like I could already do that without giving them my information But like now it's like oh you're gonna pay in crypto Whoa, wait a second. We got to get all your information now Um, so like there's a lot of privacy concerns around that there was a a group that had Brought it up to a judge when it was first rumored, but there wasn't any like official things about it So the judge is like, uh, I speculated they shut it down Now now that they push it and have like implemented it pretty much it's kind of like What the heck, you know, it's it's a little strange Definitely government overreaching my opinion because you know, you can't do that with cash now You know, if you if you're not telling people to do these things with Other forms of money that we already like transact in like nobody collects my idea if I pay cash Nobody collects my idea if I if I pay with my card I mean, I guess they have the card information, but you know, it's not your address. That's not these other You know pieces of information that like it's like why why do you need that? So, uh, yeah, that one that one's not too great. So, um in 2024 that is that is the latest Um, so in kenya if you guys haven't heard uh, the kenya police rated and seized All of the world coin orbs in operation So pretty much are saying that it is uh, it has there's privacy concerns around that around their citizens and that they are Suspended from continuing business in kenya while they are under investigation um I think that every country should do this because it's not not great. What's what's actually going on Uh, I I mean, you know, if these things are like truly voluntary, that's one thing Uh now I have a friend who used to work on things that you know, did like eye scanning and recognition Um, and he was basically saying online like, you know, look sam. Why aren't you being honest with people? um, you know This stuff collects like you're basically your entire face Needs to be collected when you're doing these scans, which is pretty much One of the reasons why they probably rated took their orbs and another like studying it to see like what exactly is it collecting because You're saying it's oh, it's collecting these eyeballs, but you don't actually know What it is all collecting, you know, it says it's collecting this but is it collecting more and there's people who have obviously built Similar things and have dealt with similar technology that say hey um You need to collect an entire face recognition scan And at that point in time that is not what's being marketed. So There's potentially false marketing over the information and data that's being collected Um, so there's a lot of speculation on that right now Um between smash the orbs and you know, kenyan police like raiding these people Uh, I don't know about you guys, but I have stayed very very far away from this world's coin ubi I don't have any interest in participating in it. I don't want ubi Um, I'm very good where I'm at. So I'm I don't know why I think that's like the opposite of what crypto is Like we're not about giving away information like, um, yeah, I'm definitely Staying far away from that. I don't know why anyone would ever would even want to do that But yeah, I mean this is like like if governments wanted to give like money away efficiently Maybe this is the way to do it. Maybe it's like, hey, everyone gets $500 a month and in order to For you to claim these $500 a month you need to verify your identity With you know, whatever documentation and we need to make sure that you know, you are in fact the person Who you say you are?  Um, so maybe if we wanted to do this efficiently Perhaps this is a way to do it. But at the same time, it's it's um You know, it's not these people's job to to provide ubi. Like this is not their job. Like it's cute Um, it's an idea but at the end of the day, I feel like it's definitely Overreach and it's starting to bother governments because not even them themselves are doing that. Right So, uh, Very problematic and like you like we already know what governments do like they're not trustworthy, right? And now you're telling me you're gonna give all this information to a third party. That's not even a government Like that that's literally you're literally setting yourself up So whatever ends up happening with these things one, you know, they eventually get hacked and get leaked And now it's in the wrong hands of the wrong people or you know, the governments Take them and literally there's people who you know, they they do eyeball Identification access and facial recognition access with your phone. You know people we do this on our phone We we do these things, but there's people who um, you know, they have high clearance security to certain things You know banks gold reserves Um, you know, you name it like secured, you know government areas All of a sudden now All this, you know facial recognition stuff is out on the internet and some guy Manages to like understand how to replicate it and like grant himself access because he has your eyeballs You know, what the heck is that that's that's not information that should be collected by anyone. Um, you know without Think you froze Someone they will try anything to get that money because Uh, she's cutting in and out guys She's frozen on my side right now Hopefully it's not me But right now, uh, they need it.  I don't know if you can hear me. Yeah Yeah, you're like frozen for like the last five ten seconds Yeah, I see Yeah, the government the government's watching right now literally so Yeah, literally they you you caught their key words. So, uh, they're they're definitely tuning in all of a sudden the viewers the viewership went up so, uh I said uncle sam just joined the chat and i'm just kidding. Um Yeah, that that that's definitely that's definitely wild though. Um Yeah, I I I recommend i'm staying away from it. I recommend people to stop to stay away from it Um, it you know and maybe nothing happens with it, but what if it does right? Um, I rather not give my information away just like that, you know, uh You know, I don't know. It's it's wild. It's wild How far things are going and and it just feels like the beginning of a direction that that we don't want to go in You know where government will eventually where we're basically giving up full control to someone else like the government or something And you know and and it's this is how it starts. It's not going to start as Hey, um, we want full control. We want you need to go Scan your irises right now. No, that's not how it's going to start. It's going to start like this Hey, look how fun this is guys. Look how fun. This is so fun Here we'll give you a world ID. Listen that and and it'll they're gonna make it seem, you know They're gonna make it make it so that people want to do it They're not gonna make it so that you don't want to do it if they come out making it look threatening You know, everybody's because everybody's woke now, right? So everybody's instantly. Oh, no, I'm woke You're not getting me with that. So they're not gonna do that. That's that's the resistant way to do it That's it's not smart to set it up like that. So I'm if they wanted to and I'm not saying that this is it But if they wanted to write if if let's say the government came and knocked on my door They're like, hey Jay, how we're trying to collect everyone's iris How can how can we begin this and I was like, well, you're gonna have to make it something fun that people want to do you know and and Let's find someone inspirational right now that everybody's like really looking up to Maybe the creator of the biggest application the biggest site, you know, since forever, right? Oh chat gpt Yeah, let's get him to to be the face of this right and and Build from there and this is the perfect way, right? Because and I and I'm sure when these things do happen if they do happen There's teams. This is not one person coming up But this is teams of people where they're brainstorming. They're setting up test groups They're doing all sorts of stuff Gathering as much data and information as possible and then putting a plan together and then going through each step of that plan You know to execute it. So you got to be careful guys Everything's not always what it seems. There's a lot of smoking mirrors You just got to be careful. I would say just stay away from things like that. Um, don't just give up your information For no reason. No, absolutely absolutely Anyways, and I don't do in other news. Um, so coin gecko now has a uh top alleged sec securities section So a quite that has been alleged as a security by the sec Is in this section on coin gecko I don't know why they have this Where is this section? I think it's quite comical if you go, um I guess if you go on a coin gecko and you look at the top where it says portfolio coins, blah, blah, blah Yeah, um, well, is it there in google google coin gecko alleged sec securities? Maybe it'll come up because it's I don't Particularly see it on something you can like click immediately, but the page is live. I want it now Um, funnily enough xrp is not on there Okay Quite uh quite funny I'm I'm looking through the website right now. I don't see it on the website. So maybe uh, yeah Let me do a share screen in the meantime, uh, because I do in fact have it up. Okay. Let me switch So there it is Hold on. It's loading. This is okay. They are wedged So it says top alleged sec security coins by that's hilarious. Wow Yeah, so so today today's market cap is 90 billion Of seven percent in the last 24 hours Um, so you can read more about the alleged sec securities, uh, but pretty much anything that has been Alleged as an sec security is on here. So it starts with bnb at the top at number four cardano, solana tron polygon And all the way down Binance cosmos internet computer file coin your protocol Algorand x infinity flow And then some so all the way into The thousands of market cap hex at uh, what whatever it is um, ethereum max pulse chain ftx, etc So, um, yes quite quite quite funny is what I think Oh a hundred percent a hundred percent. That's crazy. So, uh, there is that. Um All right, let me uh, unshare my screen and then we can go back to the rest Of the news here so Who will be who will be who will be this was a kind of like some speculative news last week, um Will be having potentially financial difficulty and I feel like that has been fluttering around for like maybe the past month I was hearing things around will be and um, I mean pretty much The top executives were arrested And now there is question around, um, their actual financial Books and whether or not those things are in place Uh, so guys if you have anything on will be if you use will be if you get anywhere near will be Um, please immediately withdraw your funds because there is a lot of red flags that a lot of people are currently unsure About at the moment. So, uh, please withdraw your funds from will be Let let us not lose money because, um Because no reason because you have no reason to so That is all I have to say and last but not least amazon is giving away fts So amazon has a partnership for their amazon prime games They have a partnership with an indy studio game Who is launching a a game on the polygon chain? And um, they are giving NFTs to every amazon prime subscriber. So that's over 200 million people They are giving these free NFTs to Um, so pretty much Yeah, there's a six month partnership for this and uh pretty much I guess the NFTs You can use them in the game. I suppose But you can learn how to claim them on the amazon game prime portal They have some available pack um So there's I guess they're they're gonna have different packs that come out over time something like that because because 200 Million packs is a lot of packs of the same thing. Yeah, so Yeah, over the next six months claim a pack if you want to pack and uh, yeah, that's it Very nice. So, I mean, it's it's interesting Um, and I and I like seeing these big companies getting involved with crypto So, um, so I think overall long term that could be some something bullish, right? Um, we see we see we're seeing it more and more these big companies, you know Slowly getting their hands within that crypto space Um and incorporating a lot of things within it. So that that's pretty cool Um, I appreciate the the updates and the news Um, since I wasn't around for the last few days, uh, I definitely wasn't keeping up with a lot of that So, uh, definitely interesting. I know there's no internet in cuba. Don't worry. I got you Yeah, it was definitely interesting. It's uh for the paypal news as well Um that they're they're gonna have their own stablecoin on paypal So, uh, we'll see how that plays out and I'm sure it's probably gonna stay on paypal I don't think they would roll it out, you know anywhere else, but we'll see we'll see how that goes and how that plays out too much sense too because it's like I feel like it's not necessarily a free market thing like they could but like Probably not right right right. Yeah, so we'll see how that ends up playing out. All right So let's go ahead and uh now dive into the market analysis for bitcoin. Um we're gonna basically take a look at it from a The bigger perspective we're probably gonna start at the weekly time chart And then we're gonna kind of go into the daily in four hour. Um now Uh, as a notice, I I didn't really have time to set up a you know, completely in-depth Analysis today since I literally just walked in the door But I did have a few things that I was looking at, you know that I looked at on my phone and stuff like that So I'm gonna be setting it up as I go through it And I'm gonna be literally just looking at it at you know live right now and uh and and sharing with you You know my thoughts on it. Um Remember after this we're gonna do the q&a. I already have a few questions I saw I saw one in the chat If you guys have anything else that you want asked that you want answered I'm sorry that you want to ask drop it in the in the comments and remember on sundays Usually I didn't do it this Sunday because I was out of town. I didn't have internet But on sundays usually I asked um on instagram on bitcoin.daily and you can drop your questions There is there as well and then we cover them if you're not going to be able to tune in live So um for those of you not able to tune in live, no worries whatsoever. Let's go ahead and Look at bitcoin. So currently sitting at 29,107. We're looking at bitcoin on the month I'm sorry the weekly chart And the first thing that I want to show you guys That i'm looking at this is one of the main things i've been looking at So first let's start off at the basics and you know what we already know right So first off we've we've set it looks like we set a bottom back in november Um and ever since we've set up highs new new higher highs and higher lows right So all that basically comes down to okay, we've bottomed out and we've uh started a new trend to the upside right so we we had this downside trend all the way from uh november the prior year in 2021 Basically bottomed out exactly a year later 2022 november and changed the trend right so most of the time When a trend changes um it continues right so you can see here when the trend changed Now this this chart doesn't go far enough back but Basically what you would see here is that in 2018 the trend basically we basically bottomed out here You can see these prices were you know 33 around the three thousand dollar mark And we the trend started changing and the only reason that we had a lower low after the trend had changed Was because we had a black swan event right the pandemic back in uh 2020 So what and you'll notice that this bounced right back up and continued the trend and we ended up going on that bull rally Setting up higher highs uh new all-time highs etc. Etc rest is history right then back november 2021 fast forward to there We went all the way to 69 000 and we had a trend change again And you can see it's very clear to see And then now bottomed out a year later trend change again So usually when there's a trend change the trend continues in that direction So right now the trend is bullish to the upside Um And it's all positive from there right however within the trend there's always other things happening that you also have to You know you want to keep a close eye on um Because things can happen right so the first thing that that i'm keeping an eye on and this is something I haven't really pointed out yet here um is this right here what i'm looking at for those of you that that are not seeing Watching this on youtube There is a potential double top that's been coming in right so We had back in april We went we ran we had a run. This is when we had a rally in march Through april right early april we topped out at 31 000 dollars and then basically consolidated downwards until early june right then uh june We had a big move up And then we've been consolidating ever since We have popped a few times back over that 31 000 area but Overall at 31 000 we have been rejected over and over and over again. You can see one two three Four weeks in a row. We've been rejected at 31 000 dollars Which is the same exact price where we got rejected back in march. I mean i'm sorry back in april So this starts to set up a double top pattern Now what's a double top pattern? Double top patterns when we get rejected basically at the same exact spot and it doesn't have to be the same number But the same range right Usually that's a reversal signal and the way that we look for Um, let me see if I can pull up an example here just to I always like to show examples of this Uh, let me see I had it I had one somewhere here. So here's a chart here And I'll I'll walk you guys through it for those not watching On the screen, but basically what it means is that we topped out once and then you know Retraced back Then topped out went back to the same spot bounce went back to the same exact spot We topped out the the first time and topped out again Then we start set to set a neckline So the neckline becomes basically where we retrace to after that initial top out Um, and then the way we get a target if this does become a double top is we measure the retracement Area where we retraced to to the top of the pattern, right? So you can't so for example Um, let's take a look back. I'm gonna take a look back at the chart We topped out at 31 000 we retraced Basically down to about 24 25 thousand dollars And then uh, we started moving back up and again topped out at 31 000 So the way that this that this chart would play out is we would put would measure the move from About 25 000 to 31 000 And then that move we would put it on the below the neckline, right? So I already have it set up, but just so you guys can see it visually if you're watching right now It's this move right here So this is actually a little bit higher. This is so 31 000. That's where we've been topping out Right now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna just grab The measurement that I just made and put it at the break of the neckline, which is Basically around it looks like it's around 26 to 25 000 range. Remember these these are never perfect Ex uh spots or exact numbers but ranges So the bottom of this If we move it here, the bottom is around 23 000 So that 23 to 22 000 will be the double top target to the downside And if we look over to the left It makes sense to the left because there is actually support here at this range That 22 to 23 000 area So it makes sense for if we were to to have a massive drop like that It would make sense that This level 22 to 23 000 would hold also we can see that we have some imbalances in this area as well From looking from what we've seen as far as when looking for liquidity We know that in these areas we know that the biggest levels of liquidity for us is around 24 to 25 000 So all that kind of plays into each other and give each other confidence. So there's a possibility That's a scenario That can happen If we don't get this bounce here on this trend line So remember we've been following this trend line that's been setting up the higher highs higher lows um, and we bounced on it One two three and we're about to be the it's about to be the fourth time that we're that we're going to be touching this trend line now So this will be number four. The trend line is currently sitting at 28 400 ish In that range. So it's a bit lower than than what we've gone That's currently that's going to be the next big support area for us Um that we need to hold if we lose that trend line Then we can potentially drop lower to to these targets So that's something that that's a scenario to keep in mind right now Um, I do think there needs to be like that I do think that target at 23 24 000 area is like a worst case scenario target If we just get straight, you know Bearish news for some reason because it's it's gonna need some sort of catalyst most likely To be able to drop, you know, six seven, you know, five six seven thousand dollars It's not just gonna drop for no reason So, um, you know, maybe something with a court case, maybe something with the bitcoin ETFs Whatever it is, right? That could play a role into bitcoin Heading down to that level now. Another thing to note is that we're coming up on september september is known to be Pretty much one of the worst months overall when it comes to price action for um for bitcoin So again, we're that's why we're watching this. That's what we're talking about this now So we're kind of prepared if we do start to see a move to the downside for bitcoin now It's not it's not all gonna be, you know, I do have a a Better more upside scenario as well, but I always like to look at multiple scenarios. I don't like to just be biased Uh bullish right bias green. I don't I don't want to just I try as hard as possible. Sometimes it's hard Um, but I try as hard as possible not to be just biased in one direction or the other I try to always look at it from, you know, different points of views to see what other traders might be watching Um, and to see how they might be playing it and and to see where overall there's opportunity in the market So that's the bearish case scenario right now as of today Now how do we um Um Basically, how how do we get out of that case scenario? How do we I forgot what the word is invalidated? There we go. So to invalidate it. We have to break $31,000. Basically, right? That's how we invalidate the double top Is there anything technical right now that's showing me a reason for bitcoin without a news catalyst Technically to make that movement to the upside and invalidate this double top and go up higher And the answer right now is yes, and I'm going to show I'm going to share with you guys exactly what it is So going back let's now go to the daily chart, right? So we're going to zoom in a bit Look at the daily And here We're going to see something that we saw Very recently So let me grab my um trend line tool And kind of draw here Let me fix this real quick So it's not perfect, but just so you guys get an idea This here was a falling wedge and what happened when we had this falling wedge We broke up to the upside had this massive massive move, right? And this was after a another massive move previously before it and what do we have right now? What are we seeing right now in the market? This is a falling wedge This is the same exact pattern That we saw back here after a massive move And again, we got another big move and now we're again in a falling wedge So what exactly is a falling wedge a falling wedge is once again a reversal signal That points to a breakout and usually points to a move to the upside So, you know, this is it's basically saying, okay, this is the end of the trend And this is a small trend, right? And it and we're expecting to now now after that we've consolidated this we formed this falling wedge slash bear flag You know, we're supposed to break out to the upside here so The way that you measure a target for a falling wedge The same is it's very similar to what we just did for the double top, right? We look for the bottom and the top of the range. So it would be something like, you know, from here To here Then you basically grab that you put it where the breakout would be and guess what it gives us basically $31,000 as our target So a breakout here would give us a move to the upside With a target of $31,000 now the issue becomes On the bigger scale that it's still $31,000 that we're stuck at, right? Um, and we don't want to set up a triple top because a triple top becomes even stronger than a double top And a bigger reversal signal So we we definitely need something. Um, we need to be able we need to see we want to see prices right now break above this Um and break out of this falling wedge So I'd be looking at, you know, a close above 29,500 maybe Um, and I definitely would want to see a close above $30,000 We need to retake that that support Which now has turned into resistance. We saw that we got rejected there last week when we when we did retest it Got rejected and we instantly dropped all the way back down And now here we are again, right at that $29,000 area basically, um Trying to hold on for dear lives right now So we know we have this big big big support and there is there is a possibility for us to just kind of keep Bouncing within here until we hit this support and here Potentially have that break to the upside. So this would hit a lot of liquidity down here And it would hit our big trend line and then we would get a break out to the upside Um, then we'd we'd be waiting with we'd be basically looking at the target of $31,000 at that point. So That's that's pretty much the two things i'm watching right now Um, and i'm watching for this week because I think that this week is going to provide a catalyst here This week we have The cpi data coming out Depending on which way things break Based on that catalyst is where What what bitcoin, you know, which direction bitcoin's going to decide to go in So if you know overall comes out bullish Then I think that you know the market's going to go up risk goes back on And money comes back into crypto Bitcoin's price starts moving up We break out of the falling wedge now that gives a lot of traders a technical reason and confluence to go long And it's going to push prices up right um If the cpi data comes in negatively or worse or worse than expected, whatever it is Then you know price is going to drop down. We're going to end up breaking that neckline that we just spoke about On that on that double top we can potentially break down to that neckline area potentially lose that as a support And then we'll be looking at that 22 to $23,000 area for a uh target to the downside at that point Again, if that happens that that'll be something that doesn't happen very often because Once the trend changes usually we don't get a lower low again, right? Usually let trend continues unless there's you know, something a big catalyst or something that you know causes Bitcoin's price to to do something that usually wouldn't do so that's basically the main thing that we're watching here this week We want to see What happens on thursday with the cpi data which way things go and and then we're going to be playing things from there So um right now it's it's tough to to call the trade last week I know we spoke about longing at $29,000 and there was definitely a lot of opportunity there to long at $29,000 you can see that um That we on the next day on tuesday we went from $29,000 all the way up to $30,000 So you could have definitely made some profit there the way i'm playing it this week Um, it's tough to say. I don't like where we're at I i'm gonna need to see a break to the upside here and beyond 30k probably to um to think about Playing something to the upside if if I see we're getting rejected at 30k like this again Then i'm going to be looking to probably open up shorts at that position there if I see again If I also see a breakdown below, uh this, um trend line as well So maybe probably I'd be looking below $28,000 Then I'd potentially be looking for some short positions there So those are basically the the the main plays that i'm going to be watching this week and and that's how i'm going to be playing it Depending what happens on thursday is probably you know, how i'm going to decide which way i'm going to go with everything So if you guys want up to date every single day, you know The exact trades that i'm making you guys can join the discord is in the description below if you're watching On the youtube channel. If not, you can go to uh instagram as well have the links on there Have the links on twitter. Um, so you guys can find it in those pages Um, I think that's pretty much it. Let's go ahead and jump into the q&a for uh for today's video So, um, let's see. I'm gonna i'm gonna give this uh question to the btc queen So I could drink some water to me because That's what she said um Let's see. All right. Here it is. Here it is from ducky dave 92 Do you use any hot wallets? And if so, what is your favorite and why? okay, so That depends. So at hot wallets limitedly That also depends on the network Different blockchains have different networks. They have different consensus mechanisms and all the in between so um pretty much If i'm using something that's like Mostly bitcoin or erc I'll say i'll start with erc or i'm using something that's like mostly like erc stablecoin stuff like that Trust while it's not a bad one um, if i'm using something that I want to Have an extra layer of privacy Um, and this is mostly on the bitcoin network. I like samurai wallet Samurai wallet is pretty cool. It's uh, it Office skates, you know all your information um If i'm using something for cosmos kepler uh Those are probably the only three that I really like Kwanami is not bad. It's a little outdated though, but it does have a lot of options for um Using different uh wallets and networks. So that one's pretty good. Um I think it is a bread bread wallet a lot of people like bread wallet blue wallet is good for lightning network. Um Yeah, I think that's about it uh off the top of my head for for those main wallets Nice sounds good sounds good. All right, let's um We have 300 rivers. I don't he didn't really ask a question here But he said he had he has a million questions about a chain broker that he's learning All he can about uh about that website basically um Yeah, man Basically the best thing that you can do with chain broker is just play around with it man go go to the different um Uh, what do you call it the different, you know VC pages look at what their investments are look at their past see how often they're investing See what it is they're doing see what projects are investing in and and try to look for those patterns Right try to look for projects where there might be a lot of big-time investors with a history of Uh making a lot of progress right with the history of being successful investors and jumping into projects early That did really really well and ended up going very big in mainstream. So I would look to add things like that and then and then basically look at what the new projects that they're getting into are and um Making that getting basically making basically making a list of those projects and then doing research on those projects And then seeing you know if if it's something that I might be interested in if it's something I think might have a future with industry for it to grow If if it's already listed if it's already out, you know, how's it been doing? What's what's the the roadmap look like for the project? What's the team look like et cetera et cetera and basically, you know, kind of create a checklist on what you what a You know a successful project looks like um, and what you should be looking for so It it basically makes it breaks down instead of having to look through thousands of projects It gives you a list to focus on because there's a there's these proven vcs with proven history to pick Successful projects and put millions into it and make millions back Just they've already done a lot of the work for you now You just got to you know try to figure out which which because Remember not just because they're a vc and they're putting millions into it doesn't mean Projects always gonna work out.  They're gonna flop So, you know, you got to try to see which ones You'd like and you believe in and you think have a future in this industry and then and then you know Then you can you can you know invest in it in it if you decide to Um, but yeah, that's that's how I would approach it Um, and then we're doing one more questions also from 300 rivers He said how was your trip cuba is on his list? So the trip was awesome man. We only went for a few days, but uh, but it was a great trip Hung out with uh, basically my girlfriend's family and uh, she has family out there in cuba that lives there So it was awesome. Uh being able to stay with them and and really live in cuba basically and uh, and then I was also able to go back to where My mom actually grew up Before she left cuba and we kind of found it's obviously not the same It's been a lot a lot of time since that that happened But I was able to go to at least that area where it was and I kind of took pictures of it and videotape that around the area And it was she was able to remember some of the stuff in that area. So um So I was able to see that and all that and and it was really cool. It was a very cool trip great trip. I definitely recommend it Um, you know, there's a there's a lot of things to do with within there And it's just very and you'll see it once you go there. It's very It's very sad to see the struggle that a lot of these people are going through Because there is a lot of poverty there. Um, and you'll definitely that's the first thing that you're gonna notice once you get there There is a lot of culture like you're gonna see You're gonna see a lot of that You know, it's like it feels like the city is stuck in 19 and 1950s. Basically, uh, they have all the classic cars Um, it's crazy. The cars that they have there are insane. But at the same time you know, uh, the buildings are falling apart and you know, there's no maintenance at all to the city and It's just a lot of things that are sad to see but it is cheap once you're there You know, we were we're basically buying a bunch of beer a bunch of food and stuff And it would come out to like five ten bucks and we're like a group of six people or something like that and uh very cheap You know to to buy stuff there. It's just very sad You know how people are have to live basically, you know And and a lot of the struggles that they go through that we take for granted basically, um So yeah, man, it was a great overall trip. But uh But it was at the same time It's very very kind of sad to see how people are living how what they're going through and a lot of things that we take for granted In our everyday lives basically But uh, but yeah guys that's gonna wrap it up for us. Um I appreciate you guys and I hope I was able to give you enough energy for today I've been up since 5 a.m Uh, I had to to fly back over here to get here back in time to be able to do this live stream this podcast for you guys So I appreciate you guys if you did tune in. Uh, remember we're here every Monday either at 1 p.m Or 2 p.m eastern standard time We had to push it back one hour today because I got in a little bit late. So, um Usually that's the time we're gonna be doing it and then on tuesdays We're gonna grab this recording throw it on the podcast And you guys can check it out, you know, if you look for bitcoin daily, let's talk crypto It's up on spotify apple amazon Most big places where you're gonna where you're gonna be listening to your podcast that you'll probably be able to find it there So I appreciate you guys. Um And that yeah, that's pretty much it. Thank you btc queen. I don't see you. So i'm not sure if you're still there You don't see me. No, I don't see where I go. Yeah, I don't know. I don't see you So, oh, there there you go. There you go. Yeah, that's why I didn't I didn't ask you any questions because I couldn't see you So I wasn't sure if you were there or something happened, but uh, I appreciate you Yeah Yeah, it's all good. Uh, appreciate you. Uh, thank you guys for tuning in. I will see you guys next week As always peace and love guys. Have a good one


Well, good evening and welcome to opening worship. It is our joy to have you here. My name is Arthur Jones. I'm one of the pastors here at St. Andrew and it is our joy to welcome you here, both online and in person to our opening worship. And so on behalf of St. Andrew, we'll be hosting this annual conference. We have had two years of hosting annual conference and they have both looked very different but it is our joy and our privilege to host as we begin worship. Thanks for being here. For things when member of the family lives together in love and peace. They shall be treated. Hey, the church be one, just a Christ and God are one that Christ may be glorifying us. They shall be. The grace, mercy and peace of the Lord Jesus be with you all. Let us and worship God to reconcile others by the spirit. We trust God. We are called to be the church, to celebrate God's presence, to live in respect with creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus crucified, risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen. You may be seated. And I invite you to read along, remembering who we are. Let us remember together. We, the people called United Methodists, affirm our faith in God, our Creator and Father, in Jesus Christ our Savior and in the Holy Spirit our guide and guide. Dependence upon God in birth, in life, in death and in life eternal. Securing God's love, we affirm the goodness of life and confess our many sins against God's will for us as we find it in Jesus Christ. We have not always been faithful towards of all that has been committed to us by God the Creator. We have been reluctant followers of Jesus Christ in his mission to bring all persons into a community of love. Though called by the Holy Spirit to become new creatures in Christ, we have resisted the first further call to become the people of God in our dealings with each other and the earth on which we live. We affirm our unity in Jesus Christ while acknowledging differences in applying our faith in different cultural contexts as we live out the gospel. We stand united in declaring our faith that God's grace is available to all that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Grateful for God's forgiving love in which we live and by which we are judged and affirming our belief in the inestimable worth of each individual, we renew our commitment to become faithful witnesses to the gospel, not alone to the ends of earth but also to the depths of our common life and work. The image you have shaped within us mysteriously, incredibly, a reflection of your own being is best seen in the multiple refractions of our variegated humanity, the prismatic kaleidoscope and the prismatic kaleidoscope of our shared life, our interconnectedness, our being with each other.  Not hidden. We need only remember that you are most easily found when we find you together and when we are humble enough to look even in the faces we find most strange and unfamiliar. In loving God, again we have gathered together to begin an annual conference in North Texas. As is our tradition and our custom, oh God, we have gathered as clergy and laity but there is something different this year that we have done. The sum of us have gathered in place in this sanctuary. While many others are worshiping with us virtually, we hope, oh God, that our choices that we have made over these past several months have been pleasing in your sight. As together as a people of God, we have sought to do no harm during this season that has lasted so long and which have claimed so many lives. We're grateful, oh God, for our clergy and our laity, and our churches in North Texas and the way in which they have continued to serve you and to serve those within their communities by offering the light of Christ, by a significant word, even virtually on a Sunday morning and other time of the week or simply by a very simple act we have all sought to do that which is pleasing and to do that which has created good. We are grateful for this time together this evening as we do worship and we know that the spirit moves throughout those who are present here with you tonight, either at St. Andrew's or virtually. We know that there'll be a rekindling perhaps even of your will in our own lives and that you will challenge us in new and unique ways. We're grateful for Bishop Gregory Vaughan Palmer who will bring the word this night for the witness that he will share. We're grateful that he can be with us virtually and sharing with us about what love does, has got to do with it. And so God, as we continue this worship, continue to kindle in our hearts for your mission. For it's the name of the risen Christ that I pray on behalf of all the people of North Texas and together we say, Amen. Because of my knowledge of God's true secret, I have been made to suffer. But don't be discouraged. My suffering brings honor to you so I bow in prayer before the Father. Good start, humble-ish. Yes, let them see we're one of them. Okay, yeah, but remember, we're the authority. We've seen Christ with our own eyes. Yes, we're teaching them. Every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name from God. So the Father in his great love gives you a strong spirit. Be careful. We don't want to talk down to them. They're not children. But they are children. How many letters have we sent them, telling them the truth, but they fight amongst themselves over who believes the right way? Who worships the right way? I'm gonna lose it. All right, let's calm down for a minute. Look, let's just hold on to ourselves here. We don't wanna lose sight of the gold. I pray that Christ will live in your hearts and that your lives will have deep roots in love, a firm foundation on which to build. I pray that you and all God's holy people will come to understand the greatness of Christ's love and to know how wide, how high, how long and how deep that love is. Now we're cooking. Yes, draw them in. Yeah, then drop the hammer and close the deal. Take it easy.  But they have to know how important this is. Their very souls hang in the balance. We're not messing around here. This is the truth. Yes, you're right, you're right. But let's try to love them and open the door, invite them in. Christ's love is greater than anyone can possibly know beyond our human comprehension. But even so, I pray with all my heart that you will know that love, then you will know God. And with that love working in us, God can do so much more than we can possibly ask or even imagine glory to God and Christ forever and ever. They're beautiful guys. Introduce to you my good friend who is with us virtually who will be preaching and bringing the word this evening, Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer. Bishop Palmer is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a son of the church. His father was a pastor in Philadelphia at Tinley Temple. Bishop Palmer is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in Duke Divinity School. And following that education, he went to East Ohio Annual Conference where he served for a number of years until he was elected a bishop. He served as a local church pastor and as district superintendent and was elected to the Episcopacy, I believe in the year 2000. Bishop Palmer is one of the most creative preachers in our church today. He always brings a very good word. He also speaks not only from just his heart but from the deepest part of his soul. Being able to wed together social mercy and justice, he's the way in which probably he is a complete package as a communicator. He's been with the Clergy the North Texas Conference before at Clergy Day a year and a half ago. And which he shared with us that day on the work of what it means to do anti-racism work. Using the baptismal vows as a guide for that. It's my pleasure to introduce to you one of my very good friends and a trusted advisor, mentor and counselor, Bishop Palmer. And we will hear him after the reading of the text from Ephesians. The scripture reading comes from Ephesians chapter three versus 14 through 21. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father from whom every family in heaven and earth takes its name. I pray that according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his spirit and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith as you're being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth, the length, the height and depth and to know the love of Christ as their past knowledge so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask for imagine to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever amen. This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. To Bishop and Mrs. McKee and to all of you who are the members and leaders of the North Texas annual conference, grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ. I counted a great honor to be with you via this digital medium and I am grateful that your Bishop and my friend Bishop McKee preached for the West Ohio annual conference which we just adjourned a few days ago using the same medium and technology. Thank you Bishop McKee for doing that and for the many ways that we have partnered in ministry and most of all for your friendship. Oh love that will not let me go. I rest my weary soul in thee. I give thee back the life I owe that in vine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be. Grant O eternal one that the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts may find in acceptance in thy sight. O Lord our strength and our redeemer. Amen. Dear friends in North Texas, your theme for this annual conference session rooted in love has already been a blessing to me. It is mostly because I can't stop humming and singing and I confess to you that I go back and forth and all around humming or singing or reciting the words of songs that may be referred to as so-called sacred and other songs that come from the larger culture that is outside the church and yet in many ways is fully a part of the church. Just a moment ago when I prayed I use a hymn. I use the poetic words of that Scottish preacher George Matheson in his hymn entitled, O love that will not let me go. This pastor preacher who began losing his sight at age 15 and was totally blind I'm told by age 18 speaks of the writing of this hymn and says that it came to him out of great anguish and suffering. There can only be and has only been speculation about the details of that anguish or that suffering but one of the stories I heard early on as a young preacher and pastor had to do with him having a deep love relationship with a young woman that he believed would be his wife as the story goes. But ultimately she severed the bond, she walked away, she ended the relationship because it was difficult for her to imagine being with someone for the rest of her life who was not physically sighted. When she broke or walked away from that relationship so to speak, his response according to this tale was to look to God and to cry out and to seek assurance from God and in God that God's love never leaves us, never forsakes us, God's love never walks away, God's love never cuts the tie, God's love never severs the cord. We may never know for sure the precise genesis of Matheson's words but we cannot miss the meaning of them. His was a cry of both anguish and assurance mixed together with a declaration or an affirmation of faith and he declared in this hymn, God's love will never let us go with magnificent and soaring poetry. How could it my friends? That is, how could God's love ever let us go when indeed creation itself is from a theological perspective an act of love? Our very human existence bespeaks the love of God if you read the narrative in Genesis and if you listen to the poetic interpretation of James Weldon Johnson who in his volume entitled God's Trombones has seven sermons coming out of the African American church and preaching tradition that he has put in magnificent verse and in his piece called the creation. There is this scene after God has spoken the world into being, God has declared there to be light, God has created all parts of the creation and then James Weldon Johnson depicts God anthropologically sitting down on a side of a hill the poetry says where God could think and then the poet goes on to say that God held God's head in God's hand and out of his own loneliness it says he thought and he thought and he thought and then he said I'll make human kind. Can you imagine how could God ever cut the cord with us when we exist out of God's love and God's imaginativeness and God's yearning for community to be in relationship not only with the fullness of God's self which we can never completely conceive but to be in communion and community with other aspects of God's creation of which we are apart. What's more not only are we created all along with the rest of creation out of God's heart and out of God's love and out of God's largesse but we are sustained by God's love even in our brokenness with all as one preacher said of our derelections and delinquencies where we stray from the heart of God's love. Everything that we know about God especially if we read the biblical record and when we think about our own relationship with God individually and collectively suggests to us that God's love is pure it's unadulterated it is relentless God is in relentless pursuit of us because God desires relationship and even when we have gone astray God seeks to be in relationship with us and God bids us turn to God again. God bids us if you take some of the biblical images come home, find your heart in God again. We are God's creation God created us out of love and God's love for us will never be revoked. I referred earlier to my inability to think about the theme of love and not find myself singing or humming or reciting the words of some song either out of the Christian faith tradition or out of a larger cultural experience. And sometimes the songs of the larger culture speak to us of love or dare I say of the failure to love or of unrequited love or of love that seems elusive just as effectively as some of the hymns of the faith though they may not reference God but also these songs about love from the larger culture speak to us of the risk of love and the vulnerability of love and maybe that is what we fear we will experience being at risk if we love being vulnerable if we love being exposed if we love if we open our hearts to others there is the risk that they will be broken we will be hurt if we are generous with others there is the risk that we may not receive generosity in return is that what Tina Turner was saying as I have seized upon her famous song which I have used as the title of this homily what's love got to do with it? Can you hear her? She says you must understand how the touch of your hand makes my pulse react that it's only the thrill of a boy meeting girl opposites a track it's physical only logical you must try to ignore that it means more than that oh oh what's love got to do with it? What's love she queries but a secondhand emotion what's love got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken if you and I were to exegete in community this song she's saying a lot both at the surface and beneath the surface about the nature of love about the risk of love about vulnerability about our natural physical needs and inclinations in or out of love but she raises the question about encounters between people who would be lovers what's love got to do with it as the Christian community we have a response and an answer to that called covenant and relationship and sometimes marriage but Tina Turner out of her own experience I mean I understand this is popular music and that there is a financial motive as well but often we sing our joys as well as our pains and her question continues what's love got to do with it what's love but a secondhand emotion who needs a heart when a heart can be broken or may I turn to the songs of Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway again in the form of a question they say six times five times where is the love where is the love and then in the verses you said you give to me as soon as you were free will it ever be where is the love you told me that you didn't love him and you were gonna say goodbye but if you really didn't mean it why did you have to lie and Hathaway and Flack come back again and they keep asking over and over and over and over and over again of this song where is the love these two songs speak of frustrations shall we say of personal and romantic love they speak of the desire for relationship but feeling that either trust has been broken or I should never give my heart in trust again these feelings are not left only to us in personal one on one kind of romantic relationships they come up in our friendships they come up in our working relationships even in the church have we not heard people cry out in a moment of frustration when there has been enmity and strife where is the love and oh not to be too lost in the world of romance as we keep singing our way through this theme rooted in love Marvin Gaye raised this to a new level a social level a systemic level when he pointed out the poverty of love in our society particularly in the 60s and 70s and the call by gay Marvin Gaye that it's renewal our renewal as a society that was fair and just and whole that the only path to a redeemed and healed social future was in asking the question what's going on and in responding with love can you hear him mother mother there's too many of us crying brother brother brother there's far too many of you dying you know we've got to find a way to bring some lovin' here today he goes on father father we don't need to escalate you see war is not the answer for only love can conquer hate you know we've got to find a way to bring some lovin' here today in and out of the church the song traditions of the human family deal with matters of love one on one and at a social and systemic level that we must take seriously they speak to that which we yearn for the most and that which we need the most indeed we begin our lives rooted in love because we are created out of God's love but our rootedness your theme y'all gets tested all the time even for those of us of Christian faith that which is rooted must always struggle to stay rooted because if you take the botanical viewpoint or the agrarian viewpoint that which is rooted in the plant world is always subject to the vicissitudes of wind and water and drought and scorch and in our personal lives we refer to this inability to keep faith with love dare I say to be uprooted as our own human sinfulness and it is true also at a social and systemic level whether we are struggling with the temptation to be other than loving in our personal or our societal relationships when we are wrestling with systemic evil may I say to you the call to us as the followers of Jesus Christ is to always let all of our thoughts all of our actions all of our responses be shaped by the love of God that we have seen in the life death and resurrection of Jesus Christ I did not say that it was easy and I'm abundantly aware that sometimes victims and abused parties are the ones that feel like the burden of mercy grace forgiveness and love is on them but for us in Christ at the foot of the cross the call to live our way into love even as we dismantle the isms and the evils of our age it must be rooted and grounded in love let me say it even more strongly you and I are never released even when we've gone astray and felt ourselves uprooted from the call and the command to love we may excuse ourselves by saying well we're only human but I stop by to tell you we never get a pass on love it is not as though God's commandment to love God neighbor and self is not a directive it is not a suggestion that says to us listen Greg love only if and when convenient oh but I'm fighting evil well I may be in a fight but Paul said to the Corinthians in the second correspondence the weapons of our warfare are not carnal or fleshly but they are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds no the call of God to love is for all times and for all situations no matter how difficult we will fail we have failed the call to love does not go away our personal relationships should never be cheapened or commodified and we should not walk away from them acting as if love is not the calling claim upon our lives no matter the hurt we feel because of love we must always be answering the question of who are our neighbors and responding out of the heart of Jesus and seeing all of those around us through the eyes of Jesus we must fight against being sucked into love and law arguments as if we can compartmentalize our lives that neatly and cleanly no we must fight to love and we must fight for love because hate enmity strife alienation and indifference see sometimes we act like we're not hating on each other we're just being cool and indifferent no even indifference is too costly to the human spirit and to the reign of God and to the witness of the church and as Dr. King and others have said only love can drive out hate as Marvin Gaye says only love conquers hate perhaps this struggle is why forgiveness and reconciliation are so hard the hurt has sometimes personally or systemically and socially been so deep and it has gone on for so long that we don't know where to dig in to begin where to pick up it just seems easier to keep on hating or being indifferent or living apart or living unreconciled with the people around us Rabbi Jonathan Sacks who's death last year I still mourn had been chief rabbi of his part of the Jewish world in England for over 20 years in a volume that I go back and read portions of every year entitled the dignity of difference how to avoid the clash of civilizations tells a story near the end of the book about Laura Blumenfeld who has her own book about revenge and its limitations Laura is a young Jewish woman at the time of this incident that Sacks recounts whose father was shot in the old city in Jerusalem in 1986 by a Palestinian terrorist she went on to become a journalist her father was not killed though his life obviously was changed and the life of his family was changed as a part of her own search for healing and hope and a new future which was laced with tones of revenge in her journalistic career she ended up in the Middle East and she befriended the family of the gunman who had shot her father in the old city and she even began a correspondence with the terrorist who himself was imprisoned she visited with the family and they did not know who she was she had not disclosed that she treated it as if she was just writing a story and she recited any number of incidences in which they or other members of the Palestinian community might have been involved and the shooter's father tried to explain that it was the duty out of rectifying a painful history that his son or son's actions were what they were she goes on to testify at the trial having heard even the shooter's brothers say this was just my brother's duty it was nothing personal and while she was on the stand testifying at Omar's trial he has a name eventually her goal was to help this family and the whole world see that it may not be personal to them but it was personal to her that was her father, that was her dad that was her past and she was his future as she's testifying at the trial her mother stands in the back of the courtroom at first Laura does not know it's her just a voice that blurts out I forgive Omar for what he did and then she continues and it is time for the state of Israel to forgive him Laura is flustered flabbergasted when she realizes that not only this unwelcome word to live into forgiveness is being spoken at all but that it's coming from her own mother but they get through it and Laura and her mother walk out of the courtroom embracing and holding each other in tears and then Omar's family follows them and there are words of healing hope and reconciliation there is some embrace of biblical proportions if you read some of the stories of reconciliation especially in the book of Genesis and then this note comes from Omar the gunman to Laura who says we have been in a state of war and now we are passing through a new stage of historical reconciliation there is no place for hatred and detestation Rabbi Sax goes on to comment after he narrates this journey of the Blumenfeld family and I quote now love is more than a possession it is a part of the ability to let go and without it we kill what we most love every act of forgiveness he continues men's something broken in this fractured world the call to love is always a call to heal it is not a syrupy thing it is not only about roses and flowers and hugs and kisses and embraces among family members and neighbors love is about acting out and living in to the healing of broken relationships and so I ask of you hearing this narrative and thinking about your own theme how might any of this speak to a fractured united methodist church how might acts of healing and reconciliation help us as united methodist you in the north texas conference me in the west ohio conference us in the general and jurisdictional and central conferences how might this recollection that we are called to love at all times which sometimes means the hard work of healing and redemption and forgiveness how might we truly conference or confer together through the lenses of love and healing and dare I say hope as I prepare to close I'm struck by a verse of scripture that I am not aware that I had paid attention to until I was about 19 years old I was at a Sunday evening service at Cynthia my wife's home church in south Philadelphia and they were having a series of Sunday evening Linton services you know the drill a preacher came from a neighboring church he pulled a little black New Testament out of his pocket I don't even know how he read it the print was so small that I couldn't have read it when I was 19 years old he opened that New Testament and he turned to the 13th chapter of the gospel of John and he read one verse and here is a portion of the verse for now the background is Passover is coming Jesus is getting ready for the festival along with others and here this portion of John 13 one it references Jesus it's the narrators commentary the gospel writers telling of it and he says having loved his own who were in the world he loved them to the end I told you that love healing forgiveness redemption and hope were sometimes hard work they were not the thing of chocolates and roses only they were not the thing of going along to get along to get along to get along to get along to get along they were the thing of truth telling of accountability but truth telling and accountability that was not intended to cancel you but intended to call you in to a new healed and redeemed and truthful relationship I need to tell you I hate I hate God help me I hate the idea of the cancel culture because I'm absolutely persuaded that the mindset the philosophy the theology if there is one of a cancel culture is that there is no redemption a cancel culture ends up in war that is unrestricted where we go into the Coliseum and somebody ultimately dies but he who stands or she who conquers today will have their own head cut off in the future a cancel culture cuts off redemption and allows us to be sucked into a culture where we impose the death penalty and impose it with a great unevenness I could go on and on and on and I'm back to John 13 and one having loved his own who were in the world he loved them to the end and that's the kind of love you and I have been called who do you love all the way to the end and for whom would you go to the lens that Jesus of Nazareth went because of his love for us and he was acting out the heart of the love of God who I said to you earlier whose love was so unrelenting that it chases us down and keeps giving us alter call after alter call invitation after invitation and so I close with a song I began with a song I can't stop from singing about this love thing I'm a Wesleyan after all and can't you hear Charles Wesley saying love divine all loves excelling joy of heaven to earth come down fix in us this is an ongoing project of love sticks in us a dwelling is something that you build from the ground up it's gotta be rooted, it's gotta be anchored it's gotta be fixed and Wesley goes on all thy faithful mercies crown Jesus thou art all compassion pure unbounded love thou art visit us thy salvation but not just not just me enter every trembling heart I told you if you start exegeting these hymns and these songs you'll get religion right tonight but then we come to that closing verse I love it where Wesley says finish then thy new creation pure and spotless let us be let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee saints I came by to tell you when love is hard and tough and when you don't feel like it maybe you just ought to send up a shaft of prayer and say master finish by new creation finish by new creation I'm not all that I ought to be I'm not what I used to be but I'm not yet all that I ought to be I'm not through with me with you with the church yet finish by new creation pure and spotless let us be let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee change from glory into glory till in heaven we take our place till we cast our crowns before thee watch this now lost in wonder lost in love and lost in praise it was love in the beginning it's love all the way through despite our derelections and delinquencies and it will be love that will bring us safely in in the name of God who creates and who sanctifies the church in the world Amen Good evening Good evening Thank you I knew I was following the sermon and I had no idea we were following that sermon and gosh I feel like we should be singing right now about love but I am honored to be here thank you so much to the conference for letting us share the story of project transformation tonight I'm Kirsten James I'm the executive director of project transformation North Texas and with me is Shirley Ramirez one of our PT core members and she's going to tell you a little bit more about us in a minute and as many of you know project transformation was founded 23 years ago as a mission of this conference out of the United Methodist Church of North Texas and our mission is to transform communities by engaging children, college age young adults in churches in purposeful relationships and we envision a world that is rooted in love pursues the equity of all people and amplifies God's call on every voice and we do this mission through free after school and summer programs in churches and underserved communities with college age young adults doing the program themselves and discerning their vocation and what they want to do in life so our summer program started two weeks ago kind of with after school and then we start full day camps in two weeks and this summer it is more important than ever with the educational challenges the social isolation brought on by the pandemic by COVID-19 and so now I'm going to let Shirley tell you a little bit about it was like for her growing up in project transformation and now this summer as the site coordinator at Walnut Hill United Methodist Church Good evening welcome to this conference as Kirsten has introduced me as I'm the site coordinator of Walnut Hill this summer well in a few words I will try to describe my whole experience in PT so far I've grown up in the program since I was 12 years old I'm currently 20 years old so I've been in this program for quite some time and to say the least it's transformed me like the name project transformation really changed your life being in this program since that young of an age has actually helped me so much it's put me it's helped me through such hard times in my life as well going into this program at first I thought it was just a regular summer program and I thought it was just there just to get away from home for a little bit and just enjoy the day but as time went on I found that it is really just like a big family that you do make there especially with all the friends that you meet from all over Texas and all over national and now that I get to work with so many new people especially some of my friends that I work with now they're from all over the United States and it's amazing it's so great that this is such a great opportunity for all of us especially through all of the ages kids and college age adults we are volunteers that help us so much with our reading program and the kids love that the kids adore having somebody to read with since they just love that attention and just it just helps so much to have people around and to help change this community and it's been such an amazing time and I hope I get to work with it for more years thank you Shirley, thank you for all your contributions to project transformation Shirley is at University of Texas of Arlington an education major and hopefully some of you will be volunteering this summer and we may see you out at one of our site churches and so now if you will join me in prayer God of all bounding and blessings the gifts we offer you are like seeds some will take root nearby and we will see them grow and bear fruit some will be carried far beyond where we can see and we have faith and good soil and thrive we thank you for the privilege of being called to so bless with the joy of good fruit the seed that we will see and the seed we will never see and we pray this in the loving name of Jesus Gardener and Savior Amen thank you so much for your offering today for those here in person there are baskets at the back and if you are online there is a link on the live stream page and as Shirley said we thank all of you who have already donated so much to the project transformation north Texas with your time your treasure and your talents thank you so much it has been good to worship together in this place and virtually I remind everyone that we begin tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning and so I look forward to being with you then and remind you that tomorrow evening at seven o'clock is the service of commissioning and ordination in which we will commission those who are provisional candidates for ministry and ordain and elders all are welcome to come and be present here in the sanctuary at St. Andrew United Methodist Church tomorrow evening at seven o'clock will you receive this benediction may we bear the love of Christ in this world so that each stranger we meet may find in us generous friends and now we leave this place for the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the love of our God and the unity and communion of the Holy Spirit and all God's people said amen God bless you


First of all I would like to congratulate you but on your speech it was beautiful and for a girl your age I think this is a great accomplishment. So beginning with that, how was your experience at TEDx? It was amazing. As I said, I have now been enjoying an event which involves a mic and a stage and so this opportunity of TEDx it was huge and my parents they made a big fuss out of it So they were more excited than me. They shared it on their whatsapp groups and everyone and the whole society was talking about it now Yeah, but being on stage it felt great. I had that those 10 minutes all to myself and I could speak on whatever I like So now coming to your topic, something that's happening currently in our society is the whole privacy policy issue based on whatsapp So what is your stand on the whole issue? Honestly, I think that you should just stick to handwritten mails. It's much more better. It involves privacy also but in this age we are in the world of technology and Rapid advancements in the field of artificial intelligence also So I feel that you can change to signal again It's it varies person to person and I don't have a phone either So my dad has already adopted signal But again it is made by the same founder the same as whatsapp And so yet varies from person to person if I had a phone I would just stick to messenger or something like that So you just gave a tech talk in front of a room filled with people. What do you want your audience to take away with them home? Whatever said I feel that they should take away all of it and they should know the importance of privacy and Saying that you don't care about privacy is the same as saying that you don't care about the freedom of speech That's just because you have got nothing to say So now in a world of artificial intelligence, what do you think or how do you think this artificial intelligence is going to affect the privacy of people? See for example, if you people if Privacy would not have been existed. There would be no such thing as privacy in the world You would have known what I'm gonna speak on today's event, right? You would know what I'm gonna speak what my topic was and so there wasn't really no point of me coming here Physically and saying the same thing all over again So I believe that if everyone knows everything about everyone else the world would be dull There would be nothing to say no interaction. No nothing. Yeah, thank you so much for answering the questions


Well, now have you got your department? What have you done any more work on our tax man? Yeah, I got two people, uh, I'm looking pretty closely. I know we'll talk to somebody on antitrust this morning. Probably the outstanding younger man in the country. He had a heart attack about three years ago. It was interesting. Can't you get me somebody in the Midwest or South or West besides all these Harvard men? Do you know honestly that nine men out of ten that I name a Harvard man? They are. They're just everybody that Macy sent me. I cut about six of them back yesterday. Just one right after that. And I know it's a hell of a good school and I'm farting. I don't mind them having thirty percent. But I want California.  They got the biggest delegation up here. We never can find anybody real good from California. I've never been for tax from California that, uh, I think might be real good. I think we'll have some political backing up there. We've got to have Brown and the delegation. Anybody in California. They've got to feel it, sir. They're mad. They thought we sent Tapira out to run against them.  And I expected that. We had nothing to do with it, but we get the blame for it. They had undersecretary interior. He quit. They owned the job. Udall took a man from Idaho. Well, there's a hell of a lot of difference between Idaho and California in a convention and in an election too. So they're mad about that. And they get ready to pass my education bill about half of it and get sucked.  If we want to go to Idaho, get the one they got up there. And that's the shape we're in. We're the same shape in Texas. They get mad at us. We haven't got anything. Ramsey Clark's the only guy. They got nobody in the cabinet. They got nothing. But we can get by with them. But we've got nothing in the West. Dick Daly doesn't get much. You're supposed to be his man, but I don't know how sympathical we are. And he thinks that Doug was kind of... We play with him a little bit. Nobody else. Wisconsin gets the two states that get everything. Wisconsin and this guy down at Harvard. And I guess because Wisconsin's got a good public school. So I'm going to start my library. I'm going to take 100 people a year from over the country, the United States, and give them four-year scholarships. That's about all they can eat and wire during that four years. And make them be straight A's and then turn them out of Texas every year.  Let's go back here and teach them and make the University of Texas finance that they've already agreed to put in $18-20 million. That'd be great.