Gerardo Del Real,
Editor
Dec. 13, 2024
Editor’s note: With Bitcoin back above $100K, and with our real-money portfolio now 200% higher and climbing, I had to take the opportunity to get the crypto-insights directly from our in-house crypto-expert, Mr. Chris Curl, for our Resource Stock Digest audience. Chris has a brand new video presentation out on a very timely crypto opportunity he says everyone needs to have a stake in going into 2025. Even resource investors! Please enjoy. —Gerardo
Gerardo Del Real: This is Gerardo Del Real with Resource Stock Digest. Joining me today is a very special guest to this platform. I'm talking about my colleague and in-house crypto expert, Mr. Chris Curl, the manager, founder, and head honcho at Chris Curl's Crypto Cycle. Chris, how are you today?
Chris Curl: I'm doing well, Gerardo. How are you?
Gerardo Del Real: Oh, full of adjectives, sir, full of adjectives. Listen, let's get right to it. As everybody knows, especially on this platform, my specialty, my love, my passion is natural resource stocks and especially those that add value via the drill bit and by executing the business model.
It's something I've done for nearly 16 years, and I absolutely can't wait to wake up in the morning, and struggle to sleep at night, looking forward to the next deal, the next news release, etc., etc.
And so when you and I met several years back, I saw that same passion but on the crypto side of things. And that's a side of things that, to me, is very foreign because I try as much as I can to stick to my knitting, and that knitting is natural resource stocks and some real estate.
So when I have friends starting to text me, friends that have done well with some of the picks that we've gone over and I've advised them on, and they start asking me about crypto, I always tell them the same thing, ‘Give me your email, give me your information, and let's get you a subscription to Chris Curl's Crypto Cycle.’
So I'm happy to have you on. Can we start by explaining briefly what it is that you do and how you got to doing it?
Chris Curl: Sure, so when it comes to establishing Crypto Cycle, I had known Nick Hodge, your friend and colleague, for quite some time and was just sharing with him some of my crypto gains in the last bull market. That was in 2021.
And that was when I really got excited about crypto, especially in the altcoin mania that we witnessed during that period of time. It was when I had a position in Dogecoin that went up 92 times, and I had some other positions that went up massively in that time.
And this is what happens in crypto bull markets. And this is exactly where we are right now here at the end of 2024. I got to talking with Nick about investing and showing him my crypto gains. Nick has always been a Bitcoin guy so he knows a little bit about it. But that kind of put the idea in our heads to start this Crypto Cycle publication.
And it's really called Crypto Cycle because Bitcoin is a very cyclical asset class that runs in four-year cycles. And we experienced roughly two years of bear market, most pronounced in 2022 and into 2023. And now, we're, of course, in the bull market phase where Bitcoin is hitting new all-time highs.
And I think it's going to go much higher considering many, many bullish catalysts that are unfolding as we speak.
Gerardo Del Real: Well, listen, in true contrarian fashion, I always consider myself a simple guy. I pride myself on just having simple ideas and simple outlooks on things and am willing to work hard to see if those ideas make sense in a way that I could capitalize and profit from.
And so the one thing that I did do right in the crypto space — and Mr. Hodge, my friend, colleague, and business partner did alongside me — is he and I took $50,000 of our own money and said, ‘Well, Chris, you seem to know what you're talking about. You're really passionate about it, and you're saying it's a bear market right now. Sounds like a good time to give you some money.’
So we threw $50,000 your way not too long ago, and, obviously, you picked the bottom beautifully. It has turned out really, really well. Everybody now is wanting to get on board. And that portfolio, I think, has almost tripled, if not a bit more?
Chris Curl: Yeah, I mean, it's volatile because it's crypto. But yes, it is roughly around a tripling of the original $50K. And like I said, I do think that the most explosive phase for the altcoin market is yet to come. We are not even anywhere close to the levels we were back in 2021 when it comes to altcoins.
Gerardo Del Real: That's what excites me about this new project that you have. And you've put together this amazing presentation.
You have this very well thought out thesis, and I wanted to have you on for you to speak about it. We'll put a link up for anybody that wants to look at it and that wants to learn about altcoins, learn about Bitcoin, learn about crypto.
I will put Chris Curl's service up against anyone's, and I'm talking my own book because, of course, he's our in-house expert. But the proof is in the pudding. I mean, I'm looking at the last five closed positions, and we're talking a 181% gain, a 17% gain. A 2% gain… that was a quickie. That was, I want to say, something where you were like, ‘Let just take my 2%. I don't like where this is going.’
Chris Curl: Right.
Gerardo Del Real: The next one was a 461% gain in two months and a few days. And another at 106%. And again, tip of the iceberg, there are plenty of positions that you have allocated in the portfolio that are set for the next leg up.
So tell me a bit about this project that you've managed to put together and the thesis and inspiration behind it.
Chris Curl: Sure, and just speaking quickly on the portfolio, many positions are up several hundred percent, some even over 10X. And like I said, I'm still waiting on those to go up even more in the future. We're not going to hit all winners. Every once in a while, you get a loser. But the vast majority of the positions are already looking really good and are going to be even better.
But this new project that I'm really excited about was actually one that I made 10X returns on back in the 2021 altcoin crypto bull market. And they have recently done a huge rebrand and have partnered with none other than Google for a number of use cases. But I think the most intriguing one is its ability to outperform credit cards in terms of transaction times. This network can achieve finality in just 720 milliseconds.
Gerardo Del Real: Milliseconds?
Chris Curl: Milliseconds, exactly. That's orders of magnitude faster than pretty much any other network and way faster than traditional credit card companies. So they can actually approve the transactions very quickly; Visa, MasterCard, etc. But achieving finality is basically, it's like the early 1980s, it takes up to three days, and it's riddled with all kinds of security problems and overcharges, double charges, etc.
So I really think a real use case for blockchain is in processing these credit card transactions, not only in processing them, but in getting that speedy finality. That’s really what's going to set blockchain apart from this traditional network that we have with credit cards.
And that's not even getting into the exorbitant fees that credit cards tack onto every transaction. So with how inexpensive these transactions are on the blockchain, it gets rid of these really high fees that the credit card companies are charging their merchants.
Gerardo Del Real: I'll say it again, I'm a simple guy, but doesn't it expedite the ability to reallocate capital if you have a transaction that settles immediately as opposed to waiting a day, two days, three days, or what have you, and you're looking to allocate more capital or reposition gains or whatever it may be? Wouldn't it speed up the process by a pretty substantial factor?
Chris Curl: Absolutely. And this is getting integrated all over the place, including traditional equity markets. Blackrock is opening, essentially, a blockchain-backed stock market that will be open and trading 24/7 because they want to make money all the time.
They want as many transactions as possible. This is going to challenge, disrupt, and dominate many different existing markets that are still operating in sort of 1970s technology. That would include the stock market, credit cards, among others.
And that doesn't even get into remittances and international money transfers. All of these things are outrageously outdated, outrageously slow and expensive… and crypto is going to totally transform all of that within the next decade.
Gerardo Del Real: That's fascinating. I was looking at total domestic credit card debt, and that market alone is something like $1.7 trillion. And we're just talking here at home in the US… and that's just for credit card debt.
And so the market and applications seem infinite to me. You mentioned major tech companies already adopting this technology. What comes next, Chris? How can people find out what you're doing, the money you're allocating to it, the positioning?
And then, I'm assuming that you're providing guidance on when to sell, when to buy, how to buy, how to keep a wallet… all those things I don't know how to do when it comes to the crypto space?
Chris Curl: Absolutely, and I just did an interview with my colleague, John Carl, who had, along with me, invested in this project back in 2021 and made some really good gains. We go over the whole thing. You can watch that interview and it links to the report I wrote up about it, which explains everything in detail, as well as shows you how easy it is to buy.
I provide a step-by-step walkthrough on buying it. It's as easy as buying any equity on any online stock exchange, if not easier. And, of course, I have this asset in my portfolio and have been holding it for some time. If you go to Crypto Cycle and subscribe, you can see my active trades, what I have open, what I have closed. And I tell you when to buy and when to sell.
It's really very easy to follow. I like to keep it as straightforward as possible because crypto is so volatile. It's difficult to set all of these buy and sell targets in a really strict manner. Essentially, all of the digital assets that I still think have upside potential, I’ve marked green for buy, and that would include, of course, the one in this report.
All you have to do is buy the assets that are marked green and sell the assets that are either marked red or that I've already sold. And, of course, every time I do that, I'll be sending you a flash alert letting you know when and why I sold and for what amount.
Gerardo Del Real: Tons of useful info. I've obviously scanned the service and have looked at it. There are videos and articles there and instructions for everything. It's as clear-cut as it gets. Mr. Curl, it’s been a pleasure having you on. Anything else you’d like to add to that?
Chris Curl: Just that this project, at its current market cap, is only around $3B. So looking at, like you said, the credit card debit, the credit card market, at $1.7T — and this project being only around $3B — even if it corners a tiny fraction of that market… it's going to go up a lot.
Gerardo Del Real: I like to be early in the resource space. It's how I made the bulk of my money. Ditto in the real estate space. You have to position yourself early, and you have to position yourself right. And you have to know what you own… is what I always say in the resource and real estate space.
And I imagine the same applies in the crypto space. It's great to hear you provide that kind of guidance. Again, we'll put links up, and I encourage anyone who’s curious about anything crypto-related to check it out.
Chris, thank you for your time. I appreciate it, sir.
Chris Curl: Absolutely! Thank you for having me on.
Gerardo Del Real: Alright, cheers!
Gerardo Del Real
Editor, Resource Stock Digest