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The truth behind the government’s crypto crackdown

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    I explain how one government “henchman” has gone mad with power… why everyone with a bank account should be worried… and how this unconstitutional attack on the crypto space helped trigger last month’s banking crisis.

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    Wall Street Unplugged | 1025

    The truth behind the government’s crypto crackdown

    Frank Curzio:

    How’s it going out there. It’s April 5th.

    I’m Frank Curzio. This is the Wall Street Unplugged podcast where I break down the headlines

    And tell you what’s really moving these markets.

    Hope all you enjoyed the NCAA tournament.

    Favorite time of the year. Championship game is

    on Monday.

    This year there was no number seeds. I think it was the

    first time that not any number one seeds made the Final Four.

    But there was actually no number one, number two, number

    three seats.

    So everyone’s excited about this or

    parody have the transfer portal

    that allows you to leave a school and play that year and

    you know, so if you’re good in like a division no one ever heard of you can go

    to one of these big teams.

    By the way, I just heard that.

    Bill Self may be announcing his

    retirement to health issues. I hope that’s not true the greatest coach.

    Especially there right now. Hope that’s not true rumors about

    We’ll see.

    Maybe tournaments. It’s such a great time of the year.

    And again when you listen to everyone they’re

    like, this is great. You know you have these teams get in there. It’s so

    exciting.

    I’m gonna say what everyone else is afraid to say,

    but it kind of sucks.

    It really does. I mean it’s nice if you see a team

    get in here and there but not really to the championship. Yeah,

    this Cinderella story like oh my God,

    they could actually win and it’s great if it actually happens, but

    how often does it happen?

    You get some outside school. It’s never there when the

    whole entire thing.

    And when you look at all sports, you know, you have Boston you have

    the Yankees you have the Patriots. Those are teams you either love or hate but

    you always watch them either really hate them you love them makes exciting.

    The dishes I’d say told me a Yukon right came out

    of nowhere really they wouldn’t ranked number one.

    Then the middle year again. I studied all these teams did a bracket and two

    guys that I really respect picked Yukon. So

    I went back and really looked at them and said why they just, you know, they started picking

    up the middle of the year at the beginning of the million. They kind of fell and

    they started pick it up again. They lost early in their tournament. I’m like ahead of

    four seats up Division. I don’t know.

    They bought everyone every single team they played they

    be Gonzaga, which is a pretty good team by 26.

    And then yeah the final four and they’re playing San

    Diego State in the final being favored by only seven and a half points, which

    I thought was a joke again because I got my 26 beat I

    think was average point of victory was like 22 points.

    and

    was watching that game any fun. I mean he had fun maybe maybe

    for like a minute they cut it to five

     and it was like two three points my Connecticut game is old, but the whole game from almost,

    you know five minutes in

    I mean the outcome was already.

    Certain get it cut it to five but you didn’t

    have that feeling like they were actually gonna blow it. Also, they you know, they didn’t want to blowing

    them out.

    Is that any fun for anyone watching the game like that? I mean,

    I like to see a rating and I can’t picture him being any good.

    I’m saying this year with NCAA Championship game, but for football, right?

    You have Michigan blue whale have a

    state of surprise and they played CCU you look forward to.

    You know.

    This Georgia Michigan matching but TCU beats, Michigan. I was

    like Wow TCU man outside conference say making what

    had to make the championship then they lose 65 to 7.

    I mean come on, that’s a championship game. And you know,

    what rather watch a great Super Bowl regardless of my

    Eagles being in it, but you know, it was decided pretty much

    by a touchdown wasn’t for some

    Idiot ref making a terrible call.

    Which I rant about but you kind of

    wish for these things. But then you get these championship games that suck.

    Right and you don’t want that you want these crazy games like the game before was

    a buzzer beater right say neighbors state.

    Florida Atlantic and stuff but you know, I get it and your root

    for it, but do you really want that? I don’t I want

    to really good championship game.

    In this year, holy cow.

    And even sucks for the woman’s tournament which you know, I never

     find exciting.

    I just don’t I love woman Sports when it comes to tennis and

    other things but basketball just was but yeah, yeah this

    girl Caitlin. Who’s the Michael Jordan shooting

    from Michael Jordan Price Steph Curry. And then

    what do you do you give a like a technical? This is a first time did you

    see the ratings on that game? I mean, holy cow is a great game can tell

    us you great game. And what do they do? They give her

    like a fourth foul on because she just pushed the ball out of the

    Huddle and they call it like don’t you understand the situation like nobody

    watches woman basketball very very few people. Just

    look at the ratings is fact.

    Now you have someone that you like holy cow want to see this is a great game Joel

    over tiktok and everything. I mean just massive blew

    away blow away every single championship

    games ever watched easily and then the best

    player you basically

    You force her to play less time against a great

    great team like Ellis. It’s just you know.

    man

    I don’t get it.

    But for me watching games like this.

    It’s not enjoyable like watching you condom. I even

    tweet about like really seven and a half. You beat you blew out

    Miami’s a good team. You kind of blew them out. Right? I mean they came

    back even come back. I think it was 13 at the end.

    But still that game was over every team that they played was basically over

    half every team.

    In last two or three they beat really good teams blow them

    out, and now you’re playing San Diego State.

    I’m like, they’re only fair by seven hit I should be fair by 15.

    And watching that game. It was an exciting at all

    and same again, Georgia blowing out

    TCU. I mean people want to see that very judge me you want

    to see that?

    Well, that’s the times you teams on it. You just want to see really good game your sports

    fan and and championships are really

    s***** this year NCAA course the board.

    Anyway, I’ll say it. Nobody else wants to

    say but I’ll say it.

    Those teams that get in the teams you hate

    the Yankees, but yet, you know, I’m gonna watch them. I want someone to kill a Yankees.

    I’m a Mets fan.

    And that’s never make it hopefully maybe getting a

    little bit better. Now Cohen’s a little you know, it’s nice when you worked like

    a hundred billion dollars and just spending money on everyone and anything

    which is cool. It’s nice. I don’t care. I’m a fan. Hopefully he

    spends all his money goes broken advice every great player. That’s awesome. That should

    be great.

    but anyway

    It was fun watching the game before I get to my monologue here,

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    So

    As you guys know.

    A few weeks ago I got a letter from Bank of America.

    And it said I had a clear out my account for Curzio Research.

    I didn’t break the law.

    I haven’t been accused of breaking the law, I wasn’t accused of

    anything except from being connected to the

    crypto world by making an investment in a company.

    That’s all I did.

    And I had three weeks they gave me to clear out and all the tax season.

    And when I called a number which they

    gave me which they provided which you guys should know I played on this

    podcast.

    They gave me no appeal process. No review. They just said f you

    We’re closed, we’re no longer doing business with you.

    and since then

    I started doing a ton of research on why this happened.

    And the s*** that I uncovered.

    It should really scare the hell out of you.

    Scare anyone actually has a bank account in the US.

    Now, I’m not this fear-monger. I don’t make b******* claims to

    scare people to buy my products. Anyone listen to me Wall Street Unpluggged podcast, this

    podcast, for 15 years. I’ve been doing it just follow my career

    for over 30s. They know that you know, you know this case where you’re new listener going. Okay

    Trenton, I’m not I’m not trying to scare it. I got my

    bank account close. I did nothing wrong.

    Now it starts with a guy.

    who I was unfamiliar with

    and now

    the whole world’s gonna get familiar with him. It’s gonna be because us because of

     me his name is Michael Hsu.

    He decided that banks regulated about FDIC and even knows

     that warrant should no longer do business with people like me.

    You might be saying who is this guy I never heard of him before this, right?

    question

    He’s probably one of the most powerful people in the world.

    Because Hsu is a Comptroller

    of Currency.

    What does that mean? I heard that before I never

     knew what it meant.

    It’s define as an independent Bureau of the US Department of

     the Treasury.

    So OCC Charters regulates and supervises all

     National Banks Federal Savings associations

     and federal branches and agencies of foreign Banks.

    They said we insure the banks we supervise operating a

     safe and sound manner provide a fair access to financial services. They

     say treat customers fairly this on their

     website and comply with aplicable laws and regulation the OCC.

    receives no Appropriations from Congress

    It’s interesting.

    If you read the definition, you know that Hsu controls the money.

    We all hear about the Fed.

    The FED controls everything whoever’s running it.

    Greenspan Bernanke Yellen Powell, whatever

    hear about those people all the time the power they have over

     our lives over the global economy.

    But if you look at what happened.

    And you’re looking and you’re looking to Hsu?

    I believe I’m pronouncing his name, right Hsu.

    He controls them all.

    He isn’t unelected dictator appointed by

     the president.

    Running everything inside the office of the controller currency. Can

     this call the OCC?

    I mean a bureaucracy if

    ever there was one.

    But in 2012 the OCC divides a similar

     plan to what they’re doing with crypto because here’s a

     guy and I went sorry, it’s January 27. You can

     look this up.

    the FED wrote a letter based on OCC

    and said

    you know again a lot of lure jargon in there the research

     at homework for you basically saying that no one you better not do

     any business or crypto companies you can’t

    As reason why every Bank even the big bank, so I can’t even blame Bank of

     America Bank of America was forced into this JP Morgan was for all these

     companies I would sign into a little bit of business.

    And even a bigger ones like Signature.

    It’s so great, bye-bye.

    You were gone every single one of them.

    And you look at this and you say what that yeah for me. I’m like what

     the hell is going on? I mean, did you supposed to be due

     process you’re supposed to be able to

    call someone say wait what’s going on 100% of

     my review, you know, we’re financially we help people we’re independent. Okay

     from all the b*******. Why you come why would you

     do this to us?

    Again, we opened up new bank accounts. We’re fine on that end, but it

     was a real pain in the ass. It was a shock imagine you’re running a business very

     busy. And also you’re like, well, you better close your bank

     accounts in three weeks. We’re gonna shut you down.

    Send you a check.

    And go elsewhere because we no longer.

    Deem your business fit to do anything with

     our bank. We don’t want you to associate with our bank anymore. You’re like,

     wait a minute. You know what the f*** just happened.

    But there’s a Playbook here because in 2012 the

     OCC devised a similar plan. There’s an aboministration

     they call the operation choke point.

    So operation choke Point had one objective to Snuff out the

     kinds of businesses. They don’t like

    they don’t care if they’re illegal or not.

    Then at the pawn shops, when gun stores payday lenders

     gambling companies and told all

     the banks to lean on these guys to make sure you don’t provide accounts for them.

    And people out of nowhere just said, hey, you know what, you’re done

     You don’t have an account at the bank. If you can’t operate through

     a bank the United States. You can’t really run a

     business. You can run a cash business. Okay, you can run different

     businesses I’m talking about if you really want to scale a business you need

     operations. You need ACH access. You need to pay your employees.

    You can’t do that. If the bank says Fu you can’t do

     business with us, and that’s fine if that business is illegal.

    The crypto is not illegal.

    We’ve given

    Kenzler, we give an SCC. We give the FCC. We give

     always right three four years. Andreessen Horowitz. It’s in 2019

     had this whole entire conference with

     regulatory authorities say, let’s regulate this. Let’s figure out

     rules in place. You have Coinbase you have Paxos. She

     have all these companies. It was at the Wyoming trying to fill out started State

     Charter Bank.

    As a holding company to do business within crypto

     that was put on hold for two years that they actually sued the

     government for and said, okay. We need this approval. Why

     the hell are you doing this? And you know when they said no January 26

     the day before they sent up the letter the 27th that all the banks can no

     longer do business crypto companies.

    but again, this is

    A playbook

    and it’s happened under the Democratic watch under again

     that

    don’t want to get political here, but this happened on the bottom Administration

     and then you’ll hear how it got

     reversed.

    A couple years later on the new Administration and now it’s happening again picking and

     choosing what industries.

    could do banking

    with US Banks

    So back, then they made them shut down.

    You look at Bankers. Now. They said you know for criminal at first,

     I’m not gonna do I’m not gonna shut down this the beginning and

     actually there’s you know,

    they came back the government said your decision and move forward result and

     immediate unplanned audit of your entire Bank. This is

     a direct quote according to the banker.

    a direct quote

    So in the end OCC crippled and closed so many

     businesses hundreds if not

     over a thousand businesses.

    This is back again.

    not long ago

    a few years ago right on a purely subjective moralistic

     illegal

    campaign illegal

    to look at the same. Well, how could they get away with this? Well, they didn’t because there’s

     a law firm called Cooper and Kirk look

     him up. I didn’t know who they were. What the most powerful.

    law firms in Washington

    Okay guys that defended more cases Supreme Court

     arguably. What a toughest lawyers toughest.

    litigators against Supreme Court

    And they only take cases that they could win these guys a huge massive. I

     didn’t know that.

    so this Law Firm decided to sue

    all the government authorities

    FDIC OCC Federal Reserve

    Saying this is unconstitutional you’re closing businesses without due

     process.

    We’re out listening to them, right this is against the Fifth Amendment

     and went after them and you know what they beat the government.

    They beat them and it took three years almost

     four years from the beaten.

    And when Trump got elected, you know, not that Trump had ideas.

     That’s when it got overturned.

    And it got overturned it was a pretty big deal. I’ll explain

     why in a minute.

    Because now a lot of these industries that had handcuffs on

     them.

    Start a boom in the booming now.

    But today the government’s like I don’t care we’re doing this again.

    They’re doing it again with crypto shutting down an industry

     because of an agenda without due process.

    As being called operation choke point two.

    And guess what?

    last week

    Cooper and Kirk

    announced at the suing the government again. They created 34

     page white paper detailing how this is unconstitutional and

     going after them again the same basis.

    Now again is the big deal because it took three to four

     years to settle for those other Industries. But look what happened to a

     lot of those Industries upon Industries a boom and it’s regulated. Now. Look

     what happened to the gambling industry.

    I mean you look at the gambling industry. Holy cow. I mean

    so

    the history when you’re looking at legal Sports and talk

     about online sports betting if so, if you look at May 2018,

     so this is like a month or two after this settlement.

    They said now that the absence of a federal regulated system.

    Which the federal government decided to regulate and said none of you guys can own

     bank accounts and gambling especially online gambling.

    Outside, you know Vegas and stuff like that, but now the federal regulate now

     that any absence of that the states they ruled that

     hey this is considered Constitution that the states of free to

     established their own sports gambling laws. And what happened in 2018.

    Have you noticed if you’re watching sports on television

     what happened how they all promoting you have announcers in the middle of

     games saying? Oh, what are you gonna have second quarter? Oh, I got LeBron scoring 14

     points gonna have three rebounds. I’m taking the over they’re actually promoting

     FanDuel and whatever.

    Whenever against it.

    Totally against it.

    We don’t allow gambling in sports. What’s not anymore. They could all make money off of it.

    She look at my June 2018 what happened? All these states

     one by one.

    So take advantage of this repeal.

    In New Jersey, Rhode Island, Mississippi, West Virginia New

     Mexico say 30 States and District only allow Sports gambling.

    With five more set to join in the coming months.

    pretty crazy

    now there was estimates when this passed 2018-2019 is

     estimate Saint gambling industry just online alone is

     going to be

    like a 10 billion dollar that I think they had like, yes, so

     it’s for eight billion nine billion 10 billion dollars by 20

     25 2026. We’re in 2023 with 13

     billion dollars already just

    on and we’ll talk about a market. This is how much revenue they’re

     generating meaning that that’s probably a big

     of 10% So you got the times that by a multiple of

    That’s how big just online Sports gambling

     is because of them reversing this law.

    a law that was complete b******* going after gambling

     companies because the government just said, hey, you know what OCC

    came out and said listen this what we’re gonna do go shut down all these businesses.

     We don’t care. If it’s Legal we don’t care for people doing the right thing. We

     know that people aren’t doing the right thing like who isn’t doing the

     right thing every industry has criminals and in every industry across

     the board every industry.

    You’re gonna shut down even the good players if people

     are doing the right thing, but this is when the Innovation is coming from.

    You have to ask yourself. Why why would they do this?

    There’s got to be a reason there’s got to be an agenda here. And

     why and if you look at creating your own digital currency, maybe

     that’s why maybe shutting down all the

    you should know all the stable coins and going at the stable coins.

     They trying to work with the government to back these stable coins by

     Treasuries, U.S. dollar, whatever and and the government’s like we don’t want

     to hear from you f you

    Really? Why?

    We do know that there’s 11.

    Nations that now have their own digital currency. We

     do know that bank of Japan.

    China

    ECU

    All piloting programs along with us.

    I mean, it’s just to read like what is the reason behind this?

    picking and choosing

    because you could argue and and not argue for me. I

     would say that this is fact.

    But the government closing Banks like Silvergate which

     no fraud was discovered. Can they

     had access to the biggest player in the industry. They sold the treasuries for

     a loss. They covered a billion their biggest clients. Saved

     the bank and then

    all sudden

    the government cannot said, nope.

    Everyone better get at the hell out of that bank. All the major ones all that

     you had Coinbase leaves Silvergate Paxos So

     they all left Silvergate at the same time because they were told you better leave.

     Oh you’re done and that’s why Subway.

    It wasn’t forced.

    but they were like we had no choice to liquidate now because

     you just

    cut off all like they’re growth.

    So Silvergate closed, right then you saw the run the

     bed then what happened? You saw someone get closing so Signature.

    Signature stocks started getting nailed. Now. You have all these accounts is

     at least five billion dollars worth

     Andreessen Horowitz and all his businesses and he’s in crypto. They’re the

     biggest Venture Capital firm in the world have ties everywhere.

    And they see what’s going on. So we get they see what’s going on with Signature.

    How they’re getting letters being saying that you you

     have to leave no more. You can’t do business at all.

     So what happened?

    Well now they have all this money Silicon Valley Bank and they removed it

     and you look at 200 billion in assets, but it probably five

     to ten billion was removed and

    you talk about web 3 who have the biggest ties of

     social media?

    And they went on this whole social media and saying wow silicon bank

     and you know, we just saw five, ten percent of the

     assets leaving. Then you’re saying wait a minute. This bank isn’t

     insured which by the way is a definition of

     the OCC.

    To make sure we have a safe environment for banks. That’s your

     f****** job, right? That’s your job. Instead. You’re

     going after the crypto companies and what happened?

    And I can pull up information on in five

     minutes of the exposure to how much.

    Bank assets a very publicly traded bank and how much is insured?

    So now you have Silvergate now. You’re like, wow, we just saw what happened

     to silvergate right? So if Silicon Valley, but we sold out the Silvergate

     where silvergate

    was forced to close and then sell treasuries before maturity

     and have big losses on me. Like wow Silicon Valley

     lot of their assets aren’t insured.

    This is how this whole entire thing was caused.

    The whole crypto Community all the big names knew that

     Silicon Valley was gonna be in huge trouble. They knew because they

     had their accounts also at silvergate and signature and said, holy

     s*** and then You Close Signature didn’t allow them to sell

     their assets their crypto has straight you clothed them immediately, but you let

    What?

    First Trust what some of the other Banks right just hey, you know,

     let’s see if they can work things out immediately Signature was

     closed like holy cow. Like they just took it over immediately.

    And so you better solve all your crypto assets immediately right

     now close them Silvergate.

    I’ve got took as a New York whatever New York Community,

     whatever it took over.

    I believe it was signature and now they have till today which

     they gave them I think two weeks

     and said everyone at this bank better have their account

     closed or we just closing it for you and gonna send them a check. I like we did

     they did to us you could argue and be right that

    the begging crisis was led by what you did to crypto

     because of the OCC the person that’s supposed to protect the

     banks.

    to safeguard them

    So what do you think’s gonna happen?

    To me. I don’t think it’s gonna take three years. I think it’s gonna take a year year and a

     half but this has to get reversed unconstitutional.

    And when it does it’s gonna open up avenues for

     the right companies just like you saw

     a FanDuel just like you’re seeing what all these companies within gambling this

     massive growth, right? You have a lot of companies that

     again that it just

    roll ups issue more shares buy

     more companies getting bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and

     bigger and bigger and it hasn’t been the best result for some shareholders, but you’re gonna

     see huge winners.

    And we’re not talking about 13 billion dollar market, we’re

     talking about a trillion plus market a market that

     went to three trillion.

    A market that even the biggest crypto players understand that

     needs to be regulated. But this is where the Innovations

     coming from.

    This is just about 2% of what I uncovered so

     far all the letters.

    Michael Hsu

    all the s*** started happening as soon as he was just putting

     in this position.

    Remember this supposed to be perfectly independent.

    And he came in.

    No surprise.

    The middle of 2021 when all this stuff started happening

     through 2022 and then finally came out this decision.

    a coordinated effort

    now the previous

    CEO

    Of the COO.

    Or CCO, right. The previous guy Brooks actually came out

     again Sue. He said this is definitely a

     coordinated effort by the government to shut down crypto a

     coordinate effort.

    Again, it’s supposed to be separate from everything.

    This is the guy who ran.

    Comptroller currency ran that Division and he’s actually

     saying holy s***. He can’t believe this.

    But the stories that I’m uncovering the people like, you know,

     even Barney Frank is you know, who’s on the Signature board saying, holy s***.

     I mean these guys

    they can’t really tell this story.

    We can and these are the stories that we’re going to cover Wall Street Unplugged Premium.

    These are stories again.

    If you’re looking at where independent, we don’t

     have an agenda.

    We’re not being paid by anyone from the outside parties from anything right

     that that’s saying all where you can’t say that you can’t say this. You can’t

     say that I watch CNBC yesterday covering Trump

     and everybody.

    This is a financial news program that I want to see financial

     news updates. They’re covering Trump and they bring on one liberal guy.

     Then I bring on one another no like both sides just

     saying. Wow, this is crazy and then you can be right after

     he speaks, you know.

    If there is a rain mint and I can’t believe that he still has

     support after you know, the Insurrection all this s*** and I

     don’t want to hear that s*** on CNBC. I mean, I loved it

     when it wasn’t a biased channel.

    I feel like it’s you know.

    Part of MSNBC now, I don’t want to hear that now I’m

     watching that channel and I shut it off. I just shut it

     off. I’m like I can’t watch this today. I don’t want to hear it.

    I mean both sides have an agenda. They all have an agenda.

     It’s not they used to bring on them. It’s 60 Minutes. Remember Meet the Press.

     They should bring up Democrats Republicans. No longer only one

     side it.

    Fox Business one sided. No, there’s no debates anymore.

     Nobody debates.

    That’s not us.

    We go with the truth is that’s what we do a COVID like I couldn’t believe I

     couldn’t believe and this is early on now everyone believes it.

    Early on I’m talking about when this first happened February March and

     the emails getting from doctors.

    April you know, this is about my kids is

     about my mom being sick and holy s***. You know, I’m worried about

     this. I’m reporting things and doctors giving me reports and

     studies and saying don’t mention my name because I’m gonna get fired.

     Are you kidding me? I thought everyone should be on

     the same side here. Obviously, we’re not obviously we’re learning tons

     of stuff. Right all the sudden. No, it doesn’t prevent everyone

     for getting covid. No. No, you need like nine boosters first.

    and we’re going to put the you know, the

    the person on the board is gonna be the leader.

    He’s gonna be the spokesperson on the board of Pfizer.

     That’s gonna tell us whether we need this shot. I mean, come on. Holy

     s***. You want to talk about agendas. You want to talk about biases?

    Not us. We can go after people like

     this and we are and I am

    because you’re gonna hear a lot more about this. The story is not going away.

    The more importantly it’s gonna create great opportunities for

     you when s*** like this happens. That’s when you make the most money when you see laws

     changing.

    the reason why the politicians

    Make a fortune or for all this Insider information. They know

     which company’s gonna benefit and not benefit by the laws

     changing or which laws they’re gonna Implement and pass.

    Obviously, he’s got a benefit a lot of companies. Obviously, they’re getting

    bribes lobbying dollars from

     those companies. We see it. It’s all there. We’ll know it.

    But this story this is an incredible story.

    It’s incredible story coupon did a

     great job fighting it beating the government and they’re going after them again.

    And it’s not gonna take three years. And when this this

     is regulated, they’re saying okay. This is a framework. This is what you’re supposed to

    1. Just like we saw with the gambling industry p***

     shop industry. Look, there’s like two three major players there

     billion dollar companies now.

    We have a regulated system.

    And a lot of these companies want that because I realize how big

     this industry is and your eliminate all the b******* the black market

     and all the garbage within crypto.

    This gonna be a multi trillion dollar industry.

    And we’re gonna get ahead of this thing.

    And that’s where things get fun.

    So these are just we get one story. I’m bringing in Wall Street Unplugged

     Premium.

    That’s our podcast. We talking a lot more detail tomorrow

     with Daniel about this if you’re interested in WSUoffer.com. It’s $10

     a month. You can subscribe one month and say Frank. I don’t like you and then

     I don’t like this podcast or whatever.

    You can cancel that’s all it is $10 a month made affordable for

     everyone out there. And now that I attach a newsletter to

     which is trading newsletter becoming trading idea every single week.

    through Dollar stock Club.

    But again, these are the stories that we’re gonna

     touch up on and you should get familiar and you should be worried.

    Because for them to shut down accounts, so people who aren’t doing

     anything wrong who work in their asses off. That’s a really big deal

     guys. That’s something I never thought. I’d see I never thought I’d

     see the government.

    Put banks out of business.

    Why they didn’t do anything illegal. Nothing was

     proven yet. No fraud was proven.

    And you just put them out of business all because of

     an agenda.

    We got some guy up there and saying okay, this don’t see

     guy just thrown out there and saying

    writing a letter on a 27 cents every bank. It’s saying you

     guys better get the hell out unless you want to get audited and I

     want you to sell everything crypto. Wow, where did

     that come from?

    We’re gonna talk to people on the inside. I’m gonna be interviewing people on the

     inside again. I’m not going anywhere with the story. It’s gonna be really really exciting and

     more important. I’m gonna teach you how to make money off of

     this. So learn more, tune in tomorrow.

    And feel free if you’re out there.

    If you’re into crypto.

    If you have connections or whatever, feel free to email me.

    Okay, so I get the best information from is from you so many

     people within these industries.

    Tons of emails for people that got their accounts closed crypto companies. I couldn’t

     believe this happened. There’s so many hundreds and hundreds maybe with thousand businesses out

     of nowhere of companies that are doing the right thing.

    Feel free, man, send me an email frank@curzioresearch.com.

    That’s frank@curzioresearch.com.

    I’ll see you guys tomorrow. Take care.

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