BITCOIN REVEALED: The True Story | September 21, 2026

I grew up with nothing. Success felt
impossible until I found crypto in 2018.
I made every mistake chasing hype and
holding coins to nearly zero. I then
found technical analysis and it changed
[music] everything. My perspective on
this industry and my success within it.
Now, I'm passing that knowledge on to
you. Welcome to Bitcoin Revealed, the
true story.
Hey folks, Nick Valdez here, chief
crypto strategist for Verified Investing
and we called the end of the bear market
last week and look at the pump that we
have seen over the weekend. Bitcoin
surging to a higher high, something that
we have not seen for months and now that
call that we made on Friday is looking
even better and then we're going to go
over a couple trade setups including if
you guys can smash that like button,
might even give you the next runner on
Solana. So, let's go ahead and dive in
without any further ado. Let's look at
the major movers because folks, it's
about everything and we're going to
start with Bitcoin here. Now, this is
the level that I'm looking at on
Bitcoin. We smashed the prior resistance
which was the wick low that we saw in
November until the highs end of May and
you can see rejected the price, rejected
the price, rejected the price but we
started knocking on the door and we
knocked a few too many times and now we
have burst through that door with the
shoulder ram and now this is the area
that I'm going to paying attention to.
You can zoom in a little bit, you can
see we did not close a daily below this
level and so this is another example,
you know, kept knocking on the door,
started knocking on the door again.
If you look at the 4-hour, I mean it is
chopping all around in this range around
in May and then we fell through. Well,
let's look and let's continue this trend
line that is very, very close to what
we're looking at right now with the
Bitcoin chart, folks. So, if you did,
you know, go long or you know, add some
exposure to Bitcoin, congratulations. I
was reading those comments. A lot of
people are saying there is no way that's
the end of the bear market. We're going
lower. We're not getting a higher high.
We're about to dump. And well, folks, we
did put in that higher high. So, make
sure you like and subscribe into the
show if you like the content that we're
giving you here cuz we are giving you
the alpha. And I know what made Bitcoin
shoot up so high. One word and one word
only, greed. Okay? Greed greed shot up.
And when the greed shot up, everybody
was like, all right, well, that's that's
as high as Bitcoin can go. Everyone
started shorting Bitcoin. And those
traders who shorted Bitcoin got wrecked.
And in fact, they got wrecked to the
tune 643
million dollars in a 12-hour period.
Okay? This is just the last 12 hours.
Now, some got long that were wrecked as
well, about 100 million, 103 million. I
don't know how you get liquidated
longing Bitcoin in this environment, but
hey, you know, some people did get
you know, stopped out on those trades.
But this is the last 12 hours. So, this
just the Bitcoin price for last 12
hours. And all these longs right here,
they all got wrecked. And then people
open more shorts. Those shorts got
wrecked. And then people open more
shorts. Well, yeah, I mean, I'm I'm
starting to sound like a broken record,
folks. Those shorts got wrecked. But
right now, there are a lot of longs
starting to pile up below. And so, we
might need price to come down, wipe out
these traders, and then we can resume
the pump. And if you look right here,
there's a lot of shorts looking to get
liquidated right around 87,000, 86 and
some change. And then it kind of cools
off. Not too many people are still
trying to short Bitcoin at that point.
We got people longing ETH, Solana hype
yesterday, feeling good about that one.
And just like that, you know, you say it
and they shall appear. Bull trap. And
so, you know, the question is Day Dayvo,
are we making a lower low? Are we going
below 58,000? And in my opinion, I don't
think we're going to be going below
$58,000.
I see your comments talking about 30s,
40s, low 50s.
I showed you that three-week MACD chart,
and it is basically saying that, you
know, if it's like the previous bear
market, or the bear market before that,
or even the bear market going all the
way back to 2014, we are triggering what
we have seen that signified the end of
those bear markets. Meaning, no more
lower lows, folks. 58K may have been the
bottom. So, the low's in at 50K? Well,
that's what the data is starting to look
like, folks. Let's look at MicroStrategy
here.
You know, since we're talking about
Bitcoin, I am watching this level on
MicroStrategy cuz this is a huge pump.
MicroStrategy is up 100% from the low
that we saw in June. If you go to
Bitcoin, Bitcoin is not up 100%, it's
only up 50%. And so, the MicroStrategy
move has essentially, you know, doubled
here. This is a little bit of a you
know, it's not technically a leverage
play on Bitcoin, but when MicroStrategy
pumps, you know, it's because of a
Bitcoin pump, and vice versa. And so,
when Bitcoin moves 1%, you might see
MicroStrategy move about 2%. But, I'm
looking at this May 15th gap fill
where basically the candle closed right
here. We haven't retested this range,
and we have this descending trend line
coming in from the April 8th pivot low.
Uh you know, ended up acting as
resistance, acted as resistance, and
right now, this is right in the $177,180
range right now. All right. Now, let's
look at Ethereum. I got a couple levels
for you on Ethereum, folks. And I'm
going to tell you the altcoin I am more
bullish on than Ethereum. A major
altcoin. Top 10 altcoin. Type in below
what altcoin you think Nick is more
bullish on than Ethereum. Cuz I I like
Ethereum. A lot of activity on Ethereum.
A lot of L2s on Ethereum. But, these L2s
extract from some of the pump that ETH
deserves. And so, you know, you can
respect the fundamentals, but you got to
respect the pumpamentals. It's not
Cardano. I see ADA Multiple people
coming in with Cardano guesses. No, not
Cardano, folks. Let's Good guess though.
Good guess. I'm looking at this for
Ethereum.
We have this December 10th wick where,
you know, if you look, you know, we
knocked against it, try to wick above,
knocked against it, knocked against it.
Three of the four wicks intersected with
this trend line, basically establishing
this descending trend line, and that's
coming in right around 2900. Also, if
you look at March 16th, if you look at
the pump here, also kind of ending right
around 2900. I'm looking at 2900 to be a
very tough range for Ethereum to pass
through, folks. It's not NEAR, but
NEAR's good. I I like NEAR. There's
nothing wrong with NEAR, folks.
It is Solana. It is Solana. It is one of
my larger bags, folks. We're looking at
Solana in 1 second. You You spam
Cardano. I'll give you a little Cardano
chart here as well.
We're looking at a multi-year trend line
here, folks. Cardano has just been long
interacting with this level. This is all
the way back in '22, 2022,
2023.
And then we kind of chopped along this
range in 2026, and now trying to close
above this range first time in a long
time. Let's measure this. We haven't
closed above this in about 4 months. So,
if we can get above this, it is looking
a little bit bullish for Cardano. I
don't know if it's going to, you know,
mimic what we saw
after the Trump election there, where,
you know, it it shoots up above a
dollar. Basically, people trying to
short it the whole time, getting
wrecked, the shorts getting liquidated,
getting liquidated, getting liquidated.
I don't know if we're going to be seeing
a dollar ADA anytime soon, but I do
like, you know, retesting this high
right here, which is right around 28
cents for ADA. Let's look at Solana.
Looking at this level of Solana, it's
going all the way back to December of
2023, folks. So, we're going back a ways
here, and that's going to be uh you
know, this is the bear market low. You
can get Solana for $10, okay? $10. We
had a nice little pullback. This is
probably our our first serious pullback
for Solana. If we measure this,
looks like it fell Yeah, it fell about
40% or so, almost.
And you can see nice support. Uh held
that support, held that support, held
that support. This was a line in the
sand, and it's no coincidence that this
line in the sand coincided with the peak
right there. Kind of established it from
that pivot high. And then, what do you
know? Also found support, also found
support. It's just another case of, you
know, we started knocking on the door,
and you can look right there. Knocked on
it, knocked on it, 5-6 days in a row,
fell below, retested at the scene of the
crime, and then pushed down. Let's go to
today's price action. That's kind of
where I'm going to be watching, folks,
and that's $126
for Solana. Howdy, everybody. Go ahead
and smash that like button. I do
appreciate all the support you guys, you
know, giving this show, and I do want to
give a big shout-out to BitBase.
We're getting our trades in on BitBase.
I got a couple trade setups right now
that I am going to share with you folks.
So, don't worry. I might be longing
Zcash. Yes, that's right. We might be
longing Zcash, everybody. Uh in fact, we
go ahead and jump to that trade right
now. How did the Zcash uh
This is just a little bit of a pullback,
but what are the targets that we're
looking at? Well, the bull flag targets
played out. And let me kind of just, you
know, give you a nice little description
of what we're talking about here. Well,
the bull flag,
you'll have your flagpole, and then
you'll consolidate with the flag. It
doesn't have to play out like this every
time, but a good target to take profits
is where the flag basically runs out of
steam. And so, if you're to draw the
line for the flag, you would draw a new
flagpole. And folks, that is within just
a few dollars. This is
uh 1270, roughly. It went up to about
1290, so about $30 off. When when you're
talking about, you know, $1,000, that's,
you know, not too much, folks. And so,
if we look again, we measure our
flagpole,
and then we move this to where we broke
out. Folks, very, very close target for
Zcash. Uh we didn't quite get as high as
1630, 1620, but now we are starting to
see a little bit of a pullback. I am in
a long. Uh we are longing Zcash from
this level.
Uh
did not I I got an order right above
this wick, right below this wick. I just
wanted to get a trade going before I
started the show here. Probably should
have took profit, you know, while I was
yapping yapping at you 7 minutes ago. Uh
we I jumped in right around here.
Minutes minutes before we went live, but
now look at that. We're getting a little
bit of a pump on Zcash, so we are in
profit on the Zcash trade here. Another
major mover. I hate to say it. We are
risk on, folks. Pepe. That's right, the
little green frog meme coin.
Now, I think Doge is kind of bringing up
the meme coins. And so, Pepe is just
kind of be uh it's going to be a little
bit of a a stronger mover. If Doge moves
10%, you might see Pepe move 20%. And I
don't want to get into the, you know,
what the frog means or any of that
stuff, but some people just like the
meme. I'm looking at this level right
here. We just talked about the bull flag
for a reason. And if we look at the
breakout target, this is just a
potential target for Pepe.
I mean, trying to chart Pepe or trying
to chart any of these meme coins, it's a
little bit of a fool's errand, but I
mean, you'd be surprised how often it
can play out. I'm looking at this trend
line, as well.
This is going to be interacting. So, we
got the bull flag plus the trend line
going to about 5 5. Now, uh different
zeros for different exchanges. I think
this is a 1,000 X Pepe chart here. And
so, you would remove three zeros. Uh and
so, five zeros. But, basically, just
think of the five five. That's That's
all you got to really think about right
there. So, that's what I'm looking at on
Pepe. Big shout out to Pepe, by the way.
All right, let's look at HyperLiquid. We
got a bullish chart setup, folks.
Bullish, very bullish. What are we
looking at? We're looking at the inverse
head and shoulders. And the bears are
going to feel foolish if this chart
plays out bullish here. So, the way you
would measure a head and shoulders or
inverse head and shoulders breakout, you
go from the neckline to the crown of the
head. And then again, this is just going
to give you a nice potential target for
Zcash. And you're looking around 123 I
said Zcash hype for HyperLiquid. You're
looking at 123 or so for HyperLiquid.
So, uh seeing some similar price
targets. 123 there, 126 here.
All right, let's go to uh one that I'm
looking at maybe opening a short on, and
that's going to be ETH Classic. Uh
there's a lot of liquidations as you
start getting close to these wicks here
on the daily chart. And so, that's what
I'm going to be watching for Zcash.
Looks like we're in profit on this one
as well. We got it Oh, yeah, baby. Oh,
yeah. Oh, yeah. So, our Zcash short
starting to play out. We're up about 100
bucks. I might just go ahead and close
that. Should I close it? Type in yes,
type in no. Should we take profit on the
Zcash short? Uh we only got 100 bucks,
or not even. I kind of want 200 or 300
or 500. Yes or no, type it in uh the
live chat, and I'll honor it, folks. I
will honor what the audience wants here.
And don't don't say, you know, add to
the position, you know, let it ride, you
know, you got to take profit on these
trades, folks. they're saying take. All
right, we're closing. We're closing.
We're We're out of the trade. Yeah,
confirming. All right, so, uh boom. Good
job there, folks. We're going to go
ahead and take a victory lap on that
one.
I did give a a runner last Monday.
Now the people like, "No, hold. Hold the
line."
Uh I gave a runner that was not. It was
the opposite of stonk. Remember we
talked about the Robinhood narrative,
everything starting to pump on that. Uh
now if you jumped in we were talking
about it with this red candle. If you if
you jumped in uh I don't know what part
of the red candle we were at, maybe in
the middle. Uh it did head down. But we
are up 50% uh from the low here just
about 5 days ago. Oh, sorry. I was going
to say double. I meant double because it
was about 10 to 20. Oh, this thing is
moving. This thing is really moving.
What's going on here? All right, I was
looking this morning. Oh, yeah, that's a
huge huge pump right there. Uh
jeez, what is that? All right, so that's
going to be one of the the side plays
that I'm watching on the Robinhood
chain. Remember we did that whole
episode over Robinhood chain. Robinhood
chain is an Ethereum L2.
Robinhood CEO he's kind of leaning into
that narrative and he's saying, "I want
all the stocks on chain and I want them
all on Robinhood chain specifically."
And we're starting to see some
interesting plays in that one.
There's a pump.fun
clone and it's stonk. And that kind of
fits with their meme there and uh nots
is just stonk reversed, but stonk is way
up, nots is way up. So if you jumped in
on that one, does does look like some of
you folks uh took some uh some nice
entries on that. So feel good about that
one, folks. So all right, we're going to
go ahead and call it there. I do
appreciate you guys sticking around
until the end as always. Uh hot takes.
Hot take is Hey folks,
I just I just appreciate all the all the
support. I like getting into it in the
comment section. Friday's episode, like
I said, so many of you folks said we're
going to dump. Sometimes you just got to
respect the pump, folks. You got to
respect the pump and I would respect you
even more if you hit that like button.
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You know, I give you my entries, I give
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playing out, you know. I I I mean I'll
I'll I'll show you I will go go over the
trades tomorrow. Long streak of wins.
It's pages and pages of wins in a row.
We've been just knocking them out of the
park there. But, uh make sure you stick
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