I predict the following scenario:

We will see a “mini recession” lasting a short time period heading into 2019. (1–2 months)

As Q1 ends, crypto will feel the wave of legitimation. All of the good news we’ve been hearing with old school financial institutions getting into crypto will finally pay off.

This will spark a massive bull run that will surpass Fall 2017. This will be the “big one.”

This bull run will last a few months and the Moon+Lambo crowd will throw additional gasoline into the fire.

This glory will be shortlived as the real recession will kick into gear in Q4 2019. Analysts will hope that retail sales in Q4 will stabilize the economy, but when Q4 data is reported in Q1 2020, the recession will rear its head.

In early 2020, the United States, and the resulting world economy, will hit a multi-year recession.

This current economic downturn is a mere earthquake before the 2020 tsunami.

I’ve given you this prediction, but how do we get to this point?

Well, what have we seen all year?

We continue to hear great news about crypto projects. XYZ bank is adopting blockchain tech. ABC Exchange plans to list crypto. CEO sells stake in company to go “all in” on crypto.

Despite this great news, crypto prices continue to plummet. Prices are dropping, but some of the largest holders of crypto continue to buy more and more.

Clearly the market is being manipulated to keep prices artificially low, but why would someone/something do this?

Because crypto can be easily exploited to artificially boost your balance sheet.

Crypto is an immature market which makes it ripe for exploitation. Scam projects like BitConnect were just the tip of the iceberg. We thought ICO mania was crazy, just imagine when corporations with teams of lawyers, bankers, and accountants can throw billions into crypto. The same crew that created our 2007–08 housing crisis will have a field day. Once regulators allow them to include crypto as stable assets for the balance sheet, the whole game will change.

The strategy is quite simple:

Artificially supress an assets value so you can acquire it for pennies on the dollar.

Secretly obtain massive amounts at this suppressed price while using mainstream media outlets to throw a bucket of FUD at the crypto market. Driving prices even lower.

Work with lobbying firms to lay the foundation to legitimize crypto with government regulators. Hasn’t there been a lot of neutral to positive news coming from our government?

Wait for a recession to begin, and then set the final phase of the plan into motion. Regulators allow crypto to be included as a stable asset class.

Crypto is now a legitimized asset that can be used in company valuations. This by itself would boost crypto prices, but now the corporate machine dumps barrels of gasoline onto the fire. They now need crypto prices to skyrocket to offset the decline in value of their traditional assets.

This is easy for them to boost because they acquired so much crypto in 2018, and with it being an immature market, they can pump the price higher than any of us could imagine (even in 2017).

But wait, we all know the tech is far from complete. We also know that scams abounded last time, and 2019 will have many more BitConnect clones. The general public will be foaming at the mouth to buy, buy, buy.

Corporations will love their new pet project. It saved the day just when they thought a recession was imminent.

However, just like the 2008 recession, we will see an event that triggers the downfall. A major company will go bust because they were mainly backed by an artificially pumped crypto asset.

This will build and build into the Q1 2020 Tsunami of a Recession which will cause the entire economy to go into a multi-year downturn.

Be careful what you wish for. We will see an epic bull run in 2019, but it is a mirage. Don’t HODL the entire year. Sell off when you can comfortably take nice profits. Don’t wait to be the last guy to sell in early 2020.

How can you win?

If you are like me, follow the big money. Acquire right now at the suppressed prices, ride the 2019 waive, and make sure to cash out before the real recession rears its head.