CRYPTOCURRENCY — Must invest. “Isn’t it all speculation? Isn’t this a…
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“Isn’t it all speculation? Isn’t this a giant Ponzi scheme? How far can this really go? Surely, this can’t keep going on forever. After all, cryptocurrencies do not have any intrinsic value!”

This is what the sideliners keep repeating themselves, as Bitcoin surges to fresh all time highs after breaking the 20 000 psychological barrier. In an attempt to rationalize a missed opportunity that must make them uneasy, the naysayers are trapped in an outdated narrative that comes with an ever increasing opportunity cost.

Although cryptocurrencies might be volatile, that doesn’t reduce them to a speculative instrument, as some have been repeatedly preaching all through the 2017 Bull Run, and again today, as we hit new all-time highs. Superficial research suffices to show the falsehood of that claim, and of many other equally ridiculous claims, such as the Ponzi scheme one. At this point, still thinking that crypto is irrelevant or a “fade” is simply ignoring the emerging macroeconomic and financial landscape, and the worldwide transition to digital currencies currently underway. However, debunking such myths is not the purpose of this article.

The objective of this article is a full objective review of Intelligent Cryptocurrency, a program designed to provide educational material and training for beginners in the cryptocurrency space, as well as to form a community where cryptocurrency investors can share ideas and find support and guidance.

The Founder: Dirk De Bruin

Here’s Dirk with Binance.com CEO

This was in 2019, at The Capital Conference in Singapore

A few details about Dirk and about his goal.

Dirk, born in the Netherlands, is an entrepreneur and investor that has many years of experience trading stocks, forex, CFD’s and precious metals, and that has been actively involved in crypto for over 6 years. He has been sharing his knowledge by uploading educational videos on his YouTube channel for years for free, and has recently started posting much more frequently, making videos around every 3 to 4 days. On his channel he speaks about fundamentals and technical analysis on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and he also provides various tips and advices on what to watch out for when starting to invest in crypto. One very important thing to note is that he doesn’t hype or shill anything, unlike many other popular crypto YouTubers. Dirk has made it a cornerstone of his content to be as objective and unbiased as possible. It may not get as many views, but it guarantees quality like nothing else. Given how much bias and conflict of interest permeates the crypto community, it is refreshing to have someone that is down to earth.

With Intelligent Cryptocurrency, Dirk plans to share his knowledge of the crypto landscape with up to 10 000 students in the coming 10 years. He has made it his team’s mission to closely follow and attend all crypto related developments such as seminars, conferences and worldwide events so that he can deliver to his students and all the community members first-hand quality information they can rely on. His team’s priority is to provide relevant educational material and support to beginners, as well as to create a vibrant community of like-minded crypto investors that can share ideas and support one another. Ultimately, his goal is to create a massive community that can help its members grow and reach their investment objectives.

His recent public predictions*

“If he is so knowledgeable and successful at trading, why is he selling courses?” is a common phrase thrown around at any person offering a course, rather mindlessly, as if it was somehow impossible to be a successful investor and sell courses at the same time. Although having lots of years of experience in a field doesn’t automatically translate into good results, in Dirk’s case the experience has clearly paid off.

Here’s a summary of Dirk’s recent predictions’ history and how it stood the test of time, so you can make up your own mind about his level of accuracy analyzing and forecasting cryptocurrency markets.

ETHLend (this was in 2017, since then the token has been rebranded to AAVE)

He entered a position when ETHLend was around 0.08 USD in December 2017

Reasons given: Disruptive potential of the lending industry, Anonymity, Collateralized Debt, Smart Contracts

Current Return: 1287.5%

ARK

He advised to take a stake in ARK in July of this year when the token traded at around 0.2985 USD.

Reasons given: Potential to 34x, Transparency, Annual Yield, Proof of Stake consensus model, Business Adoption

Current Return: 32.66% + 8.87% annual yield

WAX

He advised to take a stake in WAX in July of this year when the token traded at around 0.05404 USD.

Reasons given: Potential to 50x, Gaming Industry, Non-fungible, Annual Yield

Current Return: -16.90% + 3.4% annual yield

HOLO

He advised to take a stake in HOLO in July of this year when the token traded at around 0.0007210 USD.

Reasons given: Non-blockchain System (crypto diversification), Possible game-changer tech, Physical Product

Current Return: -5.34%

ETH

He advised to take a position in ETH in early November of this year when the coin traded at around 430 USD, with a price target of 800.

Reasons given: Technical Analysis Breakout Set Up, Decentralized Finance Solutions, ETH 2.0.

Current Return: 47.36 %

BTC

Here’s a chart of this year Dirk’s predictions on Bitcoin and their corresponding date.

He has been right on all three occasions regarding Bitcoin’s trajectory, and if you had entered a BTC position in early June when he called for a breakout, you would have made a whopping 145.79% ROI under 6 months.

Results

Although there are a few bad apples, if you had followed Dirk’s projections, it is clear you would be up massively. Let’s run a calculation starting in June to verify this using a portfolio allocation as follows.

BTC: 50% (Given that it is the most known and secure, it has the greatest allocation of capital)

ETH: 20% (Given that it is the second most known and secure, it has the second greatest capital allocation)

ARK, WAX, HOLO: 10% (For simplicity’s sake, these will all have the same allocation, and a smaller one because of increased risk due to the nature of the coins)

Had you invested at the same time Dirk voiced his opinion on these coins using the allocation above, you would have generated a return of 84% in around 6 months. Not bad at all if you ask me. Don’t forget this is excluding AAVE, which alone could have been enough to change your income bracket. Given that many professional investors and money managers can only dream of these kinds of returns, it is safe to say that Dirk not only knows what he’s doing, he’s quite successful at it too, as you would expect from the experience he has.

This however is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his predictions. While you can find his general opinions and a few predictions on his YouTube channel, you need to be a member of Intelligent Cryptocurrency to gain full access to his latest personal buy and sell movements.

The Intelligent Cryptocurrency Program can be split into two main services: access to the Member’s Area and access to the Trading Community. As of today, when you enroll in the program, you get permanent access to both at the same time. Let’s break them down.

The Members’ Area

2 in-depth Courses

As soon as you sign up, there will be an 18 lesson course available in the Member’s Area where every single student gets walked-through the basics of cryptocurrency. This beginners’ course teaches members where to buy cryptocurrencies, how to store them securely to avoid getting hacked, how exchanges work and how to trade on these exchanges. After completing the course, students have the necessary knowledge to confidently start investing in crypto. One of the advantages of the course is that students can ask questions and get a satisfying response almost instantly, something that other learning alternatives such as watching YouTube videos or simply reading articles fail to provide. For beginners in the crypto space, nothing can replace this type of course in terms of efficiency.

The Member’s Area also provides students with another 20 lessons, this time on Technical Analysis and Trading. This second course focuses on the trading itself. When to open and close positions, how to manage money and risk effectively and how to identify relevant trading set ups are examples of the type of questions Dirk answers in full detail through this course. Once again, beginners are the ones that stand to gain the most out of this course, but being reminded of these concepts by someone that has more than 10 years of experience trading wouldn’t hurt any trader, and could even be beneficial to intermediate level students.

While there are quite a lot of trading courses out there, there are not as many cryptocurrency beginner’s courses. Out of the few crypto courses out there, next to none are reliable since the cryptocurrency space is still filled with scammers trying to profit out of people’s ignorance, something Dirk has warned about. His beginners’ courses however, especially the crypto course, offer a solid alternative to beginners that do not wish to rely solely on YouTube for their learning and that lack the time to research for reliable sources on which they can base their understanding of cryptocurrencies.

2 Monthly Products

In addition to these 2 courses, the Member’s Area also offers 2 recurring monthly products: A rigorous crypto related Newsletter and Dirk’s personal video updates.

Every month, members receive a 20 pages newsletter that focuses on the latest changes in the cryptocurrency space and their impacts on markets; New technologies, New Adoptions, Press Releases, Changes in macroeconomic trends, New policies and regulations, Big Players’ moves, and what not. All the relevant research and information for the month is gathered there for you. It saves you the trouble of having to go through dozens of complex articles, while still allowing you to be perfectly up-to-date. The newsletter also contains a section dedicated to a particular crypto project and coin that Dirk’s team believes to have great potential. These are the unpolished gems, the newest projects that still haven’t hit the mainstream, but that show great promise based on fundamentals and end up generating the greatest returns. The coin AAVE mentioned earlier is a good example of this. Again, very useful if you don’t have the time to do this kind of in-depth exhaustive research. Frankly, unless you can do this full-time like professionals do, I doubt anybody has the time to do this without compromising quality.

Finally, along with the newsletter comes a personal Video Update made by Dirk himself, where he goes through all that has been going on in crypto for the last month and gives you his personal analysis of the current landscape. He goes over research articles and publications related to crypto, as well as over many charts, in order to predict future price action using both fundamentals and technical analysis. This complements the newsletter very well, particularly because of the technical analysis that Dirk provides in these videos. While the newsletter provides very strong insights into the fundamentals of crypto markets, it doesn’t bother to reveal the trading opportunities. The Video Update purposefully fills this void, as Dirk really takes the time to go over several charts and explain the trading set ups that are most interesting from a short term to medium term perspective. You will agree this is extremally valuable given the accuracy that Dirk has demonstrated in the past, and that any crypto trader would benefit from it.

The Community

On top of the courses and the monthly products, Intelligent Cryptocurrency is a community of more than 100 crypto investors and traders. That’s 100 people all around the world actively exchanging trading ideas and investments strategies within the community.

Private Discord Groups

Every crypto related topic has a specific Private Discord Group with its feed being constantly filled with news updates, technical analysis and market insights provided by Dirk’s team, but also by the members’ contributions. These are market discussion spaces where you can expose your ideas to criticism, and challenge other members’ strategies. Being part of a trading community where you can make your strategies peer-reviewed or pick up new original ideas is an absolutely essential part of being a trader or investor, something many retail traders overlook. The Private Discord Groups are certainly the most valuable asset of the Intelligent Cryptocurrency program because they allow members to obtain validation or to challenge their own ideas, increasing their ability to make objective, peer-reviewed investment decisions. Because you need to be part of the program to have access to the Private Discord Groups, you know you will be surrounded by like-minded, serious and mature individuals you can count on. This effectively filters out the trolls, the BS and the shillers, and is the main advantage of restricted access discord groups like this one.

Dirk’s personal moves

This is probably what you have been waiting for all along: Dirk’s personal plays given to you in real-time. Being part of the community grants you not only a direct, privileged access to Dirk if you wish to ask him any questions, it also keeps you informed of his plays as soon as they happen. Being part of the program allows you to know what his personal picks are, but most importantly you can now what his timing is; what he is trading, when he is buying and when he is selling. He posts his plays live and every member of the program can access this information at any given time. Although it is always better to do your own research first, for those that wish to simply follow Dirk in whatever he is trading, this feature of the program is all they need. Again, the value of this feature speaks for itself given Dirk’s trading history. Had you joined the program a few months ago, you would already be up at least 50% just by following Dirk. Now, that return is based on his public predictions; his private ones have the potential to be much more lucrative, hence why he charges a fee.

So while the courses get you started on cryptocurrencies and help you build a solid base by providing you with the framework and the techniques you need to be a successful crypto trader or investor, the community really exposes you to a variety of original trading ideas, including Dirk’s plays, that you can choose from or use as inspiration for your own trading plan. Relying on the mainstream media for trading ideas often results in awful outcomes, because when everybody is talking about an investment opportunity, its more often than not already too late. The Intelligent Cryptocurrency community offers an alternative to individuals that are aware of this fact, but wish nevertheless to rely on experienced traders’ ideas for inspiration.

The Program’s Availability

As of today, the program is available worldwide because it is entirely digital. You can join no matter where you come from and there are no country related restrictions that I’m aware of. Obviously, it is preferable if you can understand English since its the language used throughout the program and the most popular language inside the Private Discord Groups, but language is not a requirement to join the program.

Pricing

Currently, the whole Intelligent Cryptocurrency program includes the 2 courses, the 2 monthly products, access to the Private Discord Groups and access to Dirk’s personal plays. All of this is currently available for a single one-time payment due to a promotion that ends on 01/01/2021, but normally you would have to pay an annual subscription fee. The payment methods covered are PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Network.

Payments Options

There are two payment options. You can pay in 1 installment of 997 USD or, if you don’t have the full amount yet, you can pay in 2 monthly installments of 549 USD, it’s up to you. This might seem expensive at first sight, but when considering that this is an annual payment, it’s actually less than the industry average for the same product. Let’s break it down.

Affordability

Allocating $997 over a year represents around $83.08 per month. Considering some private discord groups founded by traders with a much less compelling trading record are priced as highly as $200 per month, the Intelligent Cryptocurrency Private Discord Groups are rather cheap in comparison. But don’t forget you’re not only getting access to the Private Discord Groups, you also get the monthly Crypto Newsletter and the Video Updates made by Dirk himself, both irreplaceable, and both courses on top of that. Given the kind of returns that having access to all this information makes possible, $83.08 per month is really not that big of an investment.

Special Offer

This current promotional offer gives you the option to buy lifetime access to the Intelligent Cryptocurrency, meaning that if you buy before the promotion expires, you don’t have to renew your subscription ever again. If you plan to use the program for more than a year, this gives you a huge discount. Someone that buys now during the discount and uses the program for 2 years lowers his/her monthly cost to $41.54 (saving 50%). If you use it for 4 years, you are saving 75% of the cost. Given that Dirk is fully committed to make Intelligent Cryptocurrency a long term project, this promotional offer is very advantageous.

Money-Back Guarantee

The best part of all of this, is that it’s free to try it for 60 days. You can go through all the courses, have a look at all the Crypto Newsletter and Video Updates, check out the Private Discord Groups and judge Dirk’s moves yourself before deciding if you want to stick or not. If you are not convinced you want to stay, you get all of your money back. This guarantee is great for people that are unsure and prefer to try it out before committing for good, and is also a great testament to the team’s confidence in the program.

Don’t miss the opportunity to join the program while the special offer is active and many cryptocurrencies have yet to rally massively. Become a member today by clicking here.

Bottom Line

Despite having started an extraordinary bull run, cryptocurrencies have yet to capture mainstream media’s attention and most of Wall Street interest. Is it just prejudice, or is it perhaps fear? Probably both, but the later has the greater influence. For most people, cryptocurrencies remain this mysterious asset, and for older folks, they might be entirely unknown. Unfortunately for them, the fear of the unknown triumphs over the appetite for amazing returns, and that is exactly how most people miss out on the greatest investment opportunities. Old Buffet’s saying “Be greedy when others are fearful” couldn’t have been more appropriate in this case, and Intelligent Cryptocurrency really offers you the chance to gather the knowledge you need to get involved in a sector that has yet to boom, while surrounding yourself with people that know what they’re doing, and that you can rely on.