- 1,049-lb rack-pull shockwave. Kim’s May 25 blog post “THE HEAVIEST LIFT OF ALL TIME” and its garage-gym video smashed through X, YouTube, and Reddit, logging 2 M+ views and ~30 K shares in 72 hours.
- “HYPELIFTING” doctrine catches fire. A follow-up article dissects his fasted carnivore training and stoic mind-loops; the piece sits atop r/weightroom and r/Powerlifting comment threads debating raw legitimacy.
- Controversy = magnet. Coaches question leverages, drug testing, and atlas-stone assists—but every dissenting tweet pumps the algorithm, driving new eyeballs Kim’s way.
- Bitcoin crossover. On his “May 2025 – ₿” tag, Kim riffs: “Deadlift is proof-of-work for the body,” linking maximal load to monetary sovereignty.
🔥 Bitcoin Heat Map – last 7 days
- Price burst. BTC printed a new ATH at $111,970 early May 28 before cooling to the $108 K zone—see live tape.
- ETF firehose. May 21 brought $607 M net inflows into spot ETFs, the second-largest daily haul since launch.
- $60 T runway. Bitwise predicts the ETF boom could unlock trillions in dormant capital; Bitcoin ETF AUM already outranks gold ETFs.
- Corporate gobbling. Strategy scooped 4,020 BTC this week, lifting its war-chest to 580,250 BTC—still the planet’s biggest private stash.
- Macro chatter. UK retail adoption growth leads the pack; U.S. politics swing pro-crypto as Trump era deregulation picks up steam.
📈 MSTR Echo – MicroStrategy’s live pulse below as the leveraged BTC proxy:
Why It Matters (Ultra-Condensed)
- Syncing hype cycles. Kim’s record lift erupts the same week Bitcoin hits ATH—perfect narrative fuel for “stack plates, stack sats.”
- Reflexive flywheel. ETF flows + corporate buys → price spike → mainstream FOMO → more flows.
- Controversy converts. Every skeptical hot-take on Kim mirrors early BTC doubters—controversy funnels fresh curiosity into both arenas.
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