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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it's Alex with the Token Metrics daily pulse for

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<v Speaker 1>April twenty eighth, twenty twenty six, nine days of ETF inflows,

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<v Speaker 1>then nothing. FOMC is this week, Bitcoin is sitting below

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<v Speaker 1>eighty k and the macro picture just got a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting. Let's get into it, but first a quick

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<v Speaker 1>word from our sponsor. Okay, so here's what's happening. Bitcoin.

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<v Speaker 1>ETFs just snapped a nine day inflow streak, nine days

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<v Speaker 1>of institutional money flowing in, and then right before the

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<v Speaker 1>FED meeting it stops. That's not a coincidence. Institutional buyers

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<v Speaker 1>don't add risk into FED uncertainty, they reduce it. Bitcoin

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<v Speaker 1>is sitting around seventy six thousand right now, down a

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<v Speaker 1>couple percent on the day, and the timing of this

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<v Speaker 1>reversal is exactly the kind of thing that makes traders nervous.

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<v Speaker 1>The question now is whether this is a pause or

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<v Speaker 1>a pivot. We won't really know until after FOMC. So

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<v Speaker 1>where does that leave the broader market? Pretty much everything

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<v Speaker 1>is read, but nothing is dramatic. Total market cap is

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<v Speaker 1>around two point six trillion, down less than two percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Bitcoin dominance is holding at fifty eight percent, stable DeFi,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the on chain lending and trading world, has

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<v Speaker 1>about eighty three billion dollars locked in it right now,

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<v Speaker 1>basically flat. Here's what caught my eye. Though memes are

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<v Speaker 1>up twenty eight percent on the week, roll ups up

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven percent, gaming tokens up around twenty percent. The

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<v Speaker 1>speculative end of the market is running while Bitcoin bleeds.

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<v Speaker 1>That divergence is either a sign that risk appetite is

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<v Speaker 1>alive beneath the surface, or it's the last burst of

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<v Speaker 1>energy before a bigger flush. I'm watching it closely. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Block. Jack Dorsey's payments company now holds nearly

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<v Speaker 1>nine thousand bitcoin about two point two billion dollars, and

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<v Speaker 1>they disclosed it through a proof of reserves report in

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<v Speaker 1>plain English. That means they published verifiable on chain evidence

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<v Speaker 1>of exactly how much bitcoin they hold, rather than just

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<v Speaker 1>saying a number in a press release. Here's why it matters.

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<v Speaker 1>Block isn't a software company making a leveraged bet on crypto.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a payments company with real revenue, real products, real customers.

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<v Speaker 1>When a company like that puts bitcoin on its balance sheet,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a different signal, and the proof of reserves move

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<v Speaker 1>makes every other corporate treasury that doesn't do the same

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<v Speaker 1>look a little less accountable. Watch block stock over the

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<v Speaker 1>next week. If it holds or gains, the market is

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<v Speaker 1>rewarding transparency. If it sells off, investors still see bitcoin

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<v Speaker 1>treasury strategy as a distraction from the core business. That

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<v Speaker 1>answer matters for the next wave of companies thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>doing the same thing. Now. Speaking of companies stacking crypto,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a new one, and this time it's a theoreum.

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<v Speaker 1>A company called bitmin is buying ethereum at a pace

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<v Speaker 1>that's catching up to stratus bitcoin buying rate. They want

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<v Speaker 1>to be the ethereum treasury company. What makes this interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Ethereum lets you earn a yield by staking it, which

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<v Speaker 1>means locking it up to help run the network and

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<v Speaker 1>getting paid for it. So a company holding ethereum isn't

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<v Speaker 1>just making a price bet. It's holding an asset that

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<v Speaker 1>generates income over time. The real test is whether bitmind

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<v Speaker 1>stock can trade it a premium to what its ethereum

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<v Speaker 1>is actually worth the way strategy does with bitcoin, strategy

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<v Speaker 1>got that premium by being first and loudest. Being second

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<v Speaker 1>with a different asset is harder than it sounds quick

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<v Speaker 1>pivot to something that flew under the radar. Israel just

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<v Speaker 1>approved its first regulated stable coin, a digital version of

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<v Speaker 1>the shekel. Most countries are still arguing about government run

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<v Speaker 1>digital currencies in conference rooms. Israel actually did something, and

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<v Speaker 1>the way they built it matters. This isn't a government

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<v Speaker 1>controlled ledger. It's privately issued money on regulated rails. Private

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<v Speaker 1>company issues it, but the government sets the rules. That's

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<v Speaker 1>much closer to how the US Genius Act envisioned stable

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<v Speaker 1>coins than how China built. It's digital. You want if

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<v Speaker 1>another major economy cites this framework within thirty days, the

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<v Speaker 1>regulated stable coin model is moving faster than most people expected.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of quick hits worth flagging. Fidelity says they're

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<v Speaker 1>cautiously bullish on crypto heading into FOMC week. They like

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<v Speaker 1>what they're seeing on chain, but see the FED meeting

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<v Speaker 1>as the key near term risk and Onto Finance is

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<v Speaker 1>partnering with broad Ridge, one of the biggest financial infrastructure

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<v Speaker 1>firms around, to bring shareholder voting rights to people who

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<v Speaker 1>hold stocks as on chain tokens. In plain English, if

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<v Speaker 1>you own a tokenized version of a stock on the blockchain,

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<v Speaker 1>you can now actually vote your shares like a traditional

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<v Speaker 1>shareholder that closes a gap that's been holding big institutional

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<v Speaker 1>money back from this corner of the market. Small story,

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<v Speaker 1>big implications. All Right, before we get into the risks,

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<v Speaker 1>quick word from our sponsor. Okay, we're back. Let's talk

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<v Speaker 1>about what to watch for. Three things I'd watch closely

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<v Speaker 1>right now. First, the ETF outflow timing inflows snapped right

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<v Speaker 1>before FOMC. If the FED disappoints and outflows continue for

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<v Speaker 1>three or more days after that nine day streak starts

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<v Speaker 1>to look like a local top, not a trend. Second,

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<v Speaker 1>Bitcoin dominance is stuck at fifty eight percent, while alt

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<v Speaker 1>coins are still bleeding even as memes and roll ups

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<v Speaker 1>post big weekly gains. That gap between narrative momentum and

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<v Speaker 1>actual price is the kind of thing that closes badly,

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<v Speaker 1>either alts catch a real bid or the narrative fades

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<v Speaker 1>and they dump harder. Third, there's an unfilled gap in

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<v Speaker 1>Bitcoin's futures market above current price and FOMC lands this week,

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<v Speaker 1>prediction markets are only giving a seven percent chance of

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<v Speaker 1>three rate cuts this year, and there's even a fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>percent chance of a hike for crypto. A hike would

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<v Speaker 1>be the worst macro outcome of the year. Looking ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>FOMC is the obvious one. Any surprise moves crypto immediately

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<v Speaker 1>as a risk ass set, and the market is not

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<v Speaker 1>priced for hawkishness. Also watch megaeth's launch prediction. Markets are

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<v Speaker 1>giving it around a sixty percent chance of launching above

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<v Speaker 1>a one point five billion dollar fully diluted valuation. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a live test of whether ethereum ecosystem excitement can convert

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<v Speaker 1>to real capital right now, and keep an eye on

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<v Speaker 1>that future's gap above current bitcoin price. Whether bulls reclaimant

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<v Speaker 1>heading into the weekend tells you a lot about whether

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<v Speaker 1>this pullback is a pause or something more serious. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, if you want daily market signals and weekly

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<v Speaker 1>to learn more. This is educational content, not investment advice.

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<v Speaker 1>Always do your own research. I'm Alex, See you next time.