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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 eleventh, twenty twenty six. Got a lot to cover today.

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<v Speaker 1>A sovereign nation quietly dumped bitcoin for eighteen months. The

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<v Speaker 1>market has no idea who's actually in charge right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's a live liquidation risk in decentralized finance with

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<v Speaker 1>some very uncomfortable political connections. Let's get into it, but

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<v Speaker 1>first a quick word from our sponsor. Okay, so here's

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening. Bhutan sold seventy percent of its bitcoin quietly

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<v Speaker 1>over eighteen months. Nobody was talking about it. And here's

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<v Speaker 1>the thing. This was supposed to be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>great nation state bitcoin stories, a small Himalayan kingdom mining

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<v Speaker 1>bitcoin with hydropower holding it as a strategic reserve. That

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<v Speaker 1>narrative was genuinely compelling, and now it's taken a very

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<v Speaker 1>different turn. The story has a completely different ending than

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<v Speaker 1>anyone expected. The sell down happened while bitcoin was grinding higher.

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<v Speaker 1>So either Bhan need did the cash badly enough to

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<v Speaker 1>sell into strength, or someone in tim Poh looked at

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<v Speaker 1>the chart and decided the top was close enough. Either way,

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<v Speaker 1>the sovereigns are holding forever thesis just took a real hit,

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<v Speaker 1>and Bitcoin is sitting around seventy three thousand dollars anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>So who absorbed all that selling retail long term holders.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone was on the other side of every one of

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<v Speaker 1>those trades, and they're still holding the uncomfortable question this

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<v Speaker 1>raises if Bhutan was quietly reducing exposure while the headlines

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<v Speaker 1>were screaming about nation state adoption, who else is doing

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing right now? So where does that leave

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<v Speaker 1>the broader market? Honestly, pretty calm considering everything. Bitcoin is

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<v Speaker 1>around seventy three thousand, Ethereum is just above twenty two hundred,

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<v Speaker 1>Solana is sitting near eighty four dollars, all basically flat.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking moves under two percent across the board, so

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<v Speaker 1>nothing dramatic in price action today. Total market cap is

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<v Speaker 1>just above two and a half trillion. Bitcoin dominance is

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<v Speaker 1>holding at fifty seven percent, which tells you all coins

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<v Speaker 1>aren't running away with anything right now. Now. The narrative

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<v Speaker 1>tracker is where things get interesting. Mean tokens are up

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen percent this week eighteen. That's the kind of move

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<v Speaker 1>that happens when risk appetite is high and people stop

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<v Speaker 1>caring about fundamentals, money chasing heat deep in that's decentralized

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<v Speaker 1>physical infrastructure think real world networks built on crypto rails

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<v Speaker 1>is up eight percent, which is actually the more structurally

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<v Speaker 1>interesting move. Real world infrastructure narratives attracting capital is different

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<v Speaker 1>from me momentum AI tokens up around four percent, DeFi

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<v Speaker 1>up four percent, Real world assets basically flat, and prediction

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<v Speaker 1>markets are telling a pretty clear story. Nobody's betting on

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<v Speaker 1>a crash, but nobody's betting on fireworks either. The odds

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<v Speaker 1>of Bitcoin hitting forty five thousand this month are under

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<v Speaker 1>two percent, the odds of Solana hitting one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>ten this month about seven percent, Ethereum tripling to seventy

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred by year end six percent contained optimism, slow grind.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the consensus. All right, So what's actually driving the

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<v Speaker 1>narrative today? Let me walk you through the stories that

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<v Speaker 1>matter first, and this connects directly to the Bhutan story.

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<v Speaker 1>GLASSNDE published data this week showing Bitcoin's market is splitting

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<v Speaker 1>into two distinct groups. Long term holders are accumulating, short

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<v Speaker 1>term traders are selling into strength. This is the classic

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<v Speaker 1>late cycle handoff. Conviction money is absorbing momentum money. The

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<v Speaker 1>people who bought in the last few months are taking profits.

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<v Speaker 1>The people who've held for years are treating every dip

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<v Speaker 1>as a gift. When these two forces are roughly in balance,

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<v Speaker 1>price grinds sideways. When one overwhelms the other, you get

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<v Speaker 1>a real move. Right now, the grind is winning and

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<v Speaker 1>that's not boring. That's a coiled spring. Watch this one closely.

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<v Speaker 1>If short term selling slows down while long term accumulation continues,

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<v Speaker 1>the supply squeeze is real and there's room to run.

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<v Speaker 1>If short term selling accelerates into a flat price, the

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<v Speaker 1>spring unwinds the wrong way. Okay, next story, and this one. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>this one is getting messier by the day. WLFI, the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump linked DeFi project meaning decentralized finance lending and borrowing

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<v Speaker 1>that happens automatically on the blockchain with no bank in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle, reached its lowest token price today. The reason

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<v Speaker 1>it's struggling is a borrow position that's starting to look

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<v Speaker 1>very exposed. There's a wallet tied to Justin Sun, a

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<v Speaker 1>wallet that's been blacklisted by tether, sitting on roughly seventy

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars in losses connected to this project seventy million.

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<v Speaker 1>The project's response has been to call it a strategic position,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the kind of thing you say when you

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<v Speaker 1>can't call it anything else. Here's why this matters beyond

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<v Speaker 1>the drama. DeFi liquidation are automatic. They don't care about

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<v Speaker 1>press releases or political connections. If the collateral ratio on

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<v Speaker 1>that loan drops to a dangerous level and nobody tops

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<v Speaker 1>it up, you get forced selling, and that can cascade

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<v Speaker 1>into related positions fast. This is a live risk, not

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<v Speaker 1>a hypothetical. Keep an eye on any on chain collateral

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<v Speaker 1>movements over the next week. Moving on, there's actually some

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<v Speaker 1>genuinely good news on the regulatory front, and it's coming

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<v Speaker 1>from an unexpected place. A federal judge blocked Arizona from

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<v Speaker 1>bringing criminal charges against Calshee, the prediction market platform. Arizona

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<v Speaker 1>tried to classify Calshe's markets as illegal gambling. The judge said,

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<v Speaker 1>no federal CFTC regulation, meaning the main US derivatives regulator

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<v Speaker 1>takes precedence over state gambling enforcement. That's a meaningful legal precedent.

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<v Speaker 1>Prediction markets have been in a gray zone for years,

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<v Speaker 1>tolerated at the federal level, harassed at the state level.

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<v Speaker 1>If this gets cited in future cases, it's a structural

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<v Speaker 1>win not just for Calshi, but for Calshi, but for

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<v Speaker 1>the whole on chain prediction market space, polymarket drift, others.

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<v Speaker 1>They're all watching this very closely. And then there's the

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<v Speaker 1>Bitwise hyper liquid ETF story. An ETF exchange traded fund

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<v Speaker 1>is basically a way for traditional investors to buy exposure

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<v Speaker 1>to a crypto asset through their regular brokerage account without

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<v Speaker 1>holding the crypto directly. Bit Wise just filed a second

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<v Speaker 1>amended application for a hyper liquid ETF. Second amendments mean

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<v Speaker 1>the SEC is actually engaging, asking questions, getting answers. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't guarantee approval, but it means the conversation is real.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the second order thing nobody's talking about yet. If

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<v Speaker 1>a hyper liquid ETF gets approved, it would be the

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<v Speaker 1>first ETF product built around a protocol token that generates

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<v Speaker 1>actual revenue from trading fees. That's a different animal from

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<v Speaker 1>bitcoin or ethereum spot ETFs. It's essentially a yield bearing

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<v Speaker 1>asset wrapped in a traditional finance product. The SEC hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>blessed that category yet. Whether they will is the real question.

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<v Speaker 1>Quick hits Before we move on, the founders of okx

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<v Speaker 1>and binance are in a very public fight. Starshoe pronounced

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<v Speaker 1>Shoe called cz a liar. Cz responded there's apparently a

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar bet involved. It's messy, and public feuds between

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest names in this industry rarely end without some

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<v Speaker 1>collateral damage to market confidence. World Coin is cutting its

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<v Speaker 1>token unlock rate by over forty percent starting in July,

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<v Speaker 1>a direct attempt to ease selling pressure on a token

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<v Speaker 1>that's been struggling under its own supply schedule. And Chanalysis

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<v Speaker 1>published research showing crypto being used to pay Iranian linked

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<v Speaker 1>shipping operators. Compliance teams at exchanges are on alert. This

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<v Speaker 1>one's worth watching if you're thinking about regulatory risk over

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<v Speaker 1>the next few months. Finally, the stable coin bill negotiation

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<v Speaker 1>are entering what lawmakers are calling a critical week. The

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<v Speaker 1>sticking point is whether stable coins can offer yield, basically,

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<v Speaker 1>whether they can pay interest like a savings account. That

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<v Speaker 1>sounds technical, but the outcome could reshape how DeFi competes

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<v Speaker 1>with traditional money market funds. We'll talk more about that

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<v Speaker 1>in the risk section. All right, Before we get into

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<v Speaker 1>the risks, quick word from our sponsor Okay we're back.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about what to watch for. The sovereign seller

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<v Speaker 1>problem is bigger than just Bhutan. That's the first thing

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<v Speaker 1>I want to flag. Bhutan sold quietly. Glassnode data shows

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<v Speaker 1>short term holders distributing into strength if long term holder

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<v Speaker 1>absorption weakens even slightly, if the conviction money starts to hesitate,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no obvious buyer of last resort at current levels.

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<v Speaker 1>The price is holding, but it's holding because someone keeps

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<v Speaker 1>absorbing the selling. That someone is not infinite. Second risk WLFI.

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<v Speaker 1>I already cut the mechanics, but I want to be

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<v Speaker 1>direct about the severity. Here a Trump linked DeFi protocol,

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<v Speaker 1>a blacklisted counterparty, seventy million in losses, a token at

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<v Speaker 1>new lows, and a large borrow position still outstanding. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things going wrong at once. DeFi doesn't negotiate.

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<v Speaker 1>If the collateral ratio breaks, the liquidation happens, and it

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<v Speaker 1>happens fast. This is a live risk with a short fuse. Third,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is the one market's on't pricing yet. The

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<v Speaker 1>stable coin bill. The debate this week is specifically about

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<v Speaker 1>whether stable coins can offer yield if the bill passes

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<v Speaker 1>with a yield ban it structurally disadvantages on chain DeFi

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<v Speaker 1>versus traditional finance money market funds. That's not a price

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<v Speaker 1>action risk today, it's a six month structural risk that's

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<v Speaker 1>flying completely under the radar. The market is not thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about this. It probably should be looking ahead. Three things

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<v Speaker 1>on my radar for the next week. The stable coin

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<v Speaker 1>bill negotiations are the biggest one. Lawmakers are back, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is supposedly the week they try to resolve the

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<v Speaker 1>yield dispute. Resolution either way moves markets. Passage with yield

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<v Speaker 1>restrictions hits DeFi passage without them is a tailwind. The

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<v Speaker 1>bit wise hyper liquid ETF SEC response window after a

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<v Speaker 1>second amended filing, any comment from the SEC or silence

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<v Speaker 1>is a signal. Historically, a quiet SEC after an amendment

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<v Speaker 1>means the path is clearing. Watch for any communication from

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<v Speaker 1>the agency over the next thirty days and wlfi's collateral health.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the one with the shortest fuse. Any on

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<v Speaker 1>chain movement of collateral tied to that borrow position will

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<v Speaker 1>be the tell on whether a forced liquidation is coming.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to track this in real time, the

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<v Speaker 1>data is on chain, it's public. That's your daily palls

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<v Speaker 1>for April eleventh. Here's what we cover today in plain terms.

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<v Speaker 1>A sovereign nation was quietly selling bitcoin for a year

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<v Speaker 1>and a half while everyone assumed the opposite and the

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<v Speaker 1>price held anyway, which raises real questions about who's actually

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<v Speaker 1>absorbing the selling. Bitcoin's market structure is coiled right now,

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<v Speaker 1>with long term believers buying in, short term traders cashing out.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a real fourced selling risk brewing in a politically

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<v Speaker 1>connected DeFi project, and a regulatory vote this week could

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<v Speaker 1>quietly reshape how decentralized finance competes with traditional banking. Busy day.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want the full ritten breakdown with all the

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<v Speaker 1>sources and watch next scenarios. The newsletter is at tokenmetrics

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Everything I covered today is there in more detail,

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<v Speaker 1>and if this was useful, share it with someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to keep up with crypto without drowning and noise.

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<v Speaker 1>This is educational content, not investment advice. Always do your

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