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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, Welcome into the Thinking Crypto podcast. You're home

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<v Speaker 1>for cryptocurrency news and interviews. I'm your host, Tony Edward.

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<v Speaker 1>a five star rating and review. Folks, it's great to

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<v Speaker 1>be back. Many of you know, I took a vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>I was actually out in the desert. I visited the

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Canyon. I was in Utah as well, checking out

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<v Speaker 1>different caves. I did some off roading on ATVs. So

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<v Speaker 1>it was great to disconnect and be in nature. And

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<v Speaker 1>those of you who visited the Grand Canyon, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>an amazing place, just incredible, and it was one of

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<v Speaker 1>my bucket lists items.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was great to be able to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's good to be back as well and excited

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about the latest crypto news. So let's start

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<v Speaker 1>with Bitcoin. So, folks, the Bitcoin daily chart is not

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<v Speaker 1>looking too good right now. Bitcoin is trading above seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six thousand dollars. There is a bearish cross on the

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<v Speaker 1>mac D that's not good. It looks like bears are

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<v Speaker 1>gaining momentum and we could see some downward pressure. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this did happen recently where Bitcoin had that big dump

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<v Speaker 1>down to sixty five K before rallying back up to

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<v Speaker 1>about seventy AK, which you know we're kind of in

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<v Speaker 1>the midst of that are coming off that rally, So

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't mean that the relief rally itself is over.

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<v Speaker 1>But we have to be very careful here because this

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<v Speaker 1>could be the extent of the relief rally. Even though

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<v Speaker 1>Bitcoin did not officially touch the overbought zone on the RSI,

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<v Speaker 1>it did go nearer to about a sixty six sixty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>and we know anything seventy and above is overbought, so

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<v Speaker 1>we have to be careful here. Bitcoin could roll over

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<v Speaker 1>go test the lows of fifty AK, which it hit

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<v Speaker 1>back in February, or it could go lower. Some analysts

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<v Speaker 1>are calling for the low fifties, fifty K, fifty two K,

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<v Speaker 1>some people are saying forty ks. Right. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>that's definitely going to happen, but what I am saying

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<v Speaker 1>you can't rule the possibility here because no one has

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<v Speaker 1>a crystal ball, and we have to look at all

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<v Speaker 1>the different scenarios and see which one has the higher

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<v Speaker 1>probability of playing out. So I think some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>pullback is definitely in the books here based on the

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<v Speaker 1>metric of the mac D where the bearish cross, how

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<v Speaker 1>low we go we shall see. You know, it could

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<v Speaker 1>simply bounce back up after a few weeks and then

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<v Speaker 1>we keep rallying. Right, that is a possibility, So we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to wait and see. One thing I am

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<v Speaker 1>concerned about, which makes me think that we may go

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<v Speaker 1>test some lows of around fifty AK or so, is

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<v Speaker 1>this stock market is in the OVERBOUGHD zone and it's

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<v Speaker 1>mac D on the daily is about to cross bearish

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<v Speaker 1>as well. It shows the bulls are losing momentum. So

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<v Speaker 1>if the stock market is showing weakness, it's rolling over

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<v Speaker 1>and Big Quin's already starting it right. Big Quinn's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of the Canary Nicole mine here showing what's to come.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. You look at the S and P.

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<v Speaker 1>Five hundred, even look at the NAS that same situation.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's see what happens in the coming weeks. But

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like things are going to cool down here.

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<v Speaker 1>What I am looking to see if this is the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the bigcoin rally and it's going to roll over.

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<v Speaker 1>Could all coins start to rally, you know, it's possible,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe bigcoin good again, not really ending the really

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<v Speaker 1>rally just has a strong pullback. Then it starts bouncing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, come late May or whatever it may be.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe some bullish news about the Clarityact starts coming out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and then we see the bigcoin continue to

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<v Speaker 1>rally to maybe eighty k or above. Then you have,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say, all coins follow. So these are things I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking at and thinking about and you should be aware of.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's continue to monitor the charts, continue to look

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<v Speaker 1>at the stock market because there is a high correlation here.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's jump into some news because we do

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<v Speaker 1>have some very big news that we need to talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>So US Secretary of War Pete Heg Saith says he

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<v Speaker 1>is a long enthusiast of bitcoin and agrees it is

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<v Speaker 1>a tool to project power. Let me play a clip here.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you share the opinion that bitcoin is a tool

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<v Speaker 3>to project power? And are there any department wide initiatives

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<v Speaker 3>to ensure the US secures a strategic advantage in bitcoin

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<v Speaker 3>and combats China's digital authoritarianism?

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<v Speaker 4>I guess my short answer would be yes and yes,

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<v Speaker 4>a long and enthusiast of bitcoin and crypto potential and

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of the things we're doing enabling it or

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<v Speaker 4>defeating it is our classified efforts that are ongoing inside

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<v Speaker 4>our department, which I do provide us a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>leverage in a lot of different scenarios.

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<v Speaker 1>So big statements, And what we've seen recently is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the admirals came out and said, you know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a believer in bitcoin and crypto and the US needs

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<v Speaker 1>the lead in it. So we're seeing some very bullish

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<v Speaker 1>statements about bitcoin and crypto and blockchain technology from very

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<v Speaker 1>important people who hold significant positions in the US government.

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<v Speaker 1>So as we talked about, guys, the future is blockchain rails,

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<v Speaker 1>where the economy, the capital markets, and the government's all

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<v Speaker 1>running on block chain rails. And we're still very early,

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<v Speaker 1>So these are big statements. Now tech giant Meta starts

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<v Speaker 1>paying some creators in stable coin, which stripes support Submeta,

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<v Speaker 1>which owns Facebook, going all in on stable coins.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>If you know your history, they tried to do the

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<v Speaker 1>Libra stable coin, which was backed by a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>different currencies back in twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course that got blocked by Congress right immediately. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook was ahead of the curve there, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong time. But we now have the Genius Act

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<v Speaker 1>in place, we have legislation, so now they can go

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<v Speaker 1>all in. And of course they've got a huge network

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<v Speaker 1>of people on their platforms with different social platforms like Instagram,

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook and much more. Some Meta has begun rolling out

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<v Speaker 1>stable coin payouts to select creators, allowing them to receive

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<v Speaker 1>earnings in USDC on the Solana or Polygon blockchains, so

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<v Speaker 1>big win for USDC stable coin, which is issued by Circle.

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<v Speaker 1>Also it's on the Solana and Polygon blockchains, so I

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<v Speaker 1>do hold Bold tokens. This is where you want to

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<v Speaker 1>look at which blockchains are getting adopted and make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you hold those tokens in your portfolio. The program, supported

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<v Speaker 1>by payments firm Stripe, lets eligible users link a crypto

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<v Speaker 1>wallet and generates tax documents from both Meta and Stripe

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<v Speaker 1>tied to creators earnings and digital asset transactions. The initiative

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<v Speaker 1>marks Meta is a renewed push into stable coin payments

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<v Speaker 1>after its earlier Libra later DM project was shut down

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<v Speaker 1>amid regulatory scrutiny, So let's keep.

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<v Speaker 2>An eye on this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is really big and many of you may recall

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<v Speaker 1>I recently interviewed the head of crypto at PayPal and

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<v Speaker 1>one of the things we discussed is that YouTube is

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<v Speaker 1>using PayPal stable coin py us need to pay out

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<v Speaker 1>creators as well, So this is something to pay attention to.

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<v Speaker 1>As the creator economy, it's going to start integrating stable coins,

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<v Speaker 1>and I believe eventually those stable coins are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be rolled out to people on the platform to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to move easily and much more so every big

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<v Speaker 1>adoption news here. Guys, these companies have huge networks of

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<v Speaker 1>customers and users and they can easily get just mass

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<v Speaker 1>adoption of their stable coins and what they're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>do with crypto. But this is a great example of again,

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<v Speaker 1>the future is capital markets, payments, governments, economies running on

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<v Speaker 1>blockchain rails. And speaking of stable coins, Visa expands its

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<v Speaker 1>stable coin settlement pilot to nine blockchains, adding Base, Polygon Circles, Arc,

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<v Speaker 1>Canton Network, and Tempo. So the credit card company's MasterCard,

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<v Speaker 1>Visa all in a race to try to get as

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<v Speaker 1>much adoption of their stable coin platforms and much more.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's another example of Germany's all Unity expands eu are

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<v Speaker 1>Au to Solana as euro stable coins gain traction. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is happening across the globe. So all Unity has

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<v Speaker 1>expanded its MICA regulated eu are Au stable coin to

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<v Speaker 1>the Salona blockchain to enable faster, cheaper Euro denominated transfers.

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<v Speaker 1>The move is aimed at businesses and developers who want

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<v Speaker 1>to move Euros on chain in seconds for purposes including

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<v Speaker 1>cross border payments, trading, lending, and treasury management. The move

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<v Speaker 1>comes amid rapid growth in euro stable coins and political

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<v Speaker 1>support in Europe as regulators and officials push for more

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<v Speaker 1>compliant Euro denominated digital assets and tokenized deposits. Guys, do

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<v Speaker 1>you see what's happening? It's again, this is a global

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<v Speaker 1>acid class and a global movement with stable coins, blockchain, teching,

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<v Speaker 1>crypto and again Solana being used here and I hold

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<v Speaker 1>the sole token to my portfolio and not financial advice. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>do your research, but these are things you want to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Which blockchains are getting built on, getting the utility, the

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<v Speaker 1>building and much more and even more. Stable coin news,

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<v Speaker 1>Anchorage Digital and m zero team up to power next

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<v Speaker 1>wave of regulated stable coins. So Anchorage Digital, the US

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<v Speaker 1>is first federally chartered crypto bank, has tapped m zero

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<v Speaker 1>as its core technology partner. Anchorage's aim is to become

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<v Speaker 1>the primary engine for institutions looking to mint and manage

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<v Speaker 1>regulated stable coins. M Zero's protocol for global institution to

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<v Speaker 1>mint fully configurable stable coins is already used by the

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<v Speaker 1>likes of Stripe, moonpay, and MetaMask. Now I've interviewed the

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<v Speaker 1>founder and CEO of m zero, I believe was last year,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're doing some really cool things. And I've of

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<v Speaker 1>course interviewed the CEO of Anchorage Digital, so I'll try

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<v Speaker 1>to get both of those folks back on the pod

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about this. But again, just the infrastructure being

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<v Speaker 1>set up here for more mass adoption of stable coins

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<v Speaker 1>and crypto, and obviously you want to pay attention to

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<v Speaker 1>which blockchains are getting the adoption or if folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Quick word from our sponsor.

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the first federally chartered digital asset infrastructure companies,

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<v Speaker 1>USDT spending. So AI agents are of course going to

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<v Speaker 1>Then there will be a rollout of the version one,

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a fad. They're building the infrastructure for

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<v Speaker 1>coins in blockchain tech. Now, PayPal restructures into three core

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<v Speaker 1>Now has a division. They're dedicated to crypto. Right, so

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<v Speaker 1>they got their own stable coins. Their platforms, both PayPal

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<v Speaker 1>more so. Incredible stuff. Okay, moving ahead, coinbases Acid Manager

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<v Speaker 1>to offer a stable coin credit fund with tokenized share class.

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<v Speaker 1>the blockchains you're getting adoption. The move reflects growing demand

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<v Speaker 1>Management president said, man, the innovation that's happening is so amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>And guys, you know, notice a lot of this news

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<v Speaker 1>is related to stable coins, and that's because there's a

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of innovation and building. Guess what will happen

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<v Speaker 1>when the Clarity Act passes, right? And maybe that's twhy

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<v Speaker 1>going to be tons of innovation, new startups and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more creative crypto products that will offer financing and

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<v Speaker 1>much much more. So I think, again, why are the

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<v Speaker 1>up the bill because they got to catch up. But

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, just look at what's being built guys, and

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<v Speaker 1>again it's all going to run on blockchain rails.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Bullish, which is an institutional digital asset exchange, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know you've probably seen their CEO and CNBC has expanded

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<v Speaker 1>to Bullish's bitcoin options market with r l U s D.

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<v Speaker 2>So big partnership here.

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<v Speaker 1>Ripple doing an amazing job as a company being able

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, set up the different services. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>it's not directly using XRP or r l U s D,

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<v Speaker 1>they're offering other crypto services. So it's smart, right, You're

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<v Speaker 1>bringing more people into your network obviously, then you can

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<v Speaker 1>continue to pitch them xrpd xrp ledger your stable coin

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Now, Polymarket taps Chainalysis to bring Wall Street

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<v Speaker 1>level oversight to crypto prediction markets. By partnering with Chainalysis

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<v Speaker 1>to monitor its blockchain data in real time, Polymarket is

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<v Speaker 1>signaling to both users and regulators that it is serious

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<v Speaker 1>about eliminating insider trading and market manipulation.

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<v Speaker 2>This is very good.

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<v Speaker 1>I've interviewed the CEO of Chainalysis and they're doing a

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<v Speaker 1>great job monitoring blockchain data. They work with a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of different firms to stop bad actors, a weed out

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<v Speaker 1>fraud and all these different things. So it's great that

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<v Speaker 1>polymarket is leveraging services like this because, look, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of shady stuff happening. I'm not saying polymarket is

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<v Speaker 1>doing anything bad, but bad actors, people in the government

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<v Speaker 1>and much more are taking advantage of insider information that

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<v Speaker 1>they know. I think we've all seen the headlines and

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<v Speaker 1>all the things that are going on, and we need

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff to stop because it's going to make crypto

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<v Speaker 1>look bad if those things are dominating the headlines. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the great things that are being built, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>public perception is going to be really bad and people

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<v Speaker 1>are going to think this is all a scam because

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<v Speaker 1>many of them are just they haven't been fully educated

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<v Speaker 1>about what's happening. They just see the headlines, They just

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<v Speaker 1>see certain things on social media. Many don't take the

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<v Speaker 1>next step to go research right to understand how this

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<v Speaker 1>all works. And that we are so early we don't

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<v Speaker 1>even have legislation pass yet. And yes, bad actors take

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<v Speaker 1>advantage of every technology. They did with the Internet, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>do it with any future technology AI agents. Wait till

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<v Speaker 1>the scammers get a whole AI agents and they start

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<v Speaker 1>doing things with it. Right, bad actors and people out

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<v Speaker 1>there are going to take advantage. So we need to

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<v Speaker 1>have the guard wills in place, the legislation to stop

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<v Speaker 1>all of these things. And actually, here's some good news.

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<v Speaker 1>US senators won't be weighing in on prediction market bets

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<v Speaker 1>after banning themselves. So the Senate agreed unanimously to revise

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<v Speaker 1>its rules to ban members and their staffs from wagers

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<v Speaker 1>or prediction markets. Platform is very good. We've all seen

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<v Speaker 1>the Nancy Pelosi, you know, she's the poster child for

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<v Speaker 1>the inside of tradement trading from government officials. Obviously both

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<v Speaker 1>sides of the aisle do it right, Democrats and Republicans.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen many reports, even going back to the COVID

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<v Speaker 1>days and all these things. We've seen both sides. So

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<v Speaker 1>we can't have this. We really cannot have this, and

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<v Speaker 1>it really sucks. And look, there are people waiting in

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<v Speaker 1>the stands, like Elizabeth Warren to try to go after

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<v Speaker 1>the crypto industry because we know she's a puppet for

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<v Speaker 1>the tradifying companies many of the banks who want to

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<v Speaker 1>slow crypto down, not kill it, but they want to

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<v Speaker 1>stop it so they can control it. But Senator Warren

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<v Speaker 1>questions Commerce Secretary Lutnik on Tether loan to family. Senators

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<v Speaker 1>Elizabeth Warrener and want Ron Whiten sent letters to Howard

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<v Speaker 1>Lutnik and Tell CEO Paolo Arduino asking about a loan

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<v Speaker 1>Tether reportedly made to Lutnix family. Now we know Howard

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<v Speaker 1>Lutnix's company, Canter Fitzgerald did a big audit of Tether.

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<v Speaker 1>You know how Lutnik at Davos a couple of years

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<v Speaker 1>back said they have the money, they have the reserves

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<v Speaker 1>and much more and t other I believe actually Kentter

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<v Speaker 1>Vigil isn't heavily invested in tether. So again you have

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<v Speaker 1>these people here waiting just to attack crypto. If Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 1>Warren was doing this in good faith, I wouldn't necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>say anything. You know, she's like maybe trying to start

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<v Speaker 1>stop bad actors. That'll be fine, But we know she's

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<v Speaker 1>going back to the Gary against her days. She's really

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<v Speaker 1>trying to help the banks by slowing this technology down,

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<v Speaker 1>and she'll use whatever AMMO is out there. So whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's like Trump's were Liberty Financial recently getting caught up

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<v Speaker 1>with some companies that were sanctioned, and much more, President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's a mean coin, which again I've said many times

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<v Speaker 1>he shouldn't have that that. That's no president, no elected

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<v Speaker 1>officials should.

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<v Speaker 2>Have something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is where we need to as an industry

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<v Speaker 1>really start cleaning up some of these things. And look,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll get there, We'll get the legislation pass and then

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these things can be enforced. But we

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<v Speaker 1>know these things do take time, so we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to be patient and not get too frustrated because at

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<v Speaker 1>times they can be very frustrating. Anyway, guys, that's the

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