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<v Speaker 1>I've got big crypto news for you. PayPal has opened

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<v Speaker 1>up crypto trading for businesses, and Visa has launched its

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<v Speaker 1>tokenization platform for banks, and Finance has launched spot trading

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<v Speaker 1>with actual tokens. I'll give you all the details. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>get into it. Welcome into the Thinking Crypto podcast. You're

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

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<v Speaker 1>I want to start it off by highlighting that black

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<v Speaker 1>Rock yesterday had inflows of near one hundred million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>into their ETF. That's a very good sign we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>when the price starts to move up, that's when the

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<v Speaker 1>inflows come in, and you know some of that is retail.

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<v Speaker 1>They move with the price instead of buying the lows.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is still not a bad entry price given

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<v Speaker 1>we are still in the middle of the book market

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<v Speaker 1>and headed into the last phase or the fifth wave,

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<v Speaker 1>where we may see a blow off top by early

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<v Speaker 1>Q one of next year, but good to see inflows

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<v Speaker 1>coming in and there's less outflows. Now. The big news

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, folks, PayPal has enabled business accounts to buy, hold,

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<v Speaker 1>and sell cryptocurrency. This is huge news. They put out

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<v Speaker 1>a press release today. Let me give you the details.

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<v Speaker 1>PayPal Holdings Incorporated announce it's enabling its US merchants to buy, hold,

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<v Speaker 1>and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal business account at launch.

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<v Speaker 1>D functionality for business accounts will not be available in

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<v Speaker 1>New York State. Today's announcement is PayPal's latest step to

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<v Speaker 1>increase cryptocurrencies utility by making increased functionality available to millions

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<v Speaker 1>of merchants in the US. Folks, you got these payment

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<v Speaker 1>giants like PayPal and Visa and so forth, all building

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<v Speaker 1>the infrastructure not only for retail, but for institutional investors

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<v Speaker 1>and for businesses. So I hope you see how all

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to work. Set up like the Fiat

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<v Speaker 1>system where you can buy and sell and trade and

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<v Speaker 1>do all these things. So all these features and functionality

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<v Speaker 1>is being built for crypto. I mean, that's just incredible, right.

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<v Speaker 1>So the ability for merchants to to accept crypto and

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<v Speaker 1>pay with it, they can do whatever they want with it,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously retail already has access to PayPal and Venmos

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<v Speaker 1>set up with crypto trading. So here are some more details.

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<v Speaker 1>Since we launched the ability for PayPal and Venmo customers

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<v Speaker 1>to buy, sell, and whole cryptocurrency in their wallets, we

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<v Speaker 1>have learned a lot about how they want to use

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<v Speaker 1>their cryptocurrency set Jose Fernandez, Senior Vice president of Blockchain,

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<v Speaker 1>Cryptocurrency and Digital Currencies at PayPal. Business owners have increasingly

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<v Speaker 1>expressed the desire for the same cryptocurrency capabilities available to consumers.

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<v Speaker 1>We're excited to meet that demand by delivering this new offering,

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<v Speaker 1>empowering them to engage with digital currencies effortlessly. Folks, this

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<v Speaker 1>is so bullish. I hope you see what's happening here.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what you want to see as a cryptocurrency holder. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what the CEO of PayPal, Alex Christ posted on

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<v Speaker 1>LinkedIn about this news. He said, We're thrilled to share

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<v Speaker 1>that starting today, PayPal business account holders can buy, hold,

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<v Speaker 1>and sell cryptocurrency directly with their accounts. This marks a

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<v Speaker 1>significant milestone in enhancing the utility of digital assets for

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<v Speaker 1>millions of merchants in the United States. As we evolve

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<v Speaker 1>our platform, we're also gaining invaluable insights into the role

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<v Speaker 1>of cryptocurrency in the digital payments ecosystem and continuing to

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<v Speaker 1>shape the future of commerce. Now, it's important to note

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<v Speaker 1>that PayPal has a stable coin called pyusd and this

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<v Speaker 1>is a very smart strategic move by PayPal because many

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<v Speaker 1>merchants will be able to easily use p yus the accepted,

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<v Speaker 1>spend it and so forth because it's denominated to the dollar.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a stable coin, right, you guys know how it works.

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<v Speaker 1>So smart move. PayPal has been ahead of the curve

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to crypto, and you know game theory

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<v Speaker 1>will play out here. Their competitors are going to follow,

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<v Speaker 1>the banks are going to follow. So so bullish guys.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's some more bullish news. Visa, the credit card giant,

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<v Speaker 1>to help banks issue FIAT backed tokens on etherorem via

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<v Speaker 1>new tokenized asset platform. Now, we had gotten some news

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<v Speaker 1>about this a couple of weeks ago, or about a

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<v Speaker 1>week and a half ago, but we got more details

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it's more official now. So Visa's Tokenize

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<v Speaker 1>Asset Platform VTAP will enable the development of fiat backed

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<v Speaker 1>tokens powered by smart contracts to help digitize and automate

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<v Speaker 1>existing processes that will then power the exchange of real

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<v Speaker 1>world assets RWAs. According to an announcement seen by coindus,

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<v Speaker 1>a bank would use Visa's new platform to purchase tokenize

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<v Speaker 1>RWAs such as commodities or bonds with near real time

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<v Speaker 1>settlement using a token. This statement said one of the

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<v Speaker 1>first financial institutions to use v tap will be Spanish

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<v Speaker 1>bank BBVA, who expects to roll out a live pilot

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty. Folks, what have I've been telling you

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<v Speaker 1>all for years? I know I sound like a broken record.

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<v Speaker 1>We're headed to the token economy. Everything running on the blockchain,

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<v Speaker 1>Even your traditional assets like stocks, bonds and commodities tokenized

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<v Speaker 1>on the blockchain. Twenty four to seven, trading, three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty five days, no more opening and closing bell,

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<v Speaker 1>no more closed on weekends, no more holidays closed, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a truly global market and it's all running on

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<v Speaker 1>the blockchain. Now you may say, how can I benefit

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<v Speaker 1>from this? Well, it noticed they're building on etherorem. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're an e token holder, you will benefit from this

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<v Speaker 1>adoption and the utility on the blockchain, because one of

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<v Speaker 1>the ways that blockchains have evaluation is the network adoption.

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<v Speaker 1>Metcalfs law study that look at Facebook before they even

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<v Speaker 1>had a business plan on how to monetize user activity,

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<v Speaker 1>they were worth millions. Why because they had activity on

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<v Speaker 1>the platform that was potentially monetizable. Applied that same principle

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<v Speaker 1>here to these blockchain networks, which have an actual token,

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<v Speaker 1>then you see the potential, right. And remember this is

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<v Speaker 1>not a US base blockchain, it's a global blockchains, as

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<v Speaker 1>many blockchains are, so anyone from around the world could

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<v Speaker 1>tap into the network, build on them, especially the public ones, right,

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<v Speaker 1>not the private ones obviously, And then you have the

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<v Speaker 1>public token trading on the markets, and the token helps

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<v Speaker 1>decrease the wheels of the network. So this is, as

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<v Speaker 1>I've said before, the next layer on top of the

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<v Speaker 1>Internet and the ability for us to move value and

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<v Speaker 1>do instant settlement payments and obviously be able to transact

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<v Speaker 1>in a faster way and be able to trust each

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<v Speaker 1>other better, right, avoiding the middlemen, and everything is locked

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<v Speaker 1>up in smart contracts, so you're able to verify it.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to trust, you can verify it instantly,

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<v Speaker 1>so incredible stuff, folks. I'm so bullish on the outlook

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<v Speaker 1>of this asset class. And watch what MasterCard and watch

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<v Speaker 1>what the other players are going to do. I said

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<v Speaker 1>before game theory will play out here now. A great

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<v Speaker 1>place that you can buy etherorem and other all coins

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<v Speaker 1>including bitcoin is on Uphold. They have three hundred plus cryptocurrencies.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been using them since twenty eighteen. I've interviewed the CEO,

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<v Speaker 1>the CFO, and many folks there, so they are a

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<v Speaker 1>trusted platform. I can vouch for them, and they are safe.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't commingle or lend out your funds, and they

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of great features that you can check out.

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<v Speaker 1>You can take a look at their transparency reports. So

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<v Speaker 1>they're fully reserved. And they just launched a really cool

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<v Speaker 1>product that I'm using. It's called USD Interest Accounts, So

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<v Speaker 1>it allows you to park your cash, whether it's your

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<v Speaker 1>dry powder or your crypto profits, and earn up to

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<v Speaker 1>five percent apy per year. The five percent is only

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<v Speaker 1>for accounts what one thousand dollars are higher. Below one

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars, it's two percent. But best of all, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no lock ups, there's no fees, there's no subscription

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever it is. You can pull your money in

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<v Speaker 1>and out and it is FDIC insured just like a bank,

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<v Speaker 1>so't have to worry about your funds getting stolen or

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<v Speaker 1>loss or things like that. It's all covered. So, like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, I'm using this product. If you like to

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<v Speaker 1>learn more about Uphold, check out the link in the description. Now, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got some updates here around Kamala Harris and her

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<v Speaker 1>crypto policy, which, let's be honest, hasn't been anything. We've

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<v Speaker 1>heard some very small statements. Just recently, she spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>a Wall Street crowd which I reported on, and said

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<v Speaker 1>she's ready to support crypto and along with AI. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's some documentation of that on her website. Now, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in regards to the economic plan, but it's a sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is nothing compared to what Donald Trump is outlined,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, fully flushed out plans right, what he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to do with bitcoin and the United States purchasing bitcoin,

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<v Speaker 1>using it at a reserve asset. He said he would

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<v Speaker 1>fire Gary Gainst and all that. We've at least got

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<v Speaker 1>some clarity on Donald Trump's side. We don't have much

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<v Speaker 1>on Kamala Harris's side. I'm still optimistic that we may

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<v Speaker 1>get something, and that is not an endorsement to go

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<v Speaker 1>vote for Kamala Harris. So all the Trump people, please

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<v Speaker 1>don't attack me. Please understand my position. Once again. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>trying to make Crypto bipartisan because you need both Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>and Republicans to get this bill through the c through legislation,

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<v Speaker 1>bill through the Senate. And I've been to DC. I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen things. You guys may be looking at it from

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<v Speaker 1>the outside, but I'm telling you what I know from

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<v Speaker 1>the inside, and with the advocacy and lobbying that's happening,

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<v Speaker 1>that over two hundred million dollars that is with the

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<v Speaker 1>Superback is donating to vote Democrats and Republicans, just so

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<v Speaker 1>you know, right, so we need more. I actually tweeted

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<v Speaker 1>out at Anthony Scaramuchi and Mark Cuban, who vote said

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<v Speaker 1>they're talking to the Harris team and said, hey, we

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<v Speaker 1>need more details. I want to take Crypto off the

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<v Speaker 1>election ballot. You guys can vote based on other issues

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<v Speaker 1>happening in the country, which are many, and that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Vote who you want to. I'm not here to tell

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<v Speaker 1>you who to vote for. You're all adults. But from

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<v Speaker 1>a crypto standpoint, I want it off the ballot, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is my goal in pushing and putting pressure on

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris and her team. Here Congressman Rocanna, who I've

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<v Speaker 1>had on the podcast. He's one of the top Democrats.

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<v Speaker 1>He said speaking to Fox Business that he was encouraged

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<v Speaker 1>by Kamala Harris's recent statement saying she would encourage innovative

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<v Speaker 1>technologies like AI and digital assets. Here's a quote. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't be against bitcoin or crypto. It's like saying

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<v Speaker 1>I'm against the iPhone or I'm against the laptop. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just a technology. Yes, we need smart regulation, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>a modern store of value in a modern payment system.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a modern version of goal for a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>young people. So he gets it right. He's in the

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<v Speaker 1>Silicon Valley area. He understands tech. But you know the

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<v Speaker 1>problem is Elizabeth Warren's voice has been very loud, and

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<v Speaker 1>she's been coordinating attacks against the industry with Gary Againster.

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<v Speaker 1>But we see that more Democrats are waking up every day.

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<v Speaker 1>They're partnering with their Republican colleagues to pass bills and

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<v Speaker 1>get things through the House and Senate. So we're making

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<v Speaker 1>progress and Elizabeth warning garrigains who are losing now. Today

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Maher, many of you know who he is. He

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted a video about how bitcoin mining is bad for

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<v Speaker 1>the environment and a whole bunch of fud, and he

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<v Speaker 1>said the dirty little secret about crypto and no one

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<v Speaker 1>talks about This seems to be an older video, but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it is. But obviously the crypto industry

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<v Speaker 1>weighed in and he got trolled and destroyed. But Brian Armstrong,

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<v Speaker 1>CEO of Coinbase, tweeted at him saying, rare missed by

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Maher, the community notes are on target, so of

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<v Speaker 1>course there was community notes added to the video. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>time to dig in deeper on crypto and avoid spreading misinformation.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all good. It happens to all of us. Happy

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<v Speaker 1>to chat anytime. So that was Brian, you know, talking

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<v Speaker 1>to mar here saying, hey, bring me on. I'll give

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<v Speaker 1>you clarity on what's happening. Now. Speaking of exchanges, we

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<v Speaker 1>got big news around Binance. Here's the headline. Finance launches

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<v Speaker 1>pre market spot trading service with actual choke. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>trading service will enable users to take early positions before

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<v Speaker 1>a tokens spot market listing. Here's a quote. Binance is

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<v Speaker 1>whereby tokens will be exclusively allocated and generated for users

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<v Speaker 1>to hold and trade in pre market on the Binance platform.

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<v Speaker 1>The exchange set on Wednesday. While other exchanges offer pre

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<v Speaker 1>market trading, they typically facilitate the trading of derivatives, whereas

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<v Speaker 1>Binance is the first exchange to have actual tokens for

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<v Speaker 1>users to trade during pre market. Binance's rival by Bit

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<v Speaker 1>also offers pre market spot trading service, but it appears

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<v Speaker 1>to effectively use derivatives rather than actual tokens, So this

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<v Speaker 1>is cool. I like this. And Coinbase International's pre launch

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<v Speaker 1>market service, on the other hand, involves trading perpetual futures

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<v Speaker 1>contracts for tokens that are yet to launch, So really

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<v Speaker 1>great move here by Finance like this, and I personally

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<v Speaker 1>haven't done any pre market trading. I know some of

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<v Speaker 1>actual tokens versus derivatives, you know, versus paper trading. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the actual token, so I will always vote for the

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<v Speaker 1>underlying asset being used. So that's really great. Big update here. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Ripple announced the following Unleashing the Power of AI on

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<v Speaker 1>the XRP Ledger. We're excited to announce a new funding

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<v Speaker 1>track dedicated to AI power projects. So we're seeing the

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<v Speaker 1>conversions of AI and blockchain right and they have a

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<v Speaker 1>symbiotic relationship. AI is helping to enhance certain attributes and

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<v Speaker 1>AI around the fakes and so forth. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>Ripple recognizes this and they're trying to boost the building

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<v Speaker 1>of AI projects and integration. So very smart move here,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you're a developer can get a grant, so

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<v Speaker 1>go check it out, all right, Moving ahead, Initia raises

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen million dollars Series A at a three hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty million dollar token valuation. So we continue to see

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of firms are getting funding guys, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>a great sign to sign up the bull market. So Initia,

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<v Speaker 1>a blockchain project developing a Layer one network and a

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<v Speaker 1>system for interwoven optimistic rollups, has raised fourteen million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>in a Series A funding round. Tumas Tongans Theory Ventures

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<v Speaker 1>led the round with del Fi Ventures and hacked VC participating,

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<v Speaker 1>Initias said on Wednesday, and they list the other angel investors.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Series A round brings Initia's total founding to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two point five million dollars, which includes a seven

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<v Speaker 1>point five million dollar seed round earlier this year and

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<v Speaker 1>a pre seed investment from Binance Labs last October. So

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<v Speaker 1>what the hell is Initia? Well, they are developing two

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<v Speaker 1>main products, a layer one blockchain and a platform for

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<v Speaker 1>interwoven optimistic rollups. We are holistically building a new multichain

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<v Speaker 1>world across the architecture, product and economic stacks using the

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<v Speaker 1>Initia l one and an interwoven system of l twos

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<v Speaker 1>on set. Through designing an L one in tandem to

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<v Speaker 1>a network of interconnected l twos, Initia has built a

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<v Speaker 1>system designed for a roll up centric future. Now, you

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<v Speaker 1>know some of you are going to say, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>how many layer ones do we need? I know I

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<v Speaker 1>feel that way sometimes and you look at sometimes how

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<v Speaker 1>many Layer twos there are on etherorem. But this is

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<v Speaker 1>a sign of a healthy market. You have competition, You

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<v Speaker 1>have different entrepreneurs and innovators in a race to build

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<v Speaker 1>the best blockchain and Obviously there's not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>one blockchain to rule them all, but you're certainly going

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<v Speaker 1>to have different blockchains that serve different use cases. So

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<v Speaker 1>I love to see this that there's building this competition.

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<v Speaker 1>And keep in mind, just as we saw with internet technology,

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<v Speaker 1>there's going to be different iterations and some of the

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<v Speaker 1>future blockchains are going to be way better than the

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<v Speaker 1>ones we have today. Right. At one point, you remember

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<v Speaker 1>we had the big brick cell phones and eventually now

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<v Speaker 1>we have these incredible smartphones that are even better than

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<v Speaker 1>the computers we had in the eighties and nineties. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So the technology just evolves, so you're going to see

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<v Speaker 1>evolution of these blockchains and the future is bright, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great to see activity like this, and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>these folks are getting money from investors because everyone is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to bet on the best horse here, or multiple

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<v Speaker 1>horses to see who might be the winner. So really

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<v Speaker 1>really great sign final news item here. Layer zero activity

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<v Speaker 1>surges four hundred and thirty three percent following second air

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<v Speaker 1>drop announcement. So Layer zero, the cross chain messaging protocol,

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<v Speaker 1>is witnessing a resurgence in activity, with daily messages raising

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<v Speaker 1>or rising to ninety eight thousand. On Saturday, the search

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<v Speaker 1>comes hot on the heels of the protocol, announcing a

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<v Speaker 1>second aar drop, breathing new life into the ecosystem. The

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<v Speaker 1>recent spike represents a four hundred and thirty three percent

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<v Speaker 1>increase from the previous low of eighteen thousand, four hundred messages,

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<v Speaker 1>signaling a renewed interest in the protocol. This resurgence is

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<v Speaker 1>particularly noteworthy given the protocol's recent lull in activity, which

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<v Speaker 1>had seen daily messages hovering around the twenty thousand mark

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<v Speaker 1>for several weeks. The announcement of a second air drop

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<v Speaker 1>appears to be the catalyst for this sudden uptick inactivity.

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<v Speaker 1>Layer zero strategic movingcludes and interesting twists. Wallets that claimed

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<v Speaker 1>ZrO tokens in the first air drop, which showed no

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<v Speaker 1>subsequent activity, are excluded from this round, incentivizing sustained engagement

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<v Speaker 1>with the protocol. This criterion serves as a clever mechanism

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<v Speaker 1>to distinguish between genuine users and opportunistic air drop farmers,

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<v Speaker 1>potentially fostering a more active and committed user base. I

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<v Speaker 1>like that I like that they are given this incentivization

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<v Speaker 1>of the air drop, but also putting filters like if

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<v Speaker 1>you're not active, you're not participating on network, then sea

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<v Speaker 1>right or not sea, but you're not going to get

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<v Speaker 1>more benefits. So I think that's smart. More blockchains need

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<v Speaker 1>to do that because you want actual users. You put

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<v Speaker 1>out the incentive, that's fine, but you need people to

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<v Speaker 1>actually use the platform now. To be fully transparent, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't own any ZrO tokens. I haven't participated in any

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<v Speaker 1>ear drops. Just letting you guys know. Some of you

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<v Speaker 1>may have. But there's a lot going on in the

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<v Speaker 1>crypto industry. It's hard to keep up. It's not possible

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<v Speaker 1>to be in every token or every hot project. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I feel that fomo, and I'll give an example

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<v Speaker 1>like Suwey. I'm feeling the fomo to go add some

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<v Speaker 1>to my portfolio because I'm seeing big things. I'm seeing

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<v Speaker 1>the price arch. But I've been doing my research and

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<v Speaker 1>making sure, hey, I'm not buying the top on some

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<v Speaker 1>local top or whatever it may be, and that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not becoming exit liquidity. I'm being very transparent with you

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<v Speaker 1>guys because I know there's some people who are new

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<v Speaker 1>to this asset class and I don't want you to

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<v Speaker 1>get caught and sucked in into the fomo and the

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<v Speaker 1>greed before you do your research. So you got to

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<v Speaker 1>leave your emotions to the side. So I have not

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<v Speaker 1>taking up position on Suy. I'm still looking. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if there's another big correction in the all coin market,

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<v Speaker 1>I might, but you know, I only have so much

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<v Speaker 1>capital to invest, and I bought a lot of my

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<v Speaker 1>bags in the bear market bottom. So while this is

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<v Speaker 1>a decent entry point, it's not great. You could make,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a decent return, but you're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>make the incredible returns as if you had bought in

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<v Speaker 1>December twenty twenty two, January twenty twenty three and so forth.

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<v Speaker 1>When we were a lot of all coins were really down.

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<v Speaker 1>Bitcoin was obviously finding its bottom, and that's where I

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<v Speaker 1>bought a lot of tokens. So I'm sticking to my plan.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to make as much money as possible. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if I do change my mind and based

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<v Speaker 1>on research and I see, hey, look a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>liquidity might go to Suiy, you know, I might jump in.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll let you guys know, But right now I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>to do my research. And you know, as I've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about you for years, it takes discipline to invest into

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<v Speaker 1>key check your emotions, and even though I've been here

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty sixteen, I'm human, so I still feel those

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<v Speaker 1>emotional triggers, so to speak. Ray and you want to

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<v Speaker 1>jump in. Oh man, it's running up. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of news. But wait a minute, get a look at

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<v Speaker 1>the charts. Where are we and is there token unlocks

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<v Speaker 1>coming in? Much more? Anyway, Guys, let me know what

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