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- 0:02SPEAKER_01: It's where we find the truth.
- 0:05SPEAKER_00: Happy Thursday all and let's get into what happened over the past 24 hours
- 0:09SPEAKER_00: because we saw another wave of selling hit the crypto market.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: Bitcoin fell 3.4% with about 550 million liquidated across over 123,000 traders.
- 0:22SPEAKER_00: And this time the institutional flow was negative
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: because BlackRock ETF clients sold 207 million dollars of Bitcoin
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: while also offloading 201 million of Ethereum.
- 0:36SPEAKER_00: Despite the selling pressure,
- 0:37SPEAKER_00: there are some bullish signals underneath because Bitcoin available
- 0:41SPEAKER_00: on exchanges fell to its lowest level in seven months,
- 0:44SPEAKER_00: which typically indicates holders are moving coins into cold storage rather
- 0:48SPEAKER_00: than preparing to sell.
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: Robinhood added 25 million of Bitcoin to its corporate balance sheet,
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: joining the growing list of companies with Bitcoin treasuries.
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: And Charles Schwab,
- 1:00SPEAKER_00: which oversees $13 trillion,
- 1:02SPEAKER_00: said 64% of millennials plan to buy Bitcoin and crypto,
- 1:07SPEAKER_00: which is a massive demand pool waiting to enter.
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: The institutional infrastructure keeps expanding because Russia's largest bank,
- 1:15SPEAKER_00: Spurbank,
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: was approved as a crypto custodian to launch Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT products.
- 1:23SPEAKER_00: And Wells Fargo is in talks with Kraken's parent company to provide crypto trading liquidity.
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: The CFTC reiterated that it will deliver clear crypto rules with or
- 1:34SPEAKER_00: without legislation from Congress,
- 1:36SPEAKER_00: so the regulatory path forward is becoming clearer,
- 1:40SPEAKER_00: even if Capitol Hill remains gridlocked.
- 1:43SPEAKER_00: Looking at Macro,
- 1:44SPEAKER_00: the Fed And it's showed most officials still expect one more rate hike this year.
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: But with little appetite for a rapid series of hikes,
- 1:52SPEAKER_00: the 10-year yield sat near 5.33% and Brent crude was above $102.
- 1:59SPEAKER_00: India hiked rates for the first time since 2023 with a 25 basis point increase to 5.5%.
- 2:07SPEAKER_00: And the US Treasury is set to buy back up to $6 billion in longer term debt.
- 2:12SPEAKER_00: China bought seven hundred forty thousand ounces
- 2:15SPEAKER_00: of gold worth three point one billion dollars,
- 2:19SPEAKER_00: marking its twenty third straight month of accumulation,
- 2:22SPEAKER_00: and it now holds about three hundred twenty three point five billion
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: in gold reserves.
- 2:27SPEAKER_00: President Trump said more oil has passed through the Strait of Hormuz in
- 2:31SPEAKER_00: the last three nights than ever before and called the US economy
- 2:35SPEAKER_00: the greatest it has ever had.
- 2:38SPEAKER_00: In a notable recognition,
- 2:39SPEAKER_00: Trump is set to award the National Medal SpaceX is reportedly seeking
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: about $40 billion in financing to
- 2:57SPEAKER_00: Fund large Nvidia chip purchases,
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: including roughly 10 billion in bank loans and 30 billion in investment grade debt.
- 3:06SPEAKER_00: Apply digital posted revenue of 341 million versus about 135 million.
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: Webble crashed 20% after a US House panel flagged
- 3:28SPEAKER_00: In Altcoin news,
- 3:32SPEAKER_00: Samsung is partnering with Solana to enable stablecoin transactions
- 3:37SPEAKER_00: for 82 million devices in the US through Samsung wallet.
- 3:41SPEAKER_00: Solana passed one It's where we find the truth.
- 4:05[music]