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Crypto News: Michael Saylor's Strategy’s preferred stock STRC continues to trade under $90 after depegging from $100. There will be a "sprint of meetings next week" to "finalize key details" for The Clarity Act.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:24 Strategy STRC depeg
03:42 Bitcoin analysis
05:52 Capital B Bitcoin $120 Billion
09:09 Senate Clarity Act news
10:36 US Treasury & Fed Stablecoin ID
12:56 Malta DeFi MICA regulations
14:41 Ireland Crypto rules 
15:33 Algorand Quantum resistance 
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#Bitcoin #STRC #ClarityAct #Crypto #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
The Thinking Crypto Podcast is your home for the best Crypto News and Interviews - crypto, cryptocurrency, crypto news, bitcoin, bitcoin news, xrp, xrp news, ripple, ripple news, ripple xrp, ethereum, ethereum news, cardano, ada, solana, altcoins, defi, news, interviews, podcast, metaverse, nft, altcoin daily, cryptosrus, coin bureau, altcoin news, bitcoin today, markets, investing ================================================= 
Disclaimer - The Thinking Crypto podcast and Tony Edward are not financial or investment experts. You should do your own research on each cryptocurrency and make your own conclusions and decisions for investment. Invest at your own risk, only invest what you are willing to lose. This channel and its videos are just for educational purposes and NOT investment or financial advice. Note that links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue to provide you with free content each week!

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Crypto News: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a 0.2% tax on crypto transactions into law including transfers between personal wallets. This idea was definitely seeded by Elizabeth Warren. Bitcoin chart and onchain metrics show bullish signs.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:24 Bitcoin analysis
02:50 Illinois Crypto Tax
09:59 Fidelity stablecoin reserves
11:41 FIFA Ticketing Avalanche Avax
14:08 Moody's Solana Tokenization
16:05 Stablecoin infrastructure firm $32 million  =================================================
#Crypto #Tax #Bitcoin #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
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Ayo Akinyele, Head of Engineering at RippleX, joined us to discuss the development and adoption of the XRP Ledger by institutions and more.
Topics: 
- Institutions building on the XRPL 
- Quantum resistance strategy 
- AI Agent strategy 
- AMM v2 and DeFi 
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
03:30 Ayo's background
09:57 RippleX overview
13:52 XRP Tech & SEC
15:28 JPMorgan XRP Ledger
19:17 Privacy strategy
26:50 Transactions in real time
29:06 AI Agent strategy
30:46 AI Agent identity 
40:58 Project Eleven Quantum
44:28 Wrap up questions 
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#XRP #XRPL #Ripple #Crypto #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News ##XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
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Crypto News: BlackRock's new bitcoin income fund offers cash flow alongside BTC exposure. BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer Rick Rieder says 'I think Bitcoin is ultimately going considerably higher'. Ripple invests in Flutterwave, pushing its stablecoin and XRP Ledger into payments across Africa. Squid adds Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin for cross-chain swaps.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:24 BlackRock Bitcoin ETF & Price 
03:41 Big money buys Bitcoin dip 
04:24 Coinbase tokenized stocks 
07:32 State Street Stablecoin Money Market Fund 
09:20 Ripple XRPL Flutterwave 10:33 Ripple RLUSD cross chain swap 
11:30 China Digital Yuan Standard Chartered  =================================================
#BlackRock #Bitcoin #XRP #Crypto #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
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Chris Giancarlo, former CFTC Chairman, author of Crypto Dad: The Fight for the Future of Money, and Senior Strategic Advisor at Patomak Global Partners, joined me to discuss the latest developments in crypto in the U.S.
Topics: 
- Clarity Act and crypto legislation 
- CFTC & SEC rulemaking 
- Prediction markets 
- TradFi embracing Crypto 
- Stablecoins vs CBDC privacy 
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro 
03:23 Chris' New book
07:29 Crypto & Tech impact
08:32 Chris's new role
10:20 TradFi crypto adoption
12:01 Jamie Dimon & Banks vs Crypto
18:12 Crypto economic impact
20:53 CFTC & SEC rulemaking
23:16 CFTC BTC Perpetual futures
29:49 AI Agents in markets
32:16 Would Chris be aCFTC chair now?
33:56 Prediction Markets
44:59 Regulating Prediction Markets
46:47 Stablecoins vs CBDCs
52:07 Letter of the Marque
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#Crypto #ClarityAct #Stablecoins #CBDCs #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto
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