🚨 BREAKING: WHITE HOUSE *BOMBSHELL* CRYPTO RESERVE IS HERE!? 🚨 CLARITY ACT UPDATE & XRP NEXT MOVE!

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:14]Let's see if we can do it. The administration is pushing for global crypto dominance in the US. Darren Battello is with us. He's on Capital Hill actually. In plain English, how are they going to do it, Darren?

[00:00:27]>> Hi, good morning Stuart. The president is asking the Fed to review allowing crypto and fintech firms to store their money in the central bank. And this comes after Kraken got access to the central bank back in March. So they were the first. Now other banks want the same kind of access. But in Washington, as you know, an executive order is only as good as the president who's in the White House. The next person that takes over, they could completely change that.

[00:00:50]That's why in a Fox Business exclusive, Congressman Nick Beg is introducing a bill he says to lock in Trump's plan and officially establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Beg tells Fox Business that this is basically the new Fort Knox.

[00:01:05]In order to maintain uh the sovereignty of the US dollar and the strength of the US dollar, you've got to have a strong reserve uh policy. That's why central banks around the world for so many years, thousands of years in fact, have held uh reserves on their balance sheet.

[00:01:21]We need to recognize that digital assets are the 21st century equivalent of those historical gold reserves. So, Begage wants the government to stockpile 5% of all Bitcoin, which is equivalent to how much of the world's gold the US stores and reserves. And he already found a way to fund it without taxpayers. The Treasury is currently sucking up crypto assets tied to Iran through Operation Economic Fury. Begitch's plan sees the Ayatollah's crypto and drop it straight into the US balance sheet. But he warns the GOP cannot afford to drag its feet.

[00:01:54]Conservatives have a tight six-month window to pass this bill and lock the end of law while Republicans still control both houses of Congress. So, of course, as we know, the clock is ticking with the midterms coming up in November.

[00:02:06]Stuart.

[00:02:06]>> Oh, yes. Never forget the midterms.

[00:02:08]They're coming close. Good morning everybody. Hello and welcome back to another episode of your favorite crypto news related channel. And today is going to be a very interesting episode as we're breaking down the possibility that the White House could be implementing a national digital asset reserve. Now we've got a brand new bill that we're going to be showing you guys all throughout today's episode highlighting just how important the Clarity Act is while also implementing a reserve strategy here inside the United States.

[00:02:35]We're also going to be talking about what could happen to the XRP price chart once the Clarity Act is signed into law, showing you a great example out of, I think it was Goldman Sachs or Gayscales, one of their lead crypto executives, highlighting how a major repricing moment is coming for the crypto industry. And XRP stands alone as one of the main digital assets that is set to benefit off of this evolution. But we already have over 1,800 live listeners here, guys. If you're excited, you enjoy this content, smash that like button. It is conspiracy Friday as well, so we're going to be sure to mix in some really exciting and interesting topics for today's episode. But if we pass 589 likes, I'm going to be sticking around for a little bit of overtime during today's show. We're also going to be having Johnny Crypto join us later on in the episode. So, I'm very, very excited about that. Now, as for some of the conspiracy topics that we're going to be taking you through, we're going to be going through a Black Rockck executive.

[00:03:26]This is Robbie Mitchnik, the head of digital assets at BlackRock, talking about how he started his internship at Ripple, and nobody had heard of them when the XRP token was only at 2 cents.

[00:03:36]By the time he left BlackRock and had finished his uh his term there, I guess you would call it, XRP was nearly $4 in value. And he went on to say this is what shaped his perception for what's possible here inside of the crypto market. That leads me to be extremely optimistic about what's about to come.

[00:03:53]Now, we're also going to get into the DTCC tokenizing real world assets. All of this gets kicked off in July. Now, full implementation is set to be uh kicked off here in October of 2026, that's going to be a very important time for XRP investors because if we see the DTCC start implementing tokenized real world assets in correlation with the passing of the Clarity Act, this is creating a perfect storm for XRP to have a rapid price appreciation type of moment. Now, I know a lot of people out there watched our video yesterday and Dan Gamardella was breaking down how the first key price target he's keeping an eye on is the $5 to$8 range. Now, I'm going to be expanding on that because I think the potential for XRP is so much further. And I know a lot of people were um commenting underneath the video about why didn't I push back more on the vision that I have for the XRP ledger when he's doing some of his TA. Well, here's the reality. Dan is outside of the XRP community. And I think in order for you to have a realistic perception of what's about to go down, you have to understand Ripple's business model, you have to understand the regulation, and you have to understand why these companies are going to need this technology after the Clarity Act is signed into law. Because when you factor all of these different narratives together, we are getting a perfect storm for XRP to have the institutional adoption that people have really been waiting for since 2019. And I can only imagine what would happen to some of our favorite price charts if the XRP token is implemented into a digital asset reserve. So really exciting. I do want to give a shout out to Marvin Davis. I see him in chat. He's been here. I got to meet him in XRP Las Vegas. We did just pass 1,000 live listeners. We're going to waste no more time diving straight into the content that I have prepared for today's show. If you'd like to and if you enjoy this content, smash that like button. It's one of the easiest ways to help out the channel.

[00:05:36]and we're only I think 1,500 or 1,200 followers away from passing 50,000 people on this channel. I do just want to give a massive shout out and thank you to you guys for being the best community in all of crypto. That's got nothing to do with me. That has to do everything with the people who show up and participate on a daily basis. But with that being said, let's get right into this content here. We're going to start off with a little clip here from the modern investor talking about how a repricing is coming according to greatscalees head of digital assets.

[00:06:04]Here it is. an analyst recently announced, and it's not just any analyst. This is the head of research at Grayscale. The head of research at Grayscale uh has announced in no uncertain terms that XRP is about to be repriced in in a very short matter of time. If you've somehow, and I'm gonna say this very nicely, if you've somehow missed the bulk and the core of cryptocurrency news in the last year, it has namely revolved around three different coins.

[00:06:41]Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP. Now, for those of you crossing your arms and shaking your head or sucking your teeth, yes, we've heard about Dogecoin. We've heard about Salana. We've heard about Cardano.

[00:06:54]They are how however not even remotely part of the discussion that we've been getting recently from these companies and these institutions. The idea is that once we have the Clarity Act in the United States and the thumbs are up, XRP is supposed to be used in mass across the world and the United States. We've heard before from banks and companies and institutions that they're just waiting for proper regulatory anything and then they'll start moving forward. We recently had news that the SEC and the CFTC, this cannot be understated, have joined hands. They're skipping down the street and they are giving and have given proper cryptocurrency regulation.

[00:07:38]We have heard more often than not as to where these coins prices are going to go. The idea of XRP being repriced is actually nothing new. Simply because it would appear that from a logical standpoint, from the level of accumulation, from the level of adoption, that cryptocurrency prices across the board are extremely low and excessively undervalued. And I can tell you that because Bitcoin was at $125,000.

[00:08:08]Everyone with me? And since then, Bitcoin's price has fallen. Everyone still with me? The secondary part is that uh about six, seven months ago, we weren't at the point where Micro Strategy was at a million Bitcoin. We weren't at the point where MetaPlanet was talking about this year they're going to acquire another 100,000 Bitcoin. 6 months ago, we didn't have Fanny May talking about that they're accepting cryptocurrencies uh for mortgages. Yeah, I'm pretty sure some people missed that one. The news that we've been getting is completely staggering and it's also constantly I'm screaming.

[00:08:40]It's also constantly putting us in the direction of this type of news where these companies and these institutions are actively telling us this is what we're going to do. This is what we're starting. We're going to launch this.

[00:08:51]We're going to have this. We're launching this on Monday. This is going to happen. And I just simply feel that in many regards many people within the uh cryptocurrency space and I say this nicely because I know it's not all of you but I've noticed on the interwebs on on the twits on the Twitters uh that there are a lot of people who kind of don't understand the significance of a lot of these things actually happening and the level of accumulation that these companies are currently doing and how much money that they're planning on making off of the backs of people who are selling their cryp and >> so I think he makes a phenomenal point guys when we talk about an XRP repricing. What is he really talking about? Well, he's talking about all of this new demand being unlocked here inside the United States and inevitably that increasing the value of the XRP price chart. Let's just run with the Ripple acquisitions that we've seen thus far. We don't have to go with any conspiracies, no connecting of the dots.

[00:09:39]Let's just look at what Ripple's doing directly and how that's going to impact the price of XRP. Well, you look at the G Treasury acquisition, that is $13 trillion worth of volume every single year. You then have Ripple Prime which is doing over $3.5 trillion worth of volume every year. If we start to see these networks onboard the XRP ledger into many of these products that is going to create substantial demand for the XRP token. But it's not just about the demand. It is also about the volume running across the network. And if you guys look on uh coin market cap, you can easily see the amount of daily volume that's happening on XRP every day. Takes anywhere from two billion to 4 billion in volume for the XRP price to react in any way, shape, or form. Well, if we start to see these products implemented on the XRP ledger, that is going to create substantial volume for the reality, which is what we're waiting on here. And I do want to give a big thank you to Michael Guerrero. He said, "Why don't you push backs on Jake's three to fourdigit price prediction if you don't believe it will happen by the end of the year?" Because I think the reality is in order for Jake's price prediction to to kind of come to fruition, not only do we need the reverse carry trade to play out, we need them to select the XRP ledger as a liquidity layer. And that is a massive caveat that the XRP community needs to consider. I would say this, I've have very good reason to believe because of the research I've done and the conversations that we've had that XRP is going to have a rapid price appreciation moment once the institutions start using this technology. And that can be companies like JP Morgan, that can be Bank of America, that can be Mastercard. there is an entirely different thesis going on with what Jake is outlining where all of that institutional adoption it's nothing in comparison to the liquidity layer that's going to be necessary for Japan to use the XRP ledger to facilitate the reverse carry trade. So, these are very separate narratives. And again, I was I said this in 2025. I'll say it again here in 2026. Although I disagree with the price targets that Jake is outlining, I am extremely aware that Jake is more privy than myself to the conversations that have been had into why the reverse carry trade is going to play out. So, I'm rooting for Jake. I hope it comes to fruition. Trust me, my portfolio also hopes it comes to fruition. But the truth of the matter is that I don't think we need a three or four digit XRP. I think this is the stairway to heaven, as I've called it before. Step one, all-time high. Step two, where do we get some resistance? Is it $5? Is it $8? Is it $12? If we break those ranges with volume, I'm going to be an open book. I'm going to be sitting here looking and learning just like you guys are watching how this thing unfolds. But until that moment occurs, I'm going to remain very humble in my price predictions because I don't want to come out here and say things that I don't have the evidence to back up. Jake has the evidence. He has the insight. he has the the technological knowledge of why they're going to choose the XRP ledger. I'm just a content creator on the internet and I've shared that with you guys so many times on this channel.

[00:12:21]I'm just like you researching on the interwebs trying to figure out what the truth is. And I think we're close to the truth, but I'm not entirely sure we see a three or four digit XRP anytime soon.

[00:12:30]And I've said that before and I'll say it again. That's just really how I feel.

[00:12:33]I also want to give a big thank you to all the people out here who show up on a daily basis. Guys, just want to take a moment on this Friday to give you some appreciation. Now, one of the things that we're going to be going through during today's episode, like we just talked about, we talked about why there will be an XRP repricing in the markets, right? All of this institutional demand will have an impact on the price charts.

[00:12:52]But how does this factor into the reserve narrative? Because as we opened up the episode with, there is a brand new bill sitting on well soon to be sitting on President Trump's desk where they are talking about creating a strategic crypto reserve including assets outside of Bitcoin. So, there's two narratives. We have the Bitcoin reserve and we have the digital asset reserve which is very very different.

[00:13:13]The strategic digital asset reserve supposedly will be including assets like XRP, Salana, Cardano and Ethereum. The Bitcoin reserve is Bitcoin and Bitcoin only. That's what this Fox Business Clip is about to break down guys. And then we're going to get into a brand new update out of the Clarity Act which I think many of you have not seen because it just came out yesterday. But if you're enjoying this show, we're about 15 minutes into the episode. Smash that like button. Leave some thoughts underneath the video. Here's a brand new clip from Fox Business talking about how the war in Iran is allowing the United States to actually create a larger digital asset strategic reserve because they're taking Iran's digital assets and adding them to the United States balance sheet. This is a really interesting topic. Here's the brand new clip.

[00:13:56]Crypto experts claim that foreign adversaries like Iran are using digital assets to evade sanctions and funnel money to bad actors. Darren Battello joining us now. Okay, Darren, how do we stop this?

[00:14:09]>> Hi, good morning, Stuart. The good news is the Trump administration is already stopping it. In fact, we confirmed that the US Treasury has been able to trace some of Iran's money. And just last month, they froze more than $300 million. This was in regime crypto Stewart. Iran is reportedly launching a new digital insurance platform for cargo ships. This is in the Straight of Hormuz. And here's the kicker. They're settling payments entirely in Bitcoin.

[00:14:34]Basically, this is how it works. The companies pay the insurance companies in Bitcoin and they get through the straight safely. That's the trade-off.

[00:14:42]It's a direct move to dodge our banks and scoop up a fresh source of cash. And this covers a much larger shadow economy. New estimates from a threat detection data firm show Tyrron is sitting on a crypto pile worth a staggering 7.7 billion. that war chest has been expanding ever since heavy sanctions cracked down. This was during the first Trump administration, by the way. And here's a look at the price of crude right now. The hot board's up.

[00:15:11]Prices are trading near recent highs as regional shipping tensions. They're flaring, but the regime is counting on crypto to keep its military funded. The Treasury Department is tracking the digital breadcrumbs and they're telling Fox, here's the statement over here.

[00:15:26]Through economic fury, Treasury has taken actions that have led to the freezing of nearly half a billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency linked to the Iranian regime, severing financial lifelines that Iran's regime and military depend on. According to crypto experts, Thrron's tech is actually their weak spot here.

[00:15:46]We found over and over again that um they're actually a much better asset for US law enforcement and other agencies to track um because you leave a lot of breadcrumbs.

[00:15:57]So I said the administration is taking action, but how do we actually stop this? Industry insiders say Washington has a massive trump card here by threatening to cut off crypto exchanges from the American banking system.

[00:16:09]Regulators could actually then flush out these foreign adversaries. Stuart, >> and we'll see if we do that. So, what's really interesting, guys, is that they're talking about confiscating a lot of this cryptocurrency that Iran is using through the straight of Hormuz.

[00:16:21]Not only are they talking about confiscating that, they're talking about adding this to the XRP, sorry, to the Bitcoin strategic reserve that's being implemented here inside the United States. And I remember just last year, and it feels like decades ago at this point, when President Trump came out and tweeted, "We will be creating a crypto strategic reserve, including XRP, Salana, and Cardano." Now, many people out there were wondering, is the United States government going to have to go out and purchase this crypto? Are they going to use confiscated digital assets?

[00:16:47]Well, I feel as if we're getting that answer right here. They're going to find ways to not use taxpaying dollars to incorporate and I guess expand the balance sheet of digital assets here inside the United States. And one of the best ways they can do that is by confiscating the XRP, the Bitcoin, the Salana from criminals. And this is step one of a much larger process where we get this bill across the finish line. We address the digital assets on our balance sheet and then we figure out what do we do with these assets. Now, I want our listeners to keep this in mind as we go through the next portion of today's episode. We're going to be talking about how long it's going to take for the Clarity Act to be fully implemented inside the United States.

[00:17:23]Now, if you've been watching our channel, me and Johnny have been talking about this for a long time. It is going to take 12 to 18 months after the Clarity Act is signed into law for these laws to be fully implemented here inside the US. Well, when that happens, we're going to see the United States treat digital assets very differently from that point forward. And that creates a very optimistic picture for the digital assets that we've been talking about on our channel here on a daily basis. Now, the assets that I think are going to have a free pass here inside the United States, it's many of the assets that the CFTC and the OC have already given guidance to. Cardano, Salana, XRP, Avac.

[00:17:58]There were 16 different digital assets that they released a list of outlining these assets are commodities and they should be treated as such. Well, that's what we're on the precipice of here inside the United States. And this is going to create some major momentum behind the industry because from that point forward, those 16 digital assets will have a free pass. And I know the XRP community, we've been very critical of the Ethereum free pass that was given during the Biden administration. We're about to get our own version of a free pass here inside the United States. Even if the Clarity Act weren't to get across the finish line, the SEC, the OC, the CFTC, all of these different regulatory bodies have already outlined, these 16 digital assets are commodities and should be treated as such inside the United States. Now, this is really, really important when you incorporate this into the Clarity Act narrative that we're about to go over here because when the Clarity Act does get across the finish line, all of these questions will be answered and all of these companies can start leveraging digital assets inside the United States. Here's a brand new clip out of Fox Business highlighting this.

[00:18:56]>> The pace of change is increasing and I do think that we in Washington need to keep up with it to make sure that America remains the, you know, really the financial center of the world as we go through this technological revolution, >> of course. So, what should we expect then from the Clarity Act? You're in the Senate Banking Committee. You've got the Clarity Act. You've got Kevin Worsh.

[00:19:13]You've been busy with all of these two major issues. We're expecting Kevin Worsh to get uh sworn in on Friday. Is that your expectation? And what is your expectation for the Clarity Act?

[00:19:25]>> Well, my my expectation for the Clarity Act is that that it'll ultimately uh pass the Senate and uh we'll either go to conference or one of the bodies will accept the other's version. But I think we're on a path to having this signed into law this this summer. That's uh that's optimistic, but I think it's it's likely. And having it on the president's desk, which will be a huge win for the president and a huge win for I I think the the kind of innovation we need uh in the United States to to stay at the forefront. Um in terms of Kevin Worsh, I think it's a great pick by the president. I was honored to be able to introduce him at his hearing. And >> well, Kevin Walsh will also be sworn in earlier this morning, guys. And we did already pass over 390 likes on the episode. If you're having fun, you enjoy this content, smash the like, help us pass 589 likes. And during the overtime portion of today's show, we're going to be having Johnny Crypto jump on air to share some of his thoughts. Now, don't forget guys, it is Conspiracy Friday, so I've got some very interesting Black Rockck content also prepared for today's episode. But when we're looking at some of the inflows from institutions, we are seeing a divergence, a K-shaped economy taking place here in the crypto space where we are seeing substantial demand for XRP and for Salana while we are seeing consistent outflows for products like Bitcoin. Now, over the past week or so, Bitcoin ETFs had over $1.4 billion in outflows while Ethereum funds also bled, while XRP ETFs, they pulled in over $40 million worth of net inflows, just like we saw with Salana. And this is James Safford talking about exactly that. This is just a 20 second clip talking about how we are seeing demand for altcoins while Bitcoin continues to bleed. Here it is.

[00:20:59]>> There's really nothing else going on there. And the one thing I would say is like we're we're the Bitcoin ETFs kind of got near their all-time high of 62 billion of net inflows. They just had a billion of outflows in the last week or so. Um but Salana and XRP, they're not seeing tons of inflows, but they're seeing trickles of inflows every basically every single day. Um, so but yeah, there's just not much to write about on what's going on there.

[00:21:21]>> So an article earlier this week got a lot of attention where Goldman Sachs was rebalancing their balance sheet and they got rid of all the XRP and all the Salana ETFs that they had there. Why did that happen? Well, that was just a restructuring of their balance sheet.

[00:21:34]They were buying this XRP and this Salana in order to facilitate new products being launched here inside the United States. After we got the news that the Clarity Act was essentially making it through the Senate Banking Committee and scheduled for a full Senate vote in June, we saw both Goldman Sachs and City Bank dump all of their XRP and all of their Salana ETFs. Why do I think that took place? Well, we are about to see the institutional adoption that we've been talking about and a lot of these firms were buying these assets so they could facilitate new products being launched here inside the United States. Well, all of these XRP ETFs have already been launched. Same thing with Salana. Now, it's really just a question about how much demand there is for these underlying assets. And that's the conversation that we're about to break down. How much demand is there sitting on the sidelines and how much demand really exists in the market today? Well, this is something we need to consider, guys. The CEO of Ripple Prime just confirmed that the the DTCC is working with Ripple. Full-scale production launch of tokenized services is starting in October, and Ripple Prime CEO is indicating they are going to be a part of it all. And that's what I'm really excited about. Now, if you watched yesterday's show, I showed you guys a brand new update from one of the people at the DTCC, I believe it was the CEO, talking about how these products are scheduled to go live in October of 2026.

[00:22:47]And the question that these financial companies have to ask themselves is which layer ones are they going to leverage and how much demand will there be for these tokens once these products kick off. Now, I don't want to play the same clip twice because I know you guys had already seen this yesterday. I do have another great update to kind of provide for you on the Clarity Act, but this provides the the very accurate picture that we need to understand for why these companies will be buying the XRP token. It's not about speculation.

[00:23:12]It's not about betting on the price.

[00:23:14]It's about tokenizing real world assets on the ledger and utilizing the technology that exists on these blockchains to improve their existing business models. Now, I do want to give another big thank you to Michael Guerrero who said, "Does XRP need to be a very high price for it to work without slippage? Sorry, still new to crypto."

[00:23:29]Well, it depends on the use cases that you're talking about. If we're talking about trillions of dollars in global transactions, of course, if we're talking about some of the modern settlement systems that exist today, $2 can get it done. But the substantial demand that will increase the price of XRP that kicks off after the Clarity Act because a lot of these companies like JP Morgan, like the DTCC, like Bank of America, like Mastercard, all of these different products and companies that have already run trials, they aren't going to go full implementation until they know they're not going to be sued for using these products. And that's what the Clarity Act is all about here.

[00:24:01]Allowing these products to survive and thrive here inside the United States.

[00:24:04]The total opposite of what we've had over the past half decade or so. Now, I am going to play a brand new clip out of it's another one. I got a lot of Fox Business clips today, but this is an interesting clip from Senator Tim Scott talking about the current state of the Clarity Act and how close we are to getting this across the finish line.

[00:24:20]Now, he shares an optimistic picture here, guys. A lot of people, a lot of senators are saying the timeline is tight, but I think this gets across the finish line in the summer of 2026. If you agree, we get the Clarity Act this summer. Throw a one in chat. If you disagree, throw a two in chat. Here's a brand new clip out of Fox Business breaking down exactly that.

[00:24:38]>> The Clarity Act. However, a headline from Punch Bowl says it all. I want to bring in now Senate Banking Committee Chair, Senator Tim Scott. Golly, a tugof-war. You had Senator Mark Warner, Cynthia Lumis, which is an odd pair in my mind to begin with. on one end, Elizabeth Warren and a whole bunch of others on the other end. And and I think it was Lumis who said it was the hardest piece of legislation she had ever worked on. Why such a battle over this thing?

[00:25:02]>> Well, it's the future of finance in so many ways. Listen, American people want to have access to what the rest of the world has access to. The only way to do that is have rules of the road. So getting this legislation done is historic. It puts America back in the driving seat for the future, the foreseeable future. Having Cynthia Lumis and Mark Warner work together on anything is a blessing. It's like Peter walking on the water. It's something you don't see every day. So, this is good news. But more importantly, having Senator Also Brooks and Senator Ggo >> come along with every single Republican on the committee to do what's in America's best interest long term.

[00:25:45]explain. There's a section, I guess, a big argument or debate, uh, what they call section 104B2, uh, that that determines the network and the tokens and if the whether or not the undercoordination. It felt like that was sort of at the heart of the fight here.

[00:25:59]Well, there are four or five major pieces of the puzzle that were the heart of the fight from my perspective. One was on rewards. Banks and cryptocurrencies were diametrically opposed. We were able to thread the needle on that really important section.

[00:26:13]Number two, issues of ethics. Ethics is something that's really outside of a banking jurisdiction, but it's still a really important issue. Number three, quorum. Making sure that both CFTC, SEC, alphabet soup for those Americans paying attention. Listen, all that means is the regulatory framework needs to have people serving on those committees.

[00:26:34]Number four, DeFi to make sure what we're doing as we eliminate the intermediary, we do not increase uh increase challenges for everyday consumers. And the fifth section has to do with AML or anti-moneyaundering.

[00:26:50]Those are the five major pieces of the puzzle that cause a lot of consternation along the way.

[00:26:56]>> If you had to explain to just the average American how this benefits them, what would you tell them?

[00:27:01]>> Yeah. Well, the simplest answer is democratization means lower prices, faster transactions.

[00:27:10]And the good news is you, the person who has the resources, you make your decisions. You don't have to wait on someone to give you permission. Now you're working in a permissionless environment because of blockchain, the ability to verify transactions real time. The banking sector, uh, they fought tooth and nail. fact that there's still talk that they're still going to try to fight tooth and nail on this. Uh was it all just about money or and control? Why so much resistance from the financial sector? You know, they've been uh frankly we have the greatest banking system in all of the world. So, we are incredibly thankful for the way that we built our banking system. Competition coming into any space, it creates butterflies at the very least. And so what we've been able to do is try to make sure that we're threading the needle between cryptocurrency, the future of finance, and traditional finance, as you call it, fiat finance that we're looking at today. The good news from from my perspective, we're already seeing banks, Charles, get into the crypto business. And so the future of this three to five years from now, we'll say, >> yeah, tension where you're talking about, they'll be gone.

[00:28:18]>> Well, you know, they're smart businesses, right? Maybe they can see the writing on the wall. I see that with Visa also and some of these other companies. Let's talk about the impact on the dollar and US treasuries.

[00:28:28]>> Yes. Massive impact especially with the passage of the Genius Act. For folks like me or or my mom or folks who are older Americans, what what what in the world is a stable coin? Simple. For my mom, I told her a stable coin is nothing more than a digital form of the oldfashioned cashier's check. It allows you to do business anywhere in the world and it makes it easier. What our stable coin legislation did, we made US treasuries more popular around the world. I believe that reinforces the importance of having the US dollar as a reserve currency of the world. It's really good news. I >> I agree with you a thousand% on that.

[00:29:08]>> And that's what this is really all about, guys. The United States government wouldn't even be supporting the Clarity Act if it wasn't going to ultimately benefit the United States dollar. And the reason that these stable coins are so important is because people in countries like Brazil or in Europe or in the UAE, they want to leverage the US dollar as often as possible. Right now, as as critical as we are of the US dollar and the rapid depreciation, it is still the global store of value. It is the standard for United States, sorry, for global fiat um currencies. And essentially the biggest thing that we have to walk away from this understanding is that crypto is enhancing the use cases for the United States dollar. And that's why the government is supporting this bill. When countries all around the world can now decide to use a US dollar derivative the same way that they use their own native currencies, that is going to create substantial demand not just for the stable coins but for United States treasuries because every single stable coin that is implemented today needs to have United States debt directly backing each and every stable coin. $1 into US dollar tether means $1 into the United States Treasury system. That's where this ultimately comes back and impacts the United States government. And it's one of the reasons that I am so confident the clarity act will inevitably get across the finish line because this is going to increase the demand for United States treasuries benefiting the exact people who are supposedly fighting against this bill.

[00:30:24]And so we have to read between the lines on a lot of these topics. I often reference what happened last summer when we saw the Genius Act looked like it wasn't going to pass. It looked like two sides of the aisle were way too far apart on these issues and all of a sudden in a three-week time period the Genius Act is signed and now we're talking about stable coins every day.

[00:30:40]The same thing looks like it's unfolding here with the Clarity Act. A lot of people try to portray the Democrats as anti-crypto, the Republicans as pro- crypto. We're never going to get it done. Well, we already had two Democratic candidates support the Clarity Act in the Senate Banking Committee. And that is so important to understand because we didn't even need those votes. Quite frankly, if only all the Republicans supported the bill, that would have been enough to get this thing across the finish line. But instead, we had two Democratic candidates crossing party lines in the Senate Banking Committee to ensure that the Clarity Act gets across the finish line and essentially ensuring that it gets a Senate vote here in the month of June.

[00:31:16]Now, if you're new to the program and you don't know the key dates that you should be keeping an eye on, we've got June 22nd to June 26 being the final week in June where we could have a full Senate vote on the Clarity Act. Now, why is that deadline so important? If the Clarity Act gets through a Senate vote, that means it will be on President Trump's desk in the summer of 2026. But I want to give a massive thank you once again, everybody who enjoys this content. Just want to give you a big thank you for being here and kind of sharing these thoughts. I've got one more Clarity Act video, then we're going to get into a really interesting Black Rockck conversation outlining exactly where they could be in this whole XRP narrative. I know the billion, maybe even trillion dollar question in the room, when does Black Rockck inevitably file for an XRP ETF? We're gonna be talking about that during today's episode, but we already passed 450 likes on the show. If you're having fun, smash that like button. When we pass 589, I'm gonna be sticking around for a little bit of overtime. And Johnny Crypto, it's a typical Johnny no-show type of episode, so we're not going to give him any flack there. But with that being said, I'm going to play this brand new clip, then we'll get into those discussions. Here it is.

[00:32:18]>> For you, what do you see the future being of this bill?

[00:32:20]>> Yeah, Katie, that's a great question.

[00:32:22]The banking industry has been opposed to Bitcoin in one way or another, really since its inception. There's three phases that every emerging technology goes through. First, they laugh at you, then they ignore you, then they fight you, and I'll add a fourth phase, then you win. We're currently in the winning stage right now.

[00:32:39]>> Quick comment on that, guys. When I interviewed Mark Yusco in 2023, he actually outlined that exact process happening for Ripple and the XRP ledger.

[00:32:46]First, they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they join you, then you win. That's the process that we're in right now. Let's finish the clip. The banking industry has been opposed to Bitcoin because Bitcoin is a radical technology that allows every American to be their own bank. It allows every American to buy and hold their own money and to be able to send their money to wherever they want without any middleman whatsoever. Typically, that middleman is the banks. And so, the banks have been opposed to different uh regulations within this bill for quite some time.

[00:33:16]They took particular issue with stable coins. stable coins uh on different exchanges offer yield to users that are far more competitive than the kind of yield you can get from a savings account. So, the banking lobby has been fighting really hard to strip that yield down and there's been a concession where stable coin providers and exchanges can provide yield in the form of rewards, but it's less than it used to used to be, but it's still a big win for the industry.

[00:33:42]>> There you have it, guys. And Johnny Crypto did just join us at a perfect time for today's show because we're about to have a really interesting conversation about Black Rockck. I know we just discussed a lot of the Clarity Act topics. For the next portion of today's show, we're going to be discussing the Black Rockck and XRP topic that I think many of our listeners aren't aware of. So Black Rockck's Robbie Mitchnik, who's the head of digital assets, started as an intern at Ripple. So if you didn't know that, that's a really important piece of information. The current head of digital assets was an intern at Ripple back in 2017 when nobody had heard of him. At the time, XRP was only 2 cents. By the time he left Ripple, XRP was nearly $4.

[00:34:19]And he goes on to discuss how this shaped the vision for the potential of digital assets in his eyes. That's what we're going to be talking about next.

[00:34:26]Guys, we did just pass 500 likes. Just want to give a massive thank you once again. If you're enjoying this show, smash that like button so we can stick around for some overtime. Here's a this is not a brand new clip, but it might be a brand new clip for some of our listeners of Black Rockck's Robbie Mitchnet talking about his journey at Ripple and his impact that XRP had on his perception of crypto. Here it is.

[00:34:45]>> First spot the opportunity and go, okay, we got Bitcoin and we got Black Rockck.

[00:34:49]How do I bring those two things together?

[00:34:52]>> Well, I joined actually in the summer of 2018. So coming up on six years now and I had been at business school, I totally flooked into this internship at a company I hadn't heard of and nobody had heard of at the time called Ripple and that was 2017. And you know I interviewed for that internship and in April of 17 XRP was a two cents their crypto token. When I started eight weeks later in June, it was at 28 cents. And three months after I left in January to to go back to to finish my MBA, it was at $3. And so that explosive journey, obviously incredible, fortuitous, fun timing. And I knew at that point I had to do something in this space. The opportunity was just too great and and too exciting. And it was apparent to me that Black Rockck had a lot of potential to be a transformative force in this space. And so August 2018, I started as full-time employee number one in the digital assets realm. And uh it's been a fun couple years.

[00:35:54]>> Capital One question. What's in your crypto wallet?

[00:35:58]>> Oh boy. There's obviously some Bitcoin there.

[00:36:02]>> Is it I bet or Bitcoin?

[00:36:04]>> It's both.

[00:36:04]>> Okay.

[00:36:05]>> It's both. Yeah. There's some ETH there.

[00:36:07]And what's in beyond that, I'm not going to say.

[00:36:10]>> I'm not trying to create any market moving.

[00:36:14]probably for the best not to answer the rest of >> the XRP people are the craziest. Do we can we agree on that?

[00:36:19]>> Yes. No comment.

[00:36:21]>> When they put that Forge XRP thing out and I said I called you guys and they said this is not true. I said it's not true. The price went down to normal again and for a week they just dragged me.

[00:36:32]>> They were like this suit doesn't know anything.

[00:36:34]>> It was longer than a week. They refused to accept. I mean that there are some pretty intense elements to a lot of these token fan bases that it's not just XRP.

[00:36:44]>> So, a lot of interesting quotes there, Johnny Crypto, but I think the biggest one that stuck out to me was he talked about the fake Black Rockck filing that happened in October of 2024. And back on Good Morning Crypto, RIP, rest in peace, Good Morning Crypto. But Johnny Crypto, the thing is back during that time, we talked a lot about this. We go, is this a real filing or is it a fake filing?

[00:37:04]Well, what was shocking, and most of our listeners may have never heard this before, so I'd encourage you guys to listen up to on this one. I'll pull up the screenshots in the background. When that XRP ETF quote unquote fake filing came in from BlackRock, the XRP token went up 12 and a half%. That that might seem normal, right? If Black Rockck were to file an ETF, instantly the market would react. Here's what surprised everyone. The XLM price chart had the exact same gains. And I'm going to pull it up while you're kind of breaking it down, Johnny Giny Crypto, to show our listeners what went down on that day.

[00:37:34]But that is something that has always stuck with me. What are we three years later now? Almost two and a half, three years later. I've never forgotten about that. And I've always thought XRP and XLM, we know they're connected, but the institutional adoption that will take place, maybe that's going to be connected as well. And I'm excited to talk about that, but I don't want to steal any of your thunder. What was your reaction to what Robbie Mitchnik said and anything that comes to mind during this clip? Well, first of all, you know what's interesting is when you're a young kid coming out of college and you don't know stuff, you know, he he really timing is everything. And boy, he stepped into a really good place. He got lucky, you know, getting hired by Ripple. Didn't even know the company, didn't even know what he was getting.

[00:38:09]You know, kids will do that, right?

[00:38:10]They'll take a job. And this is a a great example of uh you know an opportunity awaiting in front of you and timing being perfect where he steps into a role. Doesn't know anything about digital assets. Next thing you know he's in a company that the digital asset starts to skyrocket from the time he gets there to the time he leaves and then opens his eyes and realizes whoa there's really something here. This isn't smoking mirrors. AB I've worked for companies startups. So he worked for a startup right that's what you would consider Ripple. I've worked for startups and they're smoking mirrors.

[00:38:38]They come and they go. It lasts a year and then next they're out of money and they're done and that's it. And you never know what you're getting into, right? Well, he was very fortunate to be able to step into a place where it was a real business opportunity coming.

[00:38:50]Digital assets were going to transform the world, right? And we're in the process of getting that started right now. Very fortunate for him to be there and then fortunate for him to see what what the potential and then parlaying that into a job at Black Rockck. Oh my god. I mean, as a kid, you can't you can't ask for a better path. Like his father's got to be proud. I'd be very proud if that was my son, you know. Um, so, so for him, he got to see the power of of this of this industry and what it can become and he knew he wanted to play there. For me, the one thing that I've always found with Robbie, and I'm just going to speak right from the heart is I feel like he has no loyalty to Ripple.

[00:39:22]And that's just my own personal opinion.

[00:39:24]I have no clue there whether he does or doesn't, but it's just like, so for example, when they asked him what his holdings were, well, he just told you he got Bitcoin, he's got and he's got ETH.

[00:39:32]You don't got no you don't have no XRP.

[00:39:34]And if you do, you wouldn't be proud to say that. I don't know. To me, that's a warning sign. I don't know. It may mean nothing. But for me, this is this is so important is that David Schwarz said something similar where because of the NDAs that these guys have signed, if Robbie Mitchnick worked at Black Rockck and he was an intern, guarantee he signed some documents saying you can't disclose this or maybe, and maybe I shouldn't say guarantee, I would say 99.999% sure. There's information that Robbie Mishtick knows that he can't disclose.

[00:39:59]And I think that could be exactly what's happening with Robbie in that clip is that he says, "I'm I'm unwilling to disclose any of the other cryptocurrencies because I don't want to be accused of market manipulation."

[00:40:08]Remember when Elon Musk was asked about XRP on stage? The guy has no problem talking about Bitcoin. He's got no problem talking about Dogecoin. But then somebody asked him about XRP and he goes, "I can't comment on any particular cryptocurrency." Well, here's where it gets interesting, guys. Black Rockck's head of digital assets, the guy that we just listened to, released an XRP price prediction model. Johnny, I'm going to kick it right back to you after this clip. I just think this is so perfect based on what you said.

[00:40:32]>> Now, on to XRP, which you all want. And yes, you've seen that correctly. XRP's high estimate given in this paper by Robbie Mitchnik is $32.91.

[00:40:50]Yes, that's right. $32.91 was given as a high estimate price prediction for XRP by Black Rockck's head of digital assets.

[00:41:00]>> So Johnny Flor is yours. I just thought that would be perfect to play there.

[00:41:02]>> Yeah. Well, listen, as as a as a as a as a intern, you're coming to work, you got to do a job. His job might have been to predict a a model, right? And he put a model together and and and so that's good. I mean, he knew what he was doing.

[00:41:14]He put some models together. I mean, kudos to him for that. And and and obviously, we don't know what that range is. Usually when you build models, I've built models, you usually have a high end, you have a low end, you have a middle, you have an average. Kind of like a bell curve, right? And so my guess is he certainly has some some ranges there that he believes it could be in. That's probably why he had conviction to stay into into the industry. And I can't imagine why he would have some XRP if he believes in his models. But to me, regardless either way, it doesn't matter. I mean, you saw that he ended up making the role over into Black Rockck and parling into a great a great role and head of digital assets there. And then that's great for him, you know, for me. I still look at it as regardless of what Robbie did there. Yeah, I wish was even around that back then. But, uh, you know, I mean, I think we we've all known and we've all seen this whole industry absence transformed dramatically from 2017 to where we are today. And as far as I'm concerned, 2017 was purely speculative, purely speculative play. The narrative was a speculative play which drove it up to the three, you know, 384 highs that we saw, right? And then it came crashing down and it hasn't been sustainable since then. So, we know that was speculative. Now, we know that what we see and what what they're working on isn't necessarily speculative anymore, right? We know now that Ripple is well funded, well capitalized, looking to become a bank, already, you know, determined um already purchased major major purchases of companies that are going to deploy their technology. It's a whole different ball game. I mean, now they're in the realm of true adoption and true uh startup, if you will, of this industry. And to me, that's what matters now. That's what you need to be looking at today. So, you know, where Robbie came from, where we are today, two different places. I'm sure we're pretty proud of it. But to me, I look at it as we are now talking about an industry that is on the cusp of about ready to take off, you know, and then you can see those speculative, right?

[00:43:04]Look at those things in 2018. That was a speculative plan. But now when you look at the for the new curve, you see some conviction. You don't see up and coming down. You don't see money being pulled out. There's still money here in the space because people, retailers, and smart money believes in it.

[00:43:19]Barry says, "You sound like Robert Dairo." I take that as a compliment, Johnny Crypto. But here's the thing. One of the things that we can take away from this Robbie Mitchnik analysis is that he understands XRP. This is a guy who's currently leading the the digital asset department. Let me just give you his exact job title. Robbie Mitchnik serves at the head of digital assets for BlackRock. He's a member of the corporate executive COO executive team, which is an exclusive group of leaders who focus on digital asset evolution.

[00:43:48]This isn't some guy who's not having an impact. This is a guy who worked at Ripple. This is a guy who created a price model for XRP. And this is now a guy leading the largest company. And I'll just say it this way for dramatic effect. The largest company on planet Earth from an economic perspective. He's leading their digital asset department.

[00:44:07]So I think it's fair to connect those dots. And I think it's fair to say, yeah, maybe his 2017 or 2018 analysis on what the price will be is outdated, but here's what's not outdated. his fundamental understanding of the technology, the ideas, the things he saw working at Ripple for six months and then he took that knowledge, he took that background. He didn't use a third party company. He went right from Ripple to Black Rockck leading their digital asset division. I mean, come on, guys. I don't need the tinfoil hat for this one.

[00:44:34]This one's right in front of our face.

[00:44:35]And so, that's why I think it's so important. I don't even consider the prices that he released to be nearly as important as the indication that he fully understands why this technology is valuable. And that's something that I think is really really different from kind of what people may read into when they look at a report like this. What are your thoughts on that?

[00:44:52]>> Yeah, I think the con I think what you're trying to speak to here is the conviction and I believe that's really what we're talking about here is he's got a true conviction in the space.

[00:45:01]There's no question about it. He believes in it. That's why he's still in it and working in it and he's in a great position to do that. And sure, he understands more about Ripple or more about XRP and their technology than most people do because he worked for the company, right? and he built models and to build models you have to understand what the technology can do and what it could now somebody put in the comment and I don't disagree with that the model he created then is probably potentially irrelevant compared to where we are today think about it when he was creating a model back then in 2017 abs that was strictly just being a crossber payment solution nothing else now Ripple's way way way bigger than that there's so many more use cases that Ripple can solve for so can you imagine if he had to rebuild a model today what that model might look like and what those prices may be assuming all the additional use cases that could be built into this thing. So, you know, to me, I just look at it as, you know, that that there is massive upside potential here, just like we were talking about with Dan Garello yesterday, that right now, you know, when you look at this space and you look at the fractalss and where we could potentially go over time, you know, two to three digits, I don't think is necessarily out of the out of the realm at some point. And we're talking about this today with Mario and we were talking about how uh they're bust my whole Amazon thing, right? And AMD like talking about AMD today is $400, right?

[00:46:17]Well, I remember buying AMD at like three bucks and again I sold it, you know, the same same Amazon story and they're like, you know, and it brings you to this reality. Well, Johnny, would it matter if you bought it at 255 or 288 or 310 if it was at 400 when it's $400?

[00:46:32]And we're thinking like someday down the road at you and I will be sitting here talking about this industry, you know, five, six, eight years from now and the prices are ridiculously, you know, in the double triple digits. the game doesn't care was a$147 or if you bought at a$158 or a$133 it just won't matter and it's that kind of perspective that drives me having having lived through and seeing all these companies I remember when AMD was just being kind of talked about like two three bucks like nobody wanted it and now it's $400 right so the point being is these technologies we're talking about here I can't help but draw similar similarity to it that I think in you know two five 8 10 years from now we're going to be talking about prices that are so astronom comical that we're sitting there going, "Wow, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what price you would have bought it at as long as you had conviction." And I feel that's what Robbie has today. This person said, "You guys are selling at 8 LMAO." Well, here's the truth, guys. Just because let's say hypothetically somebody had a h 100,000 units of XRP and they bought that XRP at 50 cents just to use simple numbers and it goes to $8 and then they decide to sell 10% which is honestly a large amount 10,000 tokens at $8. Now they have 90,000 XRP tokens. Is this person now bearish? Is this person now not in the game? Right? I I just disagree with the premise that if you take any profit at all you're now a bear. And this is a mistake that I made in early investing in crypto, guys, is that I was so focused on accumulation. I was so focused on buying these assets, adding more to my ledger, watching the number go up that I didn't create a plan for myself and I had no idea to take profit. Now, here's what I will say, right? And let me get let me pull this comment. This guy's name is S. That's a AOC S in chat. Ban him live chat. Ban him. I'm just kidding, of course. But the reality is that if you're not if you're not in the mindset where you're going to take any profit, right? If you just say, "I'm going to ride this wave for seven years." Congratulations.

[00:48:25]That's what I'm doing right now. I'm in a position where I didn't take a lot of profit. I, you know, I've taken very minimal profit and I'm okay with that because I've got a 5, 10, 15 year vision for what I'm trying to do here. If you have the mindset that you're just going to buy this asset and it's just going to go straight up over the next 10 years and you're not going to take any profit and that's going to be perfect for you, wake pinch that man. Wake him up, Johnny Crypto. He's taking a nap and he's dreaming. Because the reality is the best part about the crypto markets is the volatility. And that's awesome during a bullish time like we were just showing the chart here while you were talking.

[00:48:56]>> I mean every single time except for 2024 because this is something a little bit different. Every time that XRP got a massive speculative green candle, it 100% retraced or 96% retraced during a bare market.

[00:49:08]>> Right?

[00:49:08]>> This is something different. I do think this is a different market. I think we're going through something different here. But what I would say is anybody who took profit in this green candle had an opportunity to accumulate at lower prices, right? And that's all we're saying. If XRP breaks its all-time high and we're all the way at $8 and Johnny Krypto's on here talking about taking profit. Yeah, me and him are going to have a difference of opinion, right? He may be taking more profit. I may be taking less. I may be taking more. He may be taking less. But the premise is the same. We're XRP bulls and we're trying to maximize the opportunity. The reason that Johnny Crypto is taking profit isn't because he thinks XRP is going back to zero and he's cashing out.

[00:49:44]It's because he's hedging his bet just like the smartest and largest traders on the planet do. Johnny, you know what these companies do when they open up leverage longs? They all they also open up smaller positions leverage shorts can hedge. That's what we're trying to do.

[00:49:58]We're trying to implement the same strategies that these multi-billion and trillion dollar companies do so we can make the most money during that process, guys. I just want to be clear about that.

[00:50:06]>> Well said, ABS. Well said. Absolutely.

[00:50:08]Let me ask you a question, Abs. Please pick any chart you want. Go ahead. I'll give you I'll let you pick any one you want except a Bernie made chart and you show me what chart that's always gone up. Find me one. Find me one that's just done this and never gone down at all.

[00:50:20]Just find me one. And you don't have to do it today because you're going to need more time than today. But you go and find me one and you try and play it on this channel and you show me one chart where it's always gone up and never gone down. And and again, can't use the burning madeup one because that's a scam, right? Uh it was a Ponzi scheme.

[00:50:34]So other than that, because it's the only one that does that there, it doesn't exist because it's not possible because there's volatility and everything because smart money knows that new money runs out. We talked about this yesterday with Dan. Liquidity can only there's only so much liquidity in the world that can come into the markets and when the liquidity runs out, the prices drop. And Smart Money knows that and they know the levels. They have the right tools. And that's what we try to do at Merlin. We created a professional tool, strategy builder tool to show you where the money's going to run out so you can get out, right? And that's what we do, ABS. I'm just following the tool that shows me where pros are going to get out so that I can get out to and then get back in later at a lower price.

[00:51:09]And you remember I caught a ton of from this group, this a 333 when I sold, right? Nobody's busting my chops now about sell 333 because I buy it back at a $150, right? Uh but I think the comment that you put up was very interesting. The guys like, "Oh, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SELL at $8 million this ass off, right?" No, no, no, no.

[00:51:26]We're not selling everything. And I think that's the mistake our audience makes when you and I talk about selling is we're selling a small percentage to take some money off the table to then reinvest back in. That's what I did at 333. And if it hits $8, I'll be doing that again at $8. I promise you I'll be buying back in at four or five because I guarantee you we will come back down to four or five. Now people don't want to play those games. A lot of people like I don't know the markets. I don't and I want to buy and hold. That's fine, Abs.

[00:51:54]They can do that. Totally fine. 100% people could do that. We're just playing it a little different because we understand how markets go up and down.

[00:52:01]Abs showed you guys charts. The volatility is in every single every single you could pick any stock chart, pick any crypto chart. You're always they're always going to look like that.

[00:52:10]Pick any of them. You could pick Amazon.

[00:52:12]You could pick Tesla. You could pick Microsoft. Pick any one you want.

[00:52:14]They're all going to look like that.

[00:52:15]They went up, they went down, they went up, they went down. They might be on an uptrend, but they all go up and down. So the reality is there's always going to be opportunity to take money out at a high level and there's always going to be money to reinvest back in a lower level if you want. And that's the thing you have to understand is nobody's saying to sell 100% of your bags at $8.

[00:52:34]We have never said on this show as you or I have never SAID I'M SELL 100% I'M OUT.

[00:52:39]>> WE SAID THE OPPOSITE.

[00:52:40]>> It's just the opposite. I'm selling like five or 10% and I'm holding the other 50% for what do I call it? Schmuck insurance because I'm not making the same mistake I made with AMD and with and with uh what do you call it? Amazon.

[00:52:53]But I'm not selling all my bags anymore.

[00:52:54]I'm going to be carrying a big chunk of them into the future. But it would be foolish of me to not sell some on the way up. Especially when you think about how Amazon worked out as it went up from a dollar to a$120 within two to three years. And then it came back down to a dollar and it stayed there for 10. They stayed about 10 12 years before it got back to 120. That's 10 years that you lost money that you could have sold up to as high as 120 that you had to wait 10 to 12 years to get back to that same number. Does that make any logical sense? No. I'm going to hold. So wait, you're going to hold it all the way up to 120? It's going to come back down to one. You're going to hold it back to one for it to come back up there 12 years later. That just makes no sense to me.

[00:53:35]I'm not playing that game. I've learned that lesson. That's why I take profits on the way up and I don't worry about, you know, did I miss out a little bit?

[00:53:42]Nope. I don't care. I'm not trying to catch top. Not trying to catch top. I'm just trying to catch some period up that's a pretty good return that is aligned with where the pros are going to sell because when the pros start selling, there's a reason why the pros sell and they make money because they know money's about to run out and you know things are about to turn back over and come back down. And that's all I'm doing. I'm just playing it like the pros. If you want to play like the pros, click on the link below, sign up for Merlin 30day trial, get our pro package.

[00:54:06]It's a new package, guys, where it now creates exit strategies for you where pro levels where they're probably going to sell, we're putting you in the best position to win.

[00:54:14]>> And I do want to give a huge thank you here to Camila Stevenson who said, "The problem is never about taking profit, but often the game plan behind the profit. Get a plan." And this is why we're always talking about iTrust Capital, guys. It's not about how much money you make, it's how much money you keep. And if you think the XRP price chart is going to go up substantially in value, you better be prepared to pay a large amount in taxes. And one of the things you can do to set yourself up for success is click on the link below, sign up for iTrust, and take advantage of our $100 signing bonus in a Roth IRA product. You get exposure to tax-free crypto gains. You're not going to find that anywhere else. But I do want to remind you guys, next Friday, Camila Stevenson is going to be joining the show. Phenomenal interview. I'm already super excited about that. So, I do want to give a huge thank you to her and I'd encourage everybody. I know a lot of our listeners already watch her content. We show her content on our channel as well.

[00:55:02]She does amazing work. I would encourage you guys click on her channel, go and check it out. I know for a fact there's valuable information there to be absorbed. But we are 55 minutes into the episode. Guys, I do want to give a huge thank you. We got 2700 live listeners, over 1300 watching on YouTube. If you enjoyed today's content, smash that like button. Go out, touch some grass, hug some family. It is the weekend and it's a sunny day in Boston, Massachusetts.

[00:55:26]So, I'm going to enjoy the sunshine while we have it here up in the Northeast. But we love you guys. We appreciate you all and we'll see you in the next one. So, if you're looking to implement the same strategies that we do here on Good Evening Crypto, I would encourage all of our listeners to click on the Merlin link below and sign up for iTrust Capital as well. Now, why are our listeners going to do this? By leveraging the Merlin application, you can create a profit plan for yourself so you know exactly where you're going to be exiting this market. But leveraging ITR through a Roth IRA product, you can take advantage of tax-free crypto gains during this crypto bull market. So, I would encourage everybody, click on the link down below, sign up for iTrust today, and take advantage of our $100 free sign up bonus.