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Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:00]Trillions of dollars in real estate, private credit, and capital assets all sitting dormant, locked inside legacy banking infrastructure. In a report that's making rounds right now that says the shift out of that system, it won't be gradual. It's going to be slow, and then it's all going to happen at once.

[00:00:18]That phrase right there, it matters.

[00:00:20]Because when you stack it against what's happening with XRP ETFs, Ripple's new business model, and on-chain open interest right now, a picture starts forming that's worth paying attention to. Now folks, up on your screen you see the XRP chart. If you didn't watch my prior video, I did a complete video on XRP and Bitcoin both charts compared side by side exactly where we are in this market, where we're going, the key lines in the sand that you need to pay attention to. You're going to want to give it a watch, and if we got time at the end of this video, we'll do a little quick recap on XRP. Why not? But, let's start with the macro picture. We got a report that is circulating this week that lays out what your analysts are calling the trajectory from millions to billions to trillions in tokenized asset value. That's right. Now the chart in the report, and you can see this highlighted section in the image, it makes a very specific claim that's worth reading directly. It states in here, you can see it right here where my mouse is, "Trillions of capital lies dormant under the control of banks and private lenders with no alternatives. Multiple billion-dollar asset managers are already trialing tokenization technology. Steel Wave, Black Salmon Group, White Rock, Nolan Reynolds, they're all named in this report. Even a German real estate group, Bauwens, they recently invested in Fundament Group exploring tokenizing over $6 billion dollars in real estate. That's huge, everyone. And the report concludes, and this line This line right here, everyone is sharing. It states that tokenization is I'm going to quote this, "all too invertible." And that adoption it's going to happen slowly and then bam, all at once. That framing isn't hype, it's a pattern. It's exactly how the internet scaled, right? It's how mobile payments scaled. And some analysts suggest it's how blockchain-based settlement rails will scale, too. Now, think about it.

[00:02:29]Think about when the pandemic happened, right? Before the pandemic, cash there's cash that people carry cash. What happened after that? Cash just went away. It just poof, gone, right?

[00:02:38]Everything went digital. It goes slow, slow, slow, and then it all just slams down and hits. That's what's what we're exactly what we're going to see here with digital ledger infrastructure of these different cryptocurrencies, these different networks and chains. It seems like it's a very And trust me, I don't want to say seems like, it is. It is a very slow and tedious process, and the way XRP moves it's absolutely horrendous. I mean, I never thought when I got into this thing 10 years ago, we're going to make an all-time an all-time high yet. I never thought that.

[00:03:07]2017, when I first got in this thing ripped up brand new all-time high, I was like, this is great. I can't wait for 2020, we're going to go even higher.

[00:03:15]Shucks, man, didn't happen. And it's not because of the SEC lawsuit. Sure, blame the SEC lawsuit if you want. None of the other altcoins made new all-time highs, either. And the SEC they see SEC didn't go after them, right? What do we see now? XRP tried to make the new all-time high, it just like a brick wall. But it's going to happen. A new all-time high will be made. I'd bet my life on that one. We will see an XRP new all-time high. Do you know that in February 2025, hackers stole 1.5 billion dollars from Bybit in one single attack?

[00:03:48]That was the largest crypto theft in history. And every single person who had their crypto on that exchange, they felt it. Here's what most people still don't understand. When your crypto is on an exchange, Coinbase, Binance, Bybit, whatever, you don't actually own it. You own an IOU. The exchange holds the keys.

[00:04:09]And if it gets hacked, if the exchange goes bankrupt, or if they freeze withdrawals, or shut down, your money's gone with them. You don't believe me?

[00:04:17]Look what happened at FTX. That's right.

[00:04:20]It's going to happen again. Self-custody is the only real answer. Not your keys, not your crypto. That isn't just a saying. It is the law of the space. And the easiest way to go self-custody without making it complicated, it's Tangem. Folks, this is a cold wallet.

[00:04:40]Your private keys are stored on a physical chip that is never connected to the internet. Not your phone, not a server, the card. Hackers can't touch what they can't reach, now can they? And unlike Ledger or Trezor, you don't need a laptop. You don't need USB cables, and you don't need a damn PhD in crypto to use it. You tap the card with your phone. That's it. That's the transaction. That's the security. It is that simple. Look, the next hack is coming. We all know it. What exchange is going to be affected? That's what we don't know. The only question is whether your crypto will be on an exchange when it does, and I sure hope it doesn't.

[00:05:20]Links down in the description. I used to use Ledger. I moved. Now, let's get over to this because this is interesting.

[00:05:27]Former Ripple head of regulations in Europe, he laid out exactly how XRP functions in a real cross-border payment corridor. USD to XRP bridge to the Mexican peso via on-demand liquidity.

[00:05:40]The end user in Mexico. That's not a theory. That was a live corridor that has processed real volume. Don't forget, before the SEC sued Ripple, Ripple was partnered with MoneyGram. That's when Ripple had their swell event. I believe it was over in like Thailand. I think it was in Thailand or Singapore. And that's when the MoneyGram partnership just came out. And I remember there was an interview David Schwartz said we love the MoneyGram partnership because we can do any amount of volume anywhere in the world to really test this thing. And then what happened? Well, the SEC sued Ripple. MoneyGram stopped the deal with Ripple. I believe MoneyGram went to Stellar for stable coins at this point.

[00:06:12]But they were using this every day going into Mexico. And then Coinbase got involved. Remember when Coinbase put out their thing? Yeah, you send money to Mexico for free. How do you think they were doing it for free? It wasn't from using Bitcoin or Ethereum. They weren't eating those gas prices. It's because they were eating the fractions of a cent that it cost for XRP. Think about that.

[00:06:30]Listen to this clip real quick and let's talk about this. It's interesting. a movement of XRP. So in this instance, it would be USD to XRP at the home exchange, a movement of XRP across the ledger to the beneficiary exchange, and XRP to Mexican peso. The final payout could be over local rails, a direct relationship into digital wallets. Um on top of that, there's a messaging and settlement layer which includes a Ripple payment object, which includes all the information you would get in a cross-border payment, KYC for instance, uh settlement finality, any of the legal issues you may have. A movement of Now, I want you to think about that, but fast forward to today what we're seeing, right? Ripple stable coin RLU SD is being positioned as pretty much this the complimentary in that same picture. XRP handles the bridge function by design.

[00:07:17]RLU SD adds a stable leg and together they form a more complete toolkit for institutions who are trying to move value across borders without correspondent banking delays. Then Morgan's point, and this is important folks, is that XRP is accessible by design. It doesn't require a pre-funded nostro account sitting idle in foreign markets. That's the core argument of why XRP fits into the tokenization infrastructure story, not speculation.

[00:07:46]We're talking about structural utility.

[00:07:49]And think about what Ripple, MasterCard, JP Morgan, and Ando just announced. For the first time ever, they took a US Treasury fund, settled it on the ledger, and then completed the payout in Ripple Singapore's bank account outside of banking hours, no delays, all happened in 5 seconds. That's where we're going.

[00:08:05]Now, let's lay in the business layer on top of all this because this is going to change how you actually read Ripple's position in all of this. Now, there's been a persistent narrative that Ripple's business is dependent on selling XRP from its escrow holdings. We know they do it, but the question is do they have to do that in order to bring in capital? Well, this week that narrative got another challenge because Ripple, they've diversified its revenue base. They're earning returns from investments and generating income through its line of credit service.

[00:08:39]Remember, Jeremy has a line of credit with them, and that the impact is significant. Ripple's operational runway is no longer tethered to XRP price or XRP sales volume. The ways that the critics have historically argued, and you know all the Bitcoin maxis out there, not even Bitcoin maxis, all the XRP haters saying, "The only reason Ripple is is a good company or successful company is because they have they own so much XRP and they sell it and they're just dumping on you holders.

[00:09:06]If they couldn't do that, they wouldn't have any money. They wouldn't even be around." Well, guess what? That point, it was just proven wrong, now wasn't it?

[00:09:13]Sure was, because there is a structural change in this now, folks. It also means Ripple can continue building, expanding into central bank digital currency infrastructure, into different cross-border corridors, and tokenization rails without being forced to liquidate XRP holdings to cover that cost. For anyone watching the long-term development of this ecosystem, that is a massive shift in the underlying risk business profile. Now, let's flip to the market data, because this timing, got to pay attention to it. Open interest on XRP perp futures, they started climbing again. Look at the chart. Look at this middle box. This is your OI panel. This shows a clear uptick after a period of compression. Look, compression, downward pressure, and now what are we starting to see? It's like the reverse Nike swoosh, isn't it? Here's the do's and tell. Your net long positions, they remain essentially neutral. What that means is that according to the analyst who shared his data, is that XRP recovered its price without significant upside pressure driving it. There was a dip, and it's visible on the chart. You see the dip, right there. That's a dip, and it's gone. Price returned to its prior range. In market structure terms, let me break it down so you understand this. This is neutral positioning, which is a sign of there is underlying demand absorption, rather than just your speculative momentum. It's not a breakout signal. Yet, yet. But rising open interest alongside price stability, that could indicate that positioning is building quickly. Definitely worth watching how this develops. And then this was pretty interesting. We're going to cover this again, because for some crazy reason, I've never seen this. I think the XRP ETFs have been live since what, October of last year? I think it was October. Only one fund saw inflows.

[00:11:00]And it wasn't even the biggest name.

[00:11:02]Canady Capital. It pulled in over $6 million. 4.2 XRP added in a single day.

[00:11:08]Every other XRP ETF on the board, Bitwise, Franklin, 21 Shares, Grayscale, they showed they were a flat or negative flows. I've never seen this.

[00:11:16]Interesting, right? What does it mean?

[00:11:18]Well, I don't know. Could be nothing, could be something. It's probably nothing, but very interesting data. And I like presenting all of the interesting information that I see to you. And let's just jump to the XRP chart real quick, and see what we're seeing. Now look, we're seeing other alt coins break out.

[00:11:33]We're seeing Bitcoin had its little push up as well. When you compare your RSI on Bitcoin to XRP, your purple line has crossed yellow on both. Barely just happened on XRP, but your purple is more up into this 50 range on Bitcoin. XRP, it's sitting about 38. Meaning, we have room to move here still. $1.65 first key area of resistance. Now, remember, XRP always has a delayed response to Bitcoin. Bitcoin could move today. XRP could move in the next 2 to 3 weeks.

[00:12:04]That is what you need to pay attention to. But, this is bullish and it's on your weekly. If we can get a weekly close, green candle, hope to see it.

[00:12:11]That would give us two consecutives and we can start building off that. If the RSI can start climbing on up here, we can get more room to run. Right now, bears are still in control. Not the best thing you want to see, but we are getting to that territory. I mean, look how low this was back then, 28. We are getting into a territory where this looks like it's going to start to Well, as I said, all the alts have moved. I do expect Bitcoin to have a retrace here.

[00:12:35]50% retrace, very, very possible. 80 to 40, I like that range. 40 to 50 is a very good range for Bitcoin to come back down into. Then, we should expect a rotation. When does that happen? At some point this year. Go watch my last video.

[00:12:47]Bitcoin, XRP, all TA, all charts, everything you need to know. It's a very important video, folks. I'm going to leave it like that, though. I hope you enjoyed. Hit that like and subscribe. As always, this is not financial advice, man. This is just me putting the data on the screen, breaking it down to you what I see. Please verify all your own sources and all your own info. I'll see all y'all on the next one.