Ep 28 - November 27, 2024 - Bye Gary

11/27/24 • 39 min

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Weekly Crypto Check-In

Topics covered on this episode:

Bitcoin up 30% since election, pulled back to $92k
MicroStrategy continues to buy billions in Bitcoin
Cboe Launched First Cash-Settled Options on Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Cantor Fitzgerald Acquires 5% Stake in Tether
SEC Commissioners stepping down
Brad Garlinghouse "60 Minute" interview on 12/1
Wisdom Tree files for XRP ETF
CFTC new crypto regulator? Self-Regulatory Agency?
Tornado Cash in the Fifth Circuit
Chris Giancarlo would drop SEC case vs Ripple
Fairshake crypto PAC has $103M for midterms
Schwab CEO, "I feel silly"
Market cap of next bear market bottom?

Topics covered on this episode:

Bitcoin up 30% since election, pulled back to $92k
MicroStrategy continues to buy billions in Bitcoin
Cboe Launched First Cash-Settled Options on Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Cantor Fitzgerald Acquires 5% Stake in Tether
SEC Commissioners stepping down
Brad Garlinghouse "60 Minute" interview on 12/1
Wisdom Tree files for XRP ETF
CFTC new crypto regulator? Self-Regulatory Agency?
Tornado Cash in the Fifth Circuit
Chris Giancarlo would drop SEC case vs Ripple
Fairshake crypto PAC has $103M for midterms
Schwab CEO, "I feel silly"
Market cap of next bear market bottom?

Previous Episode

Ep 27 - November 13, 2024 - $30B to $40B in two weeks

Topics covered in this episode:

BTC news
- MicroStrategy announces $42B plan
- Vaneck: Bitcoin a reserve asset, 2% weight, $3M
- BlackRock's $IBIT
- The first U.K. pension fund invests in bitcoin, with up to a 3% direct allocation
- Bitcoin ETF assets 2/3 to gold
Tokenized Treasuries exploding
Polymarket Whale Profits
Gensler and the SEC
Crypto PACs, 48 out of 48
UBS Asset Management launches its first tokenized investment fund.
Bernstein, "add crypto exposure ASAP"

Next Episode

Ep 29 - December 4, 2024 - Dino tokens

Topics covered in this episode:

Russia recognizes Bitcoin as property
$RLUSD approved, launching today
Dino tokens (utility focus)
XRP has out performed BTC from 2023 forward
- XRP volume largely institutional
- Trading volume BTC + ETH < XRP
- No capital gains on US based tokens?
SOL and XRP ETF applications making progress
New SEC Chair Paul Atkins?
Ex-SEC attorneys being blackballed?

Weekly Crypto Check-In - Ep 28 - November 27, 2024 - Bye Gary

Transcript

Robert Swarthout00:00:09.599

Welcome to another episode of the weekly crypto check-in recorded on November 27, 2024. I'm your host, Robert Swartout, and I'm joined by my cohost, Andres Sandate. Good morning, Andres.

Andres Sandate00:00:19.404

Hey, Robert. Happy early Thanksgiving. Hope you're good. I know it's been 2 weeks. How you been?

Robert Swarthout00:00:25.404

Been pretty good. I you know, this is a