MORGAN STANLEY TO LAUNCH CRYPTO TRADING ON ETRADE & GOOGLE'S BLOCKCHAIN WALLET!

I'll give it to details. Let's get into it. Hey, everybody, welcome into the Thinking Crypto podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. I'm your host, Tony Edward. On your way in, Please sit that subscribe button as well as a thumbsup button and leave a common below. If you're listening on a podcast platform such as Spotify or Apple, please leave a five star rating and review. Folks, I wanted to highlight that the Bitcoin ETF volume today surpassed

two point eight billion dollars. We are seeing record inflows as Blackrock and the other Wall Street firm continue to buy bitcoin for their clients, and on the chart, specifically for black Rock, there is a massive spike. So put this in context with bitcoin's price run up with the global liquidity on the rise that d x Y correcting, the stock market bouncing as well. We are seeing the start of the next rally. These are signals that we saw last year as we had different rallies start. So

incredible stuff. I think all the puzzle pieces are coming together for the continuation of this bull market. And look at this bitcoin financial company Fold. Many of you may know Fold. They have bitcoin products like a card, you can earn rewards, you can buy bitcoin through them, and their slogan is personal Finance powered by Bitcoin. Well, today they rang the opening bell for the NASAC. How times have changed, folks. Crypto companies are ringing opening bells and

ringing closing bells as well. And we know many crypto companies are looking to go public this year, like e Toro, Circle, Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital. They are looking to be publicly listed this month. There's even talks of Ripple looking to go public this year. But this is really great. It's amazing how things have changed and crypto is here to stay. These companies are going to continue to grow. We're going

to see a big boom in adoption of crypto. And speaking of a big boom in adoption, Morgan Stanley eyes launching crypto trading through e Trade. This is according to Bloomberg my Og subscribers and listeners. Remember when I was saying in twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen that Charlie Schwab and e Trade and all these folks would adopt crypto. The day is here, folks. Look at what has happened. And this news comes just about a week or two after Charlis Schwab CEO came out and said they want to

offer crypto trading. So game theory competition heating up here. It's beautiful to see this happening as early adopters. As you know, we have been here buying the dips, buying the blood on the streets, and getting ready to sell the euphoria face to take profits. So this is a massive move. So Morgan Stanley is building a crypto trading feature for each trade, targeting a twenty twenty six launch.

The bank is exploring partnerships to enable spot trading of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherorem The Trump administration's policy changes and industry momentum are prompting US banks to re enter crypto. So all of these firms are primarily waiting for crypto regulations, the crypto market structure and stable coin bills which are in the House and Senate, and I expect those to be passed this here and Trump to sign him into law, and they could be the catalyst that will be the

top of the market. We'll have to wait and see, you know, we'll watch it closely. We'll watch the charts and all the on chain data as well. But all of Wall Street is looking to get a piece of this crypto PI if you want to call it that, and this acid class is here to say if they don't adapt, they will die. Because what's going to happen. As you all know, tokenization is the future of finance.

As Larry Fink Black Rock CEO set, They're going to put all the stocks and commodities, gold, everything on the blockchain, real estate as well, So those assets are going to be traded like crypto. And these assets will be able to reach a truly global market. Many of them are not accessible globally, but you put them on the blockchain and they can be fractionalized trade twenty four to seven and across the world. I've often stated that crypto is

a global asset class. If you have Internet connection on a smartphone. You can participate and you don't have to put a million dollars. You can buy ten dollars a bitcoin, ten dollars of e theorem, ten dollars of XRP, and so on and so forth. This is incredibly bullish news, guys, and once again it follows what Charles Schwab CEO said just about a couple of weeks ago. Now look at this. Google adds blockchain tech to wallet to let users prove

age without sharing data. The new cryptographics system let's users prove they're old enough to use restricted applications without giving more information than required. Folks, I've often talked about the wallet services need to be up to par where it's easy for the average Joe and Jane walking down the street to be able to use this. It needs to feel like Web two but powered by Web three. Technology

like blockchain and privacy is a big factor. And if you have a massive company like Google innovating and building these wallets, it's going to help bringing hundreds of millions of users. Google has a massive user base with Gmail and all their other products, and if they are able to get this right, it will be massive. The on Ram for the average person. Needs to be very simple,

shouldn't have a lot of friction. They should just be able to easily do it, like they're able to do certain things with Web two, but gain the benefits of Web three. So Google is enhancing its wallet service with zero knowledge proof technology for privacy focused age verification. Bumble will be among the first use Google system for verifying user ages without revealing personal data. The technology allows users to confirm age without sharing birth dates, using a blockchain

based method for secure verification. So, folks, you see how blockchain is being used in different ways. And I've been telling you all blockchain will power the economy, the markets, and the governments. This is a great example, and I've often stated that, you know, we still have a lot of things to figure out, but with further iteration and with big players like this, you know, innovating on their end, we're going to figure it out. It's going to get there.

You know. It's like how the Internet grew from the dial up days and slow internet and slow browsers to what we have now. That didn't happen in one year or two years. It took a while, but we got there, right And look at how we use the internet now and it's pretty amazing. So the company said that the dating app Bumble, among others, will be one of the first partners to use the system. Bumble will use digital IDs issued through Google Wallet for userarification, while zero Knowledge

Proofs will handle age confirmation. Incredible, this is so bullish. I'm sharing this with family and friends who still don't understand what the hell is happening here to show blockchain is here to stay and for the first time in history, you can participate early. You can hold a respective token of these blockchains, right, and you want to take your bets. Not everything's going to be a winner, but it is

an opportunity of a lifetime. So just I mean, I'm blown away by this news and even the Morgan Stanley news. I hope you guys see what's happening here. I hope you understand why I'm so bullish on this acid class. It's incredible. Now, folks, quick word from our sponsor and that is v chain. V chain is one of the top Layer one enterprise blockchains out there. I'm a VET

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grow its bitcoin reserve strategy. The firm plans to invest as much as two hundred and fifty million dollars in the Florida based treasury vehicle, so this is interesting. Tokyo based Metaplanet will establish a subsidiary in Florida, Metaplanet Treasury Corp. To enhance its bitcoin treasury strategy. The new entity will be capitalized with up to two hundred and fifty million dollars to support global operation and access US institutional capital.

Florida was chosen for its reputation as a hub for bitcoin innovation and corporate adoption, so they're trying to tap into the institutional capital here in the United States. Smart move on their part because they see what's happening with micro strategy or strategy you know now it's called strategy, and they want a piece of that. So I don't blame them and we'll see though. I know that Mark Usco I believe he's one of the folks who have had on the podcast. He's advising them in some capacity.

Even Donald Trump Junior or Eric Trump I should say Eric Trump is advising them as well. Met a Planet. So I hope you see what's happening here. This is very interesting and I think we're going to see more publicly traded companies do this, folks. It's it's being a big win for a lot of these companies. Now UK's FCA seeks public and industry views on cryptoregulation. We are hearing a lot coming out of the UK. I think they're trying to get their act together with crypto because

they're losing a lot of crypto companies. A lot of them are coming back to the US, so they're trying to update their policies. I don't blame them, but you know, we're seeing a lot of governments around the world do this. They are continuing to iterate on their rules and making them as friendly to crypto as possible. So the Financial Conduct Authority is seeking feedback on various aspects of crypto assets,

including intermediaries and decentralized finance. The discussion paper follows draft legislation by the Treasury aimed at bringing specific crypto assets under FCA regulation. The FCA aims to create a crypto regime that ensures market integrity and consumer protection while allowing innovation. And that is what's happening globally and here in the United States. We're close to that. The EU they got their microregulation done. And look, the first versions of these

regulations are not going to be perfect. I just had Congressman Member on the podcast this week and he highlighted that I think the bills that are going to come out of Congress to President Trump are not going to be perfect. We got to make sure we review them, and we got to make sure there are amendments done if needed for anything that is not aligned with the innovation of this acid class and technology. But folks, this is a global movement, a global acid class, and we're

just seeing dominoes following globally. It's amazing, folks. Last item I want to highlight here. It's regarding the news we heard earlier this week, and that is Ripple looking to acquire Circle, which is the issue of the USD stable Coin attorney John Deeton weighed in, and I thought his perspective is very interesting and worth sharing. He replied to or retweeted a user who highlighted that Ripple's increased bid for Circle isn't confirmed, but there's serious back and forth.

He says, I can confirm Ripple has gone beyond the initial reports of their first public five billion dollar offer, so that's not surprising. You know, Ripple is probably trying to go back and increase their bid, and obviously the bid of four to five billion was rejected by Circle. So attorney John Deeton retweeted that news and said Circle file its S one with the SEC on April first, twenty twenty five, planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CrCL, with JP Morgan Chase

and City Group as the lead underwriters. The IPO is expected this summer. Circle is aiming for a valuation between four to five billion dollars for its IPO, hence the five billion offer by Ripple. What we need to remember is that Circle's valuation of four to five billion is significantly lower than the nine billion valuation it targeted during

a failed SPACK deal in twenty twenty two. Circles rejection of the five billion dollar offer suggests Circle believes its market value, particularly post IPO, is likely to exceed five billion dollars, possible the approaching or surpassing the nine billion from its twenty twenty two SPAC attempt. When you add in the regulatory one eighty we've witnessed with an administration super favorable to crypto in general, coupled with the Stable Genius Act likely to pass, a ten billion dollar deal

is not crazy. So Ripple could offer nine or ten billion dollars here because I think John spot On the regulatory environment's changing, regulations coming and the stable coin market will boom and Circle is in the lead. In the United States now, Tether is still king of the hill. Globally, but within the US it's USDC. And we know Circle and Coinbase are partnered and they push USDC as well.

So it don't blame Circle for saying, hey, give me ten, give me eleven, give me twelve, right, because their valuation and their market share will grow once legislation comes through. Let's see if Ripple is able to pull this off, folks, If Ripple does this, oh my goodness, this would be epic for Ripple, and you can imagine there's gonna be a lot of us DC being issued on the XRP ledger. It would make Ripple a powerhouse crypto company. And with their r L us D, you know, they could really

challenge Tether. I'm not saying they're gonna surve past Tether because people are going to get emotional and all that and say, oh yeah, they're going to be tethered. Well, Teather has a massive first mover advantage and they have established themselves globally. Many different markets are using tether and Circle USDC is not even close. And not to mention r E us D which was recently launched, but Ripple is able to use circles existing infrastructure and everything. That's

that they're doing combined forces. Watch out, Tether. It's gonna take some time, but Teather's really going to have to start looking over their shoulder. Right, You guys understand what I'm saying here. So this is a fascinating story and we'll see what unfolds. It would be really really big or folks, let me know what you think about the news. Leave your thoughts and comments below hit the thumbs up button. A great way you can support me in the podcast

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