HUGE CRYPTO NEWS! NASDAQ KRAKEN TOKENIZATION & INSURANCE BROKER STABLECOINS!

**Tony Edward** (0:05)
Hey everyone, welcome into the Thinking Crypto Podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. I'm your host Tony Edward. On your way in, please hit that subscribe button as well as the thumbs up button and leave a comment below. If you're listening on a podcast platform such as Spotify or Apple, please leave a five star rating and review. Okay folks, let's quickly start off with the price of Bitcoin and the charts because we're seeing some strength here despite the market downturn that we saw yesterday and even the stock market with its futures in the red. Both are actually up today and specifically with Bitcoin, it is still trying to break out of that consolidation zone or channel here and it's attempting to break out again. So still seeing some positive signs. There's no guarantees here though, right? As always, we're looking at probabilities, but the ideal scenario is a relief rally up to about 80 to 85K. Maybe it overshoots and we hit the 90s and then all coins outperform Bitcoin. But again, no guarantees here. We could still see Bitcoin roll over to lows before we have any type of major relief rally. So this is something to just keep in mind. The positive signs is the MACD on the daily chart shows the bulls are still in control. The RSI continues to move away from the oversold zone and it has room to run. So that's very good. On the weekly chart, the RSI is still in the oversold zone, but it's starting to move away. And then the inverse correlation to all of this is the USDT dominance. So the stablecoin liquidity, that is continuing to show weakness and looks like it's going to break down. So if that's breaking down, it means stablecoin liquidity is starting to enter the market. So again, the inverse correlation. So this is why we want to look at all these different things. And we have the relief rally. Now, again, this is not a move to new all-time high. So please don't get me wrong. We are in a bear market. It is because we have had such oversold conditions, extreme oversold conditions, levels that have signaled the bear market bottom. In the previous bear markets like the FTX crash in 2022, $3,000 in December 2018, things along those lines. Plus you have extreme fear. People have given up. People are putting out negative things about Bitcoin. There are articles saying Bitcoin is pointless and crypto is pointless and nothing can be saved anymore, right? So they're writing the death sentence of crypto yet again. But that's for the masses. But you and I, who are financially educated, we're looking at the charts, the fundamentals, the on-chain metrics, the macro and much more. So fingers crossed that we get this relief rally. It'll be really nice. And I'm going to be looking to take some profits. And of course, once we roll over the test lows again, or go further down, maybe into the 50Ks for Bitcoin, look to accumulate. So that's my strategy. And I will continue to update you guys as things progress. We are seeing some buying. So Michael Saylor's strategy has bought $1.3 billion in Bitcoin. And their holdings are now over 738,000 Bitcoin. This is insane. And obviously, I hope this works out for Michael Saylor, because if it doesn't and there's a collapse, it will be pretty catastrophic for the market. I'm still wary of what he's doing with the amount of debt he's raising. You know, I don't like the amount of leverage. And it just sets up a house of cards that could be easily taking down, because he's going to have a target on his back. And I think he already has a target on his back. A lot of people are trying to short the hell out of micro strategy and take down sailor, right? Those who are anti crypto, anti Bitcoin, or just want to see him fail what he's doing here. So let's hope nothing bad happens here. Crypto funds are also seeing continued inflows. So crypto funds gained $619 million as markets hold up despite oil and war fears. So Bitcoin ETPs turned green year to date with $521 million inflows last week, as total crypto assets rebounded despite geopolitical tensions linked to Iran. So these are all good signs, guys, and we're going to have to see how it all plays out. Now something that's very interesting for Bitcoin, the total Bitcoin mine has crossed $20 million. So there's only $1 million BTC left to be mined. But this is where it gets fascinating, is that it will take another 114 years to mine, because that's how the algorithm is set up, and the difficulty rate increases. It becomes much harder, much more difficult to mine Bitcoin. So we know that there's not fully $20 million out there. There's a lot of Bitcoin that has been lost, right? And people who have lost their private keys, threw away hard drives, all these things. So it is not truly $20 million that has been mined, and it's going to be less than $21 million once it's all said and done. But pretty incredible, 114 years to mine the next $1 million. That's certainly going to be beyond the lifespan of many of us who are here, but we want to take advantage of the technology and asset class, but pretty incredible when you think about it. Now folks, a great place where you can buy Bitcoin, all coins and even gold and silver is on iTrust Capital, and you can do it via an IRA where you get huge tax benefits. So if you have a long-term view on these asset classes, you can invest via the IRA and get those taxes and exemptions because many of you know there's capital gains taxes when you sell your crypto. Well, you can buy, sell and trade gold and silver and crypto. Once again, in the IRA, you can roll over your existing 401k and IRA to iTrust Capital's version, and you can buy and sell 24-7. It's low cost, no monthly fees. 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Now, folks, the big news of the day is coming from the Nasdaq. So the Nasdaq Exchange partners with Kraken Exchange for issuer-centric tokenized equities. We're seeing stock exchanges, banks, and the biggest financial institutions in the world moving towards tokenization. So it's amazing to see these names in the headlines. Just sometimes I have to pinch myself because I've been here since 2016 I couldn't even imagine the type of adoption we're seeing. Everyone is on board and they're looking to build on blockchain rails. So Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization, is expanding its push into tokenized equities through a partnership with Crypto Exchange Kraken and its infrastructure affiliate BACT. The exchange said Monday it plans to support equity tokenization in a way that preserves issuer control as it looks to connect traditional market infrastructure with blockchain-based networks. Nasdaq has partnered with Payward, Kraken's parent company, and its subsidiary BACT, the issuer behind X-Stox, to develop an equities transformation gateway. Here's a quote, Tokenization has the potential to unlock the benefits of an always-on financial system, enhancing how investors access markets, how issuers engage with shareholders, Nasdaq President Tal Cohen said. The plan builds on Nasdaq's tokenization proposal filed with the US SEC regulators in September 2025, as well as Kraken's acquisition of X-Stox, issuer backed in December. This is huge, guys. Again, we've been talking about it for years. The direction is the token economy, no more opening or closing bell, 24-7, 365 trading, no holidays and weekends and all that.