 Congratulations to Europe, more specifically Amsterdam, as they come through with the first spot Bitcoin ETF, thereby beating the United States by forever as they actually get it launched. And also we'll take a look at how it looks like the SEC may be pushing their decisions for the spot Bitcoin ETF here in 2024. So again, looks like Europe is doing the right things. They've already got legislation in place. They are already very crypto friendly. And here's another example of how they're wiping the floor with us because of one regulatory agency and their inability to talk about and move forward with the crypto process. So Europe's first spot Bitcoin ETF is going live. Fidelity digital assets manages its custodial responsibilities. If that name sounds familiar, well, it really should because Fidelity also filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF on Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust refiling. They did that on March 24, 2021. And of course, they're waiting for their, their first deadline, which hasn't hit so far, but we'll see how it goes here in the United States. So here's what's going on in Europe. So the spot Bitcoin ETF is going live on Euronext Amsterdam, Jacobi asset management, launched the Bitcoin ETF, which is a, I thought it was interesting, a green friendly digital asset fund that aligns with the EU's sustainable finance guidelines. This is, I gotta be, it has to be a lesson for you. If there is an obstacle, you can fight that obstacle as much as you can, or you just say, you know what, we're just going to go around this obstacle in the way that is best for us. So in this situation, that's exactly what they did because we have the same ESG policies here and there's a big problem. But in Amsterdam, they're like, well, let's just go around it. How they do that? Well, the asset manager has added a verifiable renewable energy certificate or REC to the ETF. The fund employs external data to measure the energy usage linked to Bitcoin in the ETF. Jacobi then buys and retires corresponding renewable energy certificates. They recognize tool for buying green energy. Proof of these RECs is digitally logged on a blockchain. So it's provable, allowing ETF investors to verify the eco-friendly assertion. So I gotta tell you, bravo to this fund, bravo to the EU moving forward. You guys did a great job. And what did that do to the price of Bitcoin today? Zip. Absolutely nothing. So I know people talk about, you know, how this ETF is going to be great and maybe in America it is, but today, last 24 hours, we're actually down 0.5% over flat 0.0 at a whopping $29,200. And everything's pretty much across the board, except for Dogecoin, 24 hours down 5%. But hey, what are you going to do? So that's on that side. Now let's take a look at what's going on in a good old US event. Here's all the different businesses or ETFs that are being filed. There's plenty of them. And REC has already had their second deadline blown through. Now they're waiting for the third deadline. And of course, the final deadline in January. But everything kind of happens around March, March 15th, 14th, somewhere around there. So just keep that in mind of 2024. And I was tagged today by my friend, Simon Dixon. And he says, hey, USA really does not want their retirees to protect themselves from USD inflation before Bitcoin's next halving. Of course, he tags me because we have a bet. And the bet is, I believe in all honesty, that this ETF will not be approved. I've talked about this three or four times in the last three or four days. So I'm not going to go over it. But this is essentially what we have. And for this piece of information, I again, think to myself, well, in all honesty, that's not a no of what's going on here. So the piece itself says, this is from bitcoinnews, bitcoinnews.com. You can check them out. Good site. Great stuff. It says breaking the SEC delays all ETF approvals to early 2024. Now I couldn't find that specific article over there. I'm sure it's there. I just maybe just didn't look hard enough. But I actually saw this today the whole day. And the first place I saw it was over on Whale at Whale Chart. And it says breaking SEC delays all Bitcoin ETF decisions until 2024. I actually went to the SEC website. I Google searched it. I can't find anything. Now, maybe you could help me. But I'm not going to say that this is exactly what's going on. This is an example of where you should be a little bit leery about the news that you're getting in. Of course, people are like, where's your, well, this one says sauce. I think they need source. And really just comes down to where is the source? No one really has an idea of where this actually come from, except some Twitter account, which says this is what it is. So even if it is it isn't or isn't, I really doesn't really matter to me. Again, it's the narrative. But if it is true, it does lend a little bit of credence. If they're going to push it all the way 2024, they're not even going to go through the deadlines and what's the point? And maybe, we'll see if I'm actually right in this, but I got to stress this enough. I would rather be wrong and rich than right and poor. If I am wrong, then the SEC approves the ETF. Everything's good. I'm happy. Everybody's happy. And if I'm right, well, that's bad news for me anyhow. So let me know what you think about in the comments section. Will this ETF be approved? Hopefully it will, but I have my reservations. And then also, I found this interesting today. First of all, congratulations to the XRP community for being so strong throughout their lawsuit with the SEC and beating them so far. So congratulations. But this was a report, SRB, which is a Sharia Review Bureau, works with French institutions seeking Sharia compliance for businesses around the world licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain. Has released a paper on the XRP ledger concluding that XRP can be deemed Sharia compliant. That's pretty big. First of all, what's Sharia law? As you may know, I am not Muslim. And also, as you may know, this is a bad idea right now to talk about religion and or politics, which I've already talked about ad nauseam yesterday as far as the politics. And now I'm going to throw in the religion and make sure I can get everybody else to hate me. But here we go. So Sharia, or Shariat, is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from religious precepts of Islam is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and Hadith. So I thought this was a pretty big win, honestly, for the XRP and XRP army and ripple itself, because that means that, of course, more people that are within the Muslim faith can go, well, this is compliant with Sharia law, which is what I just talked about. However, I had to ask that question on Twitter. And I said, can Muslims hold and transact in crypto or not according to Sharia law? And there's a lot of a lot of answers. But basically come out of this, it's very nuanced, and I am not going to get into it. But basically, it comes out of this is that according to Sharia law, I'm not a Muslim, but any kind of gambling tokens, I don't think that will be in compliance or any kind of yield bearing accounts for crypto. So I could see then why XRP itself would be considered compliant. And then so there's that one. And then also there's another one called Islamic coin when I was doing the research for this, I came across this one Islamic coin. And this one, it was interesting because it's become compliant with Sharia law. And then, of course, I thought the interesting part here was that there's 1 billion Muslim internet users and 720 billion. If they get 3% of that, that's a 720 billion market cap or 1.25 and 10 and 20. And of course, this one is being touted by a lot of sheiks and things like that. But I don't know. I just thought it was interesting that there's coins out there for that. Before anybody asks, nobody paid me for any of this talking or XRP hasn't paid me or Islamic coin is interesting of different nuances of crypto. And then to wrap it up, gaming and Web 3. Now I believe that Web 3 and gaming blockchain is going to be huge in the next bull run. And this was big. This is from semi.eth, a digital asset consultant. I'll link his Twitter account in the description. But he says Zynga announced its first Web 3 game Sugar Town. I was like, I don't believe that is made much to me. But this piqued my interest with 200 million monthly active users. This is the catalyst Web 3 gaming needs. And I was like 200 million. And at first I thought to myself, like, is it 200 million of Sugar Town? Is that it? But that doesn't even launch. So I had to go to Zynga, the website. And this is Zynga, which makes sense, right? And I want you to think about this 200 million monthly users. And now they're going to put a Web 3 game in when maybe you could earn an NFTs or tokens or whatever else it is. But I want you to notice something on Zynga. Do you notice any AAA red games? Like, you know, super great games, any of that? No, you don't. There is a big market for casual gaming. This is their feature games, Farmville, Harry Potter, Puzzle and Spell, Games of Thrones, Words with Friends, Zynga Poker, a racing game and something Dragon's goofy game, whatever. So look, I know people like, they kind of like chuckle at the whole gaming thing. But gaming is huge. And I've talked to this many times. I've given statistics, but I haven't really showed you. This is from Exploding Topics. And it's actually from Statista. And it talks about how many gamers are out there. Well, globally, you got almost 8 billion people, 7.8 billion, correct me in the comments. That's what I've, as I understand it, so many people got in the world. But how many gamers are out there? Globally, there are approximately 3.09 billion active video game players. Just remember, even though you may be in the third world country, or maybe wherever you're at, first world country, whatever. A lot of these are from places you have access to a smartphone. And some places have access to the internet. Now a lot of places do not. That is true. That's why you don't have 7.8 billion people walking around playing games their phone. They don't have access to it. But right now, 3.09 billion active users. By 2024, they're expected to be 3.32 billion gamers worldwide. Asia has 1.5 billion gamers. And of course, the same thing over here. And then gamers by region, Asia, Outstrips, everybody, then Europe, Latin America, North America. That's why, like in the comments, I see this like, well, who's a gamer in North America, which is 46% of my demographic who watched this channel. Yes, there's not a lot of gamers here. But in Asia, Europe, pretty big. And then also a couple of things to finish up. Age group, 18 to 34 years old, 38%. That's a pretty big diff. And then lastly, how many of these figures translate to gamers on a global scale? And at those 3.08 or 3.23 billion people, almost 2 billion people are casual gamers. 63%. The AAA-ranked games of action, shooting, racing, adventure, great. But where you're going to make the most money, I think the next big thing for Web 3 is going to be games like this. And it's going to look at like a game like this, which is Sugartown, the game they were talking about. Again, no one reached out to me or paid me. So don't ask me in the comments section. I'm telling you right now, if I get paid, I got to tell you, that's why I have sponsors like I trust. However, Sugartown, it's an interesting game. What the heck is it? Maybe something to look into. What is Sugartown? Web 3 gaming platform, Transmedia IP, created by ZW3. We created to bring fun and valuable players while helping to push the Web 3 space forward. And now this is it. Because I thought Sugartown was just the game itself, but Sugartown is a Web 3 gaming platform that's designed to go wide and deep with games and lore, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So this looks pretty good. Maybe something you can check out. Maybe a big thing, not for sure. But links in the description, you can check it out. And lastly, sometimes I think I'm talking to myself, unfortunately. And yesterday we talked about Coinbase. And specifically, we talked about the earnings report. And it came out that the majority of the earnings came from subscription and services, subscription like Coinbase One. But did you know, I didn't cover this yesterday, not in length, I should have, that 36% of Coinbase's net revenue is from USD and staking. And I said very clearly here, Coinbase can't stake your crypto unless you leave on the exchange. What's my third rule right underneath me? Don't leave any 0% exchanges. Don't leave on exchanges. And I said, I guess I'm talking myself because people aren't listening. And there was a response and I blurred out that this individual's Twitter accounts, I don't want them getting bombarded with comments. They said, you know, people have been trusting Microsoft or Amazon or Google with their data for years. Why not trust Coinbase? Only trust your cold wallet stuff is overrated. And I'll just leave it with this. This is why I'm stepping down the next bull run. Because the things that I talk about, I told you that people are just going to blow over it and they're not going to listen to me. And it's just going to be repeating a same cycle again and again and again. So when the bull run comes, I have a video in the description. It talks about when I'm going to sell 80% of my crypto and that's pretty much it. I'm going to step down. I will come back to this channel during the bear market. But at that point, I can just see what's coming. There's going to be a massive bear market. It's going to be huge. People are going to make a ton of money. They're going to get ahead of themselves. They're going to think it's going to go up forever. They're not going to listen to the rules that I laid out that have protected me and a lot of people. And it's just going to be a big S show. So why stick around for that? So not to be a wet blanket, but that's it for today. So, everybody, thanks so much for stopping by. I appreciate it. 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