 Welcome to Digital Assets News, the top stories in cryptocurrency and digital assets and bring them down to bite-sized pieces. Today we've got some pretty good stories about acceptance. First up, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary reverses stance on Bitcoin, says crypto is here to stay, invests 3% of his portfolio. And this is after years of him talking trash about cryptocurrency and Bitcoin in general. So the real question is what changed his mind? So we'll take a look at that. Also on top of this Robinhood expects to pay $26.6 million in refine. And really it all comes down to is that these fines are just a cost-doing business. And finally we'll take a look at the deadless wallet from IOHK as they are reporting to have a first-ever multi-asset wallet. And this is just more great news for Cardano. So before we get into that first, let's take a look at what's going on in the market. Today is, I think it's the first, March 1st. Hey, congratulations, we made it. It is 9.40 p.m. Houston, Texas time. And that's the reason why, first of all, the backdrop looks a little bit different. And second of all, it's because I didn't do a video yesterday because I drove in from El Paso and I'm just too tired to do it. But I'm sure nothing really happened yesterday. I mean, it's just cryptocurrency. Now, like things change all the time. What are you going to do? Anyhow, so this is our Houston place. Just to see you get a feel for it. Here we are, nice on the lake, a little pretty good. But we're here today. Well, first of all, to see our grandson and second of all, to close on an investment property. So hopefully, the investment property happens. Who knows? Hopefully we get to close. But anyhow, here's what's going on into the market. So today and yesterday, yesterday was a pretty bad day for a lot of things. I mean, if you look at it like it is a bad day because things dropped off the face of the planet, they're just a big dip. And it wasn't like a crash, it was just a dip. And if you're new to the space, just know that 10%, 15%, 20% a day, that's sometimes normal. And that's just the way it is. So there's some market players don't really get it until they really come into this space. But don't worry, because usually we have a nice little rebound like what we have today. So we see Bitcoin, it's up 10%, 24 hours, Ethereum 15%, Cardano 2, finance coin making some huge gains, 25% in 24 hours. Wow. If you caught that dip, congratulations. Tether's Tether, what he really cares, Polkadot, 14%. Except you watch out 6%. Whoa. Yeah, big stuff and like one. So I think everything is pretty much up across the board. I mean, if you're in the red and kind of weird dye, that's fine. But just so you know, we've got a market cap. We had almost slipped to like 1.3 something trillion, which is a pretty big dip from the 1.7. But just remember, this is the thing. When you have these big dips, you have to take advantage. I'm not giving you financial advice, this is just what I did. As soon as I saw that dip yesterday, we started off pretty early in the drive. I looked over my wife. I said, look, today is a day that you have to buy more. And whatever you're doing, dollar cost averaging, I need you to increase it by at least 20% and go from there. Because I mean, it could go down again, it could go up, but we know where things are going if you look at the four-year cycles. And that's just the way it is. I know people have also told me, like Rob, you don't understand what's going on. You have to understand that this is a toy different market, and it will keep going up, and it'll be massive to the moon, baby. Well, just so you know, there's always going to be traders. There's always going to be greedy people. There's always going to be manipulation. I mean, we're going to look at the Robin Hood story in a bit. So nothing really changes. I mean, there are some players like a Michael Saylor that just bought up more Bitcoin today, and he will always, but there's going to be a lot of people who are just here to trade, sell, stock up, manipulate and do all those things. So when people say this is a toy different market, a little bit, but it's still the same game. Anyhow, let's jump into today's top story. So first up, this guy always tick me off. Because first of all, you know, when he debates people and he talks about people, he just throws out this huge word salad and doesn't really get, let people really get into all the specific points. Kevin Lear is smart guy. I'm not going to take it away from him. He's on Shark Tank. He made a lot of great investments. But when he was talking to Pompliano about Bitcoin, he said like 10 different points, and it's like a, you know, a seven minute segment. And Tom's like, I don't know what you wanted to do here, because I mean, I can only answer one or two of those points. So it just goes to show you also that if you're waiting for the smart money to tell you where to go, you're too late. And here you go, because I'm guaranteed. I can't guarantee anything. Okay. But I'm 99% sure Kevin bought crypto way earlier and way more than what he's letting on, because, you know, nobody just is like, Oh, 50,000 now, I could have got it to five or 10 or 20 or 30 or 40. I'll give it a 50. True. So anyhow, Shark Tank's Kevin Lear versus Dance. What does he say? And why does he say it's a big thing? He states this, I actually think that digital currencies are here to stay. This is an interview with CNBC. Most people are willing to hold them, including institutions over the last 90 days are willing to deal with the volatility. I'm fascinated. I'm investing. I'm holding a 3% waiting in it between the frame and Bitcoin. The volatility sickens me. But I'm getting used to it. And the thing about this is that I don't really care that Kevin lear is into it. I don't personally care. I know you really, I mean, you might say this is a good news or bad news or whatever else. But the reason why I am excited about Kevin, you know, coming over is because when people hear these public figures coming over to Bitcoin, then they sort of feel like, Oh, it's not so bad. Oh, it's not a Ponzi scheme like Dr. Doom, whatever his name is, Nairobi, Nairobi, I always forget his name, Robini, that's it. And, you know, all these gold bugs talk about, so well, Kevin lear is into it and he's a very successful businessman. You know, I'll just model that and I'll go after it. So that's why I report on these things because it just moves a needle. It's just the game of inches like football, right? So if we can just get there a little bit one step at a time, so much the better. And if you're going to have Kevin learie, you know, tell people something in public and do something in private, I don't care just as long as he gets with the game plan and lets people know that, Hey, this is a great opportunity once in a lifetime generational type of thing. So I've already come on board, come on the life rack, we'll see what happens. So to finish up, he says, And finally, I'm starting to think about how do I invest in the infrastructure of mining Bitcoin? Just so you know, old transparency, I also invest into stocks, not financial advice. I like Tesla. I like Airbnb. I think once people get vaccinated, they're going to start to, you know, really travel and need things. And I also invest in something called marathon or Mara. That's a ticker named Mara. And it is a mining company. And it's shot up tremendously. And I got to give a shout out to my friend George, you know, Paso, he's the one that got me into it and it's like, Hey, man, you gotta get the Mara. And this, you know, not paid for more, I've been investing them for, you know, I think four or five months now. And it's been pretty well. So if you're kind of iffy about the crypto game, you can do your own research and look into stocks. And then just to go down, the real question is why did, why is he saying this now? And the reason he says is because I change, he states this, I change when the facts change, he states, Canadian, Swiss and many other regulators have done a 180 on Bitcoin. This is a game changer for many investors including me. I know he's always talked about, I'd like to do ETFs because I feel more comfortable in doing those things. That's fine. Whatever this guy needs to feel comfortable to get in, you know, a little bit more heavy, sure. Do I think that he's not in the past? No, but that's just me. Let me know what you think in the comment section. Let's move on to our next piece. So next up, Robin Hood expects to pay a fine. And I'm not going to spend too much time on this. It's just that just so you know that all this manipulation by the big companies, by the JP and Morgans, by the different banks, they don't care. They don't care because the fines are the cost of doing business. And this is what's going on here. So Robin Hood, the popular stock app announced on Friday, the US regulators were preparing to probe its trading restrictions on shares of GameStop. And the SEC filing that they just put out, Robin Hood all stated is preparing to pay at least $26 million with Fenra, not over the GameStop restrictions, but over trading outages in March of 2020. So that's interesting. And it's options trading policies around approval and display. So a couple of things to unpack here. First of all, this $26 million isn't because of the GameStop situation. They know what's coming. They're getting ramped up. They are cooperating with the SEC, which is a pretty smart move because if not, they can just crush you. So yeah. But again, they have a $26 million for outages. Let's see how much they made over the last couple of years, shall we? So in 2017, Robin Hood made $21 million. 2018, 69, 2019, 111. And in 2020, they made $682 million revenue. So do you think that $26 million is anything big to them? They don't care. They're like, hey, $26 million. Like my cigars with that. So that's just the cost of it. They're probably going to pay more for the GameStop. But they don't care. They don't care because first of all, don't sue me, anybody. But I believe no facts that all these guys talk to each other, all these brokerages and mutual fund places or, you know, financial institutions that go, hey, hedge funds, that's what I'm trying to say. Hey, what can we do here? We're going to lose a lot of money. Can you help us out? Sure. We'll just do this. I mean, in public, we can skirt around it, but I got you. And that's what I think it is. I could be wrong. I mean, it's just a thought, just a feeling. I'm not saying there's any proofs. Again, don't sue me. But that's what I think is going on here. And also, it's not all gloom and doom for the company, which is preparing to go public. Robin Hood is valued at $20 billion, adding added $6 million crypto users already in 2021. So $6 million is pretty good. A couple of things here. Also, Coinbase is preparing to go public. The IPO, they're estimated, I think, around $20 something billion as it's trading on a private market. And I hope the money that they have, they can start to get into hiring more customer service and maybe some more programmers. Someone said it pretty well. They said, if you have more lawyers than programmers and customer support, then you had a problem as far as a platform. And that's exactly what's going on here. So if these guys get dinged for a outages, can you only imagine what's going to happen to Coinbase when everything goes public and stuff like that? Hopefully they're showing that up. I don't know. Let me just think of the comment section. We'll go on to our last piece. And last up, if you are new to the channel, welcome. Thanks for stopping by. Just so you know, I'm biased. And all the things that I invest into, I talk a lot about just how it is. And I make no bones about it. I mean, some people will tell you, I'm not biased. I think they're sure. I think they're not. But I am. And I invest in Cardano and Bitcoin, Ethereum and Chainlink and all these different things. So when this story like this comes up, probably going to talk about it. So this is what's going on. So there is the Mary Hard Fork. It's supposed to happen today. And they state that it's in a Twitter feed. Well, we're happy to report that we have just released our first ever multi-asset Daedalus wallet. So I was all excited. I downloaded it. I'm like, ah, shoot, this isn't the one. And the reason why it's not the one. It says they just released the public testnet only just for now. It offers multi-asset support enabling developers and SPOs, state providers, state provider operators to test sending and receiving native tokens alongside ADA with the brand new interface. Tomorrow evening, the release of Daedalus flight wallet time with the Mary Hard Fork. And this is what before I'd actually report on this. And they said they put out a new wallet. I was like, I don't see this wallet, but there's going on. And of course, I just didn't know that they have flight wallets. Like they actually do their due diligence and go, Hey, test this out, see what's going on. And then let us know what works or what doesn't, which is what a good company should do. And that's what's going on. So things are moving along. They said that we're going to do it. And they're doing it. And I'm very happy with that. On top of the fact that with the Mary Hard Fork, it ushers in the Gogan era with the smart contracts, developers can start to build on it, non-fungible tokens, decentralized finance, the whole shebang. On top of everybody's being able to build on top of Cardano, just like they were able to build on Ethereum in the ICO craze. So I expect big things from Cardano. I don't know if it's going to 10X, but I got a price range of around five bucks. That's what I think. Again, not financial advice. Just thought I'd see it. All right. So look, that's it for today. I just wanted to do a quick little video to tell you what's going on. And that is it. So if you made it all the end, thanks for stopping by. If you liked it, why don't you hit the thumbs up. Also consider subscribing is the thing we talk about, our time sensitive, like the stories we just said right there. And then if you like these types of videos, I'll link to in the left and right, let YouTube do its magic. And that is all. 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