 Welcome to digital asset news to get top stories and cryptocurrency assets and break them down to bite-sized pieces. Today, interesting stuff. First up, Theta collaborates with Chainlink to fight online video ad fraud. And this is big news for both of these cryptocurrencies. And the question really is asked, can Google and YouTube even keep up? Continuing on with that same thing, Chainlink emerges as top performer in Q3 2020. What does Q4 hold? We're going to take a look at price analysis and the different partnerships that are happening, as well as some poor reporting. Before we break the market, I have to tell you that my man, Freddie, over at Shieldfolio or Stonebook, came through big time. He's given everybody a 15% off coupon if they want to purchase the Stonebook. Now, this thing's great. I've got it. It lasts forever. It's tear resistant, it's water resistant, it's chemical resistant, all that stuff. And it's where I keep all my private keys, my mnemonic phrases, my seed phrases, and everything else. And I just know that I'm not going to actually lose it. And it's just fantastic. So also, it's got this cool like James Bond thing where you can write an invisible link and then, you know, save all your different past phrases. So I like that. So in the description of every one of my videos from now on, there's going to be a link. And it's going to look just like this. If you click on that, it's going to shoot you over to Shieldfolio where you're going to take 15% off of the already low price. And Freddie, I want to say thanks so much because I've got this thing. It's fantastic. People ask me about it. I'm like, just go to Shieldfolio and I've been bugging him for a while for this discount. He finally gives it to us. So great. We'll take that and off we go. So on top of that, good news. Let's take a look at the market. The 10 of 25th, it is about about 3 p.m. Texas time. And as usual, falling behind because I can't seem to catch up, but Bitcoin is catching up a little bit, almost hitting that 11k barrier, roughly around 10.7. So I will take that market cap, almost hitting that 200 billion mark. Fantastic. Ethereum, finally up above 350. I'll take it. Heather's Tether. An XRP, up a whopping 4.5%, 24 cents. Chain link's up massively, 8.6%. And we're going to take a look at Alex Maschioli had a couple of pretty smart guys as far as TA analysis. And they were the ones that actually said that Chain link would go down to 1050 when it was like 18. I was like, no, that's not going to happen. Here we are. So what can I say? Wrong again. And then we've got Polkadot 1.1% up. I mean, everything's up across the board. I like it in Cardano. Wow. Almost hitting that 10 cents marks. I like that 17%. Let's see. What else is big time? Stellar 5.6%. Nothing too bad. 5% for Vechain, 10% for Ave. Very nice. 11% for Synthetic. So finally DeFi bound. Finally, DeFi gets a little bit of a pump. Just kidding. They always get pumps. So good for them. 10%. Whoa. Hey, Celsius Network is at number 50. Our Celsius token, 87 cents. This is going on a massive run. And if you know anything or been on this channel, I believe in Celsius. I really like what they're doing over there. And I've got 30% of my portfolio in Celsius. So if you're looking for information on them, look in the description of my videos. There's even a link that looks just like this. And it's going to send you to the spreadsheet. And it's going to go over everything. But yeah, Celsius. Wow. Big time. 45% for the week. And I think they've done over a billion in loans already. Somebody checked me on that, but I could have sworn I saw that on the Twitterverse. What else do we have? 10%. Nothing really too much. So all right. So good for the market. We're not in a sea of red, but overall we're still down. But we'll see how it all works out. Let's jump into today's top story. So first up, this is actually sent to me by Ivan McKeever. So thanks. I've been really appreciated. He sent me this article, which talks about Theta collaborates with Chainlink to fight online fraud. And these are two of my holds. So I like to hear two of those stories. Now, just so you know, I'm biased. And that's just the truth. I tried not to be trying to cover everything. But there's always something in the back of my head is going, talk about this, talk about this. And here we are. Theta and Chainlink. But really, it is a pretty great article. So first up, Theta has been collaborating with Chainlink in the past several months, building innovative blockchain based technology to solve the multi billion dollar ad fraud problem. And ad frauds are all over the place. Either there are a bunch of scammers out there. But what really happens is, if you ever use Google AdWords, I've bought and sold different ads for my companies and different companies for Google AdWords. And I can tell you right now, when somebody clicks on your ad for Google AdWords, it can cost you a ton of money. We're talking millions, millions and millions of dollars. And actually, it's been it's been billion. So you have to fight against that because what people will do, your competitors, they will hire bots to click on your ads. And those ads, every time you get a click, could be between $1 and $100 depending on what kind of industry you're in. And if you do that enough, well, you're out the game. And this is actually a pretty big solution for people like me, big businesses and just people in general. So their solution they talk about uses Google's big data, big query to process video performance data, generate on the Theta network and create a reputation score for each streamer based on their viewership. Chainlink oracles and broadcast the reputation scores to the Ethereum blockchain where they are stored as immutable records for online advertisers to reference when deciding where to allocate capital. So real quick, let's take a look at Theta. So this is Theta.TV. And this is all just a streaming service from everything from you have, you have anime, you have fail army, you have crypto YouTubers, you have gamers and everything that you can think of is right here. And it's pretty cool because it uses the Theta token. And you actually earn T-Fuel just for watching videos. And you can tip your favorite creators with Theta. And it's, I mean, our T-Fuel and it's, it works out pretty well. It's pretty awesome. I like it. So what's great about this is as time moves on, YouTube is not the only game in town for creators. We just saw that with Joe Rogan as he moves over to Spotify. And this is another type of streaming service that could eat YouTube's lunch. Right now it's streaming, but the plans are to be on demand type of movies, on demand type of videos, pretty much just like how YouTube has it. And actually I have a streaming key. I need to set this up and start streaming on Theta because it is actually one of my holds and I'm believing what the project is doing. Anyhow, let's jump back. So for me, I think this is pretty cool as like an online advertiser, like I could go into all the data and just take a look at and go, oh, I like this person, this person, this person specifically, and then go from there. Now you can kind of do that on YouTube. You can kind of do a lot of those things. You can actually advertise on specific videos, but it's a little cumbersome. And I like this whole process that they're talking about, a reputation score for each streamer. So that is why I really need to get on this. Anyhow, moving on. Our design that state combines the inherent capabilities of the Theta blockchain to redundantly validate video content data and chain links ability to secure off chain data delivery with the benefits of data processing provide advertises a golden source of truth regarding online content viewership filtering out ad frauds and false metrics. So what are they talking about here? What are they saying about all this different fraud? So to skip ahead, it states the difficulty derives from malicious content creators who are able to fake viewership data through the usage of click farms and non human bots ultimately infletting their click through rate and tricking advertisers into thinking an advertisement was viewed by real users when an actuality wasn't. So as an advertiser, there's nothing worse than looking at your return on ad spend, RLAD, and looking at it and go, wow, I didn't make any type of sales or very few sales for what I actually sold or, you know, actually purchased. So this is the problem. And these types of streamers are doing these types of things are not just streamers, but creators. And of course, you can do that here in theta. So I like that whole, that whole fact. And that's the whole thing with decentralization, open everything up, making things more transparent. And it states it's estimated that in 2019, the worldwide cost of digital ad fraud was 19 billion. And then it's going to be 44 billion 2022. And then going back to what it says right here is that it talking about trend research shows that 610 people now prefer online video platforms compared to live TV. And by 2025, it'll be over 50%. So I don't know about you, but when I'm looking for entertainment or things to watch, it's usually YouTube or it is Netflix or Amazon Prime. I don't really turn the TV on that much anymore, except for sports. So I see where everything is going and it is away from the old model. Moving down, the solution we have engineered with Chainlink will be the first blockchain based approach to reduce digital ad fraud and increase the effectiveness of each dollar spent. So it's a funny thing because if you really think about it, how can YouTube kind of compete with that when you have all the different things that are going on the background that will help for advertisers to actually get an increased return on ad spend or all AD or return on investment or whatever you want to call it. So that's a pretty good thing. But if you really look down at it, you have to understand that who owns YouTube? It's Google. And who is partnered up with Theta? Google. So Google is not going to go away, unfortunately. That's just how it is. Google is a huge multi-billion bordering on a trillion dollar company. I can't remember the actual price right now. But it is one of those things where we try to get away from big business. We try to get away from big corporation. And what happens? We just fall right back into the same type of thing. And with Theta, I mean, I think it'll be huge. I think it'll be big. But unfortunately, there'll be Google right behind it. And Google is, just depends on how you see it. But I think for the space to move forward and advance, we need these big partnerships. Now, as time goes on, maybe they will be phased out. But I don't think so. I think they'll be around for quite a while. But we will see. Let me know what your thoughts are in the comments section. And this actually leads us into the next part, which when we talk about scammers, because there's scammers everywhere, there's scammers all over YouTube. Now, we've even got scammers on CoinGecko, which is kind of odd. So let's jump into the office for Q&A. Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the office for Q&C of the day. There's going to be some corrections from yesterday's video. So the first one here, the question of the day, comes from Thomas. And Thomas says, hey, Rob, I think you'll love this one for your video. Here's the question, this exact moment on CoinGecko. There is one and exclusively one ad on top of the website that redirects this page claiming China has officially backed a cryptocurrency. So a couple of things to unpack here. First of all, CoinGecko is my go-to place. And I never see any ads on there because I use the brave browser. If you don't have the brave browser, check in the description, download it. It works fantastic. You can get all the way through the internet and have to look at ads, which I love. So when I saw this, I'm like, they even have ads there. And of course, that's because I was brave. So on there, you can clearly see there's an ad right there, smack dab in the middle. And it talks about how China has accepted a cryptocurrency. And when you click on that, there is a little article and it talks about how China officially backs crypto and establish it as their official coin. And it looks like it's from Forbes, but in the actual address bar, it says super duper duper bit. So whatever. So right there, that's a strike against it. And then Thomas, that's definitely a scam. And of course, he knows this. He just kind of sent this to me as a tongue-in-cheek. And he just said that he went there. He asked the people if that was really the deal. And of course, they swore up and down that China has their own cryptocurrency. So if you're not initiated and don't know, I mean, China does a lot of crazy things, right? So if you're not in this space, you're probably like, well, sure, they did that. But of course, we know. And the big thing I just want to get across is that if you ever think that is a scam or too good to be true, probably is. Always go to the official website if you can, or do your own research. Or if you just can't figure it out, just send me a message. And I will 10 times out of 10 tell you it's a scam. Well, nine times out of 10. I mean, there actually is some good things out there. People actually asked about the Uniswap airdrop and they thought it was a scam. Like, no, no, you're actually going to get tokens if you very use Uniswap. So it's one of those rare occurrences. So that is that part for a cue of the day. And then the next part I want to get into is correction of the day. And yesterday, we did a video on Coinbase integrating with USAA, which is my favorite bank. I've had that bank since I was an 18-year-old kid in the Army. And it's just fantastic. It's my personal bank account. I have business bank accounts, and they all suck, but it is what it is. But USAA is fantastic. And when I did that video, it was pretty exciting to me, as I actually pointed out. I had never seen an integration before. However, on the Twitterverse, I had a nice response from JS. JS, thank you for correcting me. He says, hey, well, he didn't really say anything. He goes, hey, here's the Coinbase blog from 2016. They had integrated this in 2016 with USAA. And I looked at it, and sure enough, there it is. So I don't know if Coinbase had or USAA had integrated this in 2016 and then done away with it and then part of back, or if it's been the whole time, because I've never seen it. But just to state the obvious, that was my fault. I didn't see it. So it's a correction on me and made a mistake on that one. However, it's still, to me, bullish news, and it kind of opens up to different questions. First of all, has this always been there, or do they take it away and then bring it back? And even if it's been the whole time, another question is, well, two more things, is why do they make it so hidden? Because I mean, I look at my account once a week for different things. I've never seen that link or anything there. Now there it is. And the second thing was is when I actually contacted customer service, they had no idea what I was talking about. And I was transferred a couple of times and took over 20 minutes. So it's just a weird type of thing. And why is this all coming about now? Maybe they're going to make this more prominent and actually talk about it and actually put it out to the members. I get emails from them all the time. So maybe this will be a bullish thing. But again, this is not a new thing. That's an error on my part. So a little mess up. And the other error, I did a twofer yesterday. And that was that for, I had said that for USAA, for members, I said it seems like anybody can be a member now. And just to clarify, to be a member at USAA, you either have to be active, retired, or aren't separated from the military, an officer, or you can be an adult children, or adult child. It sounds so weird. Just a children of a member, 18 plus years old, who have or had a USAA auto or property insurance. And the same thing with widows and widowers, same type of thing. So these days, I mean, a lot of people have a military member in their family. So it works out like that. But no, not every single person can be a USAA member. And that's it. So those are two corrections. And that's the cue of the day. So that's all for that. All right. So last up, Chainlink emerges as top performer in Q3. What does it mean for moving on to Q4? And this was, I thought it would be a great article, because it started off pretty good. It says crypto rank has taken a look at the performances of top cryptos for the quarter. Chainlink has emerged as the best performing asset. So we take a look at Q3. Chainlink is up plus 84%. It was up plus 84% in Q3. Polkadot, 58%. Binance coin, Ethereum Ripple. I don't know what Ripple is, maybe XRP, 33%. Crypto.com, Bitcoin like on Bitcoin, cash down to negative 2.5%. Oh no. So I'd like to see these little performances. Looks like Bitcoin is still doing pretty good. Hopefully it'll be the breakout star of next year, but we'll have to wait and see. So I was into this article, and then I'm like, Oh, great. And then I get down here and says, you know, Bitcoin can stay in the positive zone by Q3 and just kind of does a little windbag type of segment. And then it says, will Q4 be better? So listen to this, Q3 has recorded significant progress for these assets. Some of them went up by almost a zero from Q2. The question is whether Q4 will do better. That is the question. So answer that. Just like September has had a bad reputation with Bitcoin, Q4 has been a generally good quarter for Bitcoin. Its chance of reaching any well time high is however quite small, as according to a prominent analyst, which I'm sure is like, who knows, Joe Whale, Joe Coindog, who knows, Bitcoin's possibility of touching 20 grand by the end of the year is just about 15%. And that's it. That's the whole article. And I was like, Oh man, so Pon Bang wrote that and Pon Bang, I think he could do better. So I was kind of disappointed. However, it was actually a good thing because I caught Alex Maschioli's live premiere. He talked about Cardano, Chainlink and Theta, but how they're about to take off. If you don't know, I've been in Alex's show a couple of times. I like this guy. He's got a lot of good information. He is traditional finance. He is head of Bequant institutional services. And he's the guy that knows pretty much the biggest players in crypto, as well as people who slosh around a lot of money as might be called whales. So when I want some information as far as like what's going on in that market, I just send him a message and he pretty much just tells me exactly what's going on. But on this episode, he had a couple of TA guys, Monty and CJ. And before we start, I was going to say, I'm not a big believer in TA. I never have been. I'm just an investor. And it's probably because I don't understand it. So if you want to invest and do TA, that's fine. It's cool and everything else. But there's a couple of things that Monty and CJ said, and they're from Market Rebellion. And they have made some big calls lately. Monty here or Matt Montemure, Montemayer, how do you want to say his name? He called the Bitcoin downturn not too long ago. And I was like, no, it's going to keep going up. And he also called the link price when it was like $18 or something like that. He said it's going to go on $10.50. And I was like, this guy's crazy. But guess what? Here we are at like $10.83. So he was writing the money. And what he's calling for now, him and CJ, there could be a uptake to the swing of 25% for Chainlink. And he's also talking about, they're going to talk about Theta in the next segment, where they say that, hey, there's massive bullishness for Theta. And they lay it all out about why it could be however there's a catch. But it's pretty interesting. So I'm not going to go over it here. I'm just going to link at the very end. You can check it out. But I'll just tell you this, watch 12 minute 46 and the 1512 mark. Those are the two big ones that these guys talk about. And it's just interesting stuff. So again, I'm not going to talk about Theta. I'm not a Theta person. But these guys were pretty solid about what they talked about. All right. So that is it. So just want to give some random shout outs to people who've joined up for digital asset news. Really appreciate it. So I got Denise Chet, Mark Garrity, John Carter, Tom Cochran, Mark, Melissa Davis, Dawid Brzezinski, Sam Vazquez, Jess Zadra, Bill Ennis, and Bob. All right. So that's it. So thanks so much for joining up. Really appreciate it. If you like these types of videos and you're too much going to pop up on your left and right, I'm going to try to put in Alex's video on one of them at least. 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