 Welcome to Digital Asset News to get top stories in crypto and bring them out of bite-sized pieces. So today, just the thumbnail suggests another large bank is buying into Bitcoin and what they're going to do is they're going to buy enough of it and actually expose it to six and a half million people, which is their customer base. So we'll take a look at what's going on there, but that's not the whole story about the good news. So going to some other things that are going on. Also, we're going to talk about why I do not want you to buy iTrust crypto IRA. I will explicitly say why that is. And then lastly, we'll take a look at two pieces, which is Microsoft is getting into the metaverse. And then we're going to talk about an NFT called these nuts. So we'll take a look at all those things, but let's first take a look at what's going on into the market. So today is a great day. It's Wednesday, everything is up, it seems like. And it doesn't get much better than this. We got a mark cap of almost 2.8 trillion. Bitcoin price is 628. Everything's bullish for you to trade the chain for sentiment analysis, just to see what everybody's feeling out there as it crawls the interwebs and has a direct API integration, all that good stuff into Twitter. But look, everything's doing pretty well, little sideways action in some places, but Ethereum 2%, almost $447, excuse me, Binance coin down a little bit, tethered nobody cares. And look at this. Solana slides into that number five space, just as a lot of people were actually predicting. And this thing has been on a monstrous tear. It was nothing in the beginning of the year. I think like $2, something like that, three bucks. And now it's $234.88 a piece. Then if we take a look at the actual market cap, look at that. It's not far away from overtaking tether. And the next big spot will be the $93 billion for Binance coin. But I mean, look, it leapfrogged Cardano, not too hard, leapfrogged actually everything. XRP, Cardano. And now here we're at number five. And I don't see it slowing down. It'll probably jump over to tether as people stop tethering up because they're not selling too much right now. And then of course, the next big place would be Binance coin. So can Solana hit that space? Probably just going to take a little bit more integration and maybe more some more great news. But everybody seems to be buying it. I've been buying this Delacost averaging actually stopped not too long ago, but look, this is doing pretty well and we'll see how it all goes. Now Cardano people want it to go up like myself, but look, they're quiet. They're not really doing too much. That's probably where everything's being built. But that's where we're at. So that is pretty much it. Oh, also Avalanche, geez, up 10%. Anything really good polygon up. Everything's just around here. So yeah, looks like we're going to have a pretty good November, just my two cents. So that's what we have as far as the market. What we should do is just jump right in to the main story. Banks stopping themselves from getting blockbustered. This is a real quick snippet because on this channel, I think if you've come here and you're new, first of all, welcome to crypto. Not a bad time to get in. This is quarter four in the four year cycle. We've had two of them so far or excuse me, three of them going on a third cycle. And you couldn't have picked a better time. Not investment advice was an investment opinion. So when we talk about Bitcoin, Ethereum in the top 10, you know, it's kind of, you're kind of static. You can probably see some pretty great gains over time. But in the next quarter, you might see some pretty big gains on elsewhere. We'll talk about a second. But this is what we have today. And this is just going to push Bitcoin higher where Bitcoin goes. So do the altcoins. So here's what we got. This is Commonwealth Bank in Australia. And before I go on, I will just say this, Australia is on an absolute tear. Not only is one of their, they're the biggest bank in Australia saying we're going to allow Bitcoin, people to purchase Bitcoin through our app, but they also just got off this high of the top security regulator say it will approve Bitcoin ETFs and not just any Bitcoin ETF, a spot ETF. So that is coming to Australia. And not only do they do that, now the bank's like, you know what, we want to piece that action. And here we go. So Australia's largest bank will probably allow its customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin starting next year. So when people sort of talk to me about like, where's all this money going to come from? Because we, I mean, we're almost at $3 trillion. Can we get to $5 trillion? Can we get to $7 trillion, $8 trillion? It's going to come globally. And this is just one example of you got 6.5 million people, which represent about a quarter of Australia's total population. I didn't find that crazy. That's a quarter of the population goes to one bank, but it is what it is. But the big thing though is it's unclear whether customers will be able to withdraw their Bitcoin to an external wall. And I will just say this, take the little wins as we get them. If they can just, you know, give this or allow people to actually buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their wallet, but they're saying, you know what? We'll let you custody it, but just right now, right now, PayPal is doing the same thing and they're going to roll out custody as well. So again, I think this is a pretty great news globally in Australia. Once again, beats the living pants off America for what they're doing. So let me just think about that in the comment section. And now we're going to go on to a little snippet I call Don't Buy I Trust. So iTrust, as you know, it's that piece right there that's in the upper left hand corner, tax-free crypto IRA 401k. I've had one for two years, but I'm telling you right now, do not buy iTrust. Do not buy iTrust until a certain time. So this is what we have. So there was an award where they were given the best crypto investment platform. And I said, hey, this is a great achievement. Congrats, iTrust. And then also they're rolling out a new program, which is if you sign up for iTrust, you used to just get a month free with no fees, which was $2,999 a month, which allowed them to do all the different things that they had to do as far as paperwork and as far as custody and as far as everything they needed to do legally to have a crypto IRA. That's what that fee was for. But there was also another fee of 1%, I think 1.5. I was getting confused to actually do the trading, but it was tax-free if you did a Roth IRA. So now they say, you know what, instead of the 30 days free, we really want you to sign up. We're going to give you $100 of Bitcoin as a sign up bonus. And guess what? Those $30 or $2,999 monthly fees are gone. They're not going to exist. But they go away on November 15th. So I'm just going to tell you this. If you are thinking about signing up for iTrust, as far as a crypto IRA, you're in America. It's a big thing. And you don't want to pay taxes on your crypto gains like Peter Thiel did when he put his PayPal stock into a Roth IRA. And now it's worth billions of dollars. And he's like, I don't have to pay any taxes. Same thing with the crypto IRA. If you want to look into that, first of all, there's a link in the description looks just like this. Also, we did a deep dive video, which explains everything I was just talking about. It looks just like this. Click here and you can sign up. But just so you know, those fees go away on November 14th. So I would, it would behoove you to wait until November 15th. So you can start to add to your crypto Roth IRA. And you can do a traditional or a sep, what should we want to do or a rollover for a 401k, a 401k, a 403b, if you're military, TSP or Thrift Savings Plan, TSP, excuse me. You can do all those things. Just talk to the guys over at iTrust. So again, it sounds like a pretty great deal. They really want you to come in. Just don't do it till the 14th. All right. That's it for that. And now I just want to roll into the last two topics, which is Microsoft and the metaverse. You know, in the last couple of weeks, everybody's been really hot on the metaverse. I have to admit you and myself didn't really see the big picture until good old Facebook says, Hey, we're changing the name of Facebook to meta. And now guess who's joining the fray. Yeah, it's going to be Microsoft. And they're going to own their own piece, the metaverse pie. So here is what is going on. So it says here, the company Microsoft is adapting its signature software products to create a more corporate version of the metaverse. Geez, that sounds boring. That promises to let users live, work and play with an interconnected virtual world. So I know when we talk about the metaverse, people will say, Well, which one's going to be like the winner? Just like, you know, for like smart contract, which is going to be like the big winner? Is it going to be Ethereum? Is it going to be Tezos? Is it going to be Solanas? Me Cardinals? We have lunch? Which one's the big winner? Because that's the big thing. In the metaverse, I don't see it working like that. I see it just being like this huge area. And just like you can visit other cities like physical cities, you'll be able to visit other areas of the metaverse, which all exists online. So you can go to the Facebook version, you know, meta, but good luck because they're going to steal all your ID. Maybe you don't want to do that. Maybe you want to go to the sandbox or maybe you want to go to Decentraland. And where everything is autonomous and your anonymity is remained safe because you use the MetaMask wallet. Well, whatever you want to do. So like with this type of thing, just remember that it's not a one size fits all. And I think there's different places to go. And even Microsoft is talking about it. But the big question is then, well, what's the play here? What do I invest into? Well, if you want to do it by proxy, you could probably invest into Microsoft, not investments, advice, just investment opinion. However, there's another way to go around that. And I think the bigger question is, is like, well, everybody's talking about the metaverse. What the heck is the metaverse? So I'm just going to show you their video of their version of the metaverse. But if you want to just kind of understand what the metaverse actually would look like, just watch Ready Player One. And I know some people are rolling their eyes, like, that's not, you know, exact what the metaverse is going to be. No, it's probably not. Take a look back 20 years ago or 30 years ago, when people started to talk about like everything that was going to be online, like the net with Sandra Bullock and things like that. Some was pretty accurate, but some was way off base. So if you kind of want to just kind of like feel about like, what is it really? Kind of looks like that. Everything is online. You have your online identity, you have your Oculus or any kind of like interface for vision and also for the feedback. But this is Microsoft's version of it. So you can kind of get a taste of the corporate version and just, just watch this. It's no longer just looking at a camera view of a factory floor. You can be on the floor. It's no longer just video conferencing with colleagues. You can be with them in the same room. Mesh for Microsoft Teams will allow you to connect with presence and have a shared immersive experience directly in Teams. We've also created an incredible immersive space that's now seamlessly accessible directly through Teams. Something that I really like is how freely you can move around and have face-to-face conversations. That's exactly right. We've held more than a hundred team gatherings in these immersive spaces where people can connect, learn and collaborate because they're truly in the same place together. The solution has been a game changer for onboarding about 100,000 people a year. And like many organizations, onboarding has been remote for the past 18 months. So bringing our new hires into this immersive environment fosters immediate and deeper connections. It transcends physical boundaries and helps individuals experience a culture in a very personal way. Our new hires meet many more people and grow their professional network much faster. In IT, we're thrilled how easily we could unlock Mesh's capabilities through Teams. The integration with Microsoft 365 makes everything feel familiar. But on top of that, spatial audio makes everything sound just like it would in person. And I love seeing and hearing our colleagues collaborating and whiteboarding and using this space for productivity. Okay, first of all, two things. Nobody has legs. That's kind of creepy. And then second of all, this is just the watered-down corporate version of the Metaverse. Again, if you want to take a look at what it potentially look at, take a look at the sandbox. Go to Decentraland. I will link those in the description, and then you can actually get a feel for the Metaverse could potentially be. But for me, the play itself is crypto and digital assets, as well as digitalized landmarks or digitalized real estate. So if you want to take a look at different products to really do your own research on, if you go to coingecko.com and you click on categories right here by large movers, categories where it says new custom tabs right there. I know you can't see my mouse, unfortunately. You click on categories, and if you scroll down roughly around 20, number 20, 21, just click on Metaverse. And that'll pull up all the different type of crypto and digital asset products that you could potentially get into, and you can do all your research and take a look at that. Me, myself, and I, I have taken a big position in Decentraland, Sandbox, and Enginecoin have had forever. Actually, Decentraland have had forever. In Sandbox, I just got into. But I think this is a very long play. It's one of those things where it could just explode in a year, or it could take three to five years. But regardless, imagine where you are now and imagine what it's going to be in the future. Just take a look five short years ago, what was the price of Ethereum? What was the price of Solana? First of all, Solana didn't even exist back then. It was just about a year ago. So if you take a look at those and see where it could go, could be pretty fantastic. So let me just think about that in the comments section, and then we'll finish up with a little of these nuts. So first of all, I always talk about NFTs. And I know this is a kind of a, it's a funny meme inspired NFT. And people say, let's not very professional. Look, you know, take yourself so seriously. All right, it's going to be okay. So with this one, I found this because first of all, I thought it was hilarious. And second of all, I have a certain criteria I try to look at. And one of the criteria, or three of them actually, is I take a look at the community. I want to see if it's at least above 1k, 10k is pretty good and danger, a little bit more than 25k. If you have a ton of bots in there, and I take a look at Twitter and Discord and all those things, and these nuts actually, just saying that's hilarious, that actually hits these three points, or this one point. Also, the utility is that as I have a launchpad reward, gamification, and the floor price, is it like super expensive already? Or are we just kind of getting in? So with this one, just so you know, I will link this in the description below. This is the Link Tree, Discord Open C Rary Tools Discord. They have thousands already, Twitter, the same type of thing. Also on Open C, you can take a look at the project itself. And we see right here, where it says as far as like, when I have to think about utility, this is what I'm talking about. Everyone who holds these nuts will co-own a casino and arcade in the metaverse. Pretty interesting type of play. We'll see how that all works out. And then also, you'll also notice the floor price 0.08, not too bad. Items, 10,000. Owners are 3,900. And I can guarantee you if you go to any Discord location and are looking for a good laugh, you will find no better place than the ones that these nuts have. I can guarantee that. And that's what's going on. So look, that is it for today. I want to just say, well, actually before I go on, I will just want to remind everybody of the big thing, which is this. And that is that for NFTs, just know that 99. something percent are going to go away. And it really is gambling. And for me, I just get into these little short positions, or these little positions, and then we'll see how it all pans out. But again, I am mostly a holder. I'm not a big trader, but there's a sliver of that. And there's even a bigger sliver or a smaller sliver for gambling, which I think is what NFTs are. Now, where does the metaverse and digitalized real estate fall? That's in the holdling. I really do believe in that. I think it's going to be big. So that is my opinion. And again, just investment opinion, not investment advice. And that is it for today. So look, it's made all the way in. I just want to say thanks. I appreciate it. If you like today's video, found some value, give it a thumbs up. 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