1 00:00:01,379 --> 00:00:04,769 Joel Comm: While the world is focused on the FTXs debacle, there 2 00:00:04,769 --> 00:00:08,220 Joel Comm: is many things happening in the broader economic, political and 3 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:12,450 Joel Comm: cultural marketplaces. How can we assimilate all of these happenings 4 00:00:12,450 --> 00:00:15,930 Joel Comm: to determine how to best position ourselves and our families 5 00:00:15,930 --> 00:00:20,010 Joel Comm: for success? Today we welcome Christina Brew Hon of Continuum 6 00:00:20,010 --> 00:00:22,439 Joel Comm: Dot Market to the show to make sense of it all. 7 00:00:22,710 --> 00:00:25,950 Joel Comm: Known to many in the industry as data points, Christina 8 00:00:25,950 --> 00:00:29,100 Joel Comm: makes a compelling case for where things are headed and 9 00:00:29,130 --> 00:00:32,610 Joel Comm: ties them all together with a shocking Bitcoin price prediction. 10 00:00:32,909 --> 00:00:35,310 Joel Comm: You don't have to be a pointy head to enjoy data, 11 00:00:35,460 --> 00:00:37,710 Joel Comm: but you do have to be bad to listen to 12 00:00:37,710 --> 00:00:43,409 Joel Comm: this Episode number 650. Of the Bad Crypto podcast. 13 00:00:43,530 --> 00:00:52,890 Travis Wright: Five, four, three. How are you all? Okay. Who's bad? 14 00:01:12,330 --> 00:01:15,390 Joel Comm: Hey, guess what? It's the Bad Crypto podcast. I'm Joel. Comm. 15 00:01:15,390 --> 00:01:18,509 Joel Comm: That's Travis, right? Who are you? What's your name? Speak 16 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:20,010 Joel Comm: slowly so we can understand you. 17 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:25,320 Travis Wright: I can't hear what they said. It's sorry. I know 18 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,220 Travis Wright: you like this. 19 00:01:26,580 --> 00:01:29,190 Joel Comm: A little bit louder now. Be a little bit loud. 20 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:32,190 Joel Comm: And now come on and shout it now. We're bad. 21 00:01:32,190 --> 00:01:34,500 Joel Comm: How are you? It's a good day because we've got 22 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:38,100 Joel Comm: data points coming out of our ears. So many data points. 23 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,280 Travis Wright: A lot of data points. And we might as well 24 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,080 Travis Wright: just jump right on in here. That's a pretty it's 25 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,270 Travis Wright: a decent length interview. 26 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:48,580 Joel Comm: So, yes, you guys are going to be fascinated by this. 27 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,120 Joel Comm: I guarantee that you'll be fascinate. You're going to be 28 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,120 Joel Comm: so fascinated. Nobody's ever been as fascinated as you're going 29 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,330 Joel Comm: to be by this interview that we did with Christina 30 00:01:57,330 --> 00:02:01,740 Joel Comm: Bruton of Continuum Dot Market. And we'll talk about what 31 00:02:01,740 --> 00:02:04,110 Joel Comm: we talked about on the other side of talking about it. 32 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:13,040 Joel Comm: As we try to prognosticate and predict what is next 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,460 Joel Comm: for the crypto world. There's a lot of different places 34 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:18,980 Joel Comm: we can look. We're not just looking at the crypto 35 00:02:18,980 --> 00:02:24,710 Joel Comm: space and what's happening with RTX or BLOCKFI. We're not 36 00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:27,679 Joel Comm: just looking at the stock market. We're not just looking 37 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,130 Joel Comm: at what's happening in politics and current events. We're not 38 00:02:31,130 --> 00:02:33,110 Joel Comm: just looking at social sentiment. We need to look at 39 00:02:33,110 --> 00:02:36,679 Joel Comm: all of it. And fortunately today we have the CEO 40 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,070 Joel Comm: and founder of Continuum Dot Market. She's a friend of 41 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:44,630 Joel Comm: the show, Christina Bruen. Some call her data points because 42 00:02:44,870 --> 00:02:48,020 Joel Comm: she looks at all of these data points and feels 43 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:51,470 Joel Comm: like she's got a pretty good grasp on what her 44 00:02:51,470 --> 00:02:55,190 Joel Comm: crystal ball is saying. Christina, welcome to the show. It's 45 00:02:55,190 --> 00:02:55,820 Joel Comm: been a while. 46 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,730 Kristina Bruhahn: Well, thanks, Jill and Travis. It's great to be back. 47 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:03,709 Joel Comm: Yeah. So let's let's let's start with some credibility here 48 00:03:03,710 --> 00:03:07,370 Joel Comm: because people are going to want to know why are 49 00:03:07,370 --> 00:03:12,440 Joel Comm: you qualified and how are you qualified to gather and interpret, 50 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,040 Joel Comm: extrapolate results from the data points? 51 00:03:17,210 --> 00:03:20,630 Kristina Bruhahn: Certainly So not to brag, but I have a 15 52 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:26,300 Kristina Bruhahn: year data background in Fortune 500. I discovered blockchain a 53 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:29,150 Kristina Bruhahn: little over five years ago and jumped right into the 54 00:03:29,150 --> 00:03:32,390 Kristina Bruhahn: deep end with Wall Street Analytics attempting to use time 55 00:03:32,389 --> 00:03:37,100 Kristina Bruhahn: series forecasting to predict the price of Bitcoin. Long story short, 56 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,430 Kristina Bruhahn: you can't. The regime changes every two months and it's 57 00:03:40,430 --> 00:03:45,560 Kristina Bruhahn: tied to bigger global macro factors like political regimes by 58 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:50,120 Kristina Bruhahn: country adoptions. Geolocation is a big factor and it really 59 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,000 Kristina Bruhahn: has a lot to do with sentiment. So at Continuum, 60 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,339 Kristina Bruhahn: we see the price of these coins almost secondary to 61 00:03:58,340 --> 00:04:01,520 Kristina Bruhahn: the actual metrics of their adoption. And their adoption comes 62 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:07,910 Kristina Bruhahn: primarily from credibility, trust and actually onboarding new users, obtaining testimonials, 63 00:04:08,150 --> 00:04:13,040 Kristina Bruhahn: and in general, having a positive contribution to the blockchain economy. 64 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,710 Kristina Bruhahn: I do look at a lot of data points and 65 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:18,740 Kristina Bruhahn: all of those data points matter, which means every brand, 66 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,640 Kristina Bruhahn: that continuum is a unique snowflake that needs different things 67 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,700 Kristina Bruhahn: at different times. And that's what we're building. Our infrastructure 68 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,240 Kristina Bruhahn: is to support the evolution over the next decade as 69 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,549 Kristina Bruhahn: we approach global cross-border payment infrastructure and multiple countries understanding 70 00:04:34,550 --> 00:04:36,230 Kristina Bruhahn: what that means to their tax code. 71 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,570 Joel Comm: You know, if you don't mind a hot potato, I 72 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:42,469 Joel Comm: would consider a logo for a T-shirt or a hat 73 00:04:42,470 --> 00:04:44,720 Joel Comm: that says DPI data points matter. 74 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:49,310 Kristina Bruhahn: I would be okay with that. I definitely have some 75 00:04:49,310 --> 00:04:54,290 Kristina Bruhahn: swag campaigns. I'm just here for the data points is 76 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:59,540 Kristina Bruhahn: one of my favorites. Nerd out, also a data nerd. 77 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,839 Kristina Bruhahn: All of those are applicable and I'm very proud that 78 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:07,130 Kristina Bruhahn: the industry has nicknamed me data points. As you know, 79 00:05:07,130 --> 00:05:10,610 Kristina Bruhahn: over a year ago when I had my market analysis podcast, 80 00:05:11,390 --> 00:05:14,030 Kristina Bruhahn: we I said data points. So often they used a 81 00:05:14,029 --> 00:05:16,250 Kristina Bruhahn: drinking game with it and I said, Please don't play 82 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:18,860 Kristina Bruhahn: this drinking game. You'll have liver disease in 5 minutes. 83 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,020 Travis Wright: Especially now while you're driving. 84 00:05:21,589 --> 00:05:25,700 Kristina Bruhahn: Really bad plan, good analysis, good analysis. 85 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:28,190 Travis Wright: So I want to ask this. You have all these 86 00:05:28,190 --> 00:05:32,450 Travis Wright: data points. What is the actionable side of things? All right. 87 00:05:32,450 --> 00:05:34,940 Travis Wright: Because you're out there pulling all this interesting information about 88 00:05:35,150 --> 00:05:38,090 Travis Wright: certain brands. What are people doing with it once they 89 00:05:38,089 --> 00:05:38,390 Travis Wright: get it? 90 00:05:39,170 --> 00:05:42,950 Kristina Bruhahn: So the biggest thing right now is we are a 91 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:47,720 Kristina Bruhahn: we're a database for the blockchain industry from the blockchain industry. 92 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:53,180 Kristina Bruhahn: So the biggest component of that is actually warm introductions, partnerships, 93 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:56,810 Kristina Bruhahn: things that actually help the brand move forward in their milestones. 94 00:05:57,110 --> 00:06:00,650 Kristina Bruhahn: So it's not just about assessing their 2023 landscape or 95 00:06:00,650 --> 00:06:04,430 Kristina Bruhahn: even their 2024 landscape. It's about unblocking those things and 96 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:07,340 Kristina Bruhahn: helping them move faster all the way to being able 97 00:06:07,339 --> 00:06:09,710 Kristina Bruhahn: to have a red carpet all the way to Capitol 98 00:06:09,710 --> 00:06:12,920 Kristina Bruhahn: Hill in order to have government relations to defend your 99 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,000 Kristina Bruhahn: blockchain use case. 100 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:16,729 Joel Comm: Is, as we look here at the website, I went 101 00:06:16,730 --> 00:06:20,119 Joel Comm: to brand pages. This is on Continuum Dot Market and 102 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,159 Joel Comm: there'll be links in the show notes and you could 103 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,429 Joel Comm: see some of these dossiers and brands that that you're 104 00:06:25,430 --> 00:06:30,020 Joel Comm: working with and the coins that you're covering. Let's just 105 00:06:30,020 --> 00:06:33,050 Joel Comm: jump right to the question that I think a lot 106 00:06:33,050 --> 00:06:36,350 Joel Comm: of people are going to want answered, and that is 107 00:06:36,350 --> 00:06:44,690 Joel Comm: in this political environment, with centralized exchanges being scandalized, elections 108 00:06:44,690 --> 00:06:52,490 Joel Comm: being questionable, at the very least, the inflation being at, 109 00:06:52,490 --> 00:06:56,060 Joel Comm: you know, crazy highs, the housing market on the precipice. 110 00:06:56,570 --> 00:06:59,690 Joel Comm: You take all of these data points together and what 111 00:06:59,690 --> 00:07:03,500 Joel Comm: does it mean to the future of the global economy, 112 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:07,740 Joel Comm: the U.S. economy, the crypto markets, Bitcoin? Ahead and just 113 00:07:07,740 --> 00:07:11,040 Joel Comm: let loose on what you think. And I'm assuming you're 114 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,000 Joel Comm: not a financial advisor. So this is just what you see. 115 00:07:15,630 --> 00:07:19,020 Kristina Bruhahn: This is not trading advice. This is me reading the landscape. 116 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:22,680 Kristina Bruhahn: And this is pretty much why I've gotten 50 unsolicited 117 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,020 Kristina Bruhahn: calls this week asking me, what do you think is 118 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:27,360 Kristina Bruhahn: going to happen? So make. 119 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,320 Joel Comm: This 51. 120 00:07:28,530 --> 00:07:30,250 Kristina Bruhahn: I'm okay with that. I'm okay with. 121 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,580 Joel Comm: That unsolicited call or like, Hey, let's talk. 122 00:07:33,090 --> 00:07:35,640 Kristina Bruhahn: So that's what I'm here for, is actually to that. 123 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,490 Kristina Bruhahn: That's the origin of Continuum. I knew that my cousins 124 00:07:38,490 --> 00:07:40,740 Kristina Bruhahn: were never going to do the five years of research 125 00:07:41,010 --> 00:07:44,350 Kristina Bruhahn: to understand the nuances between these brands and why they're 126 00:07:44,350 --> 00:07:49,110 Kristina Bruhahn: a unique snowflake. So let's start four years ago. So 127 00:07:49,110 --> 00:07:54,630 Kristina Bruhahn: with my analysis into Time series forecasting, we found out that, 128 00:07:54,630 --> 00:07:58,440 Kristina Bruhahn: you know, from a mathematical standpoint, quantitative easing was unsustainable 129 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,760 Kristina Bruhahn: and that meant that we were leading towards an inevitable recession. 130 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:05,430 Kristina Bruhahn: Now they've kicked the can down the road quite a 131 00:08:05,430 --> 00:08:08,820 Kristina Bruhahn: bit on that, even with some of the COVID things. 132 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:12,030 Kristina Bruhahn: And printing $10 trillion helped kind of stave off that 133 00:08:12,030 --> 00:08:16,200 Kristina Bruhahn: global recession that was already mathematically going to happen. And 134 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,790 Kristina Bruhahn: you can go back the last four years in my 135 00:08:17,790 --> 00:08:20,610 Kristina Bruhahn: content and see me kind of calling the landscape on that. 136 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:23,760 Kristina Bruhahn: Where we're at right now is they've run out of 137 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,790 Kristina Bruhahn: road to kick the can down the road anymore. And 138 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:32,040 Kristina Bruhahn: already before, two weeks ago, before the FTC's fiasco, we 139 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,309 Kristina Bruhahn: were already predicting that January was going to establish some 140 00:08:35,309 --> 00:08:39,900 Kristina Bruhahn: pretty clear statements from Capitol Hill and regulations in that 141 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:42,089 Kristina Bruhahn: they were going to be looking at the crypto industry 142 00:08:42,090 --> 00:08:45,390 Kristina Bruhahn: and saying, we need to address stablecoins. We don't want 143 00:08:45,630 --> 00:08:48,870 Kristina Bruhahn: circling Coinbase's Usdc to be in charge of that. We 144 00:08:48,870 --> 00:08:51,870 Kristina Bruhahn: want to do our own internal CBD sees there needs 145 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:53,790 Kristina Bruhahn: to be a structure around that. And by the way, 146 00:08:53,790 --> 00:08:57,120 Kristina Bruhahn: you can't trust these mom and pop blockchain brands because 147 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,710 Kristina Bruhahn: they're not going to protect your data, they're not going 148 00:08:58,710 --> 00:09:01,679 Kristina Bruhahn: to protect your funds. Instead, you should you should put 149 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,760 Kristina Bruhahn: your trust in these banking blockchain solutions like Jp morgan 150 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,160 Kristina Bruhahn: and Bank of America, which is the opposite of what 151 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,530 Kristina Bruhahn: we want to see happen in the Web3 space. Our 152 00:09:10,530 --> 00:09:15,330 Kristina Bruhahn: web3 space started to get away from centralized authorities like that. 153 00:09:15,570 --> 00:09:19,500 Kristina Bruhahn: And really any blockchain brand is interrupting a middleman economy. 154 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,920 Kristina Bruhahn: And those middleman economies are tied to things that have 155 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,980 Kristina Bruhahn: existed for hundreds, if not thousands of years. And those 156 00:09:25,980 --> 00:09:29,040 Kristina Bruhahn: middleman economies are not going to die slowly. There's going 157 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,010 Kristina Bruhahn: to be a lot of pushback. So seeing that landscape, 158 00:09:32,010 --> 00:09:34,230 Kristina Bruhahn: I knew that the blockchain brands were going to need 159 00:09:34,230 --> 00:09:36,959 Kristina Bruhahn: really an army to rally around them and be able 160 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,890 Kristina Bruhahn: to defend that they are in fact impacting people in 161 00:09:40,890 --> 00:09:43,530 Kristina Bruhahn: a good way. They are in fact a good thing 162 00:09:43,530 --> 00:09:46,350 Kristina Bruhahn: for U.S. consumers, and that has to be proven out 163 00:09:46,350 --> 00:09:48,840 Kristina Bruhahn: on a case by case basis. So part of what 164 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,040 Kristina Bruhahn: we're doing at Continuum, besides the intake process and standardizing 165 00:09:53,730 --> 00:09:56,699 Kristina Bruhahn: the narrative of all of these brands, is tracking their 166 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:00,000 Kristina Bruhahn: growth over the next two years. We're looking at sales 167 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,440 Kristina Bruhahn: daily active users, assets under management, community metrics, all of 168 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,280 Kristina Bruhahn: those things that these brands are now posting on Twitter. Oh, 169 00:10:07,290 --> 00:10:10,590 Kristina Bruhahn: we're being so transparent. Look at our assets, look at 170 00:10:10,590 --> 00:10:13,530 Kristina Bruhahn: our holdings. We've been asking for that at Continuum for 171 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:15,809 Kristina Bruhahn: over two years now. So it's a good time for 172 00:10:15,809 --> 00:10:18,750 Kristina Bruhahn: us to kind of self organize as a blockchain industry 173 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,020 Kristina Bruhahn: because we're going to need the entire community coming together 174 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,309 Kristina Bruhahn: to push back on some of these legal cartels and 175 00:10:26,309 --> 00:10:29,370 Kristina Bruhahn: the illegal cartels that make the money of the world 176 00:10:29,370 --> 00:10:33,330 Kristina Bruhahn: go round. That's called the global economic engine. Any time 177 00:10:33,330 --> 00:10:36,330 Kristina Bruhahn: you're impacting the global economic engine, watch out. They have 178 00:10:36,330 --> 00:10:38,220 Kristina Bruhahn: bigger teeth than we do. We're going to have to 179 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:39,780 Kristina Bruhahn: prove it through data and we're going to have to 180 00:10:39,780 --> 00:10:41,760 Kristina Bruhahn: prove it through adoption. We're going to have to prove 181 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,520 Kristina Bruhahn: it through testimonials. And that's what we're trying to create it. 182 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,559 Kristina Bruhahn: Continuum is a place for all of that to live, 183 00:10:46,770 --> 00:10:49,200 Kristina Bruhahn: so my cousins can go to one website and say, 184 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,750 Kristina Bruhahn: What is it? Why should I care? What does it do? 185 00:10:51,780 --> 00:10:52,949 Kristina Bruhahn: How do I make money with it? 186 00:10:55,830 --> 00:10:59,370 Travis Wright: That's fascinating. Fascinating for sure. And I want I don't 187 00:10:59,370 --> 00:11:00,510 Travis Wright: even know if you know about this, but I'm going 188 00:11:00,510 --> 00:11:02,220 Travis Wright: to bring it up because I think it's just it's 189 00:11:02,220 --> 00:11:04,910 Travis Wright: insane to me. So there's this company called Token SAF 190 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,100 Travis Wright: that's based in California. I don't even know about them. 191 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:11,370 Travis Wright: But basically what they've done, according to this data that 192 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:13,830 Travis Wright: I that I pulled up, they created a list of 193 00:11:13,830 --> 00:11:20,550 Travis Wright: 5000 of their KYC clients and they literally publish the 194 00:11:20,550 --> 00:11:24,840 Travis Wright: KYC details on the blockchain, and that includes their full names, 195 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,890 Travis Wright: their wallet addresses, their real home addresses. That to me 196 00:11:28,890 --> 00:11:31,220 Travis Wright: is the worst kind of use case of the, you know, 197 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,689 Travis Wright: like even if you're pissed off at your customers, you 198 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:37,559 Travis Wright: don't go all, you know, scorched earth on people, right? 199 00:11:37,890 --> 00:11:40,620 Travis Wright: So I don't really have any question around that other 200 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:42,060 Travis Wright: than what the hell is going on. 201 00:11:42,780 --> 00:11:45,960 Kristina Bruhahn: Well, I'll double down on that and tell you more 202 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,240 Kristina Bruhahn: of that might happen. So that's actually one of the 203 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,650 Kristina Bruhahn: concerns with the FTC or excuse me, the FTC's bankruptcy 204 00:11:52,650 --> 00:11:56,130 Kristina Bruhahn: lawsuit is that that data might be revealed. And here 205 00:11:56,130 --> 00:12:00,660 Kristina Bruhahn: in Web3, we have a massive interest in protecting privacy 206 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:03,510 Kristina Bruhahn: and being able to have a shield up if we 207 00:12:03,510 --> 00:12:06,990 Kristina Bruhahn: want it. We're very open to doing KYC, AML, and 208 00:12:06,990 --> 00:12:09,360 Kristina Bruhahn: that should be something that lives in our digital identity. 209 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,310 Kristina Bruhahn: And we carry with us in a wallet that is 210 00:12:11,309 --> 00:12:15,209 Kristina Bruhahn: safer than metamask. I have some solutions for you guys. 211 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,610 Kristina Bruhahn: So if we're if we're looking at all the way 212 00:12:17,610 --> 00:12:20,880 Kristina Bruhahn: forward a decade in the future of what The Jetsons 213 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:25,380 Kristina Bruhahn: future means is all this technology converges. You're looking at 214 00:12:25,380 --> 00:12:28,140 Kristina Bruhahn: being able to be verified on blockchain. You're looking for 215 00:12:28,140 --> 00:12:30,540 Kristina Bruhahn: those data packets to be able to be passed back 216 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:35,310 Kristina Bruhahn: and forth between the systems. And you're looking at interoperability 217 00:12:35,309 --> 00:12:39,030 Kristina Bruhahn: and just on a completely new level that we've never 218 00:12:39,030 --> 00:12:42,180 Kristina Bruhahn: seen before in human history. So we need to be 219 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:46,050 Kristina Bruhahn: aware that everything has now changed and it changed 13 220 00:12:46,050 --> 00:12:48,989 Kristina Bruhahn: years ago when Satoshi released the White paper. But my 221 00:12:48,990 --> 00:12:54,330 Kristina Bruhahn: cousins and politicians especially still have a very difficult time 222 00:12:54,330 --> 00:12:59,940 Kristina Bruhahn: grasping what that means. And if you look at from 223 00:12:59,940 --> 00:13:02,490 Kristina Bruhahn: a scientific level, which is where I come from, my 224 00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:05,340 Kristina Bruhahn: ultimate stakeholder is Neil deGrasse Tyson. I want him to 225 00:13:05,340 --> 00:13:07,080 Kristina Bruhahn: come in and poke it with a sharp stick and 226 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,660 Kristina Bruhahn: bring all the data scientists in. But if you look 227 00:13:09,660 --> 00:13:14,520 Kristina Bruhahn: at historically from a scientific level, invasive species usually decimate 228 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,270 Kristina Bruhahn: native species, and these native species have a lot of 229 00:13:18,270 --> 00:13:20,250 Kristina Bruhahn: things to fight back with. They have a lot of 230 00:13:20,250 --> 00:13:22,590 Kristina Bruhahn: tools at their disposal. So don't think that they're going 231 00:13:22,590 --> 00:13:25,530 Kristina Bruhahn: to go down easy. It's going to take a collective 232 00:13:25,530 --> 00:13:28,830 Kristina Bruhahn: narrative not just from the US, but from a global position. 233 00:13:29,190 --> 00:13:32,189 Kristina Bruhahn: And the biggest data point that can help that is 234 00:13:32,190 --> 00:13:36,209 Kristina Bruhahn: GDP increases, right? So if you're in Nigeria and all 235 00:13:36,210 --> 00:13:38,670 Kristina Bruhahn: of a sudden your constituents are able to earn more 236 00:13:38,670 --> 00:13:41,370 Kristina Bruhahn: money than they've ever seen in their lives, that literally 237 00:13:41,370 --> 00:13:44,900 Kristina Bruhahn: changes the landscape of your economics within your country. The 238 00:13:44,910 --> 00:13:47,730 Kristina Bruhahn: US knows this, and they also know that they govern 239 00:13:47,730 --> 00:13:50,430 Kristina Bruhahn: with the global economic engine with the US dollar. So 240 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:52,740 Kristina Bruhahn: they have to be very, very careful and they're going slow. 241 00:13:53,070 --> 00:13:55,860 Kristina Bruhahn: That doesn't mean that you can't be domiciled and still 242 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:59,939 Kristina Bruhahn: have to instill touch US consumers. Any brand that has 243 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,540 Kristina Bruhahn: even one U.S. consumer, you're under the purview of US regulation. 244 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:05,400 Kristina Bruhahn: So you better be prepared about what that means. 245 00:14:05,670 --> 00:14:08,880 Joel Comm: It tweaks me when we reference The Jetsons. I grew 246 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,030 Joel Comm: up watching The Jetsons. We were promised flying cars. 247 00:14:12,270 --> 00:14:12,780 Kristina Bruhahn: You. 248 00:14:13,260 --> 00:14:17,160 Joel Comm: And robots. And what do we get? Tik Tok dances 249 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,270 Joel Comm: and gender confusion. I just I'm like, Why aren't we there? 250 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:21,630 Joel Comm: Come on. 251 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:24,600 Kristina Bruhahn: I should have this memorized. But I believe that George 252 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,260 Kristina Bruhahn: Jetson is born next year. I believe that he is 253 00:14:28,260 --> 00:14:31,530 Kristina Bruhahn: born next year. And that's where we should be. And 254 00:14:31,530 --> 00:14:32,100 Kristina Bruhahn: this isn't. 255 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,790 Travis Wright: Flying cars yet, right? A result we still have a 256 00:14:35,790 --> 00:14:37,070 Travis Wright: few years to these flying cars. 257 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,740 Kristina Bruhahn: You've got patents, you've got patent issues around the big 258 00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:43,110 Kristina Bruhahn: tech companies that are sitting on patents that don't want 259 00:14:43,110 --> 00:14:46,590 Kristina Bruhahn: this game changing tech to come out. You've got blockchain 260 00:14:46,590 --> 00:14:49,680 Kristina Bruhahn: innovators that are doing things because the ones and zeros 261 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,340 Kristina Bruhahn: can do them, not even knowing that they're getting close 262 00:14:53,340 --> 00:14:55,920 Kristina Bruhahn: to things that are regulated and have, you know, have 263 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,490 Kristina Bruhahn: a rule based system around them. So a lot of 264 00:14:59,490 --> 00:15:02,490 Kristina Bruhahn: this is education. And to your point, I want the 265 00:15:02,490 --> 00:15:05,489 Kristina Bruhahn: flying cars. I want smart cities. I know it can 266 00:15:05,490 --> 00:15:07,920 Kristina Bruhahn: all be done with data. You know, we've got Sophia, 267 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,880 Kristina Bruhahn: the robot in ecosystem as a speaker, along with 140 268 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,640 Kristina Bruhahn: other blockchain brands, so that the world can start to 269 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,600 Kristina Bruhahn: understand this bleeding edge technology that these brands can collaborate 270 00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:20,880 Kristina Bruhahn: and not have to build it all themselves. There's a 271 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,200 Kristina Bruhahn: lot of moving parts in bringing about this next future. 272 00:15:24,210 --> 00:15:26,790 Joel Comm: So be it pisses me off too. I'm like, That's. 273 00:15:26,790 --> 00:15:27,840 Kristina Bruhahn: A whole other thing. 274 00:15:28,050 --> 00:15:29,220 Joel Comm: That is a whole other thing. 275 00:15:29,260 --> 00:15:32,680 Kristina Bruhahn: Okay, three modes to Sophia. Let's be real about that, though. 276 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:34,710 Kristina Bruhahn: That's an important data point to understand. 277 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:37,560 Travis Wright: Yeah. So I want to talk about George Jetson real quick. 278 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,150 Travis Wright: So George Jetson, he was born in July of 2022. 279 00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:44,280 Travis Wright: That's when he was born. And he was like in 280 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:49,500 Travis Wright: his forties. Jane was actually 33 years old during the show, 281 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:53,670 Travis Wright: and then their kid was actually like 18 or something. 282 00:15:53,670 --> 00:15:57,600 Travis Wright: So there's some. Math doesn't work on this whole thing. 283 00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:59,490 Travis Wright: Or George Jackson was a pedophile. 284 00:16:00,470 --> 00:16:03,570 Joel Comm: Yeah, okay. That's a whole other conspiracy. 285 00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:05,520 Travis Wright: I just went down. I just did the math. I 286 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,890 Travis Wright: was like, Wait a second. So just thought I'd throw 287 00:16:07,890 --> 00:16:08,910 Travis Wright: that out there. I mean, Travis. 288 00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:10,110 Kristina Bruhahn: Brought some data points. 289 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,690 Travis Wright: How about some data points? Yeah. 290 00:16:13,410 --> 00:16:15,740 Joel Comm: All right. I want to know what it means, though. 291 00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:19,350 Joel Comm: Here we are in the middle of this collapse of 292 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:25,290 Joel Comm: centralized exchanges, massive scandal that arguably ties back to a 293 00:16:25,290 --> 00:16:30,510 Joel Comm: single political party, maybe both, but definitely hedges towards another. 294 00:16:30,780 --> 00:16:35,160 Joel Comm: And the corruption goes all the way, it appears, to 295 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,790 Joel Comm: the top of the globalists and the World Economic Forum. 296 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,180 Joel Comm: What does this mean for crypto? All of a sudden? 297 00:16:42,180 --> 00:16:44,850 Joel Comm: The news comes out today that 12 banks are going 298 00:16:44,850 --> 00:16:49,020 Joel Comm: to be test piloting central bank, digital currency, digital dollar 299 00:16:49,020 --> 00:16:51,750 Joel Comm: over the next 12 weeks. I mean, are we this 300 00:16:51,750 --> 00:16:56,790 Joel Comm: close to becoming enslaved by the government? You know, is 301 00:16:56,790 --> 00:16:58,860 Joel Comm: freedom about to be tossed away? 302 00:16:59,190 --> 00:17:01,820 Kristina Bruhahn: Okay, that's a lot to unpack, Mr. Joe. 303 00:17:01,830 --> 00:17:05,369 Joel Comm: Unpack it nicely. Okay. Get get me. 304 00:17:05,790 --> 00:17:07,830 Travis Wright: All or let me answer right. 305 00:17:07,830 --> 00:17:10,919 Kristina Bruhahn: Now. Let me let me try and create some buckets there. 306 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,830 Kristina Bruhahn: So first you've got the team. You're going to. 307 00:17:13,830 --> 00:17:14,700 Joel Comm: Make a list of bucket. 308 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,940 Kristina Bruhahn: Yes, I'm going to data points. I always make a 309 00:17:17,940 --> 00:17:21,480 Kristina Bruhahn: data points list. All right. So you've got the FTSE scandal, 310 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:24,750 Kristina Bruhahn: which has to do with leverage and propping up things 311 00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:28,439 Kristina Bruhahn: that should have been allowed to fail. That was over 312 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:33,600 Kristina Bruhahn: leveraged by a bunch of other trading institutional folks. I 313 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,520 Kristina Bruhahn: don't want to say their names, but they're all over 314 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,389 Kristina Bruhahn: Twitter making announcements this week about, yes, we were impacted. 315 00:17:39,390 --> 00:17:41,639 Kristina Bruhahn: We have to pause withdrawals. That's going to create a 316 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,180 Kristina Bruhahn: domino effect. And so this is actually very similar to 317 00:17:45,180 --> 00:17:47,880 Kristina Bruhahn: Lehman Brothers, where they called in the loans and then 318 00:17:47,970 --> 00:17:52,080 Kristina Bruhahn: the whole everything collapsed because it was being propped up 319 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,290 Kristina Bruhahn: and didn't actually have the real meat and potatoes behind it. 320 00:17:55,590 --> 00:18:00,270 Kristina Bruhahn: So that's what's going on with FTI. The interesting thing, 321 00:18:00,270 --> 00:18:03,480 Kristina Bruhahn: as the exchanges are kind of doing a war zone 322 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,119 Kristina Bruhahn: right now is that I know too much and I'm 323 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,699 Kristina Bruhahn: under NDA for too many brands. So I'm aware of 324 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:11,850 Kristina Bruhahn: the exchange of the other centralized exchanges that are in 325 00:18:11,850 --> 00:18:14,189 Kristina Bruhahn: the exact same boat. A lot of the community is 326 00:18:14,190 --> 00:18:18,060 Kristina Bruhahn: now calling for decentralized exchanges, but even decentralized exchanges are 327 00:18:18,060 --> 00:18:20,340 Kristina Bruhahn: going to need some level of regulation in order to 328 00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:25,260 Kristina Bruhahn: play in the Nasdaq nicey type of US ecosystem. So 329 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:28,020 Kristina Bruhahn: that's one thing that's that's going to be a domino 330 00:18:28,020 --> 00:18:31,649 Kristina Bruhahn: that continues through the end of the year to topple 331 00:18:31,650 --> 00:18:36,419 Kristina Bruhahn: things over. And that domino toppling things over, I would argue, 332 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:38,700 Kristina Bruhahn: is probably the worst thing that's ever happened in the industry. 333 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:41,189 Kristina Bruhahn: For every rug pull that's ever happened, for every bad 334 00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:43,860 Kristina Bruhahn: thing that's ever happened, for every scam artist, for all 335 00:18:43,859 --> 00:18:47,100 Kristina Bruhahn: the people that are not allowed at Continuum, this one 336 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:49,949 Kristina Bruhahn: is probably the worst because he was perceived as the 337 00:18:49,950 --> 00:18:53,460 Kristina Bruhahn: golden boy of regulation and he was in talks with 338 00:18:53,460 --> 00:18:56,909 Kristina Bruhahn: the SEC, which means how did the SEC not see this? 339 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:04,260 Kristina Bruhahn: And also there is now this stickiness around. Were they 340 00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:09,000 Kristina Bruhahn: using stocks to move funds from Ukraine back to Democrats? 341 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,360 Kristina Bruhahn: And was this a money laundering situation? Did the Democrats 342 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,680 Kristina Bruhahn: ask for this? Well, my research at Continuum before two 343 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,050 Kristina Bruhahn: weeks ago and I've said this in many, many, many, 344 00:19:19,050 --> 00:19:23,760 Kristina Bruhahn: many podcast, is that in January 2023, they were going 345 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,330 Kristina Bruhahn: to have regulation that was anti crypto anyway. Obviously the 346 00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:30,389 Kristina Bruhahn: SEC is the biggest proponent of like, no, you guys 347 00:19:30,390 --> 00:19:33,330 Kristina Bruhahn: can't do that. Your security until proven otherwise. They were 348 00:19:33,330 --> 00:19:36,570 Kristina Bruhahn: already going to do that. And I used to joke 349 00:19:36,570 --> 00:19:39,900 Kristina Bruhahn: and I joked on camera that ha ha ha, we'll 350 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:43,440 Kristina Bruhahn: see a rebalance in November volatility, which is normal and 351 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,600 Kristina Bruhahn: December kind of closing out the end of year, which 352 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,600 Kristina Bruhahn: is normal. So you'd see a price dip in December 353 00:19:48,780 --> 00:19:50,880 Kristina Bruhahn: and then, ha ha ha. Wouldn't it be funny if 354 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,629 Kristina Bruhahn: the US government was like, Oh, crypto actually triggered the 355 00:19:54,630 --> 00:19:58,650 Kristina Bruhahn: entire global recession? And I'm like, How absurd would that be? 356 00:19:58,859 --> 00:20:01,980 Kristina Bruhahn: And now I'm looking at this play out going, Oh God, 357 00:20:01,980 --> 00:20:05,820 Kristina Bruhahn: my conspiracy theorist friends might actually be correct. And I 358 00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:10,109 Kristina Bruhahn: don't know, but it's it lines up a little too effectively, 359 00:20:10,350 --> 00:20:14,250 Kristina Bruhahn: except for the fact that Sam Bankman-fried is now nuclear toxic. 360 00:20:14,430 --> 00:20:17,159 Kristina Bruhahn: And I don't know if he would trade the rest 361 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,100 Kristina Bruhahn: of his life in doing what he loves and what 362 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:23,970 Kristina Bruhahn: his brain is trained to do for these billions of dollars. 363 00:20:24,150 --> 00:20:27,659 Kristina Bruhahn: I don't know. Joel, would you stop working for billions 364 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:31,230 Kristina Bruhahn: of dollars? I don't know. Logically, from a psychological perspective, 365 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:35,580 Kristina Bruhahn: I could argue both sides of that leaning towards a yes, 366 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:36,960 Kristina Bruhahn: billions of dollars. 367 00:20:36,970 --> 00:20:40,050 Joel Comm: I would personally, I would never want to be a billionaire. 368 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,500 Joel Comm: That is that's too much money for somebody to have. 369 00:20:43,859 --> 00:20:46,590 Joel Comm: And I don't want a target on my back. It's 370 00:20:46,590 --> 00:20:49,500 Joel Comm: just it's crazy if you ain't got that much. 371 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:52,590 Travis Wright: To know, you're a billionaire. No, I would be even 372 00:20:52,590 --> 00:20:54,740 Travis Wright: if you had it happen. You like. Woops, I'm a billion. Well, 373 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:55,980 Travis Wright: I'm not going to let anybody know. 374 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,720 Joel Comm: Yeah. No. There's filings, there's public records. People would know, 375 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,909 Joel Comm: like they know who's got the money and it's public 376 00:21:03,910 --> 00:21:05,820 Joel Comm: in like, All right, how how quickly can I give 377 00:21:05,820 --> 00:21:07,800 Joel Comm: a bunch of this away? Because. 378 00:21:08,609 --> 00:21:11,250 Travis Wright: Yeah, I don't want it. So I want to add 379 00:21:11,250 --> 00:21:11,639 Travis Wright: this on. 380 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,240 Kristina Bruhahn: My continuum wants more publicity. We want more transparency of 381 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,469 Kristina Bruhahn: things like that. We want actual. 382 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:17,540 Travis Wright: Has to be in. 383 00:21:17,550 --> 00:21:18,600 Kristina Bruhahn: Their their holdings. 384 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:23,070 Travis Wright: Yeah, we'll have plenty of transparency like proof of what's 385 00:21:23,070 --> 00:21:26,040 Travis Wright: in your vault. Like, if you're an exchange, you need 386 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,050 Travis Wright: to have a proof of that. Like, how are you 387 00:21:28,050 --> 00:21:29,100 Travis Wright: not doing that? 388 00:21:29,490 --> 00:21:32,790 Joel Comm: Leave it to Travis to want proof of transparency Pot. 389 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:34,440 Joel Comm: That's a love. 390 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,750 Travis Wright: Pot. I love it. I think we should only have 391 00:21:36,750 --> 00:21:38,190 Travis Wright: pot at Continuum. 392 00:21:38,190 --> 00:21:41,460 Kristina Bruhahn: We call it transparency as a service. And a lot 393 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:44,010 Kristina Bruhahn: of that has to do with collecting the data directly 394 00:21:44,010 --> 00:21:47,430 Kristina Bruhahn: from the brand. We're not selling the brand. We're literally 395 00:21:47,430 --> 00:21:50,970 Kristina Bruhahn: letting them tell their story. I'm under NDA for every 396 00:21:50,970 --> 00:21:52,830 Kristina Bruhahn: one of these brands. I know too much and I 397 00:21:52,830 --> 00:21:55,230 Kristina Bruhahn: know too much in order to help them connect the 398 00:21:55,230 --> 00:21:58,109 Kristina Bruhahn: dots on the back end or remediate issues that might 399 00:21:58,109 --> 00:22:01,379 Kristina Bruhahn: be challenging for them and really help them go faster. 400 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,500 Kristina Bruhahn: But the transparency part is what my cousins are missing 401 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:07,050 Kristina Bruhahn: is what the politicians are missing. And keep in mind 402 00:22:07,050 --> 00:22:09,960 Kristina Bruhahn: at Continuum, we have four major quadrants that kind of 403 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,220 Kristina Bruhahn: covers everything. You've got Main Street, you've got Blockchain Street, 404 00:22:14,250 --> 00:22:17,580 Kristina Bruhahn: my people, right, CTOs ones and zeros rule the world. 405 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,000 Kristina Bruhahn: You've got Wall Street, how the global economic engine responds 406 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,080 Kristina Bruhahn: to it, and then you've got Capitol Hill. And unfortunately, 407 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,230 Kristina Bruhahn: all roads in this industry lead to Capitol Hill. We 408 00:22:28,230 --> 00:22:31,860 Kristina Bruhahn: have got to unify and self-organize and what we're going 409 00:22:31,859 --> 00:22:35,760 Kristina Bruhahn: to be presenting as good versus bad to you as legislation. 410 00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:39,119 Kristina Bruhahn: This is a call to arms to the entire blockchain industry. 411 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,510 Kristina Bruhahn: Call me. You can reach me at Christina at Continuum 412 00:22:42,510 --> 00:22:46,679 Kristina Bruhahn: Dot Market on Social at Continuum 3000, we have a 413 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,010 Kristina Bruhahn: red carpet ready to the politicians that want to have 414 00:22:50,010 --> 00:22:54,270 Kristina Bruhahn: these conversations and all US citizens are welcome to be 415 00:22:54,270 --> 00:22:56,760 Kristina Bruhahn: part of this. I have a vision in the next 416 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,359 Kristina Bruhahn: decade of blockchain voting, of being able to have insight 417 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,790 Kristina Bruhahn: into bills and things that are on the floor and 418 00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:06,300 Kristina Bruhahn: actually hold your elected officials accountable, that you're not just 419 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:09,420 Kristina Bruhahn: voting them out every two years, but you're actually working 420 00:23:09,420 --> 00:23:13,020 Kristina Bruhahn: with them to understand what is the landscape. The education 421 00:23:13,020 --> 00:23:16,020 Kristina Bruhahn: that is needed in America is ridiculous and that needs 422 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:18,750 Kristina Bruhahn: to extend out to a global footprint as well. We're 423 00:23:18,750 --> 00:23:24,209 Kristina Bruhahn: talking blockchain, blockchain literacy, data literacy on your data and 424 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:26,369 Kristina Bruhahn: why you should be mad that they're making trillions of 425 00:23:26,369 --> 00:23:28,260 Kristina Bruhahn: dollars off of your data right now. They're not going 426 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:31,710 Kristina Bruhahn: to want to give that up. You've also got financial literacy, 427 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:34,260 Kristina Bruhahn: which is not taught in schools, and if you want 428 00:23:34,260 --> 00:23:36,270 Kristina Bruhahn: to understand the DEFI game, you need to be pretty 429 00:23:36,270 --> 00:23:41,040 Kristina Bruhahn: literate in financial concepts. And we say all the time 430 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,410 Kristina Bruhahn: that crypto is Wall Street on crack. They're not doing 431 00:23:43,410 --> 00:23:46,770 Kristina Bruhahn: anything that Wall Street isn't already doing. And how much 432 00:23:46,770 --> 00:23:49,290 Kristina Bruhahn: are they? How much is Wall Street being held accountable 433 00:23:49,290 --> 00:23:51,300 Kristina Bruhahn: for this kind of stuff? How many times is Bank 434 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:56,290 Kristina Bruhahn: of America been embroiled in a, you know, embezzlement scam? 435 00:23:56,340 --> 00:23:59,790 Kristina Bruhahn: You know, for multiple states, these are things on a 436 00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:03,959 Kristina Bruhahn: level that they almost feel untouchable. And we as constituents 437 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,390 Kristina Bruhahn: need to push back that. No, you're not untouchable. And yes, 438 00:24:06,390 --> 00:24:08,820 Kristina Bruhahn: there is transparency and we can hold you accountable. 439 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,300 Travis Wright: Oh, that's so that's so cute. They're not held accountable. 440 00:24:12,570 --> 00:24:17,700 Travis Wright: Nobody in Capitol Hill is held accountable because it's almost 441 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:19,950 Travis Wright: like you're part of the gang. If you're part of 442 00:24:19,950 --> 00:24:22,890 Travis Wright: the gang, you're not going to get in trouble. If 443 00:24:22,890 --> 00:24:25,680 Travis Wright: you're not part of the gang, well, then the justice 444 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,570 Travis Wright: hammer will come down on you. So I just read 445 00:24:27,570 --> 00:24:31,050 Travis Wright: I read this earlier today on Bitcoin magazine that global 446 00:24:31,050 --> 00:24:36,120 Travis Wright: banking giants are starting a 12 week CB DC pilot 447 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,460 Travis Wright: with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York starting immediately. 448 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,850 Travis Wright: So then what we know or what we think we 449 00:24:41,850 --> 00:24:44,580 Travis Wright: know about after X and we can see because we've 450 00:24:44,580 --> 00:24:47,760 Travis Wright: seen some of these records where, you know, even Mitch 451 00:24:47,790 --> 00:24:53,040 Travis Wright: McConnell got $2.5 million from, you know, from FCX, right? 452 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,570 Travis Wright: So it's like you have a bunch of money, the 453 00:24:54,570 --> 00:24:57,840 Travis Wright: Ukraine money goes in the air, RTX filters it to 454 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,170 Travis Wright: these politicians. So of course, they don't want accountability. Of 455 00:25:01,170 --> 00:25:03,899 Travis Wright: course they want a central bank, digital currency, and they 456 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:08,399 Travis Wright: want to say, oh, crypto caused this crash because they're assholes. 457 00:25:08,430 --> 00:25:10,880 Travis Wright: Quite frankly I. 458 00:25:11,330 --> 00:25:16,890 Kristina Bruhahn: Think I think you're paraphrasing is a expected narrative by 459 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:19,800 Kristina Bruhahn: January 20, 23. Now, too. Two things to unpack there. 460 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:25,950 Kristina Bruhahn: Number one, you've got the the politicians essential. Number one, 461 00:25:25,950 --> 00:25:29,940 Kristina Bruhahn: you've got the Cbdcs. Now, banks have been publicly denouncing 462 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,500 Kristina Bruhahn: anything blockchain related for five years. Meanwhile, quietly working on 463 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,840 Kristina Bruhahn: their blockchain protocols and their corbynites. 464 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:37,229 Travis Wright: Right. 465 00:25:37,740 --> 00:25:41,940 Kristina Bruhahn: On the politician side, for five years they've been publicly 466 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:45,720 Kristina Bruhahn: denouncing blockchain. Meanwhile, we know that Office of Management and 467 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,510 Kristina Bruhahn: Budget has been exploring with blockchain. We know that the 468 00:25:48,510 --> 00:25:51,270 Kristina Bruhahn: financial infrastructure, we know that the state level and the 469 00:25:51,270 --> 00:25:54,409 Kristina Bruhahn: federal level has been exploring with blockchain and we. Also 470 00:25:54,410 --> 00:25:58,850 Kristina Bruhahn: know that the Red administration under Trump was desperately trying 471 00:25:58,850 --> 00:26:02,330 Kristina Bruhahn: to be able to announce the cbdcs and the banking 472 00:26:02,330 --> 00:26:04,580 Kristina Bruhahn: infrastructure as the same as they were trying to take 473 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:10,520 Kristina Bruhahn: credit for the cannabis release. So this crypto cannabis bags 474 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,750 Kristina Bruhahn: of cash infrastructure actually goes hand in hand. And it 475 00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:18,080 Kristina Bruhahn: is not a very popular opinion on Capitol Hill to 476 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,990 Kristina Bruhahn: change the status quo. Right. That's going to mess with 477 00:26:20,990 --> 00:26:22,820 Kristina Bruhahn: how they make money and that's going to mess with 478 00:26:22,820 --> 00:26:25,910 Kristina Bruhahn: how they know how to, you know, glad hand and 479 00:26:25,910 --> 00:26:28,910 Kristina Bruhahn: trade what they call chits. And so if you guys 480 00:26:28,910 --> 00:26:32,750 Kristina Bruhahn: think of Capitol Hill, what we see on TV is 481 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:36,950 Kristina Bruhahn: very much like a play, a staged performance. Right. What 482 00:26:36,950 --> 00:26:40,040 Kristina Bruhahn: happens behind the scenes is incredibly different. And they don't 483 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,530 Kristina Bruhahn: want to let go of the status quo. Now, there 484 00:26:42,530 --> 00:26:45,830 Kristina Bruhahn: are a few small number of politicians that are ready 485 00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:49,370 Kristina Bruhahn: to work with us and absorb everything that the blockchain 486 00:26:49,369 --> 00:26:52,670 Kristina Bruhahn: industry has to offer. But that's a very small percentage 487 00:26:52,670 --> 00:26:55,880 Kristina Bruhahn: of the actual elected officials in Washington, DC. 488 00:26:59,020 --> 00:27:04,700 Joel Comm: So. There's an answer that I'm hoping you can give me. 489 00:27:05,180 --> 00:27:08,810 Joel Comm: My kind of asked it, but I didn't ask it completely. 490 00:27:09,910 --> 00:27:13,720 Joel Comm: If all of this plays out like you are saying 491 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,840 Joel Comm: you believe it will. What does this mean to the 492 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,560 Joel Comm: overall economy? Like, is the stock market are we going 493 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,040 Joel Comm: to see a crash here pretty soon? And have we 494 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,980 Joel Comm: seen the bottom for Bitcoin? And if not, where do 495 00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:28,060 Joel Comm: you think it is? 496 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,230 Kristina Bruhahn: Oh, okay. Not trading advice. This is not trading advice. 497 00:27:34,010 --> 00:27:37,040 Kristina Bruhahn: We've been predicting a global economic recession for over four 498 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,270 Kristina Bruhahn: years now. I don't see how. We have also predicted 499 00:27:41,270 --> 00:27:44,330 Kristina Bruhahn: for six months on record, we have been saying they're 500 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:47,090 Kristina Bruhahn: going to wait until after the midterms and they're going 501 00:27:47,090 --> 00:27:53,360 Kristina Bruhahn: to let the Fed rates impact start truly hitting in 502 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:57,770 Kristina Bruhahn: Q1 and Q2 of 2023. This means consumer price index 503 00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:01,790 Kristina Bruhahn: that has been high for absolutely no reason may need 504 00:28:01,790 --> 00:28:04,580 Kristina Bruhahn: to reset. This means the real estate market, which has 505 00:28:04,580 --> 00:28:08,150 Kristina Bruhahn: been high for absolutely no reason. This means that the 506 00:28:08,150 --> 00:28:12,530 Kristina Bruhahn: consumer credit crunch and the institutional credit crunch are all 507 00:28:12,530 --> 00:28:16,580 Kristina Bruhahn: going to kind of rear their ugly heads in Q1 508 00:28:16,580 --> 00:28:20,150 Kristina Bruhahn: and hopefully by Q2 some things are leveling out. But 509 00:28:20,150 --> 00:28:22,520 Kristina Bruhahn: when you look at a bear market, it generally takes 510 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,840 Kristina Bruhahn: 270 days to kind of get through it. And sometimes 511 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,680 Kristina Bruhahn: it is for now, the Wizards that I work with, 512 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,890 Kristina Bruhahn: the mathematicians and the technical analysts that I work with, 513 00:28:34,220 --> 00:28:36,710 Kristina Bruhahn: they have predicted that this recession will be a global 514 00:28:36,710 --> 00:28:41,060 Kristina Bruhahn: recession worse than 2008 and that it will reset the 515 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:45,440 Kristina Bruhahn: value of the dollar. Now, if the dollar is getting reset, 516 00:28:45,770 --> 00:28:51,440 Kristina Bruhahn: everything is getting reset. I mean, this means price of meat, agriculture, energy, 517 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,020 Kristina Bruhahn: precious metals, all the things that make the world go 518 00:28:54,020 --> 00:28:57,350 Kristina Bruhahn: round is all going to get reset based on supply 519 00:28:57,350 --> 00:29:03,200 Kristina Bruhahn: and demand. And unfortunately, those supply and demand gatekeepers have 520 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,290 Kristina Bruhahn: been in power for a very long time, doing some 521 00:29:06,290 --> 00:29:12,980 Kristina Bruhahn: very not mathematically backed things with those ecosystems. So one 522 00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:15,680 Kristina Bruhahn: of the biggest things that blockchain does to interrupt that 523 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,820 Kristina Bruhahn: is provide the clarity on the supply chain. And so 524 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:24,500 Kristina Bruhahn: if you're applying blockchain technology, it starts to erode some 525 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:28,820 Kristina Bruhahn: of that money shell game that the gatekeepers have been 526 00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:31,790 Kristina Bruhahn: able to do up until now. So I would expect 527 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:37,610 Kristina Bruhahn: from January 2023 across the next 18 months to mid 2024, 528 00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:40,850 Kristina Bruhahn: that this is going to be an insanely tumultuous time 529 00:29:40,850 --> 00:29:44,360 Kristina Bruhahn: in the markets that we have never before experienced. It 530 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,960 Kristina Bruhahn: will come out in the wash around GDP. But there's 531 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,340 Kristina Bruhahn: so many countries that have taken bad loans that they 532 00:29:52,340 --> 00:29:55,790 Kristina Bruhahn: may also end up going bankrupt. Not to mention the 533 00:29:55,790 --> 00:29:58,930 Kristina Bruhahn: nefarious things that you've got from both China and the 534 00:29:58,940 --> 00:30:02,090 Kristina Bruhahn: US going into other countries and buying up things like 535 00:30:02,420 --> 00:30:06,800 Kristina Bruhahn: energy and precious metals and reserves. So anything that's considered 536 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,920 Kristina Bruhahn: a commodity is going to get reset. The US dollar 537 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,890 Kristina Bruhahn: is going to get reset. That means that Bitcoin will 538 00:30:12,890 --> 00:30:15,830 Kristina Bruhahn: not be seen as a store of value. You could 539 00:30:15,830 --> 00:30:19,100 Kristina Bruhahn: absolutely see it go below ten K. And we have 540 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:22,160 Kristina Bruhahn: called the bottom for over a year now. When the 541 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,830 Kristina Bruhahn: recession actually hits, it could go as low as three 542 00:30:24,830 --> 00:30:28,220 Kristina Bruhahn: and a half, maybe even lower. This is about value 543 00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:32,690 Kristina Bruhahn: and where people start buying again when it gets so low, 544 00:30:32,690 --> 00:30:34,640 Kristina Bruhahn: when there's blood in the streets that people go, I'll 545 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,580 Kristina Bruhahn: buy that. That's where you start to see that the 546 00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:42,020 Kristina Bruhahn: tides change. But that won't happen until the massive slide happens. 547 00:30:42,370 --> 00:30:44,330 Joel Comm: And I just I want to pull this tweet I 548 00:30:44,330 --> 00:30:47,330 Joel Comm: just spotted right here, just just broke. New York Fed 549 00:30:47,330 --> 00:30:51,320 Joel Comm: says household debt increased by 2.2% in quarter 3 to 550 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,740 Joel Comm: 6 and a half trillion, a 15% increase, the largest 551 00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:58,010 Joel Comm: increase in credit card balances in over 20 years. This 552 00:30:58,010 --> 00:31:00,500 Joel Comm: seems to just dovetail right on what you were saying. 553 00:31:00,620 --> 00:31:02,900 Kristina Bruhahn: I am not at all surprised by that. That's real 554 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:05,750 Kristina Bruhahn: data points. Those are the data points I don't have memorized. 555 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:09,590 Kristina Bruhahn: But that's where our instinct goes, is that BTC is 556 00:31:09,590 --> 00:31:12,650 Kristina Bruhahn: not going to be seen as an alternative store of 557 00:31:12,650 --> 00:31:15,080 Kristina Bruhahn: value during this recession. It's going to go down the 558 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:20,030 Kristina Bruhahn: drain along with everything else. And when the human species 559 00:31:20,030 --> 00:31:24,170 Kristina Bruhahn: decides this thing is of value, then they'll start buying 560 00:31:24,170 --> 00:31:26,840 Kristina Bruhahn: it and that starts bringing it back up to wherever 561 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,840 Kristina Bruhahn: the price point is going to settle. I do believe 562 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,840 Kristina Bruhahn: it will be 2025 until we see another 60 all 563 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:33,860 Kristina Bruhahn: time high of Bitcoin. 564 00:31:34,790 --> 00:31:37,510 Travis Wright: Hmm. So let me ask you this. You know, so 565 00:31:37,930 --> 00:31:39,850 Travis Wright: one of the things that that Joel and I talked 566 00:31:39,850 --> 00:31:42,550 Travis Wright: about over the years was how great will it be 567 00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:46,270 Travis Wright: when a lot of these corporations are doing security tokens? Right. 568 00:31:46,510 --> 00:31:52,180 Travis Wright: Instead of instead of, you know, having stocks which are manipulated. Right. 569 00:31:52,180 --> 00:31:55,650 Travis Wright: The stock market's completely manipulated, you know, And then so 570 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:58,450 Travis Wright: so what about security tokens? Because I'm looking at the 571 00:31:58,450 --> 00:32:02,350 Travis Wright: total market cap. It's like stock market icon. You can 572 00:32:02,350 --> 00:32:05,530 Travis Wright: go and look. It's like $14 billion is the total 573 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,650 Travis Wright: stock market cap, which seems really low to me because 574 00:32:08,650 --> 00:32:11,950 Travis Wright: there's a lot of really big companies. How long? And 575 00:32:11,950 --> 00:32:14,440 Travis Wright: so we see the proliferation of security tokens. 576 00:32:15,340 --> 00:32:17,950 Kristina Bruhahn: I think first you're going to see the proliferation of 577 00:32:17,950 --> 00:32:21,100 Kristina Bruhahn: utility tokens. I think that what's happening right now with 578 00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:24,760 Kristina Bruhahn: Fortune 500 brands, what I call the household brands, these 579 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,320 Kristina Bruhahn: are brands like Eminem's. I pick on them all the time. 580 00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:30,850 Kristina Bruhahn: Shout out to Eminem. They're doing things in the metaverse 581 00:32:30,850 --> 00:32:34,690 Kristina Bruhahn: and with NFT is with reward economies, with discounts, with 582 00:32:35,410 --> 00:32:38,650 Kristina Bruhahn: loyalty programs, things like that that can all be handled 583 00:32:38,650 --> 00:32:41,440 Kristina Bruhahn: with a utility token. And so the adoption of a 584 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,950 Kristina Bruhahn: utility token as a data packet to say, yes, this 585 00:32:44,950 --> 00:32:47,200 Kristina Bruhahn: thing happened and now we can go ahead and give 586 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,800 Kristina Bruhahn: them a reward. I think that's step one. Step two, 587 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,130 Kristina Bruhahn: what you're talking about technically, step three, because step two 588 00:32:54,130 --> 00:32:55,930 Kristina Bruhahn: would be a hybrid of saying we should have a 589 00:32:55,930 --> 00:32:59,590 Kristina Bruhahn: security token. But the security token is what you're talking about, 590 00:32:59,590 --> 00:33:03,400 Kristina Bruhahn: where basically anything to do with profit sharing is going 591 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,250 Kristina Bruhahn: to fall into the realm of security. Token doesn't matter 592 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:09,430 Kristina Bruhahn: if you're using NFT for it doesn't matter what background, 593 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:12,130 Kristina Bruhahn: if it has profit in it, If you're sharing profit, 594 00:33:12,130 --> 00:33:16,780 Kristina Bruhahn: you're probably a security. So that being said, now you're 595 00:33:16,780 --> 00:33:19,510 Kristina Bruhahn: getting into some new structure and new legislation, and this 596 00:33:19,510 --> 00:33:22,660 Kristina Bruhahn: is why we actually have an advocacy and lobbying arm 597 00:33:22,660 --> 00:33:27,370 Kristina Bruhahn: at Continuum is because things like employee stock options programs 598 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,990 Kristina Bruhahn: will now be a revenue share for, you know, potential 599 00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:36,010 Kristina Bruhahn: Fortune 500 brands. What you're talking about, Travis, is kind 600 00:33:36,010 --> 00:33:40,570 Kristina Bruhahn: of releasing the Kraken, right? Like you're opening the floodgates 601 00:33:40,570 --> 00:33:42,490 Kristina Bruhahn: at that point. If we don't. 602 00:33:42,940 --> 00:33:44,530 Travis Wright: Release all the corrections. 603 00:33:45,010 --> 00:33:48,550 Kristina Bruhahn: If we don't have safe lanes of commerce and established 604 00:33:48,550 --> 00:33:52,000 Kristina Bruhahn: tax code, even the Fortune 500 brands will get hit 605 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,640 Kristina Bruhahn: on their wrist for doing things like that. And so 606 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:59,290 Kristina Bruhahn: there's this counter movement in Capitol Hill to be ready 607 00:33:59,290 --> 00:34:04,810 Kristina Bruhahn: to support the BlackRock's and the JPMorgan's and the Halliburton's 608 00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:07,120 Kristina Bruhahn: and the M&M brands. 609 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,410 Travis Wright: And Nestlé is taking on all the crappy companies. 610 00:34:10,450 --> 00:34:13,060 Kristina Bruhahn: Like I'm telling you need to understand. You need to 611 00:34:13,060 --> 00:34:15,819 Kristina Bruhahn: understand that the rules that apply to a good company 612 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:18,189 Kristina Bruhahn: also apply to a bad company. You need to understand 613 00:34:18,190 --> 00:34:22,150 Kristina Bruhahn: tech team and intentions. You need to understand nefarious actors 614 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,400 Kristina Bruhahn: need to understand what do you think that brand is 615 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,580 Kristina Bruhahn: going to do with that kind of power? To Joel's point, earlier, 616 00:34:27,580 --> 00:34:29,680 Kristina Bruhahn: he said, If we get cbdcs, are we all just 617 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,669 Kristina Bruhahn: under surveillance at that point? Yes. Yes, that's exactly what 618 00:34:33,670 --> 00:34:36,589 Kristina Bruhahn: it is. Are you going to focus back on that? 619 00:34:36,610 --> 00:34:37,420 Kristina Bruhahn: Are you going to come? 620 00:34:37,420 --> 00:34:40,630 Travis Wright: You're just like, yeah, you're done. What happens when they 621 00:34:40,630 --> 00:34:42,400 Travis Wright: don't like what Joel said and they don't like what 622 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,650 Travis Wright: Travis said? Boom. You don't count anymore. 623 00:34:44,890 --> 00:34:49,359 Kristina Bruhahn: That's a different thing. So actually, to move down a 624 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,350 Kristina Bruhahn: weird rabbit hole so the media and entertainment companies own 625 00:34:53,350 --> 00:34:56,739 Kristina Bruhahn: the rights to yet they own his likeness all live, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 626 00:34:56,980 --> 00:34:59,440 Kristina Bruhahn: So they've actually started and I've heard this through the 627 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,050 Kristina Bruhahn: grapevine will need the brands to comment on it. This 628 00:35:02,050 --> 00:35:06,609 Kristina Bruhahn: is not trading advice. They've started to digitize artists and 629 00:35:06,670 --> 00:35:12,070 Kristina Bruhahn: take 10% of Kanye and 10% of. Nipsey Hussle and 10% 630 00:35:12,070 --> 00:35:14,860 Kristina Bruhahn: of this and 10% of that. And put together an A.I. 631 00:35:14,860 --> 00:35:18,210 Kristina Bruhahn: character that's never going to flub up on Twitter. Right. 632 00:35:18,219 --> 00:35:21,430 Kristina Bruhahn: That is a bigger sense of investment and revenue model 633 00:35:21,430 --> 00:35:23,890 Kristina Bruhahn: for them that they get to outright own. Then dealing 634 00:35:23,890 --> 00:35:26,140 Kristina Bruhahn: with a human that could potentially go off the rails. 635 00:35:26,350 --> 00:35:29,529 Kristina Bruhahn: So now you're into AI and bleeding edge technology that 636 00:35:29,530 --> 00:35:34,150 Kristina Bruhahn: has a blockchain back end. But we're really just dealing 637 00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:36,610 Kristina Bruhahn: with the fact that these are all really hard concepts 638 00:35:36,610 --> 00:35:39,550 Kristina Bruhahn: for my cousins to understand and for the politicians to understand. 639 00:35:39,730 --> 00:35:42,759 Kristina Bruhahn: But they're already here. And are you going to punish, 640 00:35:42,969 --> 00:35:48,940 Kristina Bruhahn: you know, Atlantic Records versus Halliburton, Right. All of this 641 00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:51,940 Kristina Bruhahn: kind of falls in the same category of legislation, and 642 00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:54,100 Kristina Bruhahn: it's very, very murky waters. 643 00:35:54,340 --> 00:35:54,980 Joel Comm: So you've got. 644 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,980 Kristina Bruhahn: We've we've done the best we can. 645 00:35:57,730 --> 00:36:01,210 Joel Comm: You've got confused cousins because that's what that's what I 646 00:36:01,210 --> 00:36:04,650 Joel Comm: want to say. Well, Christina, we appreciate you coming on today. 647 00:36:04,660 --> 00:36:08,859 Joel Comm: The website Continuum dot market, you can sign up for 648 00:36:09,070 --> 00:36:12,880 Joel Comm: for Christina's email newsletter over there and find out how 649 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,489 Joel Comm: to get involved, whether your brand or your crypto or 650 00:36:15,489 --> 00:36:17,739 Joel Comm: your politician, whatever, if you want to be a part 651 00:36:17,739 --> 00:36:22,390 Joel Comm: of a positive movement. Or meet her in Miami, you're 652 00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:23,980 Joel Comm: going to be at Art Basel. Yeah. 653 00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:28,630 Kristina Bruhahn: We sure are. We're doing a V VIP event with 654 00:36:29,140 --> 00:36:32,800 Kristina Bruhahn: Miami Phantom Blue at Art Basel on Friday. The second 655 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:37,029 Kristina Bruhahn: you can get $800 off the ticket price using code 656 00:36:37,030 --> 00:36:41,859 Kristina Bruhahn: continuum 800. So definitely take advantage of that. We have 657 00:36:41,860 --> 00:36:44,230 Kristina Bruhahn: not only the blockchain brands and some of my favorite 658 00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:48,550 Kristina Bruhahn: humans coming, but also some very big venture capital asset 659 00:36:48,850 --> 00:36:52,030 Kristina Bruhahn: capital management. So we've got a couple of folks. One 660 00:36:52,030 --> 00:36:54,730 Kristina Bruhahn: person alone manages 2 billion, so I'd imagine we have 661 00:36:54,730 --> 00:36:57,850 Kristina Bruhahn: about 5 billion assets under management at that party, not 662 00:36:57,850 --> 00:37:00,969 Kristina Bruhahn: to mention celebrities like Baron Davis, who I was just 663 00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:03,550 Kristina Bruhahn: at his house singing some Adele over some of his 664 00:37:03,550 --> 00:37:07,180 Kristina Bruhahn: beats he was laying down. That was super fun. Everyone 665 00:37:07,180 --> 00:37:10,810 Kristina Bruhahn: in Web three is welcome to join Continuum. You just 666 00:37:10,810 --> 00:37:13,510 Kristina Bruhahn: have to be transparent about what you're doing and allow 667 00:37:13,510 --> 00:37:15,730 Kristina Bruhahn: us to track your journey for two years. If you're 668 00:37:15,730 --> 00:37:18,130 Kristina Bruhahn: here to build a web3 world, we want to help 669 00:37:18,130 --> 00:37:20,170 Kristina Bruhahn: you and we want to prove that you're actually safe 670 00:37:20,170 --> 00:37:21,279 Kristina Bruhahn: for us consumers. 671 00:37:22,230 --> 00:37:25,710 Joel Comm: Very nice and and we are pleased to also partner 672 00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:28,230 Joel Comm: with you. And why don't you go and talk a 673 00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:31,380 Joel Comm: little bit about what that means for bad crypto, the 674 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:36,240 Joel Comm: Nifty show, the nifty checks. Travis Right. Joel Calm this universe. 675 00:37:36,270 --> 00:37:39,210 Kristina Bruhahn: Oh, I'm so excited about that. So this is really 676 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:43,259 Kristina Bruhahn: how Continuum interacts with the world. So we've got all 677 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:46,379 Kristina Bruhahn: these blockchain brands, right, but they want more exposure, and 678 00:37:46,590 --> 00:37:49,950 Kristina Bruhahn: Travis and Joel are also speakers at Continuum, so we 679 00:37:49,950 --> 00:37:51,810 Kristina Bruhahn: want to track where they're going to be and so 680 00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:54,030 Kristina Bruhahn: that you guys can find them and get in contact 681 00:37:54,030 --> 00:37:56,819 Kristina Bruhahn: with them. It's really a community of access to the 682 00:37:56,820 --> 00:38:00,810 Kristina Bruhahn: best blockchain thought leaders and these blockchain brands. They want 683 00:38:00,810 --> 00:38:04,020 Kristina Bruhahn: to be on shows like the Bad, Bad Crypto podcast. 684 00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:07,830 Kristina Bruhahn: They want to be on the nifty podcast, Nifty Chix. 685 00:38:08,130 --> 00:38:11,190 Kristina Bruhahn: We have about 400 podcast, but you guys have the 686 00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:16,440 Kristina Bruhahn: metrics that show quantifiable impact when the brands are actually participating. 687 00:38:16,710 --> 00:38:18,540 Kristina Bruhahn: That's what we want to show. We want to show 688 00:38:18,540 --> 00:38:20,969 Kristina Bruhahn: it continuum that they might have had a community of 689 00:38:20,969 --> 00:38:23,520 Kristina Bruhahn: 2000 and then they went on bad crypto and now 690 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,250 Kristina Bruhahn: they have a community of 10,000. We want to show 691 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:29,669 Kristina Bruhahn: those event triggers from a data science perspective and give 692 00:38:29,670 --> 00:38:32,160 Kristina Bruhahn: you guys the credit for everything amazing that you're doing 693 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,180 Kristina Bruhahn: to impact the industry from not only events and media 694 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:39,450 Kristina Bruhahn: but also deal flow. The advisor ships you guys are doing, 695 00:38:39,630 --> 00:38:42,840 Kristina Bruhahn: the conversations you guys have offline. You guys are chock 696 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,790 Kristina Bruhahn: full of data points. We want that all to be 697 00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:45,990 Kristina Bruhahn: available at Continuum. 698 00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:50,870 Joel Comm: That was just that was lunch. I'm chock full of you. 699 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,910 Joel Comm: Just like Thomasin a doll. Beat us because you blinded 700 00:38:53,910 --> 00:38:55,050 Joel Comm: me with science, girl. 701 00:38:56,530 --> 00:38:58,060 Kristina Bruhahn: That's what I do. Data Points. 702 00:38:59,860 --> 00:39:01,750 Travis Wright: Thank you so much for coming on. We really appreciate it. 703 00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:05,800 Travis Wright: And go to continue that market to hear more data points. 704 00:39:06,370 --> 00:39:09,550 Kristina Bruhahn: Thanks, guys. I'll see you in either Miami or Puerto Rico, 705 00:39:09,550 --> 00:39:12,070 Kristina Bruhahn: where we're going to be with Mike Turpin's Coinagenda Caribbean. 706 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:15,670 Kristina Bruhahn: So much love to bad crypto and the bad crypto family. 707 00:39:15,940 --> 00:39:17,799 Kristina Bruhahn: Love you guys. Thank you for the work you do 708 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:18,910 Kristina Bruhahn: for the blockchain industry. 709 00:39:20,830 --> 00:39:24,640 Joel Comm: That is one heck of a prediction, sir. Lord Travis 710 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,470 Joel Comm: for bitcoin to go all the way down to the 711 00:39:26,469 --> 00:39:29,529 Joel Comm: 3000 range. What do you think of that? 712 00:39:30,750 --> 00:39:32,880 Travis Wright: If that would happen. Like this is going to be 713 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:36,060 Travis Wright: a crazy, crazy time if that ends up happening. So 714 00:39:36,060 --> 00:39:39,600 Travis Wright: hopefully that does not happen if it does happen. While 715 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:40,980 Travis Wright: we're all going to be in a world of hurt, 716 00:39:40,980 --> 00:39:42,089 Travis Wright: I think if that does well. 717 00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:44,910 Joel Comm: If that happens, I'm backing up the truck. I mean, 718 00:39:44,910 --> 00:39:45,569 Joel Comm: that's like. 719 00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:46,590 Travis Wright: Beep, beep. 720 00:39:46,590 --> 00:39:49,440 Joel Comm: Beep. You know, give me a shovel and let me 721 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,299 Joel Comm: load up some BTC because. 722 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,750 Travis Wright: Wow, Loaded up. Loaded up. If that's the case, it's 723 00:39:54,750 --> 00:39:57,780 Travis Wright: going to be crazy. So we shall see. We don't know. 724 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,230 Travis Wright: There's not financial advice, but it was some interesting data 725 00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:05,160 Travis Wright: points from data points herself. And there you go. 726 00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:07,260 Joel Comm: Yeah, we do encourage you guys to go check out 727 00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:10,980 Joel Comm: her website continuum dot market links to it and some 728 00:40:10,980 --> 00:40:12,959 Joel Comm: other things are in the show notes a bad code 729 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:18,120 Joel Comm: that I and forward slash 650 and right before we 730 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,780 Joel Comm: recorded this show I did an airdrop to bad crypto 731 00:40:21,780 --> 00:40:25,709 Joel Comm: nifty club members. And if you are in the bad 732 00:40:25,710 --> 00:40:29,790 Joel Comm: crypto nifty club and have the membership NFT, then you 733 00:40:29,790 --> 00:40:33,540 Joel Comm: just received an NFT. See, there are now for some 734 00:40:33,540 --> 00:40:36,000 Joel Comm: reason it's not showing them all here. I don't know 735 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,970 Joel Comm: what the deal is. I need to talk to Carlos 736 00:40:38,969 --> 00:40:42,509 Joel Comm: it uncut and say, Hey Carlos, why isn't the. But 737 00:40:42,510 --> 00:40:46,170 Joel Comm: there's now been three NFT is dropped to to those 738 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:48,660 Joel Comm: people and this is what you want right here to 739 00:40:48,660 --> 00:40:51,510 Joel Comm: make sure you qualify for the airdrops. Go to bad 740 00:40:51,510 --> 00:40:54,810 Joel Comm: crypto dot uncut dot FM. Links again in the show 741 00:40:54,810 --> 00:40:59,520 Joel Comm: notes and grab this bad crypto nifty club NFT right here. 742 00:40:59,670 --> 00:41:03,569 Joel Comm: It's only $2.53 right now, and the only reason we 743 00:41:03,570 --> 00:41:05,610 Joel Comm: charge for is because we don't want bots taking them 744 00:41:05,610 --> 00:41:08,400 Joel Comm: for free. So go ahead and pony up and then 745 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,060 Joel Comm: you will get access to the airdrops that are coming 746 00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:15,720 Joel Comm: out and probably announce another one this week. Maybe you 747 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,210 Joel Comm: will do one. I know where we're talking to Brad 748 00:41:18,210 --> 00:41:23,940 Joel Comm: Mills again soon. Brad Mills can on Twitter because he 749 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:27,299 Joel Comm: was the guy who called Luna before it happened. He 750 00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:30,630 Joel Comm: was the guy who called Celsius before it happened. And 751 00:41:30,630 --> 00:41:33,299 Joel Comm: I'll bet you he was calling you after, too. I 752 00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:34,830 Joel Comm: want to know what he's calling next. 753 00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:38,100 Travis Wright: Yeah, I wonder if he's calling Crypto.com and some of 754 00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:41,580 Travis Wright: these other ones, because that's like, you know, gosh, if 755 00:41:41,580 --> 00:41:44,040 Travis Wright: you just become so bad, if that's the case, right. 756 00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:49,259 Travis Wright: Where the global markets crash, that's going to probably happen 757 00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:51,810 Travis Wright: in our lifetime, if not sooner, then we would really 758 00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:54,600 Travis Wright: feel comfortable around. We've been talking about it for a 759 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:59,520 Travis Wright: long time. Fiat money always crashes. What has happened traditionally 760 00:41:59,850 --> 00:42:04,290 Travis Wright: is countries would then reach an equilibrium around the amount 761 00:42:04,290 --> 00:42:06,540 Travis Wright: of gold that they have and they would tie their 762 00:42:06,540 --> 00:42:10,200 Travis Wright: currency to their gold that they have in storage. Is 763 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:11,910 Travis Wright: that going to happen now? Because all I know is 764 00:42:11,910 --> 00:42:14,250 Travis Wright: that China has a lot of gold. Russia has a 765 00:42:14,250 --> 00:42:16,469 Travis Wright: lot of gold. America doesn't seem to have as much 766 00:42:16,469 --> 00:42:20,370 Travis Wright: gold as we would think they have. So what's next? 767 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,150 Travis Wright: We shall see. 768 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:24,000 Joel Comm: I don't know. All I know is this programmable dollar 769 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:30,900 Joel Comm: is scary. Dystopian level. George Orwell, 1984 stuff. And while 770 00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:34,410 Joel Comm: not financial advice, if you want to consider it life advice, 771 00:42:34,410 --> 00:42:37,590 Joel Comm: I don't think this is ever bad advice. To figure 772 00:42:37,590 --> 00:42:41,489 Joel Comm: out how you can be as sovereign as possible. How 773 00:42:41,489 --> 00:42:46,230 Joel Comm: to take as much control of your life, where you live, 774 00:42:46,410 --> 00:42:49,530 Joel Comm: how safe you are, how much money you have, what 775 00:42:49,530 --> 00:42:52,380 Joel Comm: you're able to to do with your life, where you 776 00:42:52,380 --> 00:42:55,680 Joel Comm: can go. These are questions you need to be asking 777 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,460 Joel Comm: yourself now before the hammer falls, because once the hammer 778 00:42:59,460 --> 00:43:02,850 Joel Comm: has fallen, it's too late. So figure out what you 779 00:43:02,850 --> 00:43:06,060 Joel Comm: need to do to set yourself up for success. For 780 00:43:06,060 --> 00:43:08,969 Joel Comm: some people, that means moving to a different country. For 781 00:43:08,969 --> 00:43:11,970 Joel Comm: some it means being somewhere rural where they're growing their 782 00:43:11,969 --> 00:43:16,950 Joel Comm: own food right there. There's all kinds of alternatives. This 783 00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:19,469 Joel Comm: is not a paid ad, but a site that I 784 00:43:19,469 --> 00:43:24,120 Joel Comm: have referenced and subscribed to is called Sovereign Man dot com. 785 00:43:24,630 --> 00:43:27,989 Joel Comm: The guy goes by the name Simon Black. It's not 786 00:43:27,989 --> 00:43:30,900 Joel Comm: his real name. I believe he lives in Puerto Rico 787 00:43:31,170 --> 00:43:33,900 Joel Comm: as well. In fact, I'll pull it up really quickly. 788 00:43:34,350 --> 00:43:37,509 Joel Comm: I'm not sure what I pay each month to to 789 00:43:37,739 --> 00:43:41,250 Joel Comm: be able to have access to this information, but they 790 00:43:41,250 --> 00:43:46,350 Joel Comm: do quite a bit of research on different countries and 791 00:43:46,350 --> 00:43:50,370 Joel Comm: different economies and opportunities that are available. This is the 792 00:43:50,460 --> 00:43:54,299 Joel Comm: the site right here, sovereign mankombu helping you gain more 793 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:59,640 Joel Comm: freedom and prosperity. And this is the first place that 794 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,750 Joel Comm: I heard and read about moving to Puerto Rico to 795 00:44:03,750 --> 00:44:07,200 Joel Comm: be able to legally keep more of the income that 796 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,049 Joel Comm: I earn and not have to pay taxes on all 797 00:44:10,050 --> 00:44:14,310 Joel Comm: of it. So definitely recommend that you check it out 798 00:44:14,310 --> 00:44:17,430 Joel Comm: and take control of your own stuff, gang, because nobody 799 00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:19,200 Joel Comm: else is going to do it for you. The government 800 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,029 Joel Comm: is certainly not looking out for you. 801 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,529 Travis Wright: Hey, yo, I think we've set it off. Ladies and gentlemen, 802 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:44,140 Travis Wright: if you. A group Whose band? 803 00:44:45,969 --> 00:44:49,600 Joel Comm: The Bad Crypto podcast is a production of Bad Crypto LLC. 804 00:44:49,780 --> 00:44:52,510 Joel Comm: The content of the show, the videos and the website 805 00:44:52,510 --> 00:44:56,590 Joel Comm: is provided for educational, informational and entertainment purposes only. 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