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Speaker 2: Okay, well, thank you for having me on your show. Tim, Yes,

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Speaker 3: I think of a lot of regulatory changes.

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Speaker 2: In his first administration, President Trump basically said for every

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Speaker 2: Get that, Doge doje he. I think he's going to

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Speaker 2: Yes, he's an unbelievable He's the inventor of our age.

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Speaker 1: So, speaking of the digital and physical worlds converging, we

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Speaker 2: Yes, he's going to be very bitcoin friendly for sure,

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Speaker 2: Technologically enabled innovation is deflationary. So I think many people

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Speaker 1: Kathy, I want to talk performance and get an understanding

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Speaker 2: Well, I think, as I've just described, innovation had quite

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Speaker 2: This this group, if any, needs those liquidity events because

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Speaker 1: You mentioned RNA technology, mRNA technology, what the COVID vaccines,

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Speaker 2: Disrupt ARC Disrupt you can find it on Twitter. You'll

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Speaker 3: To life for us.

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Speaker 1: Kathy, would we always want more time with you. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for spending a big part of your

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Speaker 1: afternoon with us. We do appreciate it. That's Kathy Wood,

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Speaker 1: the founder, CEO, and CIO over at ARC invest joining

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Speaker 1: us from Saint Petersburg, Florida.