McCarthy projected confidence ahead of tonight's House vote on the debt limit bill but said he would talk to House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for the latest count. Several U.S. House and senate members from both parties have expressed the desire to vote "NO" on the current bill. If the bill doesn't pass we may experience extreme volatility across the stock market and crypto markets.

On this episode, we're taking a look at Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH) technical analysis as well as scoping out what's happening with VR & AR metaverse tokens ahead of a likely Apple VR/AR headset reveal on June 5th.Guest: Evan AldoEvan Aldo Youtube Channel ➜ https://bit.ly/EvanAldo20% off Evan Aldo Course ➜ https://bit.ly/EvanCourse ➜ Use code "paulbarron"

“Solana has the potential to be the Apple of crypto,” co-founder Raj Gokal told TechCrunch earlier this week. Clearly the layer-1 blockchain with the most to gain from Apple's VR/AR headset reveal this week is Solana. Solana has amassed a strong ecosystem with Render Network, Saga web3 mobile phone, and dedicated NFT community. Meanwhile, alot of key events are happening in Solana's ecosystem in June.~This episode is sponsored by iTrust Capital~iTrustCapital | Get $100 Funding Reward + No Monthly Fees when you sign up using our custom link! ➜ https://bit.ly/iTrustPaul

The debt ceiling deal brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces its first major test Tuesday, just days before a potential default. With little time for delay, the powerful House Rules Committee, which controls how, when and whether a measure will be handled on the House floor, meets at 3 p.m. to consider the Fiscal Responsibility Act.Guest: Lyn Alden, Founder of Lyn Alden Investment StrategyLyn Alden website ➜ https://bit.ly/LynAldensite

Ava Labs, the company behind layer 1 blockchain Avalanche, is launching AvaCloud, a Web3 launchpad that helps businesses build no-code, fully managed blockchain ecosystems. They also partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement new features intended to make running a node easier. The new features include one-click node deployment through the AWS Marketplace. Could we see Avalanche as the mechanism behind Amazon Prime Gaming for web3? Guest: John Nahas, VP of Business Development, Ava LabsAva Cloud ➜ https://bit.ly/AvaxCloud

A failure to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling before next week's "hard deadline" will trigger a market. However, we may see a crash on Friday before the holiday weekend. Could this be a buying opportunity?~This episode is sponsored by iTrust Capital~iTrustCapital | Get $100 Funding Reward + No Monthly Fees when you sign up using our custom link! ➜ https://bit.ly/iTrustPaul

It's happening... it might just be happening. Apple has sent invitations to its upcoming WWDC keynote to select media outlets, including VR & AR News outlets. Apple has historically not invited XR media to its events, let alone commented in any way on its XR R&D that has been reportedly happening behind the scenes at the company for years. This is undeniably the most anticipated Apple device since the iPhone. If this is revealed, we may experience a massive VC push into Metaverse projects bigger than 2021's Meta rebrand announcement.

According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, the previous cycles saw the balance on exchanges register a net increase. The “balance on exchanges” here refers to the total amount of Bitcoin that’s currently sitting in the wallets of all centralized exchanges. Meanwhile, Ethereum is being staked at immense levels which could lead to 50% of $ETH supply locked away in staking. On this episode, we're taking a look at technical charts for $BTC, $ETH, and a few altcoins.Guest: Evan AldoEvan Aldo Youtube Channel ➜ https://bit.ly/EvanAldo20% off Evan Aldo Course ➜ https://bit.ly/EvanCourse ➜ Use code "paulbarron"

Roughly a month after he announced his willingness to run in next year’s U.S. presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declared he will defend Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies during a speech he gave on the final day of the 2023 Bitcoin Conference in Miami. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his campaign will be the first in American history to accept Bitcoin (BTC) donations.~This episode is sponsored by iTrust Capital~iTrustCapital | Get $100 Funding Reward + No Monthly Fees when you sign up using our custom link! ➜ https://bit.ly/iTrustPaul

The macroeconomic scenario is getting more and more complicated: following the latest revelations about the US debt ceiling crisis and a possible default of the world’s first superpower, there are already those who are speculating about taking cover with safe haven assets such as Gold and Bitcoin. However, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared optimistic about the possibility of a deal on the debt ceiling with President Joe Biden.

Ledger will delay the release of its Recover service after backlash on social media. Ledger’s Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet said that the company will release the white paper for Ledger Recover, and will then give consumers the option to implement their own shard backup providers. The Ledger team says that the priority of the open source project will be Ledger Recover, “to make it fully auditable.” However, this may have just been a temporary PR effort and not a solid solution to security concerns. Thus, we're taking a look at a two hardware alternatives for this custody emergency... Arculus wallet and Tangem wallet.Tangem wallet ➜ https://bit.ly/TangemSiteArculus wallet ➜ https://bit.ly/ArculusSite

TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF) ("TeraWulf"), was formed to own and operate fully integrated environmentally clean bitcoin mining facilities in the United States. TeraWulf utilizes cost-efficient, reliable and sustainable energy from nuclear, hydro and solar sources to form a fully-integrated, environmentally clean platform with attractive economics. Guests: Paul Prager - CEO, & Kerri Langlais - CSOTerawulf webtsite ➜ https://bit.ly/Terawulf

Litecoin has integrated the Lightning Network as it looks to leverage the ultimate scaling solution that has helped the Bitcoin network beat its congestion woes in recent times. The integration of the Lightning Network has largely helped push its scalability by 100%. What this implies is that transactions conducted on Litecoin which are naturally relatively faster than that of BTC can now be completed 10x as fast and also cheaper.

State versus federal regulation was a key issue in the hearing on stablecoins in the United States House of Representatives on May 18. The House Committee on Financial Services’ new Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion heard testimony from five experts as it considered two proposed bills to regulate stablecoins. There were two draft bills under consideration by the subcommittee. The Republican bill was published in April ahead of a hearing on stablecoin in the Financial Services Committee. Ranking member Maxine Waters later introduced a competing draft based on a bill that was introduced but not passed in the last session of Congress.~This episode is sponsored by iTrust Capital~iTrustCapital | Get $100 Funding Reward + No Monthly Fees when you sign up using our custom link! ➜ https://bit.ly/iTrustPaul

Crypto wallet maker Ledger came under fire this week for its new “Ledger Recover” feature, with some posters on Twitter arguing that the service – which stores encrypted user seed phrases with third-party custodians – undermines Ledger’s stated commitment to privacy and security.During a Twitter Space session, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier defended the offering.

Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior commodities analyst Mike McGlone believes that risk assets will be worse off if the US defaults on its debt. McGlone says in a new Wolf of All Streets roundtable discussion that he is bearish on crypto assets and stocks while bullish on gold amid negotiations to raise the US debt ceiling before the June 1st deadline.Guest: Dr. Jeff Ross - MD, MBA Founder - Managing Director VailshireVailshire Capital website ➜ https://bit.ly/JeffRossVailshire

We’re less than a month away from WWDC 2023, Apple’s annual conference for developers. Ahead of the special event in Apple Park, the company has now sent out the event schedule for invited developers. Apple is known for revealing big products and among rumored is Apple's long anticipated mixed reality headset to rival Meta Quest. Coincidentally Metaverse crypto tokens spiked over the past day.Guest: Evan AldoEvan Aldo Youtube Channel ➜ https://bit.ly/EvanAldo20% off Evan Aldo Course ➜ https://bit.ly/EvanCourse ➜ Use code "paulbarron"

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has replied to crypto exchange Coinbase’s petition that demanded it outline and adopt new regulations on crypto and digital tokens. the SEC claimed that Coinbase isn’t entitled to a mandamus and that it should instead comply with existing laws. A mandamus, the SEC said, is “an extraordinary measure that requires the petitioner indisputable right to relief.” Coinbase’s mandamus demanded the SEC answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to its petition.

On this episode, we're discussing all things crypto and innovation in the U.S. We're also diving into macro economic trends that may shift the current state of the crypto market.Guest: Scott Melker - Host of The Wolf Of All Streets PodcastThe Wolf Of All Streets Website ➜ https://bit.ly/WolfofWelker

A leaked memo circulated to Democratic House financial services committee members has revealed the "key messages" lawmakers were told to stick to that could see almost all cryptocurrencies categorized as securities. The document, passed to committee members by the Democratic party ahead of Wednesday’s joint House hearing on crypto policy, was leaked by Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett on Twitter.