Welcome to Across the Chains where Mark Jeffrey breaks down crypto this week with the crew. Justin Bebis and Corval join today to discuss how Asset Manager ($10T) BlackRock filed for Bitcoin ETFs and the long term effects of this development. Is this a way to control Bitcoin and crush it? Also, their CEO is pro-defi. Wouldn't this hurt BlackRock? Finally we talk about the Hinman emails and their effect on the XRP Ripple case. We had Exponential, a tool to discover how much risk your portfolio has, on the show for DeFi Tuesday. Click the link to see where your wallet is on the risk scale: go.expx.fi/blockbytes Blockbytes Discord: https://discord.gg/blockbytes TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Welcome to Across The Chains! 3:00 Bitcoin ETFs Effects 8:00 Powers Wanting to Destroy Crypto, Now.... 12:00 Why Bitcoin doesn't get attacked vs ETH/BNB/etc... 18:00 Bitcoin ETF clarification | THIS IS HUGE 20:00 2021 Market Manipulation 22:20 BlackRock is Pro-DeFi | BULLISH 34:00 Hash Wars and the Bitcoin Halving Coming 36:00 Bitcoin was not the first Cryptocurrency 38:00 Pros of Investing In Crypto Vs AI 56:20 Hinman Emails Released Nothing you read/see on Blockbytes YouTube or blockbytes.com should be considered financial advice. Please use all of the information available to you and do your own research. There are many risks inherent with Crypto currency investing which includes up to complete loss of funds. So please never invest with money you cannot afford to lose. All of Blockbytes content is for entertainment purposes only and the opinions of the presenters and guests do not necessarily reflect the views of Blockbytes LLC. Nothing you see in any of the blockbytes content should be considered a solicitation to buy or sell any assets. Any links of which Blockbytes receives a commission will be clearly marked as such. If you like the content that we produce and can use the products then please consider using our referral links above. #DeFi #Bitcoin #Crypto #inflation #cryptocurrency