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Markets don't move one asset at a time. One day it's Bitcoin, the next NVIDIA, then gold, and then the S&P. But most traders are still managing their portfolio across different platforms, different accounts, and different pools of capital. BitGet just changed that. Their new Stocks 2.0 product lets you trade tokenized equities directly with USDT, all inside the same app you already use for crypto. This is not just another tokenized stock product. Stocks 2.0 is designed around deeper liquidity, faster execution, and the lowest fees on the market at just 0.04% and one-to-one economic exposure to the underlying stock. Dividend, stock splits, and other corporate actions are reflected automatically, helping your position stay aligned with the asset you actually want exposure to. One platform, one account, multiple markets, crypto equities, commodities, and more, all accessible with USDT. BitGet, trade smarter. Start trading today through the link in the show notes. This is not investment advice.

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Hey, Bankless Nation, quick pause in the episode with Jeff and Matt. I'll get you guys right back there. But first, I got to talk to you about OKX. The Intercontinental Exchange, which is the parent company behind the New York Stock Exchange, they backed OKEx at a $25 billion valuation with a plan to launch tokenized NYSE stocks and derivatives later this year on OKEx. That's TradFi and DeFi all in the same app, finally. Trusted by over 120 million users globally, OKEx is bringing products to the United States market that Wall Street has been talking about for decades, and OKEx is delivering them in their new money app, not just a vision, but a roadmap with institutional backing to execute upon it. So if you are not yet an OKEx user, there is a link in the show notes to get a 6% deposit match on your money, not investment advice, and also not available in New York or Texas. All right, let's get back to the episode with Matt and Jeff.

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David, before we get in, you got a shout out to make to our friends over at OKAXE. Yeah. Okay. So the ICE, the Intercontinental Exchange, parent company of New York. Different ICE. The markets-oriented ICE. Yes. which is the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, they backed OKEx at a $25 billion valuation because they want to launch tokenized New York Stock Exchange stocks and derivatives later this year on OKEx specifically. This is TradFi on one side coming to DeFi on the other, all in the same app. This is the new money app from OKEx, trusted by over 120 million users globally today. OKEx is bringing products to the United States. This is now a U.S. company that Wall Street has been talking about for years. And so if you are not on OKEx, they are offering you a 6% deposit match using the link in the show notes. So click that and get onboarded to OKEx and get your 6%. Unless you are in New York or Texas, it is not available to you. Ugh. Sad. Sorry. Sorry, New York. It's weird that it's Texas as well. Usually you don't. Usually New York's common. Texas is not so common. Yeah, usually you don't hear that. I wonder what's going on over there. It is good to have another exchange available in the U.S. Like more options are better, specifically coming from the people behind the New York Stock Exchange.

Markets don't move one asset at a time. One day it's Bitcoin, the next NVIDIA, then gold, and then the S&P. But most traders are still managing their portfolio across different platforms, different accounts, and different pools of capital. BitGet just changed that. Their new Stocks 2.0 product lets you trade tokenized equities directly with USDT, all inside the same app you already use for crypto. This is not just another tokenized stock product. Stocks 2.0 is designed around deeper liquidity, faster execution, and the lowest fees on the market at just 0.04% and one-to-one economic exposure to the underlying stock. Dividend, stock splits, and other corporate actions are reflected automatically, helping your position stay aligned with the asset you actually want exposure to. One platform, one account, multiple markets, crypto equities, commodities, and more, all accessible with USDT. BitGet. Trade smarter. Start trading today through the link in the show notes. This is not investment advice.