Welcome to Digital Asset News, I get top stories in crypto currency and digital assets and bring them down to bite-sized pieces. Today, lots of great stuff. First up, OCC Chief Brian Brooks is too focused on crypto, argue US representatives. And at first glance, I thought this was a primary case of partisanship. When I dug deeper into it, it really is a fantastic opportunity to collaborate and work together. Also, Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse, this is Bitcoin's energy use in advance of Biden administration. And what he has to say is kind of far-fetched, but kind of makes sense in a certain way. And here's a story that's been going around for quite a bit. A time billionaire hedge fund investor, Drunken Miller says he owns Bitcoin in CNBC interview. This is a couple days old, but I wanted to cover it because it just kind of goes on and adds on to what we've already been talking about is that people are finally starting to wake up. And finally, I'm going to go over a cue of the day where Beth asks a pretty good question I never really thought about, which is why is your website free? And we'll go over all of that. But first take a look what's going on in the market. So today is November 11th. It's about 4 p.m. Texas time. And we've got Bitcoin almost going to hit 16k. Let's see if we can do it today. It's an interesting day. Things have been building. You kind of feel it in the air, a little magic. And hopefully it can push through. We'll see. So it's at 15.7 right now up 2.3 for the day, 12% for the week. Fantastic. Ethereum riding high on that news about the Ethereum 2.0 launch on December 1st and be able to stake your 32 ETH. Again, I'm not doing it, but it is up almost 3% and 20% for the week. So Ethereum holders, congratulations. This is your time. Tether's Tether, 17 billion XRP. Wow, 25 cents. Still holding strong. Chain link down a little bit, but it's at 13 bucks. So pretty happy. Bitcoin cash is doing pretty well. Polkadot. Hey, Polkadot is at 450. I don't know if anybody knows this, but that's up 12% for the week. Not too shabby. Binance coin, Litecoin up 2.4, Cardano 0.2. You know, Cardano, it's always around 10 cents. I wonder what it's actually going to start to really, really push for. They've done a lot of great announcements, a lot of things that are going on. They're actually, this was the first week where they were truly decentralized, where they had 51% of the nodes actually processing the transactions on top of that ERC 20 converter. I mean, it's doing good. 10 cents. What else we got? EOS, sure. Rap, Bitcoin. Let's see. No, no, no. Okay, B is up 1.9. That's fantastic. And then down here, it's kind of like the doldrums. Not really too great. Wow, synthetics took a beating today. 12%, but up 62% for the week. So not too bad. And where's my fave? Ah, yeah, Celsius Network, almost at two bucks.  I think it's going to go up above $2 this week. It's up 40% in the seven day average. And it is a, it's a fantastic product. That's the network itself. That's the token. I personally up 30% on the platform. That's one of the big stuff. So let's show them the day's articles. So first up, this one really is fascinating. OCC chief or the office of the control of the currency, chief Brian Brooks, who was from Coinbase, don't forget, is too focused on crypto, argues the US reps. And I think this is just ignorance in how cryptocurrency digital assets work or just the fine details. I think people know kind of what it is like, why are you doing with Bitcoin? Who cares about Bitcoin? Help us out. Trust me, this can help everybody. So what's going on here? So six members of Congress yesterday sent a letter, quote unquote blasting, according to the PR office of one of the authors, Brooks for busy himself with regulating the cryptocurrency industry amid a pandemic. The OCC Helm by Brian's or Brooks since April, 2020, put out several letters of classification this summer that confirmed that crypto companies could become banks, that banks could become custody of cryptocurrencies owned by their clients, which is a great prospect. But, you know, there was a great article by Alex Massio, it's how I met that guy. And he pretty much said, that's not going to happen. Banks aren't going to innovate, they don't move fast, but are you crazy? And he was right. And here we are. And of course, we've got the other banks, Kraken and Avanti, they are really coming on strong going, Hey, we've got a special depository and we're just right behind your bank. So you're about to get blockbustered. So the lawmakers, Rashid Fleebe, Democrat, Steven Lynch, Democrat. I mean, they're all Democrats, right? I mean, I'm not going to sugar coat it, right?  But that is, that is what it is. And this is not a political channel. I'm just going to say that right now. It's not a political, I do not want to get into politics. There's two things you never talk about politics and religion messes everything up. So when I first read this, I'm like, man, what is wrong with these people? But when I, when I got into it, I'm like, Oh, this is, this isn't what's wrong with them. They just don't know. They just don't get it. This is a perfect opportunity to bring everybody together and like, I hear your concerns. I know exactly what you're saying. I need a little bit of help of what you're really trying to say. And here's where I think we can help and let's meet in the middle.  Hopefully Brian gets it. So we'll move down. I'll tell you in a bit. So arguably the immediate needs of millions of at-risk individuals have not yet received an economic stimulus check and are cannot deposit their funds in a bank deserve greater attention than an effort to increase access to financial services to the bank community via mobile phones. They said, and of course, this is just a snippet. We're going to take a look at the actual letter itself. And I'm going to break it down real quick just to just the basics. And I'll tell you, you know, what they really said and how this can really lead to a great opportunity. The members of Congress further said focusing on crypto overlooks, issues facing small and minority owned institutions exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. And of course you read that, you're like, they're just doing their own thing. And then look, this is what they said. So this is great. So here was the letter that was put out yesterday to Brooks. And of course, it was all that group that put it out there. And they said, Hey, we urge the comptroller to seriously reconsider the implications of a unilateral approach. So what they're saying is, Hey, don't just go off on by yourself. Let us all talk about it. Maybe we can help each other. And instead, invite the OCC to collaborate with other regulators in Congress on these issues. Basically what they're saying is like, let us just sit at the table. We just want to talk. According to the most recent FDIC survey conducted in 2017, 6.5% of Americans aren't banked and 18% of Americans are underbanked. That's a problem. And of course, of these 66 minority bank closures represent 30% of all minority banks, which is what they're saying. That's just great. We believe there's an imminent danger that while seeking to serve those already banked, i.e. me and you, people who are investing in cryptocurrency assets with better payment options, we may be overlooking opportunities for assisting the unbanked and underbanked to participate in the economy and the banking system. So I'm going to stop right there. What does that sound like? That sounds like the exact same things cryptocurrencies and digital assets are trying to do, help the underbanked and the unbanked. I mean, Stellar's always talking about it anyhow. And then when we talk about cell phones, I had on minute, minute, minute from votes. And because we were talking about how does this all work as far as like voting because, I mean, underprivileged people, how's that work out? He's like, well, it's kind of weird because in the United States, we have a lot of people who have access to cell phones. They don't have access to a lot of other things because cell phones are cheaper than what it was back in the heyday or back in the day. So again, if you are underbanked or you can't get banked or you don't have the documentation, but guess what? You do have a cell phone. What can you do? Well, you can buy cryptocurrency assets. And some people will say, well, how do you do that? Because don't you have to have a bank attached to your the app or whatnot? Well, here's how you do it in Africa.  The same type of thing could be happening here. And on top of that, all the different problems that we had with getting all that money, which is a lot of money when we do it for the stimulus checks. Well, guess what? Wouldn't it be fantastic if we didn't have to go to the banking system, which is archaic and slow anyhow, and just go, hey, we had this on a distributed ledger, and we can get it out to you way faster than what it's going to take. Oh, and another thing is if you have problems getting it, or if there's different issues with your tax records, because whatever reason, well, that's okay, because at least we have your phone.  I don't want a big brother knowing exactly everything I'm into. Sure, maybe you don't have to, maybe there's a middle ground. But again, when I read this type of thing, I'm like, I just don't think they get it. They hear Bitcoin.  It's a stock. It's, I mean, really, that's how people think of Bitcoin, just like a stock. I trust me, I was talking to my brother.  And that's all he thinks about. So if they understand how everything works, this is just where education comes in. Anyhow, small minority on financial institutions continue to face a deposit crisis exactly what we were just talking about before. Moving down, we also question whether there is an appropriate priority for the OCC in the midst of this pandemic. And again, so they're saying like, why should you deal with that when you have all these different archaic old banks that really need to have have a liquidity crisis? And you should work on that, but they don't get it. They don't get it right now. We can do both. We can do both. But this is the future. And this is how we should move forward. And that's what the beauty of Brian being in there. He's got a golden opportunity to bring everybody together and go, look, this is why here's education. Here's what we're going to do. And I remember he had, he was on, he was on Unchained with Laura Shin and he talked about they have this, this education series on their site. So I'm like, just send them the site. But not only that, just bring them together and talk it out. So lastly, this was, this was the crux of it. I didn't understand what was going on until I read these questions. I'm like, oh, they just don't get it. So it says here with the permission granted of banks to now use bank deposits as reserves against stable coins, will these reserves be segregated from calculating the capital requirements of banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, or will they be able to lend against these deposits? So again, I don't know if they understand that stable coins are pegged to the dollar.  It has to be pegged to something. That's the whole stable coin. And then they make a good point. What about consumer protections? Will the OCC impose on the stable coin providers? But Brian has already talked about this. He's like, our job shouldn't be to innovate. We're not good at innovation. We're just the government. What we should do is regulate. That's the only thing we're good at. And I agree.  One slice is fine. Just don't go overboard and make everybody sick. And then they said, considering a stable coin issue will likely be willing to move large amounts of reserves between different banks, will stable coin reserves be treated as broker deposits, subject to applicable restrictions on banks accepting them. Same type of thing. Maybe they're working about worry about money laundering. But remember, it's stable coins pegged to the dollar. You can't make more stable coins. And they're actually our dollar bills than the world. And how do you plan to protect the notion of the dollar itself in that this will be private money used for payments digitally. And therefore, subject to potential losses. Losses should the stable coin provider go out of business. There's always the saying about if a business goes out of business, that's working in digital assets. Ripple is a primary example. They've always said the same thing. If we go out of business, extra people still survive. It's still on a distributed ledger. And that's that. The Ethereum Foundation, same type of thing.  So with stable coins, they really are centralized. That is one of the problems. But moving forward, maybe there's some kind of middle ground they can reach. And the last one, since the Federal Reserve Bank has strategically used its control of the money supply in times of stress to address inflation, what is the OCC's assessment of the likely impact of diluting the Federal Reserve Bank's authority and effectively transferring the control of our money supply to stable coin providers? Again, that's not what it is. You can only have so many stable coins pegged to whatever monetary fiat unit that you're talking about. So again, I think this is a great opportunity just to bring everybody together and go, hey, this is what it is. This is what we got. This is how we can help everybody, and it's going to work everybody out. We'll do both things. This is the direction we should go. Anyhow, let me know what you think in the comments section. Let's move on. Next up, Brad. Garlinghouse, this is Bitcoin's energy use in advance of Biden administration. So this is a quick one. I always think it's kind of funny. So Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse thinks corporations converting cash to Bitcoin can be making a costly mistake as a more environmentally conscious Biden administration takes the White House in January. And basically, this is what he says. He squares out. He singles out square as one company that may want to pay attention to new federal guidelines that could get rolled out as soon as Biden takes office. And he says the premise is the same thing of a micro strategy. At first he was like, hey, good job, Michael Saylor for making that switch. Now he's like, well, I don't know because he's a lot of energy and Joe Biden's going to come in. He's going to, you know, he's really big on the environment. And I'm like, man, I thought I was a wet blanket. Look at Brad. So Brad's really concerned about the environment. Well, let me say like this. So Brad's concerned about these companies being ousted by the Biden administration because he's going to renewable energy. You have no farther to look than layer one. Layer one is based in West Texas, where I'm at over no pass. It's not no pass. It's somewhere in Western Texas, but they have the lowest cost of energy, which is weird, because it is so ungodly hot over there, which is something you don't want to have for money rigs. But the cost is so low because they, one, they submerge their units in some type of mineral oil. And two, they get super cheap energy because it's all wind powered, super windy over there. So that's renewable energy source. I think they'll be all right. On top of that, we covered a story about how Brad also said that if the Chinese president Xi Jinping, if he had a million dollars in Bitcoin and he wanted to reverse the transaction, he could do it because there were so many miners in China. And we just talked about this for like five minutes in this video. I'll link at the very end. But basically it was like this. Yes, there's a lot of mining pools in China, but the miners themselves are all over the world and they can connect to any mining pool that they want to. So if China wanted to do a 51% attack, that would be very bad for business for a miner because if that happens and it destroys the whole system, then the miners are out of business. So why would they do that? Makes no sense. Anyhow, it's just a quick little article. Let me know what you think in the comment section. Let's move on. So this is a couple of days old and I know a lot of people already covered it, but I wanted to cover it just to put it in my little repertoire of what I'm talking about as far as like big people getting into Bitcoin. This is billionaire, billionaire with a B, hedge fund investor, drunken Miller. That's a good name. Says he owns Bitcoin and CNBC interview. And pretty much what he says and he pretty much shocked everybody because this guy apparently is like a legend in the traditional investing world, just like PTJ, just like Paul Titter Jones. When you have these types of people been around for quite a bit of time, have quite a bit of knowledge, and they have the public ear and they're saying, Hey, Bitcoin's not bad. My best into it. It shifts the perception. Not that it's really he's going to move it.  If he does, he may have a lot. I don't know. But just by him mentioning it and saying it changes the public perception. I think this is a good thing for Bitcoin and it's quotes. First of all, it quotes that drunken Miller, who just weeks ago said he's going to be shorting the dollar is going along in Bitcoin. That says something right there. Though he said his goal position is many, many more times larger than his Bitcoin allocation. Drunken Miller predicts his Bitcoin would outperform. And that's the thing about investing. We're always looking for an asymmetrical investment. So yes, gold will probably go up at some point. Sure, but is it going to go up 10x, 20x, 100x? No, it's not. There's no way because it's already at sitting around $12 trillion. So it's not going to go from 12 trillion to 120 trillion. It doesn't work like that. But Bitcoin's only around 300 billion or 280 billion. Could it go up 10x, 100x? Sure. Why not? Well, maybe not 100x. Let's just keep it at 10x and just about 140,000. That could totally happen. It also states that frankly, if the gold bet works, the Bitcoin bet will probably work because it's thinner, more eliquid, and has a lot more beta to it. Basically, it's just better. I can transfer Bitcoin to anyone, anywhere in the world for next to nothing. And it's the best performing asset class of all time. It's beaten gold, oil, stocks, everything used to cost a nickel. Now it's costing around almost 16,000. That's why I heavily invest into it. Bitcoin all over the pitch, very simple today. Anyhow, it has a lot of attractions to our value to both millennials and the New West Coast money, and they got a lot of it. Drunk Miller also is anticipating a three to four year decline in the dollar. So look, I'm not going to get into the whole dollar thing. We've talked about that before, but I just wanted to have one more guy in a little army of people that I tend to talk about when I started to talk about why Bitcoin's going to make it. And I always talk about the same type of thing, because if you're new, you don't know this. If you're old, you get kind of bored of me saying the same thing. But I have to say the same thing. It's because there's new people and people got to hear it like eight or 10 times, but it's just like Fidele Digital Assets with eight trillion assets that are management. I mean, they're in the game for digital currencies or digital assets and cryptocurrency. You got TD Ameritrade, one trillion assets that are management. You got Van Eck and their huge gold bugs. And they put this out in January and said, look, Bitcoin is way better than gold. And here's seven reasons why. On top of that, you got grayscale gobbling up everything as far as crypto as well as far as Bitcoin, Ethereum per se, because there's so much demand for it as far as institutional investors. You got this guy, Paul Tudor Jones, who came out and said, hey, I'm a legend and I'm going to invest a ton of money into Bitcoin. Well, not a ton, but he's going to put 2% of his total investments into Bitcoin futures. Who knows what he's doing behind the scenes? That's just what he said publicly. On top of all these great public companies like MicroStrategy, Gauss Digital Square, and all these companies that put a ton of money into it. And look how massively they are up in a very short amount of time. You're looking at MicroStrategy. They just got this two and a half months ago and they're almost 200 million. Do you think they're not looked at as visionaries? Gauss Digital, they have 134. Hey, look, they're almost doubled. Square, 50, 75. Not too bad. Not too bad for about a month or so. And then the report just goes on and on and on. So these are the things I like to talk about because these are what will lead you to go, look, I think I'm in the right place at the right time doing the right thing. Let me know what you think in the comment section. Let's move on to our last piece, Q of the day. Everybody, welcome to Q of the day. We are at the Houston home. So it's going to look like this for the next two or three weeks before we head back to El Paso. Actually, we'll see how that works out because right now it's like a hot bed of activity for the COVID virus, but we'll see how it all works. So today's Q of the day is actually a pretty good one and it comes to us from Beth. And these are the kind of questions that I really didn't think about until people asked me the questions. And so she states, Hey, Rob, thanks for offering your website and free course resources for the how-tos of cryptocurrency assets investing. I signed up. Congratulations. Fantastic. And everybody, just so you know, it's 100% free. So if you want to sign up, Dan, teachescrypto.com. So she says, I can't quiet my curiosity and I cannot find the answer on your website. So I'll come out and ask you, why are your courses free? I'm wondering if you're offering this for free as a beta testing scenario for future monetization, or I don't know what's going on. I try to find a mission statement that describes the impetus for this huge undertaking, but I didn't find one. Also didn't find any mention of affiliate or partnerships or enumeration. No obvious ones anyway. I listen to each and every episode of Dan. So I'll watch and listen to see if you offer the answers.  And I can understand why you want to inform, educate the neophytes and encourage mass adoption. That's a no brainer of benefits to solve. And most folks simply aren't so altruistic and magnanimous. Let me just answer the question, which is again, it's a pretty good question, just something I just didn't really think of. I just thought, well, I just put it out there for free and then people would just sign up and that's it. And that would be the big thing. But it seemed like I've gotten more and more of these emails, which is like, why are you doing free? Why no one does this for free? Well, it's very simple. I did it for free because I wanted to do it for free. And that's really the big thing. But I guess to give you a little insight into what led me to this decision, I'm going to have you go to the website, danteachescrypto.com, and I'm going to have you click on the blog. I'm going to show you what I'm talking about. So here we are at danteachescrypto.com and the very top, depending on what you're looking at, if you're looking at it on the desktop, it'll look just like this, if you're looking on a mobile device, the home sign up about reviews, blog, contact and login will be like a little hamburger menu. It looks like three little lines.  And it's going to scroll down right here. And it's going to talk about before you make your crypto millions. And it's going to say, read more. I'm going to click on that. So this is going to be a blog post. It's one of two that I have in there right now. The other one's just about unstoppable domains and emails. But this is the main one before you make your crypto millions. And what I talk about in this one is not just about what's going to happen when you make all your money and you're going to go off and do all these great things. But it really comes down to what do you do when you don't have to get up and go to work and work the nine to five and do absolutely nothing because you have enough money to sustain yourself.  I know exactly what I'd do. I would go on vacation. I would sit on a beach for the rest of my life and I would drink my ties. Well, I'm here to tell you it's not how it's going to work. People need a driving force. People need something to look forward to. People need things and goals in their life. And I'm going to tell you right now, there's a lot of instances where you're going to look back and go, man, I wish I would have known this. So I wrote this article for you, the person who's, if you're listening to this right now and you're investing any amount into cryptocurrency and digital assets in the next 20 years, I'm pretty sure you're going to be a millionaire. Now, this is not financial advice. This is just my personal opinion. But there's a lot of examples where I talk about myself personally, about how I went down a pretty rough path for a while and how I got out of it. But I just want you to read that real quick and it'll pretty much explain to you why I made everything for free in this section. Also, I get emails like this, which I didn't really expect these, but I really am appreciative of them. And this is from Manuel. Manuel says, hi, Dan. Just want to make a moment to congratulate you on your great crypto work and success on platforms thus far. And so much for success will launch this much anticipated resource website. I fully appreciate and value your educational content, motivation, and inspiration for many, many months. And I very much look forward to even greater added value in weeks, months, and years. Wishing you all the best. Thanks again. Paying it forward. Greetings, best regards from your number one fan in Mozambique, Manuel. So I was like, wow, Mozambique. I don't know that place. But I believe it's not a really high paying area. And when I took a look at the average salary in Mozambique, it was 40,200 MZN. I was like, I don't know what the heck that is either. So I had to do a translation 40,200 Mozambique translate to $546 per month. That's something which they make per month. So if I would have done a website like this, and I would have said, okay, it's going to be 100 bucks a month. That is 20% of someone's salary every single month, just to come to my website. And that's just in one area. And I don't know what you're going through. But why would I make it super expensive or even charge it all if it's just information that I have? So to get back to Beth's point and her questions, which was why did you do it for free? Well, that's part of the reason. But then there's another part where she says, well, this is like a huge undertaking. Really not, I mean, not really. I mean, it just took me a lot of time just to take the information that was already out there, things that I already done in the YouTube channel and parse it all down and make it simplified. So it just takes time. It's not very hard. It's not labor intensive. It's like I'm out there digging ditches and putting up walls or something like that, 12 hours a day, seven days a week. It just takes a little bit of effort. And then after that, I mean, it can sustain itself for quite a bit of time. So there is that part. So when we talk about free, to me, it's not that big of a deal. I've done websites for quite some time. And it's not so big of a thing just takes, again, just takes time. And then she talks about here, trying to find a mission statement on the site that describes the impetus that's a huge undertaking. Also any mention of affiliate remuneration, that's remuneration, I could be wrong, or partnership. So I actually had to think about that.  So I redid the intro video when people come in for, for the website. And I tell them, hey, there's going to be links here that are affiliate links. Just like when you, when I'm talking in YouTube videos, I'm saying, hey, go check out my Google spreadsheet, which has all the different exchanges and wallets, things I recommend, I'll recommend. Those are affiliate links. You do not have to use them. But if you do use them, like for Celsius, for example, you will get $20 in Bitcoin, and I will get $20 in Bitcoin. So again, you do not have to use them. You can go Google it and try to, you know, find the right one. Hopefully it's out there. And there's no scammers, you know, taking over the different Google searches, and you can sign up for free. It's okay. So in that video, I talked about, okay, on this one, there's a lot of affiliate links, and they're throughout the whole website. Again, you don't have to use them. You can do whatever you want to. But then there was another question that, that I think is going to come up, which is who paid, did anybody pay to put their information on your website? The answer is no. Nobody here pays me to put their information on the website. And these are just the things that I really didn't think about because I'm like, well, it's free. But I guess I have to put it all in there. So I put that in the main members video, which is the first video that you must watch when you first sign up. So the only two individuals that have ever paid for a paid promotion on my YouTube channel has been two, CryptoTrader.tax, because I believe that everybody's got to do taxes. So I mean, no one would be like me, and I have to go through an audit. And the second one is iTrust, because I believe everybody's going to need an IRA to help them not pay so much huge amounts in taxes. Now, you're going to pay things in taxes, which is how it is. But with iTrust, at least you can put up to $7,000 worth per year in cryptocurrency. Above that, well, they can't help you because that is the maximum amount allowed by law. So no one's getting away from taxes per se, but it is a huge boom if you're looking for that situation. So that is it. And I'll just preface it with this. These are good questions. And I'm glad we get them out of the way now, so I don't have to deal with it later on. But iTrust is a currency that you can't buy. And the only reason that you have signed up or even think about signing up for my website, not just because it's free, it's because you trust me.  That is ridiculous why I do that. I never understood that as a business owner. If you have a good business on a good business plan, then why would you do some crazy stupid thing where you would take away from the customer and the customer experience, then they won't use it anymore, and then one person tells 10, 10 plus 100 and so on and so forth. It just never made sense to me. I ran up with those businesses and I'm like, why do you do that? Just do the right thing. Everything will work itself out.  Anyhow, that's just me talking. All right, so I hope I answered your question. And again, it is DanTeachersCrypto.com and we'll be adding in more things as time goes on. I hope you enjoy it. And that is it, hopefully for a cue today. All right, thanks. Let's jump back. So look, I hope they answered all your questions as far as DanTeachersCrypto. Here's the website itself, DanTeachersCrypto.com. It's very easy to sign up again, 100% free. Click on Start Learning and Start Learning. There's a little snippet information right here, but then you just sign up right there. And that's really it. So thanks again for watching the whole thing. I really appreciate it. If you like these types of videos, it's going to be too much going to pop up. I'm going to put the one about Brad Garlinghouse where he talked about the miners and there is timestamps on all my videos so you can find exactly what it is quick and easy. And that is it. So thanks for watching and I'll see you on the next one.


Priscilla's bigger, so I think we are seeing the word data factory or data pipeline emerge a lot. In fact it's funny, the number of startups trolling this Hadoop world, and how many people are using the term for all sorts of industries and all sorts of problems, be it the web, be it healthcare, be it mobile, I heard Nokia was here. So I think it's, I think that's different. I think the word has got, I think the idea, the concept of taking big data and automating the pipeline has become real because you've seen real life applications of it. I think Hadoop is bigger, right, big data is bigger. Last year there was one company that we all knew of that remained the leaders of it and now we have Hortonworks, so I think you certainly see a lot more action in the distribution layer. I think the third thing that's really changed is bigger is you've seen the creation of companies like ours, right, where Peter Fendl said the best thing. We believe Hadoop is ready for the enterprise. It really is ready for the enterprise, outside the web. And what's it been waiting for is an application to pull through the stack, because the basic components work. You can store the data, you can process the data, you can access the data, you can run analytics, and what needs to be built next is gotta be driven by the enterprise who is using it for use cases. So I think as applications like ours come up, we will see Hadoop become


Yo, I just got to point out when I started my dunk journey pulling out a tripod I'd get laughed at and looked at like I was insane now look what we built I just want to point out how far we've come did I start it? Yeah, I'm stevie pioneers, but that's okay Listen, we're doing this. We're building this amazing community I just want to say how grateful I am for everybody that's supported It's becoming the most amazing journey of my life and for all the new dunkers out there. No fricking limits Let's go 124 days till dunking. Let's go Energy's high, but I gotta keep it in check Okay, so that was very first jump of the day. It's gonna be very hard to contain this energy But I gotta think long time. I gotta do a tray for my body. Gotta build the foundation and can't overdo it It's easy to overdo it jumping because it's so much fun and so much force. I Like that so proud of myself. Hey, so for that one My hamstring doesn't hurt so I'm able to get that power off if I'm going straight up with it It feels so good Ready to dunk on somebody. That's how we do day one back in the gym Now the trick is getting out of here without getting too hype and stretching staying on the grind focus Yo on that one I jumped so far forwards, but no pain and still banged it So when I jump up, it's gonna be Honestly a little bit in shock how easy that was how strong I felt and how rusty I felt at the same time So I have a lot of potential all this work is starting to pay off and there's a lot more to go So staying in the moment All we do is work. We live in our own reality Everybody else is just an extension of us. Anybody looking at me. That's just me looking at me It's like I'm looking in this mirror. Nothing matters. Go for your dreams. What are we doing?


Now, you wouldn't think that humans had much in common with zebrafish, but we share more than you might guess. In fact, zebrafish could hold the key to understanding our mental health. Fran is going fishing to find out more. I certainly am a Roma and I am somewhat transfixed by these little fellas right here. These are zebrafish, but I wonder what they've got to do with studying mental health. Well, someone here to help me is Jen Wong. So, Jen, what have these got to do with mental health? How are they helping us with zebrafish? We study zebrafish, especially the genes and psychiatric diseases. Did you know 70% of our genes we share with these? Yes, and about 80% of proteins that are associated with human diseases have zebrafish counterparts. Gosh, that makes them such a good model for studying ourselves. Yes, we do gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system to knock out the specific genes that we're interested in and to explore the association between genes and behaviors. Understood, so you knock out certain genes, get rid of them, stop them from working and then you look at what happens to the fish behavior. Exactly. The best part is we have very similar structure of brains between zebrafish and human. If you go there with Giovanni, he will show you the structure of the brain. Oh, thank you. Hi, Giovanni. Oh, gosh. So, wow, this looks impressive. What have we got here? A lot of light. Definitely a lot of lights. What are those lights? So, here we have the section of the front part of the zebrafish brain. Right. On this other side, we have the same front part, the same section for the mammal brain. Okay, and we're mammals, obviously. We're mammals as well. And as we can see, the same colored region, the same lighted region, are the same brain region that we share with the zebrafish, with the little fella there. For example, we have the isochortex ears, the blue part, lighted in blue. And they spit here. Absolutely. And as you can see, we have the same light also for the learning, for our emotion, for our voluntary movements. And the same goes for the other part of the brain. For example, the amygdala there, the yellow bits, or for the pallidum part, the green lights. And so, the lights that come on, not only do they show us where the regions are that we have in common, but also what they sort of influence in our behavior. Absolutely. That's the amazing thing about zebrafish, because since we share the same brain region since we share the same DNA basically, we really can use zebrafish as a great model organism. It can tell us so much about what we're meant to have. And so, yeah, by using the zebrafish as a model, you can knock out certain genes, see what the result is. And then I suppose from that, not only can you see a change potentially in behavior, but then also look at where drugs might be good to be used and what effects they might have. Absolutely. That is actually one of the final goals, because we share 84 percent of the proteins involved in human diseases with the zebrafish. So, if you're able to target this protein, we can absolutely improve the human health in general, on top of the mental health. So, combining all of these, you can see why actually it's a genius fish. Gosh, who would have known that those little beasts right there share so much in common with us and can actually help our well-being. Gosh, I'm learning so much. It's fantastic. Back to you, Roma. Thanks, Fran. I'm here with Adele Legieri from Queen Mary University. Welcome, Adele. It's great to have you here. Thank you. It's a great pleasure to be here with you today. And tell me a little bit about your area of research. So, we use zebrafish, which is a small freshwater fish, to study genetic variants associated with human psychiatric disease. So, what we do is genetically modify the DNA of these little fish. We turn off specific genes using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique, and then we see what happens in terms of behavioral and molecular effects. So, I mean, it seems quite counterintuitive that zebrafish and humans might have much in common. So, could you explain a little bit about that? So, we share 70 percent of our genes with zebrafish. And 84 percent of the genes, which in human are associated with psychiatric diseases, have a zebrafish counterpart, which makes it a really good translational model for human studies. So, does that mean, I guess, if there's so much commonality between humans and zebrafish, particularly in the terms of mental health, does that mean the zebrafish have some kind of mental health? So, zebrafish have traits that characterize human psychiatric diseases. So, if we can measure anxiety, we can measure their aggressive behavior, impulsivity, they can get addicted to drugs. So, we can actually also study addiction diseases in zebrafish. So, what are you trying to gain from your research overall? What is the kind of the goal by using zebrafish? So, we aim to find, to identify as much genes as possible, because when it comes to psychiatric diseases, it's not just one gene, it's more than one gene together that causes these diseases. So, we aim to identify more genes, of course, and possibly find therapeutic targets to treat human. So, what we're saying is that if a human has some kind of mental health issue, it's quite complex to isolate just one or two or maybe, you know, this number of genes to then, I guess, so, are you trying to predict perhaps which kind of people might be more susceptible to, yeah, and then, like, are there interventions or anything like that? Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Especially because we have to bear in mind that it's not just the genes, it's like a strict gene environment interaction. So, it's like 50% of the genes and 50% of the environment. So, I'm sure you read about studies in twins. So, same DNA, same genetics, but one was living in one side of the world and the other one in the other side of the world. And despite the same DNA, so the same genetics, someone was showing signs of anxiety, for example, or ADHD, autism, and the other one was not, because it's not just a gene, it's more than one gene, and together with a lot of genes, it's the environment as well.  So, it's been really interesting to hear about your research. Thank you so much for joining me. Thank you for having me here today.


Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. It's time once again to put that power to the test. Here on, K-Check! Hello everyone, I'm Gabby Koncaccion, the attorney of the IT staff. True, at ako naman po si Jules Giang and this is K-Check. Patuloy pa rin ang pag-hahanap natin ng mga gustong sunayin at palawaki ng brain power nila through competition. Alami natin kung kaya nila ang brain workout na imihanda natin for them this season. Kaya naman, samahan nyo kami until the final week of competition to find out who our next K-Check champion will be. Apatap contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa aro na to. Punang-unang si Jane, Jane is a business administration student of UP Deliman. Her hobbies are watching K-Dramas, Vlogs, and solving the Rubik's Cube. Maika is also a business administration student in UP Deliman. If there's one thing she can talk about the whole day, it would be about the K-Pop group, BTS. Gryll is a computer science student also of UP Deliman. His hobbies are watching anime, playing chess, and reading webtoons. He also listens to the K-Pop artists IU and TWICE. Last but not least, Joseph is a civil engineering student of UP Deliman. His MBTI is INTJ. He likes to watch movies and surf the internet. Patanongin natin yan mamay. Okay, so these four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Marion Roque, Professor of Mathematics at UP Deliman. Next, we have Professor Neil Santillian, former chairperson of the UP Deliman Department of History. And we have the multimedia artist and Professor Emeritus, who teaches film at the UP College of Mass Communication Film Institute and Communication at the UP Open University, Professor Grace Xavier Alfonso. At ngayon, contestant, sandana ba kayo for our first round?  Each correct answer is worth 10 points. Let's begin. Let's begin. Question number one. What color of the rainbow has the same name as a citrus fruit? Joseph. Orange. Orange is correct. K-Check. Question number two. In chemistry, sodium chloride is the chemical name of which common mineral and seasoning? Joseph. Salt. Salt is correct. K-Check. Question number three. With a population of more than 12 million, Mumbai is the most populous city in what country? Brile. India. India is correct. K-Check. Question number four. What continent shares a 55 million square kilometer landmass with Asia? Brile. Europe. Europe is correct. K-Check. Question number five. Which Filipino-American singer recorded the 2023 hit singles Get Him Back and Bad Idea Right? Micah. Olivia Rodrigo. Olivia Rodrigo is correct. K-Check. Question number six. Marlin and Nemo are what type of fish in finding Nemo? Joseph. Clownfish. Clownfish is correct. K-Check. Question number seven. What fruit is the ingredient that makes Hawaiian pizza unique? Micah. Pineapple. Pineapple is correct. K-Check. K-Check. K-Check. K-Check. In the phonetic alphabet, alpha stands for the letter A. What letter stands for the letter C? Joseph. Gamma. Gamma. Gamma is malik. Brile. Charlie. Charlie is correct. K-Check. Question number nine. Which large bird of prey was named the national bird of the Philippines in 1995? Joseph. Philippine eagle. Philippine eagle or monkey eating eagle is correct. K-Check. Question number ten. In mathematics, what number is two-thirds of 75? Brile. 25. 25 is malik. The correct answer is 50. Next question, number 11. This animated cat and mouse pair first appeared in 1940. In 2021, they had their full length movie. Brile. Tom and Jerry. Let me continue. What is the name of this animated cartoon series? The correct answer is Tom and Jerry. K-Check. Last question for this round. Number 12. What language are the words kindergarten, pretzel and quartz taken from? European. European is malik. Anyone can steal. French. French is malik. Brile. English. English is malik. Jane. German. German is correct. K-Check. And that ends round number one. Maraming salamat, Jules. After that initial round, we have a tie with Joseph and Brile in the lead, followed by Mika in the second place, followed by Jane with ten points. Kailalani natin ang ating contestants. Jane, para sa iyo ang pag-solve ng Rubik's Cube puzzle, ano ang fast steps solving time mo? Siguro mo, mga less than a minute for solving Rubik's Cube. Nakakakaya naman, one minute. One minute? Kasi nababay style yun na parang sa taas na, sa ilit, sa ilit, natama ba? Ah, yes. Okay. Maraming salamat, Jane. Papaturo kami sa iyo. Ito naman si Mika. Mika. Mika. So we cannot give you the whole day, pero tell us why you like BTS in 30 seconds only or less. Well, I love BTS because they were my comfort people, especially last 2016 where I really had a rough time. And then during the pandemic, my love to them grew. And then until now, they're going the military, so I don't know how to all you myself again, but yeah, just watch, run BTS episodes. Thank you again for our very interesting contestants and our conversations with them. Bagandaan naman natin ang round two. Susunod na po sa pagbabalik ng K-check. Toloy pa rin po ang ating karunungan check. Points rika po na tayo. Liding sinab, Braille and Joseph with 40 points each. Nasi nung Danny Mika with 20 points at si Jane naman ay may 10 points. Syempre, it's never too late, pero sa ngayong palang time at ang dalawang contestant natin. At isang asakan na si Braille, mahilig magbasan ng webtoon. May particular artist ka bang si Luso Baibayan and why the fascination for webtoon. Favorite artist ko ngayon si Anne Fins. Tapos, fascinated po ako sa webtoons kasi po, maganda din yung story and both, story and art ng webtoon. May naman, ito naman MBTI or iti na tawag natin Myers Briggs Type Indicators. So si Joseph, ikaw nang mag-explain sa kanila ng results mo which is INTJ. Ano ibig sabihin nito? Parang abrubation lang siya sa also known as the architect lang po. So esensyali lang po yung mga architect people na may personality pang ito is parang more un-rational rather than emotional. Yun lang naman dito yung basic essence. Ang ironic kasi the architect pero si Will engineering yung points ko. Sali, what's ko lang? Ako naman ENTJ. Ano ba yung ENTJ? Emotional. Okay. Iyan, mame si Lipin natin yung mga results natin. So now it's time for round number two. So contestants, get ready to buzz in but make sure you strategize. Correct answers are worth 20 points each but you use 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. This is round two. Question number one, contestants. What continent did native peoples called Inca? Aymara? Quechua? Call home? North America. The answer is wrong. Sa babalamang ng North America the correct answer is South America. Question number two, what viral disease that has a type of bird in its name is caused by the varicella zoster virus? The correct answer is chickenpox. Question number three, in science, different from precision, what term refers to the closest of a measurement to a tune or accepted value? Joseph? Accuracy. Accuracy is the correct answer. Kcheck. In astronomy, what animal is associated with a constellation cancer? Joseph? Crab. Crab is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number five, what bay is surrounded by bataan, pampanga, bulakan, kavite, and the national capital region, Mika? Lagu madu. Cancer is wrong. Joseph, parang galit-nagalit sa buzzer. Manila bay? Manila bay is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number six, last November 2023, 41 construction workers in Utarkashi, 400 km north of New Delhi, were rescued after 17 days underground. In what country did this rescue mission happen? Joseph? India. India is the correct answer. Kcheck. Ang ating ibang mga pentestans. Wake up na. Wake up. Question number seven, in Greek mythology, which daughter of Cronus and Rea is the goddess of marriage as well as the queen of the gods? Joseph? Hera. Hera is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number eight, what Japanese poem consists of 17 syllables? Haiku. If you answer without being properly acknowledged, you will not consider your answer. Jane? Haiku. Haiku is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number nine, this port in France was the scene of the evacuation of allied troops after the fall of France in 1940. What is this port whose name is the title of a 2017 film starring singer Harry Styles? Joseph? Warsaw. The answer is not correct. Three others can steal? Braille. Dublin. The answer is incorrect. The correct answer is done first. Question number ten, which large country is the top Middle Eastern nation that produces oil only about nine million barrels a day? Mita. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the correct answer. Kcheck. Coming out to question 11, Bilagan City is the capital of which Northern province? Mita. Isabella. Isabella is the correct answer. Kcheck. Are you from the North, Mita? That's why I'm believes ni Mita. Last question for round two, what animals are raised in a hippodrome? I'm sorry, but the buzzer was ahead of you. Animals that are raised in a hippodrome? Horses. And that's it for our second round. Okay. Bikap tayo na mas-course natin. Joseph is leading with 120 points, followed by Mita with 50 points, then Jane with 30 points, at si Braille naman, meron 20 points. Masyadong nasa nitsi Joseph, but it's not over until we finish with our last and final round. So hindi pa tapos ang laban, dahil meron pang ultimate pagalingan round sa pagbalik ng Kcheck. And welcome back to Kcheck. Points 3 ka po na tayo. Joseph is leading with 120 points, followed by Mita with 50 points, Jane with 30 points, and Braille with 20 points. Pero meron pa tayong paparating na ultimate pagalingan round. So hindi pa natin alam ko siin hong posibling winner natin. So let's go for those points and for the win. Remember sa ating panel of experts mang gagaling ang ating mga katanoan sa round na ito. Dito sa round na ito, correct answers are worth 30 points each at may 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Let's begin. Question number one will come from Prof. Maria. Start with something easy. Okay, nat-mass muna. What does a manobiter measure? A. Temperature? B. Length? C. Pressure? D. Volume? Or E. Capricure ba? Ang tamang sagot ay C. Pressure. Next question. Pusa pang kabayanian. Sinong bayaning nagmula sa Pampanga na pinas lang na mga haponis nung 1942 sa Provincia ng Lanao dahil ayaw niya makipagpagpulungan sa bagong mananakok. A. Jose Abad Santos. B. Pedro Abad Santos. C. Jose Lava. B. Pedro Lava. I. Luis Taru. Mika. I. Luis Taru. Malik. Joseph. A. Jose Abad Santos. Siya isang mataas na opisyal ng pamahalaan ni Manuel Luis Quezon na nagtisisyon na manatili sa bansa sa panahon ng pananakop na mga haponis. Ang tamang sagot ay Latter A. Jose Abad Santos. K. Check. What well-known love team in Philippine cinema broke up at the end of November 2023 that showed the existing star system is still at work as the news went viral. A. Ibigay ko yung choices para lang J. D. N. A. B. Donbale. C. Katniel. D. Liskin. E. Dongyan. The concept of star system and the concept of fandom has been studied by social scientists in the field of media and communication, psychology and sociology as it affects popular culture. The Katniel phenomenon is an example of this. The correct answer is C. Katniel. K. Check. Who is said to be the father of the fluorescent lamp? A. Agapito Flores. B. Edmund Germer. C. Nikola Tesla. D. Benjamin Franklin. Or E. Thomas Edison. Latter A. Malek. Joseph. A. Agapito Flores. Malek. B. Taliwos sa maling akala at tinuturo minsan na si Agapito Flores, ang father of the fluorescent lamp. Wala po kasi 40 years after i-discover ang fluorescence di pinanganak si Agapito Flores. Kato yung word na fluorescence gali sa nanya. So Benjamin Franklin sa lightning rod, Thomas Edison light bulb. The correct answer is B. The German physicist Edmund Germer. Prof. Nily. Usapang etymology. Ano ang kahuluga ng salitang Latin nasibitas na root word ng katagang civilisasyon. A. Mataas na kultura. B. Pag-yabong. C. Shodat. O paninirahan sa lumsot. B. Ugnay ang publico. I. Mamamayan. Mika. C. Shodat. Alam natin ang western construct ang civilisasyon. Kailangan merong matatayog logunzali, pero mounlad na sistema ng pagsula. Sa Pilipinas, mas ginagamit natin ang katagang kabiasnan kasi mas inclusive at encompassing. Ang tamang sagot ay letter C. Shodat. K-check. Prof. Nily. Next question. Which painting technique is defined as thin, transparent layer of paint or ink? A. Dry brush. B. Cross hatch. C. Wash. D. Smudging. E. Stippling. So this is defined as a thin, transparent layer of paint or ink. It is typically used in watercolor and acrylic painting techniques to create translucent effects or to build up layers of color gradually. Ito ang hansin natin. I. C. Wash. Next question from Prof. Marian. Ito naman ay usapang science math sa pelikula. Scientists and mathematicians are among the most interesting villains in some fiction movies, right? Who among the following fictional characters is a mathematician? A. Doctor Octopus. B. Doctor Zola. C. Professor James Moriarty. D. Doctor Victor Frankenstein. Or E. None of the above. Zola is from the Marvel Avengers. Octopus is from Spider-Man. At si Victor Frankenstein gawa ng monster. Ang pinakakalaban ay mathematician. Prof. James Moriarty. Next question. So usapang turismo. Sa anong province na Pilipinas ginaganap ang ginagiang festival. A. Aklan. B. Antike. C. Capis. D. Ilo. E. Negros Occidental. Baka masikat yung ati-atihan ka nito aklan o kaya sinulog sa sibuk. Yung dalawa ay tinatanghal rin na si Santoninho ganon din dito sa ginagiang festival. Sikat ang province ang ito til gastronomic habito. Masarapang batchoy sa province ang ito. Antamang sagot ay letter D Ilo Ilo. Prof. G. G. Next question. Ito tungkol sa pagpibinta. Painter Jackson. Splashed his canvas with paint in abstract expressionist style. With what distinct techniques? Yung nantanong ko. A. Glue and pasting. B. Light and shade. C. Relief with mixed media. D. Action painting and drip technique. E. Stencil and matting. Action painting and drip technique. Jackson Pollock is famously known for this unique painting technique. So ang ginagawa niya, nagsasayaw pa siya, nagdidrip-drip ng pintura. D is the correct answer. K. Check ka na. Usapan cute. Which of the following animals are found only in Australia and are sometimes referred to as the cutest animals? A. Platipus. B. Kangaroo. C. Koala. D. Wombat. Or E. Kuwaka. Joseph. C. Koala. Cute sila, pero mali. B. Kangaroo. Cute pin sila, pero mali pa din. O mga skills natin talaga. Naglalaro. Naglalaro talaga. Naglalaro talaga. Braille. E. Kuwaka. K. Although lahat yan ay makak-cute, but the one referred to as the cutest animal kasi nakasmile parate is the Kuwaka. K. Check. Igo-google ko yung kuwaka. Yung cute test siya, pero never ko pa siyang nakikita. Rough knee. Iisip ko nga ko mas cute yung Tarsier. Pero hindi nags-smile. Nandidilat yung ano, sir. Tarsier. Okay, so huling tanong mula sa akin si naon ang kasi sayang Pilipino. This practice of ancient Pilipinos was aimed to keep alive the memory of their dead relatives by carving images made of stone, gold, or ivory. A. Anito. B. Diwata. C. Lika. D. Paganito. Ibolol. Lika. Ibolol? K. Male. A. Anito. Male. Joseph. D. Paganito. Male. Naki. Lika. Tawag rin sa practice nito ay paggawa ng larawan. K. Yung anito, spirits, yung bolol mas nakikita natin sa Cordillera. Pero yung tanong ko kasi mas generic sa. So ang tamang sagot ay letter C Lika. K. Check. So this is our last set of questions. So the next one might determine who are actual daily champ will be kasi talagang very close. Very close. Joseph with 105, Mika with 95. Pag si Mika ang nakasagot siya ang mananalo kung si Joseph, sure winner. Or kung wala makasagot Joseph pa rin. Okay. Off-GG ko ay. All right. Sure. Balik, pelikulang. In the film Bata Bata Paano Kakinua who played the lead role of Lea Bustamante. A. Norau Nor. B. Vilmas Santos. C. Jacqueline Jose. Joseph. B. Vilmas Santos. This critically acclaimed actress performs as an OFW mother, Silea Bustamante, who came home to be with her children. She however encounters her dysfunctional family, disappointed and unwelcoming with her coming home. So the correct answer is B. Vilmas Santos. K. Check. And that's it for our K. Check Ultimate Pagalingan Round. Congratulations to Joseph, our K. Check daily winner with a final score of 135 points. We will see Joseph on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Congratulations, Joseph. Congratulations, Joseph. And of course, thank you to Jane, to Mika and to Gryle and to our panel of experts, Professor Marian, Professor Neil and Professor Gigi. Once again, I am Jules Guia. And I'm attorney Gaby Concepcion. Join us again tomorrow for another episode of K. Check.