we are seeing the overall upward trend in terms of total volume for nft sales, but it has been bumpy,nft's are good for and start up founders are doubling down on gaming, finance, and art as the main areas that we can use an fts in. ed: we just showed that chart. it is astonishing. what happened in december? you had a weird 2023, quiet summer, and then december the market becomes alive again. >> we know there was a lot of optimism over the expected approval of the bitcoin etf, which did happen in january, and there are these nft like objects based on the bitcoin blockchain. we saw huge sales during the fall as people were getting wrapped up about bitcoin, so we have seen optimism about bitcoin and excitement about the etf bleed over into the nft market. ed: gaming is a big part of the story. >> a lot of startups, including the creator of a collection, are doubling down on gaming. they see this as a way to bring mainstream audiences into crypto and create games that are fun to play but also have blockchain in the background. ed: bloomberg's hannah miller. let's get to today's spotlight

nft is nonfungible tokens. those are unique digital goods can be used to represent art collectibles contracts. every contract is slightly from the next one, so we can use nft for that. cbdcs well, those are digital money issued by governments that's got nothing to do with cryptocurrencies. as you can see, there's various different categories now a taxonomy like this is right now because we're early and so it's good to know kind of what's out there. but i think pretty soon a taxonomy of digital assets seem kind of silly. it would be sort of like having a taxonomy of websites. you know what, are the things that we can do with a website. people were asking themselves this in the nineties maybe we can put sports scores or classifieds oh, we can get the weather and encyclopedia. yeah, that's a good idea. and so we had this sort of thing like here are the ten things we can do with a website. of course today we know that websites are like containers kind of infinitely programable right? you can have a website be anyth

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. >> as far as crypto, i made a couple grand off nfts, but they were scammy. i stopped doing that. >> technology is crazy. i would not be surprised if i have a pollster sitting next to me. >> plenty investing in a.i. cover your a.i. base. you don't have to be too risky. >> elon musk as a leader? >> he is eccentric. i can see as a shareholder how he would scare you, but he's eye genius. >> yes and no. he created the entire company. his ideas are the reason the company exists. at the same time, now, i feel he's ready to move on. >> which has brought more fans to nfl? gambling tor taylor swift? >> taylor swift, no doubt. >> taylor swift. >> taylor swift or sports gambling? >> i don't know. that's a deadly combination. >> the chiefs players did answer the question. i was surprised. big thanks to contessa brewer. companies continue to bend over backwards and do anything they can to be part of the sports league. julia boorstin has a look why that is and the trend sweeping the league. >> reporter: the nfl is the most valuable content and media. highest programming an

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you look at the data of nft volume in december.on i am glad to have you on the show is a lot seems to be related to gaming, and area your firm is focused on. vance: gaming is probably the most positive story in crypto right now, but all the games that were funded in that 2021/2022 run have just started to launch. pixels is the biggest application by far in terms of user account. we are moving beyond this process, whale driven crypto economy, to something more mass-market. people have been waiting for that adoption moment. i think it might be here. you have these narratives really firing -- the etf's, defi, eff --what is the beer case? maybe the inflows start -- stop. but the numbers that we hear are 1% to 3%. that is what fidelity says, of the portfolio you should have in crypto. that is about $150 billion coming into the space over the next couple of years. we are one of the largest asset managers in crypto, framework. we have bought nine figures in crypto over the past two years. this might sound strange, but it is actually hard

nft last two weeks alone one california woman was killed in crossfire near the tulum beach are gangsfor dominance. a new york man was abducted and dumped in a jungle. four cartels are fighting over an 80 mile strip of resorts. drug lords are looking to open up drug corridors and tap into tourism revenue. the cartels see american tourists in one of two ways, as potential customers or victims. >> a few miles away in cancun you had five men hacked to death with machetes. they caught the people. to us it is horrifying. to the people in mexico, it's a tuesday. >> in the past tourist resorts were off limits to the cartels. that has changed with the u.s. mission in mexico saying crime, including violent crime, can occur anywhere in mexico including popular tourist destinations. the state department's travel advisor says violent crime homicide, kidnapping, murder and robbery is common in mexico. state officials are advising americans going to mexico not to travel in between cities at night. not to ever travel alone. not to hail cabs on city streets. most importantly they are saying americans

>> no, not you, my bank keeps asking if i really meant to spend $13,000 on nfts, and it's like, duh,hey're coming back! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: can i ask you, this is a real -- this is an efficient way to do things? >> yes, of course it is. it's all part of what i call "double-living." >> jimmy: what is that? >> think about it. you spend your entire life only doing one thing at a time. which is, no offense, gross. [ laughter ] but i'm constantly doing two things at the same time, which means i'm essentially living two lives. >> jimmy: okay, but are you enjoying either of them? [ laughter ] >> my productivity is off the charts. >> jimmy: but what are you really accomplishing? i mean -- >> the better question is, "what can't i accomplish?" you see, this headset -- oh -- sorry, sorry, sorry. >> jimmy: are you all right? >> i actually see better with these, it's fine. let me explain. >> jimmy: all right. >> this headset makes multi-tasking a breeze. i can bet my savings on draftkings while i'm in a child custody hearing. [ laughter ] i can crush leg day while checking my ex-wife's instagr

. >> stephen: "which reminds me: which reminds me, supplies are limited for my nft trading cards. $99 if you buy 47, you get to watch me eat lunch over zoom." haley's speech isn't the only thing that got under trump's skin. so did her outfit. >> and when i watched her in the fancy dress that probably wasn't so fancy. >> stephen: rawrrrr! okay, okay, mean girl! "nikki, that has got to be the fugliest dress i've ever seen. was it half off at the loser store? u-g-l-y. you ain't got no alibi. what does u-g-l-y spell? i know! whale!" trump saved a little of his sass for new hampshire governor chris sununu, who had endorsed haley. >> you have the now very unpopular governor of the state. this guy, he's got to be on something. i've never seen anybody with energy -- [booing] he's like hopscotch. [laughter] >> stephen: he really is losing it. that sentence makes absolutely no... hopscotch. trump also took a stroll down memory lane to say why he lost the race he says he won in 2020. >> they used covid to cheat and they did a lot of other things too. we're not gonna let that happen. and that's s

which means somebody's probably about to release a whole new batch of nft trading cards. [ laughter ]t's very boss that i believe in addition to the fine, trump would be forced to stop doing business in new york. which you'd think getting caught running a fake university would have triggered that penalty already. [ laughter ] trump's legal bills are enormous. and his dummies -- i mean his donors are paying for it. [ laughter ] according to "the new york times," trump has used about $50 million worth of campaign contributions to cover his legal fees. which is -- you know how much jimmy carter spent in legal fees his whole post-presidency? $45.18. [ laughter ] in the meantime, trump is focused on this battle, a battle against taylor swift. trump's campaign team has been working on ways to turn their culture warriors against taylor swift in the event she decides to endorse joe biden. so, if you're a republican, i guess enjoy her music while you still can, before the ayatollah complaini declares a fatwa. a very fatwa. [ applause ] i mentioned last night,this bananas conspiracy idea the nu

to profit off of his name and likeness for years now, we know that last year he began selling those nftds. i think this is certainly a continuation of it. now, the website where the seekers are sold on along with other products like trump cologne. it says that this is it's not connected to his reelection campaign or the trump organization, but i thought it was interesting how the former president talked about maybe this is a way to reach younger consumers, maybe younger voters. but like i said, i think the trump brand has become very divisive, whether you like him or hate him so hard her to say how successful this venture will ultimately be. >> indeed so one of the things that of course, one of the questions could these things be used potentially to pay mounting legal fees? >> right. so his super pacs have spent over $50 million of contributors money on legal expenses does in 202031 of trump's surrogates, the former presidential candidate, current senator tim scott, was on the sunday shows over the weekend. he was asked about this and there's a lot going on in this exchange. take a look

dollar, unchanged and nft futures pointing higher up. we are talking about lofty valuations.bout froth in the indian market. it is now pretty tepid, up about .1%. flip the page as well, we are tracking china benchmarks today, outperforming most of the benchmarks here in asia. csi again up 1.5%. there is expectation more stimulus will be coming, especially in terms of fiscal stimulus as well as stimulus when it comes to the property sector, though bear in mind there is a risk. we saw how the government has clamped down on that major hedge fund which was seen selling its stocks, a massive amount in about one minute. take a look at where we are. tech in particular giving and left higher by about three point 5%. speaking of tech, it is ai in focus in light of nvidia earnings. it is expected to perform really well, but the upside surprise is what people are watching for. they bought -- the baht is high. tsmc lower by almost .8%. here in the lion city, it is day two of the singapore air show. looks like safety has been in sharp focus. >> absolutely. that is one of the key things, b

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he wants to buy an nft. jonathan: what is that conservatism come from?alled loud budgeting. they go on tiktok and explain to their friends what their budget is going to be and their friends hold them accountable. jonathan: that is actually happening? lisa: not in my house. jonathan: emily, you are sticking with us, i hope? emily is sticking with us. he was your bloomberg brief with dani burger. dani: the sec is investigating whether openai misled investors last fall. the wall street journal is reporting that regulators are looking at internal comms by sam altman relating to his ouster in november. sources say the sec subpoenaed openai, asking senior staff to them -- to preserve internal documents. openai's board chair says the company will continue to drink and governance. weight watchers shares following after oprah winfrey said she would leave the board. the stock would be trading at a record low. weight watchers is trying to stay relevant in the ozempic era. oprah winfrey says she will work with the company and elevating the conversation around obese