This content was created by Alexander Lorenzo. This content was uploaded by Alexander Lorenzo. This is a YouTube video titled "Wall Street Just Buried $162 Trillion of Its Own Monopoly in 30 Days" (posted May 17, 2026). The excerpt is an English monologue/persuasive commentary by a single presenter arguing that major elements of traditional finance rapidly moved to blockchain/tokenization in May 2026 — citing DTCC tokenization, a DTCC–Chainlink partnership, JPMorgan launching a tokenized money-market fund on Ethereum, a Federal Reserve speech by Governor Lisa Cook, the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair, and Senate action on the so-called Clarity Act. The speaker frames these events as evidence that Wall Street’s longstanding payment and custody rails are being replaced, urges viewers to research opportunities, and asks them to follow for more sources.
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The 233-year-old monopoly that is Wall Street decided to ditch the old system and completely change monetary systems around its birthday, around the day that it was created. I don't think that's a coincidence. 234 years ago today, 24 men under the Buttonwood Tree signed an agreement that birthed Wall Street, and this evidence will overwhelm you, okay? On May 17th, 1792, 24 stockbrokers at 68 Wall Street signed a 2-sentence cartel agreement That cartel ran the world's money for 234 years. Today is May 17th, 2026. I'm about to show you how they dismantled Wall Street in 30 days flat. Let's first start with the payment rails. That's the DTCC, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. They're basically the clearinghouse that settles every stock trade in America. They custody $114 trillion in securities. On May 4th, the DTCC announced their tokenizing it completely. 50+ firms are onboarded. We're talking about BlackRock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citibank, Charles Schwab. The actual rails that move every American stock trade are being switched to the blockchain. Not in 5 years, we're talking about in 5 months. Are you listening? Then 8 days after that, May 12th, the DTCC partnered with Chainlink to handle the tokenized collateral. Chainlink is a protocol. A crypto DeFi protocol. The most invisible, most regulated piece of Wall Street's plumbing just got publicly married to crypto, official crypto infrastructure. Do you understand what I'm saying? Then on May 13th, JP Morgan went live on Ethereum, their second tokenized money market fund. They were seeded with $100 million. The same JP Morgan whose CEO Jamie Dimon called Bitcoin a fraud in 2017. May 8th, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook stood at a central bank and gave an entire speech mapping how tokenization is going to reshape the entire financial system. The Federal Reserve, the institution that prints every dollar in your wallet, publicly planning around the new payment rails of the world. 5 days later, the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the Fed chair. He personally owns stakes in Bitcoin payment companies, DeFi protocols, stablecoin companies. The man about to run American monetary policy makes more money the faster this happens. He's going to make sure it happens. May 14th, the next day, the Senate Banking Committee passes the Clarity Act 15 to 9, heading to the Senate floor. White House targeting a July 4th signing. That's $4 trillion from JP Morgan, $14 trillion from BlackRock, State Street. That's another $30 trillion in custody. The DTCC is $114 trillion in clearing, plus 20 more banks queuing at Anchorage waiting to issue stablecoins. That's $162 trillion of traditional finance, almost twice the entire global world GDP. They're leaving the signs right in front of your face. Do you understand? You need research. Please figure out how to take advantage of this. And if you guys want more information, obviously I have a lot of sources and news and stuff. Follow me for more.
