The analyst reviews the financial markets focusing on equities, the volatility index, and gold. The analyst suggests equities are still doing fine, and there is no reason to suspect the S&P 500 will crash. The volatility index is relatively low, and gold is rallying. The analyst also mentions the potential for a government shutdown in the US, but he is not afraid. Then the analyst switches over to technical, He reviews Bitcoin, awaiting either a breakout above 113.5k or a breakdown below 112k, Bitcoin is going to dictate the next movement for Ethereum and XRP. The analyst expects XRP can reclaim 2.85 and rally to 2.95 on the short term and Ethereum to reclaim 4250. Among altcoins, the analyst singles out ANX and NEAR. He expects ANX to test 40-42 dollars. For NEAR it is key to reclaim the 7-day rolling VWAP, and overall, so long as fundamentals play ball, this should happen.