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We can talk about our strengths in a very British way.

So Team UK basically brought together all of the key associations, so the you know, the City UK and the CBI and the IA, all of those, and basically said, look, you all focus brilliantly on your verticals.

Can we agree some key facts that sit across that horizontally? And then I wrote to 300 companies, 220 joined us and said, We have a responsibility for FPS to stand up for our industry.

Nobody else.

Uh, you guys just made a major announcement.

Yeah, we've been en- engaged, uh, with The City UK, which represents the financial services sector in, uh, in what's called the City of London, um, and, uh, across the UK.

Um, and we have started what's called the, uh, Transatlantic Digital Asset Dialogue.

And what we're focusing on is as the, uh, financial services sector starts to evolve and the technology changes, how can we make sure that we're building the partnerships, uh, the right regulatory structures, uh, and interoperability, uh, to take advantage of the opportunities that these changes will bring, but also balance that out by managing the risks that could be associated as well.

And that's where we're proud of our Texas banks that have helped to underpin- This economy.

Uh, helping to build a place for folks to come to, uh, from a, uh, access to capital standpoint, and when you pair that with smart governmental leadership, um, Gov- Governor Abbott being, being a leader, our legislature, uh, uh, uh, really helping to create this, this environment that we have, it's a game changer.

And we're seeing that, and obviously our engagement with Matthew and folks at the City UK, um, i- is, well, just one indication of that.

We were talking before the show and, and Matthew, you used the expression, uh, Texas animal spirits.