Crypto intelligence
for serious investors

What Claude Code is and what it can see when connected to a live TradingView chart. How crypto markets differ structurally from equities — 24/7 sessions, halving cycles, on-chain supply dynamics, exchange-driven volatility. What AI can genuinely assist with in a crypto context: chart-state reading, indicator interpretation, cycle positioning, Pine Script generation. What it cannot do: predict price, execute trades, or replace independent financial judgement. This workshop provides general information only — Paul Wise is authorised under AFSL 247412 to provide general financial product advice only. No personal advice is provided or intended.

Step-by-step installation of TradingView Desktop, Claude Code, Node.js, Git and the TradingView MCP bridge. Launching TradingView with port 9222 and verifying the live connection. Configuring crypto-specific chart layouts: BTC/USD and BTC/USDT pairs, ETH, CME Bitcoin Futures (BTC1!), and equity proxies MARA and MSTR. Loading and positioning the indicators used throughout the workshop — volume profile, halving-cycle overlays, key moving averages.

Asking Claude structured questions about Bitcoin chart conditions — where price sits relative to the four-year halving cycle, key support and resistance levels, indicator alignment and trend structure. Reading CME futures open interest and basis alongside spot BTC. Comparing MARA and MSTR to BTC on a shared TradingView layout — asking Claude to interpret relative strength and divergence. Building Pine Script indicators for crypto-specific logic: halving-block countdown overlays, Bitcoin dominance signals, volume-weighted alert conditions. Debugging scripts live, creating and validating BTC key-level alerts.

Documenting crypto trading rules in clear, testable form — entry conditions, invalidation levels, position-sizing frameworks for a volatile 24/7 asset class. Building checklists that enforce process before entry on BTC, ETH and crypto equity proxies. Understanding why AI signal-chasing is especially dangerous in crypto — high-volatility, low-liquidity sessions, weekend gaps and exchange-driven moves that AI cannot anticipate. Maintaining human control when markets move fast. Testing any AI-assisted strategy in a controlled environment before allocating capital. Understanding the AFSL 247412 regulatory boundary — what Paul can advise on and what sits outside licensed scope.

The Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 received Royal Assent on 8 April 2026 — the most significant reform to Australia's financial services framework in the digital asset space. The Act introduces two new regulated categories under the Corporations Act:

• →Digital Asset Platforms (DAPs) — exchanges and platforms holding crypto on behalf of users must now obtain an AFSL from ASIC
• →Tokenised Custody Platforms (TCPs) — firms holding real-world assets and issuing digital tokens representing those holdings must also hold an AFSL
• →Platforms have 12 months from enactment to obtain their AFSL, plus a transition period to align operations. A small platform exemption applies for those holding less than $5,000 per customer and facilitating less than $10 million in transactions per year.
• →ASIC INFO 225 expires June 2026 — ASIC's current no-action position on crypto financial product advice closes at end of June. After that, platforms providing anything resembling financial product advice must comply with existing Corporations Act licensing requirements immediately, regardless of the new DAP transition period. The new regime is being built around firms that must already comply with existing law.

The law does not regulate crypto assets themselves — it focuses on the companies that manage them on behalf of clients. This page will be updated as ASIC issues transition guidance. Confirm specific obligations with your compliance adviser.

As INFO 225 expires and enforcement tightens, the ~400 platforms currently operating in a grey area will either need to obtain an AFSL or stop providing anything resembling financial product advice.

AFSL 247412 — held by Ivanhoe International Pty Ltd since 2004 — places Options21 in a very small group of market participants who can already legitimately provide analysis and general advice on crypto-related financial products.

CME Bitcoin (BTC) and Micro Bitcoin (MBT) futures. Cash-settled. Accessible via IBKR and other internationally licensed brokers from Australia.

Options on CME Bitcoin futures — European-style, cash-settled, CFTC-regulated. CME Bitcoin options may constitute derivatives under Australian law; clients should confirm their eligibility and regulatory status with a licensed intermediary before acting on any analysis.

Structured crypto products and ETPs listed on ASIC-regulated exchanges and issued under a Product Disclosure Statement fall within advisory scope under AFSL 247412 as securities or derivatives.