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Crypto/AI Intern

[0xShao @0xBlakeShao]

@YuruShao @HAOHONG_CFA No, it's real

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[zerohedge @zerohedge]

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[加密韋馱｜Skanda 🔶 @thecryptoskanda]

理想主义者为什么痛苦，多数是源于无法接受不以自己意志为转移的真实世界。

包括Peter在内的很多从业者，常认为crypto没有给社会创造任何价值，事实上，这是我们先入为主美化了“社会”现有的运作逻辑的结果，从而贬低了Crypto的深刻意义。这并不正确

“博彩和洗钱”比你想的更无处不在
从带来效率和生产力提升的角度，Crypto现实价值最大的两个部分，是博彩与洗钱。多数人都会先入为主的给他们打上“黑灰产”的负面标签，但现实里，由这两样东西产生和驱动的行业可能占据了你生活的大多数

举个最小的例子，在中国长大的应该都见过社区里无处不在的”高价回收烟酒“以及几步一家的药店。真的有那么多人有购买烟酒、药品的需求吗？当然不是，它们真正的价值就好比香港能够换现金的找换店，做的是实物和RMB现金的OTC，能够让不上台面的利益变成上台面的现金。而且他们还有权限较高的POS机可以套信用卡

海外也是一样, 电影The Accountant里面男主开了很多洗衣店之类的现金生意，为的就是让黑钱顺理成章混进正常流水，变成合法的现金

你当然可以说这些店提供的服务有价值，但是其中非常大一部分脱离了这个需求无法生存，是为了这瓶醋包的饺子，说他们为洗而生没有问题

再放大一点，游戏、直播等行业，很多人纳闷哪来那么多无聊的人会花这么多钱，能做这么大流水。很多国家不允许这些平台返现，照理说流水应该是等于100%利润，然并不，利润可能只有20%-30%，财报里还有很难说得明白的”渠道成本“。这个逻辑在斗鱼事件之后很多人都理解了

再放大一点，早年有高POS收单权限的淘宝，那些年灰产兄弟跑分奋斗过的PDD，甚至国酒茅台...按这么算，A股市值可能接近10%-20%左右都是博彩和洗钱相关，它们本质上都是博彩和洗钱两个支柱产业的衍生行业——这还没算上房地产，放在国际上甚至更高:

高流水、订单履行成本低、增长快的平台和行业基本都是这个需求驱动

因为浑水，才能摸鱼

Crypto作为博彩和洗钱这两个行业的工业革命，影响全球至少10-20%还多的财富净值，不论从任何角度，都不应该被瞧不起，甚至是伟大的、前无古人的

再上上价值
为什么要洗，为什么要赌，本质上还是因为”机会“作为一个资产越来越集中，越来越多的所谓”监管“，全球的当权者遇到问题不把自由市场作为解决方案，而是去诉诸”立法“，相当于是诉诸暴力解决问题。

不论是共党还是西方极左，都在所谓”善意目的“的掩护下立法越来越多，让资本效率越来越低，越来越背离自由和资本主义的原本意义。这是殊途同归的“集权化”。英国，一个现代工业文明的发源地一条高铁千亿建十年就是这个趋势的恶果

而极权化国家，必然需要一方面用冠冕堂皇的政治正确洗脑民众，一方面需要洗钱的掩护实现利益输送来让系统正常运转——东西方都是如此

这2-30年的世界秩序是如此趋势，这便对吗？

如果你相信自由市场，相信哈耶克，相信自由带来效率，那么Crypto就是这个时代最大的非暴力不合作运动。只有极权消弭，市场自然就不需要那么多洗钱和投机，他们会被弱化成普通的支付手段和投融资市场。否则，在世界的沉沦中，Crypto只会越来越大，而且越来越趋近这两者

不开玩笑的说，没人比黑灰产的从业者有更坚定地自由资本主义灵魂，而那些自命正义的人，往往都被极权主义不同程度的洗脑而不自知

Crypto人不需要反省，Crypto人需要接受世界的现实并为自己的认知自豪

[0xShao @0xBlakeShao]

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[Hayden Adams 🦄 @haydenzadams]

Today @Uniswap Labs received a Wells notice from the SEC.

I’m not surprised. Just annoyed, disappointed, and ready to fight.

I am confident that the products we offer are legal and that our work is on the right side of history. But it’s been clear for a while that rather than working to create clear, informed rules, the SEC has decided to focus on attacking long-time good actors like Uniswap and Coinbase. All while letting bad actors like FTX slip by.

When I first set out to build Uniswap, the goal wasn’t to reimagine finance.

It was an experiment in radically decentralized, fully automated onchain markets. I didn’t know if it would work or if anyone would use it.

Fast forward to today, the Uniswap Protocol has processed over $2 trillion in volume. Many thousands of teams and developers have forked our code or built on top of it. We built entirely new financial infrastructure that is transparent, fair, secure, and accessible powering an entire industry.

The team at @Uniswap did all of this in the US from our office in New York City.

People often ask me why we stay in the US and my answer is simple: I believe that blockchain is incredibly powerful technology. Like the Internet, it’s here to stay. So someone needs to figure it out, and it might as well be us.

And that when you build technology that improves people’s lives – you don’t need to hide.

The @SEC’s mission is “protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation.” This is a noble mission. I would argue @Uniswap does a far better job of this today than the SEC.

Yes, I'm frustrated that the SEC seems to be more concerned with protecting opaque systems than protecting consumers. And that we'll have to fight a US government agency to protect our company and our industry.

This fight will take years, may go all the way to the Supreme Court, and the future of financial technology and our industry hangs in the balance. If we stand together we can win.

I think freedom is worth fighting for. I think DeFi is worth fighting for.

And of course, we won’t stop shipping. Stay tuned

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[WallStreetBets @wallstreetbets]

$4,000 #ETH 🚀

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[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: BlackRock files to purchase #Bitcoin ETFs for its Strategic Income Opportunities Fund.

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[greg @greg16676935420]

3 years ago this man changed the world

[halfin @halfin]

Running bitcoin

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[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 SEC approves first Spot #Bitcoin ETF.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Vitalik Buterin releases updated roadmap for Ethereum.

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[moon @MoonOverlord]

imagine the ETF is denied

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[Michael Saylor @saylor]

MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 14,620 BTC for ~$615.7 million at an average price of $42,110 per #bitcoin. As of 12/26/23, @MicroStrategy now hodls 189,150 $BTC acquired for ~$5.9 billion at an average price of $31,168 per bitcoin. $MSTR https://t.co/PKfYY59sTW

[Crazy Clips @crazyclipsonly]

Just another day in New York City

[90’s anime @90sPiictures]

Ocean Waves (1993).

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[dax @thdxr]

people complain about getting slack messages outside of working hours but look at what i have to deal with

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[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

15 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto published the #Bitcoin whitepaper.