Hey @Austin_Police@KirkPWatson@JosePGarza can we fix this bullshit..?
been going on way too long, getting worse.
it's unacceptable.
I went to san francisco 3 months ago and was shocked how much theyve cleaned up the city in some parts. there is ZERO reason our families should be scared to cross cross walks, be stopped at red lights because of zombies having a freak moment
Best read of the week
Incredibly well-researched, objective and ultimately useful for all crypto options practitioners to understand the fertile opportunity set ahead
Quick reminder: the $STRC amendment doesn't change your dividend rate, annual dividend, voting rights, or par value. It simply pays you more often. Vote now.
Anchorage Digital has long served as a trusted trading and custody partner for @Strategy. We have also added $STRC to our balance sheet, reinforcing our shared conviction in Bitcoin.
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As always I only support military action anywhere, in any context, if it directly serves the interests of American citizens. It’s troubling that the arguments we’re hearing for this war in Iran, including from Trump himself, seem to revolve primarily around “bringing freedom to the Iranian people.” As Americans, the freedom of Iranians is not our responsibility. If a single American life is lost in the service of that goal, it will be a travesty.
What nobody has even come close to sufficiently explaining is how this war will first and foremost directly benefit American citizens. That is a case that needed to have been made clearly and convincingly before this move, and it wasn’t. We’re also told how this will benefit Israel, and I’m sure it will. But Israel is not America. What does it do for America? How does it help us? That needs to be explained to us. And it isn’t “panicking” or demonstrating “disloyalty” to demand those very basic answers about how American tax money, and potentially American lives, are being spent.
We hear about the danger of a nuclear Iran, but that’s odd because we were told that Iran’s nuclear capabilities had already been set back decades. We hear that this war will be over quickly and easily because Iran is powerless, which I hope and pray is the case, and maybe it will be. But that’s odd, too, because if Iran is such a paper tiger then how were they a danger to us in the first place? It seems hard to argue both that Iran is an existential threat to the United States and that we can topple them in 20 minutes with no casualties or negative downstream effects.
Also the political calculation really matters here. A huge majority of American oppose this. That’s just a fact. If it costs Republicans in 26 and 28, then, no matter how things work out in Iran, it will not have been worth it. A free Iran at the cost of Democrat rule here at home is a bad deal. A free Iran for an unfree America would be just about the worst trade of the century.
I’m praying for our great country today.
Conviction compounds.
Institutions don’t just talk about Bitcoin, they structure around it.
Today, @Anchorage Digital has announced it holds $STRC, @Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, on our balance sheet.
When the company that operationalizes Bitcoin infrastructure puts capital alongside the company that operationalized the Bitcoin treasury strategy…that's a signal.
Anchorage Digital🤝Strategy. Look forward to continue building the future of BTC with you @Saylor & @Phongle.
🇺🇸 Massive congratulations to @tether and @paoloardoino. The world’s largest stablecoin company setting up shop in the U.S. is proof that GENIUS is accelerating the economy.
We’re incredibly proud to be working with Tether in their U.S. expansion and doing our part to strengthen the dollar and the U.S. economy for decades to come. More to come on this soon.
After conducting diligence on the best path forwards to move USDtb to GENIUS compliance, it was immediately clear that Anchorage had the best setup to achieve our goals.
Now the market leader and pioneer of the entire stablecoin space in Tether has arrived to the same conclusion, further validating our original decision.
Congratulations to both Tether and Anchorage on the exciting news.
Think people will find this interesting
1. We’ve documented the entire merger process (including buying the btc) on film.
2. When we were in the market we were buying roughly $1m per minute. Bitcoin ate it like a buzz saw. This market is insanely liquid.
3. @Anchorage nailed execution
NEW! Anchorage Digital is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with @ethena to bring USDtb to the U.S., aligned with the regulatory standards of the newly enacted GENIUS Act.
Anchorage Digital, home to the only U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank, is excited to announce that it has deepened its relationship with @BlackRock to provide digital asset custody in order to meet growing digital asset demand from retail and institutional clients.
Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is being named an additional custodian eligible to support spot crypto ETPs and other BlackRock funds providing exposure to crypto. BlackRock is the largest issuer of spot crypto ETPs in the world, with $50B in AUM, as of April 3, 2025.
“As BlackRock continues to bridge digital assets and traditional finance, we are excited by the opportunity to set a new standard for tailored access to the digital asset class. By providing federally regulated crypto infrastructure, we are helping BlackRock to meet client demand for today and tomorrow. We are proud to build toward a world where every investor can get exposure to digital assets.” — @nathanmccauley, CEO and Co-Founder of Anchorage Digital
Play The Long Game President Trump
By, Chris Rossini (@chrisrossini)
It’s easy to gain weight, but difficult to lose weight.
It’s easy to rack up debt, but difficult to pay it off.
So it is with freedom. It’s easy to let freedom slip away, but very difficult to get it back.
As relieving as it is to see the election results and the overwhelming support for President Trump to change the direction of our nation, we must resist the temptation of believing that this will be easy.
It will not.
Once the celebrations subside, the reality of 100+ years of damage will be there waiting for us.
The resistance to change (even if it’s for the better) will be intense.
Human nature is such that we seek to maintain the status quo, even if the status quo is detrimental and destroying us.
Fortunately, this goes both ways.
If the status quo is to vigilantly guard your faith, family and freedom (as it was in the early years of America’s history) then tyranny has a very difficult time gaining a foothold.
But alas, the second 100 years of America’s history have been the opposite of the first.
Faith was kicked to the curb, the family was virtually destroyed, and Americans continually succumbed to the seductions of the state.
Today, we have the biggest government in the history of the world; and as a consequence, the "land of the free" has become a distant memory.
Addiction to government replaced the love of freedom.
Being a busybody replaced 'live and let live'.
The world's tapestry of nations and cultures was replaced by endless wars and a drive for global conformity.
Predictably, this has morally and economically bankrupted America.
Other nations no longer seek to replicate us. They don't want to be "woke"; nor do they want to be destroyed in the name of "freedom and democracy."
Fortunately for us, the vast majority of America doesn't want to be "woke" either!
But change for America will bring anger; on top of the anger that already exists.
So, play the long game President Trump.
Seek for the results of your actions to outlive all of us.
Plant good seeds today.
Rip out as many weeds as you can.
The Dept. of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E), with Elon Musk at the helm, is a brilliant idea!
Get us out of the business of miserably attempting to rule the world. We literally can’t be the world’s busybody any longer.
We must be a nation that cares for itself, with goodwill and good relations with the rest of the world.
A nation that cares for itself will instinctively re-learn and bring back the virtues of faith, family and freedom.
When that time arrives (someday in the distant future) Americans will look back at our time with a sense of fondness, in the same way that we look back with fondness on 1776.
Exit polls show that “threats to democracy” was a top issue. MSM thought that meant votes for Kamala, but turns out it was exactly the opposite: voters are rejecting censorship, lawfare, and dishonesty. 🇺🇸