Cryptolina

NC’s Original Bitcoin Expo | Founded in 2013 by @DanSpuller @FarukOkce @RichSpuller | Rhymes w/ ‘Carolina’

[North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative @NC_Blockchain]

Thank to North Carolina Congressmen for supporting and co-sponsoring the BITCOIN Act:

-@RepTimMooreNC
-@RepPatHarrigan
-@RepMcDowell

Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide Act of 2025

[NFTCLT @nftclt]

Do you live in Charlotte NC?
Join us for the for @Pizza_DAO's Global Pizza Party next Friday, 5/22, 12-3pm @BennyPennellos in Noda
Free pizza + crypto vibes! #BitcoinPizzaDay #PizzaDAO​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

hosted by @NFTCLT @StandWithCrypto
Register here 👉 https://t.co/y3TfjrZRAM

[North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative @NC_Blockchain]

Monday night's Founding Dinner marked the beginning of something big. Thank you to our founding members and the bipartisan group of legislators who joined us. Your commitment to North Carolina's blockchain and AI future means everything. The vision starts here. #NCBAI #ncpol

[Dan Spuller @DanSpuller]

Last night I addressed the @NC_Blockchain + AI Founding Dinner, which brought together top industry leaders and legislators committed to building America’s premier destination.

We commended @SenThomTillis and his staff for their leadership on the bipartisan CLARITY Act compromise, along with NC’s own @SECPaulSAtkins, @BoHines/@usat, @John_B_NC and @Surus_io.

Thank you also to @ncspeakerhall, @DavidWillisNC, @gachesser, @BradOvercash, other members of @NCLeg, and the offices of @NCTreasurer @brad_briner and @NCAuditorBoliek for supporting this work.

As Chair of the Board, I’m proud of the leadership emerging at both the national and state levels.

Sincere thanks to @PatRileyNC and @AnnaScottMarsh for organizing a tremendous evening.

[John Bridge @JohnBri66067352]

BRCA belongs in CLARITY. Great work by Senator Grassley to ensure revised language to ensure prosecutors retain authority to pursue bad actors, prevent weakening of existing AML statutes, Title III enhancements, while protecting innovation. https://t.co/b1XIIZm9z3

[Stand With Crypto🛡️ @standwithcrypto]

John Bridge served in the U.S. Marshals for over 25 years, is one of America's earliest crypto investigators, and is a Stand With Crypto advocate.

His message to Congress: the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act and strong crypto enforcement aren't in conflict; they're complementary.
https://t.co/ror1Q7L36k

[Dan Spuller @DanSpuller]

Strong piece from my friend @John_B_NC. We go back to 2014 and the first @Cryptolina conference I organized alongside @FarukOkce and @richspuller.

Real law enforcement perspective. Clear thinking on #crypto.

Proud to serve with him at @nc_blockchain.

[Dan Spuller @DanSpuller]

Full-circle moment at @TheBitcoinConf 2026. Today I sat down with @herder1981, VP of @Canaanio, to talk bitcoin mining, infrastructure innovation, and @Tether_to.

Back in May 2014, Mastercoin/Omni’s Exec Dir Ron Gross and Dominik Żynis accepted our invite to sponsor the @Cryptolina Hackathon. Mastercoin’s second-layer protocol on Bitcoin enabled developers to issue custom tokens.

In June 2014, Mastercoin CTO Craig Sellars (@OmniCraig) connected me with @DJohnstonEC of @BitAngels, recommended by both @DavidFBailey and @jeremyrwelch.

Just weeks after Cryptolina, @brockpierce, @Reeve_Collins, and Sellars announced Realcoin, issuing fiat-backed tokens on Bitcoin via the Mastercoin protocol.

On Oct. 6, 2014, the first tokens went live. Weeks later, Realcoin rebranded as #Tether.

Now Tether is scaling bitcoin mining infrastructure with custom Avalon modules from Canaan.

From tokens on Bitcoin to powering the Bitcoin network itself. #Crypto history is still being written.

[Babes who Bitcoin @babeswhobitcoin]

Come find your local Bitcoin meetup at the bazaar booth 23 😂 @delgadosfuego

[Dan Spuller @DanSpuller]

The @BlockchainAssn applauds the progress on America’s Strategic #Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile.

The foundational work under @BoHines and continued leadership from @patrickjwitt show this effort is built to last.

https://t.co/RAEJI4TIq3…

[Cryptolina @Cryptolina]

Senator @ThomTillis has a moral responsibility to stand firm — pass CLARITY for #digitalassets.

The @NCBankers are trying to rig CLARITY to gut the progress we already won on stablecoins. We can't let that happen.

@NC_Blockchain & @na_blockchain have worked tirelessly w/ @standwithcrypto on education @SenThomTillis

@AlejNavia @PatRileyNC @nftclt @Bitcoin_CLT @Tonybravado1 @richspuller @FarukOkce

[Cryptolina @Cryptolina]

Senator @ThomTillis has a moral responsibility to stand firm — pass CLARITY for #digitalassets.

The @NCBankers are trying to rig CLARITY to gut the progress we already won on stablecoins. We can't let that happen.

@NC_Blockchain & @na_blockchain have worked tirelessly w/ @standwithcrypto on education @SenThomTillis

@AlejNavia @PatRileyNC @nftclt @Bitcoin_CLT @Tonybravado1 @richspuller @FarukOkce

[Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett]

🚨NEW: As the clock ticks down to a markup of the Clarity Act in the Senate Banking Committee, the North Carolina Bankers Association (a state trade group) has been urging member banks to call into @SenThomTillis’s office to weigh in on the stablecoin yield debate.

Per an email shared with me by an employee at a small Wilmington-based bank, circulated by leadership this week on behalf of @NCBankers, the current compromise stablecoin yield text “does not accomplish the goal” of mitigating deposit flight to stablecoins.

It then encourages employees to call Tillis’s office using the following pre-written message:

“The CLARITY (sic) Act must include an airtight prohibition on payments for stablecoins acting as a store of value by clearly barring any interest or yield-like payments tied to the holding, retention, or balance of payment stablecoins — without carve-outs that can be met through nominal activity or loyalty programs.”

The email adds that employees don’t need to answer questions or defend their positions.

“Simply state your message and you’ll be thanked for your call. It’s that easy.”

The development tracks with recent reports that banks are growing increasingly restless with the current stablecoin yield compromise and are making a last-minute push for changes.

[Cryptolina @Cryptolina]

2014's @Cryptolina Bitcoin 2.0 Debate with @VitalikButerin @bytemaster7 @super3 and more

https://t.co/2UoimS8Mw7 via @YouTube

[Cryptolina @Cryptolina]

2014's @Cryptolina Bitcoin 2.0 Debate with @VitalikButerin @bytemaster7 @super3 and more

https://t.co/2UoimS8Mw7 via @YouTube

[Bitcoin Charlotte @Bitcoin_CLT]

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[North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative @NC_Blockchain]

🗞️@CarolinaJournal: #DigitalAssets panel predicts NC will continue major role

"...It was the first state to define digital currencies, in 2016. Since then, it has been one of the leading states...adopting digital currencies"

Report by @TheDiMeglioShow

📎https://t.co/wVBN4jeDXV

[North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative @NC_Blockchain]

🇺🇸 @SECGov Chair @SECPaulSAtkins, a North Carolina native, gave a major address at @BlockworksDAS today.

NC has the foundation to lead.

🗞️@NC_Blockchain Chairman @DanSpuller wrote about Atkins in the @CarolinaJournal.

Read more here:
https://t.co/A9Bj29YXaO

#NCPOL #Crypto

[North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative @NC_Blockchain]

A @NC_Blockchain Webinar Series Recap: @FlureePBC

A Winston-Salem Success Story!

https://t.co/818W7TVWj4 via @YouTube

Fluree is an open source semantic graph database.
@TheHighway2AI @antgrasso @CIOConnection

[Dan Spuller @DanSpuller]

A tentative agreement has been reached, and it's an important step forward. Serious legislating always happens behind the scenes, and @SenThomTillis and @Sen_Alsobrooks have been working hard to bridge a very difficult divide.

@patrickjwitt has been an unsung hero in moving this toward an agreement in principle. More work remains, but this is a major step toward CLARITY.