Pokemon / TCG / Gacha rant
I think I actually underestimated the Pokemon / TCG online gachas, at first I wrote it off at gambling / slot machines which I am not a fan of (yes the crypto retard doesnt outright "gamble")
but the more I look at them they are digitizing Pokemon cards, they are taking the old stale and static inventory and turning them into NFTs batch by batch and digitizing the entire category thus injecting "internet" liquidity thats been missing for 25 years outside spot ebay or maybe an auction house here and there
im also surprised at the % of redemptions, people spin the slot machine a few times but alot of people actually take a card home / get some shipped, because one thing here is the avg EV for ripping a Pokemon modern pack is 50% MAYBE on a good day, meaning you lose -50% of your money instantly, so if you took $1000 and spin the machines youd probably get some cool cards and lose 20% of your money, you take $1k and open packs you are losing 60-70% of your money minimum
alot of copies of older cards have maybe 100, 400 or something of a PSA 10 max, for reference on alot of this modern stuff theres 20,000, 30,0000 PSA 10s. Modern is clearly a bubble. PSA refuses to grade any vintage card in a 10 anymore so the supply is as good as locked, I really do not think theres enough of these cards to go around and we're seeing that play out the last year, I watch a guy on youtube who buys for these platforms (spends 6-7 figs per show) and he cant even buy enough cards to fill his suitcase and hes offering 87%-90% instant wire / cashouts
I aint reading all that summary, gachas are digitizing pokemon cards, theres a surprising amount of redemptions and theres not even close to enough supply of "grails" / older cards and I think they are up only forever on multi year timeframe
the win condition for btc is clear:
>hedge against inflation because central banks will always print more money
this is the narrative that propelled bitcoin from 7k to 126k
however the narrative of ai growth presents a grim path for crypto
ai accelerates the path to quantum
quantum poses a risk to digital money more acutely than it does to gold
btc should not have to endure another cycle of flows where that is the ceiling concern
the hedge against inflation needs to be a hedge against the future dangers of technology
proof of work is poised perfectly to address this, as quantum & even the most advanced ai will not generate electricity
the efforts to tackle this ambiguous future should start today & i believe if it did there would be renewed cult like excitement around btc and the entire asset class
the writing is on the wall, the times are changing
the sooner the better
Nobody wants to say this, so I will.
Trump's memecoin is the currently the biggest obstacle to crypto regulation right now.
The CLARITY Act is stalling because of it. Democrats are using his gala dinners and billions of evaporated retail wealth as ammunition to demand ethics clauses that could delay or kill the bill entirely.
The "pro crypto president" is actively sabotaging the legislation this industry needs most, just to further fill his own bags.
And the reason nobody in crypto calls this out?
Because half the industry's most important people were at that dinner on Saturday. Smiling, clapping and kissing the ring of the man whose memecoin is single-handedly delaying the regulation they claim to be fighting for.
And as long as nobody speaks up, nothing will change.
@jackbutcher Maybe one of your stupidest tweets yet. Why don't you test that out and see how it goes cutting the tree down.
You're just blowing smoke as usual.
We've raised an entire generation of contrarians who tell you weed makes you lazy and you shouldn't drink whilst injecting themselves with unknown chinese peptides and bouncing their brain off the concrete floor of a K-hole every day just to get through Marie's daily stand up