@juan_gonzalesP@saylor You have no idea of what you’re talking about. This is a positive for holders of MSTR. Strategy is repurchasing $1.5 billion face value for about $1.38 billion. This strengthens the balance sheet. Convertible holders often hedge by shorting -another positive
🚨 The banking cartel is in full panic mode. 🚨
While Americans were celebrating Mother’s Day with their families, the CEO of the American Bankers Association sent a frantic alert to every bank CEO in the country, demanding “immediate engagement” to lobby Senators and kill stablecoins that would finally let everyday Americans earn real yields on their own money.
This line in the letter sticks out: “we believe committee members may not be fully aware of the risks to the economy by the stablecoin loophole.” That’s both intellectually dishonest and simultaneously demeaning. First, there is no “loophole.” This entire issue was litigated during the GENIUS Act debate. @BillHagertyTN worked tirelessly on this issue and this statement is an insult to his and others work.
For decades, these banks have treated your deposits like their personal piggy bank, paying you next to nothing while lending YOUR money out for massive profits and executive bonuses.
During the Biden era, these same banks worked hand-in-glove with @SenWarren and her allies to debank Americans, including President Trump’s own family. They shut down accounts of conservatives, patriots, and anyone who dared challenge the regime, all while regulators applied pressure under schemes like Operation Choke Point 2.0. It wasn’t about risk. It was about political control.
Now that innovative stablecoins threaten to break their monopoly and give you actual financial freedom? They’re running to Congress again, screaming about “threats to economic growth and financial stability.”
Translation: Protect the racket at all costs.
The Senate Banking Committee votes on landmark crypto legislation this Thursday.
As a member of that committee, my message is clear:
Hands off the people’s money. Let Americans choose real competition and better returns. No more shielding Wall Street from the future. The banking elite’s days of rigging the system and debanking their political enemies are over. Innovation, freedom, and the American people will win.
I’m voting to break the cartel.
Can ANYONE explain when the BANKING INDUSTRY has the ability to VETO Legislation?
I must have missed that part in my political science classes...
Given the damage they've done to the nation and the TRILLIONS in bailouts they've received, it is unconcsionable they have that power.
Let me make this very clear: Big Banks (think JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, etc.) are lobbying overtime to block Americans from getting higher yields on their savings—while trying to block any rewards or perks from being given to customers.
These banks, and others, pay rock-bottom rates on standard savings (often 0.01%–0.05% APY), even as the Fed pays them 4% or more. This massive spread fuels record profits, with almost none passed back to their customers / everyday depositors.
Today, the banks are desperately targeting crypto/stablecoins, where platforms plan to offer 4–5%+ yields or rewards. The ABA and other lobbyists are spending millions trying to ban or restrict those yields via bills like the Clarity Act, crying “fairness” and using words like "stability"—when it's really about protecting their low-rate monopoly and preventing deposit flight. This is anti-retail, anti-consumer, and straight-up anti-American.
Next time you see a big bank dropping billions on a shiny new Midtown Manhattan HQ, you know exactly where that money comes from: the non-existent interest rate they “pay” you!
Fortunately, the big banks are losing this fight as customers wake up to the games…
@worldlibertyfi
AN OPEN LETTER TO @YouTube AND NEAL MAHON.
Dear @YouTube
I built a media business that broadcasts on your platform.
Our business has exploded and we are growing rapidly.
We have over 1,1m subscribers.
We employ over 100 people globally and we work tirelessly to deliver on our mission of building the most profitable community in the world.
Despite our success,
I am constantly anxious. I don’t sleep at night and I am scared to scale my business.
Why?
It’s not because of any real market or business risk.
It’s because I know that at any moment I could get a Youtube strike, or a series of strikes , that may force me to close the entire business overnight and destroy my work and that of my 100 employees.
Even though our channel hasn’t been affected , many of our partner channels and fellow creators have suffered this fate.
As one of the larger players in the industry, I feel I have a duty and an obligation to take on this fight.
100s of crypto content creators are making the same videos they have made for years, with similar content and style, only now they are getting strikes or being deplatformed.
And the worst parts,
1. They have absolutely no idea what they are doing wrong and so they can’t change.
All they get is a vague message that the video contravened the community Guidelines, of which there are many.
2. The appeal process is flawed, seems to be an AI and unreliable.
Worse yet, is that since Youtube has network effects and a monopoly of sorts there are no real viable alternatives, and so if it happens to you , your business is gone.
One of our partners and member of our group of companies , @FefeDemeny has a channel called the 100x club.
He comes from a humble background!
He is hardworking, ambitious and makes great content.
He built a business from his garage, started from zero and was just getting momentum.
Recently his channel has been under attack by the Youtube algorithm, he received warnings and strikes and despite all the strikes being removed on appeal - today his channel was removed permanently!
The worst part is that he has no idea why.
He has become really conservative with his content, he follows all the known guidelines, he follows all the processes and he still received the strikes.
Now he cannot make content for a week and his ability to keep funding his business is impaired.
He, like many others in this industry, is a business creator with good intentions and great content.
We have made millions of hours of content on your platforms.
We have brought in Billions of dollars of ad revenue.
Despite this our businesses are under threat constantly.
He is not the only one. It’s happening daily to creators in our industry and we have no idea why.
At this point it is clear that there is an issue with your flagging software.
It seems like a setting is too sensitive.
And this issue is costing honest people their businesses and their livelihoods.
We are not asking for any favorable treatment or for you to change any rules,
All we are asking for is clarity.
We want to understand why some channels are randomly getting strikes so we can understand and comply.
We would also appreciate it if you could review your algorithm as it may be set to sensitive or it may be picking up false positives.
As a monopoly of sort you have a duty to ensure that you are fair to all creators, the same creators that build your business.
We would appreciate a real response for a real human, someone with real power and some action that can assist us in maintaining our businesses that we have worked so hard to build.
I write this on behalf of many creators.
I look forward to a response.
If you want to help creators, please share this far and wide. You are helping save people’s businesses.
I AM TAKING ON YOUTUBE – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
I’m done watching this happen.
Today, I created a dedicated legal + advocacy fund on Solana and contributed $10,000 USD of my own capital to start it.
Wallet Address: FhVySsBtDNJvVoJygYVnm79vRHCWHhcjTRDAeAXoPkW5
Please read details below 👇
For years, @YouTube has quietly targeted crypto creators.
Shadow rules.
False strikes.
Silenced appeals.
And now full channel removals with zero explanation.
Crypto is my home.
Crypto creators and communities are my family.
We’ve onboarded millions.
We educate.
We protect newcomers.
We warn people against scams.
We create real value, and yes, we generate millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars for YouTube every year.
Yet instead of support, we get censorship without any clarity.
Over the past months, YouTube hit my channel with multiple strikes — all wrongful — and even though later admitted the mistakes and reinstated my channel, I did not get any explanation as to why it happened or what should I change. The first thing I do, when I wake up is check if my channel is still up and running or has been taken down.
Today, without warning, they permanently removed my Youtube channel, the 100XClub.
No reason.
No clarity.
No path to resolution.
I might have a chance to get it back, but many creators — especially smaller ones — never recover. They lose their platforms, their income, their communities, and their voice.
That ends now. I've made the decision to take action.
First, I want dialogue.
I want transparency.
I want a framework that protects creators and viewers alike.
But if that fails, I’m fully prepared to take YouTube to court, and do whatever it takes to protect our industry.
If I have to be the face of this fight, I will.
If I have to go through hell, I will.
If I have to stand alone, I will.
But the truth is — I shouldn’t have to stand alone.
This isn’t just about my channel.
This is about stopping the same regulatory playbook we saw under Gary Gensler at the SEC — unclear rules enforced by punishment.
We either fight now — or we accept censorship forever.
Today, I created a dedicated legal + advocacy fund on Solana and contributed $10,000 USD of my own capital to start it.
$SOL wallet address:
FhVySsBtDNJvVoJygYVnm79vRHCWHhcjTRDAeAXoPkW5
Handle:
@endthewaroncrypto
If you believe in this cause, please support
Every contribution will be tracked transparently and used to #endthewaroncrypto:
– legal action
– coalition building
– policy advocacy
– PR and media escalation
– creator rights protection
– other related expenses
This is the line in the sand.
Not just for me — for every crypto educator, content creator, analyst, developer, investor, builder, and viewer who’s been silenced, threatened, or ignored.
@YouTube@TeamYouTube@YouTubeCreators
You have a chance to fix this.
To lead, not censor.
To collaborate, not punish.
@nealmohan — the ball is in your court, do the right thing. The crypto community is watching. And we’re not backing down.
Sincerely Yours,
Fefe Demeny
@PeterSchiff You are such an ass. If you just look at the last ten years charts you will see that bitcoin has so far out produced gold it doesn’t even come close.
@PeterSchiff The compounded annual growth rate for gold over the last 15 years is 12%. The CAGR for bitcoin over the same timeframe is 105%.
I’m positive my investments have far exceeded yours over the last decade.
@Arlenv1@ESPYS@ESPNPR@ESPNImages FYI you called FSU the Florida Seminoles. They are the Florida State Seminoles.
Why does it matter… it is too close to the Florida Gators
@DrEliDavid@DouglasKMurray I was so impressed with your knowledge and how you handled yourself in the interview on The Joe Rogan podcast with Dave Smith. I commented “I’m a rocket scientist… but I have never actually seen a rocket”