Stepan

Zero tattoos, zero vax (covid), zero Fiat money, zero credit, zero instagram ... rebellious times. 😉 We need to become zero before becoming full. 🙏

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

That’s good; let’s start acting accordingly, then. When will we ban public appearances by Russian citizens on EU territory? When will we stop issuing visas to Russian citizens? And what about giving the frozen Russian assets to Ukraine?

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🇪🇪 Estonian Prime Minister: "Please stop issuing visas to Russians"

The head of Estonia's government continues to push for a ban on Russian citizens entering the EU.

"You don't want them near your homes, do you?" Kristen Michal remarked.

Anyone disagree?

[Vládkyně chaosu 🐦 @VladkyneChaosu]

@ZdenekHrib Co kdybyste místo zdaňovacích nápadů pohledali podporu pro změnu podmínek nákupu nemovitostí pro cizince. V Dánsku to jde.

[Zdeněk Hřib @ZdenekHrib]

Proto navrhujeme 68násobné zvýšení daně z nemovitostí pro Rusy, kteří u nás nežijí. Nemůžeme tolerovat rozvracení naší společnosti ze strany Ruska.

[The Bitcoin Historian @pete_rizzo_]

BANK OF AMERICA ONCE SAID #BITCOIN "HELPS CRIMINALS HIDE ILLEGAL MONEY"

TODAY, THEY GOT FINED $1,200,000,000 FOR MONEY LAUNDERING 🤡

[Rajat Soni, CFA @Rajatsoni]

Why doesnt Lizard Warren ever talk about banks laundering money?

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

The 9 games that shaped who I am. 😉

[Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸 @RepBrianFitz]

We will be introducing bipartisan legislation to block any and all purchases of Russian oil. It will be called the “Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act.” It will be forced to the Floor via discharge and it will pass overwhelmingly. #PeaceThroughStrength

[Martin Schmarcz @mschmarcz]

Správně! Tak jedná Republikán (a ne jako Trump):„Předložíme legislativu, kterou určitě podpoří obě strany, republikáni i demokraté. Zablokuje veškeré nákupy ruské nafty. Ponese název ‚Zákon Ronalda Reagana o míru skrze sílu‘ (Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act).“

[Tomáš Zdechovský @TomasZdechovsky]

If confirmed, this is telling: Russian data centres get hit, and online activity around AfD suddenly plummets. 📉

So much talk about German patriotism… then the connection from Russia goes down. 🤔🇷🇺

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@djsmith42 Well their strategy will be to put sophisticated software behind firewall ... for some applications it will work ... also those with collaboration networks, etc.

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@BritishHodl Brother, sock need to be covering the whole leg. 😎

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

This is an advice to never be happy ... going extra mile (never good enough), calling more contacts just in case, believing that no one cares, no one will ever help you. That's sad.Important note: each one lives in their own universe, so be careful what universe you are creating.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Three facts about life I want you to learn now.

1. Nobody cares about you and what other people think of you is none of your business.

People aren’t thinking about you anyway so f*ck em.

2. No one is coming to save you.

Not your parents or your friends. Parents might want what’s best for you, but they worked in a different economy and a different era, so they can’t fully understand the dilemmas you’re facing right now.

3. It’s not one big thing that makes you special.

Most people work their 9 to 5, but they’re thinking about getting home to watch a game or tv show.

Take the next hour and go through your contacts, call 20 people, rebuild a relationship or start a new one.

You’re now ahead of the average person.

In life and business you can’t be 50% in, you can’t even be 90% in. You have to be all in.

Whatever it is, your business, your health, your craft, go the extra mile.

Partial commitment isn’t differentiating enough.

Nobody is coming. Go get it yourself.

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@Scaramucci This is an advice to never be happy ... going extra mile (never good enough), calling more contacts just in case, believing that no one cares, no one will ever help you. That's sad.Important note: each one lives in their own universe, so be careful what universe you are creating.

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

There will need to be a reset. Important to keep in mind, the world will look very different in 20 years thanks to AI and automation/robots.AI will transform governance, we might have new monetary system (₿),robots will replace workers. So very different two decades to compare.

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

Japan’s chart is the warning for Europe. In dollar terms its economy is smaller than in 2000, about $5.0 trillion then, roughly $4.4 trillion now, while the US went from $10 trillion to around $30 trillion. Real output in yen did not collapse, the dollar figure did, because growth stalled and the currency was the adjustment valve.

Europe is on the same path, a decade or two behind. The EU’s median age is already about 45, Italy near 49. More than a fifth of the population is over 65, and fertility is far below replacement, around 1.2 in Italy, even lower in Spain. The EU population is expected to peak around 2029.

Debt is already high where demography is worst: Italy near 140% of GDP, France at 119%. Pensions and healthcare rise as a share of a slower economy. When markets demand a real yield, interest costs crowd out everything else. The political response, as in Japan, will be to cap yields and let the ECB absorb what private buyers will not.

Capped yields always show up in the currency. A weaker euro keeps local prices looking stable while global purchasing power erodes. Energy, technology, and talent are priced in dollars. The US is aging too, but later, with more innovation driving growth, deeper markets, and a reserve currency.

Europe with its regulations, overtaxation and left redistribution mindset lacks that buffer. The result is a slow relative decline, fewer workers, suppressed yields, a much softer currency, and a standard of living that drifts further behind America’s. Japan already ran the pilot, it is really difficult to be optimistic about the Euro long-term.

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@MichaelAArouet There will need to be a reset. Important to keep in mind, the world will look very different in 20 years thanks to AI and automation/robots.AI will transform governance, we might have new monetary system (₿), robots will replace workers. So very different two decades to compare.

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

Crazy ... crazy. Buy directly from manufacturer ... like https://t.co/s4nxO5k9Ux ... so many scandals lately with hardware wallets.

[exsiway @exsiway_]

so about the $86m ledger drain. everyone’s screaming “ledger got hacked” again. i spent the evening digging and it’s dumber and scarier than that

there’s a shop in malaysia called cryptobilis that sells hardware wallets. ledger has it listed as an official authorized reseller since at least 2022, for malaysia, indonesia and the philippines. legit shop, real devices, years of normal customers

this spring the founders sell it. the deal comes with an NDA: they can’t tell anyone about the sale until october 19

by august the company registry shows one owner with 100%. some guy from heilongjiang, china

the shop keeps running like nothing happened. the site, the name and the “authorized by ledger” badge all stay up

then on oct 8 @MagicalTux posts photos of a ledger he cracked open. hidden under the screen there’s an extra little board with an LTE modem and an eSIM. it just watches the display. you set up your wallet, your 24 words show up, and they get sent out over mobile data. ledger’s genuine check doesn’t catch it because the actual ledger chip is real. his device came from malaysia

https://t.co/vRuBM0xIfR

that post does 120k views

22 hours later someone sweeps everything. 203 BTC hits two addresses in literally one block. ~$58m USDT moves on tron in the same hour. i added up all the wallets: ~$91m

about 7 hours after that ledger says “we’re investigating” and asks cryptobilis to pause sales

cryptobilis is still on ledger’s site as an authorized reseller

to be fair, nobody has officially tied the new owner to the bugged devices yet, and ledger hasn’t confirmed how it happened. but read it as a business plan:

get authorized, sell real stuff for years, quietly sell the company under an NDA, keep the badge, ship devices that phone home, then drain everything the second someone notices

and was ledger even told the shop got sold? nobody’s said so

“authorized reseller” means ledger trusted whoever ran the shop back in 2022. says nothing about who runs it today

bought your hardware wallet anywhere but the manufacturer? open it up today, ledger literally has a guide for that. then move to a fresh seed on a device bought direct

wonder who’s going to answer for this: the chinese frontman from heilongjiang, the shop’s previous owners, or ledger itself

@Ledger clearly needs to keep a much closer eye on who they call official resellers, and take way more responsibility for who sells their devices and how

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@GoldTelegraph Bitcoin folks, #Bitcoin. ⏳

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@BTCsessions @JoeCarlasare @FormerDrJeff @americanhodl8 These guys were bullish one year ago. They are always bullish. ;)))

[Stepan @Stepan_222]

@RapidResponse47 @POTUS @JensenHuang @elonmusk @LisaSu @MichaelDell @satyanadella that looks super cringe