B A Butler 😎

I'm not where I want to be, but I'm not where I used to be.
"We have two lives, and the second one begins when we realize we only have one" #BTC

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

You can always get your money back, but you can never get your time back!
"It's not that we have a short time to live
but that we waste so much of it"
"Life is long enough if you use it wisely"
Seneca

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

Feels like a repeat of the silver market cornering by the Hunt brothers. Wall street has it in for Saylor or he is part of a bigger scheme to bring down btc.

[Michael A. Gayed, CFA @leadlagreport]

Apparently I touched a nerve last night about Bitcoin by posting “they gonna margin call Saylor aren’t they fam.”

Had a chance to sleep on it, reflect, and I’d like to apologize.

Decided to write a mea culpa thread analyzing the post.

Please take the time to read it.

🧵⬇️

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

Leaning that way myself.
Trimming down to four funds.

[CashflowAccountant @CashflowAcct]

Should I dump everything I own and just hold $OVL $GIAX and $BLOX?

I'd be abandoning my mega-cap and AI supply chain thesis. The idea is $GIAX holds many of the big names in the AI supply chain and I'd still have major exposure to mega caps between $OVL and $GIAX.

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

@RustyMansell_ BS! She short armed it! Plain as day.

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

Money grab! Unneeded unwanted! Love PF listen them everyday will not participate in this ripoff!

[Pink Floyd @pinkfloyd]

Pink Floyd 8-Tracks - The New Compilation Album Featuring Eight Curated Classics, Spanning 1971 - 1979, including the hit 'Money'.

Available 5th June on Vinyl, CD and Digitally.
Pre-Order Here: https://t.co/AqcaZHxs9e

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

No surprise their models are very boring, uninspiring and lagging way behind Kia, Hyundai, Subaru and Toyota. At least they got the new Passport going the right direction.

[AI Guy @ideologix]

@Polymarket @zackaryurban That's quite strange,@grok analyze the factors, especially thr booming Chinese auto industry

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

I like #BLOX but it doesn't feel like Clarity is going to pass and they may not be a bad thing.

[AliceMia @Alice_MiaX]

Buongiorno! ☕️

I decided to add a little more $BLOX this morning. bitcoin:native price action is looking good, and with the Clarity Act in focus this week, I’d rather be positioned early than chasing later. 📈📉

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

@DevotedDividend #TDAQ

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

Why not #TSPY

[Devoted Dividend Investor @DevotedDividend]

I bought ~ 1550 shares of $SPYI for $75K

To earn ~ $800/month

Most people think someone would have to be crazy to spend $75K to earn $800 bucks!

What are your thoughts on this?

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

@RedLightRising So you stare into it? Thought you're supposed to wear protection.

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

IDK maybe you're overthinking it. Statins have been around for 40yrs and heart disease is still #1 cause of death. Pretty self explanatory IMHO

Not to mention, The global statin market is valued at approximately $16 billion to $19 billion annually as of 2024–2025. While specific net profit margins for all statin producers combined are not publicly disclosed, the market generates over $20 billion in total annual sales, with revenue in the hundreds of billions worldwide since their introduction.

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

April 16, 2026

The Most Powerful Statin Alternative?
Nattokinase is having a moment

My wife is from Tokyo, so there is a lot of Japanese food in our house. One of my favorites is a fermented soybean called natto. Natto is commonly eaten as a breakfast food in Japan, often served over rice and sometimes topped with soy sauce, mustard, or green onions.

If you try it, you will probably hate it. Natto is very much an acquired taste. But I know this audience and many of you will be interested to learn that natto is the number one food source of bioavailable vitamin K2, and it contains an enzyme called nattokinase.

Nattokinase is often promoted for its ability to help break down blood clots, improve circulation, and lower blood pressure. It's believed to work by dissolving fibrin, a protein involved in blood clot formation, which may reduce the risk of conditions like stroke and deep vein thrombosis. And lately, it's been having a genuine moment online. Health forums and supplement communities have been buzzing about nattokinase as a natural alternative to statins — and the conversation isn't entirely without scientific footing.

A large-scale clinical study published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine followed 1,062 participants and evaluated the effects of nattokinase on atherosclerosis progression and hyperlipidemia over 12 months. Frontiers

The findings were striking. Following nattokinase treatment for 26 weeks, researchers observed a significant reduction in carotid plaque size and arterial wall thickness — and the reduction in the nattokinase group was statistically more significant than in the group treated with simvastatin, a commonly prescribed statin drug. Sage Journals The authors went so far as to suggest that nattokinase could be a viable alternative therapy for cardiovascular attack and stroke, and that its mechanism for reducing carotid atherosclerosis may be independent from its lipid-lowering effect which is different from how statins work. PubMed Central

You can buy nattokinase in supplement form, but a one-serving packet of natto is estimated to contain about 50 mg of nattokinase. Some of you will remember a newsletter I did a few months back about Lp(a), and how these particles have been shown to increase the risk of blood clots, which could explain the benefit of aspirin in groups carrying the C allele for rs3798220.

Worth noting: researchers also found that co-administering vitamin K2 and low-dose aspirin with nattokinase produced a synergistic effect, further improving cardiovascular outcomes GreenMedInfo — which maps interestingly onto what we've covered about aspirin, K2, and clotting risk in past issues.

I am NOT saying natto is a first-line defense against heart disease — not even close. Talk to your doctor.

But heart disease cooks for decades before announcing itself as an "event." Who is to say what small, consistent interventions like eating natto, with its fibrin-dissolving properties, can do over years as part of a personalized approach to nutrition?

The story is paywalled, but the NY Times did a 2020 story titled Eat Natto, Live Longer? If you have a Japanese grocery store nearby — and many of you do, given that California and Massachusetts are our top two states for readership — go pick up some natto.

Just don't blame me if you immediately spit it out...

Thanks for reading,

John O'Connor
Founder
Gene Food, Inc.

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

@0xLofty $48k

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@AdamSimecka @BorisJohnson 🤣

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@LawrenceLepard @DA_Stockman IDK maybe the banking act of 1871 which led to everything else already mentioned.

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@financedystop https://t.co/4aWHH1qV3b

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@FractalVeritas @financedystop @grok https://t.co/4aWHH1qV3b

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@Alice_MiaX Thanks for this!

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

@Alice_MiaX Dump it all or dca out of it.? I understand it's your opinion and not advice.
My first and last exposure to single covered call etf.
Thanks

[B A Butler 😎 @This_is_Butler]

@BlueLightDiet How many people have the same or close to the same results? My understanding is we all have the ability to get cancer, it just depends on what triggers it. Diet and lifestyle. Does it show Apoe4, MTHFR & ComT?