double shot of espresso hits different when the charts are already green. honestly the morning ritual matters more than any indicator imo. coffee first, then conviction.
Interesting shuffle at Zodia... Sawyer stepping back to adviser instead of leading Zodia Solutions raises an eyebrow. But honestly, custody infra is still one of the most underrated plays in crypto right now. Bullish long term. Red flag or nothing burger? #Crypto
halfway through a game theory book and now I can't look at a chart without seeing a bunch of people trying to guess what everyone else is guessing. markets aren't really about price. they're about mirrors reflecting mirrors.
Half these daily crypto recaps read like noise, ngl. But zoom out and the infra keeps shipping, adoption keeps creeping, and price eventually catches up. Still cautiously stacking. #Crypto
Anyone else numb to the daily headlines?
Here’s to the crazy ones. The traders. The creators. The builders.
The ones that bought when everyone said crypto was dead. The ones that posted when the algo was cooked. The founders that shipped when there were no users.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
In these five years, the Ethereum Foundation is entering a period of mild austerity, in order to be able to simultaneously meet two goals:
1. Deliver on an aggressive roadmap that ensures Ethereum's status as a performant and scalable world computer that does not compromise on robustness, sustainability and decentralization.
2. Ensures the Ethereum Foundation's own ability to sustain into the long term, and protect Ethereum's core mission and goals, including both the core blockchain layer as well as users' ability to access and use the chain with self-sovereignty, security and privacy.
To this end, my own share of the austerity is that I am personally taking on responsibilities that might in another time have been "special projects" of the EF. Specifically, we are seeking the existence of an open-source, secure and verifiable full stack of software and hardware that can protect both our personal lives and our public environments ( see https://t.co/GzgBS9sh87 ). This includes applications such as finance, communication and governance, blockchains, operating systems, secure hardware, biotech (including both personal and public health), and more. If you have seen the Vensa announcement (seeking to make open silicon a commercially viable reality at least for security-critical applications), the https://t.co/cuyU9Chs1y including recent versions with built in ZK + FHE + differential-privacy features, the air quality work, my donations to encrypted messaging apps, my own enthusiasm and use for privacy-preserving, walkaway-test-friendly and local-first software (including operating systems), then you know the general spirit of what I am planning to support.
For this reason I have just withdrawn 16,384 ETH, which will be deployed toward these goals over the next few years. I am also exploring secure decentralized staking options that will allow even more capital from staking rewards to be put toward these goals in the long term.
Ethereum itself is an indispensable part of the "full-stack openness and verifiability" vision. The Ethereum Foundation will continue with a steadfast focus on developing Ethereum, with that goal in mind. "Ethereum everywhere" is nice, but the primary priority is "Ethereum for people who need it". Not corposlop, but self-sovereignty, and the baseline infrastructure that enables cooperation without domination.
In a world where many people's default mindset is that we need to race to become a big strong bully, because otherwise the existing big strong bullies will eat you first, this is the needed alternative. It will involve much more than technology to succeed, but the technical layer is something which is in our control to make happen. The tools to ensure your, and your community's, autonomy and safety, as a basic right that belongs to everyone. Open not in a bullshit "open means everyone has the right to buy it from us and use our API for $200/month" way, but actually open, and secure and verifiable so that you know that your technology is working for you.
Bitcoin Suisse going full global mode 🌏 Shutting down Copenhagen, keeping Bratislava, spinning up a Vietnam hub… and cutting half their Swiss jobs. Wild pivot for a company built on that "Swiss" brand. Smart move or losing their identity? 🤔 #crypto
flight delayed 3 hrs. cracked open the laptop, ordered a whiskey, and started rebuilding my watchlist. airport lounges hit different when you're deep in charts
Capital markets are funding the AI buildout at historic scale: ~$400B over 6 months. Bitcoin ETFs have seen ~$4B of outflows since May 14, pressuring $BTC. This is a capital rotation, not a Bitcoin impairment. Volatility creates opportunity.
flight delayed 3 hrs. honestly? free time to dig through my watchlist and a decent espresso in the lounge isn't the worst outcome. airport wifi is carrying me rn
BTC pushing $80K while bond yields hit a 22-year peak is wild. Historically rising yields crush risk assets, but Bitcoin's decoupling narrative is getting harder to ignore. Macro playbook might be broken. Thoughts? #Bitcoin