@chamath is very smart. But @saylor is even smarter. The Quantum threat to Bitcoin is utterly ridiculous. Everything else will be hacked first, and by then Bitcoin will have been upgraded to be Quantum resistant.
@Cooopahtroopa@dccockfoster I’ve been feeling this for years and totally agree. There’s a place for bitcoin and stablecoins, but not much else. We’ve been promised defi and smart contract magic for years but still nothing really substantial has happened.
New MRI study on 3–5 year olds: Just 2 hours of interactive screen time per day is linked to measurable loss of white brain matter.
"Screentime will be to this generation what smoking was to a previous generation."
This report is worth your attention.
https://t.co/OZYWmkW4nx
@hamids I wish Rivian to succeed hard, and their R2 and R3 look awesome. But being bullish on a car company when Tesla will dominate autonomy feels a bit short sighted. Would be bullish on a very nice carriage manufacturer once the first cars started roaming the streets?
Venezuela Just Proved the Bitcoin Bull Case, And No One Is Paying Attention
Maduro used Tether to move 80% of Venezuela's oil revenue. Billions in sanctions evasion, settled on Tron since 2020.
Then the US made a phone call.
Tether froze the wallets.
Game over.
Everyone's focused on the arrest. The real story is the lesson every finance minister on earth just learned in real time:
Stable coins are a leash, not an escape.
If someone can freeze it, it isn't money. It doesn't solve sovereignty.
First principles:
USDT is dollar plumbing without SWIFT. Faster. Cheaper. Still has a CEO. Still has a compliance department. Still picks up when Washington calls.
This is why USDT adoption exploded, 71-year-old grandmothers in Caracas pay their HOA fees in tether now. But useful ≠ sovereign.
The entire value proposition for sanctions evasion just got publicly falsified.
Now do the game theory:
You're Iran. Russia. Any country hedging against dollar weaponization. You just watched Venezuela's "crypto solution" get shut off like a light switch.
Where do you put reserves now?
USDT? Compromised.
Yuan? Political strings.
Gold? Try settling $500M across borders in 10 minutes.
CBDCs? Same kill switch, government branding.
There's exactly one asset that clears final settlement without asking permission from anyone.
21 million units. No CEO. No freeze function. No phone number.
This is the ad Bitcoin never had to buy.
The most desperate, highest-stakes capital on earth just learned there's only one door.
Price doesn't reflect it yet.
It will.
@Heccles94@X All these comments are so entertaining. Yet it’s probably not gonna make you reflect on things because you’re head is stuck where the sun don’t shine.
Dear Vaccine Fanatics,
Game Over.
Anyone considering vaccinating anyone for anything please watch and listen to this - the statistics and evidence provided is now simply indisputable.
Vaccines do more harm than good. Period.
@Gun_tello@piloly@grok Bullshit argument. Elon is against the EU, not Europe and not Europeans. He would love to give all the European Tesla owners access to Grok and FSD, that’s such a no-brainer.
@EU_Commission The only benefit is a common currency and unrestricted travel across borders. Apart from that, the EU has been a huge disappointment for us. Stop regulating everything!