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[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

WARNING: Longer post (but worth reading or bookmarking for later).

Your life has seasons.

Each one is unique. Characterized by its own distinct desires, struggles, opportunities, and identity.

But one reflection I've had recently is just how easy it is to completely disassociate with the present season.

To give all your time and energy toward a longing for some nostalgic memory of a prior season or an anticipation for some beautiful state of a future season.

You look back at the past and all you see is sunshine. Because it all worked out. You forget (or glaze over) the struggle you endured. You're here today. You made it. You're alive. You're doing fine.

You look forward at the future and dream on what could be. You'll have so much more. More freedom. More purpose. More health. More deep connection. More everything.

The past is beautiful and the future feels limitless. So, logically, you slowly start to treat everything about the present as the bridge. A dash connecting your past and your future. A gap to be crossed as quickly as possible.

Everything you do today is in anticipation of some eventual end state.

I'm doing this now, so that I can have that later.

Unfortunately, the danger of that dissociation with the present is significant. You may spend your entire life living for a future that has a decidedly mirage-like property. You inch closer, but when it's right in front of you, it disappears and reappears on the horizon.

You may spend your entire life skipping through the present, deferring your presence, your joy, and your very humanity to a future that never comes.

In a classic French fable, a young boy is gifted with a magic ball of golden thread. He's told that if he simply pulls on the thread, time will leap forward. The catch, of course, is that once it's pulled, it can never be put back.

The young boy takes advantage of the newfound powers. Each time he's faced with a boring day at school, a frustrating set of chores, or a scolding from his parents, he pulls the thread, skipping through to the good parts.

As an adult, he continues, leaping through mundane struggles in his marriage, the friction of having a newborn, and the boredom at work. He finds himself pulling on the thread more and more, avoiding even the most minor inconveniences of his life.

But when he wakes up one day and sees an old man looking back at him in the mirror, he's filled with regret. He realizes in that moment that as he chose to skip through the boredom, struggles, and friction, so too did he miss the real texture of being alive.

How often do we all do the same? How easily do we default into this disassociation? Disconnecting from the present in anticipation of some future.

A mentor recently asked me this:

"Where are you going and why are you in such a rush?"

It hit me hard.

And to be honest, I haven't stopped replaying those words since he said them.

Why are you in such a rush?

The world wants you to rush into everything. Rushed decisions. Rushed conversations. Rushed relationships. Rushed timelines.

In doing so, you slowly relinquish your agency. You give up your claim on your own life. Surrender authorship to a pen that was never even yours.

In a world that wants you to rush, the ultimate act of rebellion is presence.

Be in the season you're in. Don't romanticize the past, don't fantasize the future. Be here. Be now. Be in this. All of its texture, depth, and struggle. All of its joy, tension, and pain. Sit with the uncertainty. Become friends with it. Fall in love with it.

Because every single thing you do today is something your younger self dreamed of and something your older self will wish they could go back and do.

The good old days are happening, right now.

And the next time you find yourself skipping through the present, remember these words:

Where are you going and why are you in such a rush?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@McMurchie @alexmd2 @Techmeme @CatherineShu At this point, I want ETH even if it is a scam

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

A good time to add more dots.

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

People still think (or feel) because Bitcoin is down crypto is down.

Derivatives/perps, stablecoins, prediction markets, etc are all up in crypto.

Crypto touches every area of finance, and is much broader than Bitcoin now. It will take some time for this to sink in.

(And yes - Bitcoin is going to do great and is as important as ever - one of many cycles we've all been through.)

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

BREAKING: THE KNICKS TAKE GAME 2

THEY NOW LEAD 2-0

[Tyrese Haliburton @Hali]

No playoff games cuz Iceman here, respect @NBA

[The Assembly @InTheAssembly]

The most valuable private company in the world just told thousands of investors they own NOTHING.

Anthropic published an updated support page declaring that every share of its stock sold on the secondary market without board approval is officially void.

Here’s what that actually means:

If you bought Anthropic shares through Forge, Hiive, Sydecar, Upmarket, or any other secondary platform without explicit board approval, you are not a stockholder.

You have no stockholder rights.

Your transaction is invalid.

There is a multi-billion dollar secondary market in Anthropic shares right now.

Platforms have been pricing the stock between $265 and $1,400 per share.

Some buyers paid thousands of dollars per share.

Some funds built entire products around indirect Anthropic exposure.

All of it is now potentially WORTHLESS.

The kill shot is hidden in the legal language.

Anthropic chose the word "void" instead of "voidable".

Under Delaware corporate law, that single word strips downstream buyers of almost every equitable defense they could use to recover.

– You bought something
– The original seller kept your money
– Anthropic refuses to recognize the transaction
– And the law gives you almost no path back

This is the purest counterparty risk anyone has ever seen in modern markets.

You can buy a share of a company.

And have the company itself wipe your ownership off the books.

Because you used the wrong door to get in.

The lesson is simple.

Hype does not protect you from structure.

And the most expensive education in private markets is the one you only get once.

[rocket @busyrocket]

@BoringBiz_ Lessons come in many forms. Anyone who claims they’ve never experienced a significant loss in trading is lying. There’s no need to kick someone while they’re down, the obsession with appearing perfect on this app is delusional.

[rocket @busyrocket]

$BTC still in the same range

[rocket @busyrocket]

$BTC $98k is the activation key.

Below it? We are just chopping up leverage in a re-accumulation range. Above it? The structure flips, and the real expansion begins.

Everything in between is just market makers hunting liquidity. Don't get chopped up trying to predict the breakout. Wait for the reclaiming of the level.

The trade starts at $98k for me.

[rocket @busyrocket]

$BTC

[rocket @busyrocket]

We are watching a textbook lower high form in real time.

The bounce off $BTC $90k feels good, but zooming out, we are just backtesting the breakdown level.

Trading these relief rallies like they are breakouts is how you get trapped.

The structure remains bearish until we reclaim $98k.

Until then, this is just a dead cat bounce seeking liquidity.

[rocket @busyrocket]

@binance What happen to this account? So corny

[DEGEN NEWS @DegenerateNews]

NEW: SOLANA CO-FOUNDER @rajgokal SAYS "THE MARKET SIMPLY HAS NOT AWAKENED TO THE FACT THAT THE FASTEST COMPANIES IN HISTORY TO REACH $100M ARE MOSTLY IN CRYPTO, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE ON SOLANA"

[rocket @busyrocket]

25bps cut secured. Powell and the FOMC pretending this was a hard decision is the best performance of the year.

[rocket @busyrocket]

Powell never wants to promise cuts too early – bad look if inflation bumps up again. He has to sound uncertain. But the market knows the game.

Give it 48 hours. Everyone gets bored of the fake uncertainty, remembers the printer goes brrr, and starts buying again.

Buying dips, QE narrative next.

[rocket @busyrocket]

It’s just leverage wipeouts leading price both ways.

No real movement otherwise. We flush to kill the longs, pump to kill the shorts, and end up exactly where we started.

If you aren't getting liquidated, nothing is happening.

$btc $sol $eth

[rocket @busyrocket]

@LynAldenContact @OiledSix Agreed

[rocket @busyrocket]

@MKBHD Bro lost me at karaoke. I can respect them bringing you what you want in a car, but it honestly looks cheap with all the gadgets.

[rocket @busyrocket]

@ThrillaRilla369 Nah movies have been trash for a minute now.. ain’t nobody wasting time

[rocket @busyrocket]

@michaeljburry The OpenAI bet was simple: Sell the AGI dream before anyone realized it’s just an inferior chatbot.

[rocket @busyrocket]

@GovPressOffice this so stupid.. wtf

[rocket @busyrocket]

@chooserich Why is this dude dressed up like an 8 year old?