One year later...
MicroStrategy isn't simplifying its model... it's adding layer after layer of financial engineering.
First it was "buy Bitcoin"
Now it's preferred shares, perpetual preferreds, digital credit securities, dividend policies, reserve policies, buyback programs, and even a formal Bitcoin monetization program.
If your investment thesis constantly requires creating new financial products to sustain itself, maybe it's time to ask why.
"No media will be permitted."
On July 1-2, leaders from Citi, JPMorgan, Bank of England, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Visa, Mastercard, Swift, ICE, Finality, and many more are gathering in London for the Privacy for Financial Services Workshop.
One thing stood out to me
@hedera is everywhere.
Speaking on institutional privacy, cross-ledger protocols, and digital asset infrastructure alongside Consensys, IBM, Google, Ethereum Foundation, Matter Labs, Kaleido, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and other leaders shaping the future of finance.
I wish more people spent time studying market mechanics instead of viral price targets. $XRP 👀
Understanding liquidity, stop-loss cascades, hidden orders, and distribution explains far more than any "$1000 XRP" prediction ever will.
Education compounds. Hype expires.
One conversation between two 7 figure day traders about market mechanics is worth more than 100 price prediction videos. 👀
Liquidity.
Order flow.
Distribution.
Resting orders.
Once you understand how institutions actually move markets, it's much harder to fall for moonboy narratives.
Watch how a hijacked terrorist plane penetrates the ZITIC Tower in Beijing and explodes in a giant fireball, fatally weakening the central column, causing a pancake collapse at free-fall speed into its own footprint.
Only kidding. Larry Silverstein didn’t own this building and Mossad didn’t rig it with thermite.⚡️
🚨JUST DROPPED: 🇺🇸 Department of War (DoW) Post Quantum Cryptography Strategy cleared for open publication Apr 16, 2026.
This is the full blueprint for migrating ALL DoD-like systems to Post-Quantum Crypto (PQC) because quantum computers = existential threat to current encryption.
What it says, what it means, and why this is massive for proven quantum-secure data tech. 🧵
Most of the AI sector is one product wearing a thousand logos.
Everyone wraps the same models, ships the same agents, rebrands the same plugins, and calls it a company.
$AIAI @_AiSquared is running a play I can't find anywhere else and the first public proof is a construction company.
Five years of its bids went into a behavioral AI, $9 billion worth.
The finding? an estimate isn't math, it's psychology. The tool built on that lands June 30.
AIAI Holdings' CEO Todd Furniss joined Lou Basenese on The Upside to discuss the rationale behind AIAI's acquisition-driven AI strategy, the "240-day moat”, and more.
Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/XdLIncRmcp
#AI#Artificialintelligence
Cedric Maxwell on Pistol Pete Maravich and a rookie named Larry Bird:
“We come to a timeout and Pete says ‘Larry, they’re double-teaming you. You can’t force up those kind of shots.’
Larry looks up and goes ‘If you were any damn good, they wouldn’t be double-teaming me.'”
Ronald Acuña Jr. is in rare company 🤝
With 5 HR and 4 SB in his last 4 games, he joins Willie Mays, Eric Davis and Shohei Ohtani as the only players ever to do it.
People need to stop comparing XRP to XLM..
Full stop.
You cannot compare a network built for global institutional liquidity, interoperability, stablecoins, custody, treasury infrastructure, and regulated financial rails… to a completely different ecosystem with a different objective.
Both have clear, valuable roles in a layered global financial system. It’s not about picking winners… every layer matters. The entire ecosystem wins when we understand the differences.
Stay focused and do your own research. Ignore the noise and disinformation 🫡
I was investigating Chris Larsen’s recent XRP movements after noticing aggressive wallet activity…
and during the investigation, I discovered a newly activated wallet connected to Elon Musk that is ALSO interacting with the SAME exchange structure.
Both patterns are extremely similar...
https://t.co/fgQKATCaei