US fertility reached 1.57 last year, the lowest ever recorded, and the WSJ explanation is "uncertainty about finances, relationship stability, and the political climate"
my great grandma had eleven children during the second world war, in a country being bombed, in a house with no running water, on rations.
poor people have always had kids. the poorest people on earth right now still have kids and the financial excuse is a story we tell ourselves because it makes us feel good and the real one is unbearable
the real mechanism is that we got rich enough to redefine children as an expense instead of the point. somewhere in the last fifty years the cultural goal inverted and a child stopped being what life is for and became a line item competing with the lifestyle. once you frame it that way the math never works, because the math isnt supposed to work. that's the point
we are living in the richest moment in human history and we decided to use the surplus to buy ourselves out of the future. the most prosperous civilization that has ever existed is committing demographic suicide at the altar of personal optimization and comfort, and the official line is that we cant afford it
the birthrate is a lagging indicator of a civilization that forgot why it was alive
Yesterday, President of Bullish Exchange @cjrtyrer joined @FintechTvGlobal for a deep dive into @solana and how it’s set to advance institutional-grade financial infrastructure on-chain.
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Crypto Exchanges: The Gateway to Mass Adoption
Crypto exchanges serve as the bridge between traditional finance and the digital asset economy, playing a critical role in driving global adoption. But what’s next for exchanges as regulation evolves, institutional players enter the space, and user demands shift?
Expert Panelists:
🔹 @LeeSirgoo – CEO, @upbitglobal
🔹 Abel Pena – CSO, @bit2me
🔹 @uspankowski – Chief Digital & Product Officer, @boersestuttgart
🔹 Bjorn Andersen – Chief Compliance Officer, @BankingCircle
🔹@cjrtyrer – President, @Bullish
🔹 Alena Afanaseva – Founder & CEO, @beincrypto
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Catch this insightful panel featuring @annairrera (@business), Sui Chung (@CFBenchmarks), @Scaramucci (@SkyBridge), and @cjrtyrer (@Bullish) as they discuss how institutional players are reshaping the crypto market.
They explore how big money is transforming the crypto ecosystem and what it means for the future of digital assets.
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Earlier this month, #Bullish’s Head of Institutional @cjrtyrer joined @annairrera, @SuiChungcfb, and @Scaramucci at the @DAF_London for an in-depth discussion on how institutional investors are engaging with digital assets.
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I anonymously polled 42 Solana founders to get their unfiltered opinions on other chains, VCs, startups, the cabal, and more. Responses were spicy!
Check the thread below to see what they said (🧵)