Cotchamin

Trivial Pursuit

[Cotchamin @cotchamin]

“Sapere aude” (“Dare to know”) was the call to action in Horace’s Epistels a few years before Christ. Kant made it the motto of the Enlightenment period in the 18th century. Today, the question arises: “What is digital enlightenment?”

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is what post-trauma looked like after World War I (1914-1918)

[Leddy @LeddyLLC]

Every person over 35 blames aging for their stiff, aching joints.

Turns out it's not age... it's years of neglect catching up.

Here are 8 simple ways to rebuild your joints and feel 25 again🧵:

[Artur Rehi @ArturRehi]

harder to assess the damage from satellite images. Russia will lose this war. And when it withdraws, its propaganda machine will blame internal traitors and scream about a “stab in the back” or an “internal conspiracy.” But for now, Russia shows no signs of stopping and
17/20

[James Wynn @JamesWynnReal]

One thing for sure is that I have exposed just how corrupt these markets are.

Guess it’s better to just buy and hold $BTC on spot / cold storage it.

[MapleStory Universe @MaplestoryU]

Dear Maplers🍄,
We know how important a fair game environment is to you, and to us. Our team is actively working to address hacks and macros, and we’ve shared an update on our ongoing efforts here:
https://t.co/HA4Md0OtMw

Thank you for your continued support and patience as we make MapleStory N better, together. 🤝

[TON 💎 @ton_blockchain]

Block production has been restored ✅

A quick fix was released, and updating only a few master chain validators was sufficient to resume block production.

The incident was related to an error in the processing of the masterchain dispatch queue.

We will release a technical report on the incident shortly.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A picture of Verdun, France, still showing an insane amount of damage from WWI

[koeppelmann @koeppelmann]

Today is a big day. Circles 2.0 is launching and with it the ambition of fair money that works for people and that can complement or even replace our fiat system. This has been an idea for almost 15 years but it's a concrete product you can use now! 👇
https://t.co/aexnLYHssg

[Alex Vacca @itsalexvacca]

Yes, Google DeepMind has insane talent.

But Google moves way too slow - and it's obvious because they have to take care of the investors, the stock market and what not.

Whereas startups like OpenAI move fast and break things : YC's first lesson.

Found a meme for it:

[Crazy Ass Moments in Italian Politics @CrazyItalianPol]

The newly elected mayor of Merano Katharina Zeller, from the German-speaking SVP party, takes off the Italian tricolor sash, provoking strong controversy from the Italian community and opposition parties.

May 19, 2025

[Cotchamin @cotchamin]

@pete_rizzo_ Morten Søberg is the new head of BPI; he previously served as Norway’s Deputy Minister of Finance in Jens Stoltenberg’s second cabinet. In Norway, the title State Secretary (statssekretær) corresponds to what many other countries refer to as a deputy minister.

[Cotchamin @cotchamin]

@pete_rizzo_ The Bitcoin Policy Institute Norway (BPI Norway) is not a government agency. It is an independent, member-owned interest organization established to promote understanding of Bitcoin in Norwegian society.

[The Bitcoin Historian @pete_rizzo_]

JUST IN: FORMER NORWAY SECRETARY OF STATE TO LEAD NEW NATIONAL #BITCOIN POLICY INSTITUTE

NORWAY IS EMBRACING BTC 🔥

[Anton Golub @Anton_Golub]

Europe is dominated by dollar stablecoins - ECB warns of crypto disaster for EURO

Dollar-backed stablecoins are 250 BILLION+.

Euro stablecoins? Just $250 million. 😂

That’s 1,000x smaller!

Now European Commission and ECB are in open conflict.

Why?

Because dollar stablecoins are dominating Europe - MiCA can’t stop it.

ECB is panicking.

Christine Lagarde warns of “financial contagion” if Trump turbocharges crypto.

MiCA was supposed to protect Europe.

Instead, it’s killing European liquidity - and boosting the dollar.

My friend @moo9000 explained:

"MiCA had a first-mover advantage. And regulators wasted it."

They didn’t build a framework for growth.
They built one to protect banks.

What MiCA did to EURO stablecoins:

❌ Banned yield
❌ Capped issuance at €200M/day
❌ Full licensing, audits, legal entity in EU
❌ Required 60% of reserves at weak EU banks

No surprise:

- Tether refused to comply
- No liquidity, no adoption, no upside
- Most euro stablecoins delisted or dead
- Circle built a MiCA entity, but still focuses on USDC

And now?

US is drafting STABLE & GENIUS laws.

Trump wants dollar stablecoins to scale to $2 TRILLION.
Backed by US Treasuries.
Used worldwide.

ECB wants to rewrite MiCA - 4 months after launch.

European Commission calls ECB “melodramatic.”

I said it months ago:

- MiCA will kill stablecoin liquidity
- Euro stablecoins won’t scale
- Tether will never comply

While Europe fights itself...

🇺🇸 US is unlocking
🇦🇪 UAE is scaling

Founders, funds, builders:

Pick your base wisely.

Jurisdiction = strategy.

Thanks to @moo9000 for sparking this post

[Cotchamin @cotchamin]

Trump is reportedly asking Qatar to first lend the plane to the U.S. military at no cost, and then donate it to his pres. library—so he can eventually use it personally. Could this be an early sign that he’s willing to vol. leave office on Jan 20th, 2029? He will be 82 by then.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:

“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

Seems pretty clear that a $400 million “air palace” from a foreign emir qualifies.

The corruption is brazen.

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

As Trump & Bukele use Oval to 🤣 Feds’ illicit deportation of a US resident (https://t.co/t80iDMbBKf), once an undoc-ed Salvadorean himself, now-DC Aux +Evelio asks, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?” https://t.co/jTradMfr0v

[Brew Markets @brewmarkets]

Robert F. Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.

Polymarket gave him just a 0.3% chance of being chosen.

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Privacy was always the true alpha.

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

Nobody’s flying anywhere these days - thanks to a surprise visit from some "friendly" drones. Instead, hundreds of Russians turned their local airports into scenic walking zones, casually strolling through terminals in various regions of the federation.

Some have been on this unexpected airport tour since yesterday, as dozens of flights were either delayed or canceled - especially in Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, and Domodedovo. Meanwhile, airports in Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, and Samara are offering a similar "grounded travel experience."

And in St. Petersburg? Lucky passengers got a full seven-hour immersive cabin experience... without ever leaving the pavement.

[Ethereum @ethereum]

Pectra is live on Ethereum mainnet!

- Smart account wallet UX features now active
- L2 scaling data storage blobs increased by 2x
- Validator UX improvements live

Community members will continue to monitor for any issues over the next 24 hours.