Exactly 15 years ago today when Bitcoin was trading at $15, Hal Finney said:
"Every day that goes by and Bitcoin hasn't collapsed…increases the chance of Bitcoin's eventual success and justifies a higher price."
problem is, listeners take opinions and stories disseminated by podcasters and guests for granted. misinformation is often spread for not knowing better. but curating news is no solution. do your own research.
In this clip, Sam Harris goes after
- Lex Fridman for interviewing Putin and Ye
- The All-In podcast for "Kremlin talking points"
- Joe Rogan for hosting "Holocaust deniers"
Truly revealing his model of reality, where the public are just helpless receptacles of elite opinion.
@mcuban@Chris_Deutsch@elonmusk speculation is that inflation might not kick in that hard because of reduced consumer spending. tariff-induced inflation can have a different impact thus allowing room for cuts in interest rates.
This project which will give China an unbelievable edge *for decades* in energy dominance costs $137 billion, which is just 20% of a single year of the Pentagon budget. Is there any reason we couldn't slash 20% of the Pentagon budget to create an annual "Great Works" fund?
@BecomingCritter /food: no alcohol, no cigarettes, no sugar, no gluten, no lactose, low on carbs, ketogenic diet if you can
/sleep: no screen 1 hr before sleeping
/fluids: 3 liters of water daily, with 5gr mg
/supps: aminoacids, omega3 (15ml/daily)
//give a try, cold turkey, will change your life
Just a few minutes ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
The Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. This means it will not cost taxpayers a dime.
It is estimated that the U.S. government owns about 200,000 bitcoin; however, there has never been a complete audit. The E.O. directs a full accounting of the federal government’s digital asset holdings.
The U.S. will not sell any bitcoin deposited into the Reserve. It will be kept as a store of value. The Reserve is like a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency often called “digital gold.”
Premature sales of bitcoin have already cost U.S. taxpayers over $17 billion in lost value. Now the federal government will have a strategy to maximize the value of its holdings.
The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers.
IN ADDITION, the Executive Order establishes a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, consisting of digital assets other than bitcoin forfeited in criminal or civil proceedings.
The government will not acquire additional assets for the Stockpile beyond those obtained through forfeiture proceedings.
The purpose of the Stockpile is responsible stewardship of the government’s digital assets under the Treasury Department.
PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT
President Trump promised to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. Those promises have been kept.
This Executive Order underscores President Trump’s commitment to making the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.”
I want to thank the President for his leadership and vision in supporting this cutting-edge technology and for his rapid execution in supporting the digital asset industry. His administration is truly moving at “tech speed.”
I also want to thank the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets — especially Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — for their help and support in getting this done. Finally Bo Hines played a critical role as Executive Director of our Working Group.