Jan P.

A rotating prism (price turn) in a sextant. Rotating. Still turning.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Government to begin publishing economic data on blockchain.

[Nibiru @NibiruChain]

What's the most innovative use case for blockchain technology you've come across or imagined?

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

Quietly stacking ETH near $10B while everyone's panicking… either BitMine knows something we don't, or this is the boldest bet of the cycle. Bears won't last forever tbh 👀 #Ethereum

Who else is watching this?

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

In these five years, the Ethereum Foundation is entering a period of mild austerity, in order to be able to simultaneously meet two goals:

1. Deliver on an aggressive roadmap that ensures Ethereum's status as a performant and scalable world computer that does not compromise on robustness, sustainability and decentralization.
2. Ensures the Ethereum Foundation's own ability to sustain into the long term, and protect Ethereum's core mission and goals, including both the core blockchain layer as well as users' ability to access and use the chain with self-sovereignty, security and privacy.

To this end, my own share of the austerity is that I am personally taking on responsibilities that might in another time have been "special projects" of the EF. Specifically, we are seeking the existence of an open-source, secure and verifiable full stack of software and hardware that can protect both our personal lives and our public environments ( see https://t.co/GzgBS9sh87 ). This includes applications such as finance, communication and governance, blockchains, operating systems, secure hardware, biotech (including both personal and public health), and more. If you have seen the Vensa announcement (seeking to make open silicon a commercially viable reality at least for security-critical applications), the https://t.co/cuyU9Chs1y including recent versions with built in ZK + FHE + differential-privacy features, the air quality work, my donations to encrypted messaging apps, my own enthusiasm and use for privacy-preserving, walkaway-test-friendly and local-first software (including operating systems), then you know the general spirit of what I am planning to support.

For this reason I have just withdrawn 16,384 ETH, which will be deployed toward these goals over the next few years. I am also exploring secure decentralized staking options that will allow even more capital from staking rewards to be put toward these goals in the long term.

Ethereum itself is an indispensable part of the "full-stack openness and verifiability" vision. The Ethereum Foundation will continue with a steadfast focus on developing Ethereum, with that goal in mind. "Ethereum everywhere" is nice, but the primary priority is "Ethereum for people who need it". Not corposlop, but self-sovereignty, and the baseline infrastructure that enables cooperation without domination.

In a world where many people's default mindset is that we need to race to become a big strong bully, because otherwise the existing big strong bullies will eat you first, this is the needed alternative. It will involve much more than technology to succeed, but the technical layer is something which is in our control to make happen. The tools to ensure your, and your community's, autonomy and safety, as a basic right that belongs to everyone. Open not in a bullshit "open means everyone has the right to buy it from us and use our API for $200/month" way, but actually open, and secure and verifiable so that you know that your technology is working for you.

[Circle @circle]

cirBTC is live on @ethereum.

Circle helped establish the institutional standard for dollar collateral with USDC.

Now cirBTC brings that same approach to Bitcoin, bringing 1:1 BTC-backed collateral to institutional DeFi markets with neutrality, transparency, and Circle infrastructure.

Arc is next.

https://t.co/tHwIlblsyb

[Crypto Rover @cryptorover]

$BTC to $200,000.

$ETH to $8,000.

All of this will happen next bull market.

Are you positioned?

[CZ 🔶 BNB @cz_binance]

Today, I stepped down as CEO of Binance. Admittedly, it was not easy to let go emotionally. But I know it is the right thing to do. I made mistakes, and I must take responsibility. This is best for our community, for Binance, and for myself.

Binance is no longer a baby. It is time for me to let it walk and run. I know Binance will continue to grow and excel with the deep bench it has.

I’m pleased to announce that @_RichardTeng, our now former Global Head of Regional Markets, has been named the new CEO of Binance today.

Richard is a highly qualified leader and, with over three decades of financial services and regulatory experience, he will navigate the company through its next period of growth. He will ensure Binance delivers on our next phase of security, transparency, compliance, and growth.

Prior to joining Binance, Richard was CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM); Chief Regulatory Officer of the Singapore Exchange (SGX); and Director of Corporate Finance in the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

With Richard and the entire team, I’m confident that the best days for @Binance and the crypto industry lay ahead.

As a shareholder and former CEO with historical knowledge of our company, I will remain available to the team to consult as needed, consistent with the framework set out in our U.S. agency resolutions.

What’s next for me?

I will take a break first. I have not had a single day of real (phone off) break for the last 6 and half years.

After that, my current thinking is I will probably do some passive investing, being a minority token/shareholder in startups in areas of blockchain/Web3/DeFi, AI and biotech. I am happy that I will finally have more time to spend looking at DeFi.

I can’t see myself being a CEO driving a startup again. I am content being an one-shot (lucky) entrepreneur. Should there be listeners, I may be open to being a coach/mentor to a small number of upcoming entrepreneurs, privately. If for nothing else, I can at least tell them what not to do.

On that note, I am proud to point out that in our resolutions with the U.S. agencies they:

- do not allege that Binance misappropriated any user funds, and
- do not allege that Binance engaged in any market manipulation.

Funds are SAFU!

With that, I look forward to seeing the new leadership take the reins. Please join me in congratulating Richard on his well-deserved promotion.

Onwards!

CZ

[Ansem @blknoiz06]

gonna be pretty crazy if jito revitalizes solana from the bottom two cycles in a row

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

When geopolitical walls come down, capital flows freely. Peace unlocks prosperity in ways we rarely anticipate — and markets feel it before headlines explain it. BTC at $66K is just the opening act. 🤔

#Bitcoin Thoughts?

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@keesjemadura @CIDI_nieuws Wat een triest figuur. Mag ik dat zeggen? Ja dat mag in zeggen.

[Kees Broer @keesjemadura]

@PieterRambags valt met een krijtje @CIDI_nieuws lastig. Feliciteert zichzelf met behouden thuiskomst van de #Gaza #Flotilla
#Israel #Hamas #terrorisme #narcist

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@bertbrussen Kijk naar dit mediaforum van afgelopen donderdag met Nadia Moussaid die er dezelfde journalistieke principes op na houdt als het om de geweigerde scheidsrechter gaat.

https://t.co/Q4ozt569gS

[P. Trienekens @PeterTr1964]

Bestuursrechter
De Raad van State had ik altijd hoog zitten, maar de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak bleek een lege huls. Niet meer dan een paar marionetten en kruipers die de windindustrie bedienen.
Een net pak, een mooie toga, wat een schijnvertoning.
De windindustrie wordt op hun wenken bediend en gezinnen (weer) in de ellende gestort.
Echte toppertjes daar in Den Haag.
@sypwynia @mariannezw @wierdduk @Martinbosma_pvv @geertwilderspvv @nlvow @lidewij_devos @ClintelNED @2eKamertweets @MinisterKGG @MinisterieKGG #terreurturbines

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@wierdduk Luister en huiver bij dit Media Forum en let op de 'neutrale' rol van Nadia Moussaid

https://t.co/Q4ozt569gS

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@ADnl Iedereen in een flat stoppen, en de natuur afsluiten voor mensen dat is het ideaalbeeld van #D66

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@hendrikotten3 @MinisterKGG @MinPres Stientje is het brein achter statiegeld op blikjes met dit 👇als gevolg dus onze energievoorziening is bij haar in 'veilige handen'

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@Buitenhoftv @progressiefned @jesseklaver @LTONederland @GerKoopmans @ewmagazinenl @hellahueck @RaadvanState @Thdegraaf @NPO1 Toen #Buitenhof nog gewoon een discussie programma was waar iedereen aanschoof en geen echoput van Progressief links was. 👇

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

#Buitenhof @VictorVlam

Nergens meer bewijs hoe de #NPO en ander #MSM een echoput van progressief links zijn geworden als we vergelijken met fragment uit 2012

Gewoon een discussie bij #VPRO tussen Guy Verhofstadt en Thierry Baudet (#NRC columnist) Pro-Con federaal EU

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@Frans_Traas69 En dat vooral de #NOS dat doet met niet aflatende anti Amerika retoriek en door Coca-Cola gesponsorde programma's

[Jan P. @gravity_arm]

@Cultuurfilosoof Gaat niks worden. Al die geroemde nieuwe leden zijn links radicaal op de golven van de #Gaza hype lid geworden. Gaat zich transformeren tot een radicaal linkse partij.