🎥 SPOTLIGHT: Charlie Lee
@SatoshiLite on his journey from a "gold bug" at Google to the creator of Litecoin, the challenges of public life in crypto, and why he believes anonymity is priceless.
01:11 Charlie's Early Crypto Journey
02:41 The Allure of Gold
05:10 Why Google Didn't Adopt Bitcoin Early
06:45 How Much Did Charlie Pay for His First Bitcoin?
08:48 “You’re Never Too Late [to Bitcoin]” and Charlie’s Price Prediction
13:03 Are Stablecoins the Future?
16:31 Why Litecoin Was Created and Its Market Cap Ranking
23:28 What Makes a Coin “Fair”?
27:56 Trade-Offs for Privacy
31:40 The Road to Litecoin Adoption
36:54 Why Charlie Sold His Litecoin
39:52 Dealing with Online Hate
46:52 The Litecoin Treasury Play
52:54 Advice to Young Charlie: Stay Anonymous, Buy Bitcoin.
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👀 Litecoin founder Charlie Lee (@SatoshiLite) on the backlash after selling his LTC:
“After I announced it and sold my coins, I got a lot of hate online… People are still blaming me for crashing the whole market in 2017.”
📊 Tether has added 8,889 BTC (~$1B), lifting its Bitcoin reserves to $9.7B as it continues accumulating alongside gold.
@jennsanasie brings you "Chart of the Day," presented by @cryptocom.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3988.9, down 1.1% (-46.29) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. None of the 20 assets are trading higher.
Leaders: $APT (-0.1%) and $ETH (-0.3%).
Laggards: $NEAR (-3.8%) and $AVAX (-3.5%).
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Keel, the Sky ecosystem's new Solana-focused capital allocator, has launched with a roadmap to deploy up to $2.5B into DeFi + tokenized RWAs. @sndr_krisztian reports
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