Ryan

Investment advisor @ Aspiriant

[Ryan @ryan510nelson]

Very cool!

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

Three years ago @uaustinorg was an idea @nfergus, @JTLonsdale, Pano Kanelos and I discussed.

Today in Austin it becomes a reality.

Welcome to the class of 2028. The first class of UATX. You aren’t just students, you are founders.

[Ryan @ryan510nelson]

@Jason @jason what contraption are you using for at home cold brew making?

[Nate Houghteling @nhoughte]

The official Fault Lines trailer is live! 🚨🚨

Four years ago, we set out to tell the story of America’s housing crisis through the prism of what was happening in our own backyard of San Francisco.

Today we’re excited to bring this film out into the world with our first trailer and a series of advanced screenings around the country.

Learn more: https://t.co/WdiGprzWmE

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I did a nearly one-hour interview on @CNBC with @andrewrsorkin on a range of topics including @Harvard, @MIT, and the education system, DEI, antisemitism, bond markets, plagiarism, @axelspringer, Mathias Dopfner, Henry Kravis, the responsibility of controlling shareholders, unethical journalism and a new think and do tank we will be launching shortly.

I think you will find the interview thought provoking and I encourage you to watch it.

Short excerpts of portions of the interview were previously posted. This is the full hour:

https://t.co/8B3KOLYoBf

[Ryan @ryan510nelson]

@VivekGRamaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy what about the whips on horses at the border?

[@amuse @amuse]

Go!

[Coach Yac 🗣 @Coach_Yac]

#49ers Brock Purdy just became the fourth quarterback in NFL history with a completion percentage of 70 or higher in seven consecutive games…

The others to do it: Drew Brees (7), Sam Bradford (7) and Joe Montana (8)

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Magill has resigned.

[Ryan @ryan510nelson]

https://t.co/Dqbi5fKdM7

[Balaji @balajis]

Jason, I'm glad you recognize the distinction between reporting on the Fed’s crisis and causing it!

While I have you…with zero personal animus, I’m going to need you to correct the record on something. And this is also addressed to @matt_levine and to a lesser extent @SchreckReports, both of which have published things that require correction.

In short, the hyperbitcoinization bet is a Simon-Erlich style bet that is purely about settling an ideological matter. I did not propose the bet but only accepted it, I have absolutely zero profit motivation, I am never selling Bitcoin for USD unless legally compelled to do so, and I am holding Bitcoin until the US dollar is no longer the reserve currency of the world, again unless legally compelled to do otherwise.

The only time I have ever rung a fire alarm like this was in Jan 2020. I did what I could to warn about a lab leak that actually did end up claiming millions of lives.

That's also the only reason I’m doing this: to alert innocent Americans and dollar holders in the style of Paul Revere that the printing is coming.

A SIMON-ERLICH BET ON HYPERBITCOINIZATION
In more detail:

1) The record shows that I put up the #Bitsignal before I made the bet, giving out $1M of my own money to raise awareness of this stealth crisis — the digital devaluation of the dollar — before it was known to be a crisis.[1]

2) The record also shows that I didn't *propose* the bet, but just accepted it. @jdcmedlock proposed it. [2]

3) I believe Medlock will agree that this is an ideological bet, like the Simon-Ehrlich bet[3], which resolved a famous difference of opinion between libertarians and progressives. As with the Simon-Erlich bet, the hyperbitcoinization bet is obviously not a money making bet. It is purely informational. For what it's worth, I was CEI's Julian Simon award winner[4] last year so I'm clearly aware of Simon.

4) Moreover, the Bitcoin community, such @jack, has posted about the possibility of hyperbitcoinization for many years.[5, 6] This is not coming out of nowhere.

5) To allay any question about my motivations, I publicly commit to never selling any Bitcoin for USD unless legally compelled to do so. While I still respect many individual Americans, I no longer have faith in the US currency or banking system.

6) I am sadly not alone in this loss of faith in US banking. Moody's has downgraded the US banking system as a whole [7], many Indians have been forced to move funds from collapsing US banks to India's GIFT City banking system[8], and — in a development that should be worrying for the world — Chinese banks are soaring as Western banks are failing.[9] If the USD fails, the free world needs BTC as the reserve currency, not RMB.

7) Finally, after ten years of being in the public eye, with tens of thousands of tweets, 50+ hours of podcasts, and hundreds of pages of writing — there are enough people with context on me to know that I am not a trader, I rarely discuss price, and I do not do John McAfee-like stunts. I am an ideologically driven person who believes in Bitcoin & everyone who knows me can testify to this.

IN SUMMARY
The hyperbitcoinization bet is a Simon-Erlich-style public interest bet.
I did not propose the bet but only accepted it.
I have absolutely zero profit motivation.
I raised the alarm on printing as I did on COVID, because it’s important.
I’m already being proven right, as the printing is reportedly $18T.
I am never selling Bitcoin for USD unless legally compelled to do so.
And I am holding Bitcoin until the US dollar is no longer the reserve currency of the world, again unless legally compelled to do otherwise.

I cannot give a more strongly worded statement.

[1]: https://t.co/FtRYUDQTDs
[2]: https://t.co/bh621sdXCg
[3]: https://t.co/GOxiZAlELA
[4]: https://t.co/eXBAhsiS2r
[5]: https://t.co/1cY7CIl4KY
[6]: https://t.co/nlP5BxClSQ
[7]: https://t.co/jKlhYWoph5
[8]: https://t.co/6N3Nw88nL3
[9]: https://t.co/GC5uJtewzQ
[10]: https://t.co/BCnREcjJbC

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

THIS IS NOT ROUGHING THE PASSER

[Ryan @ryan510nelson]

Yes

[Deebo @19problemz]

Brock Purdy

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES PART TWO.

TWITTER’S SECRET BLACKLISTS.

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

Joe Rogan has completely disrupted the legacy media.