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[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

A Communist Party that goes to privatization of the economy will make Uncle Marx turn into his grave. But there’s some beauty in the whole story, and that is that Communism never works. Only in the mindset of spoiled and indoctrinated Westerners who have never spent a day in it.

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

It’s not only offensive for all people around the world who come from families that fell victim to one of the most murderous ideologies. It’s also offensive for human rationale & common sense how someone could fall to that low level of being useful idiot for someone’s brutality.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.

[Julien Bittel, CFA @BittelJulien]

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[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

Just in: Satellite readings from a landfill we're looking to finance a bitcoin mining project

It is emitting 1.535 tonnes of methane every hour!

Because methane is 84x more warming over a 20-year period than CO2, that means we can mitigate over 1 Million tonnes of CO2e emissions every year.

In 200 climatetech technologies, I've never seen a technology that can reduce as many emissions per dollar invested as Bitcoin mining.

35 similarly sized projects, and Bitcoin becomes the world's first emission-negative network.

The landfill owner approached us because there is no other potential user for that power. It is also not an option to sell the power to the grid. This means onsite bitcoin mining is his only feasible option. It will also pay him money for the power generated.

* and ... because the project generates not only PE-style returns through equipment financing, but carbon credits it also has an asymmetrically good risk:reward for wholesale investors.

Onwards!

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

Dear Europeans,

Your political class continues to operate as though we are still living in the post-Cold War illusion of a non-existent global order. But the 21st century has delivered a radically different reality: Cold War 2.0 is upon us — a full-spectrum systemic confrontation between the United States and the DragonBear, the evolving axis of strategic coordination between China and Russia. This new bifurcation of the global system is not speculative. It is an objective, observable process that has been unfolding for many years.

What’s at stake? Everything. The decisions made today will chart the trajectory of Europe for the next 10 to 15 years — geopolitically, economically, and strategically. The window for serious strategic reflection is rapidly closing, and Europe faces three clear strategic options:

1. Strategic Autonomy
If Europe chooses this path, it must be prepared for a generational effort. Catching up with America and China in all systemically relevant domains will demand sacrifices: extended working lives, fewer leisure comforts, full labor force participation, a renewed focus on STEM education, and a strategic mindset oriented around hard power. Strategic autonomy cannot exist without energy independence, military credibility, and industrial sovereignty. This means prioritizing energy security and productivity over rushed decarbonization targets, investing at least €800 billion per year in reindustrialization and another €800 billion in rearmament. Only then can Europe credibly defend its southern and eastern flanks — and assert itself in the Arctic and beyond.

2. The Status Quo – Total Dependence on the United States

Europe’s former diversification — relying on Russian energy, Chinese manufacturing, and American security — has collapsed. Now, Europe is wholly dependent on the United States across all three dimensions. In the context of Cold War 2.0, this means one thing: if Europe is unwilling or unable to build true strategic autonomy, then it will be forced to align with Washington — not by design, but by default — in the unfolding global struggle against the DragonBear. This is not strategic sovereignty. It is strategic submission.

3. Deepening Relations with China

The third option — pursuing closer ties with China — would amount to a geopolitical self-destruction. In practice, this would reinforce the DragonBear architecture and directly undermine Europe’s own security interests by enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine and eroding the continental security order. No amount of “de-risking” will alter Beijing and Moscow’s joint strategic calculus. Their two-front strategy is clear: distract the U.S. and Europe with protracted instability in Ukraine and its periphery, while reshaping the Indo-Pacific through fait accompli military moves. Europe would be the weak link — and the ultimate casualty.

The choice is ours, but time is not. This is a moment for realism, resolve, and responsibility. Europe cannot afford to look away!

[Pragmatic Monkey @PragmaticMonkey]

Nice to see affiliate fees from Rujira Swap accumulating – total of ~$7.3k now (incl. $1.2k we moved to a Multisig).

All of that will be distributed to $RUJI stakers shortly after we go live. We will give people a few days to decide if they want to get out of the merge contract to stake and get a share. This should be a juicy reward for the first movers.

[Rujira @RujiraNetwork]

A long awaited moment🎉! We have minted $RUJI, a major milestone in the RUJI launch process which was made possible because of the fixes included in THORChain v3.6.

With the token now minted, we will work on finalizing everything with our listing partners and will announce the date for the listings when all details are known. On that day, $RUJI tokens will be distributed to investors and Merge contracts, and trading will go live.

Getting close now!

[Michael Shermer @michaelshermer]

"One of the highest tariff rates, 50 percent, was imposed on the African nation of Lesotho, whose average citizen earns less than $5 a day.

Because Lesotho’s citizens are too poor to afford most U.S. exports, while the U.S. imports $237 million in diamonds and other goods from the small landlocked nation, we have reserved close to our highest-possible tariff rate for one of the world’s poorest countries.

The notion that taxing Lesotho gemstones is necessary for the U.S. to add steel jobs in Ohio is so absurd that I briefly lost consciousness in the middle of writing this sentence."
https://t.co/LneucerCp8

[Rujira @RujiraNetwork]

https://t.co/ak0xc1isOe

[Fyde @FydeLabs]

Think you can beat the market? Prove it.

The Fyde Prediction Market is about to change the game.

Pick your tokens, place your bets, and win every single week.

Stay tuned, stay sharp.

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

Here's a thread about social media decentralization.

A couple years ago, I tried to "like" one of Doomberg's posts about a platform, and I literally saw the heart fill up, and then drain out of it like blood. I'd never seen that before.

Twitter said me liking that was disabled:

[Fyde @FydeLabs]

gm crypto fam! Ever wonder how AI agents are shaping DeFi?

AI powers smarter automation and risk management behind the scenes, optimizing parameters for #DeFI protocols to make them more secure and efficient to use.

At Fyde, our Race-RS technology is a powerful example of how AI can enhance DeFi strategies. What's your take on AI agents?

#DeFAI #Blockchain

[WINR @WINRProtocol]

Imagine PvP betting directly on X posts and replies with the WINR AI Agent. 🤔 What would your bets be?

[Nickev @nickev123]

Picture this:
- Gaming narrative comes back full force Q1
- Projects pivoting back from AI or adding "gaming on top" and rushing to a product
- RKL sitting here already frontran with a validated mobile game on the market with amazing user metrics
- $FAME TGE imminent and immediate use in-game
- $FAME becomes the global sports gaming play
- Kongs become the face of sports

The playbook is in front of you.. get a Kong.

[zhod @zhodonx]

Hi Anon, we’ve got at least 4 days until the new year, so this might just be my final alpha before 2025.

So, let’s make it count.

This project's TGE is set for Q1 2025, with a 100% unlock, but the best part is that they've Been building since July 2021.

Think 90s basketball classics like NBA Jam, oversized jerseys, and street court vibes, but with some web3 magic thrown in the mix.

Raised over $4.5M and backed by Steph Curry and Paul George, @RumbleKongs is out here setting the gold standard for what basketball games in web3 should look like.

➤ The beta launch is here, and it’s packed with:

❈ League Ranked Game Modes

❈ Daily Rewards & In-Game Quests

❈ Points from referrals.

❈ Community Squads: You can join forces with top gaming communities and creators.

➳ Here’s the deal:

✦ Grow your squad and unlock $FAME multipliers.
✦ Compete for leaderboard rewards:
✦ The top 3 squads get a 40% boost.
✦ 4th–6th get a 25% boost.
✦ 7th–9th get a 10% boost.

If you're thinking about how to get more league tickets and more rewards, then you need to start opening Slam Chests.

Opening Slam chests are keys to RKL exclusive in game and IRL rewards and are packed with league tickets (to join league matches), irl basketball merch, digital gear, etc.

Chests come in Rare, Epic, and Legendary tiers with higher tiers packing bigger rewards.

➤ TL;DR on how to Get started on @RumbleKongs and earn $FAME

✦ Download RKL on iOS or Android (link below)
✦ Join a squad, and grind League Mode (opens @ lvl4)
✦ Open SLAM Chests for tickets, and climb the leaderboards.

[Lyudmyla Kozlovska 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @LyudaKozlovska]

‼️PILNE: Jutro ma się odbyć posiedzenie COREPER gdzie jedno z pytań będzie dotyczyć wprowadzenia inwigilacji i zniszczenie #szyfrowania messengerów, czyli tak zwany europejski projekt ustawy #ChatControl.

Według @echo_pbreyer: #Polska może poprzeć tę ustawę, promowaną przez Węgry i wprowadzającą inwigilację i zniszczenie #szyfrowania messengerów.

Mam nadzieję że to jakieś nieporozumienie, ale bardzo proszę o interwencję @K_Smiszek @PolandMFA @donaldtusk @MichalSzczerba

#StopChatControl regulation in the EU!

Proszę o repost!

[Immutable Alpha @ImmutableAlpha]

One more thing $GLXY sellers are missing here...

$GLXY has actually approved and been doing stock buybacks (the opposite of dillution)

This financing is VERY different from the ATM offerings flooding the market by mining sector.

Debt to finance committed revenue is BULLISH

[AstroPepeX @AstroPepe_X]

>173,288,420 apx bridged + 193 sol (~$101k) added to solana lp since this tweet

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

Indeed interesting, how only the one side of the story always catches your attention, which happens to be presented by folks like Sachs who are cozying up to powers like China and Russia. The problem with these half-truth interpretations is that it will cost you a significant amount of time to rebuke them. Let me cover only with the first seconds of his highly one-sides input. The successor of USSR - Russia, sooner or later, was bound to act aggressively to dominate its neighbors as it always did in the past centuries, simply because of its size, history and overwhelming geopolitical power. It is, to say the least, understandable that the former Soviet satellites and the CEE states tried everything they could to get NATO security guarantees as soon as possible in the 90s. I remember very vividly while still living in a former Soviet satellite that the fear of Russia was existential at that time. This was the ultimate goal these political elites were aspiring to achieve in the 90s. So those who claim it’s NATO expansion deny the small countries any agency to act as they were the ones pushing for NATO enlargement. The difference is that you expand by force (eg Russia’s war on Ukraine) but you enlarge based on the power of appeal (for those who want to join based on the free will). CEE always knew from their own experience and past what Russian domination means - once Russia recovers - it would only be a matter of time to show its aggression again. Nobody knows better than the Americans themselves that without them NATO would not even deserve to be called a paper tiger. So much is clear from the present war in Ukraine; the military aid the Americans have provided dwarfs all else. And Ukraine would have capitulated in the first phase of the war, had it nit been for the swift aid provides by the Americans, including Starlink. In the end, Ukraine is the proof that the security dilemma over the last 30 years has always been about only two issues in this region - either NATO membership or getting nuclear weapons. Otherwise you’re simply not safe. Ukraine gave up on the possibility to acquire nukes with the Budapest Memorandum 1994 for security guarantees from the great powers in return (which as we saw meant nothing). Now the only option on the table is NATO membership. And what Sachs interestingly fails to mention is that no NATO member has ever been attacked by Russia with military means. Neither Russia has ever attacked NATO country by military means.