At Davos last year Jamie Dimon dismissed #Bitcoin as a "pet rock," claiming its use cases are limited to "fraud and money laundering."
"I don't care, so just please stop talking about this sh*t."
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: #Bitcoin is a hedge against debasement and instability, with potential to hit $700K. Sovereign Wealth Funds may allocate 2-5%.
Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon says, “I do not see #Bitcoin as a threat to the US dollar.”
Trump grants Ross Ulbricht a full pardon.
BREAKING: President Trump has granted Ross Ulbricht a full and unconditional pardon.
We're winning, freaks.
Coinbase CEO at Davos: “It’s clear at this point, #Bitcoin is a better form of money than gold… For a store-of-value, it’s important governments hold Bitcoin over time.”
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: "I think over time we'll see #Bitcoin get into the multiple millions price range."
"It's going to be the new gold standard."
South Africa’s central bank governor mocks the idea of a #Bitcoin reserve:
“Why not a strategic beef reserve? Why not an apple reserve? Why Bitcoin?”
The WEF's Davos summit kicks off today: elites arrive in private jets to discuss "saving the planet."
TFTC Ep. 573
"The central bankers aren't sleeping and the CBDC is going to come... Everyone will be forced to use digital money, the question is what type?" - nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpzemhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshszyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mf0qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhrq7rrdpshgtnrdakj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwd5kzmtnw3ezucm0d5hszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcppemhxue69uhhjctzw5hx6ef0qqs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6cczutgzr
(0:00) - Intro
(5:40) - Zooming out on the struggle for freedom
(10:27) - Dealing with the pace of change
(16:17) - Financial privacy
(20:47) - Chaumian ecash history
(35:10) - Ecash on bitcoin
(42:59) - Hash pools
(52:15) - We need more privacy and more devs
(1:10:23) - Nostr as a gateway to bitcoin
(1:17:25) - Wrap up
https://cdn.satellite.earth/fc5f1305930ddd74f8099233d490f52b38c1c18510902a9cb41f88bbe64f4ad4.mp4
The US government WILL be returning the bitcoin recovered from the 2016 @bitfinex hack IN KIND. ~94,000 bitcoin valued at ~$9.4B today were recovered 3 years ago.
Props where props are due. The US government is doing the right thing.
Bitcoin is up 3.21% so far today. Currently sitting at $99,200.
Senator Lummis questions the U.S. Marshals' plan to sell 70,000 #Bitcoin, calling out the billions lost by ignoring its value.
Global debt has reached $315 trillion—now 333% of global GDP. That’s more than three times the world’s total economic output.
Let that sink in.
China's energy domination.
"China's spun up more coal plants in the last five years than exist in the US... We're going to get completely leapfrogged if we keep on this energy policy trajectory." - nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy
Ron Wyden: "We are in an arms race in clean energy with China. Are you going to be on the side of people who want to unravel this?"
Scott Bessent: "China will build 100 new coal plants this year. There is not a clean energy race. There is an energy race."
The US is spending more on interest on the national debt than on defense. There is only one way out of the debt fueled war machine; print more money. It’s a mathematical certainty.
This is why we bitcoin.
Just stay humble and stack sats. It’s that simple.
JUST IN: Jeffrey Epstein’s banker says, "Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. It's used heavily by sex traffickers, money launderers, ransomware."
"The failure of the system is blamed on the failure of capitalism, which is the absolute opposite of what it is. It's the corruption of capitalism." - nostr:npub1mtqa33dfl620yf8qjk6j2a7r8skv9w8n5tt2m89ag6z947xfslcqn9q4xu
#Bitcoin, the greatest asymmetrical trade ever.
"My whole career has led me to landing on Bitcoin. Now there's just nothing else worth working on." - nostr:npub1mtqa33dfl620yf8qjk6j2a7r8skv9w8n5tt2m89ag6z947xfslcqn9q4xu