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𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
My interview with @MyLatinLife
Was a pleasure speaking with him on many topics.
Free Cities, Early Bitcoin Predecessors, and CBDCs: Living Abroad as a U.S. Expat
with @EconEmile
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=ZsFLysAf…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7hJ…
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Saylor's thoughts on MSCI's decision to potentially exclude $MSTR from its indexes:
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
💥 NEW: A Telegram alternative built on Nostr just launched
> Anagram looks and feels like Telegram, but Telegram never sees a single message
> Private groups rotate their keys, so kicked members are locked out instantly
> Encrypted voice and video calls run peer to peer over the Iroh protocol
> Web, desktop, and Android apps are live, sign in with your Nostr keys
via @arcbtc
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
This is toxic and disingenuous. Tangem is misleading so many folks who don’t know better.
Gaslighting the industry for years.
Blind signing has a clear definition. This product is a glorified 2FA hot wallet and doesn’t protect from the most simple type of attack: a compromised phone or computer.
Hey, Chris!
A screen doesn’t solve blind signing. Huge sums have been lost to transactions people approved on screens they couldn’t actually read. Please read it: tangem.com/en/blog/post/blin…
Why the "no screen is bad" narrative fails
By shifting key processes to the secure mobile app, Tangem’s hardware wallet doesn't need a display. The secure app handles all critical interactions and is protected by the robust security layers outlined above. This simplifies the user experience while keeping their digital assets safe.
The app side is hardened separately: integrity checks against modified versions, root and jailbreak detection, tapjacking protection, certificate pinning, DexProtector, and open code on GitHub. Details here: tangem.com/en/blog/post/mobi…
We compared the two approaches and chose the one we believe is safer and simpler for people to use. Ledger Cryptobilis incident shows it was the right choice: with Tangem, a story like this simply couldn’t have happened.
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
⚠️ BITCOIN IS NOT OPTIONAL: People think it's like iPhone adoption, but it's like gunpowder adoption 💥
"Did the French army have a choice whether they should adopt gunpowder or not? Did they decide, 'No, you know what, we like to keep it real with the sticks and stones and swords, and we're not gonna use gunpowder."
- @saifedean
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
What annoys me is people blaming consumers for the symptoms of monetary debasement.
When money stops preserving value, wages and skilled labor become ever more expensive in nominal terms. Craftsmanship becomes a luxury, restoration loses to replacement, and tailoring, and shoemaking give way to fast fashion.
People didn't suddenly stop appreciating things built to last. We made building them uneconomic. If we had sound money, people would buy things that last.
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
It's always the same people posting and obsessing over the most abstract / intangible topics all the time, like governance of open source projects, 30 year treasury yields, mises regression theorem, bitcoin mining decentralization, quantum computers breaking cryptography, climate change.. such big brains. so visionary.
Meanwhile, you meet them in person and they can't even get the simplest things right.
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Today, an undisclosed large bank dealing with the Iranian regime will be sanctioned by the US.
Sanctioned countries and anyone dealing with them are now being forced to adopt Bitcoin.
The next world reserve currency is censorship-resistant and borderless. Inevitable incentives.
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Hey everyone! The Bitcoin Collectible Card Game (@BitcoinCCG) that I've been developing for nearly six years is finally available!
I would be very happy if you bought and played it, or simply collected the cards. I've put a lot of time and effort into its design and creation, and I hope you love it just as much as I do.
bitcoin-ccg.roguesignal.io/
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Ce matin, en attendant le métro, je suis tombé sur cette pub de @DeblockApp_FR
4% sur un compte courant.
Sans plafond. Versés tous les jours.
Quand le Livret A plafonne à 1,5 %, ça interpelle.
J'ai donc creusé.
Derrière le 4 % affiché, voici ce qui se passe concrètement : les euros sont convertis en EUR CoinVertible (le stablecoin de @SG_Forge) et déposés dans un vault @Morpho, géré par @SteakhouseFi
Ces liquidités sont empruntées par des institutionnels et family offices qui apportent du bitcoin en collatéral.
Le taux est donc variable, dépendant de l'appétit de ces emprunteurs.
Alors, feu de paille ?
Dans les petites lignes du communiqué, le taux n'était garanti que jusqu'au 30 avril...
J'ai posé la question directement à Jean Meyer, CEO de Deblock, pour en savoir plus.
"On reste sur du taux variable côté protocole, mais on compense la différence pour garantir un taux fixe. Du moment que le taux ne tombe pas à 0,1 %, on est en capacité de couvrir l'écart."
Mais comment, sans y laisser des plumes ?
"Aujourd'hui le vault tourne à 4,11 %. On met les 11 points de base excédentaires dans une réserve, et quand le taux passe sous les 4%, on puise dedans. Les comptes gratuits sont à 1 %, les premium à 4 % : on prend notre marge d'un côté, on compense de l'autre."
Et si le taux s'effondre durablement ?
"Même à 0,2 %, on pourrait tenir un an."
Selon mes informations, SG-Forge pourrait aussi aider à soutenir le taux, tant le succès du produit pourrait booster la demande pour son stablecoin.
Objectif affiché : en faire le premier stablecoin euro du marché.
Il pèse 80M€ aujourd'hui, contre 375M€ pour l'EURC de l'américain @circle.
Reste le risque principal, celui qu'on lit rarement dans les pubs de métro : une défaillance du vault Morpho peut entraîner une perte totale des fonds.
Jean Meyer l'assumait dans un précédente interview à @TheBigWhale_ , lorsqu'on échangeait au sujet des risques des vaults DeFi proposés par les fintechs :
"D'un point de vue légal, la responsabilité ne nous incombe pas. Mais dans les faits, ce serait intenable. Nous serions obligés d'assumer une partie de la perte, voire la totalité. C'est la raison pour laquelle nous sommes ultra-conservateurs."
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
🚨 SECURITY WARNING 🚨
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) has reportedly been compromised. Phishing emails impersonating CoinTracking, Trezor and BitBox and likely several others in the industry are currently making the rounds.
DO NOT:
❌ Click any links
❌ Download attachments
❌ Enter your seed phrase anywhere online
Your seed NEVER belongs on a website. Ever.
Please warn others.
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Wow, that's a 5 year old interview 😀, I want to rewatch it and see if I was right! Thanks @bitcoinclubmt
Is the global financial system is on brink of major shift?
As central banks continue to devalue fiat currencies, @ToneVays positions Bitcoin as the world’s only truly decentralized, unconfiscatable store of value.
Full interview on #Riva superyacht:
youtu.be/PmpoG0SH7SE
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
After a long delay it seems El Salvador's IMF loan is back on track
Two interesting notes from this report:
1. Chivo was partially sold so that the govt now has a minority stake.
2. "Documentation has been provided verifying that Bitcoin accumulation since the first review reflects private donations and that no public resources were used."
The Chivo bit is interesting as it seems that was the main obstacle to cause the previous delay. It's not stated who bought it, nor if the govt will be permitted to hold a minority stake indefinitely. The orginal terms were for zero govt involvement.
That the govt is not buying bitcoin anymore was already known--either via chain analysis or the 2025 IMF report (which contained signed letters from the El Salvador Central Bank and the Minister of Finance confirming that). However, this is a different reason cited compared to the first report which said that the govt was transferring bitcoin from private wallets to thier public one. I had presumed they meant from pirvate wallets the El Salvador govt owned, but this new language calls it 'private donations.' That private donor is unnamed.
My best guess would be Tether, which has the resources and the motivation. Still, if Tether was willing to be so generous with thier new hosts why didn't they help in such a way that would have prevented the need for the IMF loan in the first place? In which scenario would the private donor have maximum leverage over the nation-state?
There is likely going to be a more detailed accounting soon which may shed some more light on these curiosities.
IMF staff and the Salvadoran authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the combined second and third reviews under El Salvador’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. Subject to IMF Board approval this would unlock about US$140m. imf.org/en/news/articles/202…
𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Who will control more #Bitcoin end of 2030?
29%Strategy
29%BlackRock
18%U.S. Gov
24%Satoshi
34 votes • Final results 𝕷𝖊𝖊 𝕭𝖙𝖈⚡️ retweeted
Finding Home Episode 4 is live. London → Manchester. The Bittersweet Alchemist. A musician deported from one country. A chocolatier who turned exclusion into sovereignty. Five days with @roger__9000 across the beating heart of England.
@indeehub link below 👇
