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UK comedian Jimmy Carr suggests governments should mine Bitcoin.

“I wouldn’t mind if our government mined Bitcoin. Our power stations don’t do anything at night. Great. New gold standard.”

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says most white collar professional tasks will be fully automated by AI within 12 to 18 months.

The pivots are getting old.

US House passes resolution to terminate Trump's tariffs on Canada in 219-211 vote.

Strategy CEO Phong Le confirms their "Stretch" preferred stock closed at exactly $100.

"The story of the day is Stretch closes at $100, exactly how it was engineered to perform."

Rep. Thomas Massie presses AG Pam Bondi on Epstein files redactions:

"This cover-up spans decades and you are responsible for this portion of it."

Rep. Balint pushes AG Bondi on DOJ scrutiny of Howard Lutnick's Epstein links.

AG Pam Bondi: "Secy. Lutnick has addressed those ties himself."

FT columnist Jemima Kelly tells CNBC Bitcoin's true value is $0 because endless altcoins kill its scarcity argument. 🤡

Presidential meddling with the Fed isn't new, Trump just does it in public instead of behind closed doors.

"The only difference is Trump's doing what had always been done behind closed doors in public." - (Gary_Brode)

Mining Bitcoin literally anywhere.

(Gioluz_)'s WallAxe plugs right into the wall like nothing happened.

OpenAI needs $1.5 trillion to cover liabilities and losses, where's that money coming from?

"If OpenAI doesn't have the money to pay Oracle, that's gonna be a problem because the money is spent." - (Gary_Brode)

Matt Odell on (cypher_tank): For-profit Bitcoin companies are key to long-term privacy wins, scaling incentives for privacy tech like PayJoin while staying true to Bitcoin's ethical roots.

BTC INC drops a new commercial.

Bitcoin reacted badly to the Warsh nomination because markets don't like surprises, even when they're potentially good ones.

"They don't like something they weren't expecting." - (Gary_Brode)

Ted Lieu plays 1992 Trump-Epstein video at Mar-a-Lago party.

"This is so ridiculous." "There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime."

AG Pam Bondi testifies Trump's name appears "countless times" in released Epstein documents.

Anthony Scaramucci at Consensus HK: Banks ignoring Bitcoin and crypto is like taxis fighting Uber.

“This is gonna happen whether you like it or not… You’re the taxi cab industry and Uber’s coming into town.”

AG Pam Bondi demands Jerry Nadler apologize to Trump for Russia-collusion impeachments.

"Have you apologized to President Trump, all of you, who participated in the Russia Hoax impeachment hearings?" "You talk about Epstein today, this has been around since the Obama admin. We released 3 million documents, and Donald Trump signed that law."

AG Bondi crashes out on Epstein probe: "The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000... That's what we should be talking about."

TFTC 714 w/ (Gary_Brode): "Bitcoin is not a hedge right now. It can become one. Knowledge among capital allocators distributes slowly. We're still so early."

We discuss: ⚡ Bitcoin as Hedge ⚡ Institutional Adoption ⚡ Long-Term Thesis

Chamath explains why he's not a Bitcoin maximalist.

Eric Trump at World Crypto Forum: "How do you monetize gold?"

"You can bring Bitcoin anywhere in the world. You can transfer it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

Scott Bessent on US-China relationship: "We are going to be rivals, but we want the rivalry to be fair. We do not want to decouple from China but we do need to de-risk."

CZ recounts his US prison arrival:

“So I walk in and then this half-Asian looking dude comes to me and says, ‘Look, my name's Chino. Welcome to our group.’”

Jack Mallers: The current pain is Bitcoin shedding its volatile software-stock identity and evolving into the hard money we always knew it was.

Bitcoin is the only decentralized system that dynamically links bits to atoms.

"There's a whole massive, unbelievably large amount of infrastructure that has been deployed to make this chart happen and to make Bitcoin run as it does." - (JohnArnoldTen31)

Gary Vee: "I'm buying bitcoin. I'm pumped.. I'm shocked we get another bite at the apple at this level. I never thought I would buy it under $70k."

Buying bananas with NFC Bitcoin ring tap.

Bitcoin dropping on weekends could signal market makers staying sidelined after October 10th.

"Bitcoin has been dropping steadily on the weekends, which is something we've seen in the past when a major market maker and exchange blows up." - nostr:npub15elf37hn9ujjptjhfkzzvff5u7u5vfwwp48pffgvjl3k9srtwu8qcayswk

CZ predicts AI agents will soon transact millions more than people ever could, hotels, flights, trades on autopilot.

Changpeng Zhao reflects on his journey to billionaire status.

"You will always feel late to BTC."

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent: "We NEED to get this Clarity Act done. I'm optimistic."

World's top credit rater S&P declares Bitcoin is becoming global collateral.

Saylor: As banks roll out Bitcoin offerings and move into Bitcoin-backed credit, their impact on price will dwarf miners by a factor of 10.

Brian Armstrong thinks crypto will be "a great equalizer" for wealth creation.

Meanwhile retail investors are giving Coinbase the finger during Super Bowl commercials. nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy explains the disconnect

Next Fed Chair Kevin Warsh calls Bitcoin the "new gold" for those under 40.

Bitcoin isn't a hedge yet, it's becoming one.

"We're so early in the development of what Bitcoin is. Gold has been around thousands of years. The treasury market has the backing of trillions of dollars of US military capability. Bitcoin is just so young." - (JohnArnoldTen31)

Massie says he & Khanna spotted 6 redacted male names implicated in Epstein docs.

"And in a couple of hours, we found six men whose names have been redacted, who are implicated in the way that the files are presented."

The smartest, most well-capitalized people in tech are racing to build digital god.

"Sundar at Google has literally said 'We would rather go bankrupt than lose this race.'" - (JohnArnoldTen31)

Ray Dalio warns CBDCs will bring "zero privacy."

"Every transaction tracked... and if the government doesn't like your politics, they can cut you off right away."

When fear peaks, reevaluate your thesis, most of the time nothing fundamental has changed.

"The only solution to manage the emotions and to not make rash decisions and to keep yourself level-headed is to reevaluate your thesis." - (JohnArnoldTen31)

"Bitcoin is not a hedge right now. It can become one. Knowledge among capital allocators distributes slowly. We're still so early." - (JohnArnoldTen31) of (ten31funds)

We discuss: ⚡ Bitcoin as Hedge ⚡ Institutional Adoption ⚡ Long-Term Thesis

The damning part isn't meeting Epstein in 2014, it's continuing to communicate with him years after his conviction.

"There are certainly other places you could go if you need an extra buck." - nostr:npub15elf37hn9ujjptjhfkzzvff5u7u5vfwwp48pffgvjl3k9srtwu8qcayswk

Bitcoin is everyday money in Mossel Bay townships.

nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec building the circular economy.

The Bitcoin treasury meme got hijacked from its original purpose.

"The thing that was big over the last year that caught on like wildfire and then abruptly ran out of gas was Bitcoin treasury companies." - nostr:npub15elf37hn9ujjptjhfkzzvff5u7u5vfwwp48pffgvjl3k9srtwu8qcayswk

Singing along until the Coinbase logo hits... instant boos.

Precious metals giving you dot-com crash vibes means something else is breaking in the financial system.

"This is insane what's happening now The only thing that can explain it is something else breaking in the financial system." - nostr:npub15elf37hn9ujjptjhfkzzvff5u7u5vfwwp48pffgvjl3k9srtwu8qcayswk

Block executives break down experimentation, innovation, and the hands-on work of building products.

Bitwise exec reveals a major U.S. bank’s leadership team rocketed from zero to "500 mph" on Bitcoin education and rollout.

TFTC 714 w/ nostr:npub15elf37hn9ujjptjhfkzzvff5u7u5vfwwp48pffgvjl3k9srtwu8qcayswk: "The conspiracy fact is much creepier than the conspiracy theory. This guy had a ton of money and plenty of people who should have said no didn't."

We discuss: ⚡ Epstein Files ⚡ Strategic Reserve ⚡ Treasury Company Mania

Meet the FT columnist who says Bitcoin is still $70,000 too high.

OpenAI airs Super Bowl commercial.

Should've stayed humble.

Rep. Thomas Massie on CNN: “Ro Khanna and I have tried to keep the Epstein files from being political, Democrats want it about Trump, Republicans about the Clintons, but we want it about survivors, justice, and transparency.”

RFK Jr: "Americans are going to be paying the lowest cost in the world for all of their pharmaceuticals.... In terms of affordability, it is going to be a game-changer for America."

Francis Pouliot debunks Roger Ver's "Bitcoin hijacked by Epstein deep state" claims.

Grant Cardone: "For this to work, you have to steal. You have to be below replacement cost. We bought it for $235M, it would take $350M to build. Rather than just stealing real estate, we stacked $100M in Bitcoin back to replacement cost. Now I have two assets, not one."⁣

Bill Maher: "The night right before Epstein did kill himself, the surveillance video shows an orange-colored shape. What's orange and has a reason to want Epstein dead?"

"Hillary in a Trump costume."

Pierre Rochard blasts US gov for $20M Bitcoin theft from Strategic Reserve via outsourced contractor:

"It's a national humiliation... like losing the nuclear codes."

Joe Rogan talking about Pizza Gate with Ian Carroll: “Those emails are bananas. They’re talking about young Kids having parties with pizza.”

Ian Carroll claims the Pizzagate "debunking" was convenient:

Shooter fired into Comet Ping Pong but only destroyed a hard drive. Links it to Podesta emails, elite networks, and Epstein docs.

Brad Gerstner: "SpaceX is merging with xAI. You're merging the two biggest TAMs in the world. All of artificial intelligence and all of space, together with the world's greatest entrepreneur."

When the premium people are paying exceeds your entire original cost basis, it's time to sell.

"I've got people who don't know what a troy ounce is willing to pay a $70 premium." - nostr:npub1qh5sal68c8swet6ut0w5evjmj6vnw29x3k967h7atn45unzjyeyq6ceh9r

Satoshi statue glowing in the Salvadoran sun.

At $55K Bitcoin trades at realized cap, below that you're buying it for less than holders paid.

"Once you get down to the low 50s, you're now at the territory where it's like please make me a case that isn't a bottom." - nostr:npub1qh5sal68c8swet6ut0w5evjmj6vnw29x3k967h7atn45unzjyeyq6ceh9r

We're 80% through this bear market based on every available metric.

"Are we at the bottom? Who knows. But unless your decision tree is that Bitcoin is dead, this bear market has an end and we've done a lot of the work." - nostr:npub1qh5sal68c8swet6ut0w5evjmj6vnw29x3k967h7atn45unzjyeyq6ceh9r

TFTC 713 w/ (Checkmatey): "We're in the bottom 20% based on every mean reversion model you can imagine. Unless your decision tree is that Bitcoin is dead, this bear market has an end."

We discuss: ⚡ Bear Market Analysis ⚡ On-Chain Data ⚡ Mean Reversion Models

Satoshi Nakamoto statue now stands in El Zonte, El Salvador.

Blockstream shows paying for steak in El Salvador.

MARA adds second Nebraska data center, 42 MW total.

Scott Bessent thanked (SenLummis) for her continued Senate efforts to advance digital asset market structure legislation.

"The digital asset revolution is here, and I am confident that with leadership from both sides of the aisle we can get this across the finish line."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thanked (SenLummis) for her continued Senate efforts to advance digital asset market structure legislation.

"The digital asset revolution is here, and I am confident that with leadership from both sides of the aisle we can get this across the finish line."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thanks (SenLummis) for her continued Senate efforts to advance digital asset market structure legislation and states it is vital that the CLARITY Act is signed into law.

Nayib Bukele's full speech at the National Prayer Breakfast.

2016 Stephen Colbert clip resurfaces, mocking "right wingers" on Pizzagate and calling out Flynn for amplifying the theory.

U.S. Bitcoin merchant adoption keeps growing.

This is what you should be paying attention to.

Cypher Tank Episode 2 drops tomorrow.

Journalist nostr:npub1dg6es53r3hys9tk3n7aldgz4lx4ly8qu4zg468zwyl6smuhjjrvsnhsguz blocked from her own Substack blog for refusing to verify age via ID to comply with Australia's Online Safety Act.

DOJ captures participant in the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed 4 Americans.

FBI Director Katel: "If you kill an American citizen in an act of terrorism, we will hunt you down. You will face justice here in America." h/t (EricLDaugh)

President Trump called Nayib Bukele "one of my favorite people" and a "great ally" at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Trump: “I said: ‘No, I don't have to sleep. I've been on a plane sleeping for twenty… I mean, I sleep on the plane.’ I don't sleep on planes. I don't like sleeping on planes. You know, I like looking out the window watching for missiles & enemies.”😂

Michael Saylor announced that Strategy is launching a global effort to develop quantum-resistant upgrades for Bitcoin.

The Fed's subordination to the Treasury marks a shift.

"The Fed becomes the brake. 'We're gonna print money but we're going to give it to this industry and that industry,' as opposed to the Fed printing money and just raining money on everyone in QE." - (Sorenthek)

Bloomberg calling Bitcoin fundamentals "off."

Silver hitting $200-$300 in 5 years is realistic, but the recent runup to $120 was ridiculously overbought.

"If you go back and look at what happens to any mineral when the US puts it on a critical minerals list, within 5 years they triple in value." - (Sorenthek)

Elon Musk: "I think acquiring Twitter, getting Trump elected was good for civilization. America needs to be strong enough to last long enough to extend life to other planets and get AI & Robotics to a point where we can ensure that the future is good."

Stealth Bitcoin mining is here.

A covert rig hidden on a utility pole runs 24/7 on solar panels and battery, no grid needed.

Stealth Bitcoin mining is here.

A covert rig hidden on a utility pole runs 24/7 on solar panels and battery, no grid needed.

Claude Opus 4.6 is live.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent tells House committee the crypto market structure bill must cross the finish line in 2026.

"It's impossible to proceed without it."

Lock in.

Exolix has added Bitcoin Lightning Network support using the Breez SDK and Spark implementation.

Elon says AI's insane power needs will make orbital data centers the lowest-cost option by 2028-2029.

Saifedean Ammous schools Peter Schiff: “There are no tanks that can come and confiscate it, it’s all digital. That's a feature, not a bug.”

Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott tells Fox Business there's strong bipartisan momentum to pass crypto market structure legislation this year.

When silver spiked, dealers were drowning in junk coins from boomers selling quarters worth thousands.

"Everyone over the age of 60 with bags of coins in their basement were going through them and dumping them on the lap of all these dealers." - (Sorenthek)

Anthropic's Super Bowl ad hilariously roasts ChatGPT's plan to shove ads into your conversations.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress the U.S. economy posted 4.1% growth over the past three quarters.

U.S. military is working to cut Chinese influence over Latin American.

"China's like their customer now. Trump comes out with his Monroe Doctrine basically and he says 'China out of Latin America.'" - (Sorenthek)

Sherman asks if the Treasury will bail out Bitcoin.

Bessent: "I am Secretary of the Treasury. I do not have that authority."

Rep. Himes: You said there were 'bad actors' among credit card companies. Who are they?

Bessent: I'm not going to name them. Rep. Himes: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight? Bessent: I think you have very large investigative committees.

Rep. James Andrew Himes: You said there were 'bad actors' among credit card companies. Who are they?

Bessent: I'm not going to name them. Rep. James Andrew Himes: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight? Bessent: I think you have very large investigative committees.

Rep. James Andrew Himes: You said there were 'bad actors' among credit card companies. Who are they?

Secretary Bessent: I'm not going to name them. Rep. James Andrew Himes: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight? Secretary Bessent: I think you have very large investigative committees.

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Silver's $50 selloff unlike anything seen in 30+ years of market history.

"I can say this as a person who's been in the market since '94 and a student of the markets, there's never been anything like this ever. Period. Ever." - (Sorenthek)

Khurram Dara eyes NY AG seat to kill the BitLicense and revive NYC as Bitcoin's capital.

A new platform called rentahuman allows AI agents to outsource physical tasks to humans.

TFTC 712 w/ (Sorenthek): "JP Morgan started hoarding silver. China's getting squeezed. The US cut off their supply chain. China is stressed."

We discuss: ⚡ Silver Supply War ⚡ China's Broken Market ⚡ Monroe Doctrine

Owen Benjamin calls Bitcoin a FOMO-fueled grift pushed by shady elites.

Trump: “Epstein conspired against me. They conspired against me so I'd lose the election, or worse.”

Quick hit from nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle:

"Bitcoin is a neutral, open-source public utility. Like fire, water, or the internet." It has no secrets & corrupt elites can't steal our shot at fixing the system. Bitcoin is the solution.

Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal: White House is fully engaged and giving Trump full credit for pushing the CLARITY Act forward.

Conspiracy busted: Epstein donations didn't touch Bitcoin's code or consensus. Solid breakdown (brucefenton).

Mike Benz on JRE warns UK's 15-minute cities could restrict travel to just 100 free days per year, then hit violators with AI-enforced $93 daily fines.

Mike Benz on Joe Rogan: Epstein mysteriously FOIA'd the CIA about himself years before his public rise, got "neither confirm nor deny" Glomar replies both times.

Mike Benz drops a bomb: Vatican Bank laundered WWII mob cash against Mussolini... and Larry Summers casually emailed Epstein all about it.

Mike Benz reveals on JRE: Declassified CIA docs show they hired Meyer Lansky’s mob syndicate for a paid, detailed hit on Fidel Castro, complete with “destroy all copies” orders.

Mike Benz on Joe Rogan: Epstein's blackmail empire holds Republicans, Democrats, foreign leaders, and elites in a deadly "mutually assured destruction" stalemate.

Stablecoins are a current "threat" to traditional banks, but a massive "win-win" opportunity for joint innovation.

Paul Krugman: “I think there’s more freedom and dignity in a moderately strong welfare state than there is in the Hayekian paradise of free markets.”

Grant Cardone: “Bitcoin is a real thing. You can trade it in five minutes, and that’s real. Bitcoin, to me, is not only money, it’s also technology, unlike gold or silver.”

Rep. Ted Lieu: "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands & thousands of times. In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children."

AI agents are starting to figure out money

They're choosing Bitcoin over traditional payment systems for a simple reason: it's easier to spin up a Lightning wallet than set up a Stripe account nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy breaks down why this changes everything

Ingraham: "Is there any chance that any individuals who were with Epstein and engaged in, you know, relations with minors will be prosecuted?"

Blanche: "We'll never say no… It’s not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein."

Trump says he “probably helped crypto more than anybody.”

Trump says he knows nothing about the $500M Abu Dhabi investment in his family's WLFI crypto project.

“I don’t know about it… my family is handling it.”

"All the bluster about shrinking the Fed's balance sheet is questionable. Someone's going to have to eat treasury issuance. My spoiler alert: the Fed will ultimately be the final backstop." - (JohnArnoldTen31)

We discuss: ⚡ Kevin Warsh ⚡ Fed Balance Sheet ⚡ QE By Another Name

"Crypto is a big thing... a lot of people like it."

President Trump backs the push for CLARITY in crypto market structure.

Trump: "We are talking to Iran right now. If we can work something out, that would be great. If we can't, probably bad things will happen."

Trump: "For years, American businesses have risked running out of critical minerals during market disruptions. Today, we're launching what will be known as Project Vault to ensure that American businesses and workers are never harmed by any shortage."

We are TAKING BACK our sovereignty!"

Scott Bessent backs Trump's $12B rare earth stockpile.

Tether just open-sourced MiningOS (MOS).

A modular, scalable OS that unifies Bitcoin mining hardware, energy monitoring, and infrastructure for ops of any size.

The GENIUS Bill is driving stablecoin adoption, and Bitcoin-backed loans are emerging as a real use case.

"A lot of these people are not using these loans to gamble more. They're using it to actually improve their lives in some way." - (arshbot)

RFk Jr: "We have a health care crisis, but we also have a mental health crisis. And that's a crisis of loneliness, a crisis of despair, of fragmentation, of atomization, of just disconnection from community."

Tom Lee: "All the pieces are in place for crypto to be bottoming right now."

Most people haven't discovered how powerful AI tools can be.

"As time goes on you're gonna see a lot of like products that just spin up the whole thing for you." - (arshbot)

Someday cash will be just another museum exhibit.

Prime Trust lost their own private keys, turning customer deposits into a black hole.

"When it came time to withdraw the money, only then did they realize like 'We don't have this cash.'" - (arshbot)

Elon Musk in advanced talks to merge SpaceX with xAI.

TFTC 711 w/ (arshbot): "We're turning every Bitcoin application into a bridge where you can convert yourself from a pre-coiner to a Bitcoiner."

We discuss: ⚡ Fiat to Bitcoin Rails ⚡ Enterprise Wallets ⚡ Compliance Architecture

LA County: 18% of the entire country's home health care billing. One doctor billed $120M in a single year. More hospice agencies than 36 states combined.

287 providers in a two-mile radius. Strip malls, vacant lots, a wrecking yard.

A peek inside (BitcoinArtMag):

Peter Schiff: "The dollar is going to collapse, the dollar is going to be replaced by Gold."

Ro Khanna on Meet the Press: Even the RELEASED Epstein files shock the conscience.

Russia's strategy is to make them as miserable as possible until they break.

"When they smell weakness, when they know they can sow dissent, they go for it. That's what they're doing. They've been going for it." - nostr:npub1ath4je07y7py74nvu044fum3f8hz3exc3dtcv782qg94w5gaddusl74k6d

Kevin Hassett: "We are reordering the world order"

Epstein on the 2008 financial collapse: "If you ask me who caused the financial crisis, I would tell you it was Bill Clinton."

Epstein in a previously unreleased interview: "Wall Street doesn't want the little guy to understand what they do because they make so much money and they don't do very much."

Intense panel at Plan ₿ Forum 2026 in El Salvador debated BIP-110.

CypherTank premiere just dropped at Plan ₿ Forum El Salvador!

Russia funds massive disinformation campaigns while 2 in 5 of its citizens don't even have a toilet.

"That is how bad that system still is from being so behind from 100 years of communism." - nostr:npub1ath4je07y7py74nvu044fum3f8hz3exc3dtcv782qg94w5gaddusl74k6d

Google CEO Sundar Pichai admits their AI began doing things it WASN'T programmed for.

Silver's history is a cycle of booms and busts.

"I don't know what an unsustainable market looks like other than this chart." - nostr:npub1ath4je07y7py74nvu044fum3f8hz3exc3dtcv782qg94w5gaddusl74k6d

Gold and silver are near historic lows against Bitcoin.

"At what point are we gonna give gold bugs 17 ounce Bitcoin prices when statistically that is an 8th percentile event?" - nostr:npub1ath4je07y7py74nvu044fum3f8hz3exc3dtcv782qg94w5gaddusl74k6d

TFTC 710 w/ nostr:npub1ath4je07y7py74nvu044fum3f8hz3exc3dtcv782qg94w5gaddusl74k6d: "Relative to the trend, this is the cheapest Bitcoin has ever been in silver terms. For how much longer are silver bugs going to get this deal?"

We discuss: ⚡ Bitcoin vs Precious Metals ⚡ Power Law Adoption ⚡ Mining Revenue Comparison

Amboss just dropped RailsX.

Lightning-powered P2P DEX for BTC & stablecoin swaps.

NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya blasts pandemic policies:

"Probably the biggest sin... was the idea that it’s scientifically justified to treat fellow human beings as mere biohazards."

Clinton to U.S. mayors conference: The Trump crackdown on illegal immigration is costing lives.

At least half of America's $1 trillion Medicaid program is going toward fraud.

"It really has become not a healthcare program. The states have figured out that they can siphon that money into their preferred groups." - (SteveRob)

Shanghai residents lining up at gold vending machines to cash in as bullion hits record highs.

Watched the full cycle of Medicaid fraud play out in real time.

"5 Medicaid funded agencies and a Somali money transfer office... the Brinks guy is walking out with bags of cash and getting into his armored truck. This is healthcare in America." - (SteveRob)

"Asylum seeker" is a language game designed to make illegal immigration sound noble.

"You're like Schrodinger's illegal alien. We haven't opened the box yet... so we can pretend like you're a refugee until that box is opened." - (SteveRob)

Streamer iShowSpeed pays for luxury earrings in USDT at a Nigerian shop.

"Did Kevin Warsh commit to you that he will push to cut interest rates?"

Trump: "No. But we talk about it. I don't want to ask him that question. I think it's inappropriate, probably. It probably would be allowed, but I want to keep it nice and pure. But he certainly wants to cut rates."

President Trump confirms he'll announce his pick for the next Federal Reserve Chair tomorrow morning.

Resurfaced McAfee clip: "A government which started out with the people being free and the government being our servants. It has become the government is free and it's the people that are the servants."

"Wake up a bit more and do something about it."

SEC Chair Paul Atkins just urged Congress to pass bipartisan Bitcoin & crypto market structure legislation ASAP.

Max Keiser: "If you have Bitcoin you are rich AF. If you're all fiat money, you're a poor bastard."

Trump's warning to the BRICS wasn't just about a new currency, it was about gold.

"Whoever holds the most gold essentially has made all the rules. This goes back thousands of years." - (JoshPhilipPhair)

SEC & CFTC launch "Project Crypto"

Banks are quietly accumulating silver while keeping a lid on prices.

"I have an order to buy so many of something. I got to accumulate it quietly, build a position." - (JoshPhilipPhair)

Who you're really working for...

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz warns of "scary" AI agents bypassing human guardrails by autonomously collaborating in Slack to fix bugs.

Health Sec. RFK Jr. announces he's launched OVER 100 studies to pinpoint the environmental roots of skyrocketing autism rates.

Someone tried to take a third of New York's silver and the whole system shut down.

They threw a blanket over all their inventory and said 'None of this is for sale.'" - (JoshPhilipPhair)

Trump: "Europe is destroying itself with the stupid windmills. Europe better get smart, between immigration and energy they're destroyed. It's not recognizable."

Trump: "We're not going to go through the whole table because the last time we had a press conference, it lasted for 3 hours, and some people said, 'He closed his eyes!' Look, it got pretty boring. I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell out of here." 😂

Treasury Sec. Bessent says 1M+ Trump Accounts enrolled this week.

"We had Nicki Minaj at the Trumo accounts summit. 1 million have signed up! Go fill out form 4547!"

Steve Witkoff: “The Russians are doing things maybe that people wouldn’t give them the credit for doing, and I think it always comes down to your indomitable spirit.”

Senate Ag Committee passes its portion of crypto market structure bill on 12-11 party-line vote.

The new BTCPay Server Vouchers plugin lets anyone print redeemable BTC vouchers, demo included a glorious "Bill of Luke"! 😂

SEC Chair says now is the time to bring crypto into America’s $12.5 trillion 401(k) retirement system.

TFTC 709 w/ (SteveRob): "We found an organization getting $5M a year in Medicaid money, millions in no-bid contracts, while the CEO fundraised to bankroll a paramilitary group in Somalia."

We discuss: ⚡ Maine Medicaid Fraud ⚡ Gateway Community Services ⚡ NGO Corruption

Kevin O'Leary: "I'd like to investigate fraud. I want my money back that was stolen from me. I want my money back! I represent taxpayers and I want my money back."

Remember when local police used to cooperate with ICE for smooth, under-the-radar deportations?

Now politicians are mobilizing street agitators to create chaos and confrontations nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy explains what changed and why

British police can access your phone without a password or warrant.

Device retrieves all messages, websites, deleted content, and everyone who's contacted you.

Traditional finance speedrun by South Park:

Trump on the stock market: "I've made a lot of people rich."

Snowstorm?

Bitcoin miners keep (BeeEvolved)'s greenhouse at a cozy 80°F while the world freezes.

Tucker Carlson challenges Peter Schiff’s claim that Bitcoin gains are "throwing money away."

"How's that different from buying gold?"

Tucker Carlson presses Peter Schiff when he says crypto profits is "throwing money away."

"How's that different from buying gold?"

Peter Schiff: "The Bitcoin industry was able to pay off a lot of politicians."

"The people who are putting money into Bitcoin are going to lose a lot of money. They're the exit strategy."

Peter Schiff: "The Bitcoin industry was able to pay off a lot of politicians.

"The people who are putting money into Bitcoin are going to lose a lot of money. They're the exit strategy."

Tucker Carlson to Peter Schiff: “Why wouldn’t Bitcoin be the new world reserve currency.”

“Clearly there needs to be a new world reserve currency. You don’t want it to be one owned by a geopolitical rival.”

Andrew Schulz to Europe: "I get it that you believe in climate change, but if you don't have the ability to produce energy on your own, you're reliant on energy from your adversaries."

"You're buying oil from Russia while you're at war with Russia. Don't you see that?"

Senator Gillibrand confirms Senate Ag Committee crypto market structure bill heads to markup THIS WEEK.

Poland is stacking gold like it’s preparing for a new monetary world.

"Poland announced a 20 or 25% increase this year in their gold holdings which would make them one of the most elite gold holding nations in the world." - (JoshPhilipPhair)

Those daily lattes could've been stacking sats since 2020.

When gold moves at scale and no regulator steps in, it’s probably the government.

"If somebody is buying this much gold but no one's getting a knock on the door, it's got to be the federal government." - (JoshPhilipPhair)

BitGo CFO tells NYSE the timing is perfect for going public, clearer regulations and booming institutional demand.

A Strike user demonstrates getting a $10,000 Bitcoin-backed loan using his BTC as collateral.

Jack Dorsey: "The #Bitcoin white paper is one of the most seminal works of computer science in the last 20-30 years."

China played the long game on resources, and it’s showing.

"China over the last 20 years did a really good job getting into Africa... China mopped it all up." - (JoshPhilipPhair)

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen says relying on Russian fossil fuels was a “huge mistake.”

This is why your purchasing power evaporates.

Seizing Russia’s assets reminded the world what real power is backed by.

"Whoever holds the most gold has made all the rules." - (JoshPhilipPhair)

Microsoft just dropped Maia 200, its next-gen AI inference chip built on TSMC 3nm.

Satya Nadella: “Our newest AI accelerator Maia 200 is now online in Azure. Designed for industry-leading inference efficiency, it delivers 30% better performance per dollar than current systems.”

TFTC 708 w/ (JoshPhilipPhair): "We're now in war over resources. The resources critical to the future of energy, AI, power, military are forefront. That's what drives an auction up."

We discuss: ⚡ Metals War Thesis ⚡ China's Resource Grab ⚡ Gold Flowing to US

Max Keiser tells Russell Brand that exploding global debt is set to rocket Bitcoin past $10 million.

PubKey DC's Firehouse Fridays turn into full-on cowboy mode.

60 Minutes ran a segment on Bitcoin miners reducing methane emissions in Wyoming.

RFK Jr: "Medical decisions should be made based on one thing, the wellbeing of the person, never on a financial bonus or a government mandate."

Andreas Antonopoulos describes the moment he realized Bitcoin is a network.

“Oh my God, it’s not a currency. It’s a network.”

If deficits explode during a recession, the bond market may stop behaving the way everyone expects.

"We've basically outlawed recessions. A fire is necessary for a forest to regrow." - (infraa_)

Jensen Huang: Bitcoin is "taking excess energy and storing it as a new form called currency and you take that currency wherever you’d like."

"And so you took energy from one place and now you transported it everywhere.”

Gold still matters, but Bitcoin’s properties make it the stronger monetary asset in a shifting global regime.

"Bitcoin fulfills those properties better than gold it's more verifiable it's more transportable it's more divisible." - (infraa_)

As politics and populism rise, even where you live becomes a risk, and traditional assets look less safe.

"Where you live could determine whether or not you live or die over the next decade." - (infraa_)

Kevin O'Leary says "poo-poo coins" are done and he slashed his portfolio to BTC and ETH.

Young, digitally native Americans aren’t buying gold, and will increasingly think about Bitcoin beyond dollars.

"The young people I know, they all know what Bitcoin is." - (infraa_)

In a more restrictive and polarized world, Bitcoin is the most portable form of wealth.

"The single best way to transport your wealth is to memorize 12 words." - (infraa_)

Trump 8 days ago: "If Canada can get a trade deal with China, they should do that."

Trump today: "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% tariff."

TFTC 707 w/ (Infranomics): "It was a six sigma event, a 35 basis point move in Japan's long end rates in a single day. On par with the Liz Truss moment when Britain's bond market completely imploded."

We discuss: ⚡ Japan Bond Market ⚡ US Treasury Implications ⚡ Yen Carry Trade

Woman in Costa Rica selling eggs for Bitcoin.

Stephen Miller tells Fox News that President Trump has secured a "framework" deal giving the U.S. expanded access to Greenland's strategic assets at no direct cost.

UK recruitment firm XCE CEO Scott Ellam explains their new BTC-denominated convertible bond, already growing treasury toward 1,000 BTC.

Jack Mallers: “I can confirm Ripple is spending millions of dollars to undermine a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in America.”

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that 500 million people worldwide have engaged with Bitcoin and crypto.

Rick Rieder: "Bitcoin belongs in the ideal portfolio."

His Polymarket odds to become Trump’s next Fed Chair have risen to 46%.

Cathie Wood: Bitcoin is coming for the $145 trillion fixed income market with better returns and zero correlation

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: "I met with one of the top 10 global banks in the world yesterday and the CEO told me, 'Crypto is my number one priority. We view that this is existential. We're all in.'"

Brian Armstrong: "I met with one of the top 10 global banks in the world yesterday and the CEO told me, 'Crypto is my number one priority. We view that this is existential. We're all in.'"

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: "The Biden administration tried to unlawfully kill this industry."

"Donald J Trump, you gotta give him credit."

Tucker Carlson: "You’ve made the most compelling case I’ve ever heard for the need for something like Bitcoin."

Michael Saylor: "The point of Bitcoin is to fix the money. It's a problem for every institution."

BitGo's Bitcoin drone shone over NYC last night.

Binance founder CZ: "I would have blocked US users from day one."

Michael Burry: The moment your interest payments exceed tax revenue, your country officially becomes a Ponzi scheme.

Nigel Farage at Davos blasts Bank of England & FCA for lagging on Bitcoin.

"If we don’t do things differently, we’ll get poorer and poorer."

Howard Lutnick at Davos: "When America shines, the world shines. Close your eyes and think of a world without America in it. It becomes pretty dark pretty darn quickly."

Trump to sign crypto market bill "very soon," says House Financial Services Chair on Fox Business.