What I love about the Donald J. Trump appointment of David Sacks is the White House implicit acknowledgment that Crypto and AI are the most strategic new tech areas for the United States and the world. Well done.

How many stocks have outperformed Bitcoin over the last 10 years? Just one. Nvidia has gained 28,620% versus 26,180% for Bitcoin. $NVDA $BTC bilello.blog/newsletter

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It still seems underrated that Bitcoin/crypto is the first political bloc with a native asset, and thus a reflexive feedback loop between price and political influence

Bitcoin was invented 16 years ago today! On January 3, 2009, a mysterious engineer with the username ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ created the open-source Bitcoin peer-to-peer electronic cash system. For the first time, people could send money online without needing banks or middlemen.

They grow up so fast and start taking on the world's biggest assets 🥹 Happy Bitcoin Genesis Day!

Did you buy Treasuries in Mar 2020 as a safe haven to protect you from the financial fallout of a respiratory illness? You're down ~45% in terms of USD, a shitcoin down ~30% in purchasing power. And you're down 95%+ in BTC terms. Have fun believing government propaganda!

DEVELOPING: Trump has reportedly referred to #Bitcoin as 'the new oil.' 👀

Dubai's population is ~90% foreign so the government has to have good policies & low taxes or else they won't come. Britain's govt has a captive population with nowhere else to go so it can provide terrible service at a high price with little consequence.

Subscribed to @CrucibleVC's newsletter recently and I just love the ending of their most recent release "In short - Believe in something. Believe in AI. Believe in thermodynamics. Believe that every part of our exponentially expanding digital world will require electrons flowing

The future isn’t top-down; it’s network-driven.

EthDenver Buidl Step 1: Touch Grass V DAO - d/acc (yes it's real, grass)

I spent 2-days with the VDAO team in Denver running a condensed GovHack to facilitate defining the DAO identity and laying the foundation for ongoing governance and strategy. I thoroughly enjoyed the work, great crew, lots cooking, more to be shared soon. Excited for where

ETHDenver 2025 was a blast. Take a look! 🧵

DePin is a must for Network States.

The foundation of our global economy is shifting. We’re watching trust in institutions decline, while inflation and debt continue to rise. In my new Financial Times op-ed, I share why I believe Ethereum offers a fundamentally different way to architect a global financial system for the

Debit cards (issued by large banks) cost merchants $0.27 for a $100 purchase. Stablecoins replace debit cards, not credit cards, so far at least. That’s why the domestic stablecoin payment use case is still weak.

Of course, long term, stablecoins are definitely the better infrastructure / platform and will fundamentally change the banking model.

The true power of a payment network, such as Mastercard or Visa lies in its franchise rules which cover risk management, consumer protection, dispute resolution, chargeback etc. Curious if Plasma is thinking through that.