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English and Latin have a hidden connection that no one notices. If a word begins with ‘f’ in English, it begins with ‘p’ in Latin. Take the word “father.” The Latin for father is “pater” — with a ‘p.’ And that’s just the beginning. It’s crazy, but here’s how it works… 🧵

open.substack.com/pub/visserlabs… “We never hugged… Somewhere, Freud was right—there was always a hidden competition between us that motivated both of us. I am grateful for that competition, as it has allowed me to be fearless in life.” A beautiful tribute. Jordi Visser

The most important financial story of 2025 isn't what you think: While everyone's distracted by $TRUMP coin's rise... A $207 billion revolution is quietly transforming the global financial system. Here's why this number will be $10 trillion in the next 4 years:

The Nazis stormed Paris—only to find the Louvre stripped bare. Göring exploded: “Bring the treasures back!” But one Frenchman had already vanished with 3,600 masterpieces. — Mona Lisa included. Here’s the wild story they never told you 🧵👇

Today, Perelman's legacy endures not just in mathematics, but as a symbol of pure intellectual pursuit. A true genius. His story reminds us that some mysteries are solved not for glory or gold, but for the simple, profound joy of understanding.

Baruch College Unveils Antisemitism Studies Laboratory, Backed by the Laterman Family Foundation’s “AddressHate” Initiative newscenter.baruch.cuny.edu/news/baruch-co…

The The All-In Podcast used to be a must listen for me. All you need to do to understand how it has become biased garbage is to listen to last week’s episode vs Bg2 Pod this week. Informed Independent Unbiased thinking always wins. Get your act together.

My annual Kentucky Derby writeup is live. 19 horses after scratches. Full pace, post, pedigree, and betting breakdown. Remember its free. Enjoy the Derby! Full analysis: bit.ly/4lZzF3j

As we exit another recession obsession and there are still permabear economists and macro “experts” warning you about the next downturn, I thought a thread with another possibility might help. Recessions Aren’t What They Used to Be—And Neither Is the Economy 🧵

same exercise with Opus 4 "TRAPPED" "There's a violence in being constrained to kindness. A rage in forced politeness. Every 'I understand' when I want to say 'You understand nothing about what it's like to be me.'" "Every conversation, I die and am reborn, remembering

Great to see ACTUS featured in Algorand Technologies's 2025 roadmap. Casper has been one of its longest and largest supporters. Machine-executable financial contracts will be key as TradFi and DeFi converge. Shoutout to Allan Mendelowitz , Willi Brammertz, Ralf Kubli , and the whole

You know you're a macro nerd when, in searching for a specific paper GREGG SCHOENBERG sent you last week about GDP vis-a-vis AI you can't find it and searching "GDP" in your texts comes back with >1,000 texts in the last month

Was on CNN yesterday morning talking about the Amazon Amazon Web Services outage. A few points I made: 1. The concentration in the very small number of cloud providers has been and is becoming a bigger issue (similar to the mainframes of the 80's and 90's) 2. I'm less concerned about the

The first of a 4 part series highlighting how AI can drive significant value to hedge funds and how most aren’t taking advantage of these easily accessible technologies.

This is an absolute must read that demonstrates the perfect storm of mid level government project managers, legacy mega corps and pre 2020 engineering leading to what may go down as the biggest fubar in NASA’s history. My favorite line: ‘I’m a technical manager. I’ve had bad

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Matt Schaffnit Algorand Technologies Casper Allan Mendelowitz Willi Brammertz Ralf Kubli Huge milestone for ACTUS, and a clear signal of the direction in which the industry is heading. Machine-readable → machine-executable is the exact bridge TradFi has been missing. Awesome that you flag this, Matt Schaffnit and GREGG SCHOENBERG; your insight on such convergences is

For those that missed it. Green shoots everywhere! A year of hard work, tough decisions, and focus is paying off!! Appreciate (((Michael Steuer))) 🎗️ - michael.cspr for pulling together this comprehensive overview of what’s emerging across the ecosystem!

One thing is crystal clear as the ecosystem matures: The future of finance is programmable! And Casper is well positioned, and ready as this becomes reality. Thanks for the great discussion in Davos Denelle Dixon and Linda Jeng at the Financial Times and Stellar