Ha! Novartis “Relax your tight end” just won the 2nd half.

Novartis $NVS won the night for effectiveness in advertising with the Tight Ends relaxing and getting tested for Prostate Cancer. Memorable, Funny, Effective.

We saw the short list of @columbia candidates to replace Khalidi's chair in MESAA and although we have learned not to expect much, we were alarmed by the level of antisemitism, title VI violations, and libels spreading. Here are some of the candidates' highlights:🧵👇 (1/6)

I honestly feel bad for Brian Armstrong & the @Coinbase team. The blame is being pushed onto Coinbase for the crypto bill not passing, but realistically if Brian didn't care about consumers he would be cheering for this bill the way it is. We should all be thanking Brian for

"Goldman Sachs' Q4 2025 13F filing reveals $2.36 billion in crypto assets, marking a 15% quarter-over-quarter increase despite market volatility." Crypto is probably the only place you had an earlier start than the banks. But if you sold your crypto last quarter, while the banks

Real-world enough for you?

banks to congress: "if people can earn 3.5% on stablecoins, they'll pull $6.6 trillion out of our 0.1% accounts" yeah. that's called competition welcome to capitalism

This is interesting as prediction markets have surpassed traditional betting markets Kalshi Polymarket

MASSIVE: 🇪🇺 Ethereum is being considered as a potential blockchain to launch the Euro stablecoin. Governments aren’t asking if public blockchains work anymore. They’re asking which one is good enough. That’s a major shift.

🔥 JUST IN: Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, ends its 8-year crypto ban, and now offering Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs to clients.

MASSIVE: 🇺🇸 Apple has approved the first iOS game with Bitcoin & crypto payments. It’s one of the most restrictive platforms in the world opening the door. Mainstream adoption moves quietly

🚨 BREAKING: Ethereum just onboarded BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager ($14T AUM), into DeFi via Uniswap. 🔥 The world’s largest asset manager just chose $ETH as its rails.

BREAKING: 53-year-old Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, is currently being tortured by the regime in Iran. Her 'crime' is advocating for the rights of women, for which she is serving a 10-year-prison sentence.

🚕 BANKS: YOU’RE THE TAXICAB INDUSTRY -- AND UBER JUST PULLED UP. At Consensus, Anthony Scaramucci basically told bank execs: crypto isn’t asking for permission. It’s coming whether you like it or not -- so either modernize the “taxi rules,” or watch the new rails drive away

BlackRock has now launched DeFi products on Ethereum. BlackRock says there will be only 1 common blockchain. Invest accordingly.

The kids are anime mogging Pam Bondi.

The crypto narrative of this summer: Agents More announcements like this coming.

🇪🇺 Euro update: Ethereum is being considered as a potential blockchain to launch the Euro stablecoin. Governments aren’t asking if public blockchains work anymore. They’re asking which one is good enough. That’s a major shift.

The internet made information global. Crypto is doing the same for money. I discuss how stablecoins bring the internet's original vision to finance, and this important “WhatsApp moment” in the Financial Times. ft.com/content/7b604d…

The credit card was launched in 1958. It took 5 minutes to process a transaction. In 1973, it dropped to 60 seconds. Usage exploded. Simple and fast is paramount in consumer products. Crypto is becoming simple and fast.