“Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”

There's always more work to do

A nation of HODLers 🇺🇸🔑

Don't store private keys in password managers! A forfeiture complaint filed yesterday revealed the ~$150M (283M XRP) hack of Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen's wallet in Jan 2024 was the result of storing keys in LastPass (compromised in 2022). H/T ZachXBT

America needs self-custody if it's going to have diamond hands 🇺🇸💎🤲 Hear Casa CEO @nneuman discuss safeguarding America's bitcoin in about 45 minutes (subject to change) Stream below.

AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR

About $1.2 Billion was raised by early-stage Bitcoin-native startups from 2021-2024. Today we are announcing the release of TVP’s 3rd annual research brief on the Bitcoin startup and venture investment landscape. Let’s dive in 👇

The best way to make sure there’s a steady supply of interesting companies to write about is to write the checks that make them happen.

As we write in Boom, radical technological progress is singular and unrepeatable—it defies categorization. We’re excited to join Patrick Blumenthal and Anomaly to uncover truly anomalous opportunities where the future hides in the present.

Overlooked section of Tom Wolfe’s Right Stuff — it’s actually a book about stagnation. We chose the human canon ball program over further developing hypersonic space planes. The X-15’s performance wasn’t matched until the X prize and that’s now dead.

Friends, a very blessed and happy Easter to you all!

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen

Happy Easter. Join me in praying for the repose of Pope Francis’s soul and for the Holy Spirit to guide the college of Cardinals when they begin to deliberate his successor.

Beautify Everything That Exists Keegan

Two big updates for Casa clients today! 1. Buy/Sell bitcoin & stablecoins right in Casa, send to your vault with a tap (and no fees through end of May!) 2. New business features to make securing your bitcoin treasury simpler and safer Check out Casa’s spring product release 👇

Pray for the Pope! God please bless this man and guide his care for your people.

Important PSA from Nick Neuman If you see this, do not call the number.

🚨#BREAKING: Thousands of American flags have been placed on the grave sites of the Western North Carolina Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain NC by volunteers this weekend. God bless those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Christ is Lord

Ozzy and Black Sabbath had a huge influence on my earliest years playing guitar. We may have “theological” differences, but I’m still praying all the best things for him, his family and his team for this send-off weekend. Wish I could have seen such an epic set in person.