WSJ’s coverage on dirty money (fiat).

Happy post-halving everyone!

I really enjoyed this conversation with Sam Callahan where we talked about the halving.

Sam really does his homework and this was one of the more in-depth conversations I've had on our 'Understanding Proof-of-Work' report:

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The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto youtu.be/iIWViimqRMU?si…

The halving is here, and nobody is more impacted by it than the miners. This is perfect listen to hear how some of the biggest mining companies are navigating Bitcoin’s quadrennial event.

840,000! And so the 3.125 epoch begins. #Bitcoin

You can celebrate the halving with a free smash buy, too. No fees on up to $10k of Bitcoin buys, only in the Swan app.

#Bitcoin 🥳

“The industry grows much more efficient every 4 years... Only the best operators, with the best sources of electricity, and the most efficient machines are able to survive” - Sam Callahan

Excellent analysis of government spending pipeline 👇💯

Pardon me for the long post, but something has been on my mind lately...

Last year, Jack Farley interviewed former Fed official Robert Kaplan. One thing from the conversation really stuck with me, and I think it's important to share it here.

In the interview, Kaplan said:

This place felt right this morning. 3.125.

Always a pleasure to sit down and chat with Alex Thorn. Thanks for having me on Galaxy Brains!

'Improper payments' refers to payments made by government agencies that should not have been made or were made in the wrong amount.

Over the last twenty years, the cumulative improper payments made are estimated to be around $2.7 trillion.
In 2023 alone, the government made

The IMF just published a paper on Bitcoin cross-border flows, and here are three major takeaways.👇

1.) The study provides evidence that increased Bitcoin activity occurs as investors move away from risk assets and supports the findings of other studies that Bitcoin can be used

This is a great chart that highlights how the impact of halvings has diminished over time as a percentage of Bitcoin's daily trading volume.

Does #Bitcoin have INTRINSIC value?

With the Fed losing $114B in 2023, and Tax Receipts ~$7 Trillion less than gov expenditures, leaders are distorting the truth rather than facing the FACTS.

Today Dante explores Truth, Freedom, and Value, in a world desperate for all three.👇

The Emergence of Bitcoin as a Superior Money with Chris Kuiper | EP 152 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This was a really great conversation.

My favorite part was when Chris Kuiper, CFA explains his strategy to invert the convo around Bitcoin when talking with advisors.

Instead of telling them why they should own Bitcoin, he asks them to explain why they don’t own it. Brilliant! 👏

New BIS name just dropped for their global unified ledger CBDC system that they will control - Finternet.