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Chat_75 – Opting Out with Matt Hill

On the nature of sovereignty, the challenges of the world we live in, the fog of war that has descended upon our lives, and on the tools and systems...

Read_677 – Maturation of Lightning, Growing Up By Going Vertical [Roy Sheinfeld]

“As the Web became much more complex, we now engage with multiple companies for each of those functions. Including all the writing, editing, commenting, revising, and so on, even...

Read_676 – The State of Man – Proclaim Your Bitcoin, Part 2 [Simply Bitcoin]

“The primary work undertaken by thieves to maintain their systems of thievery is manipulation. Deceit and lies are the tools of the trade for the thief. And there is...

Read_675 – Stop Drinking the Elite’s Kool-aid [Nayib Bukele]

“They used to own everything, and in a way they still do; the media, the banks, the NGOs, the international organizations, and almost all the governments and corporations in...

Read_674 – FTX & Alameda, Through the Looking Glass [NYDIG]

“I will start with the conclusion: my piece failed. Nothing has changed. DeFi-driven blowups have continued. Therefore, in the strongest possible terms, I repeat, with humility: do not invest...

Read_674 – FTX & Alameda, Through the Looking Glass [NYDIG]

“I will start with the conclusion: my piece failed. Nothing has changed. DeFi-driven blowups have continued. Therefore, in the strongest possible terms, I repeat, with humility: do not invest in non-Bitcoin crypto. Do not invest in non-Bitcoin DeFi. This is why NYDIG is a bitcoin company. Always has been, always will be.” – Ross Stevens

Today we take a short dive down the FTX and Alameda rabbit hole with an article put out from NYDIG and Stone Ridge that prefaces the situation with a call to action for those in the space, and then is followed by a breakdown of the events and what we know so far from Greg Cipolaro. If you are wondering what has been going on in crypto, this is a good place to start.

Check out the mentioned article below written 6 months ago on the risks and potential failures of crypto and Defi with the incredible piece co-authored by Ross Stevens, Nic Carter, & Allen Farrington:
https://nydig.com/on-impossible-things-before-breakfast

Check out the original shareholder letter at the link below:
https://nydig.com/research/through-the-looking-glass-the-ftx-and-alameda-saga

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Read_673 – Crypto is Peak Silicon Valley [Allen Farrington]

“My learned opinion is that although your average toxic Bitcoin maximalist might be able to sniff out this bullshit a mile away, Silicon Valley cannot, because Crypto is peak...

Read_672 – No, Let’s Not: Perpetrators of Pandemic Authoritarianism Cannot Be Forgiven [Allen Farrington]

“It must become embarrassing to admit one ever supported uninformed and nonconsensual participation in a medical experiment or mass house arrest and coerced isolation.” – Allen Farrington Amnesty for...

Chat_74 – Synonymous with Sovereignty, with John Carvalho

Today we bring John Carvalho back on to talk about Bitkit and the release of Synonym’s first major product in the BitKit wallet and Slashtags. Re-Decentralizing the internet with...