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The DOJ Sent Samourai's Developers to Prison After FinCEN Said They Weren't Money Transmitters

A Court Cannot Move Your Bitcoin, But It Can Cloud the Title
A New York dormant-wallet lawsuit, Euroclear’s frozen Russian asset fight, OFAC stablecoin freezes, and the right to run local AI all point to the same lesson: control the ledger, control the asset.
"I just could not believe there's nothing written about this. Zilch. Nothing." @raw_avocado dug into Hal Finney's original debug.log file from Bitcoin's first days, a public file nobody had actually analyzed.
Germany's Finance Minister just confirmed crypto gains will be taxed like capital income. The 1-year tax-free holding period that made Germany one of the most bitcoin-friendly countries in Europe is on the chopping block.
President Trump on Bitcoin in Trump Accounts: “I’ve become a big crypto guy… I’m a fan.”
President Trump on Bitcoin: "A lot of people are using it... I don't think anybody realizes how powerful it is."

TFTC 767 w/ @raw_avocado: "The debug file was public for 15 years. I think I'm the first person who ever actually looked at it — and what I found rewrites Bitcoin's first days." We discuss: ⚡ Satoshi ran two nodes ⚡ Only 3 people at block 49 ⚡ Bitcoin nearly died

8 states are projected to lose 10%+ of their K-12 enrollment by 2031. Birth rate has been below replacement since 2007, 1.3M kids left public schools during COVID and never came back, and families are fleeing blue states for the Sun Belt.

Strategy just sold 3,588 BTC ($216M) to pay dividends on their preferred stock. Still holding 843,775 BTC and $2.55B in cash reserves.
"Where Bitcoin has an opportunity is not replacing the US dollar, but replacing the US Treasury bond." - @peruvian_bull
"Foreigners bought 71% of new debt. From 2015 to 2022, foreigners bought 14% of it." @peruvian_bull on the collapse of US debt demand.

Pubkey DC lost power, food, and AC on the 4th, then served the biggest night in their history anyway.

Anthropic is looking to secure 1.4 GW of data center capacity in Australia in a deal that could cost up to $15 billion to build out. The world's most valuable AI company is shopping among Australian data center operators, with a decision expected within six weeks. This follows Anthropic's recent global expansion push, hiring data center engineers in Sydney, London, and Tokyo as it partners with democratic countries to scale compute infrastructure.

America has lost 7,000 bars, 2,000 golf courses, and a fifth of its movie theaters since 2001. Concert tickets are up 42% since 2019. Nearly 80% of Americans now see friends and family less than 3 times a week.
"I just could not believe there's nothing written about this. Zilch. Nothing." @raw_avocado dug into Hal Finney's original debug.log file from Bitcoin's first days, a public file nobody had actually analyzed.
Germany's Finance Minister just confirmed crypto gains will be taxed like capital income. The 1-year tax-free holding period that made Germany one of the most bitcoin-friendly countries in Europe is on the chopping block.
President Trump on Bitcoin in Trump Accounts: “I’ve become a big crypto guy… I’m a fan.”
President Trump on Bitcoin: "A lot of people are using it... I don't think anybody realizes how powerful it is."

TFTC 767 w/ @raw_avocado: "The debug file was public for 15 years. I think I'm the first person who ever actually looked at it — and what I found rewrites Bitcoin's first days." We discuss: ⚡ Satoshi ran two nodes ⚡ Only 3 people at block 49 ⚡ Bitcoin nearly died

8 states are projected to lose 10%+ of their K-12 enrollment by 2031. Birth rate has been below replacement since 2007, 1.3M kids left public schools during COVID and never came back, and families are fleeing blue states for the Sun Belt.

Strategy just sold 3,588 BTC ($216M) to pay dividends on their preferred stock. Still holding 843,775 BTC and $2.55B in cash reserves.
"Where Bitcoin has an opportunity is not replacing the US dollar, but replacing the US Treasury bond." - @peruvian_bull
"Foreigners bought 71% of new debt. From 2015 to 2022, foreigners bought 14% of it." @peruvian_bull on the collapse of US debt demand.

Pubkey DC lost power, food, and AC on the 4th, then served the biggest night in their history anyway.

Anthropic is looking to secure 1.4 GW of data center capacity in Australia in a deal that could cost up to $15 billion to build out. The world's most valuable AI company is shopping among Australian data center operators, with a decision expected within six weeks. This follows Anthropic's recent global expansion push, hiring data center engineers in Sydney, London, and Tokyo as it partners with democratic countries to scale compute infrastructure.

America has lost 7,000 bars, 2,000 golf courses, and a fifth of its movie theaters since 2001. Concert tickets are up 42% since 2019. Nearly 80% of Americans now see friends and family less than 3 times a week.
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