🚨 Silver frenzy: Shanghai hits $124/oz, a $16 premium over U.S. spot ($108/oz) – one of the widest gaps ever recorded. Record‑high premiums signal tightening physical supply and mounting market anxiety.
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🚨 Trump warned: if Canada strikes a deal with China, the U.S. will slap a 100% tariff on every Canadian good entering America. He framed it as an immediate, full‑scale penalty to deter any Sino‑Canadian partnership.
🚨 Stephen Miller told Fox News Trump landed a “framework” giving the U.S. expanded access to Greenland’s strategic assets: no direct cost to the U.S. The deal promises broader military and resource footholds in the Arctic.
🚨 Yen spikes to ¥156.2/$ as it rebounds from 18‑mo lows, hinting at a possible “rate check” by Tokyo. Meanwhile the $ slides toward its biggest weekly fall since June, pressured by geopolitics and Trump’s Europe‑Greenland moves. Euro eyes +1% weekly gain.
Krypton didn’t die in day. Gods are not that kind.
🚨 @Frank Corva praised the Ugandan orphanage running on Bitcoin. Donations in sats fund food, school supplies & even pizza trips via Lightning, bypassing banks. The Bitcoin‑Kampala team ( @Brindon ⚡️) teaches the village to live on sound money, building a self‑sustaining economy.
🚨🇪🇸 THIRD SPANISH RAIL INCIDENT: A passenger train slammed into a crane near Alumbres, Cartagena. Several riders suffered minor injuries. It's the third crash in days!
The “Board of Peace” has been officially ratified, launching as a new UN‑aligned international body dedicated to conflict resolution, disarmament & humanitarian aid. Member states pledge joint funding & diplomatic support.
BREAKING: El Salvador will deliver complete school kits from day 1—2 uniforms, shoes, grade‑specific notebooks, textbooks and supplies made locally. Tech boost: tablets for Kinder 4 (8″), 1st grade (10″) and computers for 4th grade, part of the 1.2 M‑device, $800 M program. All public‑school students get their packs on schedule.
Minister Karla Trigueros announces 16 tailored school‑package kits nationwide in El Salvador: from early childhood to secondary. Each kit includes uniforms, shoes, supplies and tech (tablets/computers) to boost learning and close the digital gap. Distribution starts across all public schools simultaneously.
🚨 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong slams France’s central bank governor for “misunderstanding” Bitcoin. “It’s a decentralized protocol—far more independent than any fiat authority claims.”
🚨 Trump pauses Feb 1 tariffs after a NATO meeting (cited as Mark Rutte) that produced a Greenland‑Arctic framework touted to benefit the U.S. and NATO. “Golden Dome” talks continue, led by VP JD Vance, SecState Marco Rubio & envoy Steve Witkoff.
China warns that “the world cannot revert to a jungle‑law mindset where the strong prey on the weak.”
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan and Qatar have all accepted Donald Trump’s invitation to sit on his newly announced “Board of Peace.”
KEN GRIFFIN: Tariffs are a hidden tax that burdens American consumers and businesses, not a net gain for Washington.
TRUMP AT DAVOS: “Europe’s landscape is unrecognizable; I love it, but its current trajectory threatens its future.”
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Cypherpunks and the Long Road to Bitcoin
Cypherpunks foresaw the failings of fiat money and centralized finance, experimenting with cryptography and digital cash to secure financial freedo...
I hope you enjoy this one, as much as I did writing it.
Cypherpunks and the Long Road to Bitcoin
Cypherpunks foresaw the failings of fiat money and centralized finance, experimenting with cryptography and digital cash to secure financial freedo...
Milei at Davos: The state uses social agendas—feminism, equity, environmentalism—as a mask for expansion. It’s one beast with many heads, all designed to justify more government control over your life. Individual sovereignty is the only exit from the collective trap.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says live on Bloomberg that the Senate is finalizing the last details of Bitcoin market structure legislation.