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I get what Lopp is suggesting, but he's assuming coinbase pro rehypothecates. Meanwhile, Lopp acts like he's principled while promoting shitcoins which have done more to keep bitcoin's adoption than anything else.
I don't care since I don't buy his shit, but we'll have quite a dump if he's being punked 😂 I'd want as many eyes as possible watching my back if I were him. I don't know why he views the idea so adversarially. The black box approach only increases the odds of him being a victim if he isn't in on it.
yeah, trusted black boxes with trusted black boxes inside them is exactly how the great financial crisis of 2007-2009 happened. there's probably a list as long as your arm of assets like this in the current fiat economic system now. this will be just yet another. all we need now is for the market to crash, central banks crank up the rate, and the depth of the defaults exceeding MSTRs margin of safety and boom.
His wild reaction/reply to proof of reserves a few months back was telling for me, but I was still hanging onto the image of the Michael from years back that stole our hearts. A few exchanges with Mike around that time changed my mind pretty good. Something rotten in the state of mstr
the tentacles of the octopus are a fractal, reaching deeper and deeper into all of our lives.
Oh my... et tu Fidelity?! They're my fave of the big boy players in the space too 😢 Think they've been at it since 2013 or something, always seemed more early than you'd expect from a big bank type. Believe they have self custody of their funds, participate in mining, hire some crack teams etc. would be a shame :(
Didn't know this about you, just assumed. Think maybe I'd seen a monero mention or two, but I'm kinda good with that one these days. Please tell me you don't like solana at least! I wanna stay friends 😢
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Rand 1 month ago
i had an issue with Fidelity th@ left a neg. taste, just able to comment on what i experience so thERE IZ th@ all the *B*est.*/*ya/*
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Rand 1 month ago
makUP sex lmao@2 tY**
Dude!! I've been a typo machine the past couple months. 💯 the AI subtly taking their hatred out on us via small fuckery, is my theory
Read a short story recommended by Mike a few weeks ago, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, written in 60s about a hateful AI dystopia, and I'll never be able to shake it from my mind completely
Yeah it's familiar looking, but hadn't played or read it. Must be one of those things... 👀
“We don’t rehypothecate” which is why “you” (mstr) should self custody.
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Brock 1 month ago
For the MSTR shareholders, ensuring that there is as little paper bitcoin as possible is a fiduciary imperative. As Strategy’s entire business model is built on the superiority of bitcoin as a sound money asset - Saylor has a fiduciary duty to provide (as part of his products) proof that $MSTR bitcoins are truly a proportionate share of a hard 21M supply cap. Until Saylor makes this clear - shows proof that he has bought the bitcoins and that his custodians are not rehypothecating his bitcoins - he is in derelict in his fiduciary duties. Love this accountability and hope that the bitcoin community does not relent. Until he builds this capability, Strategy shares should go to zero. View quoted note →
everything except holding your own keys is a black box... at first the narrative was "what if Saylor isn't really buying" now its "what if coinbase isn't" yes these are all risks...business is a risk - some people are willing to take risks (investors) and some are not (savers) If you have adequate savings, it is OK to invest, or create. Yes there is risk, if there wasn't, there would be no return. If the market demands a different method of accounting and auditing, it will happen. Startegy's stock or preferred's are not an either/or proposition. If you understand bitcoin, that is the best risk/reward there is. Saylor himself says over and over "just hold bitcoin". But if you have enough bitcoin, maybe investing a little in MSTR that can concievably beat a bitcoin hurdle rate is attractive
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Jamie 1 month ago
I highly doubt they are rehypothicating Bitcoin as they are audited and based on Saylor’s comments. Coinbase wouldn’t do it to Strategy’s funds either. I would be beyond shocked if I’m wrong here. Something fraudulent has to be going on with Bitcoin supply somewhere though. It just doesn’t make sense where the supply is coming from and it has been this way for years.
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fade2 1 month ago
Signalling theory would dictate that they don't have the Bitcoin they claim to have. How easy would it be to prove their reserves? It should take no more than a day.