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There's a crypto called Ripple, named after water, which is interesting because it relates to maritime law. Ripple is known as a bridge currency and has connections with big tech and government figures, including Rosa Rios, who appears on the $100 bill. They're currently facing an SEC lawsuit, which some believe is just for show. Ripple specializes in cross-border remittance payments. There's a belief that crypto values will surge soon, and those in the know are advising to hold onto it. The anticipation is that when the rise happens, it will be significant. I plan to get some Ripple to share as well.

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Janet Yellen's announcement on stable coin regulation coincided with the downfall of Tera Luna. It's no coincidence that a new bill was introduced and within 24 hours, the top algorithmic stable coin crashed.

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"While many people rightly say that money is already digital, when world leaders say digital money today, it means cryptocurrency, which is now part of a worldwide scheme to monitor your actions and control your money." "This new form of currency will require you to have a unique digital wallet, which is essentially a digital ID." "Last spring, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said that the ECB will be ready to launch the digital euro by this October." "According to the Atlantic Council, a 137 countries and currency unions are preparing for a crypto digital currency." "Three countries have already launched theirs, The Bahamas, Jamaica, and Nigeria." "CBDCs in the advanced stages are the digital euro, China's digital yuan, India's e rupee, The United Kingdom's digital pound, Brazil's digital reel, and Russia's digital ruble." "The Trump family even have their own stablecoin, the USD 1 stablecoin from World Liberty Financial."

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The speaker discusses a specific RSI-based indicator set with custom settings that supposedly provides buy signals when the price nears the blue line. He asserts that this indicator has “predicted the bottom” in 2011, 2014, 2018, 2020, and 2022, and that whenever Bitcoin touches the blue line, the price is within 10–15% of the bottom, with gains expected to be exponential thereafter. He recounts several past cycles to illustrate the pattern: - In 2011, Bitcoin dropped to about $1.90 and then rose to very high gains; in 2013–2014 it reached approximately $150, then climbed to around $22,000 after touching the blue line again. - In 2018, Bitcoin hit a bottom around $4,000, rose to roughly $66,000, then fell to the blue line again. - In 2020, after the COVID-19 crash, it touched the blue line at about $4,000 and rose to around $66,000. - In 2022, it fell to the blue line again, with subsequent moves to approximately $126,000 before a decline. The speaker notes that on the weekly timeframe, Bitcoin is “50% off from bottom or from top,” and states that it is “the farthest on the weekly time frame that I’ve ever seen in Bitcoin history,” implying broad trader alignment that a bottom is in or near. He contrasts this with the daily timeframe, pointing out examples from 2020 and 2022 where momentum showed higher lows while price made lower highs, suggesting a momentum shift as a precursor to price moves upward. He emphasizes that these signals occur only once every two to four years on the charts, listing the cadence from 2011 through 2026 as a sequence of intervals: one signal in 2011, none in 2014, another in 2018, another in 2022, and another anticipated around 2026. Based on this pattern, he argues that new entrants to Bitcoin now have the “opportunity of a lifetime,” contrasting it with the prior bull market where many bought at rising prices and held through peaks. Additionally, he asserts - that BlackRock has been selling off or liquidating Bitcoin, and speculates the United States government may be buying a large amount to drive the price down, suggesting external forces aiming to push prices lower. He closes by reinforcing the bottom-signaling setup and encouraging viewers to consider accumulating Bitcoin, referencing past buy recommendations at 20,000 and the substantial gains seen from those levels.

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The US Treasury was audited and failed. Banks are transitioning to the Quantum Financial System, with US Bank already switched over. Wells Fargo is in the process. The speaker was offered a position on Trump's quantum task force but declined. The US is rumored to switch from fiat USD to rainbow USN currency with new silver and gold coins embedded with barcodes under the QFS.

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The speaker claims the individual credited with inventing Bitcoin, Santoshi, denied creating the technology in an interview. The speaker suggests three-letter agencies are actually behind Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, giving it a false origin story of a rebel fighting the system. They question how Santoshi would have acquired the necessary technology and infrastructure, given the fate of historical figures who opposed the system. The speaker implies Bitcoin may have a backdoor and notes Google possesses decryption technology developed before the cryptocurrency boom, suggesting this is not coincidental.

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Aaron Day discusses the Epstein files’ implications for Bitcoin and global finance, presenting a tightly linked web of players and events. - The hijacking of Bitcoin is framed as a deliberate shift from Bitcoin’s original vision of peer-to-peer digital cash to digital gold and a store of value for Wall Street, with slow, expensive transactions for everyday use. The article on brownstone.org, “the hijacking of Bitcoin,” by Aaron Day, is central to this claim. - Original Bitcoin vision and early adoption: Bitcoin’s white paper envisioned peer-to-peer digital cash, a global currency usable for day-to-day purchases with low transaction fees. By 2017, major retailers accepted Bitcoin (Overstock.com, Microsoft, Expedia, Subway franchises), and Bitcoin was faster and cheaper than traditional systems. By late 2017, average transaction fees rose to about $50 and finalization times stretched to 7–10 days, leading to a shift in narrative toward Bitcoin as digital gold and a store of value. - The block size fight (2015–2017) and its subversion: The discussion centers on the block size debate and the decision to throttle Bitcoin to seven transactions per second by capping blocks at one megabyte. Blockstream, a for-profit company founded by early Bitcoin Core developers, is described as promoting second-layer solutions and benefiting from smaller block sizes. The original vision called for higher throughput and scalability, but Blockstream allegedly aligned with interests favoring smaller blocks and second-layer implementations. - MIT funding and Epstein’s involvement: Brock Pierce, who served as chair of the Bitcoin Foundation, allegedly advised Jeffrey Epstein on cryptocurrency starting from a 2011 MindShift Conference at Little Saint James Island. Epstein’s influence extended into funding core Bitcoin developers through MIT after the Bitcoin Foundation collapsed in 2015. Joy Ito, head of MIT, allegedly exchanged emails indicating Epstein’s money was earmarked to fund named developers (Gavin Andresen, Vladimir Vanderland, Corey Fields). Epstein’s funding coincided with MIT taking over developer funding as the Bitcoin Foundation waned. - Brock Pierce’s intertwined roles: Brock Pierce is linked to Epstein, the Bitcoin Foundation, Blockstream, and Tether. Pierce’s trajectory includes cofounding Tether, a stablecoin, and later pressuring the narrative shift to digital gold. Blockstream’s investors included traditional finance figures tied to Epstein’s network. Epstein allegedly invested in Blockstream before the Bitcoin Foundation’s collapse, and Blockstream benefited from a Bitcoin ecosystem that would throttle block sizes. - Tether, stablecoins, and price manipulation claims: Pierce co-founded Tether, a stablecoin whose 1:1 peg to the dollar is claimed to have been maintained without full backing. A University of Texas study reportedly found that over 50% of Bitcoin’s 2017 price appreciation was due to Tether being used to buy Bitcoin. The CFTC and New York State investigations allegedly found Tether not fully backed, with as little as $0.26 backing per $1 in circulation according to those findings. Tether’s role is tied to Bitcoin’s price rise and the store-of-value narrative. - Howard Lutnick and the Genius Act: Howard Lutnick, Epstein’s ally and neighbor, is described as having funded Tether (Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly invested $600 million), with Cantor Fitzgerald gaining an exclusive contract to manage U.S. treasuries backing Tether. Lutnick reportedly lied about his ties to Epstein during Senate testimony and later became Commerce Secretary after involvement with Bo Hines, a crypto adviser who helped draft the Genius Act. The Genius Act purportedly requires private stablecoins to be backed by U.S. treasuries and to comply with financial surveillance, benefiting Lutnick’s firm, which manages treasuries. The Genius Act is portrayed as a backdoor to a centralized, surveilled monetary system, and the act positions stablecoins as a key funding mechanism for U.S. debt (billions added to treasury issuances). - The Clarity Act and tokenization fears: A forthcoming Brown Center Institute piece on the Clarity Act is described as not just about crypto rules, but about tokenizing everything—stocks, 401(k)s, commodities, oil, agriculture, and eventually real estate—under centralized surveillance. The Clarity Act is presented as enabling programmable, trackable, censorable digital tokens for all owned assets, with BlackRock’s Larry Fink cited as indicating widespread tokenization. The Clarity Act is said to be moving through Congress after passing the House. - Broader implications and calls to action: The interview frames technocracy, digital currencies, and centralized tokenization as accelerating far more quickly than imagined. Aaron Day advocates publicizing and understanding how corrupt arrangements and tokenization schemes integrate Epstein’s network with MIT, Blockstream, Tether, and political leadership. The proposed personal strategies include exiting fiat, avoiding government-regulated stablecoins, using privacy coins, gold, and silver; exploring private healthcare and medical tourism; forming trusts; and building parallel systems to reclaim free will amid what is described as technocracy. - The conversation closes with references to continuing coverage and a promised deeper dive into the Genius Act and Clarity Act, accompanied by show notes and links at corbettreport.com/epstein Bitcoin and brownstone.org.

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Together because they are completely interlinked. Epstein is linked with Howard Lutnick, our commerce secretary whose firm manages the treasuries that back tether, the largest stable coin. And Brock Pierce, who was Epstein's crypto adviser, who was a cofounder of Tether and was the head of the Bitcoin Foundation before it collapsed, and then MIT took over the developers is right in the middle of this. So in essence, the endgame of this is what they have figured out as a way to have a backdoor CBDC where they specifically profit. I'm starting to call this now the creature from Epstein's Island because in the end, what are we getting out of this? We have something called USAT, which is the new official stable coin that complies with the genius act. So we have a situation where it's a digital token backed by fiat, backed by treasuries that can be programmed, tracked, and censored. And the biggest financial beneficiary is Howard Lutnick's firm. They managed to create so think about it this way. He's managed to create a central bank digital currency where only one firm profits from all of the fees for managing the treasuries. This is the biggest financial heist probably in human history. And it is connected directly to Epstein and Brock Pierce and the hijacking of Bitcoin. That's how they're linked. Now, do I think were they playing five d chess and this is what they thought was gonna happen? I don't know. May be if so, it's very clever or were they opportunistic about it? But make no mistake about it. These government regulated stablecoins are backdoor CBDCs in not in the sense that they're issued by the central bank, but in the sense that they are controlled and surveilled by the government and tracked by the government, which after all is the thing that people are worried about with CBDCs. The concern isn't really so much about the central bank. Of course, the central bank is complete unnecessary third party, but financial surveillance comes from Congress. All of the bank secrecy laws, all of the tracking and the suspicious activity reports, this is Congress. This is not the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve does not initiate any of that. So this is in many respects worse than the creature from Jackal Island. This is worse than the creation of the Federal Reserve itself because what it's done is created a digital dollar where one political member of a cabinet, his family and his company is the biggest single beneficiary. One of the things that came out of the Epstein file is Lutnick's claim that he was disgusted by Epstein and had nothing to do with him after 2006. The emails show Lutnick emailing Epstein coordinating to visit Epstein on Epstein's Island with his yacht and with his family. There's another email showing Lutnick contributing $50,000 to an event that Epstein was running. Lutnick flat out lied, and I will have to check whether that was under oath about his relationship and association with Epstein. He was a next door neighbor of Epstein and bought his house from Epstein. The connections here are overwhelming. It's so much data to map that I'm using AI to start making initial connections, then humans correct. How do these pieces fit from a timetable perspective? This is game changing. Epstein's hijacking of Bitcoin has not been widely acknowledged, and some Bitcoin Maxis resist this information. I urge people to do their own research, not to rely on spin. Look into Epstein's emails via Jmail and other sources. The information is out there, including the Epstein files, and the article I wrote for Brownstone at brownstone.org with screenshots of emails. Do your research. Don't accept a single influencer's take. Epstein literally funded changing the Bitcoin protocol to make it digital gold, yet there is no indication he actually held Bitcoin. This warrants investigation. Roger Ver, once a prominent Bitcoin advocate, has described hijacking in his own book, and his later treatment suggests suppression. The broader point is that there are deeply interwoven connections among Epstein, Lutnick, Pierce, Tether, and the Bitcoin ecosystem, with implications for who profits and how governance and surveillance could unfold.

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The speaker suggests that in order to promote central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and eliminate cryptocurrencies, the current ecosystem needs to be portrayed as unsafe. They mention the possibility of the CIA running psychological operations (psyops) to destabilize crypto and other global currencies competing with the US. The speaker also highlights the importance of wealthy individuals in America who have a significant amount of their wealth in dollars and are willing to protect it. Overall, the speaker believes that powerful entities are taking action to control the financial landscape.

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The XRP Ledger Ecosystem is growing with over 1000 projects and multiple participants. The XRPL is making advancements and gaining attention, with 5 countries building on it. The focus is shifting towards the technology behind the XRP ledger rather than just the token itself. Real world asset tokenization is an exciting trend, with mainstream financial giants like JPMorgan and Bank of America actively pursuing it. The XRP ledger is expected to excel in this area.

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Ripple, a cryptocurrency, recently won a significant legal battle against the SEC, resulting in a surge in its value. The speaker expresses skepticism towards the SEC's actions, suggesting they plant press stories and file lawsuits to create hype. The speaker refrains from discussing specific matters but emphasizes that Ripple and others were compromised. The video concludes by mentioning that Ripple's success has positively impacted other cryptocurrencies, with the coin reaching its highest level since December 2021.

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Speaker 0: I had a guy who worked, very, very, very high up at Citibank. And he told me around 2008, he said, Glenn, you know, don't worry about the financial system. And I'm like, uh-huh. And he said, you know, we're never gonna go broke. I mean, do you know how much just the national parks are worth? And I looked at him and said, are you seriously telling me that we should commoditize the national parks? And he said, it's gonna happen. And I wonder now if this is what he was talking about. If it was just a digital not actually selling them, it's just a digital commoditization of our parks. Speaker 1: Yeah. So apply this now to the the phrase that we all heard during the COVID era, you'll own nothing and be happy. Well Yes. There's certain people that want to own everything, and that includes things that have never been able to be owned before that were considered things like the public commons, like rivers, lakes, the ocean itself, natural forests, all sorts of it. These people want to put all of that into the financial system, fractionalize it, tokenize it, and sell pieces of it around, use it to speculate on. Mean, it's It's very insane. Yeah. And so, this is just one aspect of digital currency play. Obviously, there's a lot more than that just going on as well. I would argue that a lot of this push, particularly in The US for dollar stablecoins supposedly being better than a central bank digital currency, also falls into this paradigm we talked about earlier of, you know, moving from the public to the private of the public private partnership because a lot of these stablecoin issuers, you know, if the the big concerns about CBDCs was that they're seasable, they're surveillable and they're programmable, Well, all of those three things also can apply to stablecoins. The only difference is that you would have a private company issue it and control it. But we've seen time and again how a lot of these private entities are willing to do that. When contacted, just look at how Bank of America behaved with January 6, people accused of wrongdoing on that day, for You know, they have no qualms in doing that and engaging in those type of activities. And the biggest dollar stablecoin issuer, Tether, which just hired Bo Hynes from the White House, they have openly said that they are a close partner of the US government for dollar hegemony globally and have uploaded the FBI, the Secret Service and other aspects of the US government onto its platform directly and have seized tethers from people just because government told them to, and this was during the Biden administration. So they obviously are willing to do that under any administration, and it's essentially functioning as a de facto public private partnership, even though we're being told it's a it's much better than a CBDC, but in terms of its impacts on civil liberties, you know, that's not necessarily true. So, again, vigilance is is important here.

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Speaker 0: "Do you owe your conspiracy theory friend an apology? The government has finally admitted that they have a contract with the WEF, a $105,000,000 for a digital identity program. No. Would you take a look at that? Oh, there it is. Right there. Okay."

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Looking back at the previous administration, there were many positive statements made that differed from the current stance of regulators. Now, the key is to see what actually happens. Understandably, changes take time. Financial regulators are large government entities, and they have been hindering crypto for years. The US accounts for a significant portion of global finance, yet only a small percentage of global crypto. This disparity is primarily due to regulatory challenges. The US has been uniquely difficult to work with. The critical question is whether the administration will take the necessary actions and find effective solutions.

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"We move into this digital currency era where the banks are issuing these stable coins, these deposit tokens that are programmable money." "They're going to be sharing this data in the same database that the CIA and any other intelligence agency can access whenever they want without a warrant." "No more secret FISA courts or you don't need any of that infrastructure anymore. It is the new system." "Retail CBDC is not nearly as common today as wholesale CBDC." "Wholesale CBDC works as this two tier system." "the CBDC really only serves as a means of interbank settlement and isn't public facing at all." "FedNow, for example, of the Federal Reserve, that was launched solely as a means of interbank settlement, really." "When you have people like Trump and Ron DeSantis say no CBDC, they mean no public facing CBDC. They don't mean no wholesale CBDC."

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The speaker introduces docket number 1670 on the Federal Reserve's website, which discusses the Federal Reserve's actions to support interbank settlement of faster payments. The document explores the benefits of moving to a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and how it adds a new attribute to the definition of currency: social control. The speaker highlights the concerns about income inequality, financial inclusion, and the tendency of central banks to favor large financial institutions, which have led to the creation of cryptocurrencies. The feasibility of a Fedcoin is also discussed. The speaker concludes by expressing their astonishment at the content of the document.

The Pomp Podcast

Big Banks Are Embracing Bitcoin?!
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In a recent conversation, Anthony Pompliano and Paulina Pompiano discussed significant developments in Bitcoin and the financial sector. Bitcoin's price reached $105,000, coinciding with JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon's announcement that clients can now purchase Bitcoin, despite his previous skepticism. Dimon framed this change as a way to serve clients while maintaining his personal reservations about Bitcoin's risks, such as money laundering and terrorism. The discussion highlighted the evolving attitudes of major banks towards Bitcoin and crypto, with firms like BlackRock and Fidelity entering the ETF space. They also addressed the Senate's advancement of the Genius Act, aimed at creating a regulatory framework for stable coins. Senator Bill Hagerty suggested that stable coin issuers could become the largest holders of U.S. treasuries. The hosts emphasized the importance of stable coins in facilitating international transactions and the potential for traditional finance and crypto to merge. They concluded that the landscape is changing, with banks needing to adapt to the growing acceptance of digital assets, while cautioning against the risks of holding bonds in the current economic climate.

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Bitcoin Senator Reveals US Bitcoin Plan
Guests: Cynthia Lummis
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Cynthia Lummis, chairing a new digital asset subcommittee in the Senate Banking Committee, emphasizes the importance of stable coin regulation and market structure. The subcommittee has begun discussions on a bill, aiming for clarity in the regulatory framework to prevent agencies from overstepping. Critics argue for agency regulation without statutory frameworks, but Lummis believes legislation is essential to avoid inconsistency. She highlights the U.S. government's existing Bitcoin holdings from asset forfeiture, suggesting a strategic Bitcoin reserve could be established without taxpayer dollars. Lummis advocates for public engagement to educate lawmakers on Bitcoin's value. She notes a shift in political attitudes towards Bitcoin, driven by increased participation from the Bitcoin community in politics. Lummis stresses the need for a diversified asset allocation, including Bitcoin, to support the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency. She encourages continued advocacy and communication with legislators to advance Bitcoin initiatives.

Moonshots With Peter Diamandis

Money After AI: Meet the New Digital Dollar Built for the Internet "Stablecoins" | EP #200
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In this episode of Moonshots, Peter Diamandis interviews Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of Circle, the company behind the stablecoin USDC. The discussion revolves around the potential of stablecoins on the blockchain to revolutionize money, payments, and transactions. Allaire defines stablecoins as cryptocurrencies representing fiat currencies, fully backed and reserved by those currencies, ensuring stability through one-to-one creation and redemption. He emphasizes their safety compared to commercial bank money and their ability to operate on the public internet, inheriting its openness, interoperability, and global reach. The conversation explores the role of stablecoins in maintaining the U.S. dollar's dominance as a global reserve currency. Allaire suggests that by liberalizing and commercializing internet financial infrastructure like stablecoins, the U.S. can strengthen the dollar's network effects. He highlights USDC's transparency, backed primarily by short-duration U.S. government treasury bonds and cash held with Bank of New York Mellon. Allaire also touches on the regulatory landscape, noting Circle's compliance with New York Department of Financial Services regulations. The discussion shifts to the future impact of AI on stablecoin transactions, with Allaire predicting that the vast majority will be AI-intermediated within five years. He envisions blockchain networks becoming economic operating systems, facilitating trustless interactions between AI agents. The conversation also addresses the inefficiencies of the current financial system, particularly fractional reserve banking, and advocates for a separation of money and credit with full reserve money. Diamandis and Allaire discuss the potential for central banks to issue their own digital currencies (CBDCs) and the challenges they face. Allaire points to China's experience with the ECNY, where lack of user adoption highlights the importance of private sector innovation and utility. He also addresses concerns about competition from traditional financial institutions like JP Morgan, emphasizing the competitive advantages of stablecoins through developer-driven flywheels and network effects. Looking ahead, Allaire sees massive untapped opportunities for entrepreneurs in leveraging blockchain technology to create new corporate forms. He envisions fully on-chain corporations with automated contracts, payments, treasury, and governance, driven by AI and human agents. He also touches on the potential for increased monetary velocity and the need for provable controls in AI-intermediated systems. The episode concludes with a discussion of USDC's current and future use cases, from digital asset markets to cross-border transactions and on-chain treasury management, with a vision of measurable increases in global GDP and prosperity driven by economic velocity.

The Pomp Podcast

Pomp Podcast #397: Congressman Davidson, Caitlin Long, and Adam Traidman on Stablecoins
Guests: Warren Davidson, Caitlin Long, Adam Traidman
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In a virtual panel discussion on stablecoins, Adam Traidman, Congressman Warren Davidson, and Caitlin Long shared insights on the evolving landscape of digital currencies. Traidman, CEO of BRD, emphasized the importance of stablecoins as a blend of Bitcoin's benefits with reduced volatility, highlighting their potential to enhance payment systems globally. Congressman Davidson discussed the complexities of defining money and the regulatory challenges Congress faces in understanding and adapting to new technologies. He stressed the need for a regulatory framework that fosters innovation while maintaining America's position as a global leader in technology. Caitlin Long, CEO of Avanti Bank, noted that stablecoins address significant issues in legacy payment systems, such as slow settlement times and counterparty risks. She highlighted the irony that stablecoins emerged from traditional banks' reluctance to serve the digital asset industry. The panelists agreed on the competitive dynamics with China, particularly regarding digital currencies, and the necessity for the U.S. to innovate rapidly to avoid falling behind. Davidson warned against creating a central bank digital currency that could infringe on individual freedoms, advocating for a system that respects privacy. The discussion concluded with a shared optimism about the future of digital currencies and the importance of sound money principles in shaping economic freedom.

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Building Payment Technologies | Jed McCaleb | Pomp Podcast #450
Guests: Jed McCaleb
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Jed McCaleb discusses his extensive background in technology, starting with programming in childhood and creating eDonkey2000. He became interested in Bitcoin after discovering it in 2010, leading to the creation of Mt. Gox, initially a platform for trading Magic Cards. He later sold Mt. Gox and founded Ripple, focusing on solving Bitcoin's mining issues, before establishing Stellar. Stellar aims to create an interoperable financial network, allowing seamless transactions across different currencies and financial systems. McCaleb emphasizes the importance of financial inclusion, particularly in developing countries, where Stellar can provide access to banking services. He believes the future will be a hybrid of traditional banking and decentralized finance, with institutions playing a role in facilitating transactions. The Stellar Development Foundation, with around 80 employees, focuses on maintaining the network, engaging with policymakers, and developing applications like a dollar savings app for high-inflation regions.

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Bitcoin Has Infiltrated The US Government!
Guests: Patrick McHenry
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The conversation with Patrick McHenry highlights the increasing integration of Bitcoin into both Wall Street and Washington, driven by bipartisan support and a pro-digital asset administration. McHenry emphasizes the need for legal clarity in crypto regulation to ensure its permanence in the U.S., regardless of future elections. He discusses the emergence of Bitcoin treasury companies and the impact of recent legislation on stablecoins and market structure. McHenry believes that tokenization of real-world assets will revolutionize finance, enabling 24/7 trading and broader access. He stresses the importance of educating lawmakers about blockchain technology to address concerns over illicit finance. Ultimately, he envisions a future where crypto and AI converge, significantly lowering transaction costs and creating new economic opportunities.

Possible Podcast

Can America Win the Crypto Race?
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Crypto sparks a polarizing debate about tech, finance, and how policy should balance innovation with consumer protection. The discussion centers on the Genius Act, bipartisan moves to define a pathway for stable coins and tokenized commodities, and the idea that a rational regulatory framework could reduce fraud while preserving growth. The hosts consider how regulatory swings may shape startups, investors, and the broader crypto community, even influencing the 2024 political environment. They acknowledge that a major use case is stable coins pegged to the US dollar, while algorithmic variants receive more cautious scrutiny under the Genius Act. They discuss positive uses in emerging markets, where high banking costs hinder electronic payments, and the potential for better dollarized stability and identity ecosystems. The dialogue notes that digital assets already exist in forms like property deeds and vehicle records, and that innovation could extend to tokenized assets and cross-border finance. They warn that political swings threaten long-term ecosystems, advocating a balance of open experimentation and sensible governance. The conversation also explores AI-crypto synergies, decentralization versus centralization, and the importance of a robust judiciary to guide innovation while safeguarding children and civil discourse.

Unlimited Hangout

The PayPal Presidency Part III: New World Currency with Mark Goodwin
Guests: Mark Goodwin
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In this episode of Unlimited Hangout, Whitney Webb and guest Mark Goodwin discuss the influence of the PayPal Mafia on U.S. finance and currency, particularly in light of the recent GENIUS Act, which regulates stablecoins. The PayPal Mafia, including figures like David Sacks, has gained significant power over U.S. fiscal policy, with ambitions rooted in creating a "new world currency." Sacks has claimed that cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, align with PayPal's original goals but in a decentralized manner, a claim Goodwin argues is misleading as it still leads to centralization and Orwellian control over finances. Goodwin elaborates on the history of stablecoins, particularly Tether, and how the PayPal Mafia's connections to Tether's foundation reveal a deeper agenda. The GENIUS Act aims to establish regulations for stablecoins, mandating that they be backed by U.S. Treasuries, thus reinforcing the dollar's dominance. Goodwin highlights the instability of stablecoins, citing the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the FTX scandal, which exposed vulnerabilities in the system and led to calls for stricter regulations. The discussion also touches on the implications of stablecoins as tools for surveillance and control, drawing parallels to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Goodwin warns that while stablecoins may appear beneficial, they could ultimately serve as instruments of state control, with the potential for user data to be surveilled and funds seized without recourse. As the conversation concludes, Goodwin emphasizes the importance of being informed about these developments and encourages listeners to consider their personal boundaries regarding financial technologies. He advocates for building community trust and alternative systems to navigate the emerging financial landscape shaped by the PayPal Mafia and the U.S. government.

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Banks Are Going ALL-IN On Crypto
Guests: Denelle Dixon
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Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses the transformative potential of blockchain technology in government efficiency and financial markets. She highlights the recent interest from Wall Street in tokenization, noting that firms are leveraging blockchain for internal efficiencies and to lower entry costs for retail investors. For instance, Franklin Templeton's money market fund on the Stellar network allows lower investment thresholds, enhancing accessibility. Dixon emphasizes the importance of stable coins, particularly in emerging markets, where they serve as a hedge against local currency volatility. She notes that while USDC is gaining traction, Tether remains highly sought after due to its established presence. The conversation also touches on regulatory challenges, with Dixon advocating for a balanced approach that allows innovation while addressing security concerns. She expresses optimism about using blockchain for government aid distribution, citing successful implementations with organizations like the UN. The technology enables rapid, cost-effective aid delivery, demonstrating its potential for broader applications. Dixon concludes by calling for talent and partnerships to further develop the Stellar ecosystem and enhance its impact globally.
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