Studying digital asset public policy and #Bitcoin; sports lover; (average) Army person; all tweets my own opinions, do not represent DoD

Joined August 2011
Oh the @ShutdownFullcas is gonna be fantastic…
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We are thrilled to reveal that @GabeRoyal will be speaking at the Texas Blockchain Summit this year. Join us in Fort Worth, TX, from November 15th to 17th. Secure your spot for the Summit here: northamericanblockchainsummi… Looking forward to having you there!
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So… I now pay for @GetSpectrum and ESPN+/Hulu/Disney+ and can’t even watch freaking @SportsCenter on a Week 1 Saturday of the college football season? Breathtaking incompetence and disrespect to the customer - across the board. @espn @Disney
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Trying to macroeconomy in 2022: Inflation bad, but dollar good?! Hold dollars is good, but… dollars worth less tomorrow than today?!
**hits refresh on the Bill Simmons Podcast page** **hits refresh on the Bill Simmons Podcast page** **hits refresh on the Bill Simmons Podcast page**
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The opportunity for #Bitcoin mining to help the renewable buildout of the grid is enormous 3 Ways it helps: 1. Energy storage 2. Carbon removals 3. Power transmission ( the demand response & load balancing features of #BTC mining reduces transmission upgrade costs)
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Had no idea this could happen 😂
The Warriors complained that the rim looked too high and turns out it was 2 inches off
Went to @PostLive event today on The Evolution of Money and Crypto Regulation. Observations: 1. There seems to be some level of agreement among regulators and politicians (specifically Benham, Lummis, Gillibrand) that #Bitcoin and Ether are commodities. Although... 1/7
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Other: - I heard "Terra" and "Luna" about 120 times - lots of handwringing over recent overall marketcap losses for crypto (oddly no mention of massive tech losses in the tech space more broadly, though) - narrative: "bad guys" are "way ahead" of "good guys" in the space 6/7
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- Folks in the private sector (@Grayscale, @circlepay) basically begging to be regulated (Spot BTC ETF, stablecoin exchange listing clarity) - some general concern for keeping USD the dominant currency of the internet's future 7/7
The @LeBatardShow musical is magical and hilarious all around. But @JuJuGotti deserves a special shout-out for the interlude. Which is legitimately moving… and I don’t know how to feel about that haha
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We are in downtown Moscow where hundreds are protesting against the Ukraine invasion. Arrests. A large police presence. It takes a special kind of bravery to protest in Putin’s Russia - especially on the day he sends his country to war.
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