That is, the disappointment from the failure of the Trump team to deliver on its proposed legislation supporting cryptocurrency and business can be offset by an extremely positive dollar liquidity environment, with the first-quarter dollar liquidity increase peaking at $612 billion

Are we/our assets prepared for mandatory KYC of all Base accounts that is coming?

if anything like this ever happens base will be a failure. i don’t think this will ever happen

As someone who has been listening to rap most of my life I can relate to this strongly

If folks think we are close to AGI, they are framing it internally as AGO: Artificial General Obedience.

They are frustrated that the current world doesn’t bend over backwards for their needs, and are delighted to see a machine that will respond to their beck and call even if it’s usually wrong.

Current models are very useful. But let’s not cheapen the concept of intelligence.

politics

I think i have seen this playbook somewhere, but cant remember...
Next up, sending americans to greenland and organizing fake polls ☺️

Books

Day 11: The Age of Gold 

This was great fun. The writing is good, it’s packed with exciting adventure, and it’s got enough history to feel substantial.

More than I expected, a lot of it echoes the tech industry: the frenetic energy, SF as the center of the universe, cycles of boom and bust. Even the $10 cups of coffee. 

It’s the early history of California through the lens of gold prospecting, but it’s also a set of warnings about our own time. 

If you’re new to the Bay Area, I especially recommend reading this. Even if you’re not, it’s worth adding to your list. It’d make a great book for an international flight. If nothing else, it’ll make you grateful that you don’t have to cross the Darien Gap on foot. 

Four stars for its type, but only because its type is so stacked.

Day 12: Dispatches 

A semi-cohesive collection of spectacular gonzo flavored Vietnam War semi-journalism. 

Chaotic neutral on the war book alignment chart. The author worked on the scripts for Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket and this book has a lot of that energy. 

It also created lot of the vibe and a lot of the tropes that show up consistently in other Vietnam War movies. 

It’s heavy on absurdity and you constantly feel like anything could happen, but it never gets too disorienting. If you read it in a single sitting, you’d spend the next week talking like Dennis Hopper’s character from Apocalypse Now. 

Five stars. Definitive work

Paris

salut les amis 👋

fyi, if you RSVP'd + attended the /paris meetup yesterday, then an FC associated wallet of yours has been whitelisted for a POAP!

thanks again for coming and please mint via:

salut les amis 👋

fyi, if you RSVP'd + attended the /paris meetup yesterday, then an FC associated wallet of yours has been whitelisted for a POAP!

thanks again for coming and please mint via: https://collectors.poap.xyz/delivery/galettedesrois

The Appeal of iUSDe to Traditional Finance

If you’re working in AI agents x crypto, consider coming to Buenos Aires for a few days this summer. 

The weather now is the nicest it’s been in years, beautiful, crisp, and bullish.

my pilot did this today before we boarded

incredibly disorienting vibe

opening up a google meet while a pretend to work for the next ~1 hr, please come in and say 'gm'

🔗 https://meet.google.com/yfb-udpr-twx

of the year nominations are open! Share your favorite Obsidian

Hi Casters. After hearing a lot of reactions to my New Year's Day Predictions post, most of it very positive, I have decided that I need to change the name from predictions to provocations

Hi Casters. After hearing a lot of reactions to my New Year's Day Predictions post, most of it very positive, I have decided that I need to change the name from predictions to provocations https://avc.xyz/predictions-vs-provocations-1

https://rodeo.club/post/0x160d0C136d5031f6fC9b1c16CC6471b6Dc513590/9?referrer=0x1D4c8282A408d8fE92496cCcD1EAA4ff0FDD3b97

Xaviei

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