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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯New paper from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yale</a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalReserve</a> blames the 2023 banking crisis on (you guessed it) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> and Nerd Reich <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCs</a>.> "A clearer commonality between the six banks [that failed], the paper argues, is their exposure to risky depositor bases that other banks shied away from: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> firms and [tech] venture capitalists."* American Banker: <a href="https://www.americanbanker.com/news/new-paper-hangs-march-2023-failures-on-business-model-risks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.americanbanker.com/news/new-paper-hangs-march-2023-failures-on-business-model-risks</a> * Paper: <a href="https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/working-papers/2025/2025-04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/working-papers/2025/2025-04</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SiliconValleyCalif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValleyCalif</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SVB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SVB</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SBNY</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignatureBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SignatureBank</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstRepublic</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Broligarchs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banking</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Silvergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Silvergate</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Good clip going through <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> bro <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a>'s absurd lies regarding <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/debanking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debanking</a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> as he attempts to convince <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeRogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoeRogan</a> that financial regulation should be abolished.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FML74J7HZJs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FML74J7HZJs</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonMusk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RohitChopra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RohitChopra</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RyanGrim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RyanGrim</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DropsiteNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DropsiteNews</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeRogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoeRogan</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDIC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElizabethWarren</a>

CartyBostonHas anyone thought through some sort of "egg sharing" play? Are the boys over at <a href="https://mastodon.roundpond.net/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> already on it?

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯shocking allegations that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Passes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Passes</a>, a social media platform run by Thiel Fellow <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LucyGuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucyGuo</a> and funded by crypto bros, was basically <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlyFans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlyFans</a> but (wink wink) for minors...Financial backers included <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JakePaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JakePaul</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ParisHilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParisHilton</a>, as well as multiple bros who are attending the White House Crypto Summit on Friday,(e.g. "crypto czar" <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DavidSacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavidSacks</a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CraftVentures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CraftVentures</a> and Kyle Samani's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MulticoinCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MulticoinCapital</a>).Xitter post by a founder who objected to her own company being acquired by such a deeply amoral organization: <a href="https://x.com/jasminericegirl/status/1895947481764286567" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/jasminericegirl/status/1895947481764286567</a>(Lucy Guo was also a Forbes 30 Under 30 person... lol)<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LucyGuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucyGuo</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KyleSamani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KyleSamani</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeterThiel</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CSAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSAM</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯tfw <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SteveBannon</a> keeps making great points:> "Remember, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> and all these guys came out of graduate schools [and] they didn't have any money. The people that invest - it's all pension fund money. So it's Oregon State Pension Fund, it's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a>, it's Alabama Teachers Fund. All of their money: this is the Greek tragedy part of this. The American working class and middle class have essentially, through their hard work and savings, paid for their own destruction. Your greatest strength was turned against you. Your ability to be a good householder, your ability to actually have something, your ability to pay your taxes on a regular basis and have a little something put away, that's what the venture capitalists and the hedge funds use to ship the jobs overseas and destroy, not only your own economics and your personal life but to make sure that your children and grandchildren essentially live like serfs" <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fpoT7EWVzejpSlBgRHioq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fpoT7EWVzejpSlBgRHioq</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Former chair of the US House Financial Services Committee <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PatrickMcHenry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatrickMcHenry</a> just got hired by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Broligarchy</a> revolving door so bright you gotta wear shades.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenHorowitz</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯the meeting logs of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DavidSacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavidSacks</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>'s "Crypto Task Force" that is I guess now running american financial regulation via the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEC</a> contain many incredible things, but only a single meeting with anyone trying to advocate for the public interest (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BetterMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BetterMarkets</a>, who deserve a lot of credit for trying).* SEC page: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/about/crypto-task-force/crypto-task-force-meeting-logs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sec.gov/about/crypto-task-force/crypto-task-force-meeting-logs</a> * archived meeting notes: <a href="https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/app?q=%2Btag%3A%22crypto%20task%20force%22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/app?q=%2Btag%3A%22crypto%20task%20force%22</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MSTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSTR</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MicroStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroStrategy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zerohash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zerohash</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Robinhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robinhood</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HOOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HOOD</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/defi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#defi</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/michaelSaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#michaelSaylor</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerdreich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFTC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CryptoTaskForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CryptoTaskForce</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯live look at <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> after killing off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a>), making sure americans will be paying extortionate junk fees and usurious interest rates on payday loans in addition to having zero protection from crypto scams:<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banking</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/junkfees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#junkfees</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/paydaylending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paydaylending</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/paydaylender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paydaylender</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarch</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerdreich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banksLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banksLivesMatter</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯now that the $1.4 billion worth of crypto stolen from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bybit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bybit</a> is being laundered through <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>’s Uniswap, I figured it would be a good time to repost this explanation of how the last massive pile of stolen crypto was also laundered through Marc Andreessen’s Uniswap.tl;dr there are no incentives to dissuade north korea (or whoever) from laundering stolen crypto in a16z’s business model. in fact quite the opposite - a16z and Marc Andreessen massively profits from the popularity of its money laundering service.<a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerdreich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenHorowitz</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯brutal but entirely accurate review of Balaji's¹ book "The Network State" that is regarded as something of a blueprint for a future government by the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a> currently running the country.¹ Balaji is a crypto con artist who has also been a partner at Marc Andreessen's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> as well as CTO of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a>.<a href="https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-tech-barons-have-a-blueprint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-tech-barons-have-a-blueprint</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetworkState</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/techfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techfascism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/davekarpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#davekarpf</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Balaji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Balaji</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<a href="https://econtwitter.net/@acemaxxanalytics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@acemaxxanalytics</a> because the CFPB went after the scams run by a bunch of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a>. like 10 of andreessen's companies got slapped by CFPB in one way or another, a few for outright fraud.killing the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> has been the #1 priority of the crypto industry for a very long time now. elon musk doesn't like it either. it won't survive this administration.<a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯a bro from the largest american crypto VC firm <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> is going to be running the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFTC</a> which in turn will be the agency "regulating" crypto now that the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEC</a> (also now run by crypto bros) has decided cryptocurrency is not a "security" (like a share of stock or a bond) but instead a "commodity" (like corn or pork bellies). which makes sense, as long as you don't think about it.fun fact: the CFTC was the agency that regulated (and still regulates) financial derivatives and is more or less directly responsible for 2008's Great Financial Crisis and the Great Recession.<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/02/11/trump-taps-former-cftc-commissioner-a16z-policy-head-brian-quintenz-for-cftc-head" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/02/11/trump-taps-former-cftc-commissioner-a16z-policy-head-brian-quintenz-for-cftc-head</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenHorowitz</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreatFinancialCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatFinancialCrisis</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreatRecession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatRecession</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BrianQuintenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrianQuintenz</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stockmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stockmarket</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<a href="https://mastodon.social/@daedalean" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@daedalean</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GhostOnTheHalfShell</a> for all intents and purposes there are really only two <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stablecoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stablecoins</a>:1. USDT (Tether - ~70% of the market) 2. USDC (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a>, technically through a company called Circle - ~25% of the market)the rest are tiny.USDC has actually done an audit or two and we know where the money is (it's in a blackrock trust). <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tether</a> has been the subject of a lot of writing and speculation by me and many others for years now.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KirstenGillibrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KirstenGillibrand</a> works for the Coinbase / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Circle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Circle</a> axis of crypto evil so this bill is basically creating rules that would push Tether USDT out of the US market.Coinbase CEO has already made noise about how they will probably have to delist USDT. Circle CFO is on video saying that Tether is a counterfeiting operation.(fun fact: Circle USDC was the largest depositor at <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SiliconValleyBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValleyBank</a> and if SVB had been allowed to collapse and $3.2bn worth of USDC had died with it the entire crypto industry would have gone kaput.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moralhazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moralhazard</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Senator <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KirstenGillibrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KirstenGillibrand</a> (D-NY) is basically a wholly owned subsidiary of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>, and the rest of the US crypto industry (as this Op-Ed in CoinDesk makes abundantly clear).Unfortunately she never got the memo about how the preferred nomenclature is now “<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tokenization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tokenization</a>” and “RWAs” because “<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Web3</a>” just makes people think of monkey JPGs / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NFTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NFTs</a>.What’s really happening here is that Circle / Coinbase are trying to get the US Government to legislate <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tether</a> out of their market. While I support this goal I don’t think legitimizing Circle’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDC</a> - who are, if anything, worse about compliance than Tether - is good policy. <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025/02/10/why-we-need-a-bipartisan-stablecoin-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025/02/10/why-we-need-a-bipartisan-stablecoin-bill</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SenatorGillibrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenatorGillibrand</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYpol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYork</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯people are talking about tracking down as many of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>'s limited partners (the people who provide the money that a16z directs into investments) as possible. the firm is very opaque about this but <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaudiArabia</a> is one... so if you see something, say something.<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-reveals-investments-vc-113014842.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-reveals-investments-vc-113014842.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯another great (and very detailed) resource on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/debanking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debanking</a> and "Operation Chokepoint 2.0" conspiracy theories being wielded against the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDIC</a> from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PatrickMcKenzie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatrickMcKenzie</a> (Patio11).<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NathanMcCauley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NathanMcCauley</a>, the broligarch who runs "crypto bank" <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AnchorageDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnchorageDigital</a>, asked Patrick to retract the post. He refused.* original post: <a href="https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/debanking-and-debunking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/debanking-and-debunking/</a> * thread about the retraction request: <a href="https://x.com/patio11/status/1888973701342785942" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/patio11/status/1888973701342785942</a> * full story about retraction request rejection: <a href="https://www.kalzumeus.com/2025/02/10/retraction-request-denied/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kalzumeus.com/2025/02/10/retraction-request-denied/</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banking</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenHorowitz</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OperationChokepoint2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OperationChokepoint2</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OperationChokepoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OperationChokepoint</a>

greyEven if Elon is somehow ousted from this coup, it will continue to roll on and crush everything in its wake. He's only ONE aspect of this, and he's a very loud and obnoxious one which is very much the point. People need to pay attention to Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Here's a few of the more recogniseable companies in which they have been involved: SUBSTACK. (for the love of sanity please use a different platform) #Airbnb, #Facebook, #Instagram, X/Twitter, #Pinterest, #Roblox, #Skype, #BuzzFeed, #Groupon, #Imgur, #Reddit, #Slack, #Medium, #OpenAI, #SpaceX and more... The rest of their portfolio is here: https://a16z.com/portfolio/ It also includes weapons and defence tech in the name of "American Dynamism." #a16z #andreessenhorowitz #techfascism #MAGA #AmericanDynamism

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<a href="https://mastodon.social/@MattBinder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MattBinder</a> The reason a16z and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>, and the rest of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> have made killing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> their top priority is the same story.Here's a list of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> companies hit with sanctions by CFPB courtesy Fintech Business Weekly.<a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1883655818605924755" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1883655818605924755</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Fintech Business Weekly is easily the best outlet covering attacks on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> by crypto creeps like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>) and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BrianArmstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrianArmstrong</a> (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a>). The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/debanking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debanking</a> and “Operation Chokepoint 2.0” conspiracy theories are being weaponized by these <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> bros to deregulate what is already an incredible fraudulent industry.<a href="https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/debankings-dueling-narratives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/debankings-dueling-narratives</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OperationChokepoint2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OperationChokepoint2</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/operationChokepoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operationChokepoint</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finreg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDIC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@briankrebs</a> killing the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> is <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a>'s #1 priority and ElonMusk is also not a fan. there's no way it survives this administration.here's some of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>'s companies that have been slapped by the CFPB:<a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1883655818605924755" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1883655818605924755</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

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