Blocking Stablecoins Harms Banks Like Rejecting Computers
Blocking yield-bearing stablecoins to protect small banks is like refusing to adopt computers because some businesses can't keep up. That's @KavitaGupta19's framing, and it's hard to argue with. @bitsandbips 🎧 https://t.co/mzefkCBYaF
BIP‑361 Could Permanently Lock Coins, Eliminating Risk
I found @kaiynne's 'God candle' theory fascinating. If BIP-361 passes and Satoshi doesn't move, the coins lock forever and the risk disappears overnight. @tayvano_ @unchained_pod https://t.co/eoe1vSd188
Anthropic's Mythos Fix Raises Trust Questions Amid DeFi Risks
Did Anthropic handle the issues with Mythos the right way? And do we trust them to do it? On @DEXintheCityPod this week, Jessi, @kkirkbos, and @TuongvyLe12 say crypto has a proposed answer — decentralization — but the track record on DeFi...
Private Firms Control Dangerous AI without Oversight
Jessi’s framing on Anthropic on DEX in the City: it’s not a policy, it’s a prayer. A private company decided who gets access to the most dangerous AI model on earth. No law. No oversight. We’re just supposed to trust...
Cleared After SEC, DOJ Charges; Returns to Work
"I have a government-audited track record. I'm grateful I can get back to work and for love and family." 😍 -- Nader of @desoprotocol on being cleared after both the SEC and DOJ charged him and then dismissed the cases...
SEC Dismisses DeSo Case With Prejudice, No Future Action
What it means that the SEC dismissed the case "with prejudice:" They can't ever go after DeSo in the future 😮 And when they dismissed it, they said that the facts weren't what they thought they were 🫠 https://t.co/C8q3RCD95I
Signing a Non‑harassment Waiver Is Unusually Rare
"They said we'll dismiss it, but you have to sign this piece of paper saying that you won't sue us for harassment. THAT is really rare." -- @nadertheory https://t.co/s6by3FCRrC
Government Uses Subpoenas to Freeze Accounts, Block Lawyers
"Let me just say I've been debanked more than 12 times. The government does that as a tactic. They send your bank the subpoena, and the bank kicks you out. One of the big reasons they do this 'subpoena sniping'...
Coordinated Legal Defense Saves Costs During FBI Raids
"I called my employees and former employees and asked, 'Hey did the FBI come to raid your house today?' And five of them said yes, the FBI had come to their house at the same exact time and raided their...
SEC Pressure Silences Investors, They Resort to Signal
"Then some of my bigger investors all went silent on me, And I found out later that it was because the SEC reached out to them, and their lawyers told them not to talk to me. But some of them...
Crypto Compliance Pro Shocked by Government Subpoenas
"I never imagined that the government would want to do something to me given all the work we put in on compliance. But in mid-2022 a few bigger coin holders told me their accounts got subpoenaed. I didn't even know...
Legal Workaround Lets Exchanges Buy BITCLOUT via Fiat Conversion
Some crypto exchanges wanted to buy BITCLOUT tokens but they couldn't send in Bitcoin to receive the coins 😂 @nadertheory had to create a legal document saying another entity would take their fiat, convert it to bitcoin, and buy BITCLOUT for...
Creator Coins Use Bonding Curves to Bootstrap BitClout
"I raised over 4,000 BTC for BitClout, and to bootstrap, we created creator coins so every profile could have a coin associated with it and every coin would go up or down as more people bought or sold. It was...
Founder Refunds 94% of $140M After Collapse
When @nadertheory realized Basis wasn't going to work out, he returned 94 cents on the dollar to the investors from whom he had raised $140 million ... https://t.co/s6by3FCRrC
Reserve-Backed Stablecoins Win by Funneling Foreign Capital Into US Treasuries
.@nadertheory realized that reserve-backed stablecoins were going to win was because they were "geopolitically aligned" because they funneled foreign money into US Treasuries. 🎯 https://t.co/C8q3RCD95I
Raising Fees on Struggling Blockchain Worsens User Decline
"If your blockchain is not getting the desired transaction in terms of usage and one of your main guys is leaving... I feel like the worst possible choice to make is to make it more unusable" - @tayvano_ on...
Undervaluing Tokens Undermines Your Protocol's Success
"Selling tokens to people too cheaply is the worst possible thing you can do to your protocol" - @kaiynne https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Early Token Missteps Have No Safety Net
"There is no relief valve for the dumb things that you do early on in token land" - @kaiynne on the WLFI v. Justin Sun drama https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Investors Accept Locked Tokens Await Future Decisions
"Everyone bought these tokens literally accepting the fact that they would be locked till somebody decided on a future date that something else will be done to change the circumstances" - @tayvano_ on WLFI https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Satoshi Hunt Reveals a Decades‑Old Destructive Decision
"If they are alive, they made a decision long ago to destroy everything" - @tayvano_ on the quest to find Satoshi https://t.co/nwfd9QU2uO
A Definitive Answer to Satoshi's Identity Revealed
"There is an answer to the question to of who is Satoshi" - @kaiynne https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Bitcoin's Ecosystem Unready for Quantum Threat, Says Developer
"The thing that scares me about Bitcoin and quantum is their ecosystem, their developers, their engineers, their coordination mechanisms are not at all prepared" - @tayvano_ https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Bitcoin Jumps $7k Between Flights, Showing Extreme Volatility
"I got on a plane and Bitcoin was $11k and I got off a plane and Bitcoin was $18k" - @kaiynne on Bitcoin's 2017 run https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Original FUD: Satoshi Alive, Planning Massive Coin Dump
"The original FUD was Satoshi is actually alive and he just sell all of his coins" - @tayvano_ https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
Quantum Threat Makes Satoshi Identity Verifiable by Anyone
"Anyone can prove they are Satoshi" - @tayvano_ on how quantum could affect BIP-316 https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
BIP-361 May Let Others Control Satoshi’s Coins
"If someone still controls those keys to move those coins, you would imagine that this could force them to do it" - @kaiynne on what BIP-361 could mean for Satoshi's coins https://t.co/CkpfDikm9E
AI Agents Can Craft Precise Bitcoin Options for Political Outcomes
.@itseneff: 'If you think Bitcoin hits 76–80K if Trump does X, but crashes to 50K if he doesn't — AI agents can translate that into the exact right options structure.' The most concrete AI + DeFi argument I've come across....
BIP-361 Threatens Satoshi's $74B Amid Crypto Feuds
BIP-361 Wants to Freeze Satoshi's $74B, WLFI vs. Justin Sun, Scroll's Fee Scandal & More https://t.co/tv4gk8Wvrl
Crypto Just
I've seen a lot of crazy things in crypto, but this might be one of the nuttiest??
Diverse Views: Mythos Threat, Opportunity, Consumer Gains
Three takes on Anthropic’s Mythos on @bitsandbips: Ram says the threat is marketing, Chris says real threat and real opportunity, Austin says the arms race benefits consumers and nobody else. Worth watching. @ramahluwalia @austincampbell @perkinscr97 https://t.co/lAftGvumWP
CENTCOM's Trap Forces IRGC Into No‑win Scenario
Ram’s framing on @bitsandbips this week: CENTCOM didn’t just enforce a blockade — they engineered a trap. The IRGC can’t escalate without making things worse. Can’t stand down without losing. @ramahluwalia @austincampbell @perkinscr97 https://t.co/0HvJUbEl3b
MicroStrategy's Dividend Promises Hinge on Rising Bitcoin
Ram Ahluwalia’s framing on MicroStrategy on Bits + Bips is 🎯: billions in preferred dividends owed, zero operating cash flow to cover them, and a capital structure that only works while Bitcoin goes up. With Austin Campbell & Chris Perkins...
Blockade Squeezes IRGC While Bitcoin Fuels Crypto Shifts
The @bitsandbips crew cover 🪨 how the blockade puts the IRGC between a rock and a hard place 🎯 MicroStrategy's capital structure only works while Bitcoin goes up 🤔 whether Mythos is a real threat or great marketing @austincampbell @perkinscr97 @ramahluwalia...
Crypto Updates: ETF Filing, Token Tease, Security Breach
In today's Unchained Daily newsletter: 🔥 Goldman Sachs files with the SEC for a Bitcoin covered-call ETF designed to generate monthly income 🔵 Circle CEO teases a native token for its Arc blockchain at a Seoul event 🛡️ CoW Swap...
SEAL Alliance Offers Essential Crypto Security Playbooks Amid Rising Threats
.@_SEAL_Org has been publishing "the most practical tips" for crypto operations and security, like for multisigs. They ask teams to think about what privileged actions should exist, they have playbooks for incident response, how to coordinate disclosures, etc. -- @TuongvyLe12...
Bitcoin Proves Skeptics Wrong, Defying Maxis' Limits
Non-bitcoiners said Bitcoin can’t do this. Bitcoin maxis said it shouldn’t. And yet … here we are. Thanks @citrea_xyz for sponsoring Unchained & showing “Yes, we can” Who’s actually right now? 👇 https://t.co/XysjdZJLXe https://t.co/AttQpHMbae
Reg Crypto Grants Early Projects Four-Year Fundraising Window
"It sounds like Reg Crypto will create a regime for crypto fundraising with early stage crypto projects getting four years of breathing room ... " 💸 -- @TuongvyLe12 https://t.co/AttQpHMbae
SEC Crackdown Spurs Clearer Crypto Regulation Guidance
"In 2022/2023, my work would be violently disrupted by a new enforcement action by the SEC and I'd have to figure out what it meant for crypto ... and now it's new guidance." 😍 -- @kkirkbos "This is a much...
Debit Cards Deserve Higher Rewards, Not Just 3%
Unpopular opinion, your debit card might be a scam 😉 3% back on everything should be standard. 15% on food & rides shouldn’t sound crazy. At least @ether_fi is fixing it. Are people actually okay with what banks offer right now? 👇 https://t.co/pVQy3N5r0n https://t.co/HUsPZNSvBO
SEC Permits DeFi Front‑ends for Non‑securities, Expires in Five Years
"The SEC gave staff guidance (not as important as commission-level guidance) just released a statement about broker-dealer registration of front-ends and interfaces in DeFi ... And from my reading, it permits front-end DeFi swapping of crypto non-securities, so you can...
US Removes Anthropic, Raises Private AI Power Concerns
🇺🇸 vs 🤖: "The US government is pulling Anthropic out of all systems to the government, saying, 'Nah, we don't want it.' "Then, does that mean that this private company will have more powerful capabilities than our own government?" --...
Anthropic Grants $100M to Boost AI via Glasswing
Anthropic gave Mythos and $100 million of credits to these tech companies so they can shore up their own systems. "And the name of this project, Glasswing, is a butterfly that hides in plain sight." 😨 -- Jessi Brooks on...
Quantum Threats Could Undermine Bitcoin’s Private‑Key Ownership
"The question quantum raises for me as a laywer is that Bitcoin's notion of ownership rests on you owning your private key. But if quantum allows someone else to make that signature, then whose bitcoin is it?" -- 👀 @kkirkbos https://t.co/jY4EquQA7V
Quantum Tech Unnerves TradFi, Sparks Bitcoin Debate
Quantum is freaking out TradFi on bitcoin. "I had dinner with a TradFi person and the first quesiton they asked me was 'What do you think about quantum?'" -- @kkirkbos https://t.co/AttQpHMbae
Bitcoin Leads Market Rally Amid Geopolitical Turmoil
Bitcoin held above $65K through an active military conflict. Gold sold off. Oil spiked. And when the ceasefire hit, crypto rallied first. The asset class correlation story is changing in real time. @KavitaGupta19 @bitsandbips 🎧 Timestamps: 🌐 Is geopolitical chaos reshaping...
Kraken Extortion, Stablecoin Yield Draft, Bitcoin Rebounds
In today's @Unchained_pod Daily newsletter: 🔥 Kraken is being extorted by criminals threatening to leak client data videos — the exchange says it won't pay 📜 Senator Tillis plans to release stablecoin yield draft language this week as bank-crypto tensions peak 📈 Bitcoin...
Yield Farming Bot Improvises When Steps Fail
I found Kain's story about his autonomous yield farming agent hilarious 😂 It improvised when a step failed, before checking whether it could get the token back
Crypto Must Solve Real Banking Problems, Not Hype
"Crypto's focus on real problems rather than buzzwords like 'agentic commerce' ... we gotta get out of this Star Trek future and focus on problems today with banks, credit, and money movement that a defined customer segment has." -- @ramahluwalia...
Crypto's New Catalyst: Attention Over Traditional Triggers
"In the last couple years, we had powerful catalysts: we're going to replace Gensler, we're going to have bitcoin ETFs, Circle's going public, but what are the catalysts now? Crypto assets are *attention* assets." -- @ramahluwalia https://t.co/8abZjDzJA3
Dolomite Loan Risk Could Jeopardize WLFI and Clarity
"I worry if WLFI takes on bad debt due to this Dolomite loan, then I worry that it hinders Clarity" 😬 -- @austincampbell yikes ... https://t.co/8abZjDzJA3