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@retiredchaddev @gm123456_s How many cycles it took you to realize this? It took me three 😂 at least someone is getting rich, namely the scammers.

My trad VC book is at 20-30% IRR, hasn't been hacked or rugged once, and approx 50% of my investments historically have given good returns. This last 4 years in crypto, my angel book is more or less 0, wiped off 8 figures. NFTs wiped off mid 8 figures, despite the products and teams making several millions. Crypto founders don't really care about their token holders or jpeg holders, and after a certain point, don't even care about their product. This is a dogshit industry with just wet dreams of getting rich quick, not building something of value and legacy. That's the unfortunate reality. One thing that's slightly better is the infra layer that doesn't have tokens and is akin to b2b SaaS.

@NoLimitGains You never heard of gates bro? Happens all the time with open ended funds. Not saying there isn’t an issue with private credit but until defaults spike, this is just typical retail being spooked.

🚨 SOMETHING BIG JUST HAPPENED: BlackRock just blocked investors from pulling their own money out. The world’s largest asset manager is telling people: no, you can’t have your cash back. This has never happened before. BlackRock’s $26 billion private credit fund got hit with $1.2 billion in withdrawal requests this quarter. Investors wanted 9.3% of their money back. BlackRock said no. Capped it at 5%. Paid out $620 million and locked the rest. That means almost HALF the people who wanted out couldn’t get out. And it’s not just BlackRock. Blackstone’s similar fund saw a RECORD 7.9% in redemption requests. They had to raise their withdrawal cap and inject $400 million of their own money just to cover the demand. Blue Owl straight up stopped honoring redemptions. Replaced them with IOUs. BLK dropped 5%. KKR, Carlyle, Apollo, Ares, Blue Owl, and TPG all fell 5-6% with it. The entire private credit sector sold off in a single day. These funds lend money in illiquid loans. Loans that can’t be sold quickly. So when too many investors want out at the same time, the fund doesn’t have the cash to pay everyone. BlackRock also just wrote a separate $25 million loan down to ZERO. It was valued at full price three months ago. Gone overnight. JPMorgan’s Bill Eigen said it best: “Bad news often happens all at once. The opacity and the leverage in the sector is concerning.” This is a $1.8 TRILLION industry. – Rising oil. – War in the Middle East. – AI disrupting the software companies that borrowed heavily from these funds. – Rate cuts off the table. When the biggest funds in the world start telling investors you can’t have your money back… That’s a MAJOR warning.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Btw, I’ve been an investor for more than 20 years, and when I make a new move in the market, I’ll announce it here publicly. A lot of people will wish they followed me sooner.

Today, we’re exited to partner with the Department of War and Department of Energy on Operation Windlord. Three C-17s will be transporting our Ward250 reactor from March ARB to Hill AFB. Here’s a peek at what it took to bring this operation to life. (Part 1)

1/ BONK launched on Christmas Day 2022 when Solana was at its lowest point post-FTX. The team dropped 50% of the 100T supply to a then struggling Solana community. Since then, BONK has been layering utility on top of its meme brand. Unlocked by @bonk_inu 🧵

aaaaaaaand he's gone. I’ll report anyone using the @solBOOGLE profile picture who isn’t a member of the BOOGLE community. Have fun regaining 16k+ followers 🤡

@great_martis I think a major difference is the ever increasing need for compute vs the lower upgrade cycle needs for networking equipment.

CISCO 2000 vs NVIDIA 2025 Bulls look away Bears take a look . Scary?

@jords Dealing with the realization of 4 right now which is real and had gotten ridiculous for me. Having a big family doesn’t help with that. I view it as giving to my kids which makes me feel better about the creep. Very insightful post Jords, hope life is good my friend!

CT spends a lot of time obsessing over profits and the journey of obtaining money. There have been many conversations around what is enough to retire, realistic goals and how to ‘make it’ but little conversation around what to do after ‘making it’. Understanding how to allocate capital to live a fulfilling life is a very personal journey and it’s a delightful ‘problem’ to have. I am one of the fortunate few who has done a lot of thinking on this exact topic, and with the recent @boldleonidas post I thought I’d share some of my thoughts. 1) Buying stuff is fun. I’ve always liked nice things and being able to afford them is not something to be ashamed of, I think it’s important to celebrate your wins. Personally, I enjoy buying things that themselves are an asset class so you get to ‘splurge’ but also park your capital in a reasonable asset; things like vintage watches / art / Pokemon cards, whatever floats your boat (don’t buy a boat), spending money on things you like doesn’t need to be lighting it on fire; just look after your shit. Spending money on yourself is nice, but it’s science that says you will always be happier buying for others than yourself and it’s very much the truth. Being able to uplift those around you, support family, and buy something special for your parents are the most fulfilling gifts one can buy. A gift for others is the many times the best gift to yourself. 2) Buy time, then spend it becoming better. The most important dividend you can ever receive is time, my friends. Use your resources to try and reduce the pain points in your life, whether it’s a weekly cleaner or someone to mow the lawn, if you can outlay a small, affordable expense to gain your time back or reduce pain in your life, then it’s worth it. 3) Pay-to-win upskilling. Pick things you want to improve at, then spend the time and money to do so in efficient ways. Currently I take French lessons almost every day, tennis lessons every other day and some other form of exercise class most days too. There are experts who dedicate their time in exchange for my money so that I can continue to improve both mentally and physically. Cost in the pursuit of knowledge and skill is something that stays with you for a lifetime and I believe it to be one of the best ways to spend towards a fulfilled life. 4) Don’t lose your mind. It’s fun to spend money and if you do so on assets then it’s more sustainable, but if you let lifestyle creep continue to accrue and spend more than you make, then you’re doing it wrong. The list I’ve made above should be adapted depending on your level of wealth, if you can’t afford to spend that much then you simply shouldn’t. Past results do not signify future results and part of being able to spend money is knowing you are not at risk of losing it. Lifestyle creep is real and you should be aware of it, but don’t be so overly conscious that you become a slave to your wins and feel scared of spending anything. 5) Improve comfort. Sometimes it’s the little things in life that go a long way. Buying a dress or suit that you wear once is not the greatest ROI, but a nice reading chair, a comfy bed/pillow that you’ll spend >30% of your life in or a better kitchen knife are all costs that you should justify on a ‘per hour used’ basis. 6) Experiences. Life should be lived not just endured. Use your capital to explore new worlds, create memories and experience culture. Many experiences are free but time is currency, use yours to see the world around you as it is and soak it in. Concerts, hikes, swimming in distant seas, star gazing, live sports, tea with your grandma. Whether you’re spending your money or just your time, be grateful to be able to do so. It is now time for my tennis lesson so I will wrap up a subject that I could say much more about. We focus on ‘retirement’ or ‘making it’ far too much on here, we should instead focus on ‘removing the need to work’ and what a fulfilling life looks like once that has been accomplished sustainably. Also just noting that there is no amount of money or tax efficiency that would make me live in a country that I don’t enjoy living in. I’ve discussed the justified costs of ‘per hour used’, where you live is such a large driver of fulfilment that paying additional tax is absolutely worth it. There is a very large middle ground in between the extremes, and plenty of wonderful places in the world to be. Earn your money, improve your life sustainably, become better each day through acquired skills and then live your life. “Life, if lived well, is long enough.”

Buy some $BONK, burn a trillion

@PeterSchiff Congrats on being right for the first time since 2008. At least all your click bait tweets have earned you a lot of followers among BTC maxis lol

Having fun with my family at Universal's new theme park, Epic Universe. We wanted to go on the Bitcoin ride, but it broke down.

@cryptoklotz Haha what a cabal scam!!

One of the worst things the CABAL SCAMMERS are doing with useless is protecting it to the downside and then making it the strongest memecoin marketwide during the recovery, to *really* trap people in the scam! Be careful out there - these guys are going to pump this to billions and enrich all holders across the upcoming months - this is just another calculated phase of their insidious machinations before finally revealing their plans

When people are making videos about how retarded it is to buy a coin, it’s usually a good time to be buying that coin.

SECONDARY SALE ① We are excited to welcome @OrangeSBS to the graveyard after acquiring BOOGLE #013 for $178,500 via OTC sale.

The monetary and fiscal failure of government will have the young generation load up on bitcoin. HIGHER

Dreaming is easy Doing is hard Why wouldn’t you at least do the easy part?

@ElonTrades They’re backing it why wouldn’t they do it?

The single biggest catalyst that would flip $XPL from an incentive-driven DeFi chain to a potential Solana-style institutional rail is direct USDT minting on Plasma. Right now, most of Plasma’s TVL is either bridged stablecoins or seeded capital and incentives. If Tether mints USDT natively on Plasma, that capital is born on Plasma; no bridge risk, no extra friction, and far stickier liquidity. Wherever Tether mints natively, that chain tends to dominate stablecoin usage (e.g. Tron has $50B+ USDT TVL mainly because Tether issues directly there). Waiting until Tether officially mints on Plasma could be your buy signal.

@OrangeSBS Congrats on the BOOGLE

Soooo, getting a BOOGLE has been a dream of mine for a while. After talking with them to find the perfect BOOGLE, I finally pulled the trigger and copped this bad boy. New pfp so hottttttt

SECONDARY SALE ① BOOGLE #081 has sold for 997.5 SOL via OTC sale, the buyer wishes to remain anonymous at this time.

@topo_g Wrong

In and out Overrated, Very overrated

@solBOOGLE BOOlish for the future of BOOGLE

BOOGLE is excited to announce its transition from a founder-led initiative to a truly community-owned and council run-project. This milestone marks an important step in BOOGLE’s evolution to ensure that decision-making is guided by the collective interests of its members and that the project stays true to its mission. We thank @jords and @notcelon, the founders of BOOGLE, for all their contributions and wish them well in their future endeavors. The current council consists of @iamkadense, @gloom_hl, @naloroad, @MilstGuga, @TresFlames031 and @notsamana who have been working behind the scenes to set the project up for success through this transition. The next chapter for the graveyard and BOOGLE begins now.