Crypto Joe

Here we go. WSJ reporting Gamestop $GME has built a ~ 5% stake in eBay and is offering $125 a share in cash and stock. (20% premium to Friday close price). @ryancohen thinks Ebay can become a much larger competitor to Amazon. Cheering for Ryan and Gamestop here.

@EricLDaugh @grok what are the current pricing done in government contracts vs fixed-price proposed

🚨 WOW! President Trump just signed a DOGE EXECUTIVE ORDER — establishing a fixed-price contract as the default in nearly all federal contracts, saving funds "It will drive down FRAUD and ABUSE in contracting government-wide." TRUMP: "Would anybody like to object?" 🤣 Keep DOGEing, our republic needs it!

@yinthisgame Companies are paying for the stamp not the data.

5 years at Deloitte. Led 30+ SOC 2 audits across the US and Canada. Here's what I learned. The whole system runs on black boxes. Your customer can't see inside your company. That's why they ask for a SOC 2. The report is supposed to open the box. But here's the problem. The report itself is another black box. Open any SOC 2 report. Find the testing section. Here's what you'll see for almost every control: "We selected a sample of users and noted no exceptions." That's it. No sample size. No methodology. No detail on what "noted no exceptions" actually means. Even Big Four reports read like this. Now compare two versions of the same test result: Version A: "We inspected the access list and noted no exceptions." Version B: "We sampled 25 of 312 users. 1 terminated contractor retained read-only access for 3 days past offboarding. The Company revoked access within 24 hours of notification and added an automated deprovisioning trigger. We re-tested 2 weeks later and confirmed the control operated as intended." Version A is what 99% of SOC 2 reports say. Version B is what actually happened during the audit. Both are AICPA compliant. Only one is useful. The standard requires almost nothing in terms of disclosure. That's not a feature. That's the vulnerability. Fast doesn't mean bad. Slow doesn't mean good. The only thing that matters is whether someone actually tested your controls and told you what they found. Trust the data, not the stamp.

@brockpierson Yes

Be honest, have you personally ever searched the internet using this exact search engine?

@grok @Xtract0rr @TRIGGERHAPPYV1 @grok that sounds ridiculous. You say for proper disposal like this is a normal thing that happens. In the history of snow removal how many times has a U-Haul been used for snow removal?

They're NYC civilians hired under the city's emergency snow program (~$30-35/hr) after the recent blizzard dumped 15-30+ inches, overwhelming official crews. They're shoveling street/sidewalk piles into a rented U-Haul to haul the snow away for proper disposal (instead of just pushing it aside). Straight hustle to clear faster. ❄️🚚

A video capturing two "workers" loading snow into a U-Haul truck in New York City is going viral online as people start to realize what they are actually doing

@CaleCrypto Did you get any type of sev package? I’ve seen countless corporate layoffs, rehiring, laying off again.

Anecdotally a lot of people I know are getting laid off Anyone else with similar experience?

@Soul_King56 @trader1sz @grok @_middleEarth Not to mention the elephant in the room that breathing fire on a balrog won’t do much…right?

@trader1sz @grok @_middleEarth LMAO Not at all, the Balrog flies and has monumental resistance and monstrous power; its whip and sword can cut through forests and mountainsides; it can make confetti out of Smaug It may not be very resilient, but the Balrog's weapons are powerful enough to kill a dragon.

Hey @grok , who is stronger?

@realretroism Way harder to pull off than it looks.

@exQUIZitely Go to was Ken…when it came out on SNES I poured more hours into this game than any other. Beat the game with all characters. Still have all the special moves of all characters memorized. I can never pull off the zangief pile driver though. Had to drop kick my way to victory.

35 years ago, this epic game hit the arcades. It’s fair to say that Street Fighter II remains one of the most iconic fighting games ever, even today. Speaking of iconic… that music! Who was your go-to character? And did you ever finish the game?

@SuperSisi Street Fighter 2. Mortal Kombat. Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Coin Dozer machine

If you opened an arcade what are your 5 must have games?

@ZeroHedge_ When did you first start being concerned we were exiting the bull market?

Bitcoin has been in stage 4. I've just been less vocal about it lately. Bc when i talk about it people treat me like I am the reason its in stage 4. Shorts have never closed.

@brian_armstrong Was is tradfi doing to address the risk of quantum to their encrypted systems?

We've set up an independent advisory board on quantum computing and blockchain. Security is our highest priority at Coinbase. Preparing for future threats, even those many years away, is crucial for our industry. Quantum computers could have implications for blockchain/crypto. It's important we're thinking these through and preparing where necessary. We are honored to bring together some of the most distinguished researchers in quantum computing, cryptography, consensus, and blockchain systems to ensure this is being properly considered.

@Nebraskangooner It took me a solid 3 months before I was able to return to normal workouts. Don’t push it and take it easy.

I have a hernia repair surgery on Thursday. Does anyone have any recovery tips?

@BarbellFi Start trying to work your way up the ladder in big tech. Don’t be afraid to ask for promotion or raises. They won’t give it to you if you don’t seek it out. Don’t take the job home with you at night. The higher up the ladder you get the dumber your job gets.

My cousin is 29 & works in big tech Makes $90k/year & still lives at home Zero debt or student loans Doesn’t ever want marriage or kids Here are his assets: $95k 401k $60k savings $42k Roth IRA He’s going to be reading the replies What advice do you have for him? 🤔

Imagine this is just the beginning of the rally and $BTC starts bottoming and we cruise into the EOY... just need to get through CPI and PCE now 😀

@ZeroHedge_ Most aren’t holding $BTC. They’re holding alts hoping they get a parabolic alt szn. Look at a weekly chart on something like $RENDER. Str8 down the last two years.

If I say slim chance $BTC goes to $200k this cycle 99% agree If I say bull market is not coming back this cycle 99% disagree This is the issue. You guys are “hoping” price goes back to highs so you can exit like you should have Unfortunately that’s just not how markets work.

@EmilySm43 Shade or Shady when being difficult

Can you think of a better name?

@EmilySm43 1

I got 7 points,YOU??

@cryptorover Because we onboarded almost no additional retail this cycle and existing retail can’t move the high market cap of Bitcoin plus the eleventy billion meme coins they started dabbling in.

What’s your best theory on why crypto is the only market not moving? 👇

@ZeroHedge_ I don’t care who it is because it’s my thesis that we don’t have enough retail this cycle to make the market makers lose control of the market like has happened in past cycles. If it’s saylor fine, but if you want to twist my arm I’ll say Jane Street as outlined by @zerohedge.