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Charles once asked himself on an AMA, "what really tells you that Cardano has done something unique, magical and special." I loved his answer. Some minor edits to get it down below the old 2min20sec video upload limit. It's overdue, #Cardano is ready, who's feeling the call ❤️

Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined. Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?” One nation on earth held a weapon nobody else had. Total dominance. Zero competition. No risk of retaliation. Every empire in history that held that kind of advantage used it. Rome. The Mongols. The British. The Ottomans. They conquered until they collapsed. America had a bigger advantage than all of them combined. And it rebuilt the countries it just defeated. Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.” Almost unprecedented? It had never happened before. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded history. The Marshall Plan wasn’t foreign aid. It was the most radical act of restraint any superpower ever committed. America turned its enemies into allies. Turned rubble into economies. Turned surrender into partnership. Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a generation. Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth. Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin. A city in the heart of the nation that just tried to destroy it. That’s not policy. That’s a civilization deciding what it is at the exact moment it has the power to be anything. You’re being told a story right now. That America is the villain of history. You hear it everywhere. Media. Universities. Social platforms. Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.” Every nation on earth has dark chapters. Every single one. The difference is what a country does when nobody can stop it. And when nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities. Musk: “The history of China suggests that China is not acquisitive. Meaning they’re not going to go out and invade a whole bunch of countries.” Probably right. China has historically built walls, not fleets. But the real question isn’t about borders anymore. We’re approaching a moment that mirrors 1945 in ways nobody has fully processed yet. AI is going to give a handful of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look quaint. If someone is going to hold that kind of power, who do you want it to be? The country that conquered when it could? Or the one that rebuilt when it didn’t have to? Every alliance. Every trade route. Every economy. Billions lifted out of poverty. All of it traces back to one act of restraint that had never been done before. And carries no guarantee of being repeated. The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb. It was what it didn’t do after.

🚨 THE NEXT 72 HOURS. DAY BY DAY. BOOKMARK THIS. 📅 TODAY — May 13 → Air Force One lands in Beijing with 12+ named CEOs aboard — Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, BlackRock, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, GE, Qualcomm, Micron, Blackstone, Cargill → Jensen Huang boarded during the Alaska refueling stop — last-minute addition → Trump confirms "many other" undisclosed CEOs also on the plane → The largest corporate delegation ever to accompany a sitting U.S. president touches down in China 📅 MAY 14 — Day 1 of Summit → Trump and Xi sit down for formal talks → The ask: Xi opens China's market to U.S. business — directly, officially, on camera → 12+ of the most powerful CEOs in the world are in the room or the building → Combined market cap of companies represented: over $10,000,000,000,000 📅 MAY 15 — Day 2 / Outcomes → Deal announcements expected — or silence that speaks louder → Every CEO on that plane needs something specific from Beijing: chip licenses, manufacturing access, supply chain agreements, financial market entry → If Xi says yes to even half of it, the trade war framework changes overnight → If Xi says no, 12 CEOs flew to China for nothing — and markets will price that immediately 72 hours. Every step has precedent. Every prediction has math. Nothing like this has ever happened in the history of U.S.-China relations. The outcome of this trip will move markets more than any Fed meeting this year. Bookmark this. Come back May 15. if you're not following me you're finding out about this 48 hours late from someone who read my post..

CLARITY is closer than ever. The bill is strong. It will benefit the American people by making the US financial system faster, cheaper and more accessible. It will also ensure that the US leads in the global race to build the next generation of our financial system. Huge thank you to the Senate, their staff, and 3.7m @standwithcrypto advocates for helping to get this legislation to where it is today. Mark it up.

Massive improvement and good leadership from @SenatorTimScott and the many others pushing to improve the bill

@kashiffarooq @cyclone_casey @MarioNawfal If you didn’t know that then you have no business making comment, know your facts before you open your mouth.

@cyclone_casey @MarioNawfal I didn't know that but still punishment is too much.. Just my point of view.. I value human life more than anything else..

🇺🇸 Seattle tourist throws a rock at a monk seal in Maui, gets beaten up by a local for it, and now faces $50,000 in fines and jail time. The local got a letter of recognition from a state senator. Local justice. State-approved.

@KIDSCOMPASSION1 I miss you guys. I’m sorry it’s been so challenging this year. With the markets so low and pool holding less stake, the donation threshold is way below the cutoff line. We’re praying things get better, it’s not over yet!

@PoolGrow we love u

You may have started seeing some posts from these guys. We're the new maintainers of the daedalus wallet and 8.0.0 is our first release which adds mithril support for fast bootstrap. If you are an spo and still not running a mithril signer, it is time to get involved. Mithril is critical infrastructure as cardano integrates more outside of its pond. It's the same team as dripdropz plus some members, minus some others. Doxed team is below.

@lilybrodi 😍🌈☀️

45 today 🎂✨

@AiMainEACC I liked the way you led this space Ethan, just re-listened. The audience has a clear sense of direction, current node status, general strategy, etc. Looking forward to doing more shows with you! Maybe we can have a live OPs Corner during one of them 👀

@elonmusk When CONTACT

Falcon flies every few days. You can see launches in person from Florida or California.

@elonmusk We already are out there, among the stars.

One day, we will be out there, among the stars

The Sun is by far the biggest source of energy in our solar system Even here on Earth, the Sun accounts for roughly 100% of all the energy we use - fossil fuels are just ancient sunlight stored in plants, while wind, hydro, biomass, and solar power are all driven by the Sun right now Beyond Earth, the vast majority of spacecraft, satellites, and future Mars bases run entirely on solar energy The Sun puts out 3.8 × 10²⁶ watts - more energy in a single second than all of humanity has ever used in its entire history And just to put it in perspective: the Sun makes up 99.8% of the total mass of our entire solar system. Jupiter is only 0.1%. Everything else (Earth, Mars, asteroids, etc.) is basically miscellaneous We’re finally learning how to use the only energy source that actually matters ☀️

IMO This is the single biggest step forward the Pentad initiative could bring to Cardano. Absolutely fucking amazing, congratulations @IOGroup @Cardano_CF @emurgo_io @IntersectMBO and @midnightfdn

THE SEC LISTED: BITCOIN $BTC ETHEREUM $ETH SOLANA $SOL CARDANO $ADA ALGORAND $ALGO XRP $XRP CHAINLINK $LINK AVALANCHE $AVAX POLKADOT $DOT HEDERA $HBAR LITECOIN $LTC + MORE AS DIGITAL COMMODITIES NOT SECURITIES WE’RE SO BACK

BREAKING: The US SEC has determined and publicly clarified that cryptocurrency coins such as ADA and AVAX, BTC, ETH, etc... are DIGITAL COMMODITIES This is a first ever clearly asserted definition, and by type. Includes staking, NFTs and other assets. Link 👇

@Cryptofly777 Me!!

Who’s ready for a crypto bull run takeoff? 🔥

This is big news. These biological neurons are orders of magnitude more energy efficient than any advanced neural nets processing this kind of stimuli. Compare 1000W to 20W.

@Cryptofly777 ❤️

One thing I'll forever be grateful to crypto for is all the connections it helped me make 💙

Anyone notice how often the word “decentralized” has been used to describe tactical advantages in this war….hold that thought