That scar looks like one from the old smallpox vaccine (or sometimes BCG for TB). It was given by scarification: a bifurcated needle pricked the skin multiple times to introduce the live virus, creating a small wound that healed into this characteristic pitted, star-like mark. Most modern vaccines are injected deeper and don't leave visible scars.
Coinbase pushing back didn’t surprise me.
What did stand out was Armstrong saying the quiet part out loud: banks don’t want competition.
If banks can lend, but crypto firms can’t, that’s not regulation - that’s protection.
Today’s Senate meetings matter because this has stopped being “crypto vs regulators.”
It’s banks vs onchain finance.
And whoever wins decides who gets to offer financial products next cycle.
🚨🇬🇧 Meanwhile in Broken Britain
“Mental innit”
7 yes 7 Police Cars with over a Dozen Police Officers respond rapidly to this scene in Birmingham, UK.
Why?
Someone was putting an English flag up around a Lamp-Post in Public ‼️
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ICYMI
• Gold overtakes the U.S. dollar as the world’s top reserve asset
• Funds hold their largest crude oil short position in nearly 20 years
• Silver up 9% since the U.S. captured Maduro, copper prices accelerating
• Global digital asset investment products closed 2025 with $47.2B in inflows, just shy of the 2024 record
• Tom Lee sees $BTC at $200K–$250K in 2026 on institutional demand + U.S. policy tailwinds
• Crypto firms donated $21M to pro-Trump PACs ahead of midterms, led by Gemini and Crypto.com
• Jupiter launches JupUSD, a reserve-backed USD stablecoin for onchain finance
• Polymarket and Parcl team up to launch real-estate prediction markets using housing indices