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@BTCsessions @theBTCmentor @TheBitcoinRodeo @BTCSatMarket Gimme the deets!

Myself and @theBTCmentor are doing a full day Bitcoin Survival Workshop June 28 in Banff, the heart of the Rocky Mountains. This will be on the weekend following @TheBitcoinRodeo and @BTCSatMarket in Calgary. If you'd like details, lmk in the comments below.

@gothburz @IAmSagzee So 3% left to go, then what?

@IAmSagzee Perfect summary. The quiet part is they know exactly who wins and who loses in this game.

I'm a currency strategist at Treasury. Yesterday the dollar hit a four-year low. Worst single day since April. Down 9% for the year. Weakest since 2022. The President said "I think it's great." He's right. It is great. For us. There's a document. You probably haven't read it. It's called "A User's Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System." We call it the Mar-a-Lago Accord. It was written by the guy who now sits on the Federal Reserve. Before that, he ran the Council of Economic Advisors. The document says to weaken the dollar. On purpose. As policy. We did. The thesis is simple. A strong dollar makes American exports expensive. A weak dollar makes them cheap. If we want factories, we need a cheap currency. If we need a cheap currency, we need to devalue. If we need to devalue, we need to do it slowly. So nobody notices. Until they do. Yesterday they noticed. Swiss Franc hit 15-year highs. Gold hit all-time highs. The yen strengthened. The euro strengthened. Everything strengthened. Except us. That's the plan. People ask if I'm worried. About the decline. About what it means. I say I'm "constructive." Constructive means the plan is working. Here's what nobody tells you about currencies. They're not markets. They're policies. Central banks don't observe exchange rates. They create them. The rate check we did on January 23rd? That wasn't observation. That was intervention. We called the trading desks. We asked for prices. The market understood. The dollar dropped. Mission accomplished. The Secretary wants a weaker dollar. The President wants a weaker dollar. The Accord says weaker dollar. Everyone agrees. Except the people holding dollars. But they don't vote on currency policy. They just experience it. --- Let me tell you what a weaker dollar means for you. Everything imported costs more. Your purchasing power declines. Your savings buy less. Your vacation is more expensive. Your electronics cost more. Your gas costs more. Your groceries cost more. That's not inflation. That's "competitiveness." --- In 1971, Nixon ended the gold standard. He said it was temporary. Fifty-five years ago. Still temporary. Back then, one dollar bought one dollar's worth of goods. Today, that same dollar buys 12.5 cents worth. We've devalued 87.5%. Over 55 years. At 3.85% per year. Compounding. --- 700% cumulative inflation. That's not a bug. That's a feature. Debt becomes cheaper to repay. Wages lag behind prices. Assets appreciate. If you own things, you win. If you earn things, you lose. That's monetary policy. --- The national debt is 100% of GDP. It'll be 134% by 2035. You know how you pay down 134% of GDP in debt? You don't. You inflate it away. You devalue the currency it's denominated in. You make the number smaller by making the unit smaller. That's not default. That's "monetary flexibility." --- Consumer confidence just hit 2014 lows. People feel something is wrong. They can't articulate it. They just know things cost more. They know their paycheck goes less far. They know something broke. Nothing broke. This is the machine working. --- 89% of economists agree. If the Fed loses independence, risk premiums go up. Treasury yields spike. Borrowing costs explode. Growth slows. So we're very careful. We don't say we're taking independence. We say we're "rethinking coordination." Same outcome. Different press release. --- The President said he could move the dollar "like a yo-yo." Up or down. He's not wrong. Currency is a policy lever. We pull it. You feel it. --- Sweden's pension funds are selling Treasuries. Denmark's pension funds are selling Treasuries. China is selling Treasuries. They're buying gold instead. Smart. They read the Accord. --- There's a term in the markets now. "Sell America." It means foreign investors are reducing exposure. To our stocks. To our bonds. To our currency. They see what we're doing. They're protecting themselves. You should too. But we won't tell you that. --- The dollar is the world's reserve currency. For now. The Accord says we can keep that status. While also devaluing. Having it both ways. That's the theory. We'll see about the practice. --- Gold at $5,000. Silver at $110. Bitcoin at whatever Bitcoin is at. These aren't bubbles. These are exit signs. People are leaving the dollar. Not because they hate America. Because they read the policy. --- I'm updating my LinkedIn. "Led currency transformation at Treasury." Transformation is accurate. We transformed the dollar. From strong. To competitive. --- The President says the dollar is "doing great." He means it. It's doing exactly what we wanted. Going down. On schedule. According to plan. --- Your savings are doing less great. But nobody asked you. --- I have a chart on my wall. Purchasing power of the dollar since 1913. It starts at 100. It ends at 3. A 97% decline. Over 113 years. I look at it every morning. And I think: We have 3% left to go. --- The dollar is doing great. Exactly as designed. You just weren't supposed to notice. Until it was done. --- You noticed. But it's already done. It was done in 1971. Everything since then has been execution. Slow. Steady. Relentless. 3.85% per year. Compounding. For 55 years. And counting. --- "I think it's great." That's what he said. That's what we think. That's what the Accord says. That's what the policy achieves. The dollar is doing exactly what it's supposed to. Declining. Slowly. So slowly you think it's natural. It's not. It's policy. --- My bonus is paid in dollars. But I keep it in gold. --- That's the difference between making policy. And living under it.

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@BTCsessions @Don_Tsell Overdue and deserved! Hope u guys have one for the books 🧡

Tomorrow I'm going on my first REAL vacation in 9 years of working in Bitcoin. The amazing part about this is that the channel will continue running seamlessly while I'm gone. Pretty surreal feeling. Special thanks to team Sessions for making this possible: @Don_Tsell @aassoiants @theBTCmentor @TheSat_Man & @GaryLeeNYC. Literally impossible without you guys.

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@BtcVancity So happy for you guys 🧡

And just like that another #Bitcoin baby is born. Block Height 902539. Welcome to the world Nova ❤️

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Elon Musk lost 25% of his fortune, approximately $113 billion, while leading efforts to streamline the U.S. government. Are you willing to give Elon Musk a heartfelt “thank you”? A. Hell yes B. No

@KenSimCity @natbrunell Hey Mayor Ken! A few months ago, we spent 24 hours only using Bitcoin with a bunch of Vancouver business owners. I'd love to do a follow-up video on this with you and members of @BtcVancity ! Are you down?

The @CityofVancouver, in Canada has one of the most developed local #Bitcoin circular economies in North America, with efforts led by @BtcVancity @VanBitcoiners and many others. This momentum is about to get super-charged. Search @btcmap for the fast growing roster of Vancouver businesses accepting #BTC and add Vancouver to your list of travel destinations. If you are a business in YVR and are ready to accept Bitcoin, to boost your customer base, revenue, and global visibility, reach out to @BtcVancity @VanBitcoiners. Thank you for your open-mindedness and leadership, @KenSimCity @MikeKlassen @AdrianeCarr @LisaDominato @rebeccaleebligh @christineeboyle @PeterMeiszner @PtFry @sarahkirby_yung @LennyNanZhou @BrianVMontague.

@BitcoinBrains You got me in 3 min 💦

The Bitcoin Hour has arrived.

The game is rigged, and it’s designed to keep you trapped. Taxes don’t fund the government—they keep you from saving. Inflation? That’s there to steal the value of whatever you do save. And Wall Street? It’s the cage, trapping your wealth, extracting it slowly over decades. They don't want you to leave the game, but... what if you could break free?

#Bitcoin just hit $100,000 Canadian Moose Shekels. Timbits rain from the sky and @JustinTrudeau cries a river of maple syrup.

🎙️Creation & Courage Ep. 48 with @carlabitcoin on @YoureTheVoiceEF My guest today is Carla, the Creator-in-Chief in a duo called thecryptoc0up1e, with her husband @WalkerAmerica. With degrees in journalism and business, Carla is a content creator, educator, and a young mum. Had someone educated her sooner, she would have spent less money on degrees, and more on Bitcoin. In this episode Carla’s journey and talent comes to life. We talk about her upbringing in Romania and immigration process to the US, her work and the challenges she faced while building her brand. We touch on the importance of optimism, handling criticism, and the potential of decentralized platforms like Nostr. Carla emphasizes the need for creators to “just start” and be authentic in their work, while balancing between family life and professional aspirations. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 Coming Up 01:50 Intro to Carla 06:47 The Crypto Couple 09:32 Ad Break: Self-Custody with Trezor 10:04 What's Carla's Method? 11:33 Growing Up in a Post-Communist Country 15:27 Carla's Take On Today's Reality 16:01 The Power of Optimism in Making a Difference 21:02 Harnessing Skills & Experiences 23:54 Love Hate Relationship with Content Creation 25:47 Handling Criticism, Showing Up, Consistency 28:30 Song Break: Bitcoin is Defiance 30:52 Nostr 101 inc. Monetization for Content Creators 34:48 Personal Responsibility in Bitcoin 37:05 Get To Know Carla Better 43:17 Motherhood & A Message Of Hope 47:38 Final Song: Bitcoin Waits For You 49:42 The Nostr Booth Initiative >>

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✨ Exactly 10 years ago today – Hal Finney – the 1st #Bitcoin user, passed away. The software's 1st defender from when it was worth $0, he's known for his countless crypto inventions, and his $10 million BTC price prediction. Gone but not forgotten 🧡

Almost all merchants saw over 66% of their sales through the Lightning Network at Sunday's Block Party. We may have seen more Lightning transactions than the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville! Short write-up for @stacker_news: stacker.news/items/663893

Bitcoin Block Party recap by @LeoAW stacker.news/items/663893