Jan-Dirk Lueders

Strike has been granted a BitLicense by the New York Department of Financial Services. New York, we're open for business.

We were proud to host @BlockchainAssn last week for the launch of their member listening tour. The momentum behind regulatory progress is real and accelerating. We’re excited to work alongside the BA to ensure policymakers understand the transformative potential of crypto, while advocating for clear, smart frameworks that unlock innovation in the U.S.

@kimtraut @NinjaTrader Well done, Kim! Congrats!

I am thrilled for @NinjaTrader and congratulate Marty and his team on today's exciting news. It's been an honor to be an observer on your board and to support your growth via our VC investment over the last 6 years. businesswire.com/news/home/2025…

@davidsacks47 The only way to grow is to take chances that won’t kill you if you are wrong and pivot, when you make a mistake. This is true for any entrepreneur as it is for nations. Thanks for getting us back on the right track!

Over the past decade, the federal government sold approximately 195,000 bitcoin for proceeds of $366 million. If the government had held the bitcoin, it would be worth over $17 billion today. That’s how much it has cost American taxpayers not to have a long-term strategy.

1/ Today, despite bipartisan support, Pres Biden vetoed the repeal of SAB 121, the SEC’s punitive, anti-crypto accounting guidelines. We’re disappointed that the admin chose to overrule bipartisan majorities in both Houses of Congress who recognized the harm created by SAB 121.

I’m thrilled to announce @Architect_xyz has completed a $12M investment round, led by @BlockTower and @TiogaCapital. We are excited to welcome new investors @CMT_Digital, @paraficapital, A Capital, and @twelve_below, and are thankful to our founding investors @cbventures, @svangel, Third Kind, SALT Fund, and US Digital Trust for their continued participation. This round brings Architect’s total capital raised to $17M since our founding in January 2023. I am extremely proud of our team for reaching this milestone. Onward!

Very, very cool! Well done, “Robert Alice”

Killer App in Argentina with Lemon Cash @lemonapp_ar 1) Take your pay in ARS, instant convert to USDC 2) Store value in / and p2p pay with USDC 3) Pay anywhere with Visa Debit backed by USDC 4) Cash out anytime into local currency as needed circle.com/en/case-studie…

Americans are increasingly alone. Call your friends. Invite people to dinner. Talk to strangers you meet in town. You never know what someone is going through.

A money of law, or a money of men.

1/ Today Coinbase received a Wells notice from the SEC focused on staking and asset listings. A Wells notice typically precedes an enforcement action.

@ewarren Yes without the Federal Government we’d be unable to toast bread 🙏

@BernieSanders The avg billionaire contributes vastly more to society than the avg teacher. Perhaps no tax at all would be more appropriate for them.

Some key points by former Federal Reserve Board member Kevin Warsh: “The cost of stopping inflation would have been lower if the Fed had faced the problem earlier.” “Inflation was never “tran­si­tory,” and it couldn’t cred­i­bly be ex­plained away by war and pestilence.” “The Fed would have been wise to raise rates from zero ear­lier in the eco­nomic cy­cle. The econ­omy and fi­nan­cial sys­tem were de­cid­edly stronger. The coun­try was much bet­ter po­si­tioned to han­dle rate in­creases in 2021 than to­day.” “The longer the cen­tral bank waited, and the more un­cer­tain its trum­pet, the more mon­e­tary might had to be deployed to quash the in­fla­tion mon­ster, and the more col­lat­eral dam­age to the econ­omy.” “the Fed, Trea­sury and FDIC should come to terms with… the breadth of the prob­lem. It’s not about a few trou­bled banks and an irrational run by pan­icky de­pos­i­tors. Week­end fire-fight­ing only buys time. The liquid­ity-in­duced hol­i­day from eco­nomic his­tory has ended. They should be pre­pared for a pull­back of every­thing every­where all at once.” “The Fed and Trea­sury should lead a fun­da­men­tal re­view, not just of the deficiencies in­volv­ing a sin­gle failed institution, but of the en­tire post-Dodd-Frank regime. Fed of­fi­cials, more than most, must know that the end of free money would be dele­te­ri­ous to bank liquidity and sol­vency.” wsj.com/articles/the-u…

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Yellen & Powell said inflation was transitory so they could keep spending & pumping. When it blew up in their faces, the Fed jacked up rates so hard it collapsed a huge bank. Now they want to say it’s startups’ fault—you shouldn’t have kept your deposits there. Give me a break.

The "Jerome Powell and Fed have done a good job" crowd is real quiet this morning as everyone waits to hear what is going to happen to one of the largest banks in the US. Banks are underwater on long-duration assets because the Fed forced them to chase yield. Market intervention is horrible for the long-term health of a financial system. The free market is a better referee.

Congrats to Jacob and Brad! lnkd.in/gwJeyqhN

I am not pro or anti Russia, nor do I necessarily champion the clear corruption and misleading things the Ukraine has done. I'm just a guy that's tired of seeing young men and women die everyday for Governments. Can't it be that simple?