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Look at this picture and tell me which currency is actually "stable."

@hillery_dan Why is it though?

STRC trading like a turd, things will get better.

I know most of you didn’t go to law school, and you shouldn’t have to. But there’s something about how your savings and retirement accounts are held that I think you deserve to understand in plain English. My name is David Rogers Webb. I ran a hedge fund for years. What I found in my retirement is that the legal rules for owning stocks and bonds changed quietly over the last 30 years. And those changes matter if things get bad in the financial system. Let me explain it like I would to my own parents: 1. The stocks in your account may not be in your name When you buy Apple or Pfizer through your broker or 401k, the paperwork usually says the shares are held by “Cede & Co.” That’s the nominee for the Depository Trust Company. You’re called the “beneficial owner.” That means you have a promise from your broker that you own the shares. But legally, on the books, the shares belong to the system. It’s like having a claim check for a coat at a coat check. You don’t hold the coat. You hold the ticket. 2. Your shares are mixed with everyone else’s The law now treats all these shares as one big pool. Your 200 shares of Apple sit in the same pool as a million other people’s shares. That pool can be pledged as collateral for loans and other financial deals. You didn’t sign off on that. But the rules allow it. 3. If there’s a crisis, other creditors get paid first If a big bank or clearinghouse fails, the law says the people who made secured loans against that pool get paid before you do. Your claim comes after theirs. That means your retirement savings could be used to stabilize the system, even if you had nothing to do with the problem. 4. This is legal, and it happened slowly Nothing illegal is happening here. These rules were changed through updates to commercial law, starting in the 1990s. The idea was to make trading faster and cheaper. The unintended effect is that direct ownership was replaced by a chain of claims. Why I call it “The Taking” I’m not saying someone is stealing from your account today. I’m saying the system is built so that in a severe crisis, the collateral in that pool can be redirected under existing law. You would have no legal recourse, because you never had direct ownership to begin with. What can you do? The first step is awareness. Ask your broker or plan administrator how your shares are held. If you want, you can request “direct registration.” That means the shares are registered in your name on the company’s books, not in the pooled system. It’s slower, but it’s yours. You can also consider holding some assets outside the system entirely. I’m not telling you what to buy or sell. I’m saying you should know what you actually own before you need to use it. The bottom line: Most people think they own the stocks in their account. In reality, they own a claim against a broker, and that claim sits inside a system designed to protect itself first. Once you understand that, you can decide if you’re comfortable with it. If you’d like, I can give you a simple checklist for how to call your broker and find out exactly how your shares are held.

@2dogs1chic Grateful for the dump, was able to lower my average cost to $98 000 lol. (Newbie bought all through 2025.) Hoping it stays low awhile longer to accumulate more!

I’ve owned Bitcoin long enough to have had it sitting in an old wallet.dat file… and no way to access the keys (my expensive life lesson). I wasn’t on X until 2024, so this is my first bear market with the crowd. And honestly? The price action isn’t the wildest part. It’s watching people crash out in real time.

Something is deeply broken when seniors are spending their retirement in tents and coffee shops. One senior says they can't find a room under $1,500 a month. Another is living outside without basic privacy or the ability to bathe. In B.C., 94% of seniors on the affordable housing waitlist didn't get a space last year. After a lifetime of working and paying taxes, this is how some Canadians are spending their final years. At what point do we admit the cost of living crisis has become a humanitarian crisis?

@JonFlynnREstats I feel more sorry for the ones in it, they will lose their shirts.

I feel sorry for anyone looking to get into the Canadian housing market these days. Prices are still WAAAYYY too high.

@Jethroe111 🙏💕

Kids, it's going to be a great, bright orange future. If you need a pick me up for the weekend, have a listen. Kicking ass and taking names. Duration is your friend my fellow Bitcoiner.

Trenches

@LayahHeilpern What goes down, comes back up. Unrealized is unrealized.

Michael Saylor's bitcoin position is now down over $12.5 billion And Tom Lee's ETH position is down over $10 billion I guess they should have listened to me and sold when I did. It's time to stop following the "smart money".

@ShardiB2 Keyword: unrealized.

Makes Tom Lee look smart

@Jethroe111 Same same

This is one of the worst times for me. When Bitcoin is in the "Hard Stacking Value Zone" and I have zero... nada... nothing... empty... cuck bucks to buy it. Seriously, I'm all in. All the chips.

@sircryptotips In life we say a lot of things we 1000% believe in the moment. Then, we experience life and make necessary adjustments. No biggie.

Saylor says Strategy will likely sell Bitcoin this year Personally I think that’s fine. The only issue I have with this is that Saylor said he’d NEVER sell. Just tell the truth man… There’s no shame in selling some Bitcoin.

@Jethroe111 I’m a latecomer to BTC. All in Dec 2024 - My average price is 104 000. 😅 yup sucks but the ability to be so liquid and go wherever we want? Freedom. We’re holding through the pain.

Been sitting, having a beer and thinking about the angst I see everyday on this platform. I believe Bitcoin's CAGR over the next decade will be closer to 40% than 30%. One of the most difficult times in my life was the Fall of '21 in Crypto Winter. I was all in. Bitcoin slipped below $20k. The Bitcoin I bought at that time of Max Pain has had a CAGR of 55% to today. Even in this bear market. Don't overthink shit. You haven't seen anything yet.

@SimonDixonTwitt If we need monthly income so we never have to sell our BTC, what is the best thing to buy? 🇨🇦 MSTE / MSTR?

Change is accelerating, and I don’t think people are prepared. I’m thinking of turning my Friday LIVE show into an AMA format. I believe I’ve done a good job defining the problems, and now I want to focus more on solutions and how to protect yourself. What do you think? What questions do you have? As always, there’s no business model, upsell, sponsorship, or monetisation. Just my analysis of the problems, and the solutions people can use to protect themselves. If anybody impersonates me and asks you to invest with them or send them money, it’s not me, it’s a scammer pretending to be me. If you want notifications, join my Telegram group: t.me/simondixonchan…

- The dollar loses 7% a year. - AI is coming for white-collar work. - Robots are 10 years out. @saylor just laid out what young people should actually do about it. 12 lessons:

@danielfoch Yup and even a curious “Mexico would be great!”

Canadian home prices and sales are stagnant, with forecasts downgraded. Buyers are hesitant due to economic uncertainty and rising mortgage rates, creating a tense 'wait-and-see' market. #CanadaHousing #RealEstate

Your smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds. Not a guess. Not a theory. A peer-reviewed study by researchers at UC Davis, UCL, and UC3M tested it. Samsung TVs: every minute. LG TVs: every 15 seconds. Even when you're just using it as a monitor. Here's how to turn it off for every brand:

If anyone ever asks you why you'd want to own $MSTR or $STRC alongside $BTC, show them this.