Mike Murray

@_davemacdonald And those chains are fine for tech platforms, NOT money. Proof of Stake (one dollar, one vote) would be *incredibly dangerous* for a world reserve currency. PoS ≠ PoW

A single accountant stole $53 million from her employer over 20 years and nobody noticed Rita Crundwell was the comptroller of Dixon, Illinois with a population of 15,000 She opened a secret bank account called “Reserve Sewer Capital Development Account” For two decades she transferred city funds into it while filing fake invoices She used the money to become the most successful quarter horse breeder in America Owned 400 horses, multiple farms, a custom bus, and a $2.1 million motorhome She won the World Championship in quarter horse breeding four times while actively robbing a small town Only got caught because a substitute accountant covered her desk while she was on vacation The city had been cutting firefighter jobs and road repairs for years while this was happening $53 million. One woman. 20 years. One vacation.

NEW - Pope Leo XIV: "Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion in the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."

Florida couldn't get better advertising if if paid billions

Seems more likely that the attacker would sell off in ~50K BTC clips (standard gov-level sale), exchanges would do nothing to stop it, price goes 70>60>...>20>10 over a 5yr bear, price erosion kills the SoV thesis, adoption/user ct never makes a new high‼️, becomes too small/niche, financial revolution cancelled for lack of scale

I'm going to suspend my policy to berate everyone on this topic just this one time: who cares if someone people short bitcoin, or dump Bitcoin? people short bitcoin on insider info *all the time* (see Trump family). The average weekly Bitcoin trading volume is millions of coins per week. Whenever someone buys Bitcoin, its because someone else is selling Bitcoin. In the very remote scenario that someone does crack vulnerable public keys, they can't just market dump 3M bitcoin at once. There just is not enough liquidity to do that. Not that I support this at all but I guarantee you that all the major exchanges would immediately freeze those accounts. There is not enough liquidity on dex or p2p or even mixers to solve that. The attacker would slowly cash out wherever and whenever he can. The coins will eventually just find their way into the hands of holders. At worse we end up with a bear market. It will last whoever long it lasts. Might be a big drawdown. People might panic sell. Treasury companies might go bankrupt. Leverage might get whiped. Who cares? Some well funded attacker is able to make billions in profits by shorting Bitcoin. Who cares? If someone is able to pull that off, kudos to them honestly. Welcome to free markets!

It seems reasonable to at least consider accepting the risk of a supply shock, especially given how politically inflammatory the proposal to confiscate Satoshi’s coins is.

🚨 LMFAO! REPORTER: Trump argued diet soda is good for you because it kills grass, therefore it must kill cancer cells. Is this accurate of what he said? KAROLINE LEAVITT: "I have heard him tell this joke before. I think WSJ should get a better sense of humor." 🤣🤣😭

NOW - Scott Bessent: "Two Chinese banks received letters from the U.S. Treasury... If we can prove that there is Iranian money flowing through your accounts then we are willing to put on secondary sanctions."

$NNE 🙏🏼 @NRCgov With this UIUC submission, NANO Nuclear becomes the first commercially-ready microreactor developer and the third commercially-ready Generation IV advanced reactor developer to submit a CPA, placing NANO Nuclear among a small group of advanced nuclear companies progressing toward commercial deployment.

BREAKING - Outrage is erupting across Virginia after Abigail Spanberger signed HB965 into law, effectively rendering Virginians’ presidential votes null and void, with the measure handing the states electoral votes to the national popular vote winner regardless of states results.

CZ: Why I Decided to Go to the U.S. to Plead Guilty Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) @cz_binance said in an April 9 interview with Scott Melker that he voluntarily went to the U.S. to plead guilty because, if he did not cooperate, Binance could face prosecution, affecting BNB holders and the broader crypto industry. CZ said prison was "completely unexpected." Because there was no precedent for jail time based solely on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations, he had expected at most a sentence similar to Arthur Hayes, such as home confinement. However, after arriving in the U.S., the situation worsened, with the Department of Justice seeking a 36-month sentence about double the high end of the guidelines. Although the judge ultimately sentenced him to four months, which surprised him, CZ said he accepted it as "another obstacle" in life, adding that the experience brought major mental stress, though he avoided physical harm.

🚨 BREAKING: The CLARITY Act is virtually a done deal. Anonymous source close to Senate negotiations tells me: "We're in the final hours. The votes are there." After months of stalling markup delays, the stablecoin yield standoff, banking lobbyists throwing $56M at the wall senators Tillis & Alsobrooks finally locked in a compromise. The Senate Banking Committee is moving. The window is NOW. This is the most consequential crypto legislation in U.S. history. 294-134 House vote. White House backing. SEC and CFTC aligned. If my source is right, we're hours away from a new era for digital assets. Buckle up.

🚨HOAX🚨 A US citizen claimed she was detained by ICE for nearly two days after returning from a trip to Turkey, alleging she was held at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and transferred to a DHS facility. In reality, surveillance footage and records showed Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi was never detained by ICE or jailed; instead, she checked into a Hampton Inn near the airport, stayed for several days enjoying spa treatments, gym access, and free food, while sending texts about using a card for expenses and being spotted at a gas station. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt has now filed a $1 million federal defamation lawsuit against Naqvi, Morrison, and others, citing reputational harm from the fabricated story backed by hotel records, texts, and video evidence.

We got spoiled rotten with the best governor in the country, maybe the best ever. With Ron DeSantis. I always knew it would be very difficult if not impossible to replace him. We were told for years now, rightfully so, that Florida is no longer a swing state. Its solid red!! (Thanks to him, btw) Many Floridians I speak to, feel that way. And they are correct. However, the Republican candidates currently running are just horrible. Byron is disliked. Or tolerated at best. Collins is running a dumpster fire of a campaign. I am not saying that Florida is a swing state again. But what if it is? What if we are setting ourselves up for an absolute disaster to wake up to on November 4? I don’t have the answer. Nor am I necessarily asking a question. But I am concerned. We absolutely CANNOT have another Democratic governor here. Ever! Especially not with the weak Republican legislators we have.

NEW - Spain's PM Sanchez says the legalization of over 500,000 migrants will be approved today, calling it "an act of justice," comparing today's migrants to "our grandparents who emigrated to U.S. and Europe, in search for a better life," and "a necessity, Spain, like other European countries is ageing. Without new people working and contributing to the system, our prosperity slows."

California is trying to pass a bill that would criminalize investigative journalism with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown. The proposed bill is titled AB 2624 and was made after I exposed mass fraud by immigrant groups in America. Under AB 2624, government-funded entities like the Somali “Learing” Daycare centers would be protected from being exposed if they operated inside California. The enemy truly is within. When our politicians would rather protect fraudsters and illegal migrants, it’s time for us to stand up or face mass oppression from the traitors who “rule” over us.

Oh dang! I posted about this a few years ago. PFAs and other chemicals are found in a variety of synthetic activewear. These chemicals can be absorbed through the skin, especially when you are sweating in these clothes. Opt for natural fabrics, especially for underwear!

🚨Wow! Major Trump-Vance policy shift just dropped: Foreign aid will now go straight to national governments — no more routing billions through NGOs. This cuts out the middlemen who’ve turned taxpayer dollars into their own bloated business model. Effect on NGOs: Many will see their funding evaporate overnight. Expect mass layoffs, shrinking budgets, and some outfits shutting down entirely. The entire aid-industrial complex just took a body blow — no more endless grift. America First is finally hitting the middlemen where it hurts.

🔥 Karoline Leavitt is on an absolute roll. This morning she absolutely embarrassed CNN’s Kaitlan Collins so badly that the reporter stormed out of the room mid-briefing. Before the presser, Leavitt made clear what she would and wouldn’t entertain. Collins snapped: “I don’t like that you won’t talk about the First Lady’s statement.” Leavitt fired back without missing a beat: “And I don’t like that you haven’t reported a single fact since you left the Daily Caller nine years ago.” Collins raged out and refused to cover the rest of the briefing — leaving it to junior correspondent Joseph Barron. Once again, CNN proves it’s not qualified to cover the White House.

also Orban introduced a ridiculous crypto régulation (above and beyond MICA) that effectively blocked all exchanges from offering their services (legally) to Hungarians. I'm not sure the future is as bleak as RW twitter portrays it.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, said that the company does not freeze USDC wallets unrelated to legal proceedings. Earlier this month, Drift suffered a suspected North Korean attack, resulting in losses of up to $280m. The community condemned Circle for not freezing $230m worth of USDC from Drift.