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🧵Bitcoin isn't a speculation tool - it's a SURVIVAL tool. In Ukraine, Venezuela, Turkey, Lebanon & Iran, millions of citizens use BTC & stablecoins when their banks fail, currencies collapse & govts freeze accounts. Ray Dalio warns the post-WWII order has broken down. Here's the data.

🛑LATEST UPDATE FROM CHINA🛑 🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping message on the US Naval blockade- "We Chinese are a people who uphold justice and are not intimidated by threats of force. We have strong sense or pride and confidence. We have never bullied or oppressed or subjugated people of any other country and never will. By the same token we will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress or subjugate us. Anyone who would attempt to do so will find themselves on collision force with a great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion chinese people."

Im @morgenmagazin geht die Moralshow gegen Tino Chrupalla beim Thema Energieversorgung nach hinten los. Moderator Andreas Wunn bleibt die Moralkeule dabei sichtbar im Hals stecken:

Unglaublich: Die Großhandelspreise in Deutschland stiegen im März im Monatsvergleich um 2,70 Prozent. Zur Erinnerung: Es ist die Monatsveränderung!

Germany asked Israel not to annex the West Bank. Israel's Finance Minister told Germany to "bow its head and apologize." Germany gave Israel €3.8 billion in weapons. Germany blocked ICC action. Germany defended Israel at the ICJ. This is what unconditional support looks like from the receiving end. Not gratitude. Contempt.

Venezuela Just Proved the Bitcoin Bull Case, And No One Is Paying Attention Maduro used Tether to move 80% of Venezuela's oil revenue. Billions in sanctions evasion, settled on Tron since 2020. Then the US made a phone call. Tether froze the wallets. Game over. Everyone's focused on the arrest. The real story is the lesson every finance minister on earth just learned in real time: Stable coins are a leash, not an escape. If someone can freeze it, it isn't money. It doesn't solve sovereignty. First principles: USDT is dollar plumbing without SWIFT. Faster. Cheaper. Still has a CEO. Still has a compliance department. Still picks up when Washington calls. This is why USDT adoption exploded, 71-year-old grandmothers in Caracas pay their HOA fees in tether now. But useful ≠ sovereign. The entire value proposition for sanctions evasion just got publicly falsified. Now do the game theory: You're Iran. Russia. Any country hedging against dollar weaponization. You just watched Venezuela's "crypto solution" get shut off like a light switch. Where do you put reserves now? USDT? Compromised. Yuan? Political strings. Gold? Try settling $500M across borders in 10 minutes. CBDCs? Same kill switch, government branding. There's exactly one asset that clears final settlement without asking permission from anyone. 21 million units. No CEO. No freeze function. No phone number. This is the ad Bitcoin never had to buy. The most desperate, highest-stakes capital on earth just learned there's only one door. Price doesn't reflect it yet. It will.

Wow… Today $SRTC hit $1.1 Billion in daily trading volume 👀

$MSTR Strategy 11.5% Perps (STRC) trades $1.1B today, all-time record volume Did @saylor buy $1B BTC today?

Record day for $STRC. $1.1 Billion Daily Traded Volume (+46.5% from previous high)

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Heute besonders hörenswert: Friedrich Merz' Kritik am Tankrabatt sowie einer steuerfreien Einmalzahlung in der Energiekrise – im Juni 2022 als Oppositionschef.

When people ask me why I own Bitcoin I just send them this video of Kamala Harris explaining how to fix inflation.

Three of the last five bitcoin purchases have been $1B or more. This one was entirely funded by STRC

@ianbremmer Axios is shit

and just before markets open, voila..

looks like PQ bitcoin applied R&D can move a lot faster than quantum hardware research can... x.com/BTCTimescom/st… SHRIMPS 🦐 brought to you by @blockstream research @n1ckler @blksresearch @kudinov_mikhail

NEW: Running a full validating Bitcoin node on your phone is nearing reality. Floresta + Utreexo enables Android users to verify the network without storing the full blockchain. Wallet connects to your own Electrum server. Mainnet support coming soon.

This morning there are 14,000 people who will never be whole coiners. It doesn't matter what you think. Whether you consider @saylor the Anti-christ, or a savant. The coins are gone. You don't have enough Bitcoin.

Strategy's latest 13,927 BTC purchase was funded entirely by $STRC! No common ATM issued last week.

Strategy has acquired 13,927 BTC for ~$1.00 billion at ~$71,902 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 5.6% YTD 2026. As of 4/12/2026, we hodl 780,897 $BTC acquired for ~$59.02 billion at ~$75,577 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC strategy.com/press/strategy…

🚨 Japan 10Y bond yields are up more than 1000% since 2019.

A well-known author friend just moved his family from Lisbon to Genoa. Nobody saw that coming. His reasoning: the food, the proximity to France, one of Europe's best pediatric hospitals. That conversation sent me down a rabbit hole. Most people default to London, Barcelona, or Amsterdam when planning a move with kids. Great cities. But also €2,500/month for a 3-bedroom in Amsterdam (at least). £15,000/year school fees in London. Per child. I took the cities my friends with families like the most and re-assessed them with specific criteria. • Safety and walkability • International schools with real costs • Pediatric healthcare • Monthly budgets for a family of four • Parental leave • Beach and mountain access • Honest downsides. I just published the full guide on Substack: 7 Underrated European Cities Where Your Family Will Thrive. These aren't just places to park your family. These are cities where kids can grow up well and you can actually enjoy life too. Read the full breakdown, link below 👇