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Justin Sun is hoping that people will kindly stop asking him stupid questions about his new 20% APY offering, like “where does the yield come from?”

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Rumors are flying about Trump’s early crypto-related actions in office, including a potential day-one executive order establishing crypto as a national priority. Other guesswork is on Polymarket — where 6% of bettors wagered the new admin will confirm aliens exist. We can hope.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Coinbase notched a win in the Third Circuit, though their substantial efforts to install a crypto-friendly administration (and, therefore, SEC) would likely have resulted in a similar outcome regardless.

#crypto #cryptocurrency

There’s a class action lawsuit against the pump.fun memecoin platform, and it looks... messy. The lead plaintiff, down $50,000 across the board but only suing over a $230 loss of the “PNUT” token, has continued trading on the platform he’s suing even after the lawsuit was filed.

#crypto #cryptocurrency

Newsletter: Regulators and lawmakers eagerly prepare to abdicate any last traces of interest in the wellbeing of everyday Americans as they suck up to the powerful billionaires who will soon be publicly calling the shots.

https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-74/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

@dxzdb @macgeekgab can’t wait for that thing to pick up my cat

@oddly S&P 500 does not purport to be risk free

@mtin i will listen to an audiobook if it's my only option (for example if i'm traveling, because i get carsick if i read), but otherwise i much prefer the print format

@pbloem i think they do also make versions that go around your neck. never tried one, though

@b0rk @xabean I'm reading The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks. Just wrapped up The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

@jessamyn how we take for granted today's lightweight screens

@gadgetgav 💯

just search "remote page turner" and "gooseneck tablet holder" (and check the dimensions fit your e-reader/phone/tablet).

whoever said money can't buy happiness must not have realized you can buy a little arm that holds your ereader above your face in bed, and a remote so you can turn the pages without taking your arms out from under the covers

@Madagascar_Sky if you don't trust authorities very much, then i'm not sure why you would trust them to authenticate the data in the first place

@Madagascar_Sky why are you trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist?

@Madagascar_Sky where is this problem happening?

@Madagascar_Sky what's the problem you're trying to solve?