Toxic Assets

 0xbeans proposes splitting tokenized stocks into two tradable tokens

The proposal could reshape trading strategies by allowing targeted exposure to specific market periods, potentially enhancing liquidity and arbitrage opportunism

The Big Short Michael Burry: Company A's prospectus reveals "catastrophically fragile" systemic risks in the AI boom.

Page 459, " Too big to fail" by Andy Sorkin

"...Goldman had been on Wachovia's payroll as its adviser, and as such, knew every aspect of its internal numbers..."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs

Tech Investor Who Nailed AI Boom Warns of Bitcoin Collapse, Urges Shift to Super Intelligence

Technology investor Jason Calacanis is urging cryptocurrency holders to sell bitcoin and shift capital to AI initiatives like Bittensor, forecasting a test - trial by ordeal.

Spiral architect

 In the September Atlantic Monthly Bruce Schneier explains

yet again why cryptography is not the solution to security;
what's needed are private cyber cops like his:

  http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/09/mann.htm

Amazing how Bruce's philosopy matches that of those
he once combated in the "crypto wars." He recants crypto
security to remind that there is never to be found lasting
security, as with the TLAs worldwide, except by well-paid
vigilance of those who know best how to protect us. He 
may be right, or he may smell Starbucks.

Quote:

When I asked Schneier why Counterpane had such Darth
Vaderish command centers, he laughed and said it
helped to reassure potential clients that the company had
mastered the technology. I asked if clients ever inquired
how Counterpane trains the guards and analysts in the
command centers. "Not often," he said, although that
training is in fact the center of the whole system. Mixing
long stretches of inactivity with short bursts of frenzy,
the work rhythm of the Counterpane guards would have
been familiar to police officers and firefighters
everywhere. As I watched the guards, they were slurping
soft drinks, listening to techno-death metal, and waiting
for something to go wrong. They were in a protected
space, looking out at a dangerous world. Sentries around
Neolithic campfires did the same thing. Nothing better
has been discovered since. Thinking otherwise, in
Schneier's view, is a really terrible idea. 

Unquote

Heroes, by god, what we need are more poster boy heroes.

Polyamorists gone wild

 

Affiliations with FTX

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MobileCoin began its affiliation with FTX in 2021 after FTX's sister company Alameda Research participated in MobileCoin's Series B investment round.^[26]

In August 2021, MobileCoin raised $66 million in Series B funding from investors including Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, Gaingels, and Marc Benioff

In 2021, MobileCoin played a role in the financial collapse of FTX. A buyer on the FTX platform purchased a large amount of MobileCoin, artificially driving up the price, and then borrowed against it on FTX. The platform had to buy out the trader to protect itself, and survived thanks to a loan from sister company Alameda Research, resulting in a loss as great as $1 billion.^[27].

In December 2021, Bob Lee (businessman), former CTO of Square (now Block), joined MobileCoin as Chief Product Officer, having been an early investor and advisor to the company.^[17]

In April 2022, MobileCoin cohosted a happy hour with FTX at Crypto Bahamas 2022

His autopsy report released by the San Francisco medical examiner's office showed that he suffered knife wounds to his heart and lung.^[37] The autopsy also revealed evidence of alcohol, cocaine, and ketamine consumption in Lee's system.

On May 14, 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported that Lee and Khazar Elyassnia (Momeni's sister) had a "casual sexual relationship" despite her being married. It also reported that Lee had dated Momeni's ex-girlfriend three years before Lee's murder. At trial Nima Momeni testified that his sister had an open marriage with her plastic surgeon husband.^[44][33] Hours before Lee's murder, Momeni had confronted Lee about whether or not his sister was doing drugs or anything else with Lee that Momeni considered inappropriate due to Elyassnia's marriage. Lee had attended several house parties with Elyassnia before his murder, and had taken several drugs with her prior to his murder. Elyassnia was also arrested for driving under the influence, but the charges were later dismissed.^[45][46] At trial, SFPD Sergeant Dittmer testified that Dr. Elyassnia had googled "How to erase an iPhone" days after Lee's murder, and deleted the search results, and that SFPD was never able to see what was on Khazar Momeni's phones

Folding like deckchairs

SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef

 ⚡️🚨🇫🇷 ALERT - The French government is spreading this warning message everywhere! 

72-HOUR EMERGENCY KIT: ARE YOU READY?

🎒Pack a bag with the essentials to cope with an emergency for 72 hours:

- Drinking water and non-perishable food, 

- Flashlight and battery-powered radio, 

- First-aid kit and medications,

- Warm clothing and a survival blanket, 

- Phone charger, 

- Cash, 

- Essential documents and spare keys,

- Basic tools and games.

✅Keep your kit within easy reach, check it once a year, and restock it after use.

Don’t wait for an emergency—get prepared now! 

https://blossom.primal.net/991ebd2d7994f63f37f59c6784325658a28b21f2cd04112d323e73eb1d396088.jpg

Doomsday preppers

 ⚡️🚨 WARNING - Governments are telling Citizens to Stockpile for Emergency 

🇬🇧 UK: 3 DAYS

🇯🇵 Japan: 3 DAYS 

And they are not alone:

🇧🇪 Belgium: 72 HOURS 

🇮🇪 Ireland: “Be Emergency Ready”

🇫🇷 France: 72 HOURS

🇩🇪 Germany: 3 to 10 DAYS

🇳🇱 Netherlands: 72 HOURS

🇵🇱 Poland: 3 DAYS

🇸🇪 Sweden: 1 WEEK

🇳🇴 Norway: 1 WEEK

🇫🇮 Finland: 72 HOURS

🇩🇰 Denmark: 3 DAYS

🇪🇪 Estonia: 1 WEEK

🇱🇻 Latvia: 72 HOURS

🇱🇹 Lithuania: 72 HOURS

🇨🇭 Switzerland: 1 WEEK

🇹🇼 Taiwan: 7 DAYS

🇪🇺 EU: 72 HOURS

17 countries + the EU.

What do they know that we don’t? 

https://blossom.primal.net/d29bf64a31c9a9a0eb68c7c1cf7233ee84540b7cd1e54794963a03420ca19f0a.mp4

Bruce Allmighty

 Schneier has been vocal against blockchains and cryptocurrencies. He even wrote to the US Congress in 2022, urging its prompt regulation and calling them “useless.” He also argued that blockchains aren’t as decentralized as they claim to be, because they still have middlemen in the form of miners and “validators.” He sent a challenge about it through his blog: “Someone, please show me an application where blockchain is essential. That is, a problem that could not have been solved without blockchain that can now be solved with it.”

https://hackernoon.com/this-harvard-cryptographer-says-privacy-doesnt-need-bitcoinor-big-tech

Schneir probably working for Bumsfluff. Be Aware.

2002-12-18 Thread Matthew X

Bruce is no fool so why make foolish and provocative statements? I smell a rat. Last August Rummie was talking up a covert plan to start hares running,well what does this look like? Agent provocateur tactics have been used against anarchists for hundreds of years so this is to be expected.

 

Counterpane is full of shit.Bruce Schneier and Tom Rowley need killing

2002-12-18 Thread Matthew X

If it's worth saying once... Cypherpunks: By Subject ... Counterpane is full of shit.Bruce Schneier and Tom Rowley need killing. ... Jimmy off topic again: jill jill (02/09/02). Joe Sirosh needs killing: proffr11 (02/03/02). ... www.der-keiler.de/Mailing-Lists/Cypherpunks/ 2002-02/subject.html

 

Going mobile

 In December 2021, Bob Lee (businessman), former CTO of Square (now Block), joined MobileCoin as Chief Product Officer, having been an early investor and advisor to the company.^[17] Lee's time at the company was cut short after he was murdered in 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileCoin

Everyone an assassin

https://www.sentz.com/

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mobilecoin

Could be a pip