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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 5h \ on: Stablecoin Adoption Could Stifle Central Bank Control, IMF Warns econ
That status would prevent people from being able to refuse digital assets as a form of payment.
I think they meant to say "That status would prevent people from being able to accept digital assets as a form of payment."
Anywho, welcome to the currency wars of the 21st century, bitches. I think Europe will find a way to make USD stablecoins less attractive, using MICA regulated custodians.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 7h \ on: Yes, Bitcoin Treasury Companies are Scams (Money Stuff, Matt Levine) econ
equity = assets - liabilities
If assets are bitcoins and liabilities are fixed debt, you get a leveraged play. Bitcoin is up 1%, MSTR is up 2%, for example. So $100 in MSTR behaves like $200 in BTC. No magic here.
Second consideration can be taxes. With proposals like this circulating in the rulers' heads, I'd prefer holdings in MSTR to BTC. For a small portion of my net worth that is KYC that is. My European banks don't list Bitcoin ETFs...
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 8h \ parent \ on: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block join new Linux Foundation | TechCrunch AI
Wow, the UI reminded me OS/2 from the 90s, before we all switched to Windows. I did not hear about BeOS or Haiku. Does it have any games? BTW, none of the linked youtube videos work.
61 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 6 Dec \ on: The Metaverse only has 900 Users videos
VR followed 3d TVs as a short lived fad. I could not be bothered to put my VR set on for the last 3 years...
2 sats \ 2 replies \ @SwapMarket 5 Dec \ parent \ on: How has gold been neutered by ETFs? Has it? econ
Derivatives make price manipulation way easier than physical commodities due to leverage and speed of settlement. Not only ETFs, but all structured products. Telecom and IT progress surely was/is a huge driver of financial markets.
2 sats \ 4 replies \ @SwapMarket 5 Dec \ on: How has gold been neutered by ETFs? Has it? econ
Paper gold can be borrowed at a prime broker and sold short. This further enables markets in futures and options. Greater financial liquidity means that the price is less of a function of physical supply/demand.
10 sats \ 2 replies \ @SwapMarket 4 Dec \ parent \ on: Is Japan the top Major Country in terms of prospective bitcoin adoption? bitcoin
Haha, it says Russia is #10, including #8 in retail, but it is completely illegal to pay with crypto for goods and services, and literally no one dares to accept it.
21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 4 Dec \ on: Is Japan the top Major Country in terms of prospective bitcoin adoption? bitcoin
Surprisingly, Japan is behind most countries in traditional banking. Cards are not widely accepted. I have low expectations for bitcoin adoption.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 3 Dec \ on: I'm not sure if this is good or bad bitcoin
yeah, noticed that too. for the last couple of days they make it sound like bitcoin drives the stock market. weird.
71 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 3 Dec \ parent \ on: A soft fork is a 51% attack on Bitcoin bitcoin
One more observation: bitcoin blockchain is too transparent and flows are already censored at the KYC exit rails (with questionable accuracy). All the shady transfers can and do happen on Liquid and Lightning networks. Controlling the miners will yield the state very little.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 2 Dec \ on: South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage culture
light on details. wonder if they hacked not the cameras themselves, but the cloud storage with the footage.
36 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 2 Dec \ parent \ on: I finally found a tenant who will pay me in bitcoin bitcoin
sure, I understand your point. but cash app makes it too easy for your apprentice.
0 sats \ 3 replies \ @SwapMarket 2 Dec \ parent \ on: I finally found a tenant who will pay me in bitcoin bitcoin
Because if you do, buying that BTC on a CEX would be cheaper...
46 sats \ 5 replies \ @SwapMarket 2 Dec \ on: I finally found a tenant who will pay me in bitcoin bitcoin
Do you plan to show this income in your tax return?
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 2 Dec \ on: Nov 2025 Routing Statistics: 1098 BTC routed in 30 days lightning
Wow, good job! Hope mempool fees stay at or below 1 s/vb. Is your Postgres replicated in real time smoothly? Aren't you scared to host a hot wallet of this size with a third party?