RFK Jr seems like a man on a mission. I wouldn’t mind seeing him run in 2028. He seems like he’s out for revenge for his family. I think he’s right to be worried for his safety as well. His recent comments about the JFK files being illegally suppressed along with his hatred of the CIA has got to have him on some bad lists. I hope he sticks around.

Doc Rivers is a cool dude, but he doesn’t exactly have a voice that you’d want to listen to. The guys they fired to make room for him were great too. I think ESPN has made some staffing mistakes over the last couple of years as they seemingly are trying to steer clear of anyone controversial. I agree though, Doc won’t be coaching again.

When you walk around a casino, they aren’t populated with people who don’t have sufficient money. They are usually populated by people who go there to burn money. You typically see retirees with more retirement income than they know how to spend. You have celebrities and people on vacation looking for a good time. Gambling is entertainment after all and that usually has a cost.

This was a bit of a surprising move to me.  I thought the SEC was in the pockets of large investment funds, which gave me the belief that when something like this happened, it wouldn't just be Bitcoin but would also be Ethereum that was allowed due to the massive amount of insiders that are holders. 

For years Bitcoiners have been telling Coinbase to be Bitcoin only and stop the grifting altcoin nonsense.  It's sort of funny that it's the SEC that stepped up and made it happen.  This is one of those real life is wilder than fiction moments.  Good luck to Coinbase in their coming legal fight.  At least we now know why insiders and Cathie Wood suddenly started selling Coinbase.  Insider trading in public right before our eyes.  Guess how many will be punished?

How do those laser engravers work these days?  I had one 10 years ago and it did a pretty bad job on metal.  The ease of use was amazing though.  They even show you where and what it will engrave before pushing the engrave button.  My engraver that I have always used directly engraves onto the metal with an engraver head.  That makes it pretty deep and on there forever in spite of whatever may happen to it.  I wonder if laser engraving is deep enough to feel or see the indentions as well as hold up to temperatures and scratches like a traditional engraver.  What is your take on it?

Holy shit...  This is the first time I'm reading about this.  Richard Heart is a total douchebag, but did he basically give the Hex tokens away for free?  I guess he had a schedule to sell them as well if I remember, but I would think the "free" offer would have protected him here.  I know nothing about pulsechain or pulsex though, and it seems those are his recent offerings so maybe he strayed a little from his original Hex distribution. 

Richard Heart is sort of like the crypto version of PunchMadeDev so it would interesting to be a fly on the wall of his lawyer's office.  I wonder where he is now and if he's planning on running like Do Kwon did.

You hit the nail on the head with the injuries, but are you really expecting Davis, a man in his prime, to play less games than a nearly 40 year old LeBron James?  That in itself shows the dire situation the Lakers are faced with.  They need to get rid of Anthony Davis for the good of the team.  I get that can't happen now because you have to cross your fingers and hope you'll get a healthy LeBron James and Anthony Davis going into the playoffs, but what do you think the odds of that are?  It makes you think maybe Kawhi Leonard is on to something.  How long until other teams just don't play their stars until the playoffs?

Merit is both totally lame and kind of cool at the same time.  It gives people a goal to work towards, which is always nice.  However, it also makes people a little crazy.  I get that the main purpose is to be able to join a signature campaign (which is lame) but if there are any people out there who genuinely enjoy ranking up like this is a video game, that's cool.  I honestly don't like the system because it's somewhat of a circle jerk among some of the members here who seem to use it to gauge their value, but without it this place would probably be a ghost town of only members who actually care about Bitcoin, of which there are not too many of us left here.

I just saw the new Phoenix Suns jerseys and I have to wonder out loud why the NBA changes jerseys so much. I liked it better when teams only changed their jerseys every 20 years or something. Now it’s like the Jersey designs have gotten so bad that people are happy when they have throwback jersey nights. I’m not a huge fan of their new designs…

5 BTC to never gamble again sounds like the greatest offer I’ve ever been given. I’d even take 4 BTC to never gamble again without thinking twice about it. I’m pretty sure everyone would, right? That’s probably more money than I’ve gambled in my entire life. Definitely significantly more than I’ve ever made gambling. I’m thinking for $100K I could find a better source of entertainment.

Seems a little like things are starting to break down. Usually that’s a buy the dip moment. I guess we’ll see…

The Dallas Mavericks are a mess. Now they’re targeting Clint Capela to be their center… I’m not sure what Mark Cuban is doing over there. It seems like maybe he’s lost touch with his team with all the other stuff he’s doing. The one good thing they had was Luka, and I think the Kyrie trade not only decimated their team’s roster but it may have also destroyed Luka’s career.

I don’t know if I’d say he bought it as a collectible for his kids. I’d consider it more like starting a retirement account for your kids. While buying a collectible may be considered an investment, I think purchasing Bitcoin is more of a pure investment. I wonder if he’s holding onto them or what the custody situation is.

I think if someone were asking me about staking I would ask them where the interest comes from. In 99% of the coins out there, they run a scheme where they inflate the price, then put in staking to get people to buy their coins at a high price in order to chase yield. In most cases though, the yield is a trap and your investment is the actual yield as original buyers cash out with huge gains.

I really don’t think Bitcoin hitting $1000 is a realistic possibility. So many funds and companies as well as wealthy individuals have such a large financial stake in Bitcoin now, it’s basically gotten too big to fail. I think as we are seeing now, when the price gets low enough banks are scooping up all that they can. Eventually they’ll limit the supply so much that price increases are inevitable. It’s in everyone’s best interests for Bitcoin to rise in price now, so I don’t think anyone will be able to stop it. Even compromised leadership and incompetent decision making can’t stop this train.

This is the way the world works now. Liberal politicians will do any corrupt thing they can to gain influence and power. Of course they weren’t going to prosecute someone for paying their bribery fees. In fact, this in itself shows you exactly what he was paying for with those donations. Corruption right out in the open and even though he stole billions from people, they’ll still deny the facts and think this is fair. Had he donated a dollar to Trump I promise you he’d be in a gulag right now.

This is sort of the trick. If you have faith in Bitcoin and a long enough time preference, it’s very likely that a Bitcoin investment would be extremely beneficial for you. However, if you’re investing money you can’t afford to lose with a low time preference, it is highly likely you will panic sell and lose a bunch of money. This is how Bitcoin rewards it’s faithful and decimates the finances of the get rich quick types.

Was it Justin Gaethje that Conor McGregor was talking about with his tweet promising he’d be able to knock him out with one shot? It seemed a bit like this was the fight to decide who gets to face off against McGregor at the end of the year. I expected Gaethje to lose if I’m being honest, but now it seems like a Gaethje vs McGregor bout is likely what will happen next. Right?

While you obviously can’t pay for everything online using Bitcoin, and to be honest the amount of things you can buy online with Bitcoin has declined severely over the last decade, you can be sure that there are even less things you can buy with the garbage layer 2 “solution” that is pretty much only used in third world countries that have been bamboozled into thinking it’s a good idea.

Looks like the highlights of the night were Lewis doing another “my balls was hot” moment and Poirier getting knocked out with a head kick. That was vicious and I didn’t expect it at all. He was laying on the canvas looking like he got starched. Eminem being there for a walkout was pretty cool too. Seems like these UFC events are starting to get pretty massive.