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https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1711126823201919437?s=20 I do not have much faith in the current US political system, or it’s leaders. Republican or Democrat, the parties have reduced US politics to a least common denominator battle for a very slim portion of the electorate. I am motivated to write this by the “canceled” in recent language from the Biden WhiteContinue reading ““Canceling” Student Debt”

DeFi is an unstoppable movement to change the way modern finance operates. Since the early 1980’s capital markets have been moving towards frictionless transactions. From price discovery, to order matching, to settlement, most changes to the transactions industry have been to improve efficiency. Decimalization, net settlements, regulatory reporting requirements, etc. If you believe that theContinue reading “DeFi is Unstoppable”

Get enough sleep Eat Healthy Be disiplined Excercise Love your family Spend time outside Set an example to family & friends Invest as much as you can afford to invest Give 110%, or decide you do not have time to do it.

Great place to start if you are tech savvy……. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-an-oral-essay/id842818711?i=1000517565192

https://www.coindesk.com/banks-need-to-adopt-crypto-now

The same regulators and legislators who gripe about China’s increasing control o the global economy are the same ones pushing legislation and regulation that undermine the United States’ competitive edge. So frustrating. https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-ceo-trump-administration-may-rush-out-burdensome-crypto-wallet-rules

I posted a Tweet last night when I saw the below letter from 6 Members of Congress to the acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks. Essentially they are telling the OCC to focus on legacy banking issues and to reduce their focus on digital assets and cryptocurrencies. I find that to be infuriating. LikeContinue reading “Legislators Need Education”

From a post I wrote in 2017…. Two of my favorite characters.  One is a fictional character, closely based on a small few of Hollywood’s elite agents (and played to perfection by Jeremy Pivens).  The other a brilliant entrepreneur and engineer rightly stepping into Steve job’s previous role as King of America’s Entrepreneurial Aspirations. InContinue reading “Ari Gold on Elon Musk”

These are just a few of today’s articles and headlines about changes coming to the banking and financial services industry. https://www.coindesk.com/singapore-bank-dbs-looks-to-be-planning-a-digital-asset-exchange https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/why-wyomings-governor-supports-the-states-crypto-banking-law-2020-10-26 https://cointelegraph.com/news/indian-bank-to-offer-crypto-services-across-its-34-branches

A combination of Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis When I was running FX risk many years ago I often used the term “technamentals” with the dealers. They knew what I meant. It was the intersection of fundamental analysis and technical analysis (the art of the chart). Coindesk recently published an article highlighting Chainalysis’ capabilities ofContinue reading “Technamentals”