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Opinion ed., columnist and other stuff @CoinDesk . Daniel Dennett’s immortal soul

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@DanielGKuhn
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3 years
This story is well researched, well sourced and well worth your time. What Anna disclosed has significant implications for the notion of KYC and acct verification.
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3 years
my favorite part of the WSJ story on tungsten is the hedcut of the cube
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Spoke to an actual dactual ripplenet user for this piece, who said it’s a well liked product but seemingly not one Ripple is trying to sell
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CoinDesk
1 month
Does Ripple's stablecoin mean the death of XRP? Opinion by @danielgkuhn for The Node newsletter.
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3 years
neat to see some of the insane wealth in crypto flow out to improving functioning parts of the legacy web, esp parts that have historically been financed by the public sector
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1 year
5000+ words on the people in close orbit to SBF: "Not everyone listed will be implicated in what looks like fraud, but as high-level operators [at FTX & Alameda] they should do what they can to make sure the full story is told."
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7 months
starting to doubt that bitcoin ETFs will move markets at all (beyond ppl buying the rumor/selling the news) because of the sheer number of bots posting drivel like ETFs are a "pivotal moment for institutional involvement." who's paying for this?
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
7 months
Traders say a #bitcoinETF will bring institutional funds sitting on the sidelines into crypto. Is this hope against hope, @danielgkuhn asks? Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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4 years
Every coiner should spend a little time with Ocalan. Amazing piece by Rachel-Rose O'Leary. via @coindesk
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4 months
interesting piece about seemingly organic/real use of crypto — ppl using Curve to swap from the algo stablecoin FRAX into PayPal's stablecoin, maybe to make purchases on PayPal or as a fiat off-ramp
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
joe w. is singlehandedly going to make fiat cool
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
A developer for the anonymous blockchain Rachel-Rose O’Leary ( @lunar_mining ) on the Big Ideas stage at #Consensus2022 . She begins w/ a bit of history: Michael Collins, an Irish revolutionary, evaded death while trying to build a socialist republic at the turn of the century.
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2 months
Bitcoiners keep winning when they fight back. The "emergency" data collection request stood on shaky legal ground, and the industry knew it.
@DigitalEnergyUS
Digital Energy Council
2 months
DEC statement on @EIAgov halting emergency survey:
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4 years
Perhaps my favorite background from #ConsensusDistributed . #BestofConsensus
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9 months
Tornado Cash is the world's smallest trophy for a country that spends an inconceivable amount on national security and policing
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3 months
crypto fragmenting between KYC'd/compliant and black/gray markets is inevitable, but im not sure it'll ever happen to the extent that, like, bitcoin fungibility will meaningfully break
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
3 months
Circle leaving the Tron network is the latest sign of the ever-growing divide between compliant and gray-market crypto, @danielgkuhn writes. Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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@DanielGKuhn
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5 months
spoke w/ a bunch of gigabrains for this article, here are a few choice quotes. an interesting takeaway, despite the variety of backgrounds, there's a remarkable amount of cohesion around theft=theft, even if exploiting code as written. what would the cypherpunks think?
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CoinDesk
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Crypto has gone from "code is law" to "code is not law, law is law," @danielgkuhn writes. Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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8 months
“I think it’s important for people to think I look crazy — SBF a way to disarm and charm and fascinate, always playing the wild card
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6 months
for anyone in need of a last minute Halloween costume, from 2022 but a lot of them hold up
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1 year
On Bitcoin: "Currencies are very important for governments to be able to leverage to be able to manage their economies... they will not cede their currency to this concept of a global currency," Johnson says at #Consensus2023
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
“It’s an organic emergent adoption overtime – just like Bitcoin," @Steven_McKie said, referring to @HNS . Today, a small team unveiled a new native browser for Handshake in a bid to attract developers to the network.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Another killer #investeth panel is about to start: Can There Be Only One? "Eth Killers," Chain Interoperability and Composability. @dapperlabs ’ Gharegozlou, @finestonematt , @sassal0x & @PiersRidyard will discuss how the rise of ETH L2s complicate the “battle for the base layer”
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5 months
I’m firing on all cylinders. I’m operating at a level never before seen. I got the DeFi hacker negotiator. I quelled the irascible truthers w/ neutrality. Now gwart. This is undeniably the pinnacle of professional achievement in crypto reporting, while having fun while doing it
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Influential economist @CarlotaPrzPerez will present her theory of technological diffusion as it applies to cryptocurrencies and blockchains in her keynote address at #ConsensusDistributed in just a few minutes.
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Daniel Kuhn
1 year
Hey everyone! In a few minutes I’ll be live tweeting a #Consensus2023 Main Stage chat featuring @FTI_US CEO Jenny Johnson and CoinDesk Chief Content Officer @mikejcasey . They're talking about “playing the long game” when it comes to crypto.
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5 months
toad is the JerryRubin of NFTs, an absurdist, clown, artist, bombthrower, con, future condo owner, a cut-up, prankster voice of a generation, likely seen Chicago, is political, critical, a bit delusional, his poetry is good, his performances are better, leans into beef, genius!
@toadswiback
die with the most likes
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“dollar general,” my portrait of elizabeth warren for coin desk is now live. a portrait of pure unbridled delusion outside of a crumbling party center on a coin operated horse that never worked. an army that doesn't exist. a war that didn't need to be fought. 🥩
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
McAfee once took me on a 1-on-1 guided meditation over Zoom, may write about it for tomorrow's newsletter. whatever his faults, he was a man that knew what it meant to live on his own terms.
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Daniel Kuhn
3 months
there's a generous Consensus promo deal running in The Node these days, you can subscribe to what is likely the biggest daily crypto newsletter here:
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@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
3 months
Crypto markets keep hitting milestones that make it seem like they're on the cusp of a breakout, @danielgkuhn writes. Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
4 years
“It’s been a really long journey for UNICEF to get to the point of accepting crypto” and make early stage investments in startups working on open source technologies. - . @crlomazzo #consensusdistributed
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Daniel Kuhn
6 months
The kid who saw what SBF did and wants to do it but better is currently in crypto. In the same way SBF saw ICOs and realized the real scheme isnt selling shitcoins to rug once but launching them, being a net buyer and taking cash loans against them there’s always another layer
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
‘Game-Changer’ Retail Digital Currency Now European Central Bank’s Focus, Board Member Says We'll be breaking news all day at #ConsensusDistributed
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
it's just that banning crypto 1) won't work, these networks will exist for neutral pymts whether exchanges like coinbase are allowed to operate, which is the only functional ban this article imagines 2) wouldn't stop ransomeware...which existed before BTC
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1 year
@axidentle @BennettTomlin "'Obviously, I care about impact,' he says...Thus, logically, it follows that 'I am risk-neutral on overall impact.'"
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Daniel Kuhn
4 months
Hope everyone has a good start to the new year 2023 was a good year for me, nothing big really changed besides my attitude. All I can say is happiness compounds and spreads — may you all find/achieve/recognize something this year that brings you lasting joy
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
it's actually kinda remarkable how little i've seen written about a democratically legitimate govt usurped of power by a military junta in Myanmar adopting tether ... even if USDT transactions can be halted, it's still a pretty strong validation of this whole blockchain thing
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3 years
this is the first christmas since i got addicted to twitter and let me tell you it's awful
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22 days
OK i'll bite, what the HECK is the halving?
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2 months
crypto is more interesting than it is important, but because it’s interesting it’s become important. and that’s how we ended up in a world where people are exposing their retirement accounts to bitcoin
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5 years
Corruption all the way down.
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5 months
the whole series is exceptional this year, ogle's profile is one of my favorite
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I'm very honored (and surprised 🙃) to be included in the coindesk #mostinfluential2023 list this year! I'm not so sure I deserve it, but I sure do appreciate it 🙏
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@DanielGKuhn
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5 years
Let's put webcams in factory farms
@WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
5 years
The poultry industry faces product problems arising from birds bred for fast growth: Texture so squishy it’s called “spaghetti meat,” or so leathery it's called "woody breast"
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2 years
@_PeterRyan You know I love my widgetbuilding brothers and sisters
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
they call me Ferdinand Hodler
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
@BrianRoemmele that's, like, your opinion
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Daniel Kuhn
2 months
fun/weird conversation w/ @robertalice_21 , the editor of a genuinely beautiful large format book all about crypto art. there's been some incredible work made over the years
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4 months
I kinda miss clubhouse
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Cryptocurrency can provide a solution to paying for connectivity, while blockchains could be used to track connectivity speed and using smart contracts to handle relationship management, “streamlining the end to end process from payment to vendor management. - @crlomazzo
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3 years
“To the policymakers, they see this as unhosted, uncontrolled, and stuff that is unregulated; that’s where the ‘un’ comes from. People in the industry see this as some self-possession thing, and therefore very different.” - Sian Jones
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
3 years
Crypto experts @NetkiCorp @ShyftNetwork @ciphertrace @GlobalDigitalFi @XReg_Consulting give context to rumors that U.S. regulators are homing in on self-hosted crypto wallets. Report by @IanAllison123
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2 years
crypto media has improved dramatically in the last year
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3 years
“It’s kind of this cynical choice,” @sarahmeyohas says. “He’s telling you, like, do you want the physical dollar bill or do you believe in the metaverse, because he doesn’t actually have a position on it.”
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
4 years
my gf informs me the neopets economy is doing terribly
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
“It’s up to us as the core ecosystem to make sure we build something that is lasting [and] can’t be shut down by governments,” @sassal0x . “If we give to users something centralized and later on it gets shut down [then we haven’t] built anything better than the current system.”
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Akon's Akoin project is an attempt to expand financial services to Africa, giving the underbanked access to the global economy. - @akon #ConsensusDistributed
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
think matthew keys is a model for the whole microblogging news reporting/gathering thing
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Daniel Kuhn
5 months
@default_friend We lived in Borders. The manager wore Hawaiian shirts so we called him Casual Friday and he’d alternately give us coupons to the Seattle’s Best cafe and kick us out for loitering. Good times.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
3 years
Today ends my mother’s sixth decade on this beautiful blue something. If I have any redeeming qualities, they are learned from what comes to her naturally. May she soon retire a rich woman for making the world that much better.
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Now, as Ethereum 2.0’s debut nears, many are questioning where these competing chains fit in. “[T]he new competitive arena is between Ethereum enhancers, not Ethereum killers,” @finestonematt wrote in an op-ed prior to the panel.
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
@sassal0x : if you ask someone what a blockchain is, you’ll get 10 different answers. But there are three core properties. Decentralization, censorship resistance and permissionlessness. Without those properties you’re a database, he says.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
6 months
@thetrocro I have argued a lot of the crime stats for crypto are lowballs in the sense that crime cannot always, exactly be objectively measured (like is wash trading counted) and a lot of addresses are “unlabeled”/identities cloaked…which seems directionally right but I write food4thought
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Just spent a great hour+ listening in to @CarlotaPrzPerez and @cburniske at #ConsensusDistributed . They covered a lot of ground, from CBDCs to a possible reformation of the nation-state. “We know we are living in revolutionary times.” - Carlota Perez
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
“I want this to eventually be the main financial tool that citizens of Africa can utilize from a trusting point. This is a tool they can trust… for everything they have to do on a daily basis,” @akon said referring to Akoin. #ConsensusDistributed
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Daniel Kuhn
5 years
The receipt from Bitcoin Wallets, a Ponzi-scheme operating in Ladysmith, SA. 'Manager' Sphelele “Sgumza” Mbatha promised 100% returns for 2wk investments, until he had "no cash to pay out." Protesters responded by burning down his house.
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Daniel Kuhn
1 month
@annakhachiyan It’s probably a kind of a sickness that you have to post every time you open a book.
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
have been trying to get clear on what bitcoin is and what it means for the world. i think the recent trend of progressives (maybe w/ cognitive dissonance) begging Liz Warren to reconsider it only serves to obfuscate the radical, simple tool pls disagree!
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@DanielGKuhn
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3 years
"It breaks a cardinal rule of regulation: It seeks to regulate technology itself instead of its uses, inserting bureaucrats into the business of deciding which tech should or shouldn’t succeed."
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Crypto is finding a real use case in emerging markets. CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen has taken deep dives into where this is demonstrably true.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Next up on #investeth , @SBF_Alameda goes live to discuss why he chose Solana over Ethereum to build FTX’s decentralized exchange, Serum. @Liqquidity & @MuyaoShen moderate.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Ethereum has never scaled. This critical flaw has driven its community to build ETH 2.0 and launch numerous layer 2 and sidechain solutions. It’s also driven competitors to create higher throughput smart contract platforms.
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
3 years
not too far off from a time when the wealthiest regularly pay for the privilege of experiencing the overview effect, getting high on universal love, to come down with salutogenic ideas for earthlings with their heads in the sand
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
and we expected him not to intermingle funds?
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3 years
incredibly excited for coindesk's most influential series launching tomorrow. lot's of great writing, big personalities and some neat technical things to be announced
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Daniel Kuhn
7 months
so proud of my sister company
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7 months
i've crossed over from thinking the SBF trial is a weird and hysterical spectacle to it just being ... sad.
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
nice quick hit on the first test txn of USDF, an open permissionless stablecoin built by a consortium of FDIC-insured banks, by @HeleneBraunn who recently joined CoinDesk as a full-time reporter after an internship
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@DanielGKuhn
Daniel Kuhn
1 year
Apparently there's been this promo code for 15% off Consensus tix in The Node newsletter for a while now. Don't let anyone ever say I dont do nothing for nobody Not too late to sign up for The Node today:
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2 years
going to go stare into the bronx river until i get cold, you guys want anything? a rock?
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2 months
wouldnt be a bull run without a Coinbase outage
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2 years
celebrating five years of bliss with the love of my life <3
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1 year
I just realized I haven’t eaten anything in 38 hours
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
i still get excited when i see a bitcoin atm in a bodega
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
@polarpunklabs @azeemk_ @gitcoin @joonian @Blockanalia Hey @azeemk_ , would love to talk Gitcoin. Available at daniel @coindesk .com or you can DM for my cell/tg number
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Daniel Kuhn
4 years
Though Flow is a complement to Ethereum, rather than a "killer," he says. "Looking at the ETH2 roadmap... we very much made the decision" to build from the ground up.
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
what is he going to say about the crowd size?
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Daniel Kuhn
5 years
CoinDesk is down in West Palm Beach covering the sanctions hearing ancillary to the Kleiman V Wright trial.
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Daniel Kuhn
7 months
once in a while i think about the old CoinDesk editorial team's beef with The Block, esp. the one infamous clapback that in 'X-odd years CD will be a centimillion dollar operation and TB will be bankrupt' and think, well, he almost got it right. oh to be a 25y/o intern again...
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
absolutely astounded by how much money i can spend without leaving my hovel
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Daniel Kuhn
2 years
the USD may not be a Ponzi, but it's a cromulent word to describe how lot's of people think about the Cantillion effect and how gas prices rose along w/ BlackRock's balance sheet. perfect world: crypto populists wd say ponzi-like to describe shared delusions behind DeFi & dollars
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Daniel Kuhn
7 months
Books today can have understated influence, just checked the local library system and there’s 100+ holds for the new Michael Lewis—seems set to become the dominant version of the FTX story (especially when adapted). He’s been truly irresponsible in media, hoping book is better
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
7 months
Michael Lewis, financial crime writing extraordinaire, is a particularly popular author among the crypto set. But the "Moneyball" author's willingness to bat for Sam Bankman-Fried is a bad look, @danielgkuhn writes for The Node newsletter. Opinion.
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@DanielGKuhn
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4 years
“The government has given me full support” in building the basic infrastructure that will become Akon City, @akon said. The access point to invest is open for local businesses and governments to partner with the crypto-city. #ConsensusDistributed
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Daniel Kuhn
3 years
getting spoon fed a narrative is sort of a scoop
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