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Iran just showed the world why Bitcoin is the hardest money.
A student wakes up in Tehran and the phone is dead. Not “slow.” Dead. Iran is in a near-total internet blackout connectivity reported around 4% of normal. (The Washington Post)
The next problem isn’t politics. It’s money.
If the internet is off, payments don’t clear. If protests spread, accounts get watched. If the state feels threatened, banks become a control surface. And if the currency is melting, your savings bleed while you’re trying to stay safe. In late January the rial hit a record low around 1,500,000 per dollar. (Al Jazeera)
This is the war lesson: in conflict, money stops being neutral. The rails become permissioned. Access becomes conditional.
Bitcoin wins here for one simple reason: it’s bearer money.
Not “a bank account.” Not “a promise.” An asset you can hold yourself, move without asking, and take across borders in your head. It doesn’t fix war. But it does remove a key weapon: the ability to trap people inside a broken currency and a controlled banking system.
The best money is the money that still works when institutions don’t.
21 million units. No CEO. No freeze function. No hotline.
This is the ad Bitcoin never had to buy. Price doesn’t reflect it yet.
It will.
A student wakes up in Tehran and the phone is dead. Not “slow.” Dead. Iran is in a near-total internet blackout connectivity reported around 4% of normal. (The Washington Post)
The next problem isn’t politics. It’s money.
If the internet is off, payments don’t clear. If protests spread, accounts get watched. If the state feels threatened, banks become a control surface. And if the currency is melting, your savings bleed while you’re trying to stay safe. In late January the rial hit a record low around 1,500,000 per dollar. (Al Jazeera)
This is the war lesson: in conflict, money stops being neutral. The rails become permissioned. Access becomes conditional.
Bitcoin wins here for one simple reason: it’s bearer money.
Not “a bank account.” Not “a promise.” An asset you can hold yourself, move without asking, and take across borders in your head. It doesn’t fix war. But it does remove a key weapon: the ability to trap people inside a broken currency and a controlled banking system.
The best money is the money that still works when institutions don’t.
21 million units. No CEO. No freeze function. No hotline.
This is the ad Bitcoin never had to buy. Price doesn’t reflect it yet.
It will.
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Most people don’t know this, but Bitcoin has a hidden message that can never be deleted
Bitcoin block 666,666 was mined on January 18, 2021
It contains a message permanently written into the blockchain
Using Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN, the miner embedded a Bible verse directly into the block’s data
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21
To make it happen, they paid over 5x the normal fee just to guarantee inclusion in that exact block
The transaction is linked to wallets named “GoD” and “BibLE”, verifiable on any public block explorer
Once it’s there, it can never be removed
Bitcoin block 666,666 was mined on January 18, 2021
It contains a message permanently written into the blockchain
Using Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN, the miner embedded a Bible verse directly into the block’s data
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21
To make it happen, they paid over 5x the normal fee just to guarantee inclusion in that exact block
The transaction is linked to wallets named “GoD” and “BibLE”, verifiable on any public block explorer
Once it’s there, it can never be removed
Crypto and decentralization were built so no one could ever freeze your money
Yet two companies still have the power to control any wallet on chain
Tether has frozen $3.3 billion across 7,268 wallets
Circle has frozen $109 million across 372 more
Both USDT and USDC have a blacklist function built into their smart contracts
In January Tether froze $182 million in a single day across five wallets on Tron, which is more than Circle has ever frozen in total
In March Circle froze 16 wallets at once over a sealed civil lawsuit
None of them were connected to each other, they were exchanges, payment processors, and forex platforms running normal business
One even turned out to be a blockchain bridge used by thousands of people who had nothing to do with the case
ZachXBT called it the most incompetent freeze he'd seen in five years
Tether gave the FBI and Secret Service direct access to flag wallets on their platform that means law enforcement can now target addresses and Tether freezes first, then asks questions later
Once frozen, tokens get burned and reissued to a government wallet
Your money doesn't get locked, it gets taken away from you
Some freezes actually made sense
$225 million from an investment fraud, $61 million from romance scams, $23 million from a sanctioned Russian exchange
The same tool that catches scammers also froze 16 innocent businesses overnight because a judge signed a sealed order and nobody checked
Two companies control the kill switch for the most used assets in the entire market and we still call it decentralized
Yet two companies still have the power to control any wallet on chain
Tether has frozen $3.3 billion across 7,268 wallets
Circle has frozen $109 million across 372 more
Both USDT and USDC have a blacklist function built into their smart contracts
In January Tether froze $182 million in a single day across five wallets on Tron, which is more than Circle has ever frozen in total
In March Circle froze 16 wallets at once over a sealed civil lawsuit
None of them were connected to each other, they were exchanges, payment processors, and forex platforms running normal business
One even turned out to be a blockchain bridge used by thousands of people who had nothing to do with the case
ZachXBT called it the most incompetent freeze he'd seen in five years
Tether gave the FBI and Secret Service direct access to flag wallets on their platform that means law enforcement can now target addresses and Tether freezes first, then asks questions later
Once frozen, tokens get burned and reissued to a government wallet
Your money doesn't get locked, it gets taken away from you
Some freezes actually made sense
$225 million from an investment fraud, $61 million from romance scams, $23 million from a sanctioned Russian exchange
The same tool that catches scammers also froze 16 innocent businesses overnight because a judge signed a sealed order and nobody checked
Two companies control the kill switch for the most used assets in the entire market and we still call it decentralized
Mt. Gox got hacked 12 years ago and their wallets are STILL moving BILLIONS in Bitcoin
It was the biggest Bitcoin exchange on earth, handling 70% of all BTC trades before it got hacked for 850,000 Bitcoin in 2014
About 200,000 BTC were recovered and the court assigned to handle it has been slowly sending them back to creditors
107,000 BTC have already been sent out but 34,500 BTC worth $2.4 billion are still sitting in their wallets because thousands of creditors never finished the paperwork to get it back
The deadline to finish has been pushed twice and is now set for October 31, 2026
These people have been waiting over a decade to get their Bitcoin back and some of them even bought at under $100 per BTC
#freedomofmoney
It was the biggest Bitcoin exchange on earth, handling 70% of all BTC trades before it got hacked for 850,000 Bitcoin in 2014
About 200,000 BTC were recovered and the court assigned to handle it has been slowly sending them back to creditors
107,000 BTC have already been sent out but 34,500 BTC worth $2.4 billion are still sitting in their wallets because thousands of creditors never finished the paperwork to get it back
The deadline to finish has been pushed twice and is now set for October 31, 2026
These people have been waiting over a decade to get their Bitcoin back and some of them even bought at under $100 per BTC
#freedomofmoney
$BTC On this day in history 15 years ago, Bitcoin proved skeptics wrong and increased to the value of $1 dollar.
Very powerful graph and framing.
Bitcoin does not need to reach trend to be a great long-term investment.
It only needs to keep compounding its floor.
Right now:
Price: $73.7K
Floor: $60.2K
Trend: $128.1K
So Bitcoin is only 22.5% above its calibrated floor, but 42.5% below trend.
If the floor keeps compounding at its historical rate:
~$82.5K floor in 1 year
~33% CAGR over 5 years
~29% CAGR over 10 years
The floor is not arbitrary.
R² = 0.9946.
Breach rate = 10.5% on a 10% floor.
Bitcoin does not need mania to deliver ~30% CAGR. It only needs to keep compounding its floor.
Bitcoin does not need to reach trend to be a great long-term investment.
It only needs to keep compounding its floor.
Right now:
Price: $73.7K
Floor: $60.2K
Trend: $128.1K
So Bitcoin is only 22.5% above its calibrated floor, but 42.5% below trend.
If the floor keeps compounding at its historical rate:
~$82.5K floor in 1 year
~33% CAGR over 5 years
~29% CAGR over 10 years
The floor is not arbitrary.
R² = 0.9946.
Breach rate = 10.5% on a 10% floor.
Bitcoin does not need mania to deliver ~30% CAGR. It only needs to keep compounding its floor.
2014, Dell started accepting Bitcoin.
And Someone bought servers for 85 BTC worth $50K at the time.
Today, that same 85 BTC is worth over $6,200,000.
And Someone bought servers for 85 BTC worth $50K at the time.
Today, that same 85 BTC is worth over $6,200,000.
In the last 2 days, two major quantum-related updates came out for Bitcoin.
One prototype lets users recover their funds if quantum computers break current signatures.
Another proposal shows Bitcoin transactions can be made quantum-safe without changing the protocol.
#quantumcomputers
One prototype lets users recover their funds if quantum computers break current signatures.
Another proposal shows Bitcoin transactions can be made quantum-safe without changing the protocol.
#quantumcomputers
12 years ago, he bought $50,000 of Bitcoin at $100 each.
Today, it's worth over $30 million.
Today, it's worth over $30 million.
A Malaysian entrepreneur bought AI.com for $11 million in 2021. He sold it for $70 million four years later. The man who bought it already owns the most visited crypto website on earth.
> Arsyan Ismail picked up AI.com in 2021 from a domain portfolio firm.
> He listed it for $100 million in March 2025.
> Kris Marszalek called him. The CEO of Crypto.com wanted it.
> They settled on $70 million. Paid entirely in cryptocurrency. No bank involved.
> It was the most expensive domain sale ever publicly disclosed.
> The previous record was $49.7 million for CarInsurance.com in 2010.
> Then both men went silent. No press release or public announcement.
> For nearly 10 months nobody knew the deal had happened.
> Then Marszalek ran a Super Bowl ad for AI.com in February 2026.
> The site crashed within minutes.
> His phone started filling with offers to flip the domain for more than he paid.
> He ignored every single one because he had done this before and knew it's worth.
> In 2018 he paid $12 million for Crypto.com when the domain belonged to a cryptography professor who swore it was not for sale.
> Crypto.com now has 150 million users. Most of them found it by typing the word "crypto" into Google.
> Kris Marszalek now personally owns Crypto.com and AI.com.
> The two most valuable category domains of the two biggest technological shifts of the last 20 years.
> Both bought when people thought he was crazy. Both paid for in crypto.
He understood that whoever owns the word owns the category. He already proved it once. Nobody laughed at him the second time.
> Arsyan Ismail picked up AI.com in 2021 from a domain portfolio firm.
> He listed it for $100 million in March 2025.
> Kris Marszalek called him. The CEO of Crypto.com wanted it.
> They settled on $70 million. Paid entirely in cryptocurrency. No bank involved.
> It was the most expensive domain sale ever publicly disclosed.
> The previous record was $49.7 million for CarInsurance.com in 2010.
> Then both men went silent. No press release or public announcement.
> For nearly 10 months nobody knew the deal had happened.
> Then Marszalek ran a Super Bowl ad for AI.com in February 2026.
> The site crashed within minutes.
> His phone started filling with offers to flip the domain for more than he paid.
> He ignored every single one because he had done this before and knew it's worth.
> In 2018 he paid $12 million for Crypto.com when the domain belonged to a cryptography professor who swore it was not for sale.
> Crypto.com now has 150 million users. Most of them found it by typing the word "crypto" into Google.
> Kris Marszalek now personally owns Crypto.com and AI.com.
> The two most valuable category domains of the two biggest technological shifts of the last 20 years.
> Both bought when people thought he was crazy. Both paid for in crypto.
He understood that whoever owns the word owns the category. He already proved it once. Nobody laughed at him the second time.
New York Times article, published today, concludes that Adam Back, a 55-year-old British computer scientist and cryptographer, is Satoshi Nakamoto.
No doubt there will be a new bull market with new ATHs
but IMO bitcoin will go lower🔵before next bull market🔴
* Note color scale is different in this chart: drawdown (BTC price / ATH) instead of relative strength index (RSI). Easier to calculate and easier to understand.
but IMO bitcoin will go lower🔵before next bull market🔴
* Note color scale is different in this chart: drawdown (BTC price / ATH) instead of relative strength index (RSI). Easier to calculate and easier to understand.
Sixteen years ago today, a user on the Bitcointalk forum officially closed an auction selling 10,000 bitcoin. The reason? No one bid the minimum of $50.
Grayscale tracked the Top 15 cryptos every year since 2018.
Every single coin got replaced. XRP, Ethereum, Cardano, Litecoin, IOTA, NEM, Dash... all rotated out.
New names show up every cycle. Solana, TRON, Hyperliquid. They come and go.
Only one has held #1 for 8 straight years without ever moving.
#Bitcoin.
There is no second best. There is no competitor. There is no "next Bitcoin."
There's $BTC, and there's everything else.
Every single coin got replaced. XRP, Ethereum, Cardano, Litecoin, IOTA, NEM, Dash... all rotated out.
New names show up every cycle. Solana, TRON, Hyperliquid. They come and go.
Only one has held #1 for 8 straight years without ever moving.
#Bitcoin.
There is no second best. There is no competitor. There is no "next Bitcoin."
There's $BTC, and there's everything else.
Thinking about the story of Bitcoin…
> Anonymous engineer solves double spend problem
> Writes 9 pages to explain it
> Mines using their own electricity
> Disppears
> Becomes 10th richest person in the world
> Never spends a coin
> Identity remains a mystery 17 years later
#BTCBackTo70K
> Anonymous engineer solves double spend problem
> Writes 9 pages to explain it
> Mines using their own electricity
> Disppears
> Becomes 10th richest person in the world
> Never spends a coin
> Identity remains a mystery 17 years later
#BTCBackTo70K
Thankyou for 3k followers.
THIS IS INSANE.🤯
North Korea stole $285 million in 12 minutes.
Drift is the biggest trading platform on Solana.
The code was fine. Two audits found nothing wrong. North Korea didn’t touch the code. They went after the people.
They made a fake token called CarbonVote. Put in a few thousand dollars to make it look real. Drift’s system thought it was worth hundreds of millions.
Then they got the people who held the keys to sign off on transactions weeks before the actual attack. Nobody knew what they were approving.
April 1: They pressed go. $285 million drained in 12 minutes. Every vault emptied.
Token dropped 40%. The platform lost half its TVL overnight.
Elliptic and TRM Labs both say it’s North Korea.
Same pattern as the $1.4 billion Bybit hack last year. Same tools. Same speed.
North Korea took $2 billion in crypto in 2025. That’s 60% of everything stolen in crypto worldwide.
The US says that money funds their weapons program. And they’re doing it again this year.
No bug. No exploit. They faked a token, fooled real people, and took $285 million.
They spent months building trust. Then 12 minutes destroying it.
That’s how it works now.
#Hacked
North Korea stole $285 million in 12 minutes.
Drift is the biggest trading platform on Solana.
The code was fine. Two audits found nothing wrong. North Korea didn’t touch the code. They went after the people.
They made a fake token called CarbonVote. Put in a few thousand dollars to make it look real. Drift’s system thought it was worth hundreds of millions.
Then they got the people who held the keys to sign off on transactions weeks before the actual attack. Nobody knew what they were approving.
April 1: They pressed go. $285 million drained in 12 minutes. Every vault emptied.
Token dropped 40%. The platform lost half its TVL overnight.
Elliptic and TRM Labs both say it’s North Korea.
Same pattern as the $1.4 billion Bybit hack last year. Same tools. Same speed.
North Korea took $2 billion in crypto in 2025. That’s 60% of everything stolen in crypto worldwide.
The US says that money funds their weapons program. And they’re doing it again this year.
No bug. No exploit. They faked a token, fooled real people, and took $285 million.
They spent months building trust. Then 12 minutes destroying it.
That’s how it works now.
#Hacked
In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto listed himself as a Japanese man born on April 5, 1975. That would make him 51 today.
Happy B-Day, legend 🫡
#BTC #satoshiNakamato
Happy B-Day, legend 🫡
#BTC #satoshiNakamato
Today is Satoshi Nakamoto's birthday, except nobody knows if that's actually true.
> The date he listed, April 5 1975, wasn't random.
> On April 5 1933, Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102.
> It made it illegal for American citizens to own gold.
> The government could seize your savings. Legally. $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison if you refused.
> 1975 was the year that law was finally repealed and Americans could own gold again.
> He chose the exact date the government criminalised financial freedom and the exact year it was given back.
> That was his only biographical detail. Everything else is unknown.
> In 2008, while banks were being bailed out with taxpayer money and nobody went to jail, he published a 9 page document.
> No name, no face and no institution behind it.
> He embedded one message into Bitcoin's very first block: "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."
> Built a currency with a hard cap of 21 million that no president, no central bank, no government could ever change.
> Then disappeared.
> His wallet holds 1.1 MILLION Bitcoin worth tens of BILLIONS today.
> He has never touched a single coin.
> The man who could be one of the richest people on earth chose a birthday that was a political statement and then vanished forever.
Happy birthday Satoshi 🎂
> The date he listed, April 5 1975, wasn't random.
> On April 5 1933, Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102.
> It made it illegal for American citizens to own gold.
> The government could seize your savings. Legally. $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison if you refused.
> 1975 was the year that law was finally repealed and Americans could own gold again.
> He chose the exact date the government criminalised financial freedom and the exact year it was given back.
> That was his only biographical detail. Everything else is unknown.
> In 2008, while banks were being bailed out with taxpayer money and nobody went to jail, he published a 9 page document.
> No name, no face and no institution behind it.
> He embedded one message into Bitcoin's very first block: "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."
> Built a currency with a hard cap of 21 million that no president, no central bank, no government could ever change.
> Then disappeared.
> His wallet holds 1.1 MILLION Bitcoin worth tens of BILLIONS today.
> He has never touched a single coin.
> The man who could be one of the richest people on earth chose a birthday that was a political statement and then vanished forever.
Happy birthday Satoshi 🎂
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