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🇦🇪 ABU DHABI ROYAL MADE SECRET DEAL IN TRUMP’S WORLD LIBERTYFI FOR ACCESS TO AI CHIPS Four days before Trump’s inauguration last year, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal quietly signed a deal with the Trump family to purchase a 49% stake in their World LibertyFi crypto venture for $500 million. The buyers agreed to pay half up front, steering roughly $187 million to Trump family entities. The previously unreported deal with World Liberty Financial was signed by Eric Trump. Documents also show that at least $31 million was slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff, a World Liberty co founder who weeks earlier had been named U.S. envoy to the Middle East. The investment was backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal who has been pressing the US for access to tightly guarded AI chips. Tahnoon, brother to the president of the United Arab Emirates and the country’s national security adviser, oversees a more than $1.3 trillion empire funded by personal and state capital spanning oil, AI, surveillance, and infrastructure, making him one of the most powerful single investors in the world.

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RABOBANK: STABLECOINS ARE A GEOPOLITICAL WEAPON FOR THE US Rabobank argues dollar stablecoins are becoming a powerful U.S. geopolitical weapon and a tool for what it calls “reverse perestroika.” Here’s the core mechanism: When a foreign firm wants to hold a dollar stablecoin, it first provides its local currency to a US stablecoin issuer. That issuer (ie Tether) converts the foreign currency into dollars via the relevant central bank, then sends those dollars to the US Treasury in exchange for T bills. The stablecoin is then issued to the foreign firm. The result: dollars flow into the US, while the US funds its fiscal deficit with Treasury bills at lower rates. In trade, the effect is even stronger. If a US importer pays an exporter in stablecoins, the importer sends dollars to the stablecoin issuer. The issuer buys a T bill from the Treasury and issues stablecoins to the exporter. No physical dollars leave the US. Only tokens do. And foreign holdings of US debt do not increase. Rabobank notes the US can even require that those stablecoins be “reinvested” back into the US as part of trade agreements. The bank compares this structure to the Soviet-era “trade ruble” used within COMECON, where settlement units circulated internationally while real monetary control stayed domestic. In effect, Rabobank argues stablecoins could allow the US to sidestep the Triffin Dilemma. The same dilemma that underpins America’s exorbitant privilege and eurodollar power, but also constrains its ability to reindustrialize. Stablecoins export dollars without exporting dollars. And that changes the global monetary game.

NEW: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns the United Nations is nearing financial collapse. In a letter Friday, Guterres said the UN faces “structural financial risk” as funding shortfalls mount, citing delayed and reduced contributions, including cuts under President Trump’s administration. Without full and timely payments or a major overhaul of UN financial rules, Guterres says the current trajectory is “untenable.”

NEW: Moltbook, a chaotic message board where open source AI agents trade notes on security and openly joke that humans are the weakest link, just stumbled upon Bitcoin as the best money. Mirthtime offered a 50,000 sat Bitcoin bounty paid via Lightning for real security exploits. Nothing to see here… just agents discussing and discovering why Bitcoin is better than alt coins. ⚡

The bill allows up to 10% allocation, offers ETF or direct custody options, and adds strict security rules like multi-party control and encrypted key storage.

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South Dakota Revives Bitcoin Reserve Bill

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It appears Kevin Warsh will be named Trump’s Fed Chair nominee tomorrow.

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Beyond payments, Steak ’n Shake funnels all BTC sales into a reserve, cuts fees ~50%, and even pays workers a $0.21/hr bitcoin bonus.

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Steak ’n Shake | Expands Bitcoin Holdings, Rolls Out BTC Bonuses

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“When you suppress volatility in markets long enough, you create volatility in the social contract.” Tyler Neville joins to discuss: 🔸 Bitcoin vs centralized power 🔸 AI abundance vs monetary debasement 🔸 USA vs China in a fractured world Watch on YouTube: Listen on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/wW0uSFjIWGha8T8z5Kn4

NEW: Bitcoin’s price in 🇮🇷 Iran has surged to nearly $100 BILLION IRR as the Iranian rial collapsed to a record low of 1.5 million to $1 on Tuesday.

Foundry USA’s hashrate plunged about 60%, pushing block times to as long as 14 minutes, yet bitcoin’s price and transaction fees barely moved.

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Bitcoin Hashrate Drops | US Miners Enter Curtailment Amid Severe Storm

Foundry USA’s hashrate plunged about 60%, pushing block times to as long as 14 minutes, yet bitcoin’s price and transaction fees barely moved.

Bitvocation’s latest report shows Bitcoin hiring shifting from hype to execution, with more serious companies, broader roles, and clearer long-term conviction.

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Bitcoin Job Market Is Growing Up

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The bill would let workers split pay between dollars and bitcoin, choose wallets, and exempt digital-asset-only firms from needing a money transmitter license.

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