The coinbase breach and the kidnappings is just another reminder that you should never ever KYC. Is being able to use KYC exchanges so valuable to you that you are willing to put your family at risk? Use crypto the way it was meant to be used, outside of the system.

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There is no reason why citizens shouldn't be allowed to have the same defense capabilities as the police. When the citizens are allowed to be armed to the same extent as the state's goons, it helps prevent such things as the police rounding up everyone of any particular political group, race, or religion and executing or imprisoning them. It happens, everyone always thinks it can't ever happen but it most definitely can, just ask history. The idea that preventing gun violence (this won't do that anyways), is a justification for disarming citizens is disturbing and we cannot prioritize imaginary safety over real freedom. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/05/washington-state-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-high-capacity-ammo.html

Scientists managed to turn lead into gold, temporarily at least. At least with Bitcoin you are never going to be able to be able to create it in a lab or find it on an asteroid. https://www.ndtv.com/science/alchemists-dream-come-true-scientists-create-gold-from-lead-8381252

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Monero is my favorite high yield checking account. Actually, it's my only checking account. https://x.com/DontTraceMeBruh/status/1920928735991062752

Strike now has native Bitcoin backed loans available..kinda. The minimum loan amount is 75,000 USD at an APR starting at 12%. Maximum LTV is 50% so you need a bare minimum of 150,000 USD worth of BTC to get one. They aren't available in every state either. And you wonder why people are wrapping their bitcoin to access some liquidity. With Strike you have to KYC and send off your Bitcoin to a company. Is that any better than wrapping it and depositing into a smart contract on Ethereum to borrow USDT at 5% with no KYC? I guess with the no KYC loan you have to trust Bitgo, the smart contract itself, and Ethereum whereas with Strike you just have to trust Strike but you have to KYC and be richer than me. Interesting trade offs.