I refuse to believe one of the smartest people on Earth - @elonmusk - JUST realized Bitcoin uses electricity. @APompliano we need to get to the bottom of this lol

I know people are VERY opinionated about this but I’ve been following XRP since 2014 and I still have not found the answers to these questions. Genuinely looking for thoughtful responses: - Ripple has 300+ bank partnerships, but after 13 years, shouldn't there be billions in daily on-chain volume? - If XRP is volatile, why use it over stablecoins for transfers? - If volatility is not an issue because it’s a bridge currency, what is the incentive to hold it? - Are bridge currencies still necessary when stablecoins will cover most pairs in the future? - Why would giants like BlackRock use XRPL for tokenization instead of building their own blockchain? (Robinhood uses Arbitrum and plans their own) - Geopolitical risk. Why would foreign countries trust a US based private company payment network?

Tariffs aren’t real inflation. If Fiji water gets a 25% tariff but the USA bottle doesn’t, that’s just a consumption tax — not a loss of purchasing power. Real inflation is when you double the money supply and both bottles go up. That’s monetary inflation. Bitcoin fixes this.

Woah…

@IOHK_Charles Hi Charles! I'd love to have you join my YouTube channel for a video on Cardano, would you be interested? A lot of people have been asking, thank you!

I didn’t know I liked collecting NFTs on @veve_official as much as I do - please help 😂💎

First Veve video of the year dropping later today. So excited!!! ⭕️⭕️⭕️

What a historic moment. December 4, 2024. Congrats guys

Another once in a millennial lifetime event... buy the dip?

Pump it papa Elon!

Crypto is a religion. No more ripple videos for me. #NotFinancialAdvice 😂

When OMI vid? piped.video/1sKJTCEStww

Throwback to my first Bitcoin purchase on June 11, 2014 – 4.6 BTC for $2,992.32. It’s been a wild ride ever since! 🚀 #Bitcoin #Crypto #BTC What will it eventually be worth?

If you didn't already hear. HUGE. OMI to the moon!

Alright I’ll stop for a little 😅⭕️

So it looks like @elonmusk has been working on Doge since as early as 2019: decrypt.co/70945/exclusive-d…

I can't believe it - I finally got my X account back after over a year!

We’re still so early. The more I see people get it so wrong, the more I believe Bitcoin will succeed

#59233. Secret rare. Obtained. It’s a disease - don’t do it. #VeVe #omi @ecomi_ @veve_official

Yay! I present to you my non sub 1000 full completed set 🤣 @FosterHilt let’s be man children together @veve_official @ecomi_ @DrProfit0

Let’s goooooo!

Tried to get the 007 poster on @veve_official but the second it launched - it sold out. Is that normal? 😂

Pump it papa! 🔥

Finally a proud owner of the secret rare Spider Man NFT. And not just any mint number, this one is special. Thanks @OG_OMI_HOMIE for walking me through it. #OMI #Veve #NFT @veve_official

Best thing I’ve read on Bitcoin this week:

You have 1 order pending delivery… is this good? 😂

Charles! Would love to do a video with you, I promise it'll be positive and won't ask the same boring questions. Let's dooo iiiit!

My Monday video: how I went broke thanks to VeVe

Still love Veve and OMI ⭕️ Latest short was just flexing some magic and being silly. Also don’t get rug pulled

I tried to transfer money from my @Chase account to @coinbase & got locked out of my bank account. It took an hour to get someone to help - once my account was “confirmed” I tried again. They flagged it and locked me out AGAIN. Insane customer service, I can’t move my money out.

Is it me or is VeVe not loading at all?

Bitcoin combines everything you don’t know about money with everything you don’t know about computers, networks, security, game theory, energy, economics, human psychology and somehow people still think they understand it after watching a YouTube video 🥸

It’s aaaaaaliiiive: piped.video/g5xf6Ibd4Jc

@veve_official I love you guys but that was bad. Hope we can fix it for next time. Everything is sold out. This should have been anticipated

“…And then there was this one time… when Bitcoin CRASHED to a $100,000…”

If @elonmusk starts accepting Bitcoin or ETH to buy a Tesla, I'll buy a Tesla right now.

$116K, nuts.

Today is the oldest I’ve ever been, and the youngest I’ll ever be again. Happy birthday to me 🥳 @ Las Vegas, Nevada instagram.com/p/CYVZNKiLtrc/…

Fourth @Chase update: After two hours on hold - They can’t restore my account because I “failed to verify my identity”. Apparently I don’t know my birthdate. This is now hilarious.

For a second I thought it was a rocket that follows a stock/crypto chart 🤣

@garyvee hi Gary! What’s the best way to get in touch?

@FosterHilt and I were able to convince @ProTheDoge to become an OMI millionaire. Excited to have you aboard!!

NEW UPDATE: @Chase just locked me out of my account a THIRD time in the last 12 hours. Tried transferring to @investvoyager and still not allowing me access to move my money. Insane

Bought the dip @EricTrump

Bought the dip of the dip.

Discord access, live streams, NFT giveaways, buy alerts, weekly updates, The Majikh Club is LIVE. Welcome VeVefam and OMI Homies: patreon.com/themajikhclub #vevefam #omihomies

Anyone know how to get verified on Twitter? There’s new scam accounts pretending to be me every week 🤦‍♂️

FINALLY! Selling EVERYTHING. Just kidding - this is exciting! Great to see progress

Neat! @McDonalds @doodles

How do I get in on this? 🔥

If a 50-year mortgage actually made housing affordable…why not go 100… 500… 1,000 years? What happens? Rocket fuel for housing. The market will just absorb the lower monthly payment until home prices explode to match it.

I love that. It’s the same things I’ve heard since 2014. Shows me how big of a delta there is between current and future price.

Thanks for the response @JoelKatz ! A couple followups: 1. "I think there are a number of reasons why institutions have historically preferred to use digital assets off chain rather than on chain. I think we're close to changing that because institutions are starting to see the benefits of moving on chain. But I agree it has been very slow. Even Ripple can't use the XRPL DEX for payments yet because we can't be sure a terrorist won't provide the liquditity for payment. Features like permissioned domains will address this." I understand why that is especially here in the US after the previous SEC administration. But, shouldn't that have been less of a concern for foreign entities? It still feels like there should be a lot more activity regardless. Now that regulatory clarity is here, I imagine this should ramp up exponentially - like now. If it isn't - I'm out of ideas. 2. "There are use cases where volatility isn't a minus, or is even a plus. Generally, for most digital assets the general view is that the upside is worth more than the downside, so as long as you aren't very risk averse, holding it is not really a disadvantage." I get how it might be appealing to a retail speculator. But as a bank/institution, there's no need to expose oneself to fluctuations for payment networks since there are alternatives that don't require it. If I'm a bank, I don't want to speculate on my payment network. I've got my balance sheet / treasury for that. Expecting price appreciation is more of a function of a monetary asset, not payment networks. 3. "A bridge currency only works if someone is holding it so that you can get it precisely when you need it. But I think that in practice if you don't know what asset you will need to hold next, you may hold the dominant bridge currency because it should be cheaper to exchange into whatever you happen to need next." Thanks for the insight. Curious though, given XRP’s volatility, do institutions really want to hold large XRP balances long-term, or would they lean toward stable, less risky assets instead? I still see a stablecoin or a CBDC as a dominant winner here: stable value, and no fluctuation exposure. Similar to what I said above. 4. "If one stablecoin wins, then no. You would just use that stablecoin as the bridge currency. But I don't think one stablecoin can win for several reasons, including that a stablecoin can only be stable relative to one particular fiat currency and will always have jurisdictional ties. If we're in a multi-stablecoin world, it still makes sense to have a bridge asset that serves the long tail of tokenized securities, loan portfolios, and so on." Thanks for the perspective! I agree a single stablecoin dominating globally is unlikely due to jurisdictional issues. That said, in a multi-stablecoin ecosystem where each one is presumably backed 1 to 1 by real world assets - what makes XRP (or any other crypto) a better alternative? I'd rather use a stablecoin (even if it's not a USD, could be GBP, could be JPY). 5. "I'm not sure how much that will really matter so long as we have interoperability and asset portability. Multiple chains are a good form of scalability as well. But I think the best way to see why they might is to ask the same question about Circle -- why don't they launch USDC only on their own blockchain? You can see why that's obviously silly. I think the same kind of logic will apply to tokenized real world assets over the next year or two." Fair enough. Time will tell but the issue is people's expectations of that happening (that BlackRock will choose XRPL to tokenize). Price is so closely tied to these rumors that I think it's also fair to be critical of expectations. 6. "If you're asking about XRPL, it's not really US based. It has never discriminated against any particular participant and if it ever started to, I would hope people would stop using it. If you mean Ripple's enterprise payment products, we have separately licensed entities in many jurisdictions. But obviously, you're not going to see it in North Korea or Cuba any time soon and their might be, in some cases, pushback to a US company having some control over, say, payments between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. We build trust and we make hay where the sun shines." I hear that, but if it's not really US based, why did the SEC lawsuit have such a huge consequence on development and adoption? It feels like we can’t have it both ways. Either it's not US based and shouldn't have been affected or it is and that requires a lot of trust. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I'm skeptical about this space. Time will tell but for me, that time has passed and it's not telling me much. After years of being in this industry, I've learned that people live on the fumes of a promise for a better future - coming soon.

I'd love to talk to @federalreserve's Jerome Powell on YouTube. That would make such an epic video.

Going to need a bigger clock soon…

I hope they go to zero, but preferably to hell

My worry right now: Fed drops rates → homes unlocked, inventory floods the market → prices spiral down → retail stores slash prices to move inventory → big box stores fight for shrinking wallets (consumer debt is maxed out) → price spiral hurts small businesses → people lose jobs → people start selling assets to pay their bills → rug pull (bull market cancelled).

Yes papa Elon. PAMP IT!

Ha I'm still a bag holder! They're still innovating and launching products despite NFTs dying down! I still have everything and when/if NFTs come back - I'll definitely do an update video

If I wanted a cash grab, I’d create a crypto, pump it, make a few quick million and disappear 😅 There’s more efficient cash grabs than putting effort into building a community

With great Walts, comes great pumpability

Rooting for you in the second row!

Help @elonmusk become the richest man again: gofundme.com/f/help-elon-mus…

IG account andrel jikh (with an L instead of i) has recreated my account. He’s blocked me. Please help me report him so he doesn’t scam people out of more money. Thank you!

Thank you @loganpaul - video drops today 3:15 PST! One of my favorite videos 👊 instagram.com/p/CcYoEESPT5J/…

I don't have Fiber internet in Vegas *cries in OMI*

@premiumbusiness kindly help us get verified, there’s a new scam account every week 😥

What’s the mechanism behind why it went up? I thought flight to safety means investors selling stocks and buying bonds, which leads to higher prices which is inversely proportional to yields. So yields should have gone down. Unless, people sold off bonds?

This one looks like me - Harry Potter style. #6404 #DOODLES #NFT

Genius Act for Stablecoins has passed! piped.video/watch?v=A4xukjV7…

August, 1962. Mint #0862

That's a huge problem. If this is a real deposition, more people should see it.

Anyone going to the Vegas @TheBitcoinConf I should have on my channel? Let me know!

👊 agreed

This video is blowing up! I couldn't have done it without the incredible research and brilliance of @Sorenthek on this. Thanks for the podcast @TFTC21. I really urge everyone to pay attention to their work. piped.video/watch?v=wg3HFA80…

Another master class from Lyn Alden. Worth a read!

Ha! I had a strong feeling GME would be next with that huge cash pile. Any guesses how much they'll be buying? cnbc.com/2025/03/25/gamestop…

Michael! Would love to talk to you on my main YouTube channel, huge fan of your work.

Oh man... the birth of Dogecoin Cash is on the horizon followed by DSV.. DogeFather Vision

$CS collapse confirmed 😅

I got the token but the use case is so much more fun than I realized. When I tried the platform back when I bought it was still in beta but it works well now!

It really is …. 😳 but it’s the first app in crypto I’ve been addicted to

Listen to traditional media, stay traditionally broke

Is this actually true?

Happy Valentine’s! I couldn’t have met a kinder more caring person to be with than @corrieo_ thank you for being you - I love you! 😘 @ Las Vegas, Nevada instagram.com/p/CZ-zd0bLPd4/…

Bye Miami, you were fun! I’ll be back #terminator ✌️ @ Miami, Florida instagram.com/p/CP1TLZHngju/…

@investvoyager is there a $25k daily limit on crypto withdrawals? I just sent $400k of BTC that I'd really like not to wait 2 weeks transferring back out.

I saw Logan come out with this card in Miami when he fought Floyd Mayweather. To have held it in my hand today is such an unreal feeling. Thanks again. @loganpaul @realkingpokemon @autisminstruct @ Las Vegas, Nevada instagram.com/p/CV7J4oerm5N/…

Thank you zwheong for the NFT! (The Thing)

What’s up doc? #bitcoinconference #miami #bitcoin instagram.com/p/CPv9n4inULt/…

31-50% 🚀

A crazy story of corruption on Wall Street (Dendreon): teddit.net/r/Superstonk/comm…

There is no second best

@realMeetKevin I'm doing the same. Except with way less money - but I'll finally be an ape too

Thanks man!!! ⭕️❤️

Even if home prices and incomes grew at the same percentage, housing would still get less affordable over time. Why? Because 10% of $1M is $100K. 10% of $100K is $10K. The gap grows by design, even without inflation or speculation. Has anyone named this non linear growth gap?

Username checks out

Agree to disagree. Facts were first half (which were positive) and second half was my opinion. A difference of perspective isn't spreading misinformation

This is pretty exciting! Always wanted to partially own some holy grail collectibles