December, 2025
One mistake I kept repeating when starting out
Bank of America CEO says the market “will punish people if we don’t have an independent Fed”
The US may have a secret weapon against rising electricity prices. The grid is built to handle “peak demand”, meaning that most of the time it is only running at about half of its capacity. A data center willing to curtail demand a few days a year could be built without needing any new power plants.
“BlackRock’s SINGLEHANDEDLY Restarting the Bitcoin Bull Market” – Raoul Pal
New IRS Rule re: USPS Proof of Delivery
Tom Lee’s BitMine stakes $1 billion in Ethereum in two days: On-chain data
Living in American Express Crazy Town
Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius. The political polarization of EVs may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid 25 years ago.“The problem with conservatives is getting them to accept that an electric car is not a left-wing environmental plot.”
Timing question, adding money between Dec 30th and Jan 2?
An Ounce of Silver Is Now Worth More Than a Barrel of Oil.
Central banks expect to swap out more of their U.S. dollar reserves for gold as greenback’s safe-haven status weakens
Polkadot staking incident: active stake minimum jumped ~30× overnight while funds stayed locked
At last the mystery of the Mayan calendar reveled.
Fear the Doge Coin
What should I do with settlement money.
Something weird is happening in crypto right now
My 10-year journey from $8/hr, $0 net worth to $115k, $260k net worth today at 27 (Single, not Tech)
Banks don’t just store your money—they multiply it. Deposit $1,000, banks keep ~10% and lend the rest. That loan gets redeposited, re-lent, and repeats—turning $1,000 into up to $10,000 via fractional reserve banking.
Modest 70% YTD
Flow Blockchain exploited. Malicious actor bridged out $4M. Flow rolls back the chain after hacker bridged out (hacker keeps funds), new users bridge in (users lose funds) and didn’t communicate with major bridges. Flow is receiving a ton of criticism for their actions