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Net outflow · Oct 16, 2026
1-day outflow streak+$56.8B all-time net
@TFTC21BlackRock just filed for a "buffer" Bitcoin ETF (ticker $PBIT).
@TFTC21"The sins of the past and the financial crisis never went away. They're still sitting in the credit system today." @parkeralewis on why the credit system is more fragile than 2008.
@TFTC21Jensen Huang says every company will have two factories: one real, one digital. "Everything will be completely software-driven. Everything will be completely AI-driven. So every company will build two things. They will build brains, and the brains that go into the products that they ship." x.com/clashreport/st…
@TFTC21Former IMF adviser warns the dollar's collapse could happen faster than expected. "We're at an inflection point where the dollar begins to lose its global role more quickly." x.com/pete_rizzo_/st…
@TFTC21"It's a math problem. You can't grow your way out of it. You have to print money." @parkeralewis on the $40 trillion debt.
@TFTC21"If anything, they're cannibalizing adoption and they're confusing people about Bitcoin that would be adopting Bitcoin." @parkeralewis on Bitcoin treasury companies.
@TFTC21Block is using OpenAI to power its security operations. AI connects signals across systems to investigate threats and propose patches in minutes. Humans validate every result. Their CISO breaks down the approach. x.com/blocks/status/…
@TFTC21"It's a fight club situation, right? The first rule of any of this is you don't talk about any of it publicly." -@JohnArnoldTen31 We discuss: ⚡ The bond market doom loop ⚡ The AI trade hits a wall ⚡ The diesel squeeze into 2027
@TFTC21AI-related stocks now make up 49% of the S&P 500. That's above the peak of the dot-com bubble (41%) and Japan in 1988 (44%). Only the railroad mania of 1881 went higher, at 63%.
@TFTC21DeepSeek's latest Flash model scored 75/100 on Browser Use's long-horizon browsing benchmark, tying Anthropic's Opus 5.5.
@TFTC21"You don't have to create these false narratives about Bitcoin being digital capital or batteries. It's money." @parkeralewis on Bitcoin as money.
@TFTC21TFTC 803 w/ @parkeralewis: "The sins of the past in the great financial crisis never went away. They're still sitting in the credit system today." We discuss: ⚡ The credit market cracking ⚡ Why hyperinflation is inevitable ⚡ Bitcoin's worst sentiment ever
@TFTC21BlackRock just filed for a "buffer" Bitcoin ETF (ticker $PBIT).
@TFTC21"The sins of the past and the financial crisis never went away. They're still sitting in the credit system today." @parkeralewis on why the credit system is more fragile than 2008.
@TFTC21Jensen Huang says every company will have two factories: one real, one digital. "Everything will be completely software-driven. Everything will be completely AI-driven. So every company will build two things. They will build brains, and the brains that go into the products that they ship." x.com/clashreport/st…
@TFTC21Former IMF adviser warns the dollar's collapse could happen faster than expected. "We're at an inflection point where the dollar begins to lose its global role more quickly." x.com/pete_rizzo_/st…
@TFTC21"It's a math problem. You can't grow your way out of it. You have to print money." @parkeralewis on the $40 trillion debt.
@TFTC21"If anything, they're cannibalizing adoption and they're confusing people about Bitcoin that would be adopting Bitcoin." @parkeralewis on Bitcoin treasury companies.
@TFTC21Block is using OpenAI to power its security operations. AI connects signals across systems to investigate threats and propose patches in minutes. Humans validate every result. Their CISO breaks down the approach. x.com/blocks/status/…
@TFTC21"It's a fight club situation, right? The first rule of any of this is you don't talk about any of it publicly." -@JohnArnoldTen31 We discuss: ⚡ The bond market doom loop ⚡ The AI trade hits a wall ⚡ The diesel squeeze into 2027
@TFTC21AI-related stocks now make up 49% of the S&P 500. That's above the peak of the dot-com bubble (41%) and Japan in 1988 (44%). Only the railroad mania of 1881 went higher, at 63%.
@TFTC21DeepSeek's latest Flash model scored 75/100 on Browser Use's long-horizon browsing benchmark, tying Anthropic's Opus 5.5.
@TFTC21"You don't have to create these false narratives about Bitcoin being digital capital or batteries. It's money." @parkeralewis on Bitcoin as money.
@TFTC21TFTC 803 w/ @parkeralewis: "The sins of the past in the great financial crisis never went away. They're still sitting in the credit system today." We discuss: ⚡ The credit market cracking ⚡ Why hyperinflation is inevitable ⚡ Bitcoin's worst sentiment ever
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