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You Can't Print Abundance
We've run up more than $40 trillion in debt and are hoping AI will help us grow out of it. I'd rather fix the money than bet everything on threading that needle.

The IMF approved a $138 million disbursement to El Salvador despite the country breaching its agreement not to accumulate more bitcoin. El Salvador's wallet grew by over 1,000 BTC since the deal was signed. The government secured a waiver by proving the additions came from private donations, not public funds. The conditions are clear. Stop all state-led bitcoin accumulation, unwind control of the Chivo wallet, keep bitcoin use voluntary, and publicly audit holdings. The IMF will tolerate bitcoin as long as the state isn't the one stacking it.
Tavus claims new Griffin model is "the first model to pass the video Turing test." "48% of people who talked to it live thought it was a real human. Previous systems have had a pass rate <3%."

The SEC just proposed new rules creating a tailored custody framework for crypto assets held by investment advisers and regulated funds. This builds on the proposal sent to the White House in August. The new framework covers registered investment companies and business development companies, laying out specific requirements for how advisers custody digital assets on behalf of clients. sec.gov/newsroom/press…
"I'm paying every single month for my health insurance, but I have to pay $9,000 before I can actually use my health insurance? What do you mean? So why do I have health insurance?" The American health insurance system in 22 seconds.

OpenAI fired three AI safety researchers for allegedly sharing confidential information with an outside organization. @mark_k: "Working on 'AI safety' doesn't give you a free pass to leak confidential information."
Block launches a bitcoin consumer ad. "How come every time them Wall Street boys crash the economy, they always get to keep the money? That makes no sense."
Sending bitcoin over Apple's Find My network. An ESP32 device built by @zeugmaster_ broadcasts Cashu ecash tokens by hijacking the same mesh network iPhones use to lost AirTags. x.com/callebtc/statu…
Clone Robotics showing off teleoperation of their anatomical hand design.

Fed rate hike odds for the October meeting fell from about 70% to 23% in four days after officials signaled no urgency for another increase.
Gavin Baker on the White House Accord on Super Intelligence: "I do not trust any 5-20 individuals to make the best possible decisions about the direction of this technology. I want as many AIs as possible to maximize the odds that they encompass the diversity of human values across the world."

In a new TIME interview, Trump rejected the idea of nationalizing frontier AI labs but floated taking Intel-style equity stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic. "I might. Maybe I could do that." He pointed to the government's 10% stake in Intel as a model. OpenAI reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake back in July. Anthropic has denied any such talks.
Rep. Nick Begich makes the case for a permanent U.S. bitcoin reserve with a 20-year hold.

The IMF approved a $138 million disbursement to El Salvador despite the country breaching its agreement not to accumulate more bitcoin. El Salvador's wallet grew by over 1,000 BTC since the deal was signed. The government secured a waiver by proving the additions came from private donations, not public funds. The conditions are clear. Stop all state-led bitcoin accumulation, unwind control of the Chivo wallet, keep bitcoin use voluntary, and publicly audit holdings. The IMF will tolerate bitcoin as long as the state isn't the one stacking it.
Tavus claims new Griffin model is "the first model to pass the video Turing test." "48% of people who talked to it live thought it was a real human. Previous systems have had a pass rate <3%."

The SEC just proposed new rules creating a tailored custody framework for crypto assets held by investment advisers and regulated funds. This builds on the proposal sent to the White House in August. The new framework covers registered investment companies and business development companies, laying out specific requirements for how advisers custody digital assets on behalf of clients. sec.gov/newsroom/press…
"I'm paying every single month for my health insurance, but I have to pay $9,000 before I can actually use my health insurance? What do you mean? So why do I have health insurance?" The American health insurance system in 22 seconds.

OpenAI fired three AI safety researchers for allegedly sharing confidential information with an outside organization. @mark_k: "Working on 'AI safety' doesn't give you a free pass to leak confidential information."
Block launches a bitcoin consumer ad. "How come every time them Wall Street boys crash the economy, they always get to keep the money? That makes no sense."
Sending bitcoin over Apple's Find My network. An ESP32 device built by @zeugmaster_ broadcasts Cashu ecash tokens by hijacking the same mesh network iPhones use to lost AirTags. x.com/callebtc/statu…
Clone Robotics showing off teleoperation of their anatomical hand design.

Fed rate hike odds for the October meeting fell from about 70% to 23% in four days after officials signaled no urgency for another increase.
Gavin Baker on the White House Accord on Super Intelligence: "I do not trust any 5-20 individuals to make the best possible decisions about the direction of this technology. I want as many AIs as possible to maximize the odds that they encompass the diversity of human values across the world."

In a new TIME interview, Trump rejected the idea of nationalizing frontier AI labs but floated taking Intel-style equity stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic. "I might. Maybe I could do that." He pointed to the government's 10% stake in Intel as a model. OpenAI reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake back in July. Anthropic has denied any such talks.
Rep. Nick Begich makes the case for a permanent U.S. bitcoin reserve with a 20-year hold.
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