1/ Big section in Paul Tudor Jone's Q3 investment letter regarding #bitcoin...
"In listing all the instruments that might respond to the Great Monetary Inflation, the may investor letter postulated that one day #Bitcoin might become the fastest horse in the race."
2/ "This cryptocurrency is a beneficiary for a variety of reasons. In essence, #Bitcoin shares many of the requisite characteristics historical stores of value such as fiat currency, gold, real estate, art and others."
3/ "Those characteristics include the protection of purchasing power, trustworthiness, liquidity and portability...and so far #bitcoin has comfortably taken the lead, arguably helped by its small initial market cap."
4/ "As #Bitcoin gains appeal among investors, there will inevitably be greater regulatory scrutiny creating bouts of selling pressure. This will in turn raise fears that such volatility may undermine the asset's use as a store of value."
5/ "But one must only look back at the torturous emergence of gold as a store of value to understand the potential path forward for #Bitcoin. Remember, #Bitcoin's market cap is still only a fraction (less than 5%) of gold above the ground."
6/ "The fundamental appeal of #Bitcoin is clear, with a finite supply in an increasingly digitising financial universe; periods of turbulence and excess are part of that messy, dynamic and potentially very rewarding process of financial innovation."
Thread looking at the current lawsuits from @realDonaldTrump 👇👇👇
*Pennsylvania
1/ PA supreme court decision to allow mail-in ballots 3 days after election day i.e. mail-in ballots received by Friday 6th Nov can be counted. Trump campaign asking US Supreme Court to intervene.
2/ The Supreme Court twice declined to overrule deadline, but several conservative justices indicated that they might be willing to revisit the case.
Late mail-in ballots are currently being segregated from other ballots pending the legal challenge.
3/ However, a number of conservative surrogates are questioning if this is happening.
PA secretary of state stated on Nov 4th Wednesday that there are only “hundreds” of such votes.
The fall in the quality of real investigative journalism has been harmed by the economics of production + the competition being rewarded for low-quality partisan baiting.
We're in a post-truth era.
Cont...
There is a high reward for spreading conspiracy on Twitter, particularly with right-wing voters.
There is a low time investment to credibility reward for fact-checking accusations:
- Facts spun
- Sources not trusted
- Ability to keep up with the speed of information
Trust has been eroded with right-wing voters due to the left bias of MSM and board control of social media giants.
Trump has perpetuated the problem with his FakeNews campaign which is baked in both truths and falsities. Confusion reigns and voters retreat to echo chambers.
Analysis of the US riots requires nuance:
- How another police murder sparked this
- Peaceful v violent protests
- Why violence happens
- Police engagement v batons/rubber bullets
- How MSM stoking flames
- Infiltration by groups such as Antifa
A big job for anyone who tries.
Looting is a great example, it is rightfully being condemned, but it is important to understand why it happens.
It happened in Hong Kong despite the world widely supporting those protests.
Why is the scale of looting in US riots so much higher?