🧵I love listening to Brad G., because there are always nuggets of gold in what he says. I'm writing highlights from this interview at the Crypto Bahamas Conference (my comments r in parens). Full interview is here:
I'm going to loosely quote him, direct quotes will use quotation marks. First, he said his early interest in crypto was to answer how do we bridge between the crypto world and traditional world, rather than trying to compete or circumvent banks & gov'ts? 2/9
It was about interoperability, providing cross-border payments between legacy infrastructure in a future multi-chain world. Asked about stablecoins & CBDC's, he said "CBDC's r issued or potentially issued by a Central Bank (CB), so they're not solving cross-border problems, 3/9
they're solving domestic solutions." He said Stablecoins & CBDC's are exciting & he's not sure how it's all going to play out (I think he does, but it is classified). Countries experiment & test (& this is one reason why we have a private ledger, so they can run parallel). 4/9
Ripple has partnered with several CB's around the world, "some we haven't yet announced." They are testing using & issuing their assets on the XRPL. "Regulators are looking at stablecoins. There won't be one solution to rule them all. There will be 5/9
solutions that cooperate with each other" (like XRP & XLM?) "and integrate with each other." (like the SDR?) "Crypto will be in non-G20 markets, where you don't have strong currencies like the Dollar, Euro, Yen & Pound." 6/9
"You may see digital assets enter consumer use cases more prevalently where you don't have a strong domestic currency." (So you use XLM for the consumer and XRP for CB's and gov'ts right?) 7/9
Brad compared Ripple to Amazon. "What Amazon was to books, is as Ripple is to cross-border payments." As Amazon expanded into other things, so will Ripple. One example is in "carbon-credit marketplaces" and there are "other things we will work on." 8/9
When asked about his investments, Brad candidly said, "90% of my personal net worth is in crypto." Thank you, Brad, we love hearing what you have to say & are grateful for your stewardship of Ripple & XRP. END. 9/9
🧵I just reviewed the Digital Commodity Exchange Act #DCEA and two things jumped out at me. 1) It says it permits "trading in only digital commodities that are not readily susceptible to manipulation." If a crypto is centralized, it certainly can be manipulated, *cough* ETH. 1/5
2) It also said to test that the backup resources of the digital commodity exchange are sufficient to ensure continued..."maintenance of a comprehensive and accurate audit trail." One crypto we know is lacking in a transparent audit trail is USDT, Tether. 2/4
Which exchange can Tether impact? Since Coinbase (COIN) announced it will accept Tether on all of its platforms, I agree with this article that COIN will suffer due to its "shackle to Tether". 3/5 seekingalpha.com/article/443295…
🧵The European Central Bank (ECB) wants to get crypto regulations going because of financial stability concerns. Tether and Bitcoin are in its crosshairs.
It specifically mentioned Tether, and is concerned in case of "large scale sales of these assets" that could "generate instability throughout the commercial paper market." 2/6
Along with KYC and anti-money laundering requirements, it recommends greater disclosure of reserve assets backing Stablecoins. Hint: Tether. 3/6
The other companies mentioned in this article are Coinbase (was available on Linqto prior to its IPO), Dapper and Ripple. Shares of Dapper Labs and Ripple are still available, but not for long. (2/4)
You can also transfer IRA money to Linqto to invest. I encourage you to apply for Accredited Investor status on Linqto, if you have $1 million in assets outside of your home. If you aren’t at Accredited level yet, no worries, I am confident you will get there. (3/4)
For the first time ever, the US Treasury just sanctioned (Russian) bitcoin miners. They are the 3rd largest miners in the world. They did it because they are afraid that Russia will try to get around sanctions by using Bitcoin. home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
Thread (1/5)
According to the article: “The sanctions on BitRiver could have an impact far beyond the crypto mining industry in Russia, by potentially redistributing & reducing the computing power for Bitcoin mining across the globe…” (2/5)
A similar thing happened to Netflix. The suspension of service in Russia led to the loss of over 700,000 subscribers. It made it predictable the stock price would eventually crash. Netflix has lost $40B in market cap. Now a similar massive reduction may happen to Bitcoin. (3/5)
Thread: I could foresee a scenario where Russia stops delivering gas, because Russia refuses to accept "unfriendly" currency, the Euro and dollar, and demands rubles. The contracts state payment is to be in Euros & dollars. Putin is firm on this. (1/5)
The G7 countries say the contracts cannot be altered:
“The feeling is one I have had since the beginning, that it is absolutely not simple to change the currency of payments without violating the contracts,” Draghi said. (2/5) tinyurl.com/ys4588kv
To be clear, the US and EU want to pay in their currencies and Russia wants rubles. They are at an impasse. Arbitration would take months, according to articles. (Creates a problem) (3/5)
Thread: Hey @JohnEDeaton1, I think you will find this interesting evidence for the SEC vs. Ripple. I did!
I was looking at a currency exchange app and downloaded this one. ⬇️ (1/4)
Under currencies, they had a section for "Virtual Currency". It was alphabetical, starting with ADA.⬇️ (2/4)
I scrolled down, and lo and behold, XRP was listed alphabetically as a "virtual currency." ⬇️ (3/4)