I thought he was a man of principle, not a common (wall)street whore.
392 sats \ 0 replies \ @antic 30 Dec 2023
Like he said, “it’s for criminals” — way to live up to his words.
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57 sats \ 8 replies \ @jgbtc 30 Dec 2023
Now he can sell Bitcoin ETFs on his cocaine boat on the way to Epstein Island.
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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 OP 30 Dec 2023
It's bad enough having Larry Fink involved with bitcoin. Now this turd? It would be sweet if Epstein revelations take him down. I know it's not a popular opinion, but I hope every ETF application is denied and we all can get back to what's really important: development and ground up adoption.
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370 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 30 Dec 2023
Despite what many in bitcoin want eventually everyone will use bitcoin.
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256 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 30 Dec 2023
I have been thinking a lot about this "what many in bitcoin want" thing. I see myself as a free market guy, and I see bitcoin as freedom money, the whole people can use bitcoin however they want thing, then I get pissed off about etfs, and stablecoins on bitcoin, and ordinals, and I find myself wanting to decide how bitcoin can be used.
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128 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 30 Dec 2023
Yeah, I hear ya. Here is the deal. All this crap will fall apart along the way.
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242 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 11 Jan
Devs and people pushing ground up adoption don't really care about the ETFs anyway, I think. It's not mutually exclusive :)
ETFs were bound to happen at some point. We're winning on one side (adoption) but losing on the other (scaling).
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533 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 11 Jan
These Wall Street guys care a lot about the devs, though. They're already throwing money at them on day one. From what I've learned from 40 years buying and selling stocks, they're not spending this money because they're good guys who care about bitcoin. It's just another playtoy for them. This money will come with strings attached, whether they say it or not. Their money will buy them a say in the direction bitcoin takes.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 11 Jan
Good points and I agree 100%. I really wonder if we'll see another UASF.
I was a little too late to the party of the last one.
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484 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 11 Jan
Me too. The pressure will be more intense. Many more people (including us:)) will be growing very wealthy as we decide whether to look the other way.
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252 sats \ 0 replies \ @brave 30 Dec 2023
The serious doubter always end up to be Bitcoin evangelist
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242 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 30 Dec 2023
God I hope this was sarcasm
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 30 Dec 2023
I'll mark it as such next time :)
His smug, condescending attitude while testifying or giving one of his high paid speeches really pisses me off.
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242 sats \ 0 replies \ @lunanto 30 Dec 2023
Remember that Shark Tank judge Kevin O'Leary and how he was the spoke person for SBF until everything went south, I'm seeing a repeat here with Jamie Dimon
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242 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xIlmari 30 Dec 2023
He is a man of principle. That principle is, "if it makes me money, it's good" or, to put it more sophisticated, "pecunia non olet".
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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 30 Dec 2023
He is the worst.
One of my favorite things about bull markets is how people like this are exposed by Bitcoin
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @CUMDUMPSTER 30 Dec 2023
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 30 Dec 2023
I can just speak for myself, but my dislike of Jamie Dimon goes back to the 2008 financial crisis. His connections to the levers of power in the U.S. allowed him to absorb all the not so well connected little guys and make a personal fortune at taxpayer expense. I hated him before bitcoin existed.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 30 Dec 2023
Good outlook. With your nym, I expected a different take. Live and learn.
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