what happened in 2010-15 man. we were seized by some kind of faux frontiersman cult for urbanites. probably the worst cultural era in history: - stomp clap hey music. lumineers, mumford & sons, imagine dragons etc. awful. no redeeming qualities whatsoever - stipped down exposed brick burger halls with signs saying "eat" on reclaimed barnwood. dim edison bulbs. drinks served out of a mason jar - facial hair and flannel. bears and overdone mustaches popular with the soft urbanite types. lumberjack core - relatedly, "manly" trinkets for dudes. beard oil. shaving kits. axes and leather aprons. "modern gentleman" brands in subscription boxes. packaged masculinity for consoomers. closely linked to reddit culture - apothecarycore. every brand became a twee "Co." all using the same serif typeface - heritage liquor and accoutrements. whisky as a personality trait. elaborate glassware setups what the hell was this? why did everyone collectively lose their minds

Got upgraded on my flight to NYC this morning and everyone in first class was reading papers and books by Selgin and White covering the free banking literature. I looked back at the rest of the plane - everyone reading about CBDC pilots from the ECB and the BIS and white papers on tokenized deposits from JPM. Just a very interesting observation.

@syrupsid sat down with @CastleIslandVC to share insight on Maple's explosive growth and outlook on institutional DeFi. Listen to the deep dive on Maple becoming the largest onchain asset manager with $3.2B+ AUM and why traditional finance's migration onchain is inevitable.

It’s been years since I’ve watched a movie on a plane. I normally work on writing projects I’ve been neglecting. Being mildly hypoxic helps me get into a flow state

can we punish the journalists that called it a conspiracy too?

and finishing the bridge project (purely aesthetic no functional purpose) is slated to take another 5 years btw. it will disrupt one of the most important intersections until then

AI model: was that a good answer? another AI model: youre doing great sweetie

this is one of the most important trials of the decade btw

Secure, non-custodial finance, natively on BTC. LG

Had so much fun chatting with @andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick and @JoeSquawk about the future of investment banking. The junior banker powerpoint grind is coming to an end.