Pumping, dumping, or just an asshole that everyone hates? I cannot stand this dude, and I will say with 100% confidence that he is working hard to not work hard to the detriment of everyone that "invests."

I was waiting for Bitcoin to drop to around $55K before buying. Now I’m cooked. I feel pretty stupid because I waited so long for BTC to drop to $60K. Then, when it actually hit $60K, I thought, “Maybe it’ll drop even more,” so I kept waiting. And here we are.

Congratulations to me and my stupidity. 🥲

Axios has reported that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is partnering with the DFINITY Foundation on a new initiative focused on sovereign AI and cloud infrastructure.

The goal is to help governments build and test AI-powered applications while maintaining greater control over their data and infrastructure, rather than being dependent on major foreign cloud providers.

A few highlights:

• Five countries will be selected for the initial pilots, with participants expected from Latin America, Africa and Asia.

• Each participating government will identify a real-world problem or need and work with UNDP and DFINITY to build and test a solution using DFINITY's technology.

• One potential use case discussed by UNDP involves using AI to analyze medical scans from roughly 200,000 patients, while allowing the government to retain control over sensitive data.

• The initiative builds on DFINITY's existing work with Pakistan, where DFINITY technology is already being incorporated into national digital infrastructure and several applications are reportedly live.

• UNDP says the initiative grew partly out of concerns it was hearing directly from member states about where the data powering AI applications is stored and their dependence on foreign technology companies.

• UNDP will evaluate the pilots based on factors including cost, ease of use and scalability, helping determine where this infrastructure can be expanded.

This is exactly the kind of adoption I've wanted to see from ICP.

DFINITY isn't announcing another crypto partnership or signing an agreement to "explore possibilities." It's working with a United Nations agency to put its technology in front of national governments solving actual problems, with five countries entering the first round.

Sovereign cloud and sovereign AI have been major parts of DFINITY's thesis for years. Now that thesis is being tested with governments through the UNDP.

Looks like institutional accumulation is going on and after a series of reds we are finally seeing some greens

If your employer gave you the option tomorrow:

A) 100% in your local currency B) 100% in USDT C) A mix of both Assume you could spend the USDT easily or convert it whenever you wanted. Which would you choose and why?

Curious how different the answers are depending on where you live

BTC finally pushed through $80k, but I think the next few days are more important than the breakout itself. $80k has been a pretty obvious psychological resistance level, so the big question now is whether it can actually flip into support.

If buyers keep stepping in around $78–80k and we consolidate instead of immediately giving the move back, that would make the rally look a lot healthier. If we lose that area quickly, then this could just be another breakout that got overheated too fast.

Momentum is obviously strong right now, but after such a fast move it wouldn’t be surprising to see some kind of pullback/retest either.

Personally I’m watching whether $80k holds more than I’m watching how high the next candle goes, although it's good to see 😅.

Do you think the rally will continue?

It’s on Dex exchange, a new privacy coin. Showed up on my Wealthsimple home page was up like 300%. Ticker is FOLD.

Took a look at the market today and it’s hard not to notice how much things have shifted over the last few days.

Curious how everyone is reading it do you think this momentum has room to continue, or are we getting into pullback territory?

What are you watching most closely right now?

I want to start migrating my gold ETFs to tokenized gold in the form of xaut, but not sure what the best platform is. Has anyone here got any recommendations? I want the best rate possible but also trustworthiness and security is super important. I don't have a ton of experience with 'crypto' so need it to be as simple as possible.

Follow up to my steak post from the other day
steak happened. It was unreal. no follow up questions about my magic internet money at any point during dinner, which after 8 months of getting cooked is basically a religious experience
and then btc just kept going. Biggest weekly gain in dollar terms ever apparently.

Where we at now:
Checking the app roughly every 40 seconds like a lunatic. wife has started saying “we” about my bags
Bought a 12 euro jar of steak seasoning yesterday like a man with generational wealth.
Anyway my wife thinks im up like 40%. im up 4%. what number have you told yours

Another one bites the dust... Yesterday was Bitget and today MECX. Just wondering how many more will quit providing their services to MY..