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Mike

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Seeking fragments of the future.
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Statecraft through serendipity.

Trump and Zelenskyy happened to be at Pope Francis’ funeral, so they talked. Deal made.

This weekend, Treasury Secretary Bessent and Vice Premier Lifeng will happen to be in Switzerland. Same play, different players.
Pectra goes live and China confirms trade talks right before an FOMC presscon.

This week could get spicy.
Doomsaying in times of crisis is reputationally risk-free. If you’re wrong, you can say your warnings prevented the catastrophe.

The boy who cries wolf can say his cries scare the wolves.
Every time someone stays true to who they are, they inspire others to do the same.
Social media will make you think your life isn’t worth living unless it looks like someone else’s highlight reel.
All it took was one eloquent chatbot to make the world dream of robot waifus.
The Japanese word for “it’s okay,” “daijoubu,” originally meant “big strong man.”

Big strong men make things okay.
Money is magic. Banks and funds are mage conclaves.

Financial inclusion means letting everyone cast wild spells — even if they blow themselves up.
Why has no one made a Web3 waifu gatcha game in the style of Genshin Impact or Honkai Star Rail or Wuthering Waves?

Those things sell like hotcakes.
Much of the financial nihilism we've seen lately is just a side effect of prolonged quantitative tightening.

Hard to believe in anything when you're being squeezed.
Mike Abundo
Seventy percent of the world’s wealth is inherited by five percent of the population.

Ninety-five percent of us grind for the other thirty percent.
Jeff Bezos said that every day at Amazon is Day One. The same principle applies to investing: no regrets, no revenge trades.

Find the best balance of risk and reward that you can take with your current capital here and now.
If Ethereum is Blackberry and Solana is iPhone, then Vitalik’s a nameless exec and Anatoly’s Steve Jobs.
Imagine ICOs with regulatory clarity and fully onchain games on ultraperformant chains.

Both are coming.
What BlackRock wants, BlackRock gets.
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“If we’re not smart, we’re going to hurt our country very badly.” — Donald Trump.
Savvy older folks will be quick to adopt AI because they’ve lived long enough to know most humans are idiots.
Capital is your weapon. Volatility is the arena.

Courage brings you to the arena. Discipline steadies your hand.
Social media will get you chasing other people’s theatrics when you should be honing your own tactics.
Trump and Xi have danced before. Last time, it was the waltz. Now, it’s the tango.
Trump delaying tariffs to avoid stressing the bond market suggests his bravado operates within strategic limits.

That’s great news for the world.
In fearful times, keep your courage lit. Others will need it to find theirs.
Ice-cool CPI to soothe our bruises after a tough week.