Kicking off things with a Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve conversation with SB 21 bill author ⁦Charles Schwertner⁩. Chairman Schwertner led the way for the passage of SB 21 with countless discussions with his colleagues in the legislature about the merits of saving in bitcoin!

Mixing it up with Terrell Owens at North American Blockchain Summit. Adam Sullivan of Core Scientific did a great job moderating this fun conversation!

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This does not help our cause with Senate Democrats with regard to market structure legislation…. Granted CZ 🔶 BNB’s sentence was harsh relative to precedent for TradFi executives with similar transgressions, but the main concern here is the optics. cnbc.com/2025/10/23/tru…

Talking responsible AI today at The Jindal School. AI Brain atrophy is real; here is a tip I shared today. Before going to an LLM when you encounter a complex problem, take 2 minutes to think about it as if you didn’t have an AI to help. It will guard against AI brain rot.

This train can’t be stopped!

Two issues with this: 1) FDR was not a great President (he expanded the federal government more than any other president) 2) a 50 year mortgage ain’t gonna work with current levels of monetary debasement. What lender is going to lend at 50 years other than the government?

Why would you not want to move here? Best place in the world to do business and raise a family

Coinbase has always been about increasing economic freedom, and this factors into the state where we choose to incorporate. Texas has a strong culture of celebrating builders who are growing our economy, creating prosperity for all. They've also embraced crypto. By this metric,

HELL YES! Texas is becoming the hub of capital formation; both in TradFi and digital assets! Soon there won’t be a distinction between the two. coinbase.com/blog/Why-Coinb…

We are live now!

Yes sir!

Helpful. But was this not already known?

The chances of a federal reserve rate cut just went from 50+ percent down to 30%. Was that because they announced they weren’t gonna publish jobs data for October? Polymarket Kalshi

Can't make this stuff up! OpenAI's Chat GPT 5 just hallucinated in a big way and then this was its response to me:

All roads lead to Texas! "Texas is no longer competing for relevance against Silicon Valley, Wall Street, or global tech hubs. It is emerging as the place where the next era of technology takes shape, with compute, capital, and energy converging at unprecedented scale."

Texas is becoming the new center of American innovation. AI, digital assets, and major investors are choosing Texas first for our affordable energy, pro-growth climate, and room to build at scale. The future is being built in Texas. forbes.com/sites/beccabra…

Congratulations to the Foley & Lardner LLP team for their work on the Coinbase 🛡️ re-incorporation to Texas! Thanks to Patrick Daugherty for shouting out the Texas Blockchain Council's advocacy work to make Texas the jurisdiction of choice for bitcoin innovation! cryptonews.com/exclusives/aft…