The Wolf Den #554 - Let’s Make This Right
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In This Issue:
Let’s Make This Right
Bitcoin Thoughts And Analysis
Legacy Markets
Craig Wright Wins 1 Pound, But Loses Face
Tiffany's Makes CryptoPunk Pendants
Another Day, Another Bridge Hack
Why Everyone Is Obsessed With Helium Blockchain, The People's Network | Amir Haleem
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Let’s Make This Right
After sending off yesterday’s newsletter and going about my day, I began to have second thoughts about how the newsletter ended.
Something was missing.
The end of yesterday’s newsletter was no different than hundreds of other editions that have concluded with a podcast segment. That said, this particular podcast with Ran Neuner did not receive the attention in the newsletter that it deserved, because it was profoundly impactful.
Now I have the opportunity to make it right.
The episode I am referring to is this one - Ran Neuner: Losing Over $100 Million With Luna Helped Me Reevaluate My Life.
After reading the title, your first thought is likely that this story is crazy, but that you can never relate. But if there is one thing that I want you to get from this intro, it is that we can actually all relate and we can all bounce back.
The amount of money lost is irrelevant. What matters is how impactful a loss is for each individual. $100 million for Ran may be less meaningful than $1,000 for someone who needs the money to pay their rent. We have all suffered painful losses and need to find ways to overcome the hurt.
And we can.
None of this is easy. Being here and working towards our desired outcomes is mentally and physically exhausting, particularly in the depths of the bear market. We all dream of what could have been if we had just sold the top, or invested elsewhere. We all had plans that are now on hold. We all lost money that we could not "afford to lose." Some of us lost money on Luna. Some of us potentially lost money on Celsius or Voyager (me), and all of us have lost money HODLing. We are a community of like minded individuals who have shared both the highs and the lows.
Ran Neuner summed it up perfectly in his account of Luna.
“Sometimes, I'm an irresponsible guy. I like risk. Sometimes I invest too much in small caps. And I was all in on Luna. I blew 50% of my portfolio up as a result of that stupidity. And through being authentic and being who we are, and telling everybody too much and giving everybody our life stories, we have built an amazing community.”
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“God, I mean the feeling that I had with Luna was the worst thing I've ever had in my life. It was, I mean I never thought about suicide but at that point, I could understand why some people commit suicide. The biggest failure. Got home. Morbid. Couldn't think.”
If you already saw the episode, then you know how the story ends. If you haven’t listened, then would you believe that the story has a happy ending?
Ran Neuner said this.
“I started to see my own ability and my own wealth as a chart. So what I did was I hit a higher high and then I went down, but it was a higher low, so I was still at a higher level. My next point obviously is a higher high. I think everybody's going to take losses in their lives. We all lost money, but we're in this together. People on the streets told me, you're bringing us back you're taking us back, you're carrying us back you're helping us.”
With a newfound work ethic, a little bit of perspective, and a lot of positivity, Ran found a way out. It’s not always a clear or easy path, but it is one that I hope we can all take.
I hope this message brings us some perspective and helps lighten the load on our difficult journey. Crypto is tough, but we are built for it and we are all in this together.
There are brighter days ahead.
Bitcoin Thoughts And Analysis
WEEKLY CHART
Stock futures are down, therefore Bitcoin is down. Sad, but true. Technically, this is simply a retest of the red 200 MA as support on the weekly chart, which we expect. It's only Tuesday, so there is a lot of week left.
Legacy Markets
Nancy Pelosi is reportedly planning to visit Taiwan. Potentially today. So, of course, stocks are down as a result of US/China tension.
What to watch this week:
Airbnb, Alibaba and BP are among earnings reports
US JOLTS job openings, Tuesday
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard due to speak at separate events, Tuesday
OPEC+ meeting on output, Wednesday
US factory orders, durable goods, ISM services, Wednesday
BOE rate decision, Thursday
US initial jobless claims, trade, Thursday
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester due to speak, Thursday
US employment report for July, Friday
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.6% as of 10:50 a.m. London time
Futures on the S&P 500 fell 0.6%
Futures on the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.8%
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 1.2%
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 1.1%
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.1%
The euro fell 0.2% to $1.0237
The Japanese yen rose 0.6% to 130.87 per dollar
The offshore yuan rose 0.2% to 6.7675 per dollar
The British pound fell 0.3% to $1.2215
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined three basis points to 2.55%
Germany’s 10-year yield declined six basis points to 0.72%
Britain’s 10-year yield declined seven basis points to 1.74%
Commodities
Brent crude fell 0.7% to $99.28 a barrel
Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,774.79 an ounce
Craig Wright Wins 1 Pound, But Loses Face
After years of battling in court, a judgment has finally been made in the case of Peter McCormack vs. Craig Wright.
Drumroll please… the sum is just £1.
Craig Wright lied about the harm caused by Peter's claims. Shocker. The judge ruled that Craig is completely full of shit (my words, not his). And even after all of this nonsense, Craig Wright - who claims to be Satoshi - is now saying, “I intend to appeal the adverse findings of the judgment in which my evidence was clearly misunderstood.”
GO AWAY.
Tiffany's Makes CryptoPunk Pendants
Have you ever wanted to spend 30 ETH for a Tiffany & Co diamond and gemstone CryptoPunk encrusted pendant? Well, now you can. On August 5th, Tiffany will release 250 NFTiff passes, which are NFTs that allow holders to mint a unique Tiffany NFT and redeem a custom-designed physical pendant representing a CryptoPunk. How it works is the 87 attributes and 159 colors in the original NFT collection are matched to similar gemstones and enamel colors.
Would you buy it?
Another Day, Another Bridge Hack
What a joke. It seems that every single bridge built in crypto has been exploited. In this case, the damage seems to total almost $190M.
I don't even feel like getting into the details. This is yet another reminder that crypto is extremely risky and that you should likely stick to the basics.
Why Everyone Is Obsessed With Helium Blockchain, The People's Network | Amir Haleem
Amir Haleem, Founder of Helium, talks about his plans to build “The People’s Network” - a decentralized, wireless network powered by blockchain that could wrap the entire globe, forever changing the Telecom Industry.
Helium allows users to simply plug in a hotspot, join the network, and earn Helium’s token, HNT, as a reward. Amir shares how this innovative business model allowed his company to go from 0 to 1,000,000 nodes in less than 3 years, how Helium will continue to scale, and what hurdles they’ll have to jump along the way.
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