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⌐◪-◪ → X Money is coming in 2025.

X Corp, led by Linda Yaccarino, is taking bold steps to transform X into an "everything app."

Set to launch in 2025, ‘X Money’ aims to integrate fiat and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and XRP into the platform. This move combines social interaction, media consumption through X TV, and financial transactions, signaling a new era for digital finance.

Speculation is growing over how X will execute this vision and whether it will boost mainstream crypto adoption. Personally, I hope they stick to existing standards like Bitcoin and ENS to avoid fragmentation.

⌐◪-◪ → Do Kwon is coming home!

After months of legal wrangling, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has been extradited to the U.S.

Montenegro handed Kwon over to U.S. authorities at Podgorica Airport with support from Interpol. He faces charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, and money laundering tied to the TerraUSD and Luna collapse, which wiped out billions in investor funds.

This extradition caps off a year of legal drama involving competing requests from South Korea and the U.S. It also marks a key development in the fallout from Terra’s implosion.

I wonder how he feels about all of this.

⌐◪-◪ → A strategic BTC reserve is a bigger deal than you think.

The U.S. faces mounting challenges from China and Russia as they shed dollar reserves and build parallel financial systems.

China’s multi-decade strategy to weaken the dollar has been bolstered by digital payment dominance (e.g., Alipay, WeChat Pay). To respond, the U.S. must embrace Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset to preserve economic power and resilience.

Bitcoin’s global adoption, digital scarcity, and potential as “digital gold” make it the ideal hedge against inflation and a weakening dollar. Nations like El Salvador have already demonstrated success by integrating Bitcoin into their reserves.

First corporations, then banks, now states, and soon nations—the Bitcoin standard is happening.

Note: this is merely an opinion in lieu of breaking news during the holidays.

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