PLUS: BTC shows the S&P 500 whoâs boss March 25, 2023 | [Read Online]( GM. This is Milk Road. Weâre like Biggie Biggie Biggie. Our words just hypnotize you. It's Saturday, y'all. Here's what we've got for you today: - Milknotes: 2023âs anti-crypto Economic Report ð
- BTC outperforms S&P 500 companies ð
- How cryptoâs helping fight cancer ð¬
- Nasdaqâs launching a crypto custody business ðª
[Prices as of 9 AM ET]( Today's edition is brought to you by [FIO,]( the most secure way to create a customizable handle for your crypto address. MILKNOTES: WHITE HOUSE ECON REPORT ð The White House released its annual economic [report]( earlier this week. And let me tell ya, people are pissed. Take Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, who [called]( it âbullsh*tâ and a âpiece of garbage.â Why? Because the Biden administration went nuclear on Bitcoin and crypto, mentioning both more than 300 times. The digital assets chapter is 37 pages long, and ainât nobody got time for that⦠so we put together some handy dandy Milknotes to clue you Roadies in. Here are the highlights: 1/ Fiat is better than Bitcoin because itâs backed by the âtrustedâ central bank According to the authors, Bitcoin is volatile, risky, speculative, and has no fundamental value. And all crypto does is create artificial scarcity so prices pump and investors can get rich. Reminder that they said this right after [SVB collapsed]( and everyone realized the banking system is about as sturdy as a house of cards. (Thereâs a reason BTC is slowly climbing in priceâ¦) *sniff sniff⦠smell that? Reeks of irony to me. 2/ It plugged the Federal Reserveâs new FedNow real-time payments system & CBDC Yep, there was a mid-report ad for the central bankâs upcoming real-time payments system. Just days after regulators [killed crypto-friendly Signatureâs Signet]( that did basically the same thing⦠2023 Economic Report They said FedNow and CBDC, a proposed digital form of the US Dollar, would bring the U.S. âinto the digital era in a clear and simple way, without the risks or irrational exuberance brought by crypto assets.â Itâs like when your older sibling was allowed to watch a scary movie and you werenât just because theyâre older. 3/ Crypto assets could be a security or a commodity; it depends Gary G. and the SEC have been screaming from the rooftops that [all crypto assets except Bitcoin]( are securities. And theyâve gone after [Kraken](, Gemini, and now [Coinbase]( for offering unregistered securities. So the highest form of the U.S. government says otherwise? You betchyer ass it does. âRegardless of the label used, a crypto asset may be, among other things, a security, a commodity, a derivative, or another type of financial product, depending on the facts and circumstances,â reads the report. Somewhere, lawyers fighting legal cases on behalf of crypto companies are looking something like this: Giphy 4/ Bitcoin isnât switching to something more Mother Nature-friendly like Ethereum did âDespite Ethereumâs switch to proof-of-stake, Bitcoin has not announced plans to make a similar change,â the report reads. So, okay, they didnât flat out say Bitcoin should move to proof-of-stake. But it does make you wonderâ¦do they know how the Bitcoin consensus fundamentally works? Switching to proof-of-stake is never gonna happen. Bitcoin is completely decentralized; thereâs no governing group to vote yes or no on a proposal to migrate to PoS. But Iâm sure the authors know that⦠5/ Blockchain tech could be useful one day AND crypto is here to stay Thatâs right folks, not everything in the report was doom and gloom. The authors know the industry ainât goin nowhere. CRYPTO ADDRESSES MADE EASY FIO Crypto Handles make crypto easy by replacing all of your public wallet addresses with a single, secure, customizable crypto handle. It makes sending and receiving crypto as easy as email. That means youâll go from thisâ¦. 1BvBMsEYst8etqTFn5Au9m4GFg7xJaNVN4 ð To this ð¤©: thegoat@milkroad ð With a FIO Crypto Handle, you no longer need to worry about sending and receiving crypto using long and confusing public wallet addresses. Map all of your public wallet addresses to your unique crypto handle, and use this crypto handle to send, receive, and request any type of crypto â it's as easy as that. Plus, no more costly mistakes by accidentally sending to the wrong wallet, network, or chain. And as a thank you for being a MilkRoad reader, FIO is offering you a free FIO Crypto Handle on the @milkroad domain! [Get Your Free Crypto Handle Now]( BTC IS OUTPERFORMING 97% OF ALL S&P 500 COMPANIES ð There are two things the crypto space loves: - Dunking on Gary Gensler
- When Bitcoin shows the world whoâs boss And so far this year, thatâs exactly what Bitcoin has done. YTD gains have clocked in at ~37% thus far, which is better than 488 of the publicly-traded giants listed on the S&P 500. That means Bitcoin is beating the gains of Apple (+19.3%), Amazon (+17.8%), and FedEx (+27.2%). Only 12 S&P 500 companies are beating Bitcoinâs 37%, including Meta and Tesla. Check it out: [tw profile: CryptoManiaks] CryptoManiaks @CryptoManiaks [tw] #Bitcoin is having a hot start to 2023 beating 97% of S&P 500 companies ð¥ #blockchain#CryptoManiaks Mar 23, 2023 1 Likes 0 Retweets 2 Replies Bitcoinâs price has gone from ~$20,000 to ~$28,000 so far this year. Itâs crazy what a little distrust in the national banking system will do. CRYPTO, MEET SCIENCE ð¬ Itâs been a tough run for crypto. Collapsed banks, regulatory threats, prices in the tank ⦠Sh*t hasnât been great. But letâs take a break from all that for a sec and talk about how cryptoâs fighting cancer. The World Community Grid is a volunteer research group that studies how genes and health are related. For example, itâs found 26 new genes that are associated with lung cancer. But it needs a boatload of power to crunch the data and make these discoveries (weâre talkinâ like 240 yearsâ of computational power per day.) Thatâs where crypto miners come in. Since 2013, [Gridcoin]( (altcoin) and BOINC (open-source platform) have been paying miners to take their spare processing power and give it to scientists instead. The miners receive Gridcoin (GRC) in exchange for their efforts. Itâs like when your next-door neighbor has way stronger WiFi, so they let you sign in during March Madness, and you mow their lawn for them in exchange. That means crypto miners directly helped power the computers that scientists used to identify genes associated with lung cancer. Cool, huh? And hereâs the cooler part: Gridcoin switched from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake in 2015. So all of its computational power goes to science research since it doesnât need so much power to secure the blockchain anymore. Thatâs a win in our book. MILK & COOKIES [Nasdaq registered with the New York Department of Financial Services to launch its crypto custody business sometime in Q2.]( The stock exchange firm is the latest financial giant to do so; Fidelity and BlackRock have expanded in crypto recently. [Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon just green-lit a law to create a stablecoin.]( Itâll be the first U.S. state to issue one, which would be fully backed by holdings in U.S. treasury bills. [Kraken will suspend Automated Clearing House deposits & withdrawals starting on March 27.]( The struggles of not having a banking partner after Silvergate collapsed⦠[Arbitrumâs ARB token is now one of the top 40 most valuable cryptocurrencies after Thursdayâs airdrop.]( About 80% of the tokenâs supply has been claimed. MILKY MEME ð¤£ð¤£ That's a wrap for today. Meet us on Twitter to talk all about it. Itâs kinda like a family BBQ but better - no screaming kids, awkward photos, or drunk uncles telling weird stories [(@MilkRoadDaily)]( Share Milk Road You currently have 0 referrals, only 1 away from receiving The Next 10x Opportunity in Crypto for 2023. [The Next 10x Opportunity in Crypto for 2023]( [Click to Share]( Or copy and paste this link to others: [ HIT THE INBOX OF 250K+ CRYPTO INVESTORS Advertise with the Milk Road to get your brand in front of the Who's Who of crypto. The Roadies are high-income crypto investors who are always looking for their next interesting product or tool. [Get in touch today](. What'd you think of today's edition? - [ð¥ð¥ð¥ð¥ð¥ F**king great](
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