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Ten31 Timestamp: The Empire Strikes Back


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Term 2.0 is trending imperial as the US flexes financial and military muscle across the globe, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal. While ceasefire headlines whipsaw market sentiment, Bitcoin is quietly decoupling from tech stocks and showing resilience against a backdrop of great power competition with China.

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In this episode:

  • Empire vs Republic: Are we entering the decline of the republic or the rise of the empire?
  • Middle East ceasefire chaos and why oil prices aren't reflecting the full strategic picture
  • US-China leverage game: Who blinks first on gas prices and supply chain disruption
  • Rare earth industrial policy: The Sierra Verde acquisition and Indonesia partnership
  • Bitcoin diverging from software stocks after months of tight correlation
  • Strategy's STRK preferred stock and the risks building in DeFi derivatives
  • Institutional pressure for quantum resistance by 2029 echoing the 2016 block size wars
  • TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00:00 - Empire Strikes Back: Term 2.0 going imperial

    00:01:06 - Oil prices and ceasefire volatility

    00:02:11 - Bitcoin decoupling from software stocks

    00:04:18 - Market positioning and the taco trade

    00:07:26 - US vs China leverage thresholds

    00:11:06 - Mark Carney and Canada relations

    00:12:57 - Rare earths and Sierra Verde deal

    00:13:58 - De-dollarization narrative reality check

    00:17:13 - Indonesia and Brazil geopolitical moves

    00:19:31 - Panama Canal strategic importance

    00:20:47 - Strategy STRK preferred stock mechanics

    00:22:17 - DeFi hacks and derivative risks

    00:25:15 - Quantum computing institutional panel

    00:27:20 - NIST criticism and 2016 parallels

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