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Bitcoin ETF Approved

Milestone day to recognize — SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs for Everyday Investors. Bitcoin doesn’t need this to validate it or prove value but it is a big plus for the credibility of Bitcoin. BTC currently at $46,611 now.

Questions:

  • What will this do to Bitcoin demand?
  • What does this mean for MicroStrategy (MSTR) as they are effectively a Bitcoin holding company (in part) now.
  • If this “legitimizes” Bitcoin, what is the follow-on to Ethereum? And other blockchains?
WSJ illustration combining the SEC seal with the Bitcoin symbol on an orange background
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My 52nd Birthday POAP was highlighted in the newest This Week in POAP. 🤩

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Just set calendar event to pre-order Apple Vision Pro on January 19th! 🎉

Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset shown from the side, with fabric head strap and external battery pack visible
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Another proof point that smoke detector low battery “chirps” always start when you are trying to sleep.

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We saw The Boy and the Heron today. The animation was beautiful as you would expect from Studio Ghibli. The story was wild and took many turns. Overall very good and will likely watch it again.

Movie poster for The Boy and the Heron, a Studio Ghibli film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, in theatres December 8
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My top podcast listening for 2023. I subscribe to Making Sense and The Drive. Omni Show is always a fun listen. The Next Year in Moscow was a very good series from the Economist. Pivot is my drive time listen.

Overcast app wrapped showing top 9 podcasts of 2023 with listen times totaling 231 hours, led by Making Sense at 78 hours
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Tammy is our family trip planner extraordinaire and she has mapped out the general structure of our Ireland trip in June! We’ll be going clockwise starting from Dublin with lodging points in Ballydehob, Ballybunion, Doolin, Ballyshannon, Belfast, special visit to Tubbrid Castle, and back to Dublin to explore before returning home.

Road map of Ireland showing a clockwise driving route connecting Dublin, Ballydehob, Ballybunion, Doolin, Ballyshannon, and Belfast.

See Ireland 2024 Collection.

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Put together this fun Tribute to Galileo Galilei LEGO this morning. Reminded me of our bike tour in Tuscany when we stopped at Villa Galileo (building on the left in the street photo).

LEGO Tribute to Galileo Galilei set 40595 built and displayed, showing a minifigure at a desk with a telescope, books, and globe, box visible behind. Narrow cobblestone street in Tuscany with Villa Galileo on the left, parked Fiat 500, green shutters, and cypress trees under a blue sky. Stone bust of Galileo in an oval wall niche above two marble plaques with Latin and Italian inscriptions at Villa Galileo
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Just booked flights for our summer vacation to Ireland! We are excited for our first trip there. 🇮🇪

See Ireland 2024 Collection.

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Birthday POAPs

I’ve made it a tradition since my 50th birthday to issue a POAP token for my birthday and share it as a gift from me to others to celebrate the day. I’ve now done this for three years. Each year I’ve used a POAPathon bounty to create the image and have featured a different artist each year. POAP launched POAP Family a while ago and one of the features it has is the ability to show collectors across multiple POAPs. I like how this works when you have a series of events like my birthday POAPs.

  • There are 12 collectors that have all three.
  • There are 21 collectors that have the most recent two.
  • A total of 85 collectors have at least one of my birthday tokens.
  • There are 8 reservations from 2022 and 7 from 2023 that have not been minted.
Three birthday POAP entries listed: 50th on 03-Jan-2022 with 34 plus 8 collectors, 51st on 03-Jan-2023 with 47 plus 7, and 52nd on 03-Jan-2024 with 40 plus 3.