you look like you would enjoy Dubai (derogatory)
Brandon Potts
2,001 posts
Brandon Potts
@b_potts23
SF
Joined January 2012
- No one talks about this, but once you account for IP theft, the U.S.–China trade deficit disappears. Trump’s tariffs aren't a trade war — they’re an inevitable reversion to the mean. Here’s why: – The U.S. runs roughly a $340B annual trade deficit with China – China steals an
- Trump’s got 64 court orders in just 3 months Bush had 6, Obama 12, over 8 yrs each what’s that about? they’re TROs—emergency stops thread 🧵
- Replying to @intern“I’m smarter and more valuable than everyone else. I basically built Facebook. “
- You’ve heard of Huawei. You’ve debated TikTok. But the most quietly dangerous Chinese tech firm in America might be TP-Link. It’s not a social media app. It’s not a 5G tower. It’s your home router. TP-Link is a Shenzhen-based company with deep ties to China. It now controls
- both mentally stimulated and physically beat after a full week @solana Accelerate the energy and conviction is palpable the tech was already güd and it’s only improving whilst the talent pool is expanding keep going, don’t get complacent I’ll see y’all in SF in and then Abu
- Monday marked 4 years for me at @hiFramework and I would have it no other way I've fielded over 3,000 pitches A multiple of that in decks, cold outreach, and intros Not to mention follow ups, repeats, and impromptu All resulting in us leading over 12 investments with more
- we don't even have the equivalent of https rolled out in crypto yet and people are bearish lol imagine being bearish e-commerce, online banking, financial services, healthcare, social media, education cloud, mobile, and net new human innovation it's a bold strategy, Cotton
- no main characters left in crypto bullish
- when @hiframework led @PlasmaFDN, the draw was painstakingly clear: a potential global market for USDT with feeless transactions now pair that use case with easy access to yield, and the vision broadens far beyond paymentsThe new global financial system relies on a deep and robust yield economy. To reach that scale, distribution is everything. That’s why we are excited to announce our partnership with @binance Earn to bring the first fully onchain yield product to hundreds of millions worldwide.
00:00 - 1/ many would have you believe on-ramps are the critical element for expanding crypto access in emerging markets this misses the forest for the trees off-ramps are the bottleneck now and massive value will be unlocked by whoever aligns with this reality thread inbound 🧵👇
- in the short term the market behaves like a voting machine but in the long term it acts as a weighing machine skip out on the popularity contest and bulk up
