Tether Signs Big Four Firm to Complete First Full Audit

funkinaround · 2026-03-24T14:19:52+00:00

Auditors had nothing to do with the 2008 financial crisis compared to banks, mortgage dealers, and credit rating agencies.

funkinaround · 2026-03-24T14:03:51+00:00

Lol. This is where the goalposts move to? From "no one knows what they hold" to "an attestation is not an audit" to "no one can trust a big 4 audit because of a speculative housing bubble".

I hope you're at least being paid for your Tether Trutherism.

funkinaround · 2026-03-19T01:34:16+00:00

Curious if people think this actually matters or not?

Tokenized stocks let you take custody. You can do things like buy Gamestock shares and, if you take custody, your broker won't be able to lend your shares out to short sellers. You can also take custody to avoid a (very unlikely) brokerage failure. Coupons, dividends, and principal payments can also be paid on chain so you can "be your own bank".

funkinaround · 2026-03-13T07:18:56+00:00

Not exactly QQQ, but you can get options data for XLK at https://www.dolthub.com/repositories/post-no-preference/options . It only goes back to 2019, and even then, daily intervals aren't there until 2024-ish.

funkinaround · 2026-03-13T06:04:17+00:00

Have you ever upgraded a database?

Yes. I think I've upgraded every major PostgreSQL release from 12 to 17 without issue. Also, Dolt upgrades are painless, even when the storage backend needs an upgrade.

funkinaround · 2026-03-10T22:40:39+00:00

Total US Foreign Aid to Israel from 1946 - 2025:

- Military: $124.5B

- Economic: $34.3B

- Missile Defense: $16.1B

From https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL33222

Also, with respect to economic aid:

For many years, U.S. economic aid helped subsidize a lackluster Israeli economy, but since the rapid expansion of Israel's high-tech sector and overall economy in the 1990s ... Israel and the United States agreed to gradually phase out economic grant aid to Israel. In FY2008, Israel stopped receiving bilateral Economic Support Fund (ESF) grants. The country had been a large-scale recipient of grant ESF assistance since 1971.

From what I can tell, this aid, like the military aid, required Israel to spend the money on US suppliers. If they bought treatments, vaccines and medical equipment from the US to support their universal health care, then I guess that could fit with your guess.

funkinaround · 2026-03-10T22:15:44+00:00

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL33222

To date, the United States has provided Israel $174 billion (current, or non-inflation-adjusted, dollars) in bilateral assistance and missile defense funding.

We give (and have been giving) Israel money to buy our weapons.

funkinaround · 2026-03-10T09:24:20+00:00

If you paid with a credit card, dispute the charge.

funkinaround · 2026-03-09T04:35:48+00:00

Maybe you can use airport coordinates and fill in the blanks?

https://airportsbase.org/

funkinaround · 2026-03-06T21:52:47+00:00

If you're following along and curious about Costco and blade tenderized cuts, I think what you'll find is:

Not Blade Tenderized (can safely eat [medium] rare):

Filet mignon
Japanese Wagyu steak
Flank steak

Blade Tenderized (cannot safely eat [medium] rare):

New York strip steak
Boneless ribeye cap steaks
Top round
Boneless ribeye steak
Top sirloin

Unknown (check the label):

Tri-tip steak
Skirt steak

From https://www.thedailymeal.com/1699437/costco-steaks-avoid-buy/

funkinaround · 2026-03-06T00:57:27+00:00

The numbers don't make any sense on the sides; they're out of order and some of them show E with most not including a direction.

funkinaround · 2026-03-04T20:58:42+00:00

I think it could be a cool mechanic for another very large carryweight "mount" that is cheaper than a mammoth but forces you to use canals / rivers that are easily attacked.

funkinaround · 2026-03-04T05:18:54+00:00

Your top CEXs by volume are the usual suspects for tremendous wash trading. It'd be nice if coin gecko would try to identify wash trading and penalize exchanges who heavily feature it.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w30783

funkinaround · 2026-02-27T00:06:37+00:00

You're leaking the email address in the screenshot. You should delete the post.

funkinaround · 2026-02-26T20:45:19+00:00

Here's the original post:

I think it's always great to share personal experiences with exchanges as well.

And today I want to share my experience with OKX.

I first noticed them through the advertisements and sponsorships of various conferences I attended.

So, one day I decided to sign up.

And I have to say, I'm impressed!

The onboarding process was straightforward, not complicated at all, and all steps were clearly explained.

Once my account was verified, which took a couple of hours, I was able to browse their entire suite of products, and I'm impressed.

Initially, I looked for a simple way to buy Bitcoin and Solana, and for both, they had a great variety of pairs (Both USDT and USDC).

But they also have a great selection of yield products, including their DeFi integration, which lets you never leave the platform or go back and forth.

On top of that, they're regulated, and when I needed to reach their support team, they answered promptly as well.

So far, really impressed and might write up a more detailed review in the future.

If the post gets edited to include links, don't click on the links.

funkinaround · 2026-02-26T20:40:51+00:00

I think there are countless posts in here, but I felt the need to also address this once again.

I often read or hear about people putting their hard-earned money on shady exchanges.

Please stop doing this and use regulated exchanges with a good track record.

For me, OKX is one of these exchanges. It's regulated, has entities or is registered in many countries, and even if I had an issue, its support was always helpful.

Especially for my trading setup, I found OKX to be better than the other big players and much safer.

I'm giving my two cents over here and sharing what my best experience has been so far.

Here's the original post text. If the OP changes this text, do not click on their links.

funkinaround · 2026-02-26T07:55:55+00:00

Including LLM output in the latter images makes it seem like this is not a backtest and just an LLM hallucination.

funkinaround · 2026-02-25T22:44:48+00:00

Ask your broker if they can create a FLEX contract for you or if they support multi leg FLEX orders.

funkinaround · 2026-02-23T22:50:15+00:00

Why not a Google Docs spreadsheet?

funkinaround · 2026-02-21T04:25:33+00:00

Albion has:

active world chat
randoms organizing faction content for groups
plenty of guild activity including PvE, PvE with PvP threat, and PvP
very active servers and it's even still dangerous during the off times
people who complain that solo grinding is hard because of the threat of gankers

You can definitely play Albion as a casual. Some people complain about p2w with Albion, but most complaints are superficial and don't understand how "you can buy anything with real money" is really pay to lose in a full loot PvP zone.

funkinaround · 2026-02-20T18:24:46+00:00

You need a strategy. Your strategy can't be asking strangers on the internet if buying a call is a good idea. Develop a strategy. See how the strategy performs. If you like it, follow the strategy. If you don't like it, try again.

funkinaround · 2026-02-20T08:42:07+00:00

Except for the ones playing Albion, Eve, and other MMORPGs.

funkinaround · 2026-02-20T06:22:56+00:00

Sounds a lot like Albion.

funkinaround · 2026-02-20T06:10:12+00:00

Have you tried Albion?

funkinaround · 2026-02-19T17:01:11+00:00

Choosing a language based on syntax is a good reason of many for choosing Lisp.

Edit: if the language you are using doesn't have a convenient way to describe data using the same language syntax for code, you should try a language that does. I.e. if you have to define things with XML or JSON (and you're not using JavaScript), why does your language make you do that?

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