from this clip

if Russia allows Ukraine to join NATO,
1. missiles at Russia's doorstep which is a security threat
2. breaking of promise in the eastward expansion of NATO
3. puts Russia in a losing position should Ukraine take back Crimea by force AFTER joining NATO

on point 3, I think he refers to invoking the NATO Article 5 (instead of treaty of Rome) where it mentions collective defence i.e. an attack on an ally country = an attack against all allies

and in this case all the other countries in NATO will be unwillingly dragged into a conflict w Russia, leading to a much larger scale war and possibly nuclear fall out

worse case scenario MAD (mutually assured destruction) which is a global scale nuclear war as we were taught in secondary school history

imo there's no good guys or bad guys in this conflict

western media will keep pushing the narrative that Russia is bad and US/NATO are the good guys, but from what I've gathered thus far I think US is fanning the flames from outside, while Russia is protecting her own security interests, and Ukraine is unfortunately stuck in the middle

and ofc war is bad without a doubt

just my take and sharing of course

brain drain

https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/goldman-sachs-operations-chief-quits-for-crypto-exchange-coinbase-20220225

thread to read

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1497919817109573634?s=20&t=J289_-JR61IO6mb0NK0dCg

sorry for the slight deviation from crypto to updates about the Russian-Ukraine conflict

but I think that's more important as of where we are rn

Putin has escalated by putting nukes on alert

when one party standbys the nukes, opposing parties will ready their nukes in response

tbh idt it'll be used but the entire situation is just sad to see w this war

have we really not learned from history?

anyw, since the invasion the market has priced in (imo) that it's a civil conflict rather than a global scale war hence the recovery

but if this escalates further w more countries getting involved in the war then do expect markets to tank further

as long as the war is contained then we should remain ranging in this area

pending rate hikes in march next

hopium

stagflation -

slow GDP growth, high inflation, high unemployment

market is pumping from the negotiations talks between Ukraine and Russia

also, Feb max pain @ 40k which ties in perfectly

idt a resolution will come from this first talk so don't go all bullish yet

if anything then it's likely a skem pump as of now

mb the options have expired on 25 feb just after the brief touch of 40k

this pump is from the negotiation talks

received my first paycheck in USDC today lfg

went for some deep liq hunts below 38k before recovering back above

in profits here, do as you need to

a squeeze coupled with retails fomo-ing in

people have been realizing the importance/use of crypto over the course of war

how it raised over millions in donations without intervention and 100% of it going to Ukraine with transparency

how ECB pres encourages quick regulation of crypto (which is a touch on acknowledging it)

even if Russia tries to use crypto to bypass sanctions, it's still hard to bypass hard exports as shared by a fellow pal

and with the decoupling of crypto from equities yesterday, I'd say it's a further step ahead showing that crypto is different

dollar is weakened if it can't effectively impose sanctions as it's one of the strongest measure that the US has

sanctions on Russia also hits US hard with the oil shortage

net sentiments might be heading to the positive side here for crypto

as usual, always ready to be wrong

forgot to mention a few extra points

how Ukrainians that fled lost all their money while seeking refuge overseas (refer to tweet pic i shared previously)

banks are freezing assets unilaterally

bank run starting in Russia

the people are starting to question

double bottom hopium