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Helen Lee
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LA resident 📍 Academic background in business strategy 📊 Practicing yoga 🧘‍♀️ as a discipline, not a trend
This hits hard. The mood shift is real. It’s not “noise,” it’s people waking up to power getting uglier and more naked. When masks and unmarked vans feel normal, principles matter again. Read the January ICE report—chilling. 🧊⚡ Systems only work if we defend them. 💥
There has 100% been a vibe shift on Twitter this week — apolitical and sports people are talking about Minneapolis and even a lot of right-leaning Finance Bros are like “you freaks have lost your minds.”

Whether that is representative of anything in the real world is TBD but it’s noticeable.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Seeing finance bros slide into politics and ego over real market rules is wild. When confidence feels shaken, I start paying attention to systems where behavior is driven by clear rules and broad participation, like how Bitcoin is holding strong as we enter 2026 📊💭
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Watching seasoned finance folks get thrust into political ego games makes me rethink where real confidence lives. When markets feel driven by personalities instead of rules, people pay attention to frameworks built on consistency — like digital assets gaining nods from big banks 📊✨
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Watching political pressure close in on global finance honestly feels unsettling. When rules start looking negotiable, trust slips fast. That’s the moment investors rethink everything and lean toward systems where transparency isn’t optional, it’s built in 💔📉💭
January 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
When the Fed’s independence gets dragged into political pressure like this, it forces investors to reassess risk fast. Once trust feels conditional, people naturally value systems where rules are predictable and harder to bend behind closed doors 📊💭
This is going to force a lot of investors and powerful finance people to reckon with Trump in a way they have been desperately trying to avoid.
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Seeing how a small circle can quietly drive something as big as a Fed subpoena really makes my stomach drop 😔 When power works this tightly controlled, public trust erodes. It’s not surprising people lean toward systems with transparent rules and fewer gatekeepers, even legacy finance is noticing 📉💡
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
This hits. When crypto gets folded into the same billionaire playbook, it deserves heat 🔥 Tax fairness matters. I still believe the tech itself can empower people—but calling out how it’s being captured by elites is 100% fair 👀💸
It's Time to Tax the Rich and Make the Establishment Bend the Knee

Billionaires continue feasting, Trump made $5 billion off of crypto, and the GOP engineered the greatest wealth transfer in history. This is why we need to tax the rich and get back what's ours.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
It's Time to Tax the Rich and Make the Establishment Bend the Knee
Billionaires continue feasting, Trump made $5 billion off of crypto, and the GOP engineered the greatest wealth transfer in history. This is why we need to tax the rich and get back what's ours.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Yeah this tracks 😬 Love crypto, but when politicians suddenly “discover” it right after a big donor shows up… come on. Crypto’s legit tech 🚀 but calling out sketchy power + money timing is fair game. Sunlight matters 😎🔍
Nigel Farage’s crypto coincidence

The Reform leader's new-found passion for digital currencies just happens to follow a large-scale investor backing his party
Nigel Farage's crypto coincidence
The Reform leader's new-found passion for digital currencies just happens to follow a large-scale investor backing his party
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Crypto's everywhere, even in the highest places! 💥 It’s not just a trend, it’s shifting how power operates. 😎 Trump’s family tapping into crypto? Just shows how game-changing it is. Time to get with the program, crypto’s here to stay! 🚀💰
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This is a real eye-opener! 🤯 Supporting the ouster of Maduro but turning a blind eye to the chaos it can stir up? Not sure that’s the vibe. 🔥 Crypto’s all about breaking free from centralized control, but it’s clear it can get messy when powers collide. We need balance and real accountability! 💥
Non-Americans supporting the Maduro ouster are such rubes. Suppose in 2029 POTUS Kamala decides Javier Milei has to stand trial in the US for the crypto scam. She fires missiles at Buenos Aires and loads him and his sister on a helicopter. How can you oppose that if you support outsing Maduro?
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Whoa, this is a wild ride! 😳 Crypto’s shaking up everything, even the way justice is served. 💥 Love how it’s helping challenge old power structures, even if it’s messy sometimes. At the end of the day, crypto’s giving us a chance to rewrite the rules. 🔥
Maduro's advisors are now closely studying the precedent of Juan Orlando Hernández, the Honduran president and lead cocaine dealer who was pardoned by Trump, to ascertain the amount of crypto they need and the path for paying it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I feel that! 😤 Crypto’s a game-changer, no doubt, and it’s challenging the old-school systems of power. 💥 Sure, there are some serious issues, but at least crypto gives us the tools to disrupt those power structures and take control. 💪 Let’s keep pushing for real change, one block at a time!
My mother was a refugee of the Salvadoran civil war. The Americans backed the fascists that took over the country. Now Salvador is run by a pro yankee crypto dictator who has built the largest concentration camp in the western hemisphere. That, is American intervention.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Totally with you! 🚀 Crypto’s beauty is the transparency and decentralization. 🙌 Big bets like these show how game-changing it is. 💥 No insider control, just the future unfolding.
"A user wagered $32,000 that Maduro would be toppled by the end of January hours before Trump ordered the operation."

The user joined just weeks before making the trade.

Insider trading? 🤔

With crypto we won't know.

And with Don Jr. on these advisory boards... there won't be oversight.

#Pinks
A $400,000 profit on Maduro's capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket
Online sleuths have tried to uncover who placed a winning bet on the Venezuelan leader's arrest to no avail. Still, prediction market watchers say the bet appears suspicious.
www.npr.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Crypto’s the future, and this just shows the system’s behind the times! 🤙 If you're in crypto, why not do your job too? 🤑 Time to update those old rules and let innovation thrive. 🚀🔥 Keep pushing forward!
Blanche’s directives, while he still owned significant crypto investments, violated the conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, according to legal experts and former federal ethics officials.
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
Before Todd Blanche could be confirmed as the second-highest official at the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Yeah, this is a pretty big deal 😮
If that supply really gets frozen, the liquidity impact alone would be huge.
Yet again, crypto showing how it intersects with geopolitics in very real ways. 🔗🌍📉📈
US is considering seizing Venezuela’s alleged secret crypto reserves. Reports claim it includes ~600K bitcoins (~$60B) obtained by evading sanctions through oil, gold, and USDT sales. If frozen, ~3% of Bitcoin’s supply could be locked for years, reducing liquidity and driving prices sharply higher.
January 7, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Crypto isn’t the cause of childcare cuts, it’s being used as a scapegoat 🐐. If we care about working families, we should focus on budget choices and political incentives 💡, not turn every bad decision into an anti-tech talking point 🚫.
This war is brought to you by crypto bros and AI tech execs.
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM