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January 11, 2026: Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation…Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats."

A pair of high denomination Notgeld coins!

Top: 10,000 Marks from the province of Westphalen, made of Gold plated Tombac.

Bottom: 50 Million Marks also from the province of Westphalen, smaller and made of Aluminum.

The obverse has the portrait of Freiherr vom Stein a pioneer of German unification and helped to abolish serfdom in the 18th and 19th centuries. The reverse design is the famous Westphalian horse, the symbol of the region.

Every empire collapses under the weight of its own lies. Ours just happens to print theirs on paper.

For centuries, money has demanded trust. Trust in kings. Trust in banks. Trust in central banks. We were told the system worked, that the dollar was strong, that inflation was natural. We trusted the experts, the economists, the suits behind the curtain. But time and again, that trust has been betrayed.

First, they backed our money with gold. Then they removed the gold. Then they removed the brakes. By 1971, the U.S. dollar was no longer backed by anything but promises. And when the promises broke, they printed more. More money, more debt, more control. And somehow, we were expected to say thank you.

The truth is this: every fiat system ends in the same way—with the people holding the bag while the architects slip out the back door. We’ve seen it in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Argentina. And we’re watching the slow bleed happen again across the so-called "developed" world. Wages stay flat. Prices climb. Savings evaporate. The middle class is quietly being erased.

Meanwhile, the top gets richer. Insiders play with house money. The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed—to benefit those closest to the money printer and drain everyone else. You work harder, but your money works less. And when the next crisis hits, they bail out the banks again, not the people.

But something changed.

In 2009, during the smoldering aftermath of the last financial crisis, someone—or someones—built a way out. Bitcoin didn’t ask for your permission. It didn’t ask for your trust. It offered something different: rules without rulers. A system where no central authority could inflate away your time, your effort, your life’s work.

Bitcoin flips the script. Instead of trusting humans, it relies on math. Instead of secrecy, it offers transparency. Instead of inflation, it has hard-coded scarcity. It’s not perfect—but it doesn’t pretend to be fair while rigging the game behind closed doors. It’s honest money in a dishonest world.

Proof-of-Work is more than a protocol. It’s a philosophy. A declaration that truth must be earned, not granted. That value comes from effort, not decree. Bitcoin didn’t just show up—it emerged, precisely when it was needed most. And for many of us, it felt like destiny.

Because once you see how broken the system is, you can’t unsee it. Once you understand that the cost of trust is your future, your time, your children’s chances—you realize why Bitcoin was not just a good idea. It was inevitable.

The cost of trust was too damn high. So we built something better.

Tick tock. Next block.

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