I was texting with a friend in the US this week. We were discussing the world of crypto and this blog piece captures some of the highlights of our text chat.

So often a discussion with a crypto person feels like a pump & dump conversation. It is like everyone is trying to find a greater fool to help keep the price high.

A case in point with the American President. His $TRUMP crypto currency has raised billions, and it seems like one big ploy to get rich off dumb people. Also, it presents a new way you can bribe him while maintaining plausible deniability.

I don’t really understand the world of crypto. Well, not any more. But it sounds like anyone can make up a new virtual currency. The success is a matter of marketing. Dogecoin, for example, was created as a joke by some guy who was trying to show how absurd it is. Musk decided to promote it and now it is worth $50 billion.

Trump and Melania both have cryptocurrencies. $TRUMP and $MELANIA. That is what they should put on their gravestones.

I am pretty sure the people in Greenland are walking around like the people in Ukraine back in February 2022. I was there in Ukraine and I too did not believe there would be a full scale Russian invasion. But it happened.

Anything is possible from next week. If America annexes Greenland it would be highly unlikely, but it could just happen.

This pic below is from London. Sloane Square to be precise. And this sign is on the inside of the entrance door of an apartment building of a family friend of ours.

We keep hearing about cars being stolen and about the increase in mobile phone smash and grabs. Bunster and I were in a Tesco a couple of weeks ago and saw a guy get tackled to the ground for shoplifting, and Bunster got a fright. I did too. We saw another shoplifting incident at the same Tesco a week later, but that one was more gentle.

My understanding is that the crime rate here is on the rise. But just about everyone tells us that this is a relatively safe place to be.