$ASTS it wasn't such a bad trading day for me after all since I successfully hedged my ASTN position selling VSAT Calls near the top of the market this morning, averaging down my ASTN, then exited ASTN near the end of the day😉 I'll probably get back into ASTN on a day-trading basis, rather than holding overnight or weekends, but lesson-learned and happy to both experience and provide some entertainment today🤣

A relatively unknown SpaceX rival has rallied 6,000%, powered by a mob of zealots and a stock guru known as the Kook. Bloomberg's @sana_pashankar has more bloom.bg/4u0GZPW

Nope, a waiver is not an acceptable way for AST to gain approval for further launches. The conditions in AST’s approval specifically require an application *under the [GIA] framework* in SCS order paras 88-139. The possibility of a waiver is only in para 56 of the SCS order.

This VF photo and article ("Crypto’s True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously") feel so off to me and I was trying to figure out why. I think it's because it feels like something that was written in the 2018 era of crypto -- where belief was almost everything the industry had going for it. blockchains and tokens were live but mostly just to gamble with. so a photoshoot that portrays crypto people as this excentric rag tag group who somehow still hang on to their weird ideals even as prices crash made sense back then. But not today.

I loved the idea for our Super Bowl ad as soon as the team showed it to me. It's unique, just like our QR code ad in 2022. Most people half watch commercials (buzzed, in a loud room, with lots of people). It takes something unique to break through. Turning 100M screens into karaoke, so the whole U.S. (and many around the world) can sing in unison, is an antidote to polarization and just plain fun. Everybody deserves economic freedom.

TOM LEE: CRYPTO MAY HAVE JUST BOTTOMED - Tom DeMark has called BTC 77k and ETH 2,400 since November - Says time price finally aligned this weekend - Lee: conditions now in place for a crypto bottom - Ethereum activity accelerating as Wall Street builds on-chain

NOW - Citadel CEO Ken Griffin: "The area of recklessness is the spending of governments around the world, who are all, with little exception, all spending well beyond their means... The world needs a savior, and the hope is that AI is the savior that we need for productivity."

Bitmine $BMNR says it’s making a $200M equity investment in MrBeast’s Beast Industries, expected to close Jan 19, 2026. $BMNR says the teams may explore DeFi features for Beast’s planned financial services platform. Also plans a “MAVAN” validator network launch in Q1 2026.

Amid the Times Square sideshows, Eric Adams announces his “NYC Token,” a crypto coin he says will fight antisemitism. “I’m not taking a salary at this time,” he said of the yet to be launched coin. “Down the line, we will make the determination of doing so”