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John Trimble retweeted
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The Royal Belgian Football Association has released a statement in regard to Folarin Balogun being able to play against them.
"The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA–Belgium match on Monday, 6 July at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time)."
"FIFA bases its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. This provision states that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may decide to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction."
"However, Article 66.4 of the same FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup."
"Furthermore, and irrespective of the above, the decision is in direct contradiction with the provisions of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Competition Regulations, as set out in Article 10.5:
"If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team's subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed."
"The automatic nature of such a suspension was also explicitly reaffirmed in FIFA World Cup 2026 Circular No. 16, which was distributed to all participating member associations on 12 May 2026."
"The same rule is reiterated at every FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Coordination Meeting prior to each match and is included in all FIFA World Cup 2026 workshop presentations.
"In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options."
John Trimble retweeted
Wow! This unearthed video of Trump from 2008 will absolutely make your head spin.
John Trimble retweeted
Timeline:
2014: Trump says Obama will invade Iran because he's not a good enough negotiator to get a deal with them
2015: Obama, with the backing of the EU, China, Russia and others, gets a deal with them
2018: Trump cancels deal bc it was Obama's and says he can negotiate a better one.
2018-2020: Trump can't negotiate one. Arms control experts and Trump officials start to grumble that scrapping Obama's deal was probably a bad idea.
2025: Trump still can't negotiate a new deal
2025: Israel launches an attack on Iran. Drags Trump in. Trump claims Iran's nuclear capacity was wiped out
2025-2026: Trump still can't negotiate a deal
2026: Trump launches a regime change war on Iran, at Israel's goading
John Trimble retweeted
Countries Bombed by the United States Since 1945
1. 🇯🇵 Japan → 1945
2. 🇩🇪 Germany → 1945
3. 🇨🇳 China → 1945–1946
4. 🇨🇳 China → 1950–1953
5. 🇨🇳 China → 1999
6. 🇰🇵 North Korea → 1950–1953
7. 🇬🇹 Guatemala → 1954
8. 🇮🇩 Indonesia → 1958
9. 🇨🇺 Cuba → 1961
10. 🇱🇦 Laos → 1964–1973
11. 🇻🇳 Vietnam → 1965–1973
12. 🇰🇭 Cambodia → 1969–1973
13. 🇱🇧 Lebanon → 1983–1984
14. 🇱🇾 Libya → 1986
15. 🇮🇷 Iran → 1987–1988
16. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua → 1980s
17. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1991
18. 🇰🇼 Kuwait → 1991
19. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1993
20. 🇸🇴 Somalia → 1993
21. 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina → 1995
22. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1996
23. 🇸🇩 Sudan → 1998
24. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan → 1998
25. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 1998
26. 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia / Serbia → 1999
27. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan → 2001–2021+
28. 🇵🇰 Pakistan → 2004–2018
29. 🇸🇴 Somalia → 2007+
30. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 2003–2011
31. 🇾🇪 Yemen → 2002+
32. 🇮🇶 Iraq → 2014+
33. 🇸🇾 Syria → 2014+
34. 🇱🇾 Libya → 2011
35. 🇾🇪 Yemen → 2024–2025
36. 🇮🇷 Iran → 2025
37. 🇸🇴 Somalia → 2025
38. 🇸🇾 Syria → 2025
39. 🇳🇬 Nigeria → 2025
40. 🇻🇪 Venezuela → 2026
Note: The list includes direct U.S. bombing, airstrikes, drone strikes, and missile attacks.
NATO or coalition operations are included only when the United States played a primary or leading role.
Source: William Blum (Rogue State, Killing Hope), Maurer. ca US Bombing List, Wikispooks (US bombing campaigns), ACLED (2025), Al Jazeera, Reuters, Antiwar. com, Newsweek
John Trimble retweeted
1/ Hydro's 7M ATOM Proposal 🔥
A groundbreaking proposal just dropped that could transform how the @cosmos Hub generates value.
@hydromarkets wants to put 7M $ATOM from the community pool to work in DeFi and build a zero-fee institutional LST.
A thread 🧵 👇
John Trimble retweeted
Do people really understand what this means for Solana?
We’re talking full AI + payments + privacy, all running encrypted on-chain.
ZKEncrypt isn’t just another project, it’s a new layer for the whole ecosystem. 🔥
John Trimble retweeted
Polkadot is where Ethereum was in 2016. But this time, it’s Gavin’s second act.
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Polkadot is about to do what Ethereum did in 2017.
> In 2016, Gavin wrote the Ethereum Yellow Paper.
In 2023, he dropped the Polkadot Gray Paper.
> In 2017, ETH exploded from $10 to $1,400.
Today, DOT is ~$5, and no one’s paying attention.
This is not a rerun.
This is a sequel... and Gavin knows how to write those.
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1. ETH had the Yellow Paper. DOT has the Gray Paper.
Gavin isn’t just publishing specs... he’s architecting the next internet again. JAM is to agents what EVM was to dApps.
2. Ethereum launched in 2015. It took 2 years before the world noticed.
Polkadot has been live since 2020... but its real architecture (Coretime, JAM) is just arriving now.
3. 2016: ETH tours, hackathons, slow traction.
2024/25: Gavin is on the road again... Sub0, ETHDenver, Asia. Same playbook. Same timing.
4. 2017: ETH price finally caught up to the vision.
Polkadot right now feels like ETH at $10: early, doubted, misunderstood.
5. ETH unlocked DeFi, NFTs, and ICOs.
DOT is setting up the base layer for AI agents, robots, and sovereign identity.
6. In 2026, JAM goes live. By 2030, this could be the infrastructure of post-platform society.
The kind that coordinates without Big Tech, runs AI without centralized APIs, and builds cities on-chain.
7. Don’t measure Polkadot by the last cycle.
It’s not just another L1. It’s not trying to be Solana or AVAX. It’s trying to be the foundation.
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> Ethereum was Gavin’s revolution.
Polkadot is his refinement.
And if history rhymes, DOT at $5 today will look like ETH at $10 in hindsight.
The future isn’t just decentralized...
It’s coordinated.
John Trimble retweeted
is $dot boring - or brilliant? deep dive into Polkadot’s 2025 trajectory 📈
as of April 29, 2025 $dot trades at $4.20
despite price pressure, @Polkadot remains in the top 20 cryptocurrencies, with a market cap over $6.3b and deep developer activity
Polkadot 2.0 is live
launched in Q1 2025, Polkadot 2.0 is a major leap forward:
▪️ asynchronous backing: 4x parachain throughput
▪️ agile coretime: flexible resource usage
▪️ elastic scaling: greater tx capacity
▪️ more speed, less friction critical for ecosystem growth
Snowbridge is a game changer:
▪️ launched in early 2025, Snowbridge connects Polkadot and Ethereum
▪️ it enables seamless cross-chain transfers - from assets to data - unlocking new defi and web3 use cases
▪️ this integration positions $dot at the heart of multichain interoperability
ecosystem activity is rising:
▪️ Polkadot 2.0 and JAM progress
▪️ developer and community engagement (Polkadot Alpha Program, Hackathon and Consensus 2025)
▪️ growth in unique wallets = user adoption
Polkadot isn’t static - its use cases are expanding fast across defi, governance, and nfts
ETF speculation: institutional catalyst
▪️ one of the most anticipated developments is the potential approval of a 21Shares Polkadot ETF on Nasdaq
▪️ approval would enable retail and institutional investors to gain exposure to $dot via traditional exchanges - without interacting with crypto wallets or defi platforms
price action: challenges and opportunities
▪️ $3.70 = strong support
▪️ breakout above $4.50 could target $6.31–$8.22
▪️ RSI rebounding from oversold
▪️ descending wedge hints at bullish reversal
Polkadot in context:
with 1400 weekly devs and 26k+ GitHub repos,
▪️ Polkadot is still one of Web3’s most active ecosystems
final thoughts:
▪️ despite short-term volatility, #Polkadot is laying the groundwork for long-term success
▪️ with Polkadot 2.0 upgrades, Snowbridge integration, a thriving defi ecosystem, and a potential ETF on the horizon, the fundamentals have never looked stronger
▪️ as interoperability becomes the backbone of #web3, Polkadot is positioned not just to participate, but to lead
▪️ its modular, scalable, and developer-friendly architecture makes it one of the most promising networks of this decade
the future? bright, interconnected, Polkadot-powered
John Trimble retweeted
Just bought a bag of $DOT and I’m not here for hopium.
Here’s why I’m betting on @Polkadot hitting double digits in 2025 - and why this isn’t just another L1 moonshot thread.
Let’s start with the chart:
DOT’s held $3.70–$3.80 like a rock all April.
$3.85 flipped into support. RSI’s got room.
Momentum’s building - and $4.50 is the next real test.
But that’s just surface-level stuff.
Under the hood?
Polkadot 2.0 is live and unfolding:
- Agile Coretime Coretime is replacing slot auctions
- JAM SDK is shipping for devs
- XCM is the real cross-chain protocol (not a bridge duct-taped on)
This isn’t another promise.
It’s quietly running today.
Then you’ve got ETF catalysts lining up:
- Grayscale Polkadot Trust decision - June 11
- 21Shares filed. Coinbase Custody handling storage.
If SEC gives the green light? That’s not hype. That’s institutions.
The ecosystem?
- 150 parachains by EOY
- Projects migrating for lower fees, real infra
- DePIN (peaq), AI (Lightchain), GameFi (Mythical x FIFA) - they’re not plugging into Web3, they’re operating inside it.
That’s native.
And yeah, I see the risks:
- ETF rejection
- Macro headwindsout
- Macro headwinds
- ETH & SOL staying dominant
But the asymmetric upside is obvious.
$8–10 EOY? Reasonable.
More? Definitely possible))
Bottom line?
DOT isn’t just a bet on price...
It’s a bet on infrastructure, coordination, and a protocol that’s been shipping while others have been tweeting.
The bag’s packed.
Let’s see where we land in Q4!!
#DOT #Polkadot #Web3 #CryptoNarrative #CryptoAlpha #ETFSeason #LayerZero
