#genesis marder

[itz-scira55]

next in our lineup is Antipode, a human-arctanian/arktanian hybrid and clone of one of my titanfall OC's. she's a damage legend who's kit generally revolves distorting space-time and who's character revolves around being a weapon with a clear, given purpose and longs for the human experience denied by her creators. she also struggles to come to terms with the fate of the arktanians and just generally feels pretty melancholic about her existence.

i'm so sorry y'all i do plan on eventually making relationship charts (as well as toyhouse pages) for my babies once i get them all posted!

this bad boi was made back in like September and was my first actual ref in years, so it's kind of rough around the edges (and HUGE), but i do plan on getting better in the future :'D

[bauliya]

List of celebrities that have signed letters in “solidarity” with Israel’s genocide of Palestinians

and the list of celebrities that have signed a letter supporting a ceasefire in Gaza:

Adam McKay

Alfonso Cuarón

Alia Shawkat

Alyssa Milano

Amanda Gorman

Amanda Seales

Amber Tamblyn

America Ferrera

Andrew Garfield

Ani DiFranco

Aminé

Anoushka Shankar

Aria Mia Loberti

ASAP Nast

Ayo Edebiri

Bassam Tariq

Bassem Youssef

Belly

Bonnie Wright

Boots Riley

Caroline Polachek

Cate Blanchett

Channing Tatum

Charm La’Donna

Cherien Dabis

Darius Marder

David Cross

David Oyelowo

Deb Never

Dev Hynes

Dina Shihabi

Diplo

Dominic Cooper

Dominique Fishback

Dominique Thorne

Dua Lipa

El-P

Elvira Lind

Elyanna

Farah Bsaiso

Farida Khelfa

Fatima Farheen Mirza

Florence Pugh

Hasan Minhaj

Hend Sabry

Ilana Glazer

Indya Moore

James Schamus

Jay Shetty

Jai Courtney

Jeremy Strong

Jessica Chastain

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Williams

Joaquin Phoenix

John Cusack

Jon Stewart

Kathryn Grody

Kaytranada

Kehlani

Killer Mike

Kristen Stewart

Lauren Jauregui

Lena Waithe

Macklemore

Mandy Patinkin

Mahershala Ali

Margaret Cho

Mark Ruffalo

May Calamawy

Megan Boone

Michael Malarkey

Michael Moore

Michael Shannon

Michael Stipe

Michelle Wolf

Miguel

Mo Amer

Mousa Kraish

Natalia Cordova

Natalie Merchant

Oscar Isaac

Quinta Brunson

Rachel McAdams

Rachel Sennott

Ramy Youssef

Raveena Aurora

Riz Ahmed

Rooney Mara

Rosario Dawson

Rosie O’Donnell

Rowan Blanchard

Ryan Coogler

Sandra Oh

Sebastian Silva

Shailene Woodley

Shaka King

SimiHaze

Simon Helberg

Stephanie Suganami

Susan Sarandon

Taylour Paige

Tommy Genesis

Tony Kushner

V (formerly Eve Ensler)

Vic Mensa

Victoria Monét

Wallace Shawn

Wanda Sykes

Yara Shahidi

Zoe Lister Jones

I wanted to include them both but there were hundreds of celebrities who came out in support of Israel.

[robthegoodfellow]

In addition to promoting C4P on Instagram, I also wanted to share the letter released by Artists4Ceasefire:

Dear President Biden, We come together as artists and advocates, but most importantly as human beings witnessing the devastating loss of lives and unfolding horrors in Israel and Palestine. We ask that, as President of the United States, you and the US Congress call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost. More than 5,000 people have been killed in the last week and a half – a number any person of conscience knows is catastrophic. We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith or ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. We urge your administration, Congress, and all world leaders, to honor all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of hostages. Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach them. We believe that the United States can play a vital diplomatic role in ending the suffering and we are adding our voices to those from the US Congress, UNICEF, Doctors without Borders, The International Committee of The Red Cross, and so many others. Saving lives is a moral imperative. To echo UNICEF, “Compassion — and international law — must prevail.” As of this writing more than 6,000 bombs have been dropped on Gaza in the last 12 days - resulting in one child being killed every 15 minutes. "Children and families in Gaza have practically run out of food, water, electricity, medicine and safe access to hospitals, following days of air strikes and cuts to all supply routes. Gaza’s sole power plant ran out of fuel Wednesday afternoon, shutting down electricity, water and wastewater treatment. Most residents can no longer get drinking water from service providers or household water through pipelines.... The humanitarian situation has reached lethal lows, and yet all reports point to further attacks. Compassion — and international law — must prevail.” – UNICEF spokesperson James Elder Beyond our pain and mourning for all of the people there and their loved ones around the world we are motivated by an unbending will to stand for our common humanity. We stand for freedom, justice, dignity and peace for all people – and a deep desire to stop more bloodshed. We refuse to tell future generations the story of our silence, that we stood by and did nothing. As Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told UN News, “History is watching.”

Partial list of signatories highlighted by NPR (much longer list on the Artists4Ceasefire site linked at top of this post):

Alia Shawkat

Alyssa Milano

Amanda Seales

Amber Tamblyn

America Ferrera

Andrew Garfield

Ani DiFranco

Anoushka Shankar

Aria Mia Loberti

Ayo Edebiri

Bassam Tariq

Bassem Youssef

Belly

Bonnie Wright

Caroline Polachek

Cate Blanchett

Channing Tatum

Cherien Dabis

Darius Marder

David Cross

David Oyelowo

Dev Hynes

Diplo

Dominique Fishback

Dominique Thorne

Dua Lipa

Elvira Lind

Elyanna

Farah Bsaiso

Fatima Farheen Mirza

Florence Pugh

Hasan Minhaj

Hend Sabry

Ilana Glazer

Indya Moore

James Schamus

Jeremy Strong

Jessica Chastain

Jessie Buckley

Joaquin Phoenix

Jon Stewart

Kehlani

Kristen Stewart

Macklemore

Mahershala Ali

Margaret Cho

Mark Ruffalo

May Calamawy

Michael Malarkey

Michael Moore

Michael Shannon

Michael Stipe

Michelle Wolf

Miguel

Mo Amer

Natalie Merchant

Oscar Isaac

Quinta Brunson

Rachel Sennott

Ramy Youssef

Ravena Aurora

Riz Ahmed

Rooney Mara

Rosario Dawson

Rowan Blanchard

Ryan Coogler

Sandra Oh

Sebastian Silva

Shailene Woodley

Shaka King

Simi Haze

Stephanie Suganami

Susan Sarandon

Taylour Paige

Tommy Genesis

Vic Mensa

Victoria Monét

Wallace Shawn

Wanda Sykes

Yara Shahidi

I'd heard so much about the celebs and creatives who signed that letter in support of Israel which totally ignored the plight of Palestinians in favor of promoting Zionist talking points -- to the point where I didn't even know about the Artists4Ceasefire counter letter.

I know in the grand scheme of things, these letters are mostly performative gestures. I don't know how many on this list are actively promoting the Palestinian cause as individuals with far-reaching platforms... but it's a far cry from the appalled disappointment I felt scrolling down that first letter.

I saw your tags about trying to compile a list of celebs who support Palestine and a pretty decent source is the celebrities4palestine Instagram account🫶🏾

Thank you so much!!

[morganarchived]

a rough list of favourite films i’ve watched (so far)

with thanks to strangers from the internet and my dad’s wicked collection

more detailed posts to come (when i get around to it)

generally rated from favourites onwards

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry (2004)

You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay (2017)

Metropolis, Rintaro (2001)

Over the Garden Wall, Nate Cash (2014)

Sound of Metal, Darius Marder (2019)

Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston (1990)

Jackass Forever, Jeff Tremaine (2022)

House of Gucci, Ridley Scott (2021)

10 Things I Hate About You, Gil Junger (1999)

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson (2009)

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, Beyoncé & Ed Burke (2019)

West Side Story, Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (1961)

The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Jeff Feuerzeig (2005)

Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann (1996)

Once, John Carney (2007)

Grave of the Fireflies, Isao Takahata (1988)

Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Hayao Miyazaki (1986)

Kiki’s Delivery Service, Hayao Miyazaki (1989)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki (1984)

Howl’s Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki (2004)

Princess Mononoke, Hayao Miyazaki (1997)

Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki (2001)

Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz (1986)

The Last Unicorn, Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. (1982)

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki (1997)

The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez (1999)

Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo (1988)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright (2010)

Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)

The Batman, Matt Reeves (2022)

Ikiru, Akira Kurosawa (1952)

I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Charlie Kaufman (2020)

Belladonna of Sadness, Eiichi Yamamoto (1973)

I, Tonya, Craig Gillespie (2017)

It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Don Hertzfeldt (2012)

Kill Bill: Vol 1, Quentin Tarantino (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol 2, Quentin Tarantino (2004)

Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino (2009)

What Happened, Miss Simone?, Liz Garbus (2015)

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Marielle Heller (2015)

Monster, Patty Jenkins (2003)

Charlie Countryman, Fredrik Bond (2013)

Whiplash, Damien Chazelle (2014)

The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet (2003)

Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky (2000)

Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino (1994)

Pink Floyd: The Wall, Alan Parker (1982)

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick (1993)

The Dark Crystal, Frank Oz & Jim Henson (1982)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rodney Rothman & Peter Ramsey & Bob Persichetti (2018)

Parasite, Bong Joon-ho (2019)

Jackass 4.5, Jeff Tremaine (2022)

The Prestige, Christopher Nolan (2006)

There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)

Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro (2021)

Knives Out, Rian Johnson (2019)

It Follows, David Robert Mitchell (2014)

The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann (2013)

Ghost Stories, Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson (2017)

Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder (2011)

The Devil All the Time, Antonio Campos (2020)

Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve (2013)

Goodnight Mommy, Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz (2014)

The Poughkeepsie Tapes, John Erick Dowdle (2007)

Shoah, Claude Lanzmann (1985)

Ravenous, Robin Aubert (2017)

The Last Duel, Ridley Scott (2021)

Dave Made a Maze, Bill Watterson (2017)

If Anything Happens I Love You, Will McCormack & Michael Govier (2020)

Jojo Rabbit, Taiki Waititi (2019)

Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho (2003)

Midsommar, Ari Aster (2019)

Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach (2019)

The Fly, David Cronenberg (1986)

Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson (2015)

Hereditary, Ari Aster (2018)

Creep, Patrick Brice (2014)

Se7en, David Fincher (1995)

Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro (2006)

Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson (2018)

A Close Shave, Nick Park (1995)

[divasnotdead-blog]

Contest!

A very merry December-season to all!

Whatever you choose to celebrate (or not celebrate) this time of year?  I find it's always done best by doing something special for the ones you love.  That's why I'm proud to announce my second-annual "Letters To Diva Claus" contest!  Last year, three lucky girls walked away with three new Genesis Lab heads after their friends sent in notecards about why they are awesome people and deserved to get in touch with the diva within.  But why should girls get to have all the fun?

I'm happy to announce that I'm upping the bar and inviting people to write in about the men in their life that need an avi handsome enough to match who they already are on the inside.  But I'm going bigger than I've ever gone - and this time I'm offering our first prize of a FULL BENTO/MESH MAKEOVER!  How can I afford to do this?  ...the answer is that I can't by myself, but I've enlisted the help of some very special friends!

Gacha-phenoms Tristan Careless and June Marais have agreed to help out this year so we can provide a 2nd and a 3rd prize - mesh bodies - to two more lucky guys!  And I'm asking for help from the gacha community as well.  If you do a search for the term LTDC18 on Marketplace?  You'll see a selection of specially discounted gacha available for purchase - proceeds from those sales will go directly into funding the prizes for 2nd and 3rd place.  

TO ENTER YOUR FRIEND:

Please submit a notecard by midnight (SLT/PST) on Dec 22nd to Crymson Marder with the following:

- Avatar Name (Including Legacy Name): - A small paragraph or two about why your friend is awesome and could use a makeover: - (Optional) Preferred Pronouns: - (Optional) Best time to contact them:

RULES:

1. Letters must be submitted on BEHALF of someone else.  You cannot nominate yourself.  If you don't have friends?  You should do nice things for people in SL and friends will kinda just happen.  Your alt is not your friend, and though I can't do a lot to enforce it - if it's obvious? -  I'll move on to someone else.

2.  Eligible avatars must be at least a year old in SL and 21 years or older in RL.  This is to ensure that avatars are able to travel about to all necessary sims and that they are familiar with how to use the basic features of SL.  Also, avatars using system bodies will be considered "highest need" over non-bento mesh.

3. The first place winner must be able to communicate in English (including use of basic American-English idioms).  This is, sadly, a limitation of my own diva powers.  However, 2nd and 3rd place winners will not have that restriction as long as they are comfy with Google Translate or have you to translate for them.  Letters should also be submitted in English, but if you can express yourself better in another language, please include both.

4. Winners need to identify as either male IRL or male in SL - they do not have to be both.  If your friend is in a transitioning state or choose to be ambiguous/fluid and wish for their avatar to reflect that in SL?  Please note that in the letter and please include their preferred pronouns.  

5. All winners will be decided at the sole discretion of Crymson Marder, Tristan Careless, and June Marais.  By submitting a notecard, you agree to this and agree to abide by the spirit in which the rules and contest were created.  

[reneeacaseyfl]

Lookout, Crypto Land, Here Comes the IRS—The Ledger

Ben Franklin said nothing in this world is inevitable but death and taxes. Did cryptocurrency fans think it would be any different for them? On Friday, the IRS caused a mini-shockwave by announcing it had sent out 10,000 warning letters to crypto owners.

The letters come in three flavors. The first is a friendly version, saying anyone who didn’t report crypto earnings should file an amendment. The second is more serious, warning recipients they might be in violation. The third is downright scary: It demands a response and requires recipients to sign a statement under pain of perjury. Yikes.

None of this comes as a surprise, though. The IRS has for years been revving up its crypto investigation, which has included a well-publicized tussle with Coinbase that saw the agency issue over 14,000 subpoenas.

The letters are also just the tip of the iceberg, according to Katya Fisher, who leads the blockchain practice at the law firm Greenspoon Marder. She says the crypto industry has been fixated by the SEC, and overlooked the power of the IRS, which is a much bigger agency, and one that is working hand-in-hand with the U.S. Justice Department. Fisher expects the IRS to give the same treatment to the crypto industry as it did to Swiss banks several years ago, rooting out hideouts where Americans stored money without paying their taxes.

It’s hard to argue with the proposition that people should pay their taxes. But in the case of crypto, there are legitimate frustrations over the IRS, especially its failure to address grey areas such as overseas accounts, and capital gains on crypto-to-crypto transfers. There’s also the question of tiny transactions. Many people, including me, have used Bitcoin to pay for a coffee or send small amounts to a friend in order to learn how the technology works. Do we now face an IRS audit if we didn’t report those transactions?

Probably not. According to Fisher, the IRS is likely focused on whales—crypto millionaires, miners, and those who conducted ICOs and didn’t report the proceeds. That’s probably not you. (If it is you, Fisher has some helpful suggestions about what to do next).

The bigger problem here remains the lack of guidance from the U.S. government. The IRS last issued formal instructions on crypto in 2014, and despite promising more guidance several months ago, it has yet to deliver. Meanwhile, bigger solutions—such as a de minimis exemption for small transactions or an amnesty for low level transgressions—will have to come from Congress. Some Members are trying in the form of The Token Taxonomy Act, a bill with bipartisan sponsors, including Democratic Presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard. Unfortunately, the bill appears stalled for now and faces an uphill battle to see a full vote before the next election.

The upshot is that the current tax and legal morass is likely to continue unless crypto enjoys a breakout political moment, perhaps in this week’s primary debates. (Try to speak up this time, Andrew Yang!). The absence of such a breakout would be a shame not just for nervous taxpayers, but for U.S. innovation as a whole. More news below.

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DECENTRALIZED NEWS

To the moon… Robinhood’s valuation soars to $7.6 billion with new funding. Apple-Goldman Sachs credit card set to launch in August. Bakkt eyes Q3 for its exchange launch. Genesis says crypto loan market is booming. Bill Miller hedge fund rides Bitcoin to 46% surge. New York Times fights fake news with IBM blockchain tech. Andrew Yang PAC will accept donations from Lightning Network wallets. 

…Rekt. Binance’s crypto charity faces unanswered questions. Cash advance app Earnin looks a lot like a payday lender. Tron founder turns annual Buffett charity lunch into acute embarrassment. Crypto loan startup YouHodler leaked passwords. More fake Libra projects on Facebook. Venezuelan dictator is converting airport taxes to Bitcoin in a bid to dodge sanctions. 

BALANCING THE LEDGER

How high can savings rates go? On the latest Balancing the Ledger, Robert and Jen talked to Betterment founder and CEO Jon Stein who shared details of his company came to offer up an industry-leading 2.69%. Watch here.

MEMES AND MUMBLES

Sketchy ICOs often go to remarkable lengths to impart an air of respectability to their project. Now, an Asian-based ICO called MCG Token may have one-upped them by hiring actors to appear in marketing material. The kicker? The actors are named “Springsteen Brain” and “Abercrombie.” h/t @nic_carter for the funny thread.

FOMO NO MO’

Are Ethereum’s alt-coin days over? For years, a jolt to the price of Bitcoin triggered a synchronous response in other cryptocurrencies. More recently, though, Bitcoin has become more untethered to so-called alt-coins—its price less correlated to those coins, even as those coins remain highly correlated with each other. New research from crypto prime dealer SFOX shows this trend, but also suggests that another cryptocurrency—Ethereum—may be breaking away from the alt-coin pack:

While many sources have noted the increase in Bitcoin’s market dominance, few have observed the fact that BTC’s current correlation with ether (ETH) is markedly higher than its correlations with other altcoins, and has been so throughout the month of July. This may support the idea that Ethereum is coming into its own as a blockchain that is publicly recognized as an asset on its own terms, much like Bitcoin. If this trend continues, it may become inappropriate to categorize Ethereum as an “altcoin” on a par with other cryptoassets that are not Bitcoin.

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[gravestoneghost]

Updated artists4ceasefire list:

Aasif Mandvi

Abbi Jacobson

Adam Lambert

Aida Rodriguez

Ali Adler

Amandla Stenberg

Adam McKay

Afshan Azad

Ahamed Weinberg

Alan Cumming

Alfonso Cuarón

Alia Shawkat

Allison Russell

Alyssa Milano

Amanda Gorman

Amanda Seales

Amber Tamblyn

America Ferrera

Aminatou Sow

Andrew Ahn

Andrew Garfield

Anees

Ani DiFranco

Aminé

Anoushka Shankar

Aria Mia Loberti

ASAP Nast

Atsuko Okatsuka

Augustus Prew

Ayo Edebiri

Bassam Tariq

Bassem Youssef

Bella Hadid

Belly

Ben Affleck

Bobbi Salvör Menuez

Bonnie Wright

Boots Riley

Bradley Cooper

Brian Cox

Busy Phillipps

Carl Clemons-Hopkins

Caroline Polachek

Cat Power

Cate Blanchett

Channing Tatum

Charm La’Donna

Chase Sui Wonders

Cherien Dabis

Chicano Batman

Chioke Nassor

Clairo

Connie Britton

Cree Summer

Cynthia Nixon

Dan Bucatinsky

Darius Marder

Dave Merheje

David Cross

David Oyelowo

Deb Never

Dev Hynes

Dina Shihabi

Diplo

Dominic Cooper

Dominique Fishback

Dominique Thorne

Drake

Dua Lipa

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Eisa Davis

Elvira Lind

Elyanna

Emily Gordon

Emily Meade

Emma Seligman

Farah Bsaiso

Farida Khelfa

Fatima Farheen Mirza

Florence Pugh

Fredwreck

Gigi Hadid

Gracie Abrams

Hari Nef

Hasan Minhaj

Hend Sabry

Howard Rodman

Ilana Glazer

Indya Moore

James Schamus

Jay Shetty

Jai Courtney

Jas Lin

Jenna Ortega

Jenni Konner

Jennifer Lopez

Jenny Yang

Jeremy Allen White

Jeremy Strong

Jes Tom

Jessica Chastain

Jessie Buckley

Jesse Peretz

Jesse Williams

Joaquin Phoenix

Jodi Balfour

Joe Alwyn

Joel Edgerton

Joel Kim Booster

John Cusack

Jon Stewart

Jordan Peele

JP Saxe

Judah Friedlander

Judy Reyes

Kathryn Grody

Kathy Najimy

Kaytranada

Kehlani

Kendrick Sampson

K.Flay

Kimiko Glenn

Kimya Dawson

Kirsten Dunst

Kristen Stewart

Kumail Nanjiani

Lauren Jauregui

Lena Waithe

Leo Sheng

Lionel Boyce

Lola Kirke

Louisa Jacobson

Macklemore

Mandy Patinkin

Mahershala Ali

Manish Dayal

Marcia Cross

Margaret Cho

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Rylance

Martin Starr

Massari

May Calamawy

Maysoon Zayid

Maz Jobrani

Megan Boone

Melanie Martinez

Melissa Barrera

Michael Malarkey

Michael Moore

Michael Shannon

Michael Stipe

Michelle Wolf

Mickey Sumner

Miguel

Milla Jovovich

Mira Nair

Miranda July

Misha Collins

Mo Amer

Mona Chalabi

Morgan Spector

Mousa Kraish

Mustafa Ahmed

Naomi Scott

Natalia Cordova

Natalie Merchant

Nia DaCosta

Nicole Ansari Cox

Noah “40” Shebib

Omar Metwally

Omar Sy

Oscar Isaac

Padma Lakshmi

Patti Smith

Peter Gabriel

Poorna Jagannathan

Poppy Liu

Quinta Brunson

Rachel McAdams

Rachel Sennott

Ramy Youssef

Raveena Aurora

Richa Moorjani

River L. Ramirez

Riz Ahmed

Roberta Colindrez

Rooney Mara

Rosaline Elbay

Rosario Dawson

Rosie O’Donnell

Rowan Blanchard

Run The Jewels

Rupi Kaur

Ruth Negga

Ryan Coogler

Ryan Piers Williams

Saagar Shaikh

Sami Zayn

Sandra Oh

Sarah Bahbah

Sarah Jones

Sarah Snook

Sarah Sophie Flicker

Sarita Choudhury

Sasami Ashworth

Sean Miura

Sebastian Silva

Sepideh Moafi

Shailene Woodley

Shaka King

Shruti Ganguly

SimiHaze

Simon Helberg

Snoh Aalegra

Sophia Bush

Stephanie Suganami

Susan Sarandon

Sydney Lemmon

Tahar Rahim

Tanya Selvaratnam

Tarek Bishara

Tavi Gevinson

Taylour Paige

Tessa Thompson

Tommy Genesis

Tony Kushner

Travon Free

V (formerly Eve Ensler)

Vic Mensa

Victoria Monét

Wallace Shawn

Wanda Sykes

Yara Shahidi

Yumi Sakugawa

Zoe Chao

Zoe Lister Jones

070 Shake

I know that there's the whole celebrities aren't our friends thing and I thought I outgrew being disappointed in them, I though I no longer expected anything from famous people

that being said, taika waititi being in support of genocide shocked me, since he was always talking about indigenous pride etc etc

please don't put obsessing over a celebrity and needing them to be good over your own morals

(for people that don't know what I'm talking about - some celebs signed a letter supporting what biden and Israel are doing, and some other celebs signed a letter in support of ceasefire. Taika's name wasn't in the second letter)

i will be deleting insensitive replies and comments, since this isn't just some discourse - it's about ethnic cleansing and active genocide

(edit: also for the 'but he's jewish' comments, being Jewish doesn't equal being in support of genocide. I have plenty of Jewish friends an they're all pro Palestine)

[velmaemyers88]

Lookout, Crypto Land, Here Comes the IRS—The Ledger

Ben Franklin said nothing in this world is inevitable but death and taxes. Did cryptocurrency fans think it would be any different for them? On Friday, the IRS caused a mini-shockwave by announcing it had sent out 10,000 warning letters to crypto owners.

The letters come in three flavors. The first is a friendly version, saying anyone who didn’t report crypto earnings should file an amendment. The second is more serious, warning recipients they might be in violation. The third is downright scary: It demands a response and requires recipients to sign a statement under pain of perjury. Yikes.

None of this comes as a surprise, though. The IRS has for years been revving up its crypto investigation, which has included a well-publicized tussle with Coinbase that saw the agency issue over 14,000 subpoenas.

The letters are also just the tip of the iceberg, according to Katya Fisher, who leads the blockchain practice at the law firm Greenspoon Marder. She says the crypto industry has been fixated by the SEC, and overlooked the power of the IRS, which is a much bigger agency, and one that is working hand-in-hand with the U.S. Justice Department. Fisher expects the IRS to give the same treatment to the crypto industry as it did to Swiss banks several years ago, rooting out hideouts where Americans stored money without paying their taxes.

It’s hard to argue with the proposition that people should pay their taxes. But in the case of crypto, there are legitimate frustrations over the IRS, especially its failure to address grey areas such as overseas accounts, and capital gains on crypto-to-crypto transfers. There’s also the question of tiny transactions. Many people, including me, have used Bitcoin to pay for a coffee or send small amounts to a friend in order to learn how the technology works. Do we now face an IRS audit if we didn’t report those transactions?

Probably not. According to Fisher, the IRS is likely focused on whales—crypto millionaires, miners, and those who conducted ICOs and didn’t report the proceeds. That’s probably not you. (If it is you, Fisher has some helpful suggestions about what to do next).

The bigger problem here remains the lack of guidance from the U.S. government. The IRS last issued formal instructions on crypto in 2014, and despite promising more guidance several months ago, it has yet to deliver. Meanwhile, bigger solutions—such as a de minimis exemption for small transactions or an amnesty for low level transgressions—will have to come from Congress. Some Members are trying in the form of The Token Taxonomy Act, a bill with bipartisan sponsors, including Democratic Presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard. Unfortunately, the bill appears stalled for now and faces an uphill battle to see a full vote before the next election.

The upshot is that the current tax and legal morass is likely to continue unless crypto enjoys a breakout political moment, perhaps in this week’s primary debates. (Try to speak up this time, Andrew Yang!). The absence of such a breakout would be a shame not just for nervous taxpayers, but for U.S. innovation as a whole. More news below.

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To the moon… Robinhood’s valuation soars to $7.6 billion with new funding. Apple-Goldman Sachs credit card set to launch in August. Bakkt eyes Q3 for its exchange launch. Genesis says crypto loan market is booming. Bill Miller hedge fund rides Bitcoin to 46% surge. New York Times fights fake news with IBM blockchain tech. Andrew Yang PAC will accept donations from Lightning Network wallets. 

…Rekt. Binance’s crypto charity faces unanswered questions. Cash advance app Earnin looks a lot like a payday lender. Tron founder turns annual Buffett charity lunch into acute embarrassment. Crypto loan startup YouHodler leaked passwords. More fake Libra projects on Facebook. Venezuelan dictator is converting airport taxes to Bitcoin in a bid to dodge sanctions. 

BALANCING THE LEDGER

How high can savings rates go? On the latest Balancing the Ledger, Robert and Jen talked to Betterment founder and CEO Jon Stein who shared details of his company came to offer up an industry-leading 2.69%. Watch here.

MEMES AND MUMBLES

Sketchy ICOs often go to remarkable lengths to impart an air of respectability to their project. Now, an Asian-based ICO called MCG Token may have one-upped them by hiring actors to appear in marketing material. The kicker? The actors are named “Springsteen Brain” and “Abercrombie.” h/t @nic_carter for the funny thread.

FOMO NO MO’

Are Ethereum’s alt-coin days over? For years, a jolt to the price of Bitcoin triggered a synchronous response in other cryptocurrencies. More recently, though, Bitcoin has become more untethered to so-called alt-coins—its price less correlated to those coins, even as those coins remain highly correlated with each other. New research from crypto prime dealer SFOX shows this trend, but also suggests that another cryptocurrency—Ethereum—may be breaking away from the alt-coin pack:

While many sources have noted the increase in Bitcoin’s market dominance, few have observed the fact that BTC’s current correlation with ether (ETH) is markedly higher than its correlations with other altcoins, and has been so throughout the month of July. This may support the idea that Ethereum is coming into its own as a blockchain that is publicly recognized as an asset on its own terms, much like Bitcoin. If this trend continues, it may become inappropriate to categorize Ethereum as an “altcoin” on a par with other cryptoassets that are not Bitcoin.

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Lookout, Crypto Land, Here Comes the IRS—The Ledger

Ben Franklin said nothing in this world is inevitable but death and taxes. Did cryptocurrency fans think it would be any different for them? On Friday, the IRS caused a mini-shockwave by announcing it had sent out 10,000 warning letters to crypto owners.

The letters come in three flavors. The first is a friendly version, saying anyone who didn’t report crypto earnings should file an amendment. The second is more serious, warning recipients they might be in violation. The third is downright scary: It demands a response and requires recipients to sign a statement under pain of perjury. Yikes.

None of this comes as a surprise, though. The IRS has for years been revving up its crypto investigation, which has included a well-publicized tussle with Coinbase that saw the agency issue over 14,000 subpoenas.

The letters are also just the tip of the iceberg, according to Katya Fisher, who leads the blockchain practice at the law firm Greenspoon Marder. She says the crypto industry has been fixated by the SEC, and overlooked the power of the IRS, which is a much bigger agency, and one that is working hand-in-hand with the U.S. Justice Department. Fisher expects the IRS to give the same treatment to the crypto industry as it did to Swiss banks several years ago, rooting out hideouts where Americans stored money without paying their taxes.

It’s hard to argue with the proposition that people should pay their taxes. But in the case of crypto, there are legitimate frustrations over the IRS, especially its failure to address grey areas such as overseas accounts, and capital gains on crypto-to-crypto transfers. There’s also the question of tiny transactions. Many people, including me, have used Bitcoin to pay for a coffee or send small amounts to a friend in order to learn how the technology works. Do we now face an IRS audit if we didn’t report those transactions?

Probably not. According to Fisher, the IRS is likely focused on whales—crypto millionaires, miners, and those who conducted ICOs and didn’t report the proceeds. That’s probably not you. (If it is you, Fisher has some helpful suggestions about what to do next).

The bigger problem here remains the lack of guidance from the U.S. government. The IRS last issued formal instructions on crypto in 2014, and despite promising more guidance several months ago, it has yet to deliver. Meanwhile, bigger solutions—such as a de minimis exemption for small transactions or an amnesty for low level transgressions—will have to come from Congress. Some Members are trying in the form of The Token Taxonomy Act, a bill with bipartisan sponsors, including Democratic Presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard. Unfortunately, the bill appears stalled for now and faces an uphill battle to see a full vote before the next election.

The upshot is that the current tax and legal morass is likely to continue unless crypto enjoys a breakout political moment, perhaps in this week’s primary debates. (Try to speak up this time, Andrew Yang!). The absence of such a breakout would be a shame not just for nervous taxpayers, but for U.S. innovation as a whole. More news below.

GOT TIPS?

Send feedback and tips to ledger@fortune.com, find us on Twitter @FortuneLedger or email/DM me directly at the contact info below. Please tell your friends to subscribe.

Jeff John Roberts jeff.roberts@fortune.com @jeffjohnroberts

THE LEDGER’S LATEST

Comcast-Championed Home Insurer Hippo Hits $1 Billion ‘Unicorn’ Valuation By Robert Hackett

Ripple’s CEO Worried About Regulatory Backlash Over Facebook’s Libra Plan By Jeremy Kahn

High-Yield Savings: Startup Betterment Promotes Industry-Besting 2.69% Interest By Robert Hackett

DoorDash Changes Tipping Practices After Public Backlash By Danielle Abril

What Separates the Hacks and Hack-Nots By Robert Hackett

DECENTRALIZED NEWS

To the moon… Robinhood’s valuation soars to $7.6 billion with new funding. Apple-Goldman Sachs credit card set to launch in August. Bakkt eyes Q3 for its exchange launch. Genesis says crypto loan market is booming. Bill Miller hedge fund rides Bitcoin to 46% surge. New York Times fights fake news with IBM blockchain tech. Andrew Yang PAC will accept donations from Lightning Network wallets. 

…Rekt. Binance’s crypto charity faces unanswered questions. Cash advance app Earnin looks a lot like a payday lender. Tron founder turns annual Buffett charity lunch into acute embarrassment. Crypto loan startup YouHodler leaked passwords. More fake Libra projects on Facebook. Venezuelan dictator is converting airport taxes to Bitcoin in a bid to dodge sanctions. 

BALANCING THE LEDGER

How high can savings rates go? On the latest Balancing the Ledger, Robert and Jen talked to Betterment founder and CEO Jon Stein who shared details of his company came to offer up an industry-leading 2.69%. Watch here.

MEMES AND MUMBLES

Sketchy ICOs often go to remarkable lengths to impart an air of respectability to their project. Now, an Asian-based ICO called MCG Token may have one-upped them by hiring actors to appear in marketing material. The kicker? The actors are named “Springsteen Brain” and “Abercrombie.” h/t @nic_carter for the funny thread.

FOMO NO MO’

Are Ethereum’s alt-coin days over? For years, a jolt to the price of Bitcoin triggered a synchronous response in other cryptocurrencies. More recently, though, Bitcoin has become more untethered to so-called alt-coins—its price less correlated to those coins, even as those coins remain highly correlated with each other. New research from crypto prime dealer SFOX shows this trend, but also suggests that another cryptocurrency—Ethereum—may be breaking away from the alt-coin pack:

While many sources have noted the increase in Bitcoin’s market dominance, few have observed the fact that BTC’s current correlation with ether (ETH) is markedly higher than its correlations with other altcoins, and has been so throughout the month of July. This may support the idea that Ethereum is coming into its own as a blockchain that is publicly recognized as an asset on its own terms, much like Bitcoin. If this trend continues, it may become inappropriate to categorize Ethereum as an “altcoin” on a par with other cryptoassets that are not Bitcoin.

We hope you enjoyed this edition of The Ledger. Find past editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here. Question, suggestion, or feedback? Drop us a line.

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this started out as a joke (and still kinda is if you squint) i had but then gradually became a relationship study between two characters who are pushed to their absolute limits by the people who made them; until they eventually disconnect from their humanity and become...gods among mere mortals. genesis rejects godhood, while kaleb—as we all know—embraces it.

...actually, i might make some art that further explores this concept. 😅