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"The puzzling disconnect between the TIC and Form PF data on Cayman Islands' holdings of U.S. Treasuries is under active investigation." https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-cross-border-trail-of-the-treasury-basis-trade-20251015.html

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Michelangelo’s “horned” Moses might be the strangest masterpiece in Rome. He gave Moses horns after interpreting a 16th-century translation error that turned “rays of light” into “horns.” And this world-class sculpture? Not in the Vatican, not in a museum — it hides in a quaint church on a side-street, where tourists can stumble in by accident.

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I hit 200 Followers today. Thanks everyone. I’m the one who always pushes back against those who say Farcaster has limitations. I fully believe a dam-break moment is coming and all of Web3 will be inundated with users. No one will convince me otherwise. That’s why I’m here.

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In 919 CE, the King of the Holy Roman Empire was crowned on a hill above the town of Quedlinburg, Germany. Quedlinburg escaped major wartime destruction, so much of its medieval core is intact — still standing, nearly untouched for over a thousand years. How was it preserved for so long? It survived because it was poor. One of Europe’s best-preserved medieval towns is still standing after a thousand years because no one could afford to tear it down.

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