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But will he?
Gm. To Bitcoin or not to Bitcoin, that is the question.

š CRYPTO
The Crypto Election

Florida Governor Ron DeSantisās Twitter Space to announce his campaign for President accomplished two things:
Let us know that Twitter Spaces can only handle 500,000 people at a time, which we guess could be important if youāre a niche internet celebrity.
Confirmed that DeSantis at least knows what crypto is.
Specifically, DeSantis said that āthe current regime, clearly, has it out for Bitcoin, and if it continues for another four years, theyāll probably end up killing itā. Of course, the implication is that under Ronās watchful eye everybody would be able to ādo Bitcoinā, whatever that means.
Now, you might be asking yourself, āwhy is a presidential candidate talking about Bitcoinā. Well, it turns out that crypto has become kind of aā¦dare I say itā¦major issue?:
Fellow Republican hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy said he knows way more about crypto than DeSantis.
RFK JR is a card-carrying crypto bro.
President Biden despises crypto.
Trump is publicly opposed to crypto, just not enough to stop selling Trump NFTs.
Combine that with the ever-present question of regulation and the non-stop attacks by Senator Warren, and itās clear that crypto no longer exists on the margins.
The Big Picture: This election will likely determine the future of crypto in America.

š TECH
Itās (Still) Self-Driving Cars SZN

Self-driving cars have been in the works for almost a decade now. Back in those sweet Summer days, it was predicted that autonomous vehicles would dominate the roads by 2021.
That obviously didnāt happen.
As we covered last year, the self-driving car industry is not doing too hot:
Uber shut down their self-driving unit in 2020.
Lyft, the predictor of the 2021 autonomous vehicle revolution, did the same the next year.
Ford and VWās Argo AI followed suit last year.
And, despite Elonās promises, Teslaās can still not drive itself.
But, even with all these setbacks, the dream still isnāt dead yet. Google-backed Waymo and GM-backed Cruise are still fighting the good fight:
Waymo already offers driverless taxis in Pheonix, and they are preparing to expand to Los Angeles with the goal of 100,000 weekly trips by 2024.
Cruise does the same in San Fransisco, and they just announced plans to expand to Dallas and Houston.
However, the fight is still far from over:
Robotaxis still canāt safely go on the freeway, slowing down rides.
They also still have trouble interacting with police officers and firefighters.
Neither company is profitable yet, a slight problem considering these companies cost an ungodly amount of money.
The Bottom Line: Both companies are burning through billions of dollars. If they donāt get to profitability soon, the self-driving fighters might be out cold soon.

šāāļø QUICKIES
What else is going on?
Apple is now hiring generative AI engineers š.
The founder of Stable Diffusion has a dubious past.
GPT-4 is better than you at Minecraft.
There will never be another Twitter.
Stat: 50%: A new lung cancer pill cuts the risk of death in half. Pretty exciting stuff.
Rabbit hole: Big Techās Biggest Bets (Matthew Ball)

𤩠MONDAY MOTIVATION
Thereās no failure, just steps to success.

š§ GUESSTIMATE
Nuclear fusion energy researchers recently reached record-breaking temperatures in a tokamak. What temperature did they reach?

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100 milllion degrees Celsius. So yeah, just a bit hot.