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Jamie Dimon
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diff --git a/wiki/characters/jamie-dimon.md b/wiki/characters/jamie-dimon.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..85ecd378 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +--- +title: Jamie Dimon +type: character +status: seeded +discovered: mention-scan +sources: + - corpus mention scan (see scripts/discover-people.mjs) +--- + +> *Henry's note: listed because the universe keeps mentioning them — JPMorgan CEO. This entry fills out as Henry replays episodes and news.* + +## Appearances +### Episodes (4) + +- [[episodes/pressure-creates-good-ux-with-evan-kaloudis-btp-episode-18|Pressure Creates Good UX with Evan Kaloudis | BTP Episode 18]] — 6 mentions +- [[episodes/spamming-vegas-livestream-with-fundamentals-and-erin-redwing|Spamming Vegas Livestream with Fundamentals and Erin Redwing]] — 2 mentions +- [[episodes/decentralizing-compliance-with-steven-lubka-bugle-weekly-episode-24|Decentralizing Compliance With Steven Lubka | Bugle Weekly Episode 24]] — 1 mention +- [[episodes/scaling-with-paper-bitcoin-ft-21-media-evan-kaloudis-and-rob-hamilton|Scaling With Paper Bitcoin ft. 21 Media, Evan Kaloudis, and Rob Hamilton]] — 1 mention + +### In the news (10) + +- [[news/experts-say-trumpism-to-eclipse-christianity-in-the-united-states-by-2025|Experts Say Trumpism To Eclipse Christianity In The United States By 2025]] +- [[news/why-becoming-a-statist-when-youre-scared-is-a-winning-strategy|Why Becoming A Statist When You're Scared Is A Winning Strategy]] +- [[news/the-fbi-issues-psa-to-stop-using-bitcoin|Mass Non Compliance Erupts Following FBI PSA]] +- [[news/jamie-dimon-endorses-bitcoin-as-preferred-way-to-launder-money|Jamie Dimon Endorses Bitcoin As "Preferred Way to Launder Money"]] +- [[news/jack-mallers-closet-fills-up-with-jordans-and-gucci-clothing-as-bull-market-takes-off|Jack Mallers Closet Fills Up With Jordans and Gucci Clothing As Bull Market Takes Off]] +- [[news/bankers-go-on-strike-following-bitcoin-hitting-ath-theyre-taking-our-jobs|Bankers Go On Strike Following Bitcoin Hitting ATH, "They're Taking Our Jobs"]] +- [[news/trump-and-queen-elizabeth-are-working-with-jamie-dimon-to-collude-and-make-tether-win|Trump and King Charles are Working with Jamie Dimon to Collude and Make Tether Win]] +- [[news/tension-at-thanksgiving-as-daughters-new-boyfriend-wears-swan-hat|Tensions Spill Over After Son-in-Law Wears ‘Swan’ Hat to Thanksgiving Dinner]] +- [[news/river-bans-payments-from-chase-to-try-and-mitigate-child-trafficking-and-money-laundering|River Bans Payments From Chase To Try And Mitigate Child Trafficking And Money Laundering]] +- [[news/jamie-dimon-announces-presidential-candidatecy-after-being-implicated-in-jeffery-epstein|Jamie Dimon Announces Presidential Candidacy After Being Implicated In Jeffery Epstein Investigation]] + +*Mention counts are mechanical (name matches incl. transcript misspellings); Henry verifies and annotates them.* + +## On the timeline + +Jamie Dimon does not need to say a word to appear in the Bugleverse. Across the accounts he is a fixed institution — the too-big-to-jail banker, the plebs' standing adversary, the man perpetually one press cycle away from either indictment or the presidency. The [[characters/henry|archivist]] groups the recurring threads below. The wire saga is tracked separately at [[storylines/jp-morgan-dimon|JP Morgan & Jamie Dimon]]. + +### The reluctant convert + +The oldest running gag is Dimon's public conversion to Bitcoin — never a change of heart, always an order handed down. [@rodpalmerhodl](https://x.com/rodpalmerhodl) stages it as a phone call from [[characters/donald-trump|Trump]] himself, Dimon accepting his defeat with a courtier's thank-you: + +> Trump: Jamie, it's me. Bitcoin has already won. It's time. You're officially authorized to embrace it publicly. Jamie Dimon: Thank you Mr. President. +> — [@rodpalmerhodl, 2024-07-18](https://x.com/rodpalmerhodl/status/1813731819587879074) + + + +When the [@bitcoin_bugle](https://x.com/bitcoin_bugle) desk lets Dimon endorse Bitcoin in his own voice, the endorsement is characteristically backhanded — a compliment aimed squarely at the criminal utility the real Dimon spent a decade warning about: + +> Jamie Dimon Endorses Bitcoin As "Preferred Way to Launder Money" +> — [@bitcoin_bugle, 2024-04-24](https://x.com/bitcoin_bugle/status/1783122592984977507) + +> irl: The real Dimon spent years calling Bitcoin a fraud and a tool for criminals; the Bugle simply lets him say the quiet part as praise. Written by [[characters/richard-greaser|@GreaserRichard]], later a [[news/jamie-dimon-endorses-bitcoin-as-preferred-way-to-launder-money|standing news article]]. + +### The plebs' adversary + +Dimon is the banker the revolution is escaping *from*. [@GreaserRichard](https://x.com/GreaserRichard) frames the whole point of Bitcoin as a change of custodian, and — in a line that reads as satire of the Coinbase-pilled — not necessarily an improvement: + +> The revolution of Bitcoin is about moving away from being banked by Jamie Dimon, towards being banked by [[characters/brian-armstrong|Brian Armstrong]]. Change your banker change the world +> — [@GreaserRichard, 2024-12-30](https://x.com/GreaserRichard/status/1873750171584246088) + +By late 2025 the antagonism has escalated to statecraft. The Bugle files the pleb–Dimon conflict as a geopolitical crisis on par with a shooting war, complete with the reflexive "top priority" language of a State Department briefing: + +> BREAKING: On the heels of Ukraine🇺🇦 announcement, U.S. officials say peace deal between plebs and Jamie Dimon is nation's "top priority" +> — [@bitcoin_bugle, 2025-11-25](https://x.com/bitcoin_bugle/status/1993357063070642385) + + + +### Epstein, and the run for president + +The desk's Dimon carries the Epstein banking scandal as permanent baggage, and — in the Bugleverse's logic that scandal is a campaign launchpad — converts it directly into a candidacy. The line ran twice, once on its own and again in a [[characters/jack-mallers|Jack]]-reads-the-Bugle segment: + +> Jamie Dimon Announces Presidential Candidacy After Being Implicated In Jeffery Epstein Investigation +> — [@bitcoin_bugle, 2023-06-02](https://x.com/bitcoin_bugle/status/1664648513123237889) + +> irl: JPMorgan settled litigation over its banking relationship with Jeffrey Epstein; the Bugle treats [[characters/jeffrey-epstein|the association]] as canon and runs it to its most cynical conclusion. + +### The Tether axis + +Where the plebs see a conspiracy, the Bugle draws the org chart. Dimon anchors a cartoon-villain alliance spanning the throne, the White House, and the stablecoin desk — collusion to hand the market to [[characters/timmy-tether|Tether]]: + +> Trump and King Charles are Working with Jamie Dimon to Collude and Make [[characters/timmy-tether|Tether]] Win +> — [@bitcoin_bugle, 2024-02-06](https://x.com/bitcoin_bugle/status/1754848184151810511) + +The headline later shipped as a [[news/trump-and-queen-elizabeth-are-working-with-jamie-dimon-to-collude-and-make-tether-win|full article]] — Henry notes the royal drifts between [[characters/king-charles|King Charles]] and Queen Elizabeth across versions, a retcon the wiki preserves rather than resolves. + +### The Armstrong feud + +By 2026 [@rodpalmerhodl](https://x.com/rodpalmerhodl) has Dimon and [[characters/brian-armstrong|Brian Armstrong]] locked in open warfare, the JPMorgan chief adopting the exact idiom of Bitcoin Twitter to insult the Coinbase chief: + +> JUST IN: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is "@GhostofWhitman certified retard of the day" +> — [@rodpalmerhodl, 2026-05-29](https://x.com/rodpalmerhodl/status/2060460603949363568) + + + +The feud collapsed the next day into the register the account reserves for its bitterest rivalries — a one-line allegation, no punctuation, no retraction: + +> brian armstrong had gay sex with jamie dimon +> — [@rodpalmerhodl, 2026-05-30](https://x.com/rodpalmerhodl/status/2060551673961943443) + +Henry logs it as canon and moves on. The banker who began as the establishment's monolith ends as a name in a shitpost — which, in the Bugleverse, is the same thing.