TradFi convergence and tokenization
Tokenized equities and RWAs, TradFi and equity perps, GPU compute markets, institutional access, Bitcoin treasury firms, and crypto rails serving all of finance.
26%
Best tweets about Crypto
50 Best Tweets About Crypto (2026)
A curated collection of the sharpest, most-shared X posts about crypto—saved so you do not have to dig through the timeline yourself. Updated every two weeks.
Builders and traders on the market, the technology, and the cycles—kept strictly to the sober takes.
- Creators
- 42
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Original Xholic analysis
What 50 top Crypto posts reveal
A 50-post, 42-creator crypto sample spans several threads: macro-driven market reads, crypto as invisible infrastructure, TradFi convergence via tokenized equities and perps, and a push toward revenue and real usage. Critiques of token oversupply, extraction and casino culture run alongside. Only 16% of posts are under 90 days old. Opinion posts make up 50% of the sample, while lists, stories and case studies carry higher median scores. Media posts have a median score of 18.23 versus 10.971 for text-only posts. A Michael Saylor announcement is the clear outlier.
- Dominant tone
- Positive
- Median score
- 15.1
- Leading format
- Opinion
- Recent posts
- 16%
36% of posts
All-time engagement
50% of posts
Published in 90 days
Conversation map
The themes creators return to
Macro-driven market structure
Sober reads of BTC and crypto price action through liquidity, rates, ETF flows, leverage flushes, liquidations, and cross-asset moves in gold and equities.
24%
Consumer adoption and invisible crypto
Building apps where crypto is hidden infrastructure, including crypto cards, neo-banks, payments, UX as the moat, and the challenge of reaching real mainstream users.
20%
Cycle sentiment and bear-market patience
Reflections on jaded sentiment, quiet markets, capital protection, steady accumulation, and why builders who persist through downturns lead the next cycle.
20%
Token extraction and broken trust
Critiques of token oversupply, insider extraction, casino culture, memecoins, and VC behavior, with calls for integrity and real experimentation.
20%
Crypto careers, creators, and attention
Whether to go full-time in crypto, airdrop and creator ethics, reliance on X, and the gap between Crypto Twitter attention and execution.
16%
Chain ecosystems and upgrades
Shipping updates and roadmaps across Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, Sui, and others, plus arguments against maximalism and for a multichain future.
10%
Revenue and fundamentals over narrative
The shift toward valuing protocols by real usage, revenue, and fee-driven demand, with category winners in lending, RWA, perps, stablecoins, and BTCfi.
10%
Tone and stance
SentimentPositive leads
Author postureObservational leads
Performance benchmark
- Median likes
- 97
- Median reposts
- 5
- Median replies
- 31
- Median views
- 6.7K
Posts with media make up 50% of this collection. Their median all-time score is 18.2, compared with 11.0 for text-only posts.
Format mix
- Opinion50% · score 8.16
- List12% · score 33.9
- Other10% · score 8.03
- Tutorial8% · score 19.8
Consensus and debate
Where creators agree, and where they do not
Shared view
Price action read through macro and positioning
Several traders read crypto moves through ETF flows, liquidations, rates, gold and equities rather than crypto-specific failure. Lina calls it a broader risk-off 'repair phase' and ALTF4 a 'positioning reset'. Pumpkin describes a rotation trade that failed once macro tightened. Miles Deutscher calls a BTC breakout macro-driven.
Shared view
Winning crypto products hide the crypto
Builders converge on UX and invisibility. binji argues for apps where crypto is the substrate, and Sahib came away from TOKEN2049 saying the work is hiding complexity. Lina relays that the best products 'slowly become invisible'. Nick Research frames maturity as crypto disappearing into the stack.
Shared view
Fundamentals and revenue over narrative
TECA lists category leaders he says are winning on improving fundamentals rather than incentives. Tomasz Tunguz argues revenue lets investors compare crypto with software companies on the same metrics. Miles Deutscher says he is mainly watching revenue-generating protocols that held up during the bear.
Shared view
Going full-time is harder than in 2021
Mercek and Route 2 FI both cite token supply inflation, weaker airdrops and slower hiring. Both advise against going full-time without savings, a track record, an edge and a network.
Open debate
Casino culture: a market to serve or a setback
Jacek argues crypto is 'Vegas' and that fun is a huge market worth building for. Sarah of odyssey.ai says memecoin mania set the industry back. Pranit says crypto keeps packaging gambling as innovation. Nick Research takes a middle view: the casino funded infrastructure but 'isn't the entire city'.
Open debate
Broken trust: bottom signal or more pain ahead
Simon Dedic relays a VC calling the token market 'terrifying'. He stays max bullish and reads capitulation as a possible bottom, while warning that trust may not survive many more chances. gum lists oversupply and casino behavior and suggests Bitcoin may need to fall further before things improve.
Open debate
How far a BTC rally can run
Miles Deutscher sees momentum toward the 80s but doubts a sustained run toward 100+ without equity risk-on. Ignacio Palomera warns against treating bounces as resilience while unemployment and rate-cut odds deteriorate.
What performs
Patterns behind standout posts
Announcement outlier dwarfs the median
Michael Saylor's post about his DC Fintech Week fireside chat has a benchmark score of 483.97, 32.05x the 15.1 median. It is the sole ANNOUNCEMENT post, so that format's 483.965 median rests on one post.
Lists carry higher medians than opinion posts
The 6 LIST posts have a 33.91 median score, against 8.163 for OPINION, which makes up 50% of the sample. The list sample is small. Ethereum's roundup of 22 ecosystem launches scored 186.98, 12.38x the median.
Upgrades and patience themes score; extraction critiques lag
Chain ecosystems and upgrades has the highest theme median at 32.616, followed by cycle sentiment at 21.65. Token extraction (6.99) and revenue fundamentals (6.89) score lowest.
Predictions score lowest
The two PREDICTION posts have a 0.9 median score, the lowest of any format, though the sample is tiny. Ian Balina's two macro playbooks carry a 0.35 creator median.
Statistical standouts
- View standout post 1Score 484.0 · 32.05× median
- View standout post 2Score 187.0 · 12.38× median
- View standout post 3Score 72.3 · 4.79× median
- View standout post 4Score 68.3 · 4.52× median
- View standout post 5Score 67.9 · 4.5× median
Creator landscape
Who shapes this conversation
The five most represented creators account for 20% of the selected posts.
1. TECA
@CryptoTeca__
2 posts
2. Defi Rocketeer
@Defi_Rocketeer
2 posts
3. Ian Balina
@DiaryofaMadeMan
2 posts
4. Jake Pahor
@jake_pahor
2 posts
5. Route 2 FI
@Route2FI
2 posts
6. Sahib
@seeksahib
2 posts
Engagement spread across many voices
42 creators wrote the 50 posts, with no author posting more than twice. The top five account for 20% of placements. Lina has the highest median among top voices at 51.52, pairing a macro read with a crypto-card recap.
Practitioners grounded in personal positioning
Route 2 FI (34.18 median) and Mercek (38.75 median) both write candid first-person takes on career risk and market mood. Route 2 FI also details current trades and mostly idle stablecoins.
Quarterly framing from Defi Rocketeer
Defi Rocketeer (25.82 median) frames crypto by quarter. One post reviews CoinGecko Q2 figures showing TradFi perp volume growth amid a weaker overall market. Another previews Q3 upgrades on Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid and Sui.
Since the previous snapshot
What changed since Aug 24, 2026
- 38% of the selected posts remained.
- The creator count changed by -1.
- The leading sentiment remained stable.
How this analysis was made
Themes, sentiment, stance, and post format are classified per tweet. All counts, shares, medians, creator concentration, freshness, and performance comparisons are then calculated directly from the published snapshot.
Xholic's all-time score compares engagement while accounting for reach, post age, and creator consistency. It is used for relative comparisons within this collection.
This report analyzes the exact 50-post snapshot shown below. AI identifies editorial categories and drafts explanations; all statistics are calculated from the snapshot, and every narrative claim is checked against cited posts before publication.
Best Crypto tweets
Top Crypto tweets from 42 creators
Ranked 01–50
- 01
@saylor ·
The future of Bitcoin is the future of finance. This morning at the World Bank, I joined Chris Brummer, Founder & CEO of The Fintech Foundation, for a 25-minute fireside chat at DC Fintech Week. @fintechthinksdc 00:52 - Strategy as a reserve institution built on Digital Capital, Digital Credit, and Digital Equity 01:32 - Bitcoin as Digital Gold, Digital Capital, and the foundation for a new financial system 03:19 - Strategy as a private central bank for the crypto economy 06:54 - Manufacturing Digital Credit backed by USD reserves and Bitcoin 08:08 - Return of capital, tax-deferred dividends, and scalable fixed income 09:17 - How Digital Credit amplifies Bitcoin per share for $MSTR equity holders 12:17 - Bitcoin headwinds and tailwinds: policy, liquidity, bank adoption, and AI capital flows 13:12 - Bitcoin-backed bank credit and the impact of $10B in new lending 16:20 - The triple reflexive flywheel: Bitcoin price, reserves, credit risk, and equity premiums 18:25 - Quantum risk, AI hacking, and why Bitcoin can upgrade when consensus forms
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@ethereum ·
Ethereum is for shipping. Here are 22 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month. 0/ Ethereum hit a new all-time high of 72.8 Million monthly transactions, the highest in network history. 1/ @ethereumfndn, @chainlink, and @Nethermind launched a $1M audit subsidy program to help Ethereum builders access high-quality security reviews. 2/ South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, announced plans for GIWA Chain, an Ethereum L2 built on @Optimism. 3/ @AragonProject introduced Permissions Audits to help protocols secure roles, multisigs, and admin systems. 4/ @fileverse shipped Comments v2, improving the collaboration experience, with privacy by default. 5/ The Ethereum Applications Guild (@EthAppsGuild) launched to support Ethereum-native apps and real-world adoption. 6/ Privacy went live on @Optimism with confidential computing support on OP Mainnet. 7/ @StarkWareLtd brought native proof verification to Starknet mainnet with Shinobi, enabling private trading flows and OTC settlement. 8/ @worldcoin launched World ID 4.0, expanding proof of human credentials across apps, enterprises, and AI agents. 9/ Applications on Ethereum hit ~$310B in user deposits. 10/ @l2beat released a new interactive interoperability map showing how value moves across Ethereum’s expanding ecosystem. 11/ @AlchemixFi launched V3, the latest version of its self-repaying, non-liquidating loan product, with higher capital efficiency and improved peg mechanics. 12/ @OfficialMoonDAO raised $172k + from 157 contributors to send the man who coined the “overview effect” to space. 13/ @ethereumfndn announced the Road to @EFDevcon 8 Academic Program, supporting regional research and academic events ahead of Devcon. 14/ Ethereum core contributors gathered in Svalbard for Soldøgn Interop, a week-long event focused on hardening Glamsterdam implementations to help scale Ethereum securely. 15/ @basepaint_xyz hit 1,000 straight days of onchain art creation, with 121M+ pixels painted and $1.5M + distributed to 4,000+ artists. 16/ New Ethereum community hubs launched in Hong Kong and Floripa, growing local coordination and ecosystem activity across Asia and Latin America. 17/ The EF’s ETH Rangers public goods security program wrapped after helping recover or freeze $5.8M, reporting 785+ vulnerabilities, and identifying ~100 North Korean IT workers targeting Web3 teams. 18/ @centrifuge launched a tokenized S&P 500 fund on @base, bringing 24/7 onchain index exposure to non-U.S. users. 19/ @0xcatalysis launched Covered Vaults on Ethereum, DeFi vaults with built-in onchain risk coverage backed by delegated capital. 20/ @Uniswap processed $3T in all-time volume on Ethereum mainnet. 21/ @RAILGUN_Project hit $5 billion of total all time private volume.
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@XNXX_EN ·
Been looking through a bunch of market data today and ngl... this sell-off feels bigger than just crypto. At first I thought bitcoin:native and ethereum:native were simply getting hit harder than everything else. Then I looked at ethereum:0x68749665ff8d2d112fa859aa293f07a622782f38 . Gold had a crazy run earlier this year, climbing close to 30% before giving a big chunk of it back. Right now it's actually sitting below where it started the year. At the same time, BTC is down almost 38% from its yearly high, ETH more than 50%.. That kinda changed how I'm reading the market. Maybe this isn't just another crypto correction. Maybe it's a broader risk-off phase where people are cutting exposure almost everywhere. The other data doesn't really make me want to get overly bullish either. > Fear & Greed is sitting in Extreme Fear. > ETF flows have stayed negative for weeks. > SOPR is still below 1, which usually means plenty of holders are realizing losses instead of taking profits. > Funding hasn't fully reset yet either. Could things keep going lower? Yeah... they probably could. Nobody knows where the exact bottom is, and pretending otherwise usually ends badly. For me this still looks more like a repair phase than the start of a fresh bull run. The interesting part is that price isn't the whole story. Even with markets pulling back, I keep seeing builders ship. RWA projects are still expanding partnerships. AI protocols are still launching products. Teams are still raising, integrating and building. Price action slows down a lot faster than development does. Maybe that's why I'm not bearish on crypto long term, even if I'm pretty cautious over the next few weeks. I've learned not to confuse a bad chart with a dead industry. Sometimes the market just needs time to repair before capital starts flowing back again. For now I'd rather stay patient than convince myself every red candle is "the bottom." Missing the first part of a recovery has never really bothered me. Buying too early just because I wanted to be right... yeah, I've done that before 😅 #RWA #AI #XAU #BTC #ETH (Market data compiled from multiple public sources with research assistance from @SurfAI . The views above are my own interpretation of the current market. Always DYOR.)
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@sjdedic ·
Just got off a call with some very well-known crypto VCs in the space. At some point, one of them surprisingly said: "We don't touch any token investments at the moment. Plus we're not willing to take on any vesting risk anymore. The token market has never been as terrifying as it is today." I don't agree with this take, but I do understand where he's coming from. However, much more so it tells me a lot about where we are right now. Sentiment and trust in crypto have never been this broken. If crypto native VCs - the people who've been here for a decade, who built this industry - are losing faith... how are we supposed to win trust from outsiders and institutions that are 10x more conservative and hesitant? Personally, I remain max bullish on crypto (and tokens). When some of the most experienced players in the room are throwing in the towel, that's not necessarily a warning sign, but sometimes even a signal. We've been here before. And every time it felt like this, it was the rock bottom. Nevertheless we should be honest with ourselves: The trust didn't break for no reason. Too many token launches designed to extract maximum value in minimum time. Too many insiders treating retail as exit liquidity. Too many projects that were just fundraising vehicles disguised as protocols. We've been given chance after chance in crypto. 2017. 2021. Now. Nobody knows how many more chances we'll get before trust will be irreversibly broken. Time to prove we can do better as a community and as an industry. Not with words. With actions. The next leg up will come, but it will be built by those who choose long-term reputation and sustainability over short-term extraction. Which side are you on?
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@binji_x ·
How to build a great crypto consumer app in 2026. The Thesis: The real opportunity is not to build better crypto apps but to build apps where crypto is the substrate and the access point to new experiences. The Four Tenets: Any bet made under this thesis should clear four tests. 1. Think in terms of outcomes: Stablecoins are not applications but infrastructure, and, depending on the user, they can be a way to do business cheaper, or a way to flee a tyrannical government. Applications are what gets built on top of this infrastructure, e.g a payments app. You cannot just “build an app for stablecoins,” you must build an app that serves a specific user set with a specific outcome. This is my hunch as to why crypto wallets have largely failed outside of crypto: they are far too general purpose. If I tell a friend to download a wallet, there is no outcome I can share with them. B2B businesses have it better, if we look at Bridge which got acquired by Stripe for $1B in cash, it's clear that their outcome as a business was simple: “Businesses choose Bridge as the only platform they need to easily receive, store, convert, issue and spend stablecoins.” So, if your were to build something, it would be prudent to build for an OUTCOME for a user you narrow down. While working, any feature addition, any marketing spend idea should be delivered with an attached outcome, otherwise it is just vibes based work. 2. Real users from day one: The product has to meet an existing need vs manufacture a new one. Crypto has spent a decade building solutions in search of problems. The user base on day one should be people who already do the behaviour in question and would switch to a better version of it, and it must be ten times better, not 10% better. 3. 10x better, not 10% better UX is the moat! The internal ordering of future teams, from the engineering priorities, the roadmap, all of it has to flow from user experience rather than raw protocol capability. This is how Revolut out-executed every incumbent bank in Europe despite having a weaker balance sheet and a narrower product range for years. Marginal improvement does not move users off an incumbent. A crypto card that is slightly better than Revolut loses, it does not disrupt user behavior. But, a crypto card that does something Revolut structurally cannot, eg lets say, introduce user-programmable bill splitting or private settlements, might actually stand a chance. 4. Catching key lifestyle trends Many winners rarely invent categories, they tend to catch a shift in user behaviour of an existing category. BeReal did not invent photo sharing but it caught the moment when curated Instagram felt exhausting. Aave did not invent lending but it caught the moment when permissioned finance became more restrictive and less globalized and when decentralized currency holdings created whales locked out of permissioned finance. Revolut did not invent banking but it caught the moment when old boomer banks felt hard to use and an online native younger generation started to have more disposable income. The ideas are out there, AI accelerates the ability to execute them, but an idea is only as good as the user need it serves at a given time. — The real power lies in using crypto as a substrate to power new experiences and having the product discipline and user empathy to build for a real audience with a real need.
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@WorldOfMercek ·
Every cycle there is a moment when people start thinking about quitting their job for crypto. Usually not at the top. Usually somewhere in the quiet part of the market. And I understand why. Crypto still feels like one of the few places where a single good decision can change your trajectory faster than most traditional paths. But 2026 is not 2021. Token supply exploded. Airdrops are smaller. Hiring is slower. And “I’ll just trade” stopped being a strategy a long time ago. So before someone makes that jump, there are a few things worth thinking about honestly. Do you already have savings that can carry you for a while? Have you actually earned money inside crypto before in any way? Do you have a network here yet? And maybe the most important one: what happens if nothing works for longer than expected? Because crypto full time sounds like freedom from the outside. In reality it often means building your own structure from zero every day. Some people thrive in that environment. Some people quietly burn out. There is no universal answer here. But I still think if you are young, have real savings, already found some kind of edge, and built relationships inside the space, trying full time crypto can make sense. If not, the smarter move is simple. Stay close to the space. Keep building your edge. Then make the jump when it becomes obvious.
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@seeksahib ·
One thing that changed my mind at TOKEN2049: I thought crypto was much further ahead than it actually is. Online, it feels like we're already building the future. Then you spend a week talking to founders, builders and companies trying to get people to use these products. The problems are much more basic: - How do you make the product easy to use? - How do you make people trust it? - How do you move money across different systems without making users understand all the plumbing? - How do you get someone to use crypto without first teaching them crypto? That changed how I look at the industry. We don't need to make crypto look more futuristic. We need to make it feel more normal and accessible The most important work might be hiding the complexity we've spent years building
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@bledi_ai ·
What are your favorite apps in crypto? Mine: GeckoTerminal, X and Rabby Wallet I open Gecko every morning and quickly check what trended overnight - tokens pumping & where the money actually moved Then X to see if the vibe here matches the charts; Simple but powerful routine🧵
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@joa_ni ·
A simple but powerful question was asked to the speaker’s by @aidanskytt “What are you building, what makes it unique, and where are DEXs headed by 2026?” Two perspectives stood out 👇 Firstly was @hunterorrell He went full circle — trader → investor → running a family office → now building a social-first on-chain trading platform. His take? DEXs aren’t “early” anymore,they’re becoming core financial infrastructure. Miss this wave, and you might miss a once in a lifetime shift. Secondly was @SebastianGallic, He started in credit research, entered crypto in 2021, traded to 7-figures, and restructured major projects during the downturn. His realization? Crypto needs integrity + products that actually perform. Now building a platform where: • You can follow expert strategies • Earn from shared portfolios • Access assets like pre-IPO stocks on-chain Basically,bringing venture-level access to everyone. 2026 outlook? DEXs won’t just be alternatives. They’ll be where serious capital lives.
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@gumsays ·
Main problems of crypto today: - abundance of supply of tokens - most talented people are being wasted in products with no use case - products with no use cases take attention from the good ones - the good ones are sustainable and don't need tokens - sustainable ones with tokens are seen as boring and don't get any bids because crypto players only want to treat altcoins as a casino play - the great ones are looking to IPO instead of TGE - shortage of thoughtful discourse on social media - shortage of people with original thoughts and courage to share them - shortage of people interested in crypto for more than just making money - crypto users attack the very few teams with PMF with reason being "extraction" tough world. it will get better. maybe bitcoin needs to go down further for it to happen.
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@JefferyCrypt ·
You can now bet on the price of renting an AI chip. Same way people bet on oil. This is one of the newest markets in crypto and a lot of people haven't noticed it yet. Almost every AI model runs on GPUs. Companies rent these chips by the hour to train and run their models. For a couple years the rental price kept falling. More providers, more supply, cheaper every year. Then late last year it flipped. A shortage hit. The one-year price for an H100 jumped almost 40% in five months. For three straight months you couldn't even rent one. Sold out everywhere, price still climbing. When a price moves hard in both directions, two groups get scared. The ones who own the chips are scared of a crash they can't cover. The ones who rent them are scared of a spike they can't afford. When both sides are scared, a market forms so they can hedge. This is exactly how oil and wheat got their markets. Compute is just the newest one. And this is real, not some small experiment. In about two weeks last May, three major exchanges announced plans for GPU-price contracts. CME, ICE which owns the NYSE, and Architect. Multiple companies have filed ETFs on top of it. Crypto venues jumped in too, Bitget and Hyperliquid among them. Here's the part that matters to us. Some of these are perps. The same contract crypto made popular. No expiry, and a funding rate keeps the price pinned to the real rental price. So crypto's own tool is now being used to price AI hardware. Now the piece almost nobody talks about. This whole market rests on one fragile thing. The price. Nobody delivers a real GPU, so everything settles against a number that's supposed to mean "the price of an H100 right now." But the same chip can rent for under $2 or over $14 an hour, depending on who you rent from. So who sets the real number? A few companies do. Silicon Data pulls around 150,000 price records a day. Ornn uses only real completed trades. If that number can be faked, the whole market can be gamed. Whoever builds a price nobody can manipulate is the one who actually wins here. The plumbing is the prize. Not the trading. And that's where crypto fits beyond the perp. The big exchanges built the betting layer but left the hard parts open. Proving the compute actually ran, delivering the real chips, financing the hardware onchain. That's the work still being built. Those are the things crypto rails are good at. So this isn't a TradFi story we're watching from outside. Crypto is already in the middle of it. Compute is becoming a tradable commodity like oil. Wall Street and crypto are building the market at the same time. The winner won't be whoever trades the most. It'll be whoever owns the price everyone trusts. Still early. Worth watching.
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@Route2FI ·
Should you quit a 9-5 job to focus 100% on crypto? This is a topic I've touched on earlier as well, but crypto is changing all the time, so here are my current thoughts: Tbh, it has become substantially harder to make it in crypto since I started full time in 2021. Mainly due to the massive inflation in tokens. 1. First of all, do you have enough money saved up on the side? If not, how are you planning on earning money for a living? Just saying that you're going to trade won't be enough in 2026. 2. Do you have a proven track record of making anything in crypto so far? Either through trading, airdrop farming, marketing, web3 job, etc. If not, could you apply for a job? Just a side note here: airdrops have been shit lately and not many companies are hiring. Yes, it's a deep bear market. 3. Let's say you have saved up some money on the side and that you've been able to earn money from crypto so far. Now, what if you were to lose it all? Think through the worst-case scenarios, would you be able to pay the bills still? Can you go back to your old job if shit hits the fan? What is the opportunity cost of not being full-time in crypto? Is there some upside you miss from your old job? 4. Are you sure you want to sit in a basement with greasy hair, unshaven, watching charts all day, scrolling Twitter, TG, and Discord? You can say it is freedom, but is it really? Personally I am an introvert and handle this kind of lifestyle well, but like 8/10 of my IRL friends would go mad from this kind of life. It can be lonely, and while you ofc can treat it as a 9-5 job, this is way easier said than done in a casino that is open 24/7. 5. Are you disciplined enough to work on your own? Don't underestimate the comfort in routines and been given tasks. Working by yourself is magic for some, but could be pure pain for social people (unless you optimize, getting coworkers etc.) 6. Do you see an upside in income from quitting your job? It's easy to think you will 10x your net worth in crypto, but 99% of people won't make that. In fact they will end up losing money. Could you apply for a web3 job first, and then quit your 9-5 job when you have it? If so, that will be recommended. 7. Do you have a network in crypto already? If not, you should definitely get one. Having friends in here is how you get to know about the airdrops worth farming, coins that might have upside, and the people you discuss thesis with ++ If you don't have a CT profile already, what are you waiting for? There is no universal answer to this question, but if you are young, have some money on the side to cover all expenses for at least some years + you have some kind of edge and a network in here I would definitely try (assuming you can go back to your old job or something similar if you lose everything). If you don't have an edge already, you should 100% not quit until you have an edge.
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@ASvanevik ·
Many of us who experienced the “Ethereum Killers” of ca 2018 wrote off other blockchains prematurely. We thought Ethereum would be the only game in town after EOS, Tezos, etc failed. I held this belief up until 2021. Others took longer to realize they had fooled themselves. Some haven’t even realized yet. Fortunately for me, I run Nansen so: 1/ I see what people do onchain, and 2/ I hear what chains our users demand from us. Solana is the clearest case study. Ethereum maxis should have re-underwritten their “hurr durr ethereum killers” thesis. Instead Solana was ridiculed for being only for memecoins. (Anyone who has used Solana knows this is a reductionist take.) Solana is here to stay. Ethereum is also here to stay, but not as the only game in town. Now we find ourselves at a point in time when certain people refuse to face another truth: Hyperliquid is here. And it is here to stay. I’m reminded of the people who kept sticking their heads in the sand with Ethereum. Wake up and smell the coffee. Clinging to your bags is holding you back. Use the tech, engage with the ecosystem, be curious. The only thing that’s always true in crypto is that nothing ever stays the same. Maximalism is intellectual laziness. Ethereum is here to stay. Solana is here to stay. Hyperliquid is here to stay. (Alongside a handful other chains.) Every asset will be tokenized. Billions of people will be owners. Chains are the financial fabric of the future.
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@WorldOfMercek ·
Crypto feels very different today compared to 2021. Back then it honestly felt like curiosity and timing were often enough. Now it feels like you need positioning, context, speed, and a strong network just to stay competitive. Yes, some people still made money on memecoins this cycle. But overall the market became harder for smaller players. The edge is no longer evenly distributed. Today it helps a lot if you are close to deal flow, part of a team, trading actively, building something, or at least connected to people who are. From what I keep hearing from people who were already around in 2017, the environment sounded very different back then too. Fewer coins, fewer narratives, and a stronger sense that CT was moving together instead of constantly rotating against each other. Now the default assumption is almost the opposite. Every new token is treated like it will eventually go to zero. Every narrative is temporary. Every protocol is something people farm until incentives disappear. Even promising ideas struggle to hold attention for more than a few months. And maybe the biggest shift is psychological. In 2021 a lot of people genuinely believed DeFi would reshape finance in real time. Today when a new protocol launches the first reaction is usually not curiosity but exit strategy. That changes the energy of the entire space. Part of this is what happens when an industry matures. Part of it is what happens when expectations get ahead of reality. And part of it is simply how markets feel during slower phases between major expansions. Still, one thing I learned from watching multiple cycles is that sentiment like this usually appears right before the next wave of conviction starts building again. The energy never disappears permanently. It just goes quiet for a while.
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@Route2FI ·
It's weird times, man. On one hand I feel like we're in a time where you'll get handsomely rewarded for buying the dip now, but on the other hand I feel like there isn't many good news to wait for. We have the ETFs, the institutions are here, the tech works perfectly, but yet, finding pmf for most protocols is really hard. As everyone else I am thinking about if the 4-year cycle is real or not. Can it really be this easy that we all buy $BTC at the bottom between the summer and October this year, and then ride happily into ATH together? In my opinion it won't be this easy. I think the next cycle will be even harder than the one we just had, and let's be honest, retail is barely here at all, it's just CT, whales, and institutions fighting with each others. Many CT people from 2021 are pivoting to AI/Claude-experts, and I don't blame them for skating to where the puck is going. Personally I've been enjoying that the market has been more quiet than usual, and I've spent some time traveling and catching up with friends IRL. So what am I doing in crypto atm? Some trades on Hyperliquid and Lighter (oil/SP500, delta neutral on LIT), xStocks on Kamino paired with shorts, still farming some perp DEXes like 01 and Reya, but I almost hope they delay launch until conditions are better. Some stables deployed in Aave, but most stables earning 0% yield atm. Sounds crazy, but the plan is to deploy it during the year when the right opportunity arises. I don't know what that is yet, but I am patiently waiting. Just reading a lot (books, newsletters), scrolling on Twitter and observing. It should be a good time to sharpen your edges and being ready when the time is right.
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@XNXX_EN ·
Just finished listening to the @KoloHub Space about crypto cards and honestly… there were a lot of interesting insights beyond just “spend crypto with a card.” A few key takeaways that stood out to me: > Crypto cards are slowly evolving into full neo-bank experiences, not just payment tools anymore. > The biggest demand isn’t only from crypto traders. A lot of users simply want access to USD accounts and smoother international payments. > Latin America, MENA, and underserved regions are becoming huge adoption markets because local banking systems still create a lot of friction. > Most “0 fee” cards still hide costs inside spreads, FX fees, ATM fees, or conversion layers. Transparency matters way more than flashy cashback numbers. > Stability > hype. One of the strongest compliments a crypto card can get is simply: “It just works.” > Whales care far more about high limits, reliability, and seamless UX than small cashback campaigns. > The real competition now feels less like “crypto cards vs crypto cards” and more: who can become the most trusted crypto-native neo bank. > One insight I really agreed with: - the best crypto products slowly become invisible. - People stop thinking about “using crypto” and just focus on living normally. Lowkey feels like crypto cards are becoming one of the first real bridges between Web3 and everyday life.
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@Defi_Rocketeer ·
Q2 Crypto Market Review: Weak Market, Selective Growth Just finished reading the Q2 data from CoinGecko. Tbh, performance wasn’t as good as I expected, but I think something more selective is happening under the surface. The core numbers first: - total market cap down 12.6% to $2.1T . - stablecoin supply slipped 1.6% to $305.1B (first decline since 2023 Q3). - yield-bearing stables like USDS and USDe got hit harder as yields fell below risk-free rates. On the exchange side the picture is more interesting than pure decline: - overall volume down 8% to $16.5T . - but spot actually rebounded from $3.3T to $4.5T . - derivatives fell from $14.6T to $12.0T . - open interest stayed near cycle lows the whole quarter. I see traders still active, just less willing to run heavy leverage after the previous liquidation cycle. Risk is still being taken, just in a more defensive size. And the real growth showed up here: - TradFi perps monthly volume from $52B in January to $268B in June . - equity perps alone jumped from $45B to $141B in May–June . - prediction markets notional volume +48.7% to $113.8B, with June hitting an all-time high on sports . - @Collector_Crypt tooks 62.8% of tokenized collectibles volume in June, mostly via gacha mechanics rather than secondary trading . The weekend-to-weekday volume ratio on TradFi perps still stands out to me. That pattern feels closer to traditional market hours than classic 24/7 crypto behavior. I think this is an early sign of the market are moving closer to real adoption. Looking ahead to Q3, I think the key question is whether this TradFi perp momentum can hold without a strong equity or commodity catalyst. If Nasdaq or gold keeps grinding, I expect the volume to stay elevated and exchanges will keep pushing more products (more Pre-IPO, more indices, tighter spreads). Imo, Q3 might be the quarter where tokenized equity really starts to get exposed, and the projects shipping that product well could grab the most attention (@OndoPerps, @xStocksFi, @HyperliquidX,..) I believe that’s where the edge will be. Wdyt?
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@milesdeutscher ·
My general thoughts on crypto right now (how I'm positioning): • $BTC just had a massive breakout, and the catalyst was obviously macro-driven as the US Treasury announced bond buybacks to calm surging long-term yields. • Over the past week, there have been billions in short liquidations. A lot of the "sailor death spiral" bearishness and Iran headline fear had already flushed out sellers before this move even started. The market was oversold, sentiment was at peak bearish, and the first positive catalyst just triggered an explosive squeeze (what we saw on $BTC driving violently hitting 75k+) • My take on why stocks are lagging: think equities are dealing with a different problem entirely: sticky inflation, AI capex concerns, and semiconductor weakness. That's capping equities regardless of what's happening with yields. Bitcoin and gold can shine here even if equities stay choppy for a while. • On altcoins: quality is quite concentrated right now. There aren't many strong opportunities, which actually makes trading easier. I'm mainly watching revenue-generating protocols with strong flows that held up during the bear: Hyperliquid, Zcash, ENA, VVV, ETHFi - to name a few. • My actual portfolio approach right now: smaller, leveraged continuation trades on breakouts, not big spot longs. Big spot buying is reserved for bigger dips, not chasing a squeeze like this. • Bigger picture: unless equities are in a real risk-on environment, it's historically been hard for Bitcoin to sustain a real bull run. There's probably enough momentum here to push into the 80s. Sustaining a run toward 100+ is a different question entirely. nfa - this is just where my head's at right now.
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@0xRexnftcrypto ·
I would like to explain my working principles and offer some advice to you. Having been at the heart of this market since 2021, worked with thousands of projects, and collaborated with hundreds of KOLs, NFT, and crypto projects, I can say this: Web3 is not just a technological revolution; it is an arena where personal discipline and strategy are tested at the highest level. If you want to remain permanent in this arena, you must trust your own compass, not the direction the wind blows. 👉 Ethical Values and Reputation Management I strongly condemn the outlandish promises, fake giveaways, and posts aimed at deceiving users that I frequently see on my feed. Exploiting people's good intentions and hard work should have no place in this ecosystem. For me, the greatest asset is the trust people have in me, rather than financial gain. When managing paid partnerships on X, you should focus on your future reputation, not just your earnings today. Be selective; do not accept every project that comes your way. Always analyze the team and the vision behind the project. Transparency is a requirement of professionalism; if content is sponsored, do not hesitate to state it. Create value by preparing threads that explain how the project will benefit the community rather than just posting a single tweet. 👉 Security and Technical Discipline The first rule of success in Web3 is security and consistency. Even though I collaborate with hundreds of projects, I have an unchangeable rule: I never click on links I don't know, and I never connect my wallet to sites I am not sure are secure. In this ecosystem, a single second of carelessness can wipe out years of effort. You must maintain the same discipline in content creation and community management. Being present one day and disappearing for three will push you out of the game. You must follow the ecosystem every day and share refined information by passing it through your own filter. In an environment with so much information pollution, the accurate information you provide is your greatest power. 👉 Professional Airdrop and DeFi Strategies Airdrops are not a game of chance; they are a matter of effort and strategy. Those who collect the big rewards are not those with the most accounts, but those who use the ecosystem most effectively. Ecosystem Focus: When following DeFi giants like @FolksFinance or innovative networks like @PerceptronNTWK, do not settle for surface-level transactions. Provide liquidity and become a real part of the network. Planning: Every project has different epochs and campaign requirements. Optimize your work according to the UTC time zone and organize them on a calendar. Patience: Some projects organize incentive programs that last for months. Taking a share from large incentive pools like 50K or 150K requires maintaining discipline until the very end. Vision: Study projects like @MindoAI to understand how AI integrates with blockchain. Don't just follow trends; try to read them in advance. ⭐ Networking is the heart of this business. Stay in touch with other content creators and do not shy away from sharing information. Remember that opportunities in Web3 never end; they only knock on the doors of those who are prepared and do not compromise on their ethical values. Success is no accident; it is the result of correct principles, security, and endless energy. #web3 #memecoin #nft #crypto #ads
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@Lamboland_ ·
it is kinda interesting how my crypto groupchat has most of their portfolio in things other than crypto lol i've had this belief for a few months now, but i think the play for crypto builders is to create products that serve all of finance, not just crypto i think there is a LOT of opportunity here
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@Defi_Rocketeer ·
The Biggest Crypto Upgrades to Watch in Q3 2026 I believe Q3 2026 could become the most important quarter of the year for crypto. Not because of market sentiment alone, but because many of the industry's biggest ecosystems are preparing major upgrades that could reshape capital flows throughout the second half of the year. A few developments are sitting at the top of my watchlist. 1/ @ethereum - Glamsterdam Hard Fork This could become Ethereum's biggest upgrade since The Merge. Features such as ePBS, Block-Level Access Lists, and a significant increase in the gas limit toward 200M aim to improve scalability, reduce transaction costs, and dramatically increase network throughput. If execution goes smoothly, Ethereum could strengthen its position against high-performance Layer 1s while making the ecosystem far more attractive for developers and institutions. 2/ @solana - Alpenglow Alpenglow completely redesigns Solana's consensus through Votor and Rotor, reducing network finality from roughly 13s to around 150ms while improving reliability and throughput. #Solana already dominates consumer crypto through memecoins, AI, DeFi, and payments. This upgrade targets one of the network's biggest remaining bottlenecks and could unlock another wave of applications requiring near-instant settlement. 3/ @HyperliquidX - $HYPE Hyperliquid continues expanding far beyond perpetual trading. Upcoming developments such as HIP-3, HIP-4, prediction markets, tokenized commodities like gold and silver, alongside Ripple Prime integration for institutional perpetual trading, continue strengthening its position as the leading onchain derivatives ecosystem. Among all the projects I'm watching, Hyperliquid feels like one of the strongest candidates to surprise the market during Q3. 4/ @SuiNetwork Sui continues building toward a more complete ecosystem through its S2 Platform, protocol-level privacy, USDsui stablecoin, and the continued expansion of DeepBook. Combined with the Move programming language and a developer-friendly architecture, these upgrades could accelerate both consumer applications and DeFi adoption. The next major milestone for $Sui will likely come from attracting more high-quality applications capable of bringing fresh liquidity back into the ecosystem. I think Q3/2026 will be defined by technology delivery rather than pure speculation. The market has reached a stage where execution matters more than promises. Protocols shipping meaningful upgrades, attracting developers, improving user experience, and capturing real liquidity are the ones most likely to outperform. That's exactly where my attention will be throughout the coming quarter. DYOR.
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@CryptoTeca__ ·
Crypto spent years rewarding whoever could create the loudest narrative. This cycle changed the game. The protocols still growing through volatility are the ones solving real problems, generating usage and becoming critical infrastructure. By category, it's becoming obvious who's winning: ▸ RWA: @Ondo | @BlackRock BUIDL | @FTI_US BENJI | @centrifuge | @maplefinance ▸ Perps & Trading: @HyperliquidX | @GMX_IO | @Uniswap | @JupiterExchange ▸ AI Crypto Infrastructure: @bittensor | @rendernetwork | @akashnet | @ASI_Alliance | @NEARProtocol ▸ Prediction Markets: @Polymarket | @Kalshi ▸ BTCfi: @Stacks | @babylonlabs_io | @Lombard_Finance | @TheTNetwork | @rootstock_io ▸ Stablecoins: @tether | @circle | @SkyEcosystem ▸ Lending: @aave | @Morpho | @sparkfinance | @compoundfinance | @eulerfinance | @0xFluid | @kamino ▸ Liquid Staking & Restaking: @LidoFinance | @ether_fi ▸ Synthetic Dollars: @ethena ▸ L2 & Consumer Scaling: @base | @arbitrum ▸ Oracles & Data: @chainlink | @PythNetwork ▸ Privacy: @Zcash The interesting part is that most of these protocols are not winning because of incentives. They're winning because the fundamentals keep improving. + Ondo now manages roughly $3.5B-$3.6B+ in tokenised assets, while the broader RWA market has expanded into the tens of billions. + Hyperliquid continues controlling 60%+ of decentralised perpetual volume, with trading activity remaining strong even during a weaker market. + Bittensor continues building an open AI marketplace through specialised subnets, while Render and Akash are expanding decentralised compute infrastructure. + Stacks has reached 1.6M users, 110K new wallets (+50% QoQ) and 55% DAU growth, while BitFlow has processed over $5B in cumulative transaction volume. + Aave remains around $14B TVL, while Morpho has grown into the $7B-$11B+ TVL range through modular lending markets. + Babylon has pushed native BTC staking beyond $4B TVL, proving demand for trust-minimised Bitcoin yield. Meanwhile, stablecoin supply has crossed $300B, making USDT, USDC and Sky some of the most important settlement layers in crypto. The pattern is clear. The market is moving away from short-term extraction and toward protocols with: ▸ Real usage ▸ Sustainable revenue ▸ Institutional demand ▸ Strong retention The next cycle will likely belong to the builders who survived this one.
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@usithetalk ·
The scale difference between crypto and traditional asset classes is still enormous. Today, the total cryptocurrency market is roughly $2.5-3 trillion, depending on market conditions. By comparison, the estimated value of all above ground gold is around $35 trillion. The global equity market is even larger, with broad estimates ranging around $125–$140 trillion depending on the methodology and the date used. The exact numbers change constantly as prices move, but the structural takeaway remains the same: Crypto is still a small asset class relative to the major pools of global capital. This matters because markets are not only driven by technology or narratives. They are driven by capital allocation. Most of the world’s wealth is still held in traditional structures: Pension funds Insurance portfolios Sovereign wealth funds Corporate balance sheets Retail investment accounts These capital pools overwhelmingly allocate to equities, bonds, real estate and commodities, with only a small percentage currently allocated to digital assets. Because crypto’s base is still relatively small, changes in allocation can have disproportionate effects. If global investors gradually increase exposure from near zero to even a small percentage of portfolios, the impact on the size of the crypto market could be significant. This is why discussions about institutional access matter. Products like spot ETFs, regulated custody solutions, tokenization infrastructure and blockchain-based settlement systems are not just technological milestones. They are bridges between traditional capital and digital assets. When an asset class becomes easier to access, easier to store and easier to regulate, the potential investor base expands. None of this guarantees a straight path upward. Crypto markets remain volatile, speculative and heavily influenced by liquidity cycles. But when viewed through the lens of global capital markets, the current scale of crypto suggests something important: The industry has grown dramatically over the past decade, yet it still represents a small share of the global financial system. That is the real message behind this comparison. Not that crypto will replace gold or equities. But that the distance between today’s market size and the world’s largest asset classes remains very large. And in capital markets, distance is where long-term asymmetry often lives.
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@0xALTF4 ·
Market Structure Update Crypto is not selling off because one thing broke. It is selling off because multiple pressure points are hitting the same trade at once. bitcoin:native is hovering near $62K after another weak move, while traders are still watching ETF flows, Fed uncertainty, AI/chip stock weakness and liquidation pressure. The macro side is clear: > rate cut hopes are weaker > dollar and yields remain important > risk assets are more fragile > AI trade weakness is bleeding into broader sentiment The micro side is just as important: • leverage gets flushed first • altcoins lose liquidity faster than BTC • weak narratives stop getting bid • traders move from spot buying to protection • options demand around downside strikes becomes more important That is why this market feels heavy. Not because crypto has no buyers. But because liquidity is becoming more defensive. In strong markets, bad news gets ignored. In fragile markets, every weak signal becomes a reason to reduce risk. Main takeaway: This is not a clean “crypto is dead” move. It is a positioning reset. The market is forcing traders to separate real demand from leverage, narratives and late-cycle rotation.
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@Nick_Researcher ·
➥ Crypto is dead and it hits me I’ve been in this industry long enough that crypto is dead feels personal I survived ICO mania, DeFi summer, NFTs, points farming, memecoins, L2 wars… I built my network here, my income came from here, a part of my identity is here So when I say this, I’m not farming engagement: Crypto as a self-contained world is dying ➊ The uncomfortable truth For years, they built crypto for crypto natives - interfaces assuming you’re fine moving 6-fig size through a browser wallet - GTM playbook: token → points → airdrop → liquidity mining → referral codes → Discord → repeat In reality, it was just recycling the same wallets ➋ What I actually mean by dead Crypto startup becomes: - a payments company that happens to use stablecoins - a prediction market that happens to settle onchain - a fintech product that uses blockchain rails in the backend - institutions tokenize their products for global reach Most users won’t care, they just want faster settlement, dollar exposure, protection from inflation, 24/7 trading So in my brutal opinion, Crypto wins when nobody needs to be crypto-native at all Given that they can put this in anyone’s hands, what are they choosing to build? The casino will always exist and let’s be honest, it funded a lot of the infra But the casino isn’t the entire city ➌ If crypto matures, it dissolves into 3 layers: [1] Infra = quiet, boring, massive - stablecoin rails for cross-border flows - onchain settlement for specific markets - shared state for collateral and ownership [2] Products = not “crypto apps,” just apps - compete on price, speed, UX, trust - hide complexity aggressively - market value, no tokenomics [3] Speculation = still here - memecoins, derivatives, degen markets If you’ve been here for years, this shift feels like losing something But honestly, we’ve been speaking a language outsiders didn’t understand So I believe when a tech disappears into the stack, that’s success Market already shows us with @CantonNetwork, @LayerZero_Core, RWAs, Stabelcoins, PerpDEXs, Prediction Markets… you just don’t accept it yet, but believe me or not, you’ll be there soon
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@Ebubechi_GMI ·
When the Market Slows Down: What To Do? Every bull market makes people feel like geniuses. Prices are climbing, timelines are euphoric, and almost every trade seems to work. But when the market cools off and momentum fades, the environment changes. The noise gets quieter, the hype disappears, and suddenly people start questioning whether they should still be here. Moments like this are not necessarily a disaster. In many ways, they are the most important phase of the cycle. The first priority during slower market conditions is protecting capital. When volatility becomes unpredictable, reckless trading can quickly erase weeks or months of gains. Reducing risk, being selective with trades, and keeping some liquidity on the sidelines can make a huge difference. In uncertain conditions, survival is a strategy in itself. Another opportunity that often goes unnoticed is gradual accumulation. The strongest projects rarely look exciting when the market is quiet. Yet historically, many successful investors built their positions during periods when attention was low and sentiment was neutral. Instead of trying to perfectly time the bottom, consistent and patient positioning tends to work better over the long run. This is also a powerful time for participation and exploration. New ecosystems, testnets, and emerging platforms often reward early users through incentives and airdrops. Some of the biggest crypto rewards in recent years went to people who simply showed up early and used the technology. Finally, slower markets are the best environment to improve skills and build reputation. Traders refine strategies, creators grow their audience, and builders develop products without the pressure of hype cycles. When activity slows down, many people step away. But those who stay curious, active, and patient often end up the most prepared when momentum eventually returns. So tell me, how are you using this quieter phase of the market?
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@TheDeFiAngel ·
If you follow my post closely, you will know that i have been looking at the perpetual futures market again, and I think we've reached the point where comparing platforms by trading volume alone isn’t the right approach. Market is splitting into different specialisations. @HyperliquidX still dominates where it has always been strongest. With roughly $190B in 30-day volume and open interest fluctuating between $7B and $12B, it has become the liquidity hub for crypto-native perpetuals. The scale is difficult to replicate, and the depth of its order books continues to attract both retail and institutional flow. What draw my attention wasn't Hyperliquid's numbers though, It was what the data on @OndoPerps is starting to show. For a platform that's only been public for a few weeks, processing around $3.1B in monthly volume against just $50M in open interest is unusual. This is a very high turnover ratio, which tells you capital is moving through the platform. Part of that is almost certainly incentives. Part of it is traders exploring a market that simply didn't exist on-chain before. The other interesting development is what happens when traditional markets close. Majority of crypto traders are used to funding rates changing throughout the day, but perpetuals tied to equities create a different dynamic. With underlying stock exchanges shut over the weekend, funding can drift far enough to create opportunities that don't normally exist during regular market hours. I've seen more traders paying attention to those dislocations than to the price moves themselves. At the same time, Hyperliquid isn't standing still either. Its expansion into RWA markets through HIP-3 suggests that even the largest crypto-native perp venue sees tokenized real-world assets as an area worth building around. It’s not a race where every platform is trying to become the next Hyperliquid. Some are competing on liquidity. Others are experimenting with how capital behaves once traditional assets become fully on-chain. That's a much more interesting market to watch.
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@llamaonthebrink ·
Decentralized socials, now an apparently abandoned subject by most VCs, has never been more relevant. It’s all but obvious that X is tired of being the town hall of this industry. You’d think that since the product lead for this app is an advisor to one of the largest blockchains, crypto would be better embraced, but solano subculture never disappoints. I don’t want us to play victim here, and fwiw, there are many features on X that make it great. But our industry is too dependent and beholden to a single social media company. Nobody wants to admit it but it’s absolutely true. How many crypto projects do you know of that would effectively go dark if they didn’t have the X mega speaker? How many projects rely solely on X for comms and marketing? The answer is 99%. This social reliance is an existential threat to the industry. IMO deplatforming risk, or even deboosting risks are grossly underestimated. Content creators whose businesses rely on this app for distribution can be rugged by the most basic feature changes on this app. The paid promotion thing is a perfect example. A clear double standard that effectively only applies to crypto, and in some cases betting apps. The rug is being slowly pulled from under us. Like a frog slowly boiling in hot water, we just haven’t noticed it yet. By the time we do it might be too late. Let it not come to that. If you’re in the industry and looking for something new and exciting to build, try your hand at decentralized social tools. The VCs might not help you, but there has arguably never been a better time. Don’t worry, when you succeed, that’s when the VCs will flock to you. DM me if you’re working on something related to this, I’ll try my best to support you.
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@jacek0x ·
Been talking to a lot of founders lately and I think a lot of people are disappointed with crypto because it didn’t become Silicon Valley. But crypto was never really Silicon Valley. It’s Vegas. And that’s not a bad thing. People come here for trading, speculation, entertainment, gambling, status, attention, community, and upside. That’s what the market actually wants, and the biggest products in crypto reflect that. Polymarket. https://t.co/pBfdDAOoa0. Hyperliquid. Even USDC / USDT are basically just casino chips, a place to park your money while you’re in the game. The mistake a lot of founders make is trying to build for the industry they wish existed instead of the one that actually does. There are still massive businesses to build here, and honestly I think crypto is one of the most exciting places in the world to build. Vegas is fun. And fun is a huge market.
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@cookiedotfun ·
x402 is being framed as "the internet's missing payment layer" and slowly yet surely gaining recognition, 28 years dormant in HTTP spec, now shipping via Coinbase/Base with institutional backing from AWS, Google Cloud, and Stripe. The organic narrative is real: builders are launching products, OGs are believers, and even skeptics are generating high-signal debate. Although the conversation isn't new, it peaked back in October, but the recent Coinbase x AWS integration is pulling it back into the spotlight and into audiences way outside crypto. The signal peaked at Consensus Miami last week and has been cooling since then.
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@CryptoTeca__ ·
The current selloff is creating a split market. On one side, $BTC proxies and leveraged structures are being aggressively repriced. On the other, a small group of altcoins continues to attract buyers and outperform the broader market. At first glance, it looks like decoupling. But crypto has a habit of reminding participants that outperformance during calm conditions and resilience during liquidity stress are often very different things. The broader backdrop is becoming increasingly hostile to risk assets. This no longer feels like an isolated crypto correction. A stronger US $DXY, weakness across commodities, and signs of fatigue in equities are creating an environment that has historically pressured speculative assets. Bitcoin remains the anchor. The recent correction appears driven by familiar forces: ETF outflows, heavy long liquidations, and growing caution ahead of key macro data releases. Yet the more interesting story is the stress test unfolding beneath the surface. Some assets are simply correcting. Others are beginning to break. The clearest example is in leveraged Bitcoin trades. Strategy and related instruments are showing that a bullish long-term view on Bitcoin can coexist with a bearish view on Bitcoin proxies. As liquidity tightens, balance-sheet risk, refinancing concerns, and potential dilution begin to matter more than BTC exposure itself. When leverage works, these vehicles can dramatically outperform Bitcoin. When conditions reverse, the same leverage amplifies downside in ways many participants underestimate. The weakness in $STRC reinforces this. Market participants appear to be reassessing risk across the entire structure, and once confidence weakens, selling can become self-reinforcing. At the same time, a handful of altcoins continue to stand out. Names like $ZEC, $NEAR, and $HYPE have held up far better than much of the market. The question is whether we're seeing genuine decoupling or simply a delayed reaction. From previous cycles, I've found that relative strength during corrections deserves attention, but also skepticism. During bullish periods, markets reward narratives. During stressful periods, markets reward liquidity. Still, not all resilience should be dismissed. $HYPE appears supported by meaningful on-chain activity and fee-driven demand, while $ZEC continues to benefit from privacy-related demand. Both may possess stronger foundations than purely narrative-driven assets. That distinction matters. Outperformance can mean two very different things. Sometimes it reflects accumulation. Other times, it's simply the final stage before distribution. Markets usually reveal the difference only after liquidity disappears. What this selloff is reminding me is that Bitcoin remains the cleanest macro expression within crypto, while many of its proxies and high-beta alternatives still behave like leveraged venture bets trading on public markets. For now, the more important exercise may not be predicting the next bounce, but identifying which assets continue attracting genuine demand under stress. Historically, those are often the names worth revisiting once the broader deleveraging cycle finally runs its course.
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@Pumpkin_global ·
Weekly Crypto Update | Mar 16 – Mar 22, 2026 Breakdown in gold → rotation into crypto → macro-driven pullback 1. Starting point: Cross-asset signal The week didn’t start from crypto. It started from gold and silver: - Gold –11% (worst since 2011) - Silver –15% This was a sharp unwind in safe-haven positioning, forcing capital to rotate out of defensive assets. In the short term, part of that flow moved into crypto. 2. Early-week move: Flow-driven rally With: - Strong ETF inflows - Easing geopolitical tensions Crypto caught a clean bid: - BTC pushed up to ~$76K - Altcoins outperformed on beta At this stage, price action looked like a breakout but it was primarily flow-driven, not structurally supported. 3. Mid-to-late week: Macro takes control The shift came quickly: - Fed reaffirmed a hawkish stance (Mar 18) - Oil surged above $110 This tightened macro conditions and led to broad risk repricing. - BTC pulled back to ~$68.7K - Altcoins retraced most gains The breakout failed, turning into a rejection and pullback structure. 4. Market interpretation - The move in crypto was reactive to cross-asset flows, not a standalone trend - The sell-off in gold was positioning-driven, not a clean risk-on signal - Macro remains the dominant driver across assets This is still a fragile environment with weak follow-through. 🎯 Bottom line This was a rotation trade, not a trend confirmation. Crypto absorbed liquidity early, but couldn’t sustain momentum once macro tightened. Until conditions stabilize, expect volatility and failed breakouts. ⚠️ Stay disciplined. Protect capital first. This is not financial advice. Always do your own research.
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@Eli5defi ·
Go read @blendino’s newest three-part series on consumer culture. If you zoom out across every financial product ever created, nothing is as immediate, as intricate, and as chaotic as crypto. And yeah, for all its quirks, crypto has basically captured institutions heart, but the giant unanswered question is still sitting there: HOW TF DO WE GET TO A REAL 1B USERS? Plenty of teams call themselves “consumer apps,” but most of what we ship is still just fintech/ TradFi/DeFi wearing a hoodie. This is why the math is brutal: ~180M monthly active wallets, but once you subtract multi-wallet power users (usually 3–10), bots, sybils, and graveyard addresses, the number of actual humans is more like 40–60M. To reach 1B genuine users in 5 years, you’d need a ridiculous 82% CAGR. Regulation (CLARITY Act, MiCA) plus stablecoins brought the suits in, but China remains shut, India’s still shrugging, and stablecoins get kneecapped in dollarizing economies precisely because they’re effective. AI agents pump wallet counts while adding exactly zero people. And if Stripe/PayPal are the plumbing, billions might ride crypto rails without ever opening a wallet. Meanwhile, we still don’t have the killer consumer app. Every “adoption wave” is basically speculation with better branding. Crypto still hasn’t had its “WhatsApp moment.” And for this, we don’t need another stack of financial products with heavy ponzinomics. We need cultural assets, tokenized human/social/attention capital anchored to meaningful people, objects, or moments. Dino frames it with the Three Capitals Framework: - Human Capital (skill & track record) - Social Capital (trust & community) - Attention Capital (audience & engagement) So what’s missing? A Reputation Layer It aggregates harder-to-game signals across platforms (social engagement metrics, cross-chain activity, awards, community vouching, and performance history) into a single, dynamic, programmable reputation profile. The prime example for this is @fluentxyz Print. Think of it like this: just as PSA grading gives a standardized, tamper-proof score to a physical trading card’s condition and provenance, or the Parker scale does the same for a bottle of wine’s quality and aging potential, the Reputation Layer does it for the compound value of human skill, social trust, and attention capital in the digital world. And the implications are not limited to crypto: - Brands in the creator economy are moving budgets from follower counts to proven reliability. A standardized reputation score would quickly show real audience depth, campaign delivery, and authenticity. - Fans and traders could check a simple composite score before buying, staking, or indexing. - Apps could plug in via API: prediction markets boost top predictors, fan clubs share revenue only with verified high-trust holders, and collector platforms grade digital assets like PSA. - This enables new primitives: reputation-indexed perps, fractional “attention” ownership, and loyalty programs that reward real engagement, not bots. And so many more. At the end of the day, Financial assets by themselves won’t ever reach a billion people. But when we pair cultural assets with loose social-financial design and strong reputation infrastructure, crypto finally shifts from boom-bust speculation into daily emotional utility. This may be the clearest, most scalable route to mainstream adoption and the reputation layer itself stands out as one of the highest-conviction infrastructure plays in the entire market right now. NFA. DYOR.
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@rish_neynar ·
something crypto did that doesn't get talked about enough: it made global market creation accessible to anyone. getting something listed before meant lawyers, compliance teams, exchange relationships - essentially, building the market manually. most people had no path in. nfts were one expression of this new primitive, markets around digital assets. memecoins are another, markets around ideas and attention. physical asset markets don't work this way because you need access to the actual asset to trade it. local and slow by default. now it takes 20 seconds to create one. what gets built first with that kind of access is always messy. what comes after, from people who just got in for the first time, is what i'm actually curious about.
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@ttunguz ·
If I have a dollar to invest in a stock or a crypto token, how do I decide? I need to compare across the two. Historically, that comparison was impossible. Crypto traded on a potent cocktail of hype, narrative, & the promise of a decentralized future. Perception drove valuations. That’s changing. The word “revenue” is no longer verboten in the world of crypto. It’s becoming the goal. This trend will unlock the next wave of institutional capital because investors can compare the risk/reward of crypto with the same metrics as other software companies. Look at Hyperliquid, a decentralized options/perpetuals exchange. It’s on a $650M+ annualized revenue run rate, trading at a 60x multiple. This valuation is rich compared to public fintech companies like Coinbase (13x) or Robinhood (24x), but it’s based on comparable tangible financial performance. The same is true for blockchains: Optimism & Arbitrum trade at 40-60x revenues. Amazon Web Services or Azure, if they were to be spun out as separate entities, would trade at 20-30x. Phantom, a brokerage app, has generated $394m in lifetime revenue, most of it in the last 6 months. The list is still small. Fewer than 40 apps generate more than $1m. But the ones that do can generate hundreds of millions. This is the future of crypto. A future where revenue generation is the goal. This does not mean the attention economy is dead. Hype will always be part of crypto. But the projects that attract the next wave of capital will combine a compelling narrative with a sustainable business model. They will show a clear path to revenue & trade on revenue multiples - likely elevated relative to the rest of software because of the explosive growth potential. The message for builders is clear: focus on fundamentals. Build a product people want, that solves a real problem, & that generates real revenue. That revenue provides the capital to fuel crypto’s next chapter. Read the original post that inspired this one here : https://t.co/7GWski5EgI I know it’s called a wallet, but I suspect wallets will be renamed brokerages as Robinhood & Coinbase fuse stocks & crypto. https://t.co/ZKkwoGk20e
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@creptosolutions ·
CZ on the Future of Crypto at Davos! Changpeng Zhao’s appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos marked a clear shift in how crypto’s most influential builders now frame the industry. Gone was the evangelism of early adoption; in its place was a sober discussion about what has actually worked, what hasn’t, and where blockchain infrastructure is realistically heading. CZ’s message was less about price cycles and more about systems that can operate at global scale. He began by pointing out that only two crypto use cases have truly proven themselves so far: exchanges and stablecoins. Exchanges solved access and liquidity, while stablecoins quietly became the most successful bridge between traditional finance and blockchain rails. In CZ’s view, these aren’t experiments anymore they are production-grade infrastructure already embedded in global markets. From there, he turned to what he sees as the next frontier: sovereign and real-world asset tokenization. CZ revealed ongoing discussions with multiple governments about tokenizing national assets, from commodities to infrastructure. The promise is not speculation, but efficiency fractional ownership, transparent settlement, and global capital access that traditional systems struggle to provide. CZ was also candid about crypto’s limitations. Despite years of effort, everyday retail payments have not been meaningfully captured by crypto. This wasn’t framed as failure, but as a reality check. Adoption, he argued, happens where crypto is invisible functioning as backend infrastructure rather than a consumer-facing novelty. Looking forward, he highlighted the convergence of crypto and artificial intelligence. As AI agents begin to transact autonomously on behalf of users and institutions, CZ believes cryptocurrencies and stablecoins will become their native settlement layer. Machines, unlike humans, prioritize speed, programmability, and global interoperability areas where blockchain excels. The broader takeaway from Davos was maturity. CZ positioned crypto as a foundational technology rather than a disruptive rebellion. The future he outlined wasn’t loud or speculative, but practical: regulated rails, compliant infrastructure, and tokenized systems operating alongside governments and institutions. In Davos, crypto wasn’t asking for permission anymore it was presenting itself as ready.
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@watchingmarkets ·
crypto We know crypto has upside and the entire space looks clearly oversold, but there’s still this lingering risk of a black swan scenario where parts of it ultimately prove to be vaporware. Somewhere in between sits the asymmetric opportunity. The real challenge is accessing true equity like exposure to that growth, instead of relying on tokens that often lack ownership rights, intrinsic backing, or consistent regulatory clarity. Until the market develops clearer frameworks that address structural risks, from technological disruption to dilution and ownership design, uncertainty will remain structurally high. For now, the space is still searching for the balance between decentralization, regulation, and true economic ownership.
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@0xsatoshisarah ·
A rant… The startup and accompanying venture space in consumer crypto has been incredibly bleak. So much money continues to circulate through narratives that have been proven to not work, or new products with no real edge trying to compete against a monopoly (usually some sort of marketplace). It’s evidently demoralizing for builders who are often directed to building the wrong thing for a short term chase. The thing I love most about this industry is its experimental nature, but there are very few real experiments being done anymore. I’ve been an active part of a lot of shiny new hyped phases (like bitcoin L2s or NFT niches). When the sharks smell a trend, capital is poured excessively into startups trying to grab a slice of the new meta. And when the markets bleed, as they always do, the entire vertical is abandoned and in rotates the next Big Thing. Sometimes, this is just how it goes. However… This last run of memecoin mania undeniably set our industry back. It is embarrassing that the only thing we’ve normalized is on-chain gambling. Crypto has become a tourist attraction, a digital Vegas. And now, venture trends have focused onto stablecoin plays. That’s fine, it’s obviously the next step in the transition out of traditional global banking, but that’s not experimental at all. If you’re building in this space, you should be building because you know crypto rails are just better than the Web2 status quo. Not because you see it as an easy way to line your pockets. Crypto has turned into an extractive space only driven further down in degeneracy, in part thanks to mindless trendy venture capital allocation. It feels like we’ve collectively forgotten how cool our tech is. No new ideas. Too many infrastructure companies struggling to find too few apps to serve. The old version of the crypto space is cooked, actively dying a painful death. I say all of this as a user who hasn’t found anything in the last few years that I would use as a normal person or show my friends. But as a builder, somehow it’s even sadder that I can’t point at any consumer startup and go, “I want to be them. I want to beat them.” There’s genuinely so little to be inspired by. I will say some of the new tools (especially in wallets) have done a lot of great heavy lifting, but we can only have so many shovels. I’m sure a lot of this suppressed experimentation was thanks to the old SEC. But we’re not in that environment anymore. I’m really hoping people use this bear market to build or fund something new and interesting.
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@seeksahib ·
CT and Crypto markets are two different sides of a coin. CT rewards presence and public building. markets reward execution and shipping. It exhausting +when founders try to impress both that's where they fall apart. Andre Cronje never played this attention game. He shared concepts that quietly rewrote entire DeFi categories. By the time CT noticed, the protocol was already live. That's the pattern nobody wants to admit: attention economy and the execution economy run on completely different clocks. If you try to overlap between the two, you'll shrink fast.
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@thedulab ·
Am I wrong in believing that a "writing meta" would give Crypto Twitter exactly what they want? Like if we look at what happened with Gas Town, all it took was the dev behind it saying he didn't really want to bullpost anymore to cause the coin to die. Understandable from his end. It's super annoying. He should be building, not spending all day performatively posting just to appease traders But that's what traders expect. So there seems to be a mismatch between what traders want (consistent activity on the feed) and what devs are naturally comfortable doing (heads down focusing on product) So if this is the case, instead of running up coins attached to technical founders, why not run up coins attached to Twitter native voices / trusted and familiar power posters? Existing history of quality thoughts, engagement from mutuals, etc. being the "GitHub stars" and "docs" lol Take someone like me. I post thoughts on here every day. Genuinely love doing it for the love of the game. Because this is a natural behavior for me, the "consistency" problem is solved. Don't need to worry about if or when I'm going to show up and be active. It's always the default I also think my ideas are valuable for a lot of people. So the actual content itself isn't just useless slop. The more these ideas are enjoyed and shared, that's the "proof of a working product." It's a real and working product just like a tech product would be, only it's a product that produces more intangible and emotional value Idk maybe I'm literally the only person with this opinion and biased in assuming traders would view it as interesting. Especially with articles popping off on here and a bunch of CT participants actually enjoying a lot of them And yeah the whole creator fee thing still needs to be optimized as well but in principle does this not sound kind of chill? If it's all fake and cringe anyway, is this not one of the better use cases that people can feel good about?
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@Raph_Bloch ·
3 days at @EthCC in Cannes. First, the setting is hard to beat. Sun, sea, everything within walking distance. It’s one of the best conferences in crypto 🙏 . Over the past few days, I’ve had many meetings - all interesting - but they also highlighted a growing tension in the industry. Not between crypto and TradFi, but within crypto itself. On one side, teams building simple, concrete solutions: Privacy, tokenized funds, on-chain yield, real use cases. On the other, projects trying to reinvent everything - often adding complexity for the sake of complexity. Yield on yield. New primitives nobody asked for. A crypto layer… on top of something that already worked. Sometimes, it feels like people are reinventing the wheel - except the new wheel is more complicated and harder to use. This also raises questions about the so-called "institutionalization" of crypto. Yes, there are banks and funds here - we saw several at our breakfast yesterday with @Bitwise, @zama, @dfnsHQ, @nativeinsurance, @SPGlobal & @apolloglobal: https://t.co/GjAuWfPN5s But many others are not. And some won’t come - precisely because too many projects still don’t match real market needs. A banker told me he was surprised by how little some builders understand traditional finance: "They’re very strong on tech. But they don’t really understand finance - how it works, why it exists. You can’t replace or improve a system you don’t understand." That stuck with me. Especially because the contrast with what I’ve seen recently in New York and London is striking. There, the conversation is much more pragmatic: integration, ROI, real-world adoption. To be clear, I know EthCC is primarily a tech conference - and that’s perfectly fine (I love it). But in that case, we should also be careful with the "institutionalization" narrative. You can’t have it both ways. EthCC perfectly illustrates this tension. Crypto doesn’t necessarily need to reinvent everything. Sometimes, the biggest innovation is simply making finance more useful, more efficient, and simpler.
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@jonathanlowyt ·
Buying coffee with crypto sounds futuristic, but here's the truth: it's already happening, and it's a lot simpler than you think. I've been deep in the trenches building fintech and web3 ventures, and here's what most people get wrong... Crypto cards don't magically turn your Bitcoin into dollars. There's a real engine under the hood. If you want to play in this world, you need to understand how it works. There are two ways to hold your crypto on these cards: - Custodial: Someone else holds your keys. You're trusting them not to screw it up. That's fine for most, but let's be real, trust is earned. - Non-custodial: You stay in control. This is for people who demand ownership. You set the rules, the system moves only what you allow. So what really happens when you pay? You tap your card. The store's system sends the charge through Visa or Mastercard, just like always. But behind the scenes, your issuer checks your crypto balance, locks your funds, and covers the transaction with stablecoins. The merchant gets dollars. You keep your privacy and your edge. No cashing out, no clunky conversions, no drama. This isn't hype. It's infrastructure. If you want to outpace the crowd, you need to understand the plumbing, not just the headlines. Here's my challenge: Don't just be a spectator as fintech evolves. Learn how these rails work. Ask the next question. Take the next step. If you've ever swiped a crypto card or want to, let's talk. What excites you about this shift? Where do you see the gaps?
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@DrPorny ·
Tradermayne explains where the real alpha lies in crypto right now “I think DeFi is one of the most novel use cases for crypto that I’ve seen in my lifetime being here.” “The idea of self-custody-sending money globally with no middleman-is great. As a store of value, it’s still to be determined. If you want your store of value to be unbelievably volatile, sure. But over a long time frame, I’m bullish on Bitcoin for many reasons.” “In terms of actual use cases, when people ask me what crypto does-what it’s good for beyond keeping money out of the bank or in a safe on a Ledger,DeFi stands out.” “That’s what made that market cycle so interesting. There was so much experimentation happening, and people are quick to forget how much was built during the DeFi supercycle. A lot of these companies are still around making money, generating real revenue, doing real things, and providing real utility.” “I think that’s where some of the alpha may be in the coming months, weeks, or years in crypto: identifying which protocols have a disconnect between the value they’re creating and the price of the token.”
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@Pranit ·
I didn't get into crypto for prediction markets. Ethereum gave us smart contracts in 2015. Solana made them scalable. We've had the tools to build the cypherpunk vision for 7 years before ChatGPT even existed. AI had 2 years. Yet, It dwarfed everything crypto built in 7. Claude Code, OpenClaw, ChatGPT. Tools that changed how millions of people work overnight. And what did crypto build with its 7 year head start? DeFi yield farming. Chase the highest APY, hope you don't get rugged. Stablecoins. Cool. A better dollar. Useful for the underbanked, but still just a wrapper on the existing system. Memecoins. Pump Fun. Prediction markets, pitched as the future of news, the future of truth. We keep packaging gambling in new, different ways and calling it innovation. That's not what made crypto interesting. I got into crypto for financial sovereignty. Censorship resistance. Freedom tech. A way for anyone to participate regardless of where they were born. I'm still here because I believe this technology can deliver on that. But that means building those products. Not the next casino with a new coat of paint.
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@Moshaikh ·
the next wave of crypto returns will come from better execution an investor, your job is to find that wisdom and back the companies that can power through cycles. as a maker, you create that alpha, because you *are* the alpha. we started as a venture fund because we believe in making, and we've been makers for decades. but it’s important to recognize that how you built something ten years ago isn’t how you build today, and definitely not how you’ll build tomorrow. the tools change. the environment changes. the game changes. look at what’s shifted just in the last few years. regulation went from outright hostile to meaningfully better – still not perfect, but moving in the right direction. tools to build have improved at an exponential pace, with AI being the most obvious accelerant. and the people themselves have matured.: we went from degeneracy trading, to protocol building, and now finally to real products with users (but year still a lot of trading…) in that process, companies have evolved too. some matured. some stalled. some disappeared. this feels a lot like the early internet era- aol, yahoo, and the first generation of web companies. a few adapted and compounded. many didn’t. Haseeb called this out clearly: every cycle needs new main characters. he’s right. as the young builders grow up, the suits enter stage right- wide-eyed, optimistic, and ready to professionalize what was once chaotic. historically, the vehicles that captured this transition weren’t venture firms alone. it was groups like silver lake and thoma bravo. they understood how to build and optimize tech businesses at scale when saas was still new. they applied operational rigor, focus, and long-term capital and generated massive returns doing it. crypto needs that same next-level evolution. i don’t expect coinbase, circle, bullish, or securitize to be the only public companies in this space. tokens are starting to look like the next saas model. and the capital vehicles that understand strategy, execution, incentives, and optimization will define the next wave of growth. we’re moving beyond purely venture in crypto. and that’s exactly why this asset class can 10x over the next five years.
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@MrIPalomera ·
Every cycle has a moment where the market pretends it has found its footing and this little bounce from $87k feels exactly like that moment. I have lived through enough of these to know the pattern. You get a 3% uptick, a few green candles and suddenly everyone wants to believe the week where bitcoin fell from $94k to the low $80k was just a mood swing rather than $750 million in forced liquidations and a macro tape that is quietly getting worse. When U.S unemployment jumps to 4.6% (a four-year high) and the odds of a January rate cut sit at 24% you are in denial. I spent 2018 watching funds blow up because they treated corrective highs as proof of resilience and then I watched 2022 wipe out founders who confused community sentiment for solvency. Today the same fragility shows up in derivatives books where depth evaporates the second Asia sells and where traders “step aside” because they know the next flush can easily take us below November’s $80k low. The uncomfortable truth is that bitcoin is wrestling with two opposing forces: delayed monetary easing and long term store of value conviction. Then again, operators are are hiring while others freeze. They are building treasury discipline at prices everyone claimed they wanted for “accumulation.” They are designing products that function whether BTC trades at $78k or $178k. I have seen this gap widen every cycle: traders look at volatility and see danger but builders look at it and see room. If you are building in crypto, the real bottom is not a price. It is the moment you stop anchoring your strategy to the chart and start acting like you expect to be alive for the next cycle.
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@DiaryofaMadeMan ·
Liquidity beats headlines. Here’s the crypto playbook for a week full of rate calls and big tech earnings. Crypto started the week on the front foot as traders eye the Fed, the Bank of Japan, and a possible breakthrough in talks between the U.S. and China. If you’re new here, crypto often reacts to interest rates, dollar moves, and clear policy signals. Bitcoin rose 1.7% in the past day, a small but telling sign that dip sellers are tiring. XRP retook a key long-term average, and ether and solana perked up. Still, many charts sit under nearby resistance, so momentum needs follow through. Here’s the non-consensus take: the size of the Fed cut is not the main event. A hint that balance sheet runoff could end soon may matter more for crypto than the cut itself, because liquidity tends to drive this market. Why the tension? Big tech earnings will show the pace of AI spend, and any cool-down can sap risk appetite. The BOJ’s tone can jolt the yen and ripple into global liquidity, and the U.S.-China meeting could swing sentiment fast. My 3 checks after the press conference: did Powell hint at ending runoff, or lean hard on inflation? Are reserves and funding spreads easing, or tightening? Did breadth improve, or was it just a few large caps. A simple 1 question you can use today: what will change liquidity first, policy words or actual flows? Answer it in 2 minutes by checking the Fed’s balance sheet update and a quick scan of funding gauges like repo and cross-currency basis. My base case: if Powell signals the finish line for runoff is in sight, crypto firms up as liquidity fears ease. If he dodges that topic and leans into sticky inflation, expect a choppy range while traders wait on earnings and BOJ. If I’m wrong, it’s because earnings surprises or a sharp policy twist in Tokyo or the U.S.-China meeting drown out the liquidity story and reset the macro tone. Stay focused on what moves the tape, not the loudest headline. Simple, repeatable checks beat hot takes when the calendar is this crowded.
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@jake_pahor ·
Crypto engagement is at cycle lows. Honestly? Good. The audience isn't gone, it's jaded. Too many pump and dumps. Too many premium communities that went quiet after three months. An altcoin market that's been in a bear for a year and a half while everyone pretended the cycle was still on. The grift model needs attention to survive. Launch, extract, move on. When attention dries up, that model starves first. What survives a quiet market is boring: tools that work, data you can check yourself, systems that don't need you to believe anything. The stuff that was never exciting enough to pump. Every cycle reset works the same way. The noise leaves, the builders stay, and the next cycle gets built by whoever kept showing up when nobody was watching. Quality is about to get very easy to spot.
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@jake_pahor ·
Scroll through crypto Twitter right now. The loudest accounts are posting liquidation screenshots, leverage plays, and "I called it" threads. You know what nobody posts? "I bought $500 of BTC this month through my super fund. Same as last month. Same as the month before." There's no content in consistency. No engagement in boring. But boring is where the returns actually come from. Housel's best insight: wealth is what you don't see. The money not spent. The gains not flexed. The portfolio that looks unremarkable because it's working exactly as designed. The people who'll look back on this bear market with the most BTC aren't the ones posting about it. They're the ones quietly accumulating with a system.
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@DiaryofaMadeMan ·
Bitcoin ripped, shorts got washed, and the next move may be set in talks, not charts. Quick version for newcomers: when many traders bet against a move and price jumps, forced exits can push price higher. That snowball can run until fresh sellers step in. About $319 million in shorts were liquidated in the last day. After the burst, momentum cooled and price started moving in a tighter range. Here’s the tension now. Two forces pull on crypto at once: warmer U.S.–China trade signals and the central bank’s rate path. One feeds risk appetite, the other sets the cost of money. My non-consensus view: near term, trade progress may matter more than rates for crypto because it softens the global mood faster. If talks feel constructive, risk assets breathe easier before policy even changes. So how do we cut through the noise without guessing headlines? I watch 3 tells: do dips attract steady demand, does volume expand on up moves, and does price hold gains after the news cycle cools. If those hold, the squeeze turns into trend, not just fireworks. Use this 1 question today: what would force the other side to close today? If you can name it, mark that line and watch how price behaves there. It focuses you on behavior, not predictions. If i’m wrong, it’s because trade headlines fizzle or the central bank sounds tougher than expected, flipping the risk mood and unwinding today’s strength. Big picture, the story is simple. Shorts provided fuel, headlines added spark, and the market is testing how much real demand sits above the breakout. If buyers show up on quiet hours, we have a sturdier move; if not, it was mostly a squeeze. I’m staying focused on behavior over opinions. Are pullbacks shallow, do rebounds come quickly, and does liquidity improve into the cash session. When those line up, the path of least resistance is clearer without needing a crystal ball.
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