The founder of the money transfer service Strike claimed that Ripple is lobbying against the idea of a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve. He frames it as Ripple opposing prosperity, freedom, and Bitcoin itself. But what does the concept of a Bitcoin reserve - which once seemed so promising - actually look like today? First of all, the U.S...
Vitalik Buterin recently pointed out that tokens tied to politicians could serve as tools for bribery. But I think it’s not that straightforward. Let’s take the $TRUMP token as an example: 80% of the supply is concentrated in the issuer’s address, and the issuer is likely connected to the politician or even fully controlled by him. If someone were to...
Peter Schiff stated that Bitcoin is a meme coin. A week prior, I made a similar observation in my Medium article: "Meme tokens are the new Bitcoin." However, this doesn’t mean I fully agree with Schiff. There are a few key consumer-oriented qualities where Bitcoin and meme coins are indeed quite similar: * Transparency: Both satisfy my...
Telegram has introduced new rules for crypto mini-applications. From now on, all mini-apps dealing with cryptocurrencies must exclusively use The Open Network (TON) blockchain. This change affects many players in the crypto space. Multichain wallets, such as OKX Wallet with nearly 4 million users, will lose some of their functionality since links to external apps for...
The DEFAI trend (DeFi + AI) is gaining traction in crypto. It revolves around AI agents helping users unlock DeFi opportunities, with their most sought-after feature being investment advice. Unlike human analysts, who often add disclaimers like “Not financial advice. Do your own research,” AI can offer clear entry and exit strategies without disclaimers. The leading DEFAI agent...
This weekend, some creative individuals managed to turn 0.303 SOL into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Kyrgyz blogger Misha Juhovitskiy revealed their strategy in a small investigation. HERE’S A SUMMARY: * He identified a wallet that received the largest amount of TRUMP tokens (800 million tokens). * He checked which other tokens were held in this wallet. * He analyzed the...
All eyes in the crypto community are currently on $TRUMP, a token whose price is skyrocketing during its first days of trading. While its growth rates are undoubtedly exceptional, the pattern — explosive growth right after launch — is quite typical for the cryptocurrency market. This growth is often followed by a decline, either through a sharp crash...
$TRUMP Token Frenzy Makes Me Think the Bull Market’s End Is Near Here’s what we’re witnessing: * The token launched during the night from Friday to Saturday in Europe, catching European traders off guard. Many woke up Saturday morning to social feeds flooded with regretful posts like, “How could I have slept through this?” * Throughout the day, media outlets...
Programmer Michael Lewellen has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Attorney General. The case concerns Lewellen’s plans to publish cryptocurrency-based crowdfunding software. He highlights Tornado Cash as a similar tool, whose developers were prosecuted for creating non-custodial software enabling private transfers. The U.S. Attorney General previously stated that the...
The price of $AIXBT has surpassed $0.92, meaning it now costs over $550,000 to access AIXBT's internal terminal. For those unfamiliar: AIXBT operates in two modes: as a bot on X that evaluates the crypto market, and as a “terminal” with just one stated difference: * On X: “there is no guarantee of receiving a reply.” * “The Terminal... provides...