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Crypto Is Learning New Languages
The growing popularity of BNB Chain has drawn attention not only to the network itself, but also to the tokens being launched on it. And some of those tokens have names that are quite unusual for the crypto world. On four.meme — a platform where many BEP-20 meme tokens are born — it’s becoming common to see tokens with Chinese names...
ZEC Takes Off While Others Bleed
While most cryptocurrencies are correcting along with gold and silver — or even dropping — Zcash is going wild. Sure, it’s still far from the legendary 2999 BTC per 1 ZEC seen at launch nine years ago, but compared to its bottom just over a year ago, ZEC has already done a 12x, with most of the gains coming in the last two weeks. I...
TRUMP token issuer plans a massive buyback
The issuer of the TRUMP token plans to launch a Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) that will buy back its own tokens. They’re looking to raise anywhere between $200 million and $1 billion for this purpose. * I get why companies buy ETH or SOL — they can stake them and earn yield. * I even get why they buy Bitcoin. At first, I thought it was just for resale...
Polymarket now accepts Bitcoin deposits
Polymarket now accepts Bitcoin deposits. That’s a great step forward. Bitcoiners, in my opinion, have been unfairly left out of the largest prediction market for too long. But the way these deposits work raises some questions: * First, users aren’t actually depositing Bitcoin tokenized on Polygon (as one might expect), but USDC. The deposit widget doesn’t make it clear...
$4.4 trillion market cap? Try getting a loan against it.
Crypto market cap just hit $4.4T today, according to Coingecko. CoinMarketCap shows a bit less — around $4.3T. But honestly, does anyone take those numbers seriously? Nobody really believes you could put all crypto up for sale and find buyers ready to pay trillions of dollars for it. The global banking compliance system would collapse long before that much money could even move...
Why Stablecoins Are Better Than Bank Money
Nine or ten years ago, most crypto enthusiasts had no idea why stablecoins even existed. Back when Ethereum was gaining traction, I remember a post on a forum that captured the general confusion perfectly: “I sold ETH on Poloniex and got some weird dollars with a ‘T’ at the end. What am I supposed to do with them?” Those “weird dollars”...
FLOKI enters the stock exchange
FLOKI price jumped 28.5% this week. At first glance, there’s no obvious reason. But it turns out that a Swedish stock exchange just launched an exchange-traded product (ETP) that tracks FLOKI’s price. In other words, stock traders can now speculate on FLOKI’s moves without ever touching crypto – no wallet, no coins, just their regular brokerage accounts. Let’s pause for a second. Who is this...
Goodbye stablecoins? Walmart bets on BTC & ETH for everyday spending
Walmart is stepping into crypto through its fintech subsidiary OnePay. According to CNBC, OnePay is rolling out Bitcoin and Ethereum support in its mobile banking app by the end of the year. Users will be able to store BTC and ETH, convert them into dollars, and instantly spend that balance at Walmart and other retailers — or even use it to pay off...
When a 2020 trade locks your $400K in 2025
One of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, OKX, has refused to return a client’s assets worth $400,000 — citing events that happened five years ago. You can read the full story, including screenshots of the client’s conversation with the exchange, here. But I want to highlight one particular detail. In 2025, the exchange asked the client to provide documents explaining their trading...
Hyperliquid vs Nobody
At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, the founders of Aave, Ethena, and Hyperliquid were asked who they see as their biggest competitor. * The founder of Aave said: banks. * The founder of Ethena said: Circle. * And the founder of Hyperliquid said: "No one. We're building something nobody else is building." Sounds hard to believe, right? But it reminded me of...
