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They Say It’s Altseason. But What Does That Really Mean?
The Altseason Index, as calculated by Blockchaincenter, has hit its maximum possible value: 100 out of 100. Sounds like that should settle the debate about whether an altseason is happening this cycle. Case closed: altseason isn’t coming — it’s already here. In fact, it doesn’t get any more “altseason” than this. And yet… why aren’t my altcoins pumping? Where’s the profit I was expecting...
A new portal into Ethereum DeFi for Bitcoin Lightning users
Mainstream DeFi has always passed Bitcoin by. The Bitcoin community is barely involved in the conversations that excite DeFi enthusiasts. But the team at SatsBridge has come up with a way to give Bitcoiners direct access to Ethereum’s decentralized apps. Here’s the idea: * Many Lightning Network wallets support LNURL logins - similar to how Ethereum wallets connect to dApps...
Lightning Fast or Dollar Stable: Which Crypto Would You Pay With?
Turns out you can pay with Bitcoin in 31,000 locations across South Africa - and not just with Bitcoin, but with Lightning Network Bitcoin: * No waiting for your transaction to hit the blockchain. * In fact, no blockchain entry at all. * Lightning payments are invisible and feel just like using cash. Very few cryptocurrencies can offer that. Looking at the list, you’ll...
Custody vs. self-custody: who wins?
I often say here: keep your crypto in your own wallet, and if you need to swap one coin for another, use rabbit.io. But today’s news shows that sometimes a CEX can actually turn out to be the safer option. Not safer than swapping on rabbit.io, of course - but safer than self-custody. Kevin Durant’s agent revealed that the NBA star bought bitcoin back...
BTC Bags ≠ Moon Stocks
K33 Research reported that 25% of publicly traded companies holding bitcoin are currently valued by the market below the worth of their BTC holdings. That raises two big questions. First: normally, when companies trade below the value of their assets, the market is signaling that those assets are “bad” - illiquid or overvalued. In other words, investors don’t believe they can actually be realized...
44 Days of Waiting… and a Wall of ETH Ready to Hit the Market
Over $11 billion worth of ETH is currently sitting in the unstaking queue. That’s the largest amount ever waiting to leave Ethereum staking. Most of that ETH is likely headed straight for the market - holders are looking to cash out while ETH is trading high. But here’s the catch: the average wait time is almost a month and a half - 44 days. And if...
Crypto P2P Crackdown in Thailand
Thai banks have frozen over 3 million accounts at the request of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, and the central bank has warned that the number could climb even higher. On top of that, new limits on transfers have been introduced. Bitcoin enthusiasts were quick to comment that this move is basically free advertising for Bitcoin. At first glance, it might...
The Crypto Fee Paradox: Why No One Protests
In my previous article, I covered cryptocurrencies with fixed or zero transaction fees and mentioned IOTA — a network originally designed to enable feeless transfers. Just a few days later, I received a surprising comment on X: Naturally, I had to double-check. At Rabbit Swap, we support the network’s native token under two tickers: * MIOTA, as listed on the...
Shibarium Hack: The Fix That Looks Worse Than the Attack
Yesterday, the Shibarium network was hacked, and today the Shiba Inu team revealed the consequences and their response. In my view, the measures they took might be even more damaging than the hack itself. THE HACK: Around $2.3M worth of ETH and SHIB was stolen. These funds were withdrawn from the Shibarium bridge and belonged to users who had provided liquidity there. That’s...
Stablecoin Season
Tether has just announced plans to launch a new stablecoin for the US market, calling it USAT. At this rate, the Rabbit Swap blog is turning into a stablecoin blog: * two days ago I wrote about USDH, * yesterday it was hUSDe, * and today we’ve got USAT. Everyone’s been waiting for altseason. Mike Novogratz even declared that Solana season...
