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There is a story that won't leave my mind. James Zhong is his name, and his journey pretty much sums up the chaos and crazy opportunities that Bitcoin created in its early days.
James was born in 1991, the son of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. Difficult childhood: mother worked night shifts as a nurse, father was a trash collector, parents splitting up. In school, he was that Asian-American kid who was bullied, to the point of having his pants pulled down publicly during a football game. Result: he isolated himself, sought refuge in his computer. Had an extremely high IQ, received the HOPE sch

China has just injected 280 billion dollars into the stock market and this is reverberating everywhere. The biggest weekly jump since 2008 is no joke, and people are starting to connect the dots with Chinese crypto. When liquidity flows like this, tokens linked to China's economy tend to gain traction as well.
I've been watching some coins that are well positioned in this scenario. Conflux is interesting because it has partnerships with heavyweights like China Telecom, Alibaba Cloud, and Little Red Book, and is at the forefront of innovations in DApps and Web 3.0. Market capitalization is arou

I've been following this movement by Michael J. Saylor and the MicroStrategy team regarding Bitcoin security. Basically, they are orchestrating a very interesting initiative to address the risks that quantum computing poses to current cryptography.
The thing is: although quantum threats are still about ten years away, the idea is not to wait until the last minute. They are mobilizing global cybersecurity and cryptography experts to develop research strategies and real risk mitigation plans.
What I find relevant is that Michael Saylor and his team are thinking proactively. It's not just about i

And I am closely following a figure who is truly changing the game in African geopolitics: Captain Ibrahim Traoré, president of Burkina Faso at just 36 years old. This guy is literally a disruptor in real time.
What draws attention to Ibrahim Traoré is his background. Geologist by training, former artillery officer, he spent years in the conflict zones in the north of the country. Meanwhile, billions in international aid arrived, but the country kept falling apart. Foreign troops were there, but attacks only increased. The mineral riches? Being drained by foreign companies. That’s when you und

I see that Bitcoin's RSI is signaling oversold right now. For those who don't know, this indicator was developed by Welles Wilder and is very useful for identifying when an asset might be overdoing the decline.
The RSI basically works like this: when it drops below 30, it usually indicates that the asset is heavily sold and may recover. Above 70 is the opposite - a sign of overbought conditions. Now with Bitcoin around 81.26K, we're seeing this indicator signal that it might have reached a bottom.
Nothing is ever guaranteed, but these signals from Welles Wilder that he created back then contin

Look at this interesting movement: STRC's preferred stock action strategy is raising the dividend to 11.5% now. Meanwhile, MSTR continues this complicated sequence of monthly losses, already reaching the eighth consecutive month. It's a very striking contrast between the two approaches to profitability.
I looked into this further and found it important to mention that the information comes from CoinDesk, a media outlet that has credibility in the cryptocurrency sector. They follow very strict editorial policies and have a history of serious coverage. Just to be clear: CoinDesk is part of Bulli

Did you notice that TeraWulf dropped significantly today? Yeah, people are selling after the news of raising $900 million in shares came out. Apparently, the company is heavily betting on expanding AI data centers, but the market didn't really like the dilution.
Anyway, it's that classic scenario — a company raises $900 million to grow, but current shareholders are already starting to sell. I understand the logic of expanding AI, but it seems not everyone is convinced it's worth it at this moment. The question is: will this investment in AI infrastructure pay off in the long run, or was it bad

So, did you see this? A four-star admiral from the U.S. Navy confirmed that military forces are operating an active node on the Bitcoin network. Yes, you read that right.
Admiral Samuel Paparo, who commands INDOPACOM (basically the command responsible for all U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific), was very direct when speaking to Congress: they have a node running right now. It’s not for mining, but for monitoring and security testing using the Bitcoin protocol. Paparo went even further, saying that the cryptocurrency has “incredible potential” as a tool for projecting American power.

Yesterday I saw a very interesting ranking of the 50 poorest countries in the world in 2025 and I was impressed by the disparity. South Sudan leads with a GDP per capita of only R$251, followed by Yemen (R$417) and Burundi (R$490). Most are concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa.
What draws attention is that among the 50 poorest countries, there are names like Somalia (R$766), Nigeria (R$807), and Liberia (R$908). Some Asian countries also appear on the list, such as Myanmar (R$1,177), Nepal (R$1,458), and Cambodia (R$2,870).
At the bottom of the list of the 50 poorest countries, nations like Indi

Hey community, have you ever stopped to think about that theory circulating about Len Sassaman being Satoshi Nakamoto? Well, the new HBO documentary is bringing this discussion back with force.
For those who don’t know, Len Sassaman was a serious cryptographer. The guy had an impressive academic background, worked on major privacy projects like PGP and GNU Privacy Guard, and was deep into the San Francisco cypherpunks scene in the 90s. Later, he co-founded Osogato with his wife Meredith Patterson. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2011 at the age of 31 while doing his PhD in electrical engineer

You know Elon Musk is pretty involved with crypto, right? Well, I found out the guy has a pretty interesting portfolio. It all started in 2021, when Tesla put $1.5 billion into Bitcoin. Musk sees BTC as digital gold, and to this day he still confirms he has Bitcoin in his wallet, even though Tesla sold most of it.
But what I found most curious is that he’s also into Ethereum. He revealed that at a conference in 2021. ETH is at $2.33K now, and Musk understands that the smart contracts of this crypto are the foundation of everything that’s happening in DeFi and NFTs. It makes sense for him to be

Telegram has become a gold mine for those looking to make money in crypto. After BotNote and BotDogs exploded in popularity, an avalanche of new bots appeared promising even better returns. Pixel Note, Hot, ToMarket, Bloom, cex io, Ton x Dao, Tapcoin, MimiFi, Cats and Dogs... the list keeps growing, and every day people are discovering a new Telegram bot with profit potential.
Blum is probably the most talked about right now. It has 60 million users, and the system is simple: you farm the coin for 8 hours, invite friends, follow official pages, and complete tasks. The forecast is that it will

Do you get that feeling when you see the crypto market evolving and realize there's so much more happening beyond Bitcoin? Well, 2025 and 2026 have brought interesting maturity to the sector. I decided to put together an analysis of the promising cryptocurrencies that are truly shaping the future of digital finance because you can't ignore what's going on.
The market is different now. It’s no longer that chaos from before. Scalability solutions, DeFi, smart contracts, and decentralized storage have moved from paper to reality. And the promising cryptocurrencies that can solve real problems are

If you want to truly understand cryptocurrencies, you need to understand market cap. It’s not as complicated as it seems, but it makes all the difference when deciding where to put your money.
Basically, market capitalization is just the price of a coin multiplied by the amount in circulation. Simple as that. Formula: Current price × Total coins in circulation = Your market cap.
I'll give a real example. Bitcoin is now around $80,000, with approximately 20 million BTC in circulation. That puts Bitcoin’s market capitalization at about $1.6 trillion. Ethereum, on the other hand, has a market cap

So, what is Martingale and why do so many people talk about it in the crypto market? Let me share my perspective on this strategy that has over a century of history.
Basically, Martingale is a money management technique that comes from 18th-century gambling in France. The idea is simple: every time you lose, you double the next bet. The theory says that eventually you will win and recover everything you lost, plus a profit. It sounds magical, but it has its blind spots.
Paul Pierre Lévy was the one who analyzed this mathematically in 1934, proving that with infinite money the strategy would al

Hey, have you ever stopped to think about the difference between APR and APY? I bet many people get confused with these two terms, especially those just starting to explore staking or DeFi. I myself took some time to really understand how this works, but once it clicks, it changes a lot how you evaluate returns.
The confusion is quite common because the names are similar and platforms sometimes use the terms somewhat randomly. But the reality is that they measure different things, and this difference can make you earn much more or much less over time.
Let's start simple: APR means annual perce

I was reading about cryptocurrency regulation and realized that many people don't really understand how the SEC classifies assets. Everything revolves around a test that has existed since 1946, the Howey Test, which has become the basis for almost any decision about what is or isn't a security in the US.
The case SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. was when the Supreme Court created this framework that the SEC still uses today. Basically, the Howey Test establishes four criteria that define whether something is a security. If it meets all of them, it's a security. If not, it might escape heavier regulation.

I thought it was cool to share these tools I found for anyone interested in starting to mine free cryptocurrencies. I tested some and will share my experience.
I started with Awesome Miner, which runs smoothly on Windows and Linux. It’s very straightforward: download, install, and start. The Swedish company that developed it launched this in 2014 and since then it has become a reference for people who want to mine at any scale.
Then I tried BetterHash. I liked it a lot because it automatically selects which cryptocurrency is most profitable at the moment. You can mine BTC, ETC, and ETH without

Do you know that cycle in the crypto market where suddenly altcoins start to steal the spotlight from Bitcoin? Well, this has a name, and it’s very important to understand when it happens. It’s called altcoin season, and it’s basically the moment when alternative projects begin to outperform Bitcoin’s performance, creating unique opportunities for those who know how to ride this wave.
Bitcoin is undeniably the largest crypto in market value and price. But it’s not alone. There are thousands of other projects out there, and all of them together are called altcoins. Just as Bitcoin has its bulli