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Man, I was just looking here and found out that Elon Musk really has a pretty interesting crypto portfolio. Like, what's Elon Musk's most well-known coin? Dogecoin, right? But he doesn't stop there.
So, Bitcoin is obvious. Back in 2021, Tesla invested 1.5 billion in BTC and Musk confirmed he still holds his. Makes sense, the guy sees Bitcoin as digital gold. Then there's Ethereum too, which he revealed he owns during that conference in 2021. Smart contracts, DeFi, NFTs – Musk understands that ETH is important for all of that.
But the Elon Musk coin that really defines him is Dogecoin. He calls

Do you know that moment when you see two different USDTs in your wallet or on the exchange and get confused about which one to use? Yeah, that’s a pretty common question.
The thing is, USDT doesn’t exist in just one place. The same stablecoin circulates on different blockchain networks – basically, it’s like the same currency issued by two different central banks, you know? One USDT lives on the Ethereum network (called ERC20) and another on the Tron network (known as TRC20).
To make it easier: when you see USDT ERC20, it means you’re dealing with USDT that moves through the erc20 network, Eth

Have you ever stopped to think about how two decisions can completely change a person's life trajectory? Well, that's exactly what happened to the Winklevoss brothers.
The story begins in 2008. Mark Zuckerberg offers $65 million to settle the legal battle over who had the idea for Facebook first. Most people would have taken the money and moved on. But Tyler looks at Cameron and says: choose stocks. The lawyers must have thought they were crazy. Facebook was private, stocks might be worthless. But it was precisely this calculated risk that changed everything.
Four years later, when Facebook go

If you're just starting out in the crypto world, you probably already wondered what a wallet address is and why we need them. Let me explain this in a very simple way.
Basically, a cryptocurrency wallet address is like your bank's IBAN, you know? It's a unique identifier that allows you to send and receive cryptocurrencies. Without it, the network wouldn't know where to send your assets. Each blockchain has its own specific wallet address format. Bitcoin, for example, has addresses with 26 to 35 characters starting with 1, 3, or bc1. Ethereum is different: 42 characters starting with 0x.
The c

I've been researching ways to mine cryptocurrencies for free and discovered there are more options than I imagined. It's not that complicated thing it seemed to be at first.
I started with Awesome Miner, which is a very old software in the market (since 2014) and works on both Windows and Linux. Very simple to use, just download and start mining. Then I found BetterHash, which has this interesting feature of automatically choosing the most profitable coin at the moment, saving time.
Now, if you want to focus only on Bitcoin, StormGain is an option that many people recommend. The cool thing is

Look at what's happening in the Chinese market... China injected 280 billion dollars into the stock market and it's shaking everything up. The biggest weekly gain since 2008, man. When liquidity flows like this, Chinese crypto usually follows the movement.
I've been watching some tokens that have a strong connection to this Chinese economic narrative. CFX is interesting - it has heavy partnerships (China Telecom, Alibaba Cloud), but the market cap has dropped significantly, now around 313 million. There's also PEPE, that meme coin that surged in 2024 and is now at 1.68 billion. Different from

Have you ever thought about what it would mean to lose access to half a billion dollars because of a password? Well, this is the true story of Stefan Thomas.
Stefan is a German programmer who moved to San Francisco and in 2011 received 7,002 Bitcoins as payment for making an animated video. At the time, no one imagined that this would turn into a fortune. To keep everything secure, he stored the coins on an IronKey, one of the most armored encrypted USB devices out there.
Here comes the problem: Stefan wrote down the password on a piece of paper. And guess what? He lost the paper.
The IronKey

Oh, have you ever thought about how many promising cryptocurrencies for 2030 might be going unnoticed while everyone is only focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum? Yeah, there's a lot happening behind the scenes that people aren't paying attention to.
You know, Ethereum is practically synonymous with smart contracts and DeFi. After that transition to proof-of-stake, the network became much more efficient. The growth around decentralized applications and NFTs only reinforces this. If you're thinking about promising cryptocurrencies for 2030, ETH remains a solid bet.
Now, there's a project that has be

I came across a very interesting observation from Michael Burry about the current state of the American market. The guy who predicted the 2008 crisis is pointing out something few are paying attention to: the wealth of families in the U.S. is now more concentrated in stocks than in real estate. It seems like a small detail, but historically this pattern has appeared before years-long bull markets, as happened in the 60s and 90s.
What Burry is saying is that this entire shift results from a combination of factors we know well: zero interest rates, trillions in stimulus during the pandemic, unco

Interesting things are happening in China that most people are ignoring. The National People's Congress opened in March with signals that could reshape crypto capital flows in the coming years, but everyone is only focused on the 4.5-5% growth target and missing the bigger picture.
I'll be direct: China's economy surpassed US$20 trillion in 2025. Even at the lower end of this target range, we're talking about nearly US$900 billion in new economic activity being generated. To put it into perspective, it's as if the entire country is adding an economy the size of the Netherlands or Saudi Arabia

Strive has just announced an increase in the dividends on its preferred shares, SATA, to 13.00% 📈 I found it interesting because, in addition to the 25 basis point increase, the company also bought about 27 more bitcoins, bringing the total to 13,768 BTC.
In other words, Strive is strengthening both shareholder returns and increasing its bitcoin position. The payment should be made on May 15 for those who were registered on May 1. It seems the company is making a strong bet on this strategy of accumulating more BTC while offering attractive dividends.
For anyone following Strive, did you find

Bitcoin is undergoing continuous deleveraging, but the market has not yet reached the bottom of this cycle. Looking at CME data, it’s possible to see that both open interest and the demand curve for long exposure have been declining since the beginning of 2025, following a pattern similar to what happened in 2022. What stands out is that, despite this compression, the slope of the demand curve remains positive — something that only changes when there is a true capitulation.
The numbers speak for themselves: Bitcoin futures open interest has fallen about 47%, almost the same 45% drop seen in 20

Hey, I saw some interesting numbers coming out now about what happened in the last 24 hours in the market. Liquidations hit $647 million, and what caught my attention was how well distributed it was between longs and shorts — almost tied. Shorts took a considerable hit, with $342 million liquidated in that position.
Bitcoin was the highlight, of course. About $130 million in longs went down the drain, but the volume in shorts was even higher, reaching $168 million. Ethereum followed the same trend, with $76 million in longs and $86 million in shorts liquidated. The volume in shorts for BTC and

I just noticed that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released a pretty interesting stablecoin subsidy program this month. On the 15th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Industry and Labor Bureau officially launched a subsidy guide for yen stablecoins, aiming to strengthen the international status of the yen through the stablecoin ecosystem while building digital economic infrastructure.
The core idea of the subsidy is to support projects that use yen stablecoins for settlement, cross-border remittances, and other financial services. Each project can receive up to 40 million yen in subsidies, roughly equ

I am seeing a very interesting movement forming in the market. The group that follows these cycles is saying that volatility compression in the larger altcoins usually comes before the moment when capital begins to migrate to smaller infrastructure projects. And all signs indicate that we are entering this phase of the altseason.
What draws attention is how liquidity is moving. When you have longer expansion periods, with more institutional players and retail traders involved, capital moves out of popular assets and into selected infrastructure tokens. The historical pattern shows that first,

I found it interesting to note that the SHIB token burn recently hit a very significant milestone - half of the circulating supply was permanently removed from circulation. It's like a long-term effort by the community that finally showed concrete results.
Now, looking at the March numbers specifically, the story is a bit different. At the beginning of the month, there were two very noticeable peaks - on February 28th, 84 million SHIB were burned, then on March 15th, another 54 million left circulation. But then, activity slowed down quite a bit. Until March 25th, there was still activity with

I've been following SHIB these days and found it interesting to note that it has returned to the same level as January 2024, just before that 462% pump that pushed it up to $0.00004534 in March. Now it's fluctuating around $0.000008 again, and people want to know if it can repeat that performance.
I saw some predictions coming out — there's a platform projecting up to $0.00000990 for this year, but that still would be far from the 2024 peak. Some more optimistic folks are talking about $0.0000543, which would surpass the previous maximum. The truth is, there are some interesting catalysts happ

Hotter-than-expected US inflation data may be putting pressure on Bitcoin right now. I noticed that the US PPI came in well above forecasts in January, and this has direct implications for how the Fed will position itself on interest rates moving forward.
Let's look at the numbers: the headline PPI rose 0.5% month-over-month, beating the expectation of 0.3%. Even more concerning was the core PPI, which jumped 0.8% when a +0.3% increase was expected — the largest monthly core gain since July. Year-over-year, we see the main PPI at 2.9%, and wholesale prices accelerated to 3.6%, both above the F