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You know, lately I’ve been looking at how cryptocurrencies react to geopolitical news, and it’s no longer what it used to be. Previously, the market lived its own life, but now every news item about American tariffs or trade disputes immediately hits prices. In February of this year, everything changed drastically—sudden shifts in U.S. tariff policy created such a level of uncertainty that the cryptocurrency market felt it particularly keenly.
Bitcoin has recently been testing support around 65 thousand dollars. This isn’t accidental. When the world is turned upside down by trade wars, people

Here's a twist. The X platform has decided to seriously crack down on aggregators and their dirty tricks. Recently, product manager Nikita Bir announced that in this revenue sharing cycle, aggregated accounts will receive not the full amount, but only 60%. And it will get even worse — in the next cycle, they'll cut another 20%.
The reason is simple — clickbait everywhere. Every day, the feed is filled with plagiarism and provocative headlines that drown out genuine authors. Bir directly said that this hampers the development of new voices on the platform. So now, users who constantly post clic

It's interesting to observe how Vitalik recently raised an issue that many people underestimate. With the accelerated activation of AI agents, the privacy of cryptographic data becomes not just desirable — it becomes critically necessary.
Here's the point: even if you use a local AI agent, it doesn't mean your data is protected. If external services can see all your API requests and search history, they can easily infer what you're doing. It's like thinking you're private, while every step you take is recorded.
Vitalik emphasizes that privacy should be viewed as a comprehensive system — from t

I just noticed an interesting trend with XRP ETF. Last week, inflows reached $55.4 million — the highest in several months. Ripple coin is clearly attracting the attention of institutional investors, and the numbers confirm this. Accumulated investments in related products have already exceeded $1.5 billion, with more than 30 major institutions, including Goldman Sachs, having exposure through ETFs. Interestingly, these flows have remained steady despite the overall market volatility since October.
This makes one think that institutional players are making conscious decisions rather than chasi

An interesting turn in the Jane Street and Terraform collapse case. In short, allegations have surfaced against this company regarding insider trading, which is claimed to have accelerated Terraform's downfall in 2022. The story revolves around how this information could have been used to gain an advantage in the market at a time when the platform was already facing serious issues.
This is one of those cases where the events that occurred on May 7 and around the collapse continue to have repercussions. Terraform was one of the most discussed projects at the time, and its fall shocked the entir

I just read a study that really deserves discussion. It turns out that quantum computers could become a much larger and closer threat to our crypto wallets than we previously thought.
Caltech and the quantum startup Oratomic published a paper that overturns previous assumptions about how soon quantum systems will be able to break the cryptography protecting Bitcoin and Ethereum. Their calculations show: to crack the ECC-256 (encryption standard, on which the security of both blockchains is based, only about 10,000 physical qubits are needed. Experts previously talked about hundreds of thousand

Bitcoin just surpassed the $74,500 mark. It's interesting to observe how derivatives keep the rally afloat. It seems that major players in the futures market are actively supporting this movement, reducing pressure on the price and giving it room to grow. When derivatives are working in support, it often indicates that institutional players' positions are aligned toward an increase. It's curious how long such a scenario can last. Everything depends on whether a flow of new capital will come in or if the market will start taking profits.

If you're a beginner in trading, you've probably heard of some magical formula for reading charts. In reality, it's simpler than it seems. It all comes down to understanding how big players (banks, funds) leave their traces on the market. And one of the most important traces is what is called an order block.
I've noticed that many beginners simply ignore these zones, and then wonder why their trades don't work out. The thing is, an order block is not just a line on the chart. It's an area where huge amounts of money were placed for buying or selling. When you know where they did this, you esse

Hey, let's figure out what a depeg is — a term that often comes up in crypto conversations, especially when talking about stablecoins.
A depeg is when a stablecoin loses its peg. It sounds simple, but the consequences can be serious. Take USDT from Tether — it's promised to always be worth $1. But this token doesn't really have intrinsic value; it exists only because people believe that Tether Limited holds equivalent dollar amounts. If the company can't withstand the pressure, a depeg will occur, and USDT will start floating freely.
History has a few worse examples. In 2022, the algorithmic s

I just came across an interesting discussion about how people lose money through investment scams. I want to share what I’ve learned about Ponzi schemes because it’s really relevant.
You know, Ponzi schemes have been around for hundreds of years. The name comes from an Italian man, Carlo Ponzi, who in the 1920s in Boston defrauded thousands of people. He promised them profits from trading postage stamps, but in reality, he was just taking money from new investors to pay “profits” to earlier ones. It’s a classic scam.
Many others have built their schemes on this model. The most famous example i

Just remembered a crazy moment with UNFI that perfectly illustrates how a pump is a phenomenon that can wipe out your portfolio in just a few hours.
You see, exchanges announced the delisting of a coin, and most traders logically thought — if the coin is removed from the exchange, it's a sure short. Massive short positions started to form, everyone was preparing for a drop. But then something crazy happened — within an hour, the price surged by 480% and then dropped just as sharply. A classic exit pump.
This is exactly the phenomenon where a pump isn't just a rise, but an organized manipulatio

Many beginners in crypto trading often hear about funding but don't understand how it actually works. Let's break it down together.
Funding is essentially a mechanism that keeps the futures price in sync with the spot price. It sounds complicated, but it's actually simple. There is always a battle between longs and shorts in the market, and funding is a way to balance them.
Everything revolves around who is more dominant in the market. If shorts prevail, the funding rate becomes negative. In this case, shorts pay a fee to longs. Conversely, when longs are more numerous, the rate is positive, a

Bitcoin's founder Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity remains a mystery, holds the largest individual stash of $BTC in the world. However, since reaching an all-time high of $126.08K, his portfolio has suffered significant potential losses — estimated at around $62.6 billion based on the current coin value of $68.41K. Despite the substantial market correction, Satoshi Nakamoto's position accumulated over the years remains unquestionably the largest asset owned by a single individual in the crypto industry and is viewed as the most powerful influence on BTC value centralization.