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Oct 30 5 tweets 2 min read
🔍 EXPLAINED: If you've been wondering about the difference between onchain volume and trading volume in crypto, you're not alone. Let's break down these crucial metrics in simple terms. 🧵 Image Onchain volume represents all cryptocurrency moving directly between wallets on the blockchain. This is the most transparent view of fund movement, capturing every wallet transfer, smart contract interaction, and payment on the network.
Oct 25 7 tweets 2 min read
📖 INSIGHT: MicroStrategy's journey to becoming one of the largest #Bitcoin holders globally is a masterclass in corporate financial engineering. Here's how they're using debt to fuel their Bitcoin acquisition strategy. 🧵 Image
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It all started in August 2020 with a modest $250 million Bitcoin purchase using cash reserves, but MicroStrategy quickly realized they could scale faster by leveraging debt through convertible notes and bonds.
Oct 5 6 tweets 2 min read
What is Pi Network? 🤔

Launched in 2019, it's a blockchain project that's got the crypto world buzzing - but is it legit or just another scam?

Let's break it down: 🧵 Image Pi Network claims to make crypto mining accessible to everyone by letting users mine Pi coins right from their smartphones with just a daily tap in the app. No fancy equipment or huge energy bills needed! Image
Oct 5 9 tweets 3 min read
🔎 INSIGHT: Who was Len Sassaman, and why is HBO speculating he might be Satoshi Nakamoto?

Let's dive into this #Bitcoin founder mystery. 🧵 Image Len Sassaman was a renowned cryptographer and privacy advocate. During his late teens, he became involved with the cypherpunks in San Francisco. Image
Sep 16 5 tweets 1 min read
🚨 Vitalik Just Made a Bold Statement at Ethereum Singapore 2024

Ethereum’s co-founder took the stage to highlight a critical shift: solo stakers could be the key to Ethereum’s long-term security.

Here’s why it matters: Why Solo Stakers Matter

Solo stakers are the backbone of Ethereum's decentralization. By staking individually, they reduce reliance on large institutions and protect the network from centralized control.
Sep 15 8 tweets 2 min read
🧐 The SEC vs. Ripple Lawsuit: The Longest Crypto Legal Battle With The SEC in History

Here’s what you need to know 🧵
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At its core, the lawsuit centers on whether XRP should be classified as a security or a digital currency. The SEC claims the former, Ripple argues the latter.
Aug 25 9 tweets 3 min read
Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France on Aug. 24. Here’s what we know so far 🧵 Image Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport north of Paris after landing in his private jet from Azerbaijan, according to Le Monde and other French media outlets. French authorities are investigating alleged violations related to Telegram’s encrypted messaging platform.
Jul 1 9 tweets 2 min read
𝟯 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 $BTC

BTC faces potential headwinds as the price hovers around $63K.

Here's what you need to know that could impact #Bitcoin' in July. 👇 Image 𝗠𝘁. 𝗚𝗼𝘅: $𝟵𝗕 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 💼

Mt. Gox is set to repay 140,000 BTC (~$9B) to creditors in early July. This flood of BTC could trigger a sell-off, potentially tanking prices.
May 12 8 tweets 2 min read
Annually, $BTC volatility has dropped below that of top tech stocks, including $TSLA, $META, and $NVDA.

What does this mean for #Bitcoin? 🧵 Image 👉 #Bitcoin's 1-year realized volatility is 44.88%, compared to over 50% for top tech stocks among the "magnificent seven". This signals #BTC's growth toward becoming a more mature and stable asset class.
Apr 28 6 tweets 2 min read
What is liquid staking, and how does it work? Let’s dive in! 💧🔒 Liquid staking solves the liquidity issue of traditional staking by using substitute tokens, allowing your #crypto to remain active in DeFi platforms. This means you can stake and still trade or transfer your assets 💱.
Mar 21 10 tweets 2 min read
What is anti-dumping policy in crypto? 🧵 👇 Image An anti-dumping policy is designed to safeguard #crypto investors from pump-and-dump schemes, in which organized entities or individuals artificially inflate a crypto token’s price and then sell off their holdings for a profit, leaving investors with losses. Image
Mar 8 11 tweets 2 min read
Commodities vs. securities: Key differences. Let's go🧵 👇 Image Commodities are raw materials or basic goods that can be bought and sold. Some commodities represent ownership of a physical product, such as a bag of grain or a barrel of crude oil. Commodity markets respond to supply and demand dynamics in the physical global market.
Mar 6 9 tweets 2 min read
How is #Bitcoin priced? Here's a explainer thread 🧵 👇 Image The fundamental economic principle of supply and demand plays a crucial role in BTC's valuation. Bitcoin has a 21M coin hard cap on its supply, introducing scarcity to the digital currency. Miners will no longer receive new BTC for verifying transactions once that cap is reached.
Mar 22, 2023 7 tweets 4 min read
📰Nifty Newsletter This Week📰

🏛️ Bank collapses slowed NFT trading
🇦🇪 How NFTs are used in the UAE
🧼 NFT wash trading increases in February
💪 Salesforce announces Web3 platform

🧵👇 cointelegraph.com/news/svb-colla… The recent bank collapses resulted in tanking NFT trading volumes 📉

Before the crisis, trading volumes sat around $68-$74 million

On March 12th, just two days after SVB imploded, trading volume fell to just $36 million 🤯
Mar 22, 2023 5 tweets 5 min read
Live from the State of the Chain 2023 panel at @ParisBlockWeek 🇫🇷: @RichJWidmann, Global Head of Web3 Strategy at @googlecloud, emphasizes the importance of building value for users in the next evolution of the internet. #PBW2023 Ryan Nitz, Head of Solutions Architecture at @coinbase, emphasizes the importance of simplification and economic freedom in the #crypto space: 'Taking complex problems and making them really simple.' #PBW2023
Mar 21, 2023 6 tweets 6 min read
⚖️Law Decoded This Week⚖️

⚛️ Fallout from the banking collapse
🚓 Wyoming defends private keys
🏛️ @BinanceUS cleared to acquire Voyager
💻 Euro Parliament passes Data Act

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cointelegraph.com/news/in-the-af… https://t.co/EyxdL6IKVD @BinanceUS SVB, Signature Bank, and some chaos at Credit Suisse have left us a little unsure.

US regulators came in to protect depositors in an attempt to assuage investors and the public from creating more panic, while @UBS has purchased CS for US$3.2 billion.

Is this the last of it?🤔
Mar 17, 2023 20 tweets 17 min read
We love what @jacksonfall has been doing with #HustleGPT so we’re doing our own crypto edition!

The lowdown: We’ve given #GPT4 a budget of $100. We’ve instructed it to make as much money as possible.

Can GPT-4 navigate the choppy crypto waters and stay green?

A thread 🧵 Image To get it up to speed, we fed GPT all of our Markets News stories over 7 days, a selection of our most viewed stories over the same period, plus a round-up of 2021 and 2022. Here’s what #GPT4 thinks. Image
Dec 12, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
The former FTX CEO has been arrested by The Royal Bahamas Police Force following formal notification from the United States that it has filed criminal charges against SBF. cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-found… Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and founder of Alameda Research, has been arrested and taken into custody by authorities in the Bahamas.
cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-found…
Dec 12, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
📰 Top Crypto News 📰

🌞 Florida best-prepared state for crypto adoption
🇬🇧 BOE opens applications for POC CBDC wallet
👀 Former SEC crypto regulator hired by Caroline Ellison
🔍 FTT investors' claims to be investigated
🇷🇸 Terra co-founder Do Kwon hiding out in Serbia
👇 & more Our countdown begins in sunny Florida, where #5 sees research claim it is the best-prepared US state for widespread crypto adoption. cointelegraph.com/news/florida-b…
Oct 10, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
📰 Top Crypto News 📰

🔍 ‘Long lost Satoshi Bitcoin code’ found?
🇷🇺 Dapper Labs suspends Russian accounts
🤑 Huobi Global controlling shareholder to sell entire stake
⚽️ Crypto .com downsizes some sports partnership deals
👋 OpenSea CFO departs
👇 & more #5 is one for the historians as Jim Blasko, a crypto enthusiast, claims to have unearthed “the official oldest known uploaded copy of Satoshi’s Bitcoin” code, originally uploaded in August 2009. cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiner…
Apr 22, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
📰 Top Crypto News 📰
04/18-04/22

✈️ The US Airforce & the Metaverse
🏦 A German bank’s crypto application
🏧 Bitcoin ATMs in Austria
🇷🇺 Binance’s Russia services
🖼️ Coinbase’s NFT marketplace
👇 & more #5 Fly high, as the US Airforce filed an application for a trademark in the Metaverse in an initiative called “SpaceVerse.”

cointelegraph.com/news/us-air-fo…