Ana Solana

Crypto branding, comms and PR

[Ana Solana @AnaSolanaaa]

@QuintenFrancois Same for me. Made it out okay

[Ana Solana @AnaSolanaaa]

@ayeshaijazkhan No it's not

[Arvind Datta @datta_arvind]

Worth reading the experience of a traveller who was stranded at Dubai Airport.

[Ana Solana @AnaSolanaaa]

@KallaySandor @cryptomanran The rockets are flying over our heads here in Dubai

[WOLF Bitcoin @WOLF_Bitcoin_]

Tom Lee asked $MSTR Founder Michael Saylor about QUANTUM.

This was during today’s earnings call…

Saylor reluctantly answered with THIS 👀 ⬇️

[Ana Solana @AnaSolanaaa]

Keep scrolling and fry your brain. Grab a book and meditate instead.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This person just gave you the neuroplasticity recovery protocol most people pay therapists $200/hour to discover.

The core mechanism here is dopamine baseline depletion. When you scroll, each interesting post spikes dopamine 100-200% above baseline. The problem is what happens next. Your dopamine drops 40-60% BELOW baseline for 2-4 hours. This means the homework, the book, the focused thinking you try to do afterward feels neurologically impossible. You’re not lazy. Your prefrontal cortex is literally running on empty.

Here’s the thing about that “I used to be sharp” feeling. Working memory capacity correlates directly with dopamine available in the prefrontal cortex. Lower dopamine, shorter working memory span. D’Esposito and colleagues at Berkeley showed this with neuroimaging. The people who can hold longer strings of information have more dopamine available for release. So when you’ve been chronically depleting your dopamine reservoir through high-stimulation activities, your working memory atrophies. You feel dumber because, neurochemically, your prefrontal cortex is operating at reduced capacity.

The “three days” recommendation in this article maps onto clinical literature. Anna Lembke’s research at Stanford’s Addiction Medicine clinic shows dopamine system resets require approximately 30 days for severe cases, but meaningful restoration begins within 72 hours of removing the stimulus. That’s why day three of any detox feels qualitatively different. Your neurons are beginning to upregulate dopamine receptors.

The boredom piece is where most people fail. Your brain interprets boredom as a signal to seek stimulation. That discomfort you feel when you’re unstimulated? That’s withdrawal. The reaching for your phone is your brain trying to bring dopamine back above baseline. Sitting with it trains the system to tolerate lower stimulation and still function. This is called raising your distress tolerance threshold.

What the article calls “rehabilitate,” the neuroscience literature calls neuroplasticity. Your brain is continuously rewiring based on what you repeatedly do. Chronic scrolling strengthens attentional circuits optimized for novelty-seeking and rapid task-switching. Sustained reading strengthens circuits for linear focus and deep processing. You’re not permanently damaged. You’ve just trained your brain for the wrong environment.

Two protocols actually accelerate the restoration. First: non-sleep deep rest. NSDR scripts (free online, 10-20 minutes) increase dopamine in the basal ganglia by up to 60%. Second: brief cold exposure. One to three minutes in cold water spikes dopamine 250% above baseline and sustains it for 2-4 hours afterward. Both of these replenish the reservoir without creating the crash cycle.

The real work is what she described: tolerating the discomfort of being understimulated long enough for your system to recalibrate to normal dopamine dynamics. The girl who used to read voraciously is still in there. The neural circuits are dormant, not dead. Plasticity works in both directions. Start with 10 minutes of focused reading a day. Your prefrontal cortex will adapt. Give it six weeks and measure the difference.

[Murtuza J Merchant @murtuza_merc]

Bitcoin hit $96k as $1.2B in positions got liquidated.

Fear & Greed Index: 22 (extreme fear) ETF outflows: $870M (second largest day ever) 248k traders liquidated

But here's what analysts are saying:

Some see bottom within 7 days. Others say we test low $90ks before recovery. One predicts $200k by late 2026.

The consensus: this isn't 2022. No exchange collapses. No contagion. Just overleveraged longs getting flushed and ETF investors who've never seen a -30% correction hitting sell.

https://t.co/QMsz6Jpr3b

[Ana Solana @AnaSolanaaa]

@FolksFinance Nice

[Mpost Media Group @mpost_io]

Co-hosted by @credit_scend, the Hack Seasons Opportunity Mixer is bringing one of the best lineups to Seoul this week!

The panel “DeFi Without Illusions: The Real Lessons for Builders” shares real lessons and challenges of building in DeFi.

Moderated by Sarah Shin, BD Associate at @1inch, the discussion features experts:

Ethan Hassall, Head of BD at @TheTNetwork
LevX (@LevxApp), Founder of @xd_protocol
Francesco Andreolí (@francescoswiss), Director of DevRel at @MetaMask
Kevin He (@0xkevinhe), Co-founder of @BitlayerLabs

Beyond the conversations, we’re set for a full day of networking! Join us to forge new business connections and partnerships away from the conference noise.

#HackSeasonsOpportunityMixer #Web3

[Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs]

🇰🇷 Seoul was buzzing today！
Our booth was full of energy with exclusive #Bitlayer merch and giveaways. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

@CharlieHuSats went live with @CoinDesk and @0xKevinhe spoke on stage, sharing how #BitVM is shaping the future of Bitcoin and unlocking new possibilities.

Come visit our booth tomorrow to grab merch, join the fun, and connect with the team. See you at B2F Vista Booth Hall | Booth 15
#KBW2025 #Bitcoin

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

CoinDesk Live at Korea Blockchain Week 2025 https://t.co/4b4JDwF87d

[Nansen 🧭 @nansen_ai]

Bitcoin L2s are done playing catch-up.

Here's Bitlayer's H1 report, and it reads like a blueprint for BTCFi dominance.

Let’s unpack the BitVM Bridge, 220K+ daily txns, and a DeFi ecosystem that actually ships.

🧵

[Sui @SuiNetwork]

YBTC.B powered by @BitlayerLabs brings more BTC liquidity into Sui’s DeFi scene - now live on @CetusProtocol, @NAVIprotocol, and @MMTFinance.

Programmable BTC, meet composable infra.

[Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs]

🏎 $BTR will be listed on many major exchanges on August 27, 2025

Find BTR on @binance Alpha, @BinanceFutures, @krakenfx, @bitgetglobal, @CoinList, @Gate, @kucoincom, @MEXC_Official, @LBank_Exchange, @Bitpanda, @PancakeSwap and @Bitzap_

This is one of our milestones for the mission of powering Bitcoin DeFi vision, with many other major milestones in the future roadmap!

🏁 Stay tuned as we continue to shape the future of #Bitcoin DeFi.

[Brian Rose, Founder & Host of London Real @LondonRealTV]

Bitcoin’s Next Leap: How Bitlayer Is Building A Faster, More Scalable Blockchain - Brian Rose of London Real with Charlie Hu

Watch The Full Episode: https://t.co/l7lALtkEIz

PLEASE RETWEET🙌

⚡ Bitcoin is evolving—and Bitlayer is leading the charge. In this eye-opening interview, Brian Rose sits down with Charlie Hu to reveal how Bitlayer is solving Bitcoin’s biggest pain points: speed, scalability, and congestion 🧱💨. From Ordinals overload to Layer 2 breakthroughs, this is the future of BTC infrastructure 🔍🚀. If you believe Bitcoin is more than just digital gold, this conversation will blow your mind.🔥

🚨 Learn To Make Money In Crypto:
💰The Investment club: https://t.co/bzs3z4N4qQ
💰Crypto & DeFi Academy: https://t.co/puB70XkYEF

#Bitcoin #BTC #Crypto #Blockchain #Ethereum #CryptoNews #BitcoinMining #BitcoinPrice #CryptoTrader #DeFi #Layer2 #DigitalCurrency #CryptoLife #BitcoinInvestment #HODL @CharlieHusats

[LBank.com @LBank_Exchange]

🔥 World Premiere #listing

🌠 $BTR (Bitlayer Labs) will be listed on LBank! @BitLayerLabs

Bitlayer is pioneering the first BitVM implementation.

❤️ Details: https://t.co/454o9T082s

[KuCoin @kucoincom]

📢 World Premiere Listing: @BitlayerLabs $BTR is coming soon to #KuCoin!

Bitlayer pioneers the first BitVM implementation—unlocking secure, scalable, and programmable Bitcoin DeFi with its BTC bridge and rollup network powered by the BitVM stack.

📅 Trading starts: Aug 27, 2025, 11:00 (UTC)
💰 Deposits open now (Bitlayer Mainnet)
🔁 Pair: BTR/USDT

Details: https://t.co/KYLWdQR6qi

#KuListing #BTR

[Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs]

$BTR will soon be available on @Binance Alpha and Binance Futures.

Listing schedule (UTC):
🔸 Alpha trading opens at 2025-08-27 10:00
🔸 BTRUSDT Perp (up to 50x) launches at 2025-08-27 10:30

This marks a new chapter for #Bitlayer and Bitcoin DeFi.
Full Announcement 👉 https://t.co/RbaDOWBRqk

[Ana Solana @AnaSolanaaa]

@zircuit @protofire @WebX_Asia @EvangelistHQ @ETHGlobal Nice seeing you around

[Solana @solana]

Bitcoin is the asset, Solana is the infrastructure 🟠🟣