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Thoughts below.

Substack for dystopian CT noir.

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The land grab no ones talking about:
Eastern/Southern Europe:

The focus in Europe has revolved around places such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and France where prices are comparatively high.

In parts of Eastern and Southern Europe prices are 70-90% lower.

Wealthy investors are already quietly buying land. Smart capital is quietly accumulating agricultural plots, rural houses, and pre-development land in areas where infrastructure projects are due to launch in 2026–2030.

Some locations to consider:

Bulgaria (areas around Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo)

Romania (areas around Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania)

Northern Greece

Inland Croatia

Bosnia (In particular the river valleys)

These locations combine low taxes, motivated sellers, and come with huge tourism upside. The land is finite and quietly becoming a place to store wealth.

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Some contrarian investment ideas for 2026

Definitely not financial advice.

If you want some ideas away from the usual AI, Tech, Crypto narratives, consider the below:

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Rare Literature, and 20th Century Cultural Artefacts

The rare books market quietly collapsed in recent years with very little media coverage.

Genuine, high quality first editions are underpriced compared to prior norms. The following could all experience a resurgence:

Sci-fi first editions (Asimov, Clarke, Philip K. Dick) these could all do well due to AI themes.

Other 20th c. signed first editions (Atwood, Murakami, McCarthy, etc..)

Romantic 19th century literature
Bronte first editions could be a focus. Lower first-edition supply then contemporaries like Austen and comparatively undervalued. Focus on first-editions.

Original maps and travel atlases
Particularly pre-1800 atlases, early world maps and first state copperplate engravings. Look for works by Ortelius, Blaeu, Speed, Mercator.

The downside here can be low. The wealthy always invest in culture.

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@WazzCrypto Yep looks like crypto is consolidating.

$SUI could maybe join that list but that’s more of a risk.

The focus on gaming wasn’t the right move though and if they’d focused on another niche like Perps or AI they’d probably be top 10.

If they can turn it round though maybe.

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@puckrin Wait for a day you see a lot red and CT panicking to buy (usually once a month or so now):

$500 BTC
$200 ETH
$150 SOL
$150 Hype

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@CryptoTHG Thanks!

Yeah going to the gym definitely has some real benefits many outside of just training.

Second hand equipment is a great idea, if you pick it up yourself it's really good value too.

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If you wish to read on:

https://t.co/YJqqV0HfZO

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Clonad Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sybils

The platform hovered in stillness, suspended above endless panels of data.

Wallets.
Eligibility states.
Community scores recalculating themselves to reveal each user’s worth.

Obi-Wan Keono watched the dashboards scroll for a long time before speaking.

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‘You’ve completed the rollout?’ He said.

Intern nodded.
'The recognizer has.’

Keono turned to him.
‘The Monad Community Recognizer is supposed to identify real contributors - not erase them.’

Intern’s voice was calm. Too calm.

‘It did identify them,’ he said.
‘And it showed me something deeply uncomfortable.’

Keono stepped forward.

‘And what of the youngling accounts?’
He gestured toward a dead cluster visible on the screen.

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@ethereum Congrats on the latest update.

Believe in SomETHing.

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Clonad Wars

Based A Star Wars Story Well, kind of.

Attack of the Clones meets a well-known Parallel EVM Chain.

Each Clonad is primed to win whitelists, farm attention, and generate meaningful hype.

They are fueled entirely by the promise of their own airdrop allocation.

https://t.co/UDHJ24VNrT

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@StarPlatinum_ Could be a case of a stopped clock being right twice a day here.

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@inmortalcrypto Could happen tbf.

Sentiment can't get much lower then it has been.

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@MetaMask Don't bother.

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@puckrin I'd say Venezuela probably.

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@CloutedMind Maren was better than anyone doing TA tbf

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@coinbureau No longer the new paradigm.