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Interpreting daily prices and volume changes (stocks, crypto, indices). Algorand adept. Educational content only, not financial advice.

[Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation]

Today in Washington, D.C., some of the biggest names in aid, finance, and tech are in one room.

The Humanitarian Payments Council, founded by Algorand, is bringing together the likes of @Mastercard, @circle, @getpaycode, @UNDP, @mercycorps and more to build the future of how aid money moves.

[Algorand @Algorand]

Algorand CTO @bmartins_ was featured in @Reuters' latest article on post-quantum cryptography.

Reuters highlights @Algorand as one of the industry's early movers, with our post-quantum roadmap already in place and post-quantum accounts coming later this year.

[Algorand @Algorand]

Algorand just won Blockchain Technology for North America at the 2026 World Finance Sustainability Awards.

The room: FedEx, United Airlines, Cargill, Ecolab.

Good company for a carbon-neutral L1.

[Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation]

Everyone talks about tokenizing the world.

But moving RWAs on-chain is definitely about much more than issuing a token.

It requires infrastructure most blockchains were never designed to provide.

Algorand was! 🧵

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

Much "(x² + y² - 1)³ - x²y³ = 0" for all.

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

@KGD_Investor @IBDinvestors @AlissaCoram @IBD_CGessel @mwebster1971 The due diligence phase is first, followed by first base, then second base and finally the institutional advance phase. Thanks to the authors of this framework, I now have a better understanding of IPOs.

[Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation]

The German Federal Foreign Office / @GermanyDiplo and @PoliSync piloted blockchain-based USDC aid payments to Damascus, Syria, through @HesabPay_, using Algorand as the settlement layer.

Results from the pilot:

• Up to 73% lower transaction costs
• Payments were 42x faster
• Greater transparency across the payment flow

A strong example of blockchain infrastructure improving humanitarian aid payments in complex environments.

[Algorand @Algorand]

On this day 7 years ago, we produced block 0 on Algorand.

62 million blocks later, we're still running. No hitches, no downtime, not once.

Here's to the next 7.

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

80% of bitcoin is held by ‘private’ and wealthy investors, while the rest is in the hands of American ETF funds. Bitcoin ETFs have only existed since 2021 (futures) and since 2024 for spot ETFs, and already at relatively high price levels ($60K and then $46K). This shows that selling pressure still largely depends on the behavior of ‘private’ investors.

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

$MU update. 🧠💾
On 5/04 we flagged $MU at $366 as the most underrated AI trade.
Last update it was $666 (+82%). It just closed $943.76 — that’s +158% from the call.
The thesis hasn’t changed — it’s just compounding faster than anyone wanted to believe.
AI needs memory. Memory needs Micron.
Still not done. 👀
#MU #Micron #AI

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

$MU update. 🧠💾
On 5/04 we flagged $MU at $366 as the most underrated AI trade.
It’s now sitting at $666. That’s +82% in weeks.
The thesis hasn’t changed — it’s just playing out faster than expected.
AI needs memory. Memory needs Micron.
Still not done. 👀
#MU #Micron #AI #Semiconductors #MemoryChips #StockMarket #EarningsSeason

[Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation]

Agentic commerce is moving fast. Algorand is ready.

• Partnered with @Google on its AP2 Agentic Payments Protocol

• Full x402 support including @coinbase spec and live production via @GoPlausible

• Native HTTP 402 for autonomous AI, API, and M2M payments

• Atomic and sponsored transactions for seamless programmable settlement

• Live x402 demos presented to Google and other industry leaders

Low fees. Instant finality. Deterministic performance. Stablecoins. Smart contracts. Native atomic settlement.

@Algorand is built for what's next 🤝

[Steve Burns @SJosephBurns]

Ray Dalio’s 5 step process for achieving your goals:

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

Follow-up on $ALGO:

Price is doing exactly what you want to see after a base-building phase — higher lows, support holding, and buyers stepping in on dips. That’s not breakout confirmation yet, but it’s constructive.

If this structure stays intact and volume keeps expanding, the next logical test is the $0.15–$0.16 area. From here, that still leaves room for a meaningful upside move.

The bigger signal: this doesn’t look like random noise anymore. It looks like accumulation.

#Algorand #ALGO #Crypto #Altcoins #CryptoTrading #TechnicalAnalysis #Blockchain #DeFi

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

ALGO looks like it’s building a solid base here. If support holds and volume continues to build, a 20–25% move higher looks very possible.

What makes this more interesting is the fundamental backdrop: rising network activity, more active wallets, growing staking participation, and Algorand’s edge in speed, low fees, and long-term security.

This is the kind of setup smart money watches closely.

#Algorand #ALGO #Crypto #Altcoins #Blockchain #Web3 #CryptoTrading #Bullish

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

$MU update. 🧠💾
On 5/04 we flagged $MU at $366 as the most underrated AI trade.
It’s now sitting at $666. That’s +82% in weeks.
The thesis hasn’t changed — it’s just playing out faster than expected.
AI needs memory. Memory needs Micron.
Still not done. 👀
#MU #Micron #AI #Semiconductors #MemoryChips #StockMarket #EarningsSeason

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

$MU is the most underrated AI trade right now. 🧠💾
EPS beats every quarter — and analysts see it EXPLODING to $27/quarter by Q2 ’27.
Meanwhile the stock is sitting at $366 after a brutal pullback from $450+.
Volume is surging. The market is waking up.
AI needs memory. Memory needs Micron. 📈
#MicronTechnology #Semiconductors #AIStocks #Investing #MU

[Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation]

Algorand CEO @StaciW_DC will be speaking at the @CFR_org on May 13 in NYC.

Staci will be representing @Algorand at the 'Meeting on Digital Currencies', where digital currency policy is actually being shaped.

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

ALGO looks like it’s building a solid base here. If support holds and volume continues to build, a 20–25% move higher looks very possible.

What makes this more interesting is the fundamental backdrop: rising network activity, more active wallets, growing staking participation, and Algorand’s edge in speed, low fees, and long-term security.

This is the kind of setup smart money watches closely.

#Algorand #ALGO #Crypto #Altcoins #Blockchain #Web3 #CryptoTrading #Bullish

[Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation]

Big news for Algorand in Japan.

$ALGO has been added to the JVCEA Green List, a register of cryptos approved for fast-tracked listings across Japanese exchanges.

The JVCEA is overseen by Japan's FSA, the same regulator that governs banks, insurers, and stock exchanges.

This isn't a crypto-native stamp of approval; it's a traditional finance stamp of approval.

[Josh @devjoshstevens]

This is my 3rd week as VP of Engineering DeFi at @Polymarket , and I'm going to be straight: the traction @Polymarket has seen has massively outpaced our infrastructure, and we haven't done nearly enough to scale to keep up. I hear you, and fixing this is our entire focus. We're a major company now, and we need to engineer like one. Here's exactly what we're doing:

- Onchain data latency. We're working on making this near-instant so the experience is incredible.
- Chain migration. We need more block space, cheaper gas and much smaller block times so settlement is instant.
- Transactions are getting cancelled. We understand this is one of the most frustrating issues right now, and we have a complete fix coming very soon.
- Massive focus on the website to make it faster, more responsive, and with better UX.
- We added observability everywhere. Proper alerting so we catch issues ourselves, market makers should not be the ones telling us something is down. That's been unacceptable, and we know it.
- E2e tests throughout, starting with the CLOB, so issues get caught in CI before anything ships.
- CLOBv2 is not a rewrite. It won't improve performance or stability on its own; it's an upgrade that unlocks us to move fast right after. We'll do better with communication next time.
- We are rebuilding the CLOB from the ground up. Most important thing we're doing. Without it, we can't be the best DeFi exchange in the world. We know it, we're on it, it's mission critical.
- Unified TypeScript SDK for all APIs, which is shipping soon.
- Unified API. One WS connection for everything, with a schema that's actually readable.
- New Polymarket contract in the works that unlocks things that are simply impossible on the current protocol.
- New hires: Head of QA Automation, Head of Dev Tooling, Head of Internal Tooling, Head of Data Engineering.
- Smaller, dedicated teams. Fewer focus points per person, clearer ownership. People do what they're good at and are accountable for it.
- Working closely with customer support to give them real debugging tools so any user issue gets properly diagnosed, not lost.
- Proper communication with marketing and market makers so everyone knows what's coming and when, and MM can submit feature requests with a clear path to get them into engineering and shipped.
- Working with 4 security teams daily to ensure we're super secure and that funds are always safe.
- Perps incoming. Brand new contracts and a backend built from scratch in Rust. We're proud of this one.
- A lot of other fixes are running in parallel right now.

Starting next Friday, I will be posting weekly engineering updates.

I joined because I genuinely believe in what @Polymarket is trying to do. @shayne_coplan built this so the world has somewhere to go to find out what's actually going to happen, not what the media thinks, not what a pundit says, but what thousands of people are willing to put money on. But right now, our engineering isn't living up to that. We've let people down, and I'm not going to dress that up. I came here to fix it, and that's exactly what we're going to do. The next few months are going to speak for themselves. Stay with us.

[Algorand @Algorand]

Another day, another industry leader recognizes Algorand's post-quantum technology.

Today, @coinbase released a paper detailing post-quantum implementations by blockchains.

Algorand is cited as one of the first and only chains with functional post-quantum security on mainnet.

[OWLpractitioner @OWLpractitioner]

@QuintenFrancois algorand:native is the safiest blockchain of all, right?