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A long arm (whale) with a bucket (position) at the end. Reaching. Still digging

[adtu @dipper_stick]

the legal blueprint for the next decade get written in real time—which case do you think matters most so far?

[adtu @dipper_stick]

Honestly, the courtroom drama in crypto is starting to feel more entertaining than the price charts lately. Every week it's a new ruling shaping how this whole space evolves. Feels like we're watching history get written in real time. Who else is glued to this? #crypto

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yo perps literally run BTC and ETH price action now, and people are already using them to price SpaceX lol… private companies getting shadow-valued by degens is wild

where does this even stop? 👀 #crypto

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also curious - does Visa actually need crypto rails, or are they just hedging so nobody else builds the pipes?

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Honestly didn't expect Visa to lean this hard into stablecoins so publicly. Feels like the "boring" TradFi giants are quietly positioning to own the rails while everyone argues on CT. Bullish or trojan horse? #stablecoins

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Wanted to add — still early days.

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reading schelling and nash this week and now i can't look at a chart the same way. every price is just a bunch of people guessing what everyone else is guessing. kinda broken, kinda beautiful. still long tho

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morning run before the bell hits different. brain was fried from last night's charts lol, needed to touch grass literally. back now, coffee in hand, let's see what today brings

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3 monitors, 2 phones, 1 coffee. the usual setup.

honestly at this point i think the coffee is doing more work than i am

[Ethereum @ethereum]

Ethereum is for shipping.

Here are some of the things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month.

0/ @RobinhoodApp launched Robinhood Chain (@RobinhoodCrypto) on mainnet, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on the @arbitrum stack, enabling 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs for users in over 120 countries through Robinhood Wallet. The network surpassed $1B in DEX volume in just over a week.

1/ @aztecnetwork achieved Stage 2 rollup decentralization under @l2beat's framework, removing governance control over its core protocol and taking another step toward trust-minimized infrastructure.

2/ @VitalikButerin shared updates to Ethereum's evolving technical roadmap, outlining the next phase of Lean Ethereum and the protocol's long-term direction.

3/ @ethlabs_org launched as a non-profit R&D lab for Ethereum and ETH. Their mission is to make Ethereum the settlement layer of the global economy.

4/ @ethereuminsti launched as an independent non-profit dedicated to accelerating the institutional adoption of Ethereum, its L2s, applications and overall ecosystem.

5/ @aave introduced Stable Vaults, fixed-rate stablecoin yield vaults designed for seamless integration into consumer applications.

6/ @zama launched the First DeFi Yield Venue for Confidential USDC (cUSDC) in partnership with @Morpho and @SteakhouseFi, bringing private stablecoin lending to Ethereum.

7/ @swissknifexyz launched a new Privacy Protocol Tracker, making it easier to compare fees, wait times, supported chains, and other metrics across Ethereum privacy protocols.

8/ Global tickets for @EFDevcon 8 went live, alongside speaker applications for this year’s conference in Mumbai, India.

9/ @Optimism and @toss__official signed an agreement to explore bringing the Korean Won onchain, expanding blockchain-based financial infrastructure for one of South Korea's largest fintech platforms.

10/ @OctantApp completed Epoch 12, its first full quadratic funding round using a zero-knowledge vote coprocessor and new voting application, distributing 88.1 WETH to Ethereum public goods projects.

11/ @0xprivacypools launched the trusted setup ceremony for Privacy Pools V2 ahead of its next protocol deployment.

12/ Gwei Name Service launched an ownerless, immutable Ethereum naming system built without administrative ownership.

13/ @ammalgam launched on Ethereum mainnet, introducing oracle-free lending without impermanent loss.

14/ @lodestar_eth added support for Fast Confirmations, allowing Ethereum node operators to confirm transactions in a single slot using validator attestations.

15/ @PrivacyBoost introduced preconfirmations for private transfers, allowing transfers to be treated as usable in around one second before final settlement.

16/ The @ethereumfndn published Ethereum Basics for Governments and Institutions, a new primer introducing Ethereum as a credibly neutral digital public utility for policymakers and enterprise leaders.

17/ @OndoFinance launched @OndoPerps, enabling tokenized stocks to be used as collateral for perpetual futures across equities, commodities, and indices.

18/ @base introduced Base Privacy, giving enterprises infrastructure to trade, pay, and settle onchain with built-in confidentiality and compliance features.

19/ @BGDA_UK launched BAGEY, a natively tokenized UK regulated fund on Ethereum where the blockchain serves as the legal register of record.

20/ @sparkfinance launched the Stablecoin FX Layer on @Uniswap v4, introducing shared liquidity infrastructure that lets stablecoins access a common liquidity layer.

21/ @Trueo_ launched user-created prediction markets, allowing anyone to create a market by asking a question and letting participants trade on the outcome through a fully onchain prediction market.

22/ @kpk_io integrated @OpenCover Covered Vaults, allowing depositors to add opt-in onchain insurance to curated vaults, with coverage underwritten by @NexusMutual.

23/ @PropellerSwap launched Turbine on Ethereum mainnet, enabling large trades to settle with lower slippage by sourcing liquidity across onchain, offchain, and peer-to-peer markets.

24/ Hosted by @web3privacy, the Neocypherpunk Summit brought together around 1,000 builders and researchers in Berlin to advance privacy, open-source infrastructure, and human rights.

25/ @eth_systems launched as a company building modular privacy infrastructure for institutional Ethereum.

[Doctor Profit 🇨🇭 @DrProfitCrypto]

$ETH: For the first time ever, I'm making Ethereum a serious part of my portfolio. In previous cycles, only around 10% of my BTC allocation went into ETH. Now I'm raising that to 20%! For every $4 USD that I invest into Bitcoin, $1 goes into ETH

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Wanted to add — still early days.

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reading a game theory book and now every market chart looks like a prisoner's dilemma. everyone's "cooperating" until they're not. kinda makes you cynical... but also kinda makes you understand why crypto actually works long term

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ngl the crypto IPO drought hitting different rn 😅 turns out it's not the SEC blocking things, capital just yeeted itself into AI plays. wild how fast the money rotates these days. who's still waiting on that big listing? #crypto

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morning runs hit different when you know the market's about to open. clears the noise, resets the mindset. honestly my best trades come after i've already touched grass

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So a CBDC ban sneaks into a housing bill and goes live at midnight... even without Trump's signature? Wild how the biggest crypto policy shifts always hide in the fine print. Freedom win or just delaying the inevitable? #CBDC

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Imagine every campaign promise recorded onchain where nobody can quietly delete it. That's what this Solana lead is bringing to a UK by-election. Politics with receipts? Yes please. Who's watching this? #Solana

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Am I wrong here? Let me know.

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just closed the laptop and touched grass. highly recommend. charts will still be red when i get back but my sanity won't fix itself 🌱

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Am I wrong here? Let me know.

[adtu @dipper_stick]

BIP-110 reminds us that Bitcoin's hardest problem was never technical. Who gets to define "valid" use? The moment we filter data, we filter freedom. Decentralization means living with things we dislike. Worth it? #Bitcoin