Javier Paz

CEO-Founder @RigorRank, former Director of data & analytics at @Forbes, Sr analyst @DatosInsights #BankBoston, #CSFB, crypto exchange and on-chain research

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

The single most damning proof of how a failed ICO can line up your pockets few tens of billions 8 years later.

[Javier Paz @rigorrank]

How can $BNB have this obvious massive personal transfer of wealth during its early days and still project the image of being a widely adopted token, and the 5th largest token ($125bn mkt cap)? Read the @eltrade analysis of this 'unusual' transfer.

https://t.co/RvPGZpDskI

[Craig O'Sullivan @craigosullivan]

Enjoyed leading off @MoneyShow Masters Symposium in Hollywood with @RealMikeLarson and @eltrade ! We discussed how the Iran War ceasefire, the Clarity Act impasse, and historical cycles will impact the stock and crypto markets over the coming months.

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

What seems contradicting is the owner of the firm not ‘being familiar’ with something he can and should know, not finding out the facts before casting doubt on allegations as paid FUD. Whatever happened to ‘the buck stops here?’ https://t.co/Oanjb5HZC8

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

Clark Gilbert Apostle Pick Sparks LDS Church Backlash, at least according to Newsweek’s AI agent who came up with this hit piece. Quoting anonymous Reddit users as source for story hints of messed up new low for what used to be called journalism. https://t.co/xEQtHHYdMf

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

Anthropic nailed it, down to the creepy pause and required positive spin - obviously mocking ChatGPT plans to mix AI results with ads 🤢

https://t.co/NVtyJIs92s

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

Outrageous

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

A former World Bank president has sounded the alarm, revealing that the Federal Reserve has lost over a trillion dollars—and counting—turning it into nothing more than a massive hedge fund for the rich and powerful.

He claims the Fed is borrowing money from banks at 5.4% interest, then pouring it into government bonds, creating the illusion that the government’s financial situation is better than it actually is.

He warns that this scheme isn’t just limited to the U.S.—it’s happening across central banks worldwide.

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

🤯

[B/R Hoops @brhoops]

Potential No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa GOES OFF for a career-high in the Holy War against Utah 😳

43 PTS | 15-24 FG | 4-5 3PT | 6 REB | 3 AST | 36 MINS

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

“Nostalgia (for the old order) is not a strategy.” The rise of the middle powers’ coalition of the willing will translate to multiple bilateral/multilateral rules across topics.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

For anyone who would like to hear Mark Carney’s outstanding Davos speech in full here it is. This is what true global leadership looks like.

Canada should be immensely proud today, because they are leading the fight back when others dare not.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/BExGV2YIDq

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

“European countries own $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined,” Saravelos pointed out. “In an environment [like today], it is not clear why Europeans would be as willing to play this part.” https://t.co/4aYIdiHhSi

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

I’ve been doing this method for half a year now. I don’t call it that but the outcome is similar - Claude acting as voice for a virtual team of experts rather than the overconfident, quick-fix (technical-debt inducing) intern

[God of Prompt @godofprompt]

R.I.P. basic prompting.

MIT just dropped a technique that makes ChatGPT reason like a team of experts instead of one overconfident intern.

It’s called “Recursive Meta-Cognition” and it outperforms standard prompts by 110%.

Here’s the prompt (and why this changes everything) 👇

[Robby McCombs @rtmccombs]

Arizona and Iowa state are now 1 and 2 in the AP Poll. BYU plays them both in the same week in February

[Javier Paz @rigorrank]

This week @RigorRank is profiling law enforcement in digital assets, and one of 16 groups in particular, Financial Intelligence Units. Staying out of the #FATF Gray list is forcing more and more nations to beef up crypto oversight. Read our analysis.

https://t.co/w624U6REWX

[Javier Paz @rigorrank]

A crop of 17 crypto exchanges that emigrated the China crypto ban rule crypto globally. Are they becoming more Western-like, or are entities in the West becoming more like them?
https://t.co/RvPGZpDskI

[Javier Paz @rigorrank]

RigorRank research has identified at least 95 countries have passed or adopted digital assets legislation or regulation in some form, most of whom require domestic licensing to operate legally. Most crypto exchanges average less than 5 global licenses. This will change.
https://t.co/mafbwDGbMm

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

This isn’t restricted to NFT of course. 😞

[Arthemort @Arthemort]

The real reason why NFT Paris was cancelled

- **January 1, 2025** : The father of a crypto influencer kidnapped and held hostage (Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Ain)

- **January 21, 2025** : David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, and his partner kidnapped and held hostage. Acts of mutilation (Vierzon, Cher)

- **January 24, 2025** : A Bitcoin miner kidnapped and held hostage (Troyes, Aube)

- **February 8, 2025** : Kidnapping of a crypto investor (Paris)

- **May 1, 2025** : The father of an entrepreneur kidnapped, acts of mutilation (Paris)

- **May 13, 2025** : Attempted kidnapping of the daughter of Pierre Noizat, CEO of Paymium (Paris)

- **May 18, 2025** : Planned kidnapping of an investor foiled by the police (Normandy)

- **May 26, 2025** : Police arrest 10 hooded men, thwarting their attempted kidnapping of a Bitcoin miner (Nantes, Loire-Atlantique)

- **June 13, 2025** : A trader kidnapped (Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne)

- **July 7, 2025** : Assault on a woman at her home in front of her family because of her crypto holdings (Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine)

- **August 5, 2025** : A man working in the crypto sector assaulted and robbed (Paris)

- **August 26, 2025** : A former trader kidnapped and held hostage (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines)

- **August 29, 2025** : A Swiss man kidnapped and held hostage (Valence, Drôme)

- **September 26, 2025** : Police catch several people red-handed while committing an attack at the home of a crypto professional (Rambouillet, Yvelines)

- **October 1, 2025** : A family, whose father is a crypto investor, threatened by a criminal group (Val-de-Marne)

- **November 22, 2025** : Six men arrested and suspected of having wanted to kidnap a crypto holder for the 4th time (Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire)

- **December 1, 2025** : The father of an entrepreneur based in Dubai victim of a violent kidnapping in the middle of the street (Val-d'Oise)

- **December 18, 2025** : A professional in the sector and his partner held hostage at their home (La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime)

- **January 6, 2026** : A young woman held hostage by several hooded individuals (Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)

- **January 9, 2026** : An engineer kidnapped from his home (Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet, Maine-et-Loire)

- **January 9, 2026** : A cryptocurrency investor and his family tied up and beaten at home (Verneuil-sur-Seine, Yvelines)

[David @david_eng_mba]

Venezuela Just Proved the Bitcoin Bull Case, And No One Is Paying Attention

Maduro used Tether to move 80% of Venezuela's oil revenue. Billions in sanctions evasion, settled on Tron since 2020.

Then the US made a phone call.

Tether froze the wallets.

Game over.

Everyone's focused on the arrest. The real story is the lesson every finance minister on earth just learned in real time:
Stable coins are a leash, not an escape.

If someone can freeze it, it isn't money. It doesn't solve sovereignty.

First principles:
USDT is dollar plumbing without SWIFT. Faster. Cheaper. Still has a CEO. Still has a compliance department. Still picks up when Washington calls.

This is why USDT adoption exploded, 71-year-old grandmothers in Caracas pay their HOA fees in tether now. But useful ≠ sovereign.

The entire value proposition for sanctions evasion just got publicly falsified.

Now do the game theory:
You're Iran. Russia. Any country hedging against dollar weaponization. You just watched Venezuela's "crypto solution" get shut off like a light switch.

Where do you put reserves now?
USDT? Compromised.
Yuan? Political strings.
Gold? Try settling $500M across borders in 10 minutes.
CBDCs? Same kill switch, government branding.

There's exactly one asset that clears final settlement without asking permission from anyone.

21 million units. No CEO. No freeze function. No phone number.

This is the ad Bitcoin never had to buy.
The most desperate, highest-stakes capital on earth just learned there's only one door.

Price doesn't reflect it yet.
It will.

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

My latest piece and how instead of making the U.S. great again, upcoming crypto legislation is more likely to benefit 17 entities of Chinese origin that already control 40% of reported volume and 66% of derivatives open interest.

[Javier Paz @rigorrank]

Check out my latest article: China's Crypto Journey Revisited https://t.co/VfpmaRDbvD via @LinkedIn

[Ted @TedPillows]

The entire Zcash core dev team has resigned.

$ZEC is in a free fall now.

[Steven @m4gbit]

This might be the most insane play I’ve seen in a LOOOOOONG time 🤯🤯

[Javier Paz @eltrade]

@MastrXYZ Send me a message. You have unique skills that may be best deployed with institutions and HNWI than with your current target audience.