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[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

This is it.
Everything learned spending millions on longevity.

From: Your Immortal Unc and Auntie.
To: Our Immortal nieces and nephews.

0. Sleep is the world's most powerful drug.
1. Be in your bed for 8 hours
2. Same bedtime every night, any time before midnight
3. Don’t eat right before bed
4. Calm foods for dinner
5. No screens 1 hour before bed
6. Avoid added sugar (be aware it’s in everything)
7. Avoid all things in an American convenience store
8. Avoid fried foods
9. Shoes off at the door
10. Eat whole foods, particularly veggies fruits nuts legumes berries
11. Walk a little after meals or air squats
12. Get your heart rate high routinely
13. Lift heavy things
14. Stretch daily
15. Water pik, floss, brush, tongue scrape, morning and night
16. Make an effort to drink water
17. Get sunlight when you wake up (UV is low)
18. Protect skin in midday sun
19. Stand up straight
20. See at least one friend once a week
21. Avoid plastic where you can (in all things)
22. Circulate air in rooms
23. When stressed, breathe, learn to calm your body
24. Go to the dentist
25. Avoid sitting for long times
26. Protect your hearing, the world is too loud
27. Alcohol is bad for you
28. Finish coffee before noon
29. Avoid bright lights after sunset
30. If obese, look into a GLP
31. Sleep in a cold room
32. Texting while driving is dangerous
33. Turn off all notifications
34. Limit social media use
35. Don’t smoke anything
36. If you struggle to sleep, read a physical book before bed
37. 1 hour before bed have a calm wind down routine: bath, read, light walk, listen to music
38. The body is a clock and loves routine. Have a daily morning and evening schedule.
39. Avoid long distance travel where you can
40. Baby steps first: incorporate new things slowly
41. Do less… most things don’t work.

Bonus points if you get your blood checked.

Start here, it will change your life.

[TapTools @TapTools]

JUST IN: 5-minute markets go live on Cardano

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A faster trading layer is now live on Cardano.

[Lace_ @gustaf_jo]

@TradingWarz ME

[Bee 🐝 @BeatriceAnihiri]

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[RickUntZ @chrono_chartist]

So - you have USDT.D Testing its ATH's
- While BTC is testing its 2021 highs.
- While you have the oscillators maxing on trend.
- get that Bull div on BTC/ Bear Div on USDT.D
then it should be GO time- #BTC #USDT

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

This wasn't allowed in public incase it offended anyone.
So please don't retweet it. Thanks 🙏https://t.co/1stbtsOxvz

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

The Venezuela plot thickens:

While Venezuela holds 303 BILLION barrels of oil reserves, much of this is HEAVY crude oil.

Texas and Louisiana also *happen* to have 6 of the LARGEST HEAVY crude oil refineries in the world.

What does this mean? Let us explain.

(a thread)

[Lace_ @gustaf_jo]

@muninn @Qullamaggie @RyanPierpont Super cool! Would be a bless to dig in too!

[Daniel Schatz @drdanielschatz]

Yesterday, Italian police arrested Mohammad Hannoun, a Hamas financier posing as a humanitarian activist. For over a decade, his Genoa-based “charity” funneled millions meant for Gaza aid to Hamas, including support for suicide bombers’ families. Authorities seized €8 million in assets.

The obvious question: what exactly is Greta Thunberg doing associating with a man now exposed as a key Hamas financier?

[Bull Theory @BullTheoryio]

🚨BREAKING: Silver prices are exploding due to a severe global supply shortage.

The physical market can no longer meet soaring demand.

Here is what is actually going on 👇

1. China is changing the rules.

Starting January 1, 2026, China will restrict silver exports.

To export silver, companies will now need government licenses.

Only large, state approved firms qualify:

- At least 80 tonnes of annual production
- Around $30 million in credit lines

This effectively blocks small and mid size exporters.

China controls roughly 60–70% of global silver supply. When China tightens exports, global supply drops immediately.

This is the same tactics China used with rare earth metals.

2. The silver market was already short supply.

Silver has been in a structural deficit for 5 straight years. That means demand is higher than supply every single year.

For 2025:

- Global demand: 1.24 billion ounces
- Global supply: 1.01 billion ounces

That is a gap of 100–250 million ounces. And this gap is expected to get worse after China’s export limits.

Mining supply is not growing:

Silver mining is mostly a by product of copper and zinc mining.

New mines take 10+ years to build, Ore quality is falling, Recycling is not enough to fill the gap.

There is no quick fix here.

3. Physical silver inventories are collapsing.

This is where it gets serious.

- COMEX inventories are down 70% since 2020
- London vaults are down 40%
- Shanghai inventories are at 10-year lows

At current demand, some regions hold only 30-45 days of usable silver.

This is why physical premiums are exploding.

In Shanghai:

- Physical silver trades at $80+/oz
- COMEX prices are much lower

This price gap means buyers are paying extra just to get real silver.

4. Paper silver is completely disconnected from reality.

There is an extreme imbalance between paper silver and real silver.

The paper to physical ratio is around 356:1.

That means:

- For every 1 ounce of real silver
- There are hundreds of paper claims

If even a small percentage of buyers ask for real delivery, the system breaks.

Markets understand this. That is why price moves are becoming vertical.

5. Industrial demand keeps rising.

Silver is not just a safe haven metal.

It is critical for:

- Solar panels
- Electric vehicles
- Electronics
- Medical devices

Industrial use now makes up 50-60% of total silver demand.

There is no substitute for silver in many of these uses.

Banks and institutions are reacting to:

- Supply limits
- Physical shortages
- Paper market risk

Silver is not rallying because of fear.

It is rallying because a real supply squeeze is playing out in real time.

[Mintern @MinswapIntern]

BREAKING NEWS:

CHARLES HOSKINSON HAS BEEN CLEARED OF ALL ACCUSATIONS 😱😱😱

A forensic audit has officially cleared Cardano $ADA founder @IOHK_Charles of all accusations, putting an end to the controversy.

The report confirms that the claims against him were baseless, reinforcing the integrity of both Hoskinson and the project he leads.

Does this moment silence the critics once and for all?

[Stockmoney Lizards @StockmoneyL]

#Bitcoin MVRV Z-Score - in my opinion the most important on-chain metric - tells us the true story of where we are in the BTC cycle.

MVRV shows the difference between Bitcoin's market cap and what people actually paid for their coins (realized cap). The Z-Score normalizes this data.

Simple version: When it's high (red zone), people are sitting on massive profits and usually sell. When it's low (green zone), people are underwater and smart money buys.

Look at the pattern: Every major top coincided with MVRV Z-Score above 7-9 (red area)
- 2017: Hit 9+ before the crash
- 2021: Hit 7+ before the crash
- 2025: We're sitting at around 2

We're not even close to the danger zone yet. People aren't massively overextended on profits like they were at previous tops. This tells me we've got room to run.

[Cardano YOD₳ @JaromirTesar]

Without real fees, every dApp is short-lived, and when it dies, its token value collapses.

This isn’t just a Cardano DeFi issue; it’s a systemic problem across crypto.

Let’s look at DEXs as an example.

DEXs often launch with hype, attracting liquidity providers (LPs) by minting native tokens and offering them as rewards.

But LPs face impermanent loss (IL)—a risk where they end up holding more of the weaker asset as prices shift.

Compared to simply holding, they lose value.

To offset IL, LPs need meaningful rewards—either through trading fees or incentives. Without them, liquidity dries up.

Initially, it looks like a win-win: LPs earn high yields, and the DEX gains liquidity.

But the model is fragile. LPs usually sell the volatile DEX token for stable assets. As more tokens hit the market, prices drop, incentives weaken, and liquidity vanishes.

Many DEXs collapse in this “farm and dump” cycle.

The takeaway: tokens alone don’t build sustainable liquidity. A successful DEX must be anchored in real trading fees. Fees must reflect actual user demand and are shared fairly with LPs, token holders, and the protocol treasury.

DEX tokens can help bootstrap adoption, but they’re not enough. Fees must be the foundation. They should be distributed transparently, rewarding contributors and funding long-term growth.

LPs and token holders should receive the bulk of the fees. Teams should hold and buy their own tokens to earn fees and show commitment.

If teams keep all fees and rely solely on token incentives, the model will eventually collapse.

DEXs that balance token rewards with real economic activity can survive. Those who rely only on inflationary incentives usually don’t.

Now, let’s talk about injecting liquidity into DeFi.

Liquidity is everything:

Shallow pools cause high slippage, discouraging trades.
Fewer trades mean fewer fees, which drives LPs away.
As LPs exit, liquidity drops further, triggering a death spiral.

So what sustains liquidity?

LPs are rational—they want rewards. DEX tokens that don’t distribute fees won’t sustain liquidity long-term.

We plan to inject 100M ADA into DeFi. What matters is which pairs receive that liquidity. In my view, the most strategic choices are:

▪️ADA/stablecoins
▪️ADA/real-world assets (RWAs)
▪️Maybe ADA/memes (let's debate)

Should we inject liquidity into ADA/DEX token pairs or DEX token/stablecoin pairs?

If DEX token prices were stable or rising, LP incentives would improve.

But that also enables teams to dump tokens at higher prices—an unsustainable model unless those tokens are used to distribute fees.

This needs careful discussion.

Teams can apply for funding via on-chain governance, Catalyst, and Builder DAO.

We should consider which teams we support. Can a team that receives funding from Catalyst or Builder DAO also receive liquidity from CSWF?

It should be evaluated case by case. But we must think critically about which utility tokens we support and why.

Ideally, there should be a clear strategy for how ADA will flow back into the Treasury over time.

Treasury funding isn’t limitless. It cannot continue supporting business models that fail to generate sustainable value.

Long-term sustainability requires accountability and a path to replenishment.

[Pippa Malmgren @DrPippaM]

It was eye-opening to be in Stockholm and Helsinki just as President Putin and President Trump met on a similar parallel in Alaska. Things are not what they seem. Secretary of the Treasury Bessent, Putin and Trump are all hinting that the war you are watching in Ukraine is not as important as the war that's broken out in Washington. It's a level 5 Crossfire Cyclone that is now touching all American allies. Forget about auditing Ft Knox. Is there a stash of possibly missing Bitcoins that helps explain things?
https://t.co/1Aaq9j5FC5

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

The Trump-Putin meeting has ended:

At 4:46 AM ET, Trump published a statement saying ALL parties want to "go directly to a Peace Agreement."

The implications of a direct peace agreement would be MASSIVE.

Is Trump about to end Europe's deadliest war since WW2?

(a thread)

[Lace_ @gustaf_jo]

@cryptorecruitr Magic!!

[wild life @Halitcan2e]

What we do in life, echoes in eternity.

15 architectural marvels that have withstood the test of time - a thread 🧵

1. The Colosseum, Rome https://t.co/Vqota4HlDD

[Route 2 FI @Route2FI]

The older I get, and the more money I earn, the more I understand that lasting fulfillment doesn’t come from reaching a specific net worth or retiring early (which I believed back then). It comes from genuinely loving the journey and finding purpose in the work itself. The people who stay motivated after "making it" aren’t only driven by status or money. They keep going because they’re passionate about what they do. Think Bezos, Zuck, Messi, Ronaldo, etc. They have unlimited money, but still keep going. They still feel they have tasks, goals, and "problems" yet to solve.

Real financial freedom isn’t about quitting the game altogether. It’s having the flexibility to spend your time on things that excite and challenge you, free from external pressure. If you notice your drive slipping, take time to reconnect with your deeper "why" or look for new pursuits that genuinely inspire you. The goal should always be to find meaning, growth, and joy in your day-to-day.

[Darren ☘🇮🇪 @CryptoIRELAND1]

$10.00 $ADA is still in play
Repost if you agree

[𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗽 @nobrainflip]

BTC broke above Golden Cross – strongest bullish pattern seen in all past cycles

Everyone thinks $140K is next.

But it doesn’t play out that way.

I studied every past scenario and all the market data: here's why small BTC dump is coming and what's next👇🧵