🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Hegseth announces major strikes on Iran tonight:
"CENTCOM will be busy tonight, we will be hitting Iran hard, we will bomb key facilities in Iran."
Announcing the strikes before they happen is itself the strategy.
You don't telegraph a bombing campaign hours in advance unless the message matters more than the surprise.
This is the final-pressure play in its purest form: the bombs are loaded, the targets are picked, and the paper is still on the table waiting for a signature.
Source: Tabz on TG / Writer: Daniel
here is what i am looking at for lighter
hl saw daily volume grow post tge from a base of ~1bn to 2-4bn, all organic
lighter has seen volumes come in from 10bn+ to finding its base ~2-4bn again, the same
this is the answer to "how much volume is organic" and while its below the aster-induced october fever highs, its real, and i think its share of perp dex volume will continue to rise from this point (along with hl) as ppl favor immediate economics and liquidity vs future economics
i think thinking about revenue is good, focusing too much on it misses that perps are a land grab and trading revenue for market share is a longterm winning strategy
what is very different this time is the rest of the mkt, q4 2024 was peak capital expansion, rn ex-mayors are rugging for 3m
it helps if your thesis is not validated/invalidated by price - my thesis is that:
1. perp exchange pie continues growing despite the october aster blowoff top
2. hl + lighter are the dominant clob duo that will continue to seperate from the pack
🇻🇪🇷🇺 VENEZUELA TO RUSSIA: LET’S TEAM UP AND CONTROL A QUARTER OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY
Delcy Rodríguez, VP and Minister of Petroleum of Venezuela, says Trump’s “imperial obsession” with Venezuela’s oil is a threat to the planet’s energy balance, and then asked Moscow for backup.
Venezuela says that attacking the country with the world’s largest oil reserves isn’t just aggression, it’s messing with “the energy formula of the future.”
She also accused the U.S. of wanting to “own all global energy” to prop up a “hegemonic model” that’s (wait for it)... “unsustainable.”
New Cold War, but make it crude.
Source: El Debate