The problem with Algorand is that once you try it, it's hard to go back.
Unmatched UX, tons of native primitives, reliable, two steps ahead on PQ resilience...
IMO, one of the very few chains that can become almost invisible to end users, which is the way to mass adoption! 🔥
It is incredible that the last time the Jewish and Ethiopian year-ends fell on the same day was in 1988—the year *The Economist* featured a burning phoenix on its cover, with the phoenix holding a coin engraved with the year 2018.(Bear in mind that the Ethiopian year 2018 ends this week.)
It was also the year David filed the first blockchain patent application.
That year (1988), just like now (2026): Enkutatash fell on September 11. Rosh Hashanah began at sundown on that same day, the 11th.
That same crossing had not been repeated since 1988 until 2026.
It is a lace of an Alexandrian solar calendar and a Hebrew lunisolar calendar.
In Genesis, light appears before the sun: separate, see, begin.
A new year, in both cultures, asks for the same thing: to distinguish what is closed and what is opened.
That two peoples with different memories (Israel and Ethiopia, also linked by the figure of Sheba and Solomon) cross the threshold on the same night invites a shared light to be read
One of my personal favorite DigitalAssets $SHX is seriously expanding across Azia...
In my humble opinion, heavily under the radar, just consider @strongholdpay 's team!
@TammyCamp@ItsSeanBennett and many others, some of the smartest people in the "INTERNET of VALUE "
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$SHx once printed a $21 candle, during the era it was tied into IBM World Wire testing 👀
Coincidence?
Or a glimpse of what happens when real banking rails meet illiquid supply…
At $21 → that’s ~$120B MCAP
(roughly where IBM was sitting at the time)
Most people call it a glitch.
I call it a preview. ⚡️
WHERE ARE THE $VELO HOLDERS? BECAUSE THE INSTITUTIONAL SIDE OF THIS ECOSYSTEM IS GETTING SERIOUS. 👀
Look at the names already touching Velo’s infrastructure.
UOB Venture Management made a second strategic investment into Velo Labs.
Velo’s current strategic network includes Stellar, Visa, UOB, Seven Bank, CP Group, HashKey Capital, Hanwha, Copper and Cactus Custody.
Then you get into tokenized assets.
Velo incorporated exposure to BlackRock BUIDL, tokenized by Securitize, into USDV’s reserve architecture.
Its joint venture with Lightnet and OpenEden is targeting tokenized U.S. Treasuries, corporate treasury services, stablecoin issuance and cross-border institutional settlement.
The initial markets include:
Singapore.
Thailand.
Philippines.
Indonesia.
And settlement is being designed around currencies including USD, THB, PHP, IDR, SGD and HKD.
That tells me Velo isn’t thinking small.
The plan is to connect blockchain liquidity with the currencies businesses actually use.
Then $VELO gets pulled further into that design.
Institutions are planned to lock VELO for netting infrastructure, settlement services and credit facilities.
Liquidity providers can stake VELO.
Network fees are designed to fund VELO buybacks.
And live VELO staking is on the roadmap as the network moves toward its Q4 2026–2027 expansion.
This is the kind of utility setup I like studying.
Not simply “who is buying the token?”
I want to know 👇
What happens when businesses actually need the token to access the financial infrastructure underneath them?
That’s the $VELO angle I’m watching. 😎