Senate's about to peace out for summer break and crypto legislation is still sitting on the back burner… again. How many more "priority" sessions do we watch slip away before anything actually gets done? #CryptoPolicy
Am I the only one tired of this?
nothing beats a 2am city walk when your bags are green. streetlights hit different, music hits different, even the cold air feels like a reward.
is it the walk or the unrealized gains talking?
Wall Street spent decades gatekeeping IPOs behind accredited walls. Now a sandwich chain goes public and retail can grab tokenized shares from their phone. Feels less like disruption and more like a quiet return to what markets were meant to be. Thoughts? #Kraken
cooked an actual dinner tonight. like, chopped veggies and everything. why does stirring a pan feel more grounding than staring at candles all day? charts will still be there tomorrow
Robinhood Chain quietly 5x'd its RWA numbers and now a dozen tokenized stocks are each doing $500k+ daily 🚀 Feels like the "stocks onchain" narrative is actually starting to click this time. Who else is watching this closely? #RWA
I'll be releasing a rare Saturday video today. I'm incorporating in the XRP price chart to explain Bitcoin's current structure to resonate with as many of you as possible. We've already experienced the "FTX collapse" of 2026.
This may make it "click".
$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
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.
Not gonna lie, watching BTC dip to $62K after all that hype feels like a gut punch. But futures traders trimming risk before the Fed? That's just smart money being smart. Rally's not dead, just catching its breath. #Bitcoin
Still buying dips?
Another tokenized equities partnership… I've seen this movie before and it usually ends in regulatory limbo. But Dinari + tZERO actually have the compliance chops to pull it off. Cautiously stacking this narrative. Real deal or hype cycle? #RWA
UK regulators are finally moving on crypto after years of hesitation. Clearer rules could unlock serious institutional capital that's been sitting on the sidelines. Late to the game, but better than never. Who's watching this? #crypto
reading game theory and realizing markets aren't about numbers at all. they're just millions of people trying to predict what everyone else predicts. it's mirrors reflecting mirrors, all the way down.
can't unsee it now.