Protecting personal data has remained one of Web3’s weak points for years.
@Americanfort_io is building the infrastructure the industry needs: simple to use, with privacy and protection at its core.
We’re proud to back the team and contribute to a more secure future.
🇦🇪 Dubai week is just around the corner!
Excited to share that the Cicada team will be attending @BlLife_Forum.
Looking forward to catching up with familiar faces and meeting new partners.
Our DMs are always open, so feel free to reach out to arrange a meeting in advance.
🤝 Cicada × American Fortress
Data and transaction protection are now key priorities for blockchain. @Americanfort_io is building advanced privacy technologies.
/ Zero-Knowledge-powered privacy, enabling confidential transactions within Web3.
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We are excited to back @Americanfort_io in its mission to build a safer future for crypto.
📉 Fundamental problem for many founders:
They ignore the order book until CEX question the token’s listing and investors lose interest due to weak liquidity.
In this article I break down how your token is evaluated across the market and why market making matters.
Full disclosure: I like @MEXC . For many small and mid-cap projects it's the only CEX that will list them and give them a real market. We run markets there for clients and that's not changing.
So, about yesterday's news, from someone with skin in the game.
What happened:
FinCEN banned US banks from moving money to/from MEXC. ~$16B in alleged illicit flows over 5 years - Russia, Iran, DPRK.
What it is NOT: sanctions. No SDN listing, no frozen assets, no restrictions outside the US. Trading and withdrawals work.
Why it's not HTX: HTX is under real UK + EU sanctions, and Binance, Bybit, Upbit and most majors block transfers from it. MEXC has none of that today.
The honest caveat: both cases trace back to the same A7 network, and HTX went from "UK designation" to "nobody takes your withdrawals" in about two months. Doesn't mean MEXC follows. Means it's worth being early, not last.
What we tell clients:
•Keep working inventory on MEXC, withdraw the excess
•Withdraw to a fresh wallet, don't mix it with your main stack
Not panic. Hygiene. Markets stay open, we keep quoting - and I hope MEXC sorts this out, because the space needs them.
Seeing a lot of “MEXC halted withdrawals on BSC / TRON / etc.” in my feed today.
So I tested it. USDT withdrawal on BSC: submitted 01:20, completed 01:21. One minute, standard fee, funds on-chain.
Yes, the FinCEN news is real and worth taking seriously. No, networks are not down. Those are two different things.
If you have funds there, make your own decisions - but based on your own test, not on a screenshot from an account created last week.
TOKEN2049 Singapore, 2025. A7A5 branding everywhere: booths, banners, side events.
A ruble stablecoin from a network built by a sanctioned Russian state bank and an oligarch under sanctions.
Nothing was hidden. Five minutes of research was enough to understand the connections.
And still, everyone took the money: organizers, exchanges, agencies, KOLs.
I kept asking people: do you understand who’s paying you? The answer was usually a shrug.
A year later, look where things stand:
→ @HTX_Global is under UK and EU sanctions
→ @MEXC has been cut off from US banking
Both cases trace back to A7. Meanwhile, the EU has launched a dedicated crypto task force with a 12-month mandate to investigate sanctions evasion, explicitly naming A7 and A7A5.
I get it. Everyone wants to make money. But there’s a difference between taking a risk and pretending it doesn’t exist.
The industry spent a year looking the other way.
Taking money comes with responsibility. Know who’s behind it before putting your name next to theirs.
Attended a private presentation of Freedom of Money by @cz_binance yesterday.
✍️ Changpeng Zhao personally introduced the book, spoke with guests and signed copies.
Glad to be among the close @binance partners to witness this moment.
Will read it and share my thoughts!
📌 It's remarkable how just a cypherpunk idea became a global institution in just 17 years.
$BTC is now part of the global financial system, with ETFs, major players and regulation.
The math and scarcity keep working. This once seemed like an experiment but now is reality.
💙 Base is for everyone: popular slogan across social media, backed by real activity.
Regardless of market conditions, new projects keep launching on @base, making it one of the fastest-growing networks.
Community is what defines success in Web3.
I shared these thoughts today at @EFDevcon during a quick interview at the Base booth.
🇮🇳 India is gearing up to host @IBWofficial and @EFDevcon soon, connecting industry leaders and emerging projects.
Our CEO, @MaximMoris, will represent Cicada there and spend over a week in Mumbai.
🤝 Attending too and want to meet? Simply DM Maxim in advance.
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