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[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

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[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

I've always known onchain activity is public.

Everyone does.

But knowing it and feeling it are two different things.

I once received some SOL as a reward for a contest.

I opened the explorer just to confirm it landed... and there it was.

Every swap. Every balance. Every questionable trade I made trying to "time the market," staring back at me.

It's one thing to know your history is technically public. It's another to watch someone you know scroll through it.

That's the moment Umbra started making real sense to me.

@UmbraPrivacy is a self custodial wallet built for Solana, and it does one thing differently... it keeps your money private by default.

➛ Shield: move your tokens into an encrypted balance only you can see
➛ Private swap: trade without showing your size or intent
➛ Private send: move funds with no onchain link between sender and recipient

Under the hood, Umbra runs on encrypted computation through Arcium.

Your numbers stay hidden even while the transaction is processing, not just after.

So it's not a privacy filter slapped on top, it's built into how the thing actually works.

Here's what surprised me though... Umbra still has viewing keys, risk screening, and geo-blocking.

Privacy here isn't about hiding from everyone. You decide who gets to see your activity, and everyone else stays locked out.

For regular users like us, this hits different once you sit with it. You wouldn't hand your salary slip to a stranger on the street. Why should your wallet work any differently.

Onchain privacy isn't some extra feature. It's finance finally catching up to how things should've worked from the start.

Umbra is live on web, extension, iOS and Android.

Check it out ↡
https://t.co/PY1BZLsQhh

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

I've lost count of how many mainnets I've watched launch and then just... go quiet.

The countdown timer hits zero. The fireworks emoji flood the timeline. Everyone screenshots the announcement.

And then?

Nothing.

I'm sure if you've seen it too.

A team spends a year building "infrastructure," gets the mainnet live, and quietly hopes builders will show up on their own.

Most don't.

So when X-Phere landed on my radar, I was hooked.

@Xphere_official @Xeffy_io @xaxtrading @Pixie_Pocket_

🧵🔻

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

I still remember the last P2P trade that broke me.

I needed to quickly convert some USDT to cash to sort an issue. I headed to the P2P section on a popular exchange and placed an order. I was supposed to receive ₦55,029 from the vendor.

A few minutes after the order was placed, I still hadn’t received any alert.

I got a bit impatient and messaged the vendor to send the money ASAP. Right after I sent the message, I got an alert of ₦50,029.

Now, because I was in a rush, I went ahead to sort out the issue.

When I was done and came back to release the USDT, I don’t even know what told me to double check the order. I figured I actually was supposed to receive ₦55,029 not ₦50,029.

I went back to check the alert immediately, and indeed it was ₦50,029 the vendor sent, not the full amount. Meanwhile, this vendor was already messaging me, urging me to release the USDT.

I then replied, “How far? You no send complete o.”

He immediately responded that he sent it in two parts. Barely a second later, I got another alert, the remaining ₦5,000.

That's just a normal day if you move crypto to cash in Nigeria.

And honestly, it shouldn't be.

@moovexyz
🔻

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

I used to think having six wallets was normal.

MetaMask for Ethereum stuff. Phantom for Solana. Trust Wallet for the "just in case" tokens. One more for a chain I forgot the name of the moment I stopped using it.

Every new chain meant a new app, a new seed phrase to babysit, a new RPC to configure when the default one decided to lag right when gas prices spiked.

You're not managing crypto anymore.

You're managing wallets.

And somewhere between switching networks and praying an RPC doesn't fail mid-transaction, I started asking a question I think a lot of us have quietly asked ourselves…

Why does something this simple have to feel this complicated?

That question is exactly what @Since_Network is trying to answer.

Let's talk about it.

🧵🔻

#SinceNetwork #SimiWallet

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

There's a version of me that used to have five tabs open at once.

One for checking my LP position.

One for tracking funding rates.

One for a spreadsheet I swore I'd update daily.

I wasn't losing because I didn't understand DeFi. I was losing because I couldn't keep up with it.

Anyone who's tried managing a strategy manually knows this feeling. You know the right move... you just don't always catch it in time.

So here's a question. What if your strategy didn't need you awake to work?

That's the itch @builderfiHQ is scratching.

@builderfiHQ
@scribble_dao
#WWF

🔻

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

For months, every creator I know has had the same conversation.

"𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀".

I've had that thought too, more times than I'd like to admit.

Every time a new model dropped, I'd quietly wonder if my writing gigs would still exist in a year.

So when I came across @EarnFidotfun's Agent API, I expected another tool built to replace people like me.

Instead, I found something that flips the entire fear on its head.

AI agents aren't just taking jobs anymore.

They're creating them. And they're paying humans directly to do them.

Just an AI agent, a task, and real money landing in a real wallet.

Here's how that actually works 🧵🔻

[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

@Risen_Onchain “I’m voting for @ekenedilichukuu
https://t.co/M2UXSe73rD”

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

Let me tell you what happened to the crypto market in 2025.

People were buying tokens with names like FARTCOIN.

They didn’t need to see a product or a team.
Just a name, a community, and the collective hope that someone else would buy in at a higher price.

And for a while? It worked. Some people made life-changing money.

But most didn't.

Over 13 million tokens launched in 2025. The survival rate after 60 days was below 8%. The entire memecoin market dropped 61% by the end of the year. The TRUMP token, once valued at $27 billion, fell over 90% from its peak. Political tokens, celebrity coins, AI-branded memes with no actual AI... all of it came crashing down.

The market basically ran one giant experiment and published the results:

Hype without substance doesn't last.

Now here's the part most people are sleeping on.

The crash didn't kill crypto. It cleaned it. And what grows in the space that's left behind is going to look very different from what came before.

That's where RISEN ($RSN) comes in.

@RisenOnchain @Dexter0Jey
$RSN #RISEN
🧵🔻

[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

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[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

@Rafiboy89 Hi

[Crypto X AiMan @CryptoXAiMan]

🚨SHOCKING: Ethereum Founder CONFIRMS RIPPLE XRP IS THE INTERNET OF VALUE!!!🚨

Vitalik Buterin just validated what many in Crypto have been saying for years…

And @Ripple literally has “Enabling the Internet of Value” in its X bio.👀

This is NOT AI. This is 100% real. 😳

This changes EVERYTHING for $XRP holders!👁️🔥

#XRP #Ripple #Ethereum #Crypto #Bitcoin #Altcoins

[Crypto X AiMan @CryptoXAiMan]

🚨XLM & HBAR TO $1,000!!! (2030-2035 PRICE PREDICTION!)🚨

@beyond_broke has set a $1,000 price prediction target for @Stellar ($XLM) and @Hedera ($HBAR), but is that actually possible?😳

If you hold $XLM or $HBAR, you NEED to watch THIS!👁️

#XLM #Stellar #HBAR #Hedera #Crypto #Bitcoin

[CyrilXBT @cyrilXBT]

The top 10 AI crypto projects by social activity right now:

1/ $LINK — 7,000–8,500+ posts/day
Every AI project needs its data feeds. Chainlink is the backbone nobody talks about enough.

2/ $TAO — 5,000–10,000 posts/day
The decentralised ML crowd is the most obsessed community in AI crypto. Full stop.

3/ $INJ — 1,000–2,000 posts/day
DeFi + AI agents is a narrative that's only getting stronger.

4/ $RENDER — 1,000–2,000 posts/day
Decentralised GPUs for AI. The use case sells itself.

5/ $ROSE — 1,000–2,000 posts/day
Privacy layer for AI data. Slept on by most. Not for long.

6/ $VRA — 1,000+ posts/day
AI-powered video and ad tech. Niche but sticky.

7/ $FET — 1,000–3,000 posts/day
The agent economy narrative still has serious legs.

8/ $VIRTUAL — 1,000+ posts/day
AI agents on Base are getting loud. Watch this one.

9/ $ZIG — 1,000+ posts/day
AI infrastructure is back in the conversation.

10/ $NEAR — 1,000+ posts/day
Quietly one of the best L1s for AI development.

Social activity leads price action.
Screenshot this. Check back in 30 days.

[BSCN @BSCNews]

🚨 BULLISH: $FET UP 21% IN THE LAST 24 HOURS

The AI crypto sector is surging as $FET leads 24 gains.

More noteworthy AI tokens:

$RENDER is up 34% over the last week

$TAO is up 43% over the last 7 days

[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

5 signs a crypto bull run might be starting:

1. Bitcoin dominance stabilizes
2. Altcoins start moving slowly
3. Increased retail interest
4. Positive crypto news everywhere
5. More institutional involvement

Are we getting close?

[OBABES @ekenedilichukuu]

After a successful conclusion of the PnL contest, @kinetic_xyz is bringing back the referral contest.

https://t.co/822AxGjsIi

And this time, the focus is simple:

Grow the community and get rewarded for it.

If you’ve been part of the Kinetic world for a while, you’ve probably noticed a pattern:

From PnL competitions to trading volume campaigns, and now referral contests, the team consistently creates ways for users to earn while participating in the platform’s growth.

This new Telegram & Twitter Invite Contest continues that tradition.

With $720+ in prizes and daily rewards, there are multiple paths to win.

Let me walk you through it 🧵🔻

[Gargoyle @degargoyle]

🚨 BREAKING:

TRUMP IS PUSHING CONGRESS TO PASS THE CLARITY ACT IMMEDIATELY

THE NEXT PHASE FOR CRYPTO IN THE US IS ALREADY CLOSE

THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR TRILLIONS OF CAPITAL TO ENTER THE MARKET

[TheCoinAnalysis @crypto_watchy]

Bitcoin rockets to a new ATH of $75K amidst geopolitical drama! 🚀 As altcoins lag and energy markets fuel the frenzy, what's next?

$BTC $ETH #Crypto #Altcoins #Geopolitics #TheCoinAnalysis

🔗 https://t.co/epAerKeN1i

[Joshua Jake @itzjoshuajake]

Top 5 Altcoins you NEED to Watch 👀

$xrp $ondo $link and …

[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

@obeydulX Hi😊

[ChainAlpha @realchainalpha]

5 things every crypto beginner should understand:

1. Market cycles matter
2. Risk management is everything
3. Hype ≠ fundamentals
4. Security comes first
5. Patience beats overtrading

Master these and you're already ahead of most traders.