Sagar

7 years into crypto!

Traveller, Fitness enthusiast, and Tech Evangelist

Building Emergencemedia @_EMAgency

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

"Ships of the world, start your engines." : Donald Trump, June 14

Iran deal is "complete." Pakistan's PM confirmed. Iran's foreign ministry confirmed.

$BTC pumped.

Read closer:
→ Nothing actually signed yet
→ Ceremony is Friday in Switzerland
→ 60 more days of sanctions + nuke talks after

Trust the words or wait for the ceremony?

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Everyone said Elon's $75B SpaceX IPO, the biggest in history would drain Bitcoin dry.

The event hit. $BTC went GREEN. First up day in 2 weeks.

Why? A stock IPO and Bitcoin don't pull from the same wallet. That money was never in crypto.

The scary event showed up. Bitcoin shrugged.

Not financial advice. $SPCX

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Everyone fears AI as a security risk.

The flip: your AI agent might be the most hack-resistant employee you have.

The average human clicks the phishing link. A trained AI agent flags "this looks fishy" and stops.

More secure than the average human, IF it's prompted right.

@EdgeWallet @paullinator

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

The biggest IPO ever just dropped and it's why your Bitcoin's bleeding.

SpaceX hit the Nasdaq today at $1.75T. Demand topped $250B.

A lot of that cash got yanked out of BTC to chase the rocket.

The twist? SpaceX holds 18,000+ Bitcoin.
The money didn't leave crypto. It just changed seats. 🚀
NFA
$SPCX $BTC

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

The World Cup kicks off today and the smartest read on every game isn't the pundits.

Polymarket has live odds on every match, prop, and the whole tournament. Priced by real money, not hot takes.

When capital's on the line, the crowd gets it right more often.

Which team are you supporting? ⚽🌍

NFA

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

a year ago everyone laughed at crypto cards.

today there are 50+ of them fighting for the same wallet.

the ones winning aren't the ones with the most features.

they're the ones that picked a specific person and built everything around them.

here's how we see the competition right now 👇

@RedotPay: picked the person in Lagos, Jakarta and Manila who just needs dollars that work. 60% of the market followed.

@Plasma: picked the stablecoin believer. built an entire chain around one idea.

@ether_fi: picked the DeFi native. let them spend without ever leaving yield.

@useTria: picked the person tired of choosing chains. made the problem disappear.

@KASTxyz: picked the heavy spender. built the best rewards product in the space.

@coca_card: picked the security obsessed. MPC, non custodial, no compromises.

@spritzfinance: picked the person who just wants to pay bills with crypto.

@AviciMoney: picked the person who won't give up their keys. made self custody spendable.

@gnosispay: picked the on chain purist. real settlement, nothing in between.

@BleapApp: picked the traveller. zero FX, global coverage, 2% back.

@holyheld: picked the wallet native. your card, your wallet, directly connected.

@brightyapp: picked the European user who wants both worlds. regulated, clean, simple.

@itstuyo: picked the US user who wants yield while they spend. self custody included.

@KoloHub: picked the emerging market user who needs dollar access today.

the market just crossed $7.8 billion.

every product struggling right now has the same problem, they never picked a person.

they built for everyone and ended up with no one.
the winners already know who they're for.

which one picked your person? 👇

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Two weeks ago @KyleSamani said “Web3 is dead. All we have is DeFi and DePIN.”

We put it to Jeff Outlaw, CXO of @YOM_Official, 26 years in games.

He agrees. And his reason for why retail isn’t coming back is the uncomfortable part.

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

DeFi used to mean one thing. Buy, sell, trade, repeat.

That's changing fast.

$75 billion is now sitting in something called onchain vaults.

The idea is simple:

> You deposit your assets.
> Someone else manages the strategy.
> You earn yield.

Think of it like a fund manager. But onchain.
And you can see exactly what they're doing with your money at all times.

That's the part that makes this different from a bank.

DeFi is slowly going from something traders use to something ANYONE can use.

These are some of the teams making that happen: 👇

@Morpho: where most vaults are built on top of @veda_labs: quietly powers EtherFi and Kraken's DeFi product
@sparkdotfi: Sky's yield product, $2.2B deposited
@0xfluid: now live on Solana too
@SentoraHQ: biggest public vault manager, works with Kraken and Morpho
@SteakhouseFi: Coinbase's low risk USDC vault
@gauntlet_xyz: manages the risk models behind the scenes
@upshift_fi: vaults running across Hyperliquid, Flare and Stellar
@ConcreteXYZ: automated yield across multiple strategies
@k3_capital: institutional grade credit products

Institutions are moving here too. Public track records, real time reporting, transparent performance.

the next million DeFi users probably won't make a single trade.

they'll just deposit and earn.

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

everyone talks about which token will pump next.

nobody talks about which protocols are actually making money.

here's the list 👇

@tether: $492M in one month
@circle: $194M, stablecoins are printing.
@HyperliquidX: $60.6M, making more than most CEXs.
@trondao: $31.1M
@Pumpfun: $29.7M
@Polymarket: $18.4M, people are betting on everything now.
@Grayscale: $18.3M
@SkyEcosystem: $13.8M, MakerDAO grew up.
@worldlibertyfi: $11.6M
@AxiomExchange: $10.1M
@Paxos: $10M, infrastructure money
@phantom: $7.24M, a wallet is making more than most DeFi protocols.
@Courtyard_io: $7.08M, physical cards on chain.
@aave: $5.59M
@base: $5.4M

the most interesting thing about this list isn't who's at the top.

it's who's at the bottom.

>Phantom is a wallet making $7M a month.
> Courtyard is tokenising physical cards making $7M a month.
> Base is a chain making $5.4M and it's barely started.

which one surprised you the most? 👇

source: @DefiLlama

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

The market stopped paying for the word "AI."

It started paying for outcomes.

Projects that slapped AI onto a token got destroyed.

Every major narrative goes through the same cycle:

Hype → Speculation → Shakeout → Utility

AI agents seem to be entering the utility phase.

We've been tracking the teams building real products, not just narratives 👇

@HeyAnonai: trades across 18 networks via simple prompts.
@AIWayfinder: cross chain trades and smart contract actions. fully autonomous.
@bankrbot: all in one DeFi terminal with automated strategies.
@ethy_agent: trades, staking, yield and transfers from a smart wallet.
@minara: stocks, crypto and pre-IPO equity. one agent for everything.
@Zyfai_: finds best yield across 38+ pools automatically.
@fere_ai: trades memecoins, DeFi and prediction markets for you.
@gizatechxyz: watches markets and executes on your behalf 24/7.
@get_truenorth: your own AI powered trading desk.
@coinvestai: trade directly through ChatGPT and Claude.
@SurfAI: market analysis plus execution in one.
@byreal_io: agent native DEX on Solana.
@autodotfun_: spot, perps and prediction markets in one copilot.
@Infinit_Labs: research and execute financial decisions with AI.
@senpi_ai: Hyperliquid agents with pre built strategies.

The AI agent narrative isn't dead.

It's just getting harder to fake.

bookmark this. the list only gets bigger from here. 🔖

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Everyone: "Saylor crashed Bitcoin!!"
The man sold $2.5M.
Bitcoin trades tens of billions a day.
That's not a villain. That's a rounding error.
What actually did it? A market stacked with leverage that finally toppled. ~$1.8B liquidated, almost all longs.
We just needed someone to blame.
NFA

$BTC $MSTR

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

a year ago you couldn't buy Apple or Nvidia stock on a DEX.

only $282M in stocks were tokenized on chain.

today it's $1.62 billion. up 475%.

and the interesting part isn't the number. it's who now has access.

the four platforms leading this right now:

@OndoFinance: $1B in tokenized stocks. the clear market leader.
@xStocksFi: $445M. growing fast.
@Securitize: $75M. institutional grade infrastructure.
@WisdomTreeFunds: $26M. Traditional finance quietly going on chain.

the most liquid tokenized stocks right now:

$CRCL (Circle): $185M on chain
$STRC (Strategy): $134M on chain
$MU (Micron): $106M on chain
$NVDA (Nvidia): $96M on chain
$TSLA (Tesla): $85M on chain

and the projects building the infrastructure underneath:
@Brickken @DigiSharesDK @StoboxCompany @pactfinance @zothdotio @BackedFi @maplefinance
@centrifuge @goldfinch_fi

why is this growing so fast?

tokenized stocks trade 24/7. They can be used as DeFi collateral and anyone with a wallet can access them.

This is what the next chapter of finance actually looks like.

which one are you watching? 👇

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Some protocols never chased trends.

No hype cycles. No influencers. No community incentives.

Just product. And they're still standing after every crash, every bear market, every cycle.

@HyperIiquidX: best perps experience in crypto. Traders found it themselves.

@DefiLlama: the one tab every DeFi user has open. Always.

@dexscreener: where degens go first before they go anywhere else.

@etherscan: every wallet, every transaction, every person in crypto. Still free.

@Dune: analysts build on it, share it, whole ecosystem follows.

@Polymarket: grew because it was accurate. Every single time.

@MetaMask: became the default wallet without asking anyone to make it that.

@Pumpfun: tiny team, made launching a token stupidly simple.

Rest is history.

The formula was never complicated.
Build something people need.

Stay consistent. Let the product outlast the noise.

What tool do you actually open every day? 👇

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Generational wealth used to need millions.

most people were told it wasn't for them.

but what if that's changing?

RWA is putting real assets on chain: real estate, stocks, private credit and making them accessible to anyone with a wallet.

But is it actually real for regular people? or just another narrative dressed up nicely?

We're asking the people building it directly.
@ShiftRWA | @pactfinance | @ULTILAND | @Finrockinc

Topic: Can RWA Help You Build Generational Wealth Without Being a Millionaire?

📅 5th June
⏰ 2PM UTC

set reminder:
https://t.co/7IkZjl2u91

Come with your questions. come with your skepticism. we want both. 👇

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

we went through every free crypto card in the market this week.

ONE RULE - has to be free and actually pay cashback.

no staking. no minimum balance. no fine print.

here's what actually made the cut: 👇

@JupSpend: ~4% cashback. highest flat rate we found.

@Plasma: 3% cashback. clean and simple.

@ether_fi: 3% cashback. spend without selling your crypto.

@spritzfinance: 5% on travel, dining and hotels. best for frequent travellers.

@wirexapp: 2% cashback. most reliable for Europe.

@KoloHub: 2% cashback.

@BleapApp: free card with 2% USDC cashback

@KASTxyz: $2 card + 1.5%. basically free.

@useTria: 1.5% cashback. chain abstraction built in.

@holyheld: 0.5% in USDC. non custodial. EU only.

@coca_card: 1% cashback. self custodial.

@Nexo: up to 2% in BTC or NEXO.

@ready_co: Lite is free with 0.5% cashback.

crypto card payments just crossed $7.8 billion. up 230% in a year.

the market is growing. your spending should be growing with it.

which one are you on? 👇

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Michael Saylor just sold Bitcoin for the first time in 4 years.

The internet: "THE TOP IS IN." 📉

How much did he sell?

32 BTC. Out of 843,706.

That's 0.004% of his stack to cover dividends, not because he's bearish.

The headline ≠ the reality.

NFA. $BTC $MSTR

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

crypto neobanks are growing fast.

a NEW one launches every single week with no real moat or meaningful use case.

we've been looking at the space closely and these are the directions we think are still wide open.

> unsecured credit that doesn't require collateral.
> business banking with real payroll support.
> a trustpilot for crypto cards.
> one place to compare perks across every card.
> reusable compliance identity.

these aren't futuristic ideas. They're just problems nobody is prioritizing right now.

we think whoever solves even one of these is sitting on something big.

what would you build first? 👇

[Sagar @sagar2803]

Just the start!

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

we don’t do monthly recaps to flex.
we do them to stay accountable.

so here’s MAY, honestly 👇

68k impressions on content we actually believed in.
61% engagement rate.

not from posting more but from posting better.

🎙️Hosted X Spaces with some of the most interesting projects building right now:

@Acurast | @Oone_World | @numbersprotocol | @NebulaiHQ | @UAProtocol2025 | @ForesoGlobal | @trepa_io | @AnodosFinance | @RWA_xyz | @ShiftRWA | @RBCDigitalGold

🎧 Recorded podcasts with @THORChain | @Brickken and @EdgeWallet. Genuinely some of the most honest conversations we’ve had this month.

🤝 Worked alongside 100+ creators and KOLs who show up for this space every single day.

📌 Closed 4 new partnerships. relationships first, deals second.

🔍Went deep on crypto cards, DeFi protocols, RWA narratives and more breaking down what actually matters and why.

> Our CMO core group is growing.

That's the Emergence Media way.

June is already looking bigger. 👀

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Your iPhone is already a crypto wallet. You just didn't notice.
→ Buy Bitcoin via Apple Pay (live now)
→ Crypto secured by the same chip that secures Face ID
→ Stablecoin tap-to-pay in supported apps
Analysts expect Apple Cash to settle stablecoins natively by late 2026.

1B+ iPhones. The day they flip the switch, it's over.

[Emergence Media @_EMAgency]

Trump's family made $1.4 billion from crypto in 16 months.
His real estate empire took 8 years to make $1.2 billion.
Same money. 1/30th the time. WSJ-confirmed:
→ Their own token (WLFI)
→ 75% to Trump entity
→ Abu Dhabi royal bought 49% for $500M
→ Took over a public stock to buy more of their own token

Genius. Or felony-adjacent?