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Tired of the same "BREAKING" and "JUST IN" engagement farming.
My Grok research results show that Watcher Guru and Whale Alert are the quickest to report.
Others usually copy-paste to ride the wave. Especially Kalshi and Polymarket.
Probably smart to keep a few and mute others.

Quantum FUD worries me because three of Bitcoin's most influential devs seem to reject the urgency:
- Luke Dashjr: 'BIP 360 doesn't quantum proof Bitcoin. Quantum isn't a real threat. Bitcoin has much bigger problems.'
- Peter Todd: 'Cryptography relevant quantum computers do not exist. The demos running toy problems do not count.'
- Adam Back: 'Probably not for 20-40 years, if then.'
Google’s new 2029 deadline for post quantum migration is just three years away.
Bitcoin does have a proposal: BIP 360.
It reduces public key exposure but existing coins stay vulnerable until users manually migrat

BTC and ETH both back to 2021 prices.
$SOL is the worst performer.
But this excludes staking yield.
$10k in ETH staked at ~4% avg APY = 6.31 ETH today → $12,091
Without staking: $9,935
$10k in SOL staked at ~6.5% avg APY = 96.8 SOL today → $7,758
Without staking: $5,659
That's the power of compounding but entry price matters most.
Screenshot from r/Buttcoin lol
P.s. calculations with Claude so might be wrong. It's Friday, anyways.

Ethereum if they adopted Pudgy penguins instead of Miladies.

Crypto hates VCs but for strong altcoin season we need VC money.
VC money funds salaries, operations, and VERY importantly, market making.
When tokens launch, teams and airdrop farmers sell into liquidity partly backed by VCs.
Key point is that $1 of VC money creates more than $1 of market cap for the whole industry.
And because most tokens are held and not sold, so small inflows move market caps disproportionately.
I couldn’t find an exact multiplier for alts, but for BTC, Bank of America calculated a 118x multiplier in 2021.
Back then, $93M of inflow moved BTC’s market cap by $11B.
For alts

Sentiment on r/Gold right now reads like CT after BTC crashed in 2025.
- Isn't gold a safe-haven asset?
- Why is it behaving like crypto?
Gold dumped as much as ~22% from its ATH and Reddit is in disbelief.
As a crypto investor this is not surprising but for a macro asset it's new.
I think that crypto actually leads the market in retail sentiment (making it a key asset class to follow).
But while crypto is being sold by retail and bought by institutions, the opposite is happening for gold and equities.
Since Q2 2025, retail bought +$70B in gold ETFs. That's 3x over the last 6 months.
Institut

Gotta say sorry to Monad:
I FUDed it after the launch for failing to attract TVL, dapps, and users, especially after such a hyped TGE.
I also thought MegaETH’s successful launch would put even more pressure on Monad.
Yet MegaETH’s slow growth is a redemption for Monad.
It’s fair play for both when the market rebounds. I also think Monad could explore more incentive campaigns.
Especially because MegaETH’s points campaign should launch soonish too.

This is what crypto saved me from.

$WLFI value proposition is bribes to the Trump inner circle:
By staking in a new staking system, $45M USD in $WLFI "Super Nodes" get "guaranteed access to the WLFI team."
Minimum staking period is 6 months.
Great timing as unlocks start and mid-terms are coming.
Imagine the selling candle when Trump's presidency ends.

Recognized just 3 out of 7 people from this photo.
And I’m terminally online on X