
Russia's Dollar Return Threatens Metals Rally
🚨 THIS COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR METALS AND RISK ASSETS Big news emerged yesterday: Russia is seriously considering returning to dollar-based settlements as part of a broader economic partnership with President Trump. For the past 3–4 years, Russia has been the loudest voice pushing de-dollarisation, dumping USD assets and encouraging others to do the same. That narrative fueled the entire “death of the dollar” trade. A bunch of countries followed, slashing Treasury holdings and piling into gold and silver, which is why the DXY bled lower and precious metals went parabolic. But if Russia flips back to the dollar, that whole trade could collapse overnight. Higher USD demand would strengthen the dollar, and a strong dollar has always been toxic for commodities. Metals would take the biggest hit. The entire “currency debasement hedge” story falls apart. Equities and crypto would feel pain too, but probably short-lived. Why? A Russia–U.S. energy partnership would flood markets with supply, lower inflation, create a less hawkish Fed, and reduced uncertainty. This would lower the odds of rate cuts, but clarity is rocket fuel for risk assets. Remember, Bitcoin ripped higher in 2023 even with rate hikes and QT. Stocks and crypto thrive on certainty. If this deal actually happens, it’s medium to long-l term bullish for both. Gold and silver could be starting a multi-year bear market. 👀
DeFi Risks Explained: History Lessons for Newcomers
Thanks to the Symbiotic team for having me on. It was a fun recording, and has some interesting parts on the history of DeFi risks, especially useful for those newly getting into DeFi. Take a listen.

Bitcoin Poised for Higher Low Despite Current Fragility
Whether you like it or not: #Bitcoin remains to be in an area where I think that we'll see a higher low come in. It's fragile, for sure, but it doesn't mean that we're not going to be seeing some...

EU DLT Pilot Firms Demand Faster Regulations to Match US
EU DLT Pilot firms ask for urgent regulatory changes to keep up with US - Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise https://t.co/cYWCIYHmZg https://t.co/9rMftFnQUk
Netherlands' Bitcoin Unrealized Gains Tax Sparks Mass Exodus
To be honest, the fact that there's the unrealized gains tax for #Bitcoin in the Netherlands is the dumbest thing I've seen in a long time. The amount of people willing to flee the country is going to be bananas.

User‑centric Design Key to CBDC Resilience, Says IMF
"CBDCs... most significant resilience potential lies in user-centric design features, including offline functionality, flexible front-end solutions, and programmability for crisis response" Not my words. The IMF. https://t.co/aauwvtxTG8 https://t.co/O4sEWC2AN2
Crypto Payments: Merchants Receive Fiat, Boost Adoption
Pay in crypto. Merchants get fiat (or crypto). Best way to push crypto payments and adoption.

Fake News Claims Binance Traded on BitMex, Debunked
4. Fake news. They just making things up randomly now. Not sure what their goal is. I feel bad for the people believing this without seeing any proof. 😂 Binance never traded on BitMex. @CryptoHayes (a friend) would know. BitMex processes...
Bank‑Crypto Integration Enables Instant Fiat‑Crypto Swaps
Banking and crypto merging means you don't have to explain your transfers to the bank. Instantly swap fiat to crypto, then withdraw or trade as you wish. #CryptoBanking #Crypto #IvanClips https://t.co/ZeHZMloUpG
Crypto Advocates Seek Win‑Win with White House, Banks
I'm confident we can achieve a market structure win-win that advances the President's crypto agenda while addressing the concerns of the banks. Our focus throughout will be to advocate for what's best for crypto users. We’re all in - we were...
Zerohash Rejects $2B Mastercard Offer, Defends DEX Strategy
I think $2B is a big number to turn down 😅 Which is what Zerohash reportedly did when Mastercard came knocking Here's the CEO, @e_woodford, explaining the rationale on DEX in the City👇 https://t.co/whjL67HwGV
Coinbase’s $100M+ Revenue Streams Rise Annually
The amount of >$100M revenue streams on an annualized basis has been growing year over year at Coinbase
Hyperliquid's Clear Product-Market Fit Fuels Massive Adoption
Hyperliquid is crushing it. Their product-market fit is clear. They know exactly which features are needed. That's why they see such success. Adoption is massive. Just look at the screenshots in our community. #Hyperliquid #Trading #IvanClips https://t.co/UYWED7Qrsh

Trust Fuels Coinbase’s Flywheel Toward All‑asset Exchange
Here is the flywheel that helps Coinbase lead. - We're the most trusted brand in crypto - This causes people to store more assets with us - We connect more products into those assets (12 products doing more than $100m revenue on an...

Coinbase Q4 Revenue Hits $1.8B, Stablecoins Lead
Coinbase just published Q4 earnings. $1.8B in Q4 revenue. $1.35B in annual stablecoin revenue alone. 12 product lines over $100M. Full interview with @Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas dropping in tomorrow's @twifintech. https://t.co/8YNkyflnTw

Choosing Cryptocurrencies for Long-Term Success
How to pick long term cryptos #cryptowendyo #crypto #bitcoin #xrp #ethereum #solana #cryptocurrency #wendy #xrpcommunity #finance #hedera

Bitcoin’s Rally Turns Into Exit‑liquidity Dump Toward $60k
🚨BITCOIN IS DROPPING - Ever since the $126,300 high, all bounces have been used as exit liquidity - Bitcoin selling pressure is pushing the price back down towards $60,000 after an initial 20% bounce https://t.co/GNDqcdW67H
Coinbase Doubles Market Share, Fuels Crypto‑Driven Finance
It’s earnings day. 2025 was a strong year for Coinbase, and we built a solid foundation for continued growth in 2026. Our thesis is actually very simple: crypto is updating all financial services, and we're the best positioned company to capitalize...
SEC Calls for Congressional Law to Strengthen Authority
NEW FROM THE SEC: “We need a good law coming out of Congress that would undergird our efforts. The SEC has pretty broad authority to interpret and have exemptions under various securities laws. That has been the missing link here.” https://t.co/Fye5ETsEk2
Institutions May Oust Bitcoin Devs Over Quantum Risk
Bitcoin's open-source governance model faces a test that few in the industry are discussing honestly. On this week's Bits + Bips, Nic Carter argues that if Bitcoin's developer community doesn't proactively address quantum computing risk, institutional holders like BlackRock have...
Joining CFTC Advisory to Make America Crypto Capital
Honored to join the @CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee and work with this group of industry and markets titans to help make make America the crypto and markets capital of the world. 🇺🇸🚀

Most Ethereum ETF Buyers Facing Losses After Price Drop
💥THIS IS BIG ALL ETHEREUM ETF BUYERS ARE CLOSE TO BEING IN A LOSS Spot Ethereum ETFs went live on 23 July 2024 with $ETH at $3,480 To date, ETH has gone as low as $1,385 in April 2025 since the ETFs...
Bitcoin Fibonacci Levels Update Coming Tomorrow
Will update #Bitcoin historical Fibonacci levels tomorrow if I can find where they should be placed. 🤝
Starknet Delivers Future‑Proof Blockchain Features Today
Starknet = blockchain, future proofed. What others put on their roadmap, is live on it: * Native account abstraction -- great UX and safe for agents * post quantum secure ZK * verifying a proof is all you need baby * threads and fractal scaling *...
Stretch
Why choose between equity’s performance and tax efficiency and credit’s yield and stability? Stretch was engineered to deliver both. $STRC https://t.co/O548moNtL5
Senate Calls for U.S.-Based Digital Asset Innovation
🚨BULLISH US Senate Banking Committee says "The future of digital asset innovation must be rooted here in America, not overseas" We once dreamed of news like this 🚀 https://t.co/2Ao7EYCFUI

Netherlands to Levy 36% Tax on Bitcoin Gains
Today, the Dutch parliament has decided to approve the tax on realized gains. That means: 36% on realized gains on #Bitcoin, and stocks. This will be going in practice on the 1st of January 2028. Complete insanity. What does this exactly mean? Well,...

XRPL Surpasses Solana as Institutional Tokenization Grows
RLUSD launched on Binance with XRPL support Binance partner Franklin Templeton to launch a new institutional collateral program XRPL flipped Solana in RWA tokenization value https://t.co/C0UovOuVpX

Venezuelan Crypto App Kontigo Secures License From Top Official
It appears Y Combinator-backed Venezuelan crypto app Kontigo received a new license from SUNACRIP. License is signed by Anabel Pereira Fernández, who also holds roles as Venezuela’s economy minister, vice president of the central bank, and on the board of...
Benjamin Cowen Ditches Altcoins, Goes All‑In on Bitcoin
Benjamin Cowen once bought #Altcoins. And then he stopped doing that, and solely focuses on $BTC. Why? Watch the explanation here: https://t.co/YbTOQ0Hrl4
Hash‑based Crypto: Blockchain’s Timeless Security Foundation
“One of the goals of blockchains is that they’re going to be securing hundreds of trillions of dollars over centuries. hash based cryptography is believed to stand the test of time and is the most minimal assumption that you could...

Coinbase CEO Cashes $550M as Stock Plummets 68%
🚨INSIGHT Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sold over 1. 5 million $COIN shares between April 2025 and January 2026 Armstrong netted $550 million from the sales $COIN is currently down 68% from its ATH https://t.co/Zo6H4SdkNg
Quantum Threat Looms: Bitcoin Must Embrace Post‑Quantum Collaboration
Are bitcoiners underestimating the quantum computing threat? In this @Unchained_pod episode, @drakefjustin and @ChrisPeikert join me to unpack: 🤖 The quantum computing risk to crypto 🤫 How governments may be the dark horse in the quantum race 👀 Why Bitcoin and Ethereum may need...
Forcing System Switches Harms Community Cohesion
“One of the social problems is trying to force the community to exit one system and move to another one.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcBykP
Ethereum Targets Post‑quantum Cryptography Upgrade by 2029
“The plan right now is to upgrade every single piece of Ethereum cryptography to be post quantum secure by 2029.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
Aave Labs Redirects All Product Revenue to DAO
Since ETHLend in 2017, our mission has been to bring DeFi to the masses, powered by the Aave protocol and an application layer that now provides access to a $50B+ liquidity network. Today, we’re proposing a new framework where Aave Labs...
Quantum Threat Undermines Zcash Soundness, Not Privacy
“Quantum computers will break the soundness of these privacy schemes like Zcash, but they will not break privacy.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcB0vh
Unified Standards Prevent Cryptographic Disasters and Incompatibility
“It’s very good if the industry can all agree on one standard so that things are interoperable, you get many fewer cryptographic disasters or unexpected incompatibilities or security issues.” — @ChrisPeikert, Professor, CSE, University of Michigan https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj

All Markets Tumble, $3.6T Erased in 90 Minutes
-$3.6T in 90 minutes Gold fell 3.76%, wiping out nearly $1.34T in market cap. Silver dropped 8.5%, losing around $400B in market value. The S&P 500 declined 1%, erasing $620B. Nasdaq slid more than 1.6%, shedding $600B. The crypto...

Bitcoin Hits NZ$108k, Double Its USD Price
The price of BTC a year and a half ago was $60k. But this past week it was 108,000 in New Zealand dollars https://t.co/MozL3OZ7jl
Quantum Breakthroughs Expected by 2032—Start Building Now
“If indeed I’m right, that 2032 is the date (for quantum to get real), then today’s when we really need to get started.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
Quantum Computers Could Extract Private Keys From Public Keys
“With a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, you can take a public key and derive the private key from that.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcBykP
Ethereum’s Three Core Cryptos Found Vulnerable
“For Ethereum specifically, there’s three pieces of cryptography that are vulnerable: ECDSA, BLS signatures, and KCG.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj

Bitcoin's Record Low vs Gold Signals Buying Opportunity
#Bitcoin is currently on the lowest valuation ever vs. Gold. Some people might say that this is the end of Bitcoin. Others might argue that the markets are actually going to turn around from here. If you look at the macroeconomic landscape and...
Crypto Market Buzz: Regulation, Valuation, and Partnerships
Crypto things you might have missed: -SEC prepping new Token Taxonomy guidelines -Could Ripple reach a $1T valuation? -XRPL flips Solana in RWA value -StanChart says BTC price could drop to $50K -Robinhood: Retail is buying the dip -Binance x Franklin Templeton partnership

Exiting at First Major Resistance Secures Full Profit
$O Reached my first major resistance level (trend line inception) from the initial breakout so I'm going ahead and taking full profit here. Solid trade. https://t.co/oKhOBjaALy

Europe Needs a True Safe Asset for Financial Sovereignty
Europe’s best bet for financial sovereignty is a true safe asset https://t.co/RSxLjLtB5u "A European safe asset would complete the long-overdue EU financial architecture: a savings and investment union... and a credible euro-denominated stablecoin market." https://t.co/LgAAIH6tb6

Prioritizing Capital Preservation Over New Trades
Plan this week was to not look for any new swing trades. Just sitting tight in weak market conditions. Capital preservation for now 🤝 https://t.co/s2lbeEt2PP
Only Four Got the Crypto Top Right
I can confidently say I know 4 people who called the top this cycle. 1. @LayahHeilpern 2. @intocryptoverse 3. @JamesWynnReal 4. @gideonheilpern2 Everyone else was just noise and calling for 10k ETH, 200k BTC by end of 2025 and super cycle...

Crypto Sentiment Hits Record Low, Fear & Greed Extreme
Funniest comment in a long time. ‘You need to wait until fear & greed index hits 1 or 0, before you buy #Crypto.’ The lowest sentiment I’ve ever seen. https://t.co/IgummSK9mG