Crypto was never about numbers on a screen.
It was about opting out. About distrust becoming rational, self-custody becoming responsibility, and freedom coming with consequences.
Commentary & rants2 min
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MASTR · 2024–2026
All publications · 16
Original investigations, critical essays and the conversations behind them. Read by subject, follow a thread, or find a person or project in the source texts.
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In 2025 alone, 11.6 million crypto tokens failed...
Today, anyone can launch a token in minutes using launchpads. No product is required. No team is required. No responsibility is required.
Commentary & rants2 min
Practical principles for a healthier Crypto Twitter
Stop outsourcing your thinking to KOLs. Stop confusing visibility or money with credibility. Stop chasing shills, sponsored narratives, and artificial urgency. Stop buying into political theater whose only purpose is liquidity extraction.…
Commentary & rants2 min
Altcoin Gordon: MASTR’s archived account critique
"Altcoin" Gordon @GordonGekko is a pathetic, stinking, top tier serial scammer who endlessly cosplays as the good guy while leaving wreckage behind him.
Commentary & rants1 min
Whaleguru and the alleged Solana Syndicate network
This account belongs to the "Solana Syndicate", a coordinated swarm pushing mass hype, artificial narratives, and extraction cycles disguised as community.
Commentary & rants2 min
NYC: the Eric Adams token launch timeline
Background: Former New York City mayor Eric Adams branded himself for years as the Bitcoin Mayor. He converted salaries to crypto, promoted NYC as a crypto hub, and positioned himself as pro innovation. That reputation is the foundation this…
Research & analysis4 min
X, algorithmic amplification and crypto’s declining signal
It was a gradual takeover by low effort posters, 100x hunters, launchpads, giveaways, and an environment where scamming faced NO resistance and often direct amplification.
Research & analysis5 min
New Twitter: X vs Operation Bluebird
A legal battle over the Twitter brand is unfolding. X Corp, owned by Elon Musk, has filed a federal lawsuit against the startup Operation Bluebird.
Commentary & rants1 min
Decentralisation and control · 11 Jan 2026
I get asked about this constantly, so I want to answer it here once for everyone. Unfortunately, I receive more questions about $whitewhale than about my own project.
Commentary & rants3 min
Hey @nikitabier bring back intelligence and quality in CT.
That most big accounts are scammers is a community problem. That their content and slop gets algorithmically pushed is a platform problem and one you could change.
Commentary & rants3 min
As a small reminder: The problem you have is that you’ve exploited your followers multiple times in the past.
As a small reminder: The problem you have is that you’ve exploited your followers multiple times in the past.
Commentary & rants1 min
The liquidity carousel: rotating narratives and recycled capital
The Perils of Crypto’s Recycled Liquidity: Crypto markets today face a paradox of thrilling narrative hype without new capital inflows.
Research & analysis11 min
A proposed law is not a measured reduction in manipulation
The Clarity Act does not change exchange microstructure, does not remove leverage, does not alter liquidation engines, and does not touch offshore venues where most crypto volume happens.
Research & analysis2 min
Trump: Web3 culture · 9 Jan 2026
This is exactly why the reaction of large parts of crypto X to Donald Trump is not just hypocritical, but structurally revealing.
Commentary & rants3 min
USD1, MGX and the timing of the Binance deal
A Stablecoin Chosen Before It Existed: The 2 Billion Crypto Deal That Tied UAE Money, U.S. Politics, and a Presidential Pardon Together.
Research & analysis3 min
Zcash: the Electric Coin Company resignations
On January 7, 2026, the entire team of the Electric Coin Company resigned simultaneously. This was not a partial walkout or leadership reshuffle. Every employee of the primary organization that has developed Zcash since 2016 stepped down at…
Research & analysis4 min
The crypto cabal as an incentive structure
What people describe as the cabal is something far more concrete and far more dangerous: a repeatable market structure that systematically transfers value from the many to the few through access, coordination, and speed.
Research & analysis4 min
Attention and incentives · 7 Jan 2026
Effort and quality do not guarantee anything anymore. And that realisation fits this space perfectly.
Commentary & rants3 min
Public ledgers, exchange KYC and the limits of privacy
Every week, the same narrative comes back: crypto is about privacy, freedom, no to regulation and escaping control.
Research & analysis4 min
After he already controlled about 80% of the supply, it will obviously work out, and I know many of you love this.
Please give him and the other 90% of KOLs on X who have rugged you gamblers for years another chance to rug you by 90% fairly, organically, bullish and for the community. For the $WYNN !
Commentary & rants2 min
American Bitcoin: capital structure and who benefits
That is an important and shocking lesson for everyone who is interested in crypto and who sees Trump linked ABTC, American Bitcoin, $WLFI and USD1 being promoted and shilled everywhere:
Research & analysis5 min
Binance: building useful products · 5 Jan 2026
I really hope you can see that everything we do is driven by passion, a clear mission, and is completely free of any lobby, hidden agenda, or paid influence.
Commentary & rants3 min
World Liberty Financial: political influence · 5 Jan 2026
I was alone warning daily about the Trump meta, pumpfun, Binance, and KOL-driven extraction long before many accepted it as reality.
Commentary & rants6 min
Rising prices, FOMO and retail losses
A long-form examination of FOMO, influencer narratives, speculative booms and the outcomes faced by retail traders.
Original articles27 min