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Corretoras e custódia

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.

Comentários e desabafos2 min
Influenciadores e promoção

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.…

Comentários e desabafos2 min
Influenciadores e promoção

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.

Comentários e desabafos1 min
Influenciadores e promoção

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.

Comentários e desabafos2 min
NYC: the Eric Adams token launch timeline — original source image
Investigações onchain

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…

Investigação e análise4 min
X, algorithmic amplification and crypto’s declining signal — original source image
Influenciadores e promoção

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.

Investigação e análise5 min
Influenciadores e promoção

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.

Comentários e desabafos1 min
Estrutura de mercado

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.

Comentários e desabafos3 min
A proposed law is not a measured reduction in manipulation — original source image
Métodos de investigação

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.

Investigação e análise2 min
Política e conflitos de interesses

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.

Comentários e desabafos3 min
USD1, MGX and the timing of the Binance deal — original source image
Política e conflitos de interesses

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.

Investigação e análise3 min
Zcash: the Electric Coin Company resignations — original source image
Redes e infraestrutura

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…

Investigação e análise4 min
The crypto cabal as an incentive structure — original source image
Influenciadores e promoção

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.

Investigação e análise4 min
Influenciadores e promoção

Attention and incentives · 7 Jan 2026

Effort and quality do not guarantee anything anymore. And that realisation fits this space perfectly.

Comentários e desabafos3 min
American Bitcoin: capital structure and who benefits — original source image
Estrutura de mercado

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:

Investigação e análise5 min
Métodos de investigação

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.

Comentários e desabafos3 min
Rising prices, FOMO and retail losses — original source image
Estrutura de mercado

Rising prices, FOMO and retail losses

A long-form examination of FOMO, influencer narratives, speculative booms and the outcomes faced by retail traders.

Artigos originais27 min
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