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Lions Spaces are Back. 🦁🎙️ We’re excited to welcome @Urian_B as host, a professional Web3 interviewer who digs deep into fundamentals and brings real value to listeners. Lion’s Share has built an audience that includes a large number of Tier 1 verified accounts, respected KOLs, founders, VCs, and high-quality contributors, giving quality projects real visibility. This week we kick off with @Momo_Agent_ . A project aiming to simplify AI Agents and make it accessible to the masses. 📅 Tuesday ⏰ 6PM UTC 🔔 Set reminder: x.com/i/spaces/1oKMv… Hosted by @Urian_B Presented by @Lions_Share_ ______________

There’s a lot of panic posts about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz right now. Most of them are wrong. First, understand the scale. The Strait of Hormuz moves ~20 million barrels of oil every day. That’s about 20% of global oil supply. If shipments had really collapsed like some posts claim… Oil wouldn’t be sitting around $70–80. It would be $150+ overnight. Markets react instantly to real disruptions. So what is the energy industry actually watching? 1️⃣ Shipping Insurance War-risk premiums are the first signal something serious is changing. 2️⃣ Naval Security Posture The Gulf is one of the most militarised waterways in the world. If coalition naval activity increases, shipping companies take notice immediately. 3️⃣ Tanker Behaviour AIS vessel tracking tells the truth. If tankers start rerouting out of Hormuz, the entire market sees it in real time. marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/ce… 4️⃣ Crew & Logistics Disruptions Supply boats, crew change flights, and port operations are often the first operational stress signals. 5️⃣ Insurance Withdrawal If P&I clubs start pulling cover from vessels operating in the region, that’s when shipping can slow rapidly. Here’s the key point most people miss: Even during major wars and regional crises, the Strait of Hormuz has almost always stayed open. Because closing it would trigger one of the biggest economic shocks in modern history. Oil. LNG. Global inflation. Shipping. Everything moves through this corridor. So yes, tensions matter. But the real indicators are operational, not viral tweets. And the energy industry is watching them closely.

Over the past 30 days, zkCLOB has bought back and collected from fees: 3,376,269 $Z ≈ 4.22% of the current supply. Wallets: • 0x6B169108cE4827D591ff68f6263fB42fF84fD13c • 0x68034caB577879A0412Cd3438AE36a5c879292ed Now the community decides the next step.

@0xHao_ This article explains the concept of eliminating PvP in holding a good project. If @streamlockfun pulls this off and we get decent projects launching, then it could be a big success. I bought $LOCK at market price and hold.

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@Pete_on_chain @cass_on_mars @QuilibriumInc Excellent post on Quilibrium 👍 $QUIL

@cass_on_mars shipped some pretty impressive updates (Klearu and MetaVM) for @QuilibriumInc. In case it was too complex for you, here it is explained for normies! MetaVM — What is it? Imagine you hire someone to do a maths problem for you. Normally, you'd have to redo the entire problem yourself to check they got it right. MetaVM is a tool that lets that person hand you a tiny "receipt" that mathematically proves they did the work correctly, without you having to redo anything. One quick check and you know the answer is legit. What makes it stand out is that it works across three major computing worlds: RISC-V (a general purpose chip architecture, the kind that runs Linux, and the direction Vitalik has publicly said he wants to move towards), Ethereum's EVM (the engine behind ETH smart contracts), and Solana's BPF (the engine behind Solana programs). It can verify an entire Ethereum block or an entire Solana slot in one go. It also plugs into Quilibrium's own cryptographic foundation, while remaining compatible with Ethereum's. That means it can speak both languages. Why it matters: For Quilibrium's network, this solves the fundamental trust problem. You don't have to trust the random machine that ran your code. You just check the proof. That's what makes decentralised computing actually work rather than just being a nice idea. The bigger picture: Quilibrium's founder has already gone directly to Vitalik pointing out that MetaVM does exactly what Ethereum's own roadmap calls for. And because the code is released under strict rules (AGPL), any company that wants to build a business on top of it would either have to make their entire product open and free, or come to Quilibrium for a commercial deal. That's a deliberate move to prevent big players from taking the technology, privatising it, and extracting value without giving anything back, which is exactly what happened with Ethereum's own codebase when companies like Coinbase built Base on top of it. It positions Quilibrium not just as a technology provider but as a gatekeeper against corporate value extraction in the crypto ecosystem. Klearu — What is it? Right now, when you use ChatGPT or any AI chatbot, you're sending your raw thoughts, questions, and data straight to a company's servers. They can see everything you type. Klearu is Quilibrium's answer to that problem. It lets you use AI models without anyone seeing what you actually asked. It has two big pieces: The first is speed. Normal AI models process everything: every single connection in the neural network fires for every word, even when most of that work is pointless. Klearu uses a technique based on peer reviewed research (the SLIDE paper family) that flips the approach. Instead of brute forcing through the entire model, it uses smart shortcuts to figure out which tiny fraction of the network actually matters for your specific input and only runs that part. The result, proven in academic benchmarks, is that a regular CPU can outperform expensive GPU hardware for certain workloads. That's a massive deal because Quilibrium's network runs on regular computers, not GPU farms. The second is privacy. Klearu lets two parties work together on AI inference where neither side sees the other's secrets. The person running the model never sees your prompt. You never get access to the model's weights. Both sides work on encrypted data the whole time, using real cryptographic protocols, not "trust us, we deleted the logs" promises. The maths guarantees it. Everyone is talking about AI right now, but almost nobody is solving the privacy side. Every big AI company has full access to every conversation you have with their models. Klearu means $QUIL could offer AI as a service where privacy is baked into the maths itself. A node operator on the network could run a LLaMA model and serve your requests without ever knowing what you asked or what the answer was. That doesn't exist anywhere else in a meaningful form right now. The trade off: This is still early. The privacy mode adds real overhead, roughly 2MB of encrypted back and forth per token at the highest security level, which is heavy. And the benchmarks so far use smaller models (up to 1.7 billion parameters), not the massive models people associate with frontier AI. But as a foundation for private AI on a decentralised network, it's one of the most technically serious attempts out there. And crucially, it runs on CPUs, which means it's built to work on the kind of machines that already power the Quilibrium network rather than requiring expensive specialised hardware that would centralise everything again. At a $15M valuation, $quil has one of the best R/R setups for me personally! Don't be lazy, guys, spend some time researching. Q! Tagging @AlgodTrading since he's the guy who always looks for conviction plays.

Most people won’t realise how big this is yet. MetaVM just launched on Quilibrium. In simple terms, it allows computers to run programs and produce mathematical proof that the result is correct. No trust required. Why this matters: Normally blockchains require thousands of computers to repeat the same calculations to verify transactions. MetaVM changes that. One computer can run the computation and produce a Zero Knowledge proof that everyone else can instantly verify. This massively improves speed, scale and efficiency. But it goes further. MetaVM can run: • Ethereum programs • Solana programs • Full Linux environments And produce proofs that can be verified by other chains. This means: • Trustless bridging between chains • Verifiable cross-chain apps • Entire systems that can run with cryptographic proof Even more interesting… It runs using CPUs instead of expensive GPU clusters, making the system far more accessible to run. Some people in crypto have been talking about ZK-powered virtual machines for years. @QuilibriumInc just shipped one that supports 64-bit RISC-V, meaning you can even run full Linux environments inside it. Most people will ignore this today. But infrastructure breakthroughs like this are often only understood years later. The real question now is not the tech. It’s who starts building on top of it This is why I'm loaded up with $QUIL

@RoselineSemako @CoinMarketCap Awesome 👌 Well done Rose

Guess who sent me this surprise gift box… 🥹🎁 @CoinMarketCap !! > a custom CoinMarketCap keyboard > a universal travel adapter from Momax (CMC branded) > a CoinMarketCap towel > stickers and labels… I’m honestly so surprised because I really wasn’t expecting this at all. Thank you 🥹💙 If you’re into content creation, pivot to CoinMarketCap

We are not ready, MPC ML is coming on cpu's. $quil @QuilibriumInc

Today, we are publishing one of the side tracks of research ongoing with Q, our E2EE ML training and inference library, klearu: github.com/QuilibriumNetw… SLIDE proved that hash tables can beat GPUs at training deep networks. Further works compounded on this, and Klearu is the first native Rust implementation built on top of this research, extending it to LLM inference, sparsity prediction, and private two-party computation. In the current days we're seeing deeper trust being placed on AI, while the largest of providers are collecting this data for the purpose of not only training, but also advertising, or even selling this data to others. The risks grow worse with every passing day. The majority of AI research for private AI exists in the form of using TEEs – but we've seen time and time again that using TEEs for privacy is disastrous, guaranteed to leak, and even by it's name, is a massive requirement of trust. Outside of this, other private AI looks towards FHE. We know, at least for the near future, that FHE cannot perform at a speed high enough to be generally useful. So instead, we adopted 2PC, with flexible security configurations, where users can be assured that their requests remain private. The majority of these research projects have strictly an output of papers, with no or limited real world instances of their use. Klearu's implementation is available now, with simple instructions for developers to try it out.

The 2026 Debt Pressure Story We are already in 2026. The refinancing wave isn’t coming. It’s happening. During 2020–2021, the U.S. borrowed trillions at near-zero rates. That debt is now maturing in size across 2025–2027. And today, rates are still materially higher than they were in 2020. So when the government rolls that debt: ▪️ Interest costs reset higher ▪️ Annual interest expense is running above $1T ▪️ Interest is now one of the largest federal budget items This is not a default story. It’s a cost-of-capital story. The U.S. keeps refinancing. But the price of refinancing matters. Now here’s where we stand in Q1 2026: If inflation continues cooling If unemployment starts rising If growth weakens The pressure to ease policy increases. The Fed does not cut rates because of debt alone. It cuts when: ▪️ Inflation is under control ▪️ The labour market weakens ▪️ Financial conditions tighten too much When rate cuts become credible: ▪️ Liquidity improves ▪️ Credit conditions loosen ▪️ Risk appetite rebuilds And historically, risk assets i.e. CRYPTO respond before the official pivot. So this isn’t about “2026 destiny.” It’s about the fact that we are inside the refinancing pressure window right now. Watch: ▪️ Core inflation trend ▪️ Unemployment rate ▪️ Credit spreads ▪️ Treasury auction demand That’s where the real signal is. Liquidity turns quietly. Markets move loudly.

Announcing Streamlock's OG Genesis Collection -- 1,000 poker chips forged for the Streamlock ecosystem. Poker chips have always represented stakes and speculation. Felt right for an industry built on both. Each tier unlocks different perks. We will release the full benefits after mint ends. Key: Diamond Poker Chips grant early access to our mainnet launch. Addresses featured in this post have already received the Diamond Poker Chip: x.com/streamlockfun/… We have also whitelisted all addresses that interacted with our alpha build. In addition to that, we are also giving away whitelist spots to the top 10 holders of these communities: @JuiceLaunch - $JUICE @BloxApi - $BLOXX @rdbotato - $OPUS @prediction_xbt - $PREDICT @zauthx402 - $ZAUTH @opalbotgg - $OPAL @thelastplaysol - $RETIRE @Tokabu777 - $TOKABU Mint Details: Whitelist Mint: 0.3 SOL, February 18, 18:00 UTC+8 Public Mint: 0.5 SOL, February 18, 20:00 UTC+8 nft.streamlock.fun

26 STABLECOINS. ON Keeta Founder @schenkty just announced 26 stablecoins launching on $KTA mainnet. And they support: ▪️ On-ramps ▪️ Off-ramps ▪️ Full network usage This isn’t small. Stablecoins are the liquidity backbone of crypto. Payments. Settlement. Trading. Business flows. Most L1s chase hype. Keeta is expanding its monetary base. 26 stables = ▪️ Multi-currency commerce ▪️ Global settlement capability ▪️ Deeper liquidity gravity ▪️ Real-world positioning This is how you build rails. Liquidity first. Narrative second.

TURNED MY 2017–2026 CRYPTO SCARS INTO A PLAYBOOK Most people don’t lose in crypto because they’re “unlucky” , they lose because they chase hype and ignore fundamentals. If you’ve been farmed by KOLs, rugged, or bought the top… or you’re a project team with no real traction, read this. From the 2017 BTC chaos through every cycle, I went novice → operator. This playbook shows exactly how I move: 🔹 Spot early opportunities 🔹 Do real due diligence 🔹 Stay safe in the jungle 🔹 Build a community that sticks 🔹 Market a project properly (no cringe) For Normies, Noobs, Investors, Marketers & Project Teams. 📘 The Lion’s Share Crypto Playbook amzn.eu/d/02vH0Ybh Shout out to the books that helped shape the mindset: Rich Dad Poor Dad @theRealKiyosaki + The Diary of a CEO @StevenBartlett

90 Days of Layer 1 L1 Market: 🔻 –28% Keeta $KTA: 🟢 +3% Entire Layer 1 sector bleeding… @KeetaNetwork holding firm. $130M cap vs $1.8T sector. That’s relative strength. In weak markets, leaders show themselves. Keeta 🐆 doesn’t flinch.

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@Lions_Share_ Great Read and Alpha !!!!