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Ethereum without L2s in 2021–2023 would’ve simply choked on fees. Rollups genuinely saved the ecosystem – they brought throughput, users, DeFi activity, and bought time so L1 wouldn’t collapse under its own load. But then an uncomfortable truth surfaced: generic L2s started pulling value toward themselves. Ethereum gave them security, liquidity, and brand, while most of the revenue was captured by sequencers and the teams themselves. As a temporary fix, the model worked. As a long-term “fair alliance,” not really. What’s next: the era of “just another cheap EVM L2” is basically over. The ones that survive won’t be the most Ethereum-aligned, but those with a real reason to exist – privacy, alternative VMs, institutional rails, ultra-high performance. The new logic is simple: Ethereum remains the settlement + security + liquidity layer, and L2s must do what L1 cannot. In short, the market is shifting from ideology to pragmatism: not “who’s aligned,” but “who’s actually useful and what people are willing to pay for.”

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@zaimiri Looks like great automation, I'm still working on a similar stack 😅

My creator business runs on 6 systems. • Crypto payment logger: Telegram to Notion • Brand deal parser: brief in and project page out • Content pipeline: 3 agents: research, write, review • Deliverable tracker: scans posts against open deals • Opportunity scout: 3 sources every day • 48h feedback loop: stats feed back into the writing Currently saving around 22 hours/week.

@0xSammy @taostats @mogmachine @CryptoZPunisher Great map, thanks!

Unsure where to start for TAO? It's ok, you have time; this has a 10 yr+ outlook Use this Bittensor eco map as an initial indicator of which 128 subnets to direct your attention There are useful tools in the market like: @taostats (h/t @mogmachine) & @CryptoZPunisher Magellan Map If you want more comprehensive analysis or thesis driven research then check out: i) Unsupervised Capital reports, inc @bloomberg_seth @Old_Samster pinned article ii) @stillcorecap "State of TAO" report from @rob_svrn @markjeffrey @Jason et al. iii) @YumaGroup two reports on fundamentals for subnet valuations; honestly great follows are @EvanMalanga @GSchvey @jeff_schvey @BarrySilbert iv) @0xJeff & @tengyanAI reports via Newsletter & CoT, respectively v) @DreadBong0 goes w/o saying has shining light on TAO for as long as I can remember vi) @dsvfund's "Revenue Search" pods has always been super interesting to see the teams behind the subnets (h/t @SiamKidd & @MarkCreaser) vii) @supercyclepod has and will continue to provide TAO insights from an investor lens, ft. @haitzu - recent pods with Yuma, Stillcore + several subnets Honestly the list can go on but these will keep you busy for the next few weeks - i'll append more resources below so drop them in the comments We (@KhalaResearch) have new tooling coming soon, so drop a follow and turn notis on

@CryptoTony__ This can be said about almost everything. "Haha, your analysis is stupid, we're all going to die someday anyway." 🤦‍♀️ This logic shouldn't mean we can't analyze markets, write posts, or do anything else

If your one of these idiots who posts replies to this to people, why are you even on X or in the community. Trading relies on, yes, looking for the moves up and down. What separates good traders from the bad, is those that can have a primary bias and explain their reasons and with good risk management.

@YashasEdu On-chain money will sooner or later become our future

The dollar lost 96% of its purchasing power since 1913 and somehow 99% of the $312B stablecoin market is still denominated in it. 232M+ people globally are actively choosing to hold digital dollars. $33T in stablecoin transfers in 2025, up 72% from the year before. More than Visa and Mastercard combined. Stablecoin issuers are also now the 7th largest purchasers of US government debt. The dollar isn't dying. It's being re-exported in a new format. ➢ Visa stablecoin settlements: $4.5B annualized run rate ➢ Mastercard just acquired BVNK for $1.8B to build stablecoin-fiat rails ➢ JPMorgan and Bank of America can now apply to issue their own dollar tokens under the GENIUS Act ➢ Stablecoin market projected to hit $1T by mid 2027 The purchasing power chart shows what's happening domestically. Stablecoins show what's happening internationally. A worker in Lagos or Istanbul doesn't care that the dollar lost 96% since 1913. Their currency lost 40-80% in the last 3 years. The dollar is the best option available to them and now it fits in a phone. ‣ Euro stablecoins owns €713M total (0.23% of the market) and the ECB calls this a threat ‣ China calls stablecoins casino chips But the response is building👇 1. Hong Kong passed its Stablecoins Ordinance 2. HSBC and Standard Chartered are shortlisted to issue HKD-pegged tokens 3. MiCA is live in the EU 4. Russia is exploring its own stablecoin 5. Singapore, Japan and Brazil are all building local-currency frameworks Every major economy that dismissed stablecoins is now racing to build one. Not because they want to. Because $33T flowing exclusively through dollar rails is a monetary sovereignty problem they can no longer ignore. The dollar's dominance isn't ending. It's shape-shifting. From paper to rails. From reserves to wallets. From central banks to 232M holders who chose it voluntarily. The next phase won't be dollar vs no dollar. It'll be dollar stablecoins vs a fragmented set of local-currency alternatives fighting for the same rails. The dollar has a 5-year head start and 99% market share but the 10% is where the next fight happens. h/t to @artemis for the data

@0xapacx @MeteoraAG @lochie_sol Good luck!

Just opened 3 Positions on @MeteoraAG after reading this article by @lochie_sol. SOL - USDC cbBTC - USDC HYPE - USDC Will be testing out these for the next 10 days to see how it tests out. Will probably get back and open a position into the GOLD-USDC Pool as well soon!

@Cointelegraph Volatility is coming

🚨 HUGE: $14.16B in $BTC options set to expire Friday, nearly 40% of Deribit OI with max pain at $75K.

@Mars_DeFi @solana @SolanaFndn @Arcium @encifherio @contra @bonsol_labs @magicblock Selective privacy feels like the only path for institutions to actually move on-chain

What stands out from @solana’s privacy approach is that it treats privacy as a spectrum. Depending on the use case, an app may want to hide the data, the participants or even both. That creates 4 privacy modes: • Pseudonymity : data visible, identity masked by wallets • Confidentiality : identities can be known, but balances and transfer amounts are hidden • Anonymity : transaction data may be visible, but the participants are hidden • Fully private : both data and participants are hidden What’s interesting is that Solana is building for all four. •At the base layer, standard SPL tokens already support pseudonymity. For confidentiality, Solana has tools like Confidential Balances, which use ZK proofs and encryption to hide balances and transfer amounts while still preserving auditability. And for deeper privacy, Solana’s ecosystem is expanding into confidential compute through projects like @Arcium , @contra , @bonsol_labs , @encifherio and @magicblock . Here’s a dive into these selected projects based on the report. — • @Arcium Focused on encrypted computation / confidential compute, allowing applications to process sensitive data without exposing the raw inputs. • @contra A privacy-oriented infrastructure project built by @SolanaFndn with the aim to be working on private execution and more advanced confidentiality for onchain apps. • @bonsol_labs Building around verifiable compute / privacy-preserving execution, helping developers bring heavier private or offchain-assisted computation back into trust-minimized workflows. • @encifherio Aims to expand encrypted application design so builders can protect user data and sensitive logic while still using Solana’s composability. • @magicblock Known for app-specific and performant execution design, with relevance to privacy when apps need specialized environments or execution patterns that support confidential use cases. — The bigger takeaway is that Solana is framing privacy as programmable, selective, and composable. That is a much more realistic model for payments, payroll, trading, settlement, and institutional apps. It is that Solana is building the infrastructure for apps to choose the exact privacy model they need.

Since ETFs launched, BTC started trading like a risk asset with reflexes. Every VIX spike → forced selling → BTC dumps. But once that flow clears, BTC rebounds fast. Aug ‘24, Apr ‘25, now Mar ‘26 — same pattern. VIX >35 has basically been a buy zone. My take: this isn’t random anymore – it’s structural.Institutions de-risk → correlations spike → BTC sells. Then flows return → price snaps back. So instead of fearing volatility, I’m watching VIX. Fear = liquidity event = opportunity.

@cryptorover Very risky

💥BREAKING: A whale just opened a $71,105,000 $BTC short position with 40x leverage. Liquidation Price: $78,902

@BreezeXBT I already have 53 cents, that's a start 😎

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Uniswap prints ~2x more fees than Solana… yet trades at ~15x lower valuation. That gap tells you everything about this market. UNI = real cash flow, but no strong value accrual narrative. SOL = growth, mindshare, and the “everything chain” premium. The market is pricing future dominance. My take: either UNI is massively undervalued, or SOL is priced for perfection. Most likely both. In this cycle, distribution > fees. Data by @tokenterminal

Average yearly price: $568 → $4k → $11k → $47k → dip → $92k. Even with brutal drawdowns, the average keeps stair-stepping up. That’s the key insight: cycles look chaotic short-term, but structurally BTC just reprices higher every few years. Most people lose money fighting volatility. The ones who win just align with the trend. Zoom out → it’s still an up-only asset with pauses. Data by @CryptoRank_io

@blocmates This removes a massive bottleneck for autonomous workflows, especially in B2B ops

AI agents rising while memecoins fade feels like capital rotating into real utility narratives

@DamiDefi It hurts a lot

AI Coins Distance From ATH Misery Index How deep is the pain? $ICP: $750.73 → $2.38 | -99.68% $FIL: $119.75 → $1.08 | -99.1% $INJ: $52.75 → $3.06 | -94.19% $NEAR: $20.42 → $1.30 | -93.59% $FET: $3.47 → $0.2273 | -93.44% $AKT: $8.08 → $0.5657 | -93% $RENDER: $13.60 → $1.73 | -87.28% #VIRTUAL: $5.07 → $0.65 | -87.2% $TAO: $767.68 → $307.45 | -60.33% $ICP and $FIL are sitting at -99%. The pain is essentially maxed out. $TAO at -60% is the "least broken" on this list and it already has the strongest fundamentals, revenue, and institutional backing to show for it. Which AI coin has the highest pain but the best recovery potential in your view? 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢: 𝘊𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘎𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰