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I just read a very interesting testimonial from former SpaceX talent chief Dolly Singer in a BBC documentary about Elon Musk. What she describes about the work environment there is practically a Navy SEAL mission for engineering. It’s no exaggeration.
According to Singer, working at SpaceX means being in constant discomfort and testing of body and mind. She is very clear: if you feel comfortable, you are not growing. The team Musk formed is described as a special operations force, tasked with assignments that most consider impossible.
What caught my attention the most was how she describes Mus

Lately, I've been exploring apps to mine cryptocurrencies on my phone and I found it pretty interesting how people are using them. There are several options out there, from apps that use your smartphone's processor to cloud mining platforms that let you rent hash power.
There's CryptoTab, which was one of the first apps to mine cryptocurrencies on mobile with this feature. It's very simple: install it, turn on mining, and that's it. The cool part is that you can invite friends and earn more through their referral program. Then there's StormGain, which offers cloud mining and allows you to comp

I'm impressed with how much Elon Musk really influences the cryptocurrency market just with tweets. The guy is practically synonymous with crypto now, right?
Basically, what he confirms owning is Bitcoin — when Tesla invested that billion and a half, it was clear he believes in BTC as a store of value. He also has Ethereum in his portfolio, which he revealed in a 2021 conference. But his true love is Dogecoin, for sure. He calls it "the people's crypto" and doesn't hide that he enjoys the relaxed vibe.
The curious thing is that he always denies having Shiba Inu, but his tweets about dog-themed

Remember that meme that turned into a currency? Well, Dogecoin started as a joke in 2013 and still surprises those who follow the market today. Billy Markus, who goes by the nickname Shibetoshi Nakamoto here, created it just for fun. And look: it worked.
What stands out most is that Dogecoin was never meant to make you rich. No pre-sale, no ICO, no complicated strategies that other projects use. Galaxy Research even highlighted this: the project is transparent, fair, and humorous. Shibetoshi Nakamoto himself confirmed some time ago that the idea was just to bring fun to the world of finance.
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Have you ever stopped to observe how an ascending descending wedge works in practice? I’ve been following this pattern for a while and I can say it’s one of the most interesting setups for those looking to anticipate reversals in the market.
What makes this pattern so special is the dynamics behind it. When you see the price making increasingly lower highs and lows, but the decline is losing strength, the trend lines start to converge. This compression is exactly what you’re looking for. It’s as if the market is taking a deep breath before making a big move.
Identifying an ascending descending

I just noticed something quite interesting in the latest inflation data. The US CPI jumped 0.9% month-over-month in March, the biggest increase since 2022, and that’s no small detail.
What’s happening? Basically, gasoline has taken center stage. Almost 75% of this increase came directly from fuel prices, which rose sharply due to tensions in Iran affecting the global energy supply. It’s that cascade effect we see when geopolitics moves markets.
Year-to-date, the US CPI reached 3.3%, the fastest pace since 2024. It seems that the stabilization period we had is over, and inflationary pressures a

I was selling some cryptocurrencies that are worth cents and thought it was interesting to share. There are plenty of options for those wanting to explore smaller projects.
Pikamoon (PIKA) is at this very low level, like US$ 0.0006. It’s a monster capture game with play-to-earn mechanics, but it’s a new project and already faces a lot of competition in this space. Bitcoin Verde (GBTC) tries something different, seeking stability through an algorithm, but it doesn’t have the trust of a real stablecoin.
Baby Doge (BABYDOGE) is that meme coin that came out as a variation of Doge, promising faster

Man, this James Howells story is absolutely insane. Like, the guy had 8,000 Bitcoins back in 2013—back then it wasn’t worth much, but then the price skyrocketed and turned into a fortune of $742 million. But here’s the catch: he simply threw away the hard drive with all of it inside.
Just think about what happened. James was an IT guy from Wales who bought Bitcoin when nobody took it very seriously. Then in 2013, in one of those moments you want to forget forever, he accidentally discarded the hard drive that held all that wealth. At that point, it was already about $8 million. Today? We’re ta

Do you remember that old Benner cycle chart that everyone on crypto Twitter keeps sharing? Well, the story didn’t turn out exactly as expected.
For a while, many people believed that 150-year-old prophecy. Samuel Benner, a farmer who suffered heavily during the crisis of 1873, created a model based on solar cycles and agricultural price patterns. No complicated mathematical formulas—just observation and intuition. And here’s the interesting part: the Benner cycle has gotten things right multiple times in history. A Grande Depressão, the dot-com bubble, even the COVID-19 crash. Many analysts sw

Dude, I found it interesting to research Elon Musk's cryptocurrencies. Like, the guy really moves the entire market just by tweeting something. So check this out: he confirmed that he actually has Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DOGE. Bitcoin because it's like digital gold, makes sense. ETH because all the DeFi and NFT stuff runs on it. But DOGE is his favorite, right? He calls it the "people's crypto" and wants to use it at Tesla and SpaceX. Currently, DOGE is around 0.11, nothing special compared to the others. Then there's all that speculation about Shiba Inu and Floki Inu too. Musk denies having SH

You know that story everyone in crypto knows but no one really thinks about? Erik Finman's story is kind of like that. The guy invested $1,000 in Bitcoin at age 12 when it was $10. His teachers thought it was crazy, they even laughed. But Erik Finman truly believed in what he was doing.
By 15, he had already dropped out of school, started a startup, and began working with cryptocurrencies for real. By 17, he was a millionaire. Like, while many people were studying for math tests, this guy was traveling the world investing in crypto projects.
The most interesting thing is that Erik Finman never

You know that trader everyone talks about but no one really knows who they are? Well, Takashi Kotegawa is exactly like that. A guy almost disappeared from the internet, but with a track record that's practically impossible to ignore.
I was looking into the stories of some legendary traders and found this Japanese guy’s journey absolutely insane. He started with $13,600 — he wasn’t rich, it was a pretty modest amount actually — and in 8 years turned it into $153 million. Yes, you read that right. That’s the difference between most traders and someone like Kotegawa.
What makes this even more int

Do you know that concept of the 4 elements of nature that we learn in school? Well, ancient Greek philosophers like Empedocles and Aristotle actually developed a very interesting view of how nature works. They identified these 4 elements as the basic components of everything around us. Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. Each has its own essence, you know? Earth represents solidity and stability, that firm foundation. Water is fluid, adaptable, essential for life. Air brings lightness and mobility, what we breathe. And Fire? That’s pure energy, heat, and constant transformation. The cool thing is tha

I see many people confusing wedge patterns with triangles in technical analysis, so I decided to share what actually works.
The wedge shape is very specific if you want to use it in short to medium-term trades. The most important thing is that the two edges must truly converge, with strength. If the structure becomes too loose, honestly, it doesn’t work well — then you’re probably seeing another consolidation pattern.
When I work with wedges, I always observe that the upper and lower edges need to be in the same direction and clearly converge to a point. That’s what differentiates it from othe

If you trade cryptocurrencies or traditional markets, you've probably heard of the MACD. This indicator is almost ubiquitous among traders trying to understand where the market is heading. But what really makes the MACD work and, more importantly, how to use it without falling into the false signals everyone complains about?
The MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) was developed back in the 1970s by Gerald Appel and remains one of the most popular indicators to this day. The reason is simple: it can capture momentum and trend direction in a very clean visual format. But there is an imp

I just looked at some interesting data from Santiment and found it curious how small Ethereum traders have been moving in recent days. Basically, while the price was strongly recovering (it has risen about 17% since the end of March), retail traders were selling. Like, in just the last two days, the guys holding between 0 and 0.01 ETH sold nearly 1,800 ETH. Quite different from what they had been doing before.
The context is this: from April until December of last year, these small investors accumulated a lot of Ethereum, adding about 6,200 ETH to the total. But when January arrived, things ch

On-chain analyst 0xMacroGuy just discovered an interesting thing — Hyperliquid's HLP has been drained of about $1.2 million over the past 24 hours. It looks like someone did this through large long positions on Fartcoin.
This guy's tactic is like this: first, open leveraged long positions on tokens with low liquidity, then intentionally let himself lose money and burn it, and when the position gets liquidated, the ADL mechanism will trigger, forcing HLP to take over this bad position. The end result is that although the attacker loses money, the loss to HLP is even greater.
Currently, HLP's TV

That move Riot Platforms is making really draws attention. The mining company just released its 2025 numbers, and man, their strategic transformation is much more ambitious than it appears at first glance.
The numbers speak for themselves: $647.4 million in revenue last year, nearly doubling the $376.7 million in 2024. They mined 5,686 bitcoins compared to 4,828 the previous year. With BTC hitting all-time highs in 2025, mining revenue specifically jumped to $576.3 million. But here’s the interesting detail: the company now holds over 18,000 bitcoins on its balance sheet.
What’s really happeni

Tokenization has left the paper and truly entered the markets. After years as a futuristic concept, we are now seeing BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Fidelity launching real products on the blockchain. But there's a detail most are not paying attention to: creating the token has always been the easy part. The real challenge comes afterward.
RedStone released an interesting report mapping how these systems are being built in practice. And the conclusion is that tokenization is not just about technology. It’s about compliance, identity, transfer rules, sanctions. These are the areas where mos

Last week I had to stop and think about three stories that came out almost simultaneously. All related to how AI is being used (or not) by major institutions. And honestly, they tell a much bigger story about where we are right now.
I'll start with the school in Manchester, UK. They used AI to review the library and the machine suggested removing 193 books. Each with its own automatic justification. Orwell's '1984' was on the list for 'containing themes of torture and violence.' Like, the AI censored a book that literally talks about censorship. I can't even be mad — it's almost poetic.
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