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Are you seeing this trend of massive layoffs at exchanges? Gemini just cut 30% of its staff, now with 445 people. That’s after already eliminating a quarter of the team before. The guys are trying to get by with AI, but it’s tough when you’re losing $585 million a year.
What’s most striking is that revenue grew nearly 40% in the last quarter, reaching $60 million, but losses skyrocketed to $140 million. In other words, they’re making more but losing a lot more. Bitcoin has fallen 44% from its peak, the market is tense, and people are starting to cut costs.
It’s not just Gemini. Almost the enti

There is a very interesting pattern happening with Ripple's predictions that few are really observing. Brad Garlinghouse, the company's CEO, spent the first months of 2026 on an almost unstoppable tour, and what draws attention is not what he says, but how he says it without hesitation.
At Davos, at the beginning of the year, he repositioned XRP in a way quite different from what we usually hear. No mention of a speculative asset. He talked about neutral financial infrastructure for an increasingly fragmented world. And the numbers he presented are truly significant: stablecoins grew from US$1

I found it interesting that Steve Aoki, the music producer who was very active in crypto in recent years, has just completely disposed of his positions in Shiba Inu coin. Arkham Intelligence flagged that he sold about 1.78 billion SHIB for just a little over $10,000 and then sent all of it to Gemini. It looks like that was the final stop in a very long journey with the token.
But this wasn’t isolated, not at all. In the past few weeks, he’s been liquidating everything he has—he exited Pepe as well, leaving only 5 ETH in his wallet. The problem is that Shiba Inu coin has dropped a lot since he

Look at this interesting signal I'm seeing here. The Mayer multiple of BTC has dropped to 0.65, and that led me to research when we last saw this. I found: it was at the bottom of the bear market in May 2022, you know? Like that moment when many people thought it was the end.
The Mayer multiple is one of those on-chain indicators that I don't see many people talking about, but when it reaches these extreme levels, it usually means the price is far from the 200-day moving average. Basically, BTC is well below what would be considered 'normal' historically.
The question is: if the Mayer multiple

X Empire’s token $X was officially launched last autumn. This popular Telegram game has finally taken an important step forward. Back then, the official announcement that it would be listed on major exchanges drew a lot of attention.
Looking back at the situation at the time, the project claimed to have 50 million players involved, with about 6 million users meeting the eligibility requirements for the airdrop. The total token supply was set at 69 billion, distributed in phases to miners, credential holders, and new users. Before launch, the pre-market price was around $0.0002. Many people ho

Did you see the story about Allbirds turning into NewBird AI? The stock shot up nearly 600% at once. It sounds crazy, but some people are questioning what's really going on behind the scenes.
Basically, the sneaker brand decided to enter the AI infrastructure and GPU computing game, aiming to compete against players like CoreWeave. Looks good on paper, right? But Matt Domo, CEO of FifthVantage, was very direct: this smells like "AI washing." You know that move where companies inflate or even invent AI capabilities just to attract investors? Yeah. This isn't the first time we've seen this happe

I was reviewing some old predictions about Polygon and noticed something interesting. Back in 2025, many people said that MATIC could reach $0.75 or even $1.25. Well, here we are in April 2026, and the token is trading around $0.18. Quite different from what analysts predicted, right?
But that doesn't mean the story of Polygon is over. On the contrary. What we see is that price forecasts, no matter how well-founded, don't capture the full complexity of the crypto market. So I’ll share what really matters to understand where MATIC might go from here.
Polygon remains a critical Layer 2 solution

I just saw a very interesting statement from Hoskinson about a problem that has been worrying many people in the crypto community. Basically, he is saying that the current proposal to protect Bitcoin against quantum threats simply won't be enough.
The issue is that quantum computers can break the current cryptography that protects Bitcoin, right? Well, according to the founder of Cardano, there is no viable solution under the proposed model to save all the vulnerable Bitcoin. It’s a much more complex problem than it seems.
What I find interesting is that this puts into perspective how Cardano

Recently, I’ve been following the movement of blockchains dedicated to payments, and honestly, Tempo is shaking up some pretty interesting things in the market.
Here’s the context: the global payment system is undergoing a restructuring, stablecoins have exploded in volume, and now we have autonomous AI agents generating payment demands that traditional infrastructures simply cannot handle. Swift, generic Ethereum, Solana — none were really designed for this new scenario.
Tempo was created precisely for this. It’s a Layer 1 payment chain from Commonware that achieves finality in sub-seconds th

I was following an interesting analysis about how XRP might be positioning itself for a much bigger opportunity than most realize.
Basically, what caught attention is the movement Ripple has been making behind the scenes. Last year, the DTCC registered patents specifically mentioning the XRP Ledger as compatible infrastructure for tokenized finance. After that, Ripple acquired Hidden Road — a broker that handles over 3 trillion dollars annually for more than 300 institutional clients — for $1.25 billion. This is not a random move.
The detail that really matters: Hidden Road, now renamed Ripple

Yeah, the American market made one of those moves that seem to defy all logic. More than a month after that whole scare in the Middle East, the S&P 500 fully recovered and has gained about 10% since the end of March. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 gained 12% in the same period, closing higher for 10 consecutive days — the longest streak since 2021 for this index. Yesterday, the S&P 500 completely erased all the decline it had accumulated since the conflict began.
What stands out most is how Wall Street simply decided to ignore the geopolitical noise. Rich Privorotky from Goldman Sachs noted somethi

I just saw a very interesting news about Shiba Inu that could significantly change the game for this token. Apparently, the SEC, together with the CFTC, recognized SHIB as a legitimate digital commodity, which is quite different from being classified as a security.
For those who follow the crypto space, this is somewhat important. Shiba Inu is now on the same level as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin in terms of regulatory status. Lucie, the project's executive, commented that this reclassification validates the entire decentralized and community-driven proposal of SHIB, something that has

Something interesting is going on in the US right now. Trump is pushing Congress to accelerate the approval of legislation that establishes a clear regulatory framework for the crypto market. And this is quite significant, you know?
What stands out is that this isn’t just a random request. It’s clear that the administration recognizes the importance of the digital asset sector and wants to create a more predictable environment for innovation to happen. The crypto industry in the US is growing fast, and the lack of regulatory clarity has always been one of the biggest obstacles.
This kind of mo

I just followed a very interesting debate in the crypto market. Boris Johnson, the former British Prime Minister, has again strongly criticized Bitcoin, calling it a "Ponzi Scheme." It's always interesting to see political leaders weighing in on the subject, especially as the discussion about digital asset regulation is becoming increasingly heated worldwide.
The most intriguing thing now is the position BlackRock is taking. The world's largest asset manager announced that it will adopt a very conservative approach with its cryptocurrency ETFs. Basically, they won't be creating exotic or high-

I was reading an interesting analysis from the CEO of Keyrock, and he has a point that makes sense. Bitcoin is around $78.9k now, but he argues that it is undervalued considering the real macroeconomic dynamics. Like, it dropped about 9.7% in the last year, but if you think about the structural fundamentals happening, it seems the market is pricing Bitcoin as a pure risk asset, when in fact there’s much more going on behind the scenes.
What caught my attention is this view that 2026 is a transition year. Patoul talks about two parallel worlds: the crypto-native one we know and the growing digi

I found an interesting prediction I saw circulating around. Eric Jackson, founder of EMJ Capital, is betting that Bitcoin could reach US$ 50 milhões by 2041. Yes, you read that right — 50 million.
The logic behind this isn’t as crazy as it seems at first glance. Jackson believes that Bitcoin will establish itself as the world’s primary collateral asset. If that really happens, it makes sense that the price would explode to levels completely different from what we’re seeing today.
What I found curious is that Eric Jackson isn’t focusing only on Bitcoin. He also sees Ethereum having a fundamenta

I have observed some interesting movements in the altcoin market lately. With the altcoin season approaching, some tokens seem to be gaining momentum for potential significant gains.
I am especially watching ENA, CRV, VET, OP, and INJ. These altcoins have very different characteristics, but they share one thing in common: they are being driven by real utility and solid infrastructure.
Ethena (ENA) is currently at $0.11, down 2.34% in the last 24 hours, but its synthetic dollar protocol continues to gain traction. Curve (CRV) rose 1.15% to $0.24, and its infrastructure for stablecoin swapping r

I looked at last week’s U.S. unemployment insurance numbers and found them interesting — there were 207 mil new claims, less than what the market expected (213 mil. These unemployment data always shake market sentiment, right? When the number of unemployment insurance claims falls below the forecast, it usually indicates that the labor market is more resilient than they thought. It’s worth keeping an eye on these economic indicators because they affect investors’ decisions a lot.

Have you ever stopped to think that play-to-earn games are changing the way people enter the crypto world? Like, it’s not just about trading coins anymore—something much more interesting is happening that combines fun with real earnings.
P2E games basically work like this: you play, complete challenges, win battles in virtual worlds, and while having fun, collect tokens and NFTs that have real value. Unlike traditional video games where rewards are only cosmetic, here you’re building real value along the way. It’s like turning your gaming hours into crypto without needing a big initial investm

Recently, I noticed that the expansion speed of the BRICS economic alliance is really quite fast. Zimbabwe has officially submitted an application to join, and now BRICS has 11 members, with Indonesia only having joined earlier this year. Interestingly, Russia, South Africa, and Brazil have all expressed support for Zimbabwe, so the chances of this application being approved seem quite high.
Even more astonishing is that it's not just Zimbabwe knocking on the door. Countries like Bahrain, Malaysia, Turkey, and Vietnam have all submitted applications, totaling over 20 countries in line to join.