What River Is River is a DeFi protocol that lets users connect capital, liquidity, and yield across many blockchains without relying on traditional bridges or wrapped tokens. This means you can deposit collateral (like BTC, ETH, BNB, etc.) on one chain — for example Ethereum — and mint River’s stablecoin satUSD on another chain natively, without moving the collateral itself. 🪙 Key Components 1. satUSD — The Native Stablecoin
satUSD is an over-collateralized stablecoin pegged approximately to $1.
You can mint it using crypto collateral without selling your assets.
It works across multiple blockchains thanks to River’s technology.
2. Omni-CDP Technology
Short for omni-chain Collateralized Debt Position, this lets River coordinate collateral and debt across different blockchains without bridges.
This improves security, speed, and capital efficiency versus traditional cross-chain systems.
3. Yield & Staking
You can stake satUSD to get satUSD+, a yield-bearing token that earns protocol revenue.
River also includes vault systems (like Smart Vault & PrimeVault) for yield strategies.
4. Governance & the $RIVER Token
$RIVER is the governance and utility token of the River ecosystem.
Holders can vote on protocol changes, boost yield returns, reduce fees, and participate in ecosystem growth.
The total supply is capped (e.g., 100 million tokens).
💡 Why It Matters River is designed to fix long-standing inefficiencies in DeFi, especially cross-chain liquidity fragmentation. Traditional stablecoins often need bridges to move value between chains, which introduces risk and extra costs. River’s chain‐abstracted model aims to eliminate these issues and provide native multi-chain liquidity and utility for users and developers. 📊 Market Info (Optional) The $RIVER token is traded on various crypto exchanges, and its price and market cap fluctuate with market conditions (e.g., historic highs and trading volumes available on coin tracker sites ) #RİVER
I'm bullish BTC late Jan through Feb but presently bearish for 2026. This is a data informed opinion which I hold lightly. Our internal models of investor flows put in a bottom on 24th December and has steadily strengthened. Typically it takes around 2-3 weeks for this to express itself in price, arguably this is taking place now (only held back by very short term overbuying on technical oscillators). Also promising is that paper based liquidity (futures markets) is coming back in after dying for months, just like it did mid 2021 which lead to a second top in the last cycle. So 98-100k needs contesting. Then if we get past that it’s a wait and see how ATH resistance fairs. But I remain bearish 2026 because in the broader picture liquidity flows have been waning relative to price momentum since Jan 2025. We are in the hot zone right now for the final stages when momentum has insufficient supporting liquidity. What would change my mind would be a massive influx of spot (I.e. longer term) liquidity in coming months to break the waning down trend. Worth keeping in mind a confirmed a bear market is not yet in place, which would be seen as increasingly negative flows out of BTC (a laggy indicator to a cycle top). #币安HODLer空投BREV
Classifying as a financial product means the tax rate on BTC gains (or trading) goes to 20% instead of being the marginal income tax rate (43-55% if you earn >57k USD per year.
Metaplanet will lose its tax arbitrage advantage over self custody BTC.
Around 110 cryptos are also included, staking gains are taxed at the marginal rate.
The first Bitcoin post on twitter app(X)was made 17 years ago today by @halfin. Hal Finney was a software engineer, futurist, father, husband, cypherpunk, and one of the few people who believed in the possibility of bitcoin fixing the world when it had no price nor value. #USNonFarmPayrollReport
Spot Bitcoin ETFs flipped to sustained redemptions, with three straight days of withdrawals totaling roughly $1.1 billion, including a single‑day outflow of $486.08 million on Wednesday. This reversed early‑January inflows and reflected portfolio rotations amid consolidation per a market update.
The negative streak included Thursday’s $398.95 million outflows, with redemptions seen at major issuers per a flows recap.
What this means: Watch whether the outflow streak persists. If it does, it could signal continued risk‑off and rotation rather than structural demand loss.
2. Ethereum Outflows
Spot Ether ETFs mirrored BTC midweek, posting $159.17 million in net outflows on Thursday, including withdrawals at BlackRock and Grayscale per the flows recap.
Earlier in the week, ETH flows were more mixed, but the Thursday print confirmed caution alongside BTC.
What this means: ETH flows are sensitive to broader crypto positioning. If BTC outflows continue, ETH may see correlated pressure unless a distinct ETH catalyst appears.
3. XRP vs Solana
XRP spot ETFs posted their first net outflow since launch (about $41 million) midweek, while SOL spot ETFs extended a positive streak with inflows per the flows recap.
This split underscores shifting relative positioning across majors as investors re‑balance during consolidation.
What this means: Relative inflows to SOL versus outflows in BTC, ETH, and XRP suggest selective risk taking. Monitor whether SOL inflows persist and whether XRP returns to net inflows.
Meantime
This week’s ETF tape shows risk‑off rotation: BTC and ETH led outflows, XRP briefly joined, and SOL remained a relative bright spot. The key is whether outflows remain a short‑term consolidation pattern or extend; persistent redemptions would likely weigh on majors’ momentum even if underlying long‑term demand stays intact.
Morgan Stanley filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF with the SEC, named the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust. This is the first major U.S. bank to seek direct Bitcoin ETF approval per a Reuters report.
1. First Major U.S. Bank
Morgan Stanley is the first large U.S. bank to pursue a spot Bitcoin ETF directly. The filing marks a shift from banks distributing third‑party crypto products to issuing their own per a Reuters report.
Prior spot BTC ETFs were launched by asset managers like BlackRock and Fidelity; banks had been more cautious until now, noted in Reuters. Analysts suggest a bank’s entry adds institutional legitimacy and may spur peers to follow, per Reuters.
2. Product Setup
The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust is designed as a physically backed spot ETF holding BTC directly, tracking price net of fees, rather than using futures or leverage per Bitcoin Magazine.
Standard creation/redemption with authorized participants and daily NAV methodology is described in the filing summary in Bitcoin Magazine. This mirrors the approach taken by leading spot BTC ETFs, but with a bank sponsor rather than only asset managers, per Reuters.
3. Wider Bank Trend
Morgan Stanley also filed for a Solana ETF at the same time, signaling a broader digital-assets push per Reuters.
Commentary frames the move as strategic, enhancing Morgan Stanley’s positioning even if inflows are modest, per finance coverage. The bank’s step may catalyze more traditional institutions to expand crypto offerings and consider proprietary ETFs, noted in Reuters.
Whales Rule: What Happens When 1% of Bitcoin Holders Control 99% of the Supply?
BitInfoCharts data shows just 1.86% of Bitcoin wallet addresses holding over 90% of the total BTC supply, concerns are growing over market manipulation, centralization, and liquidity risks. These "whales" wield significant influence, sparking debates about the future of Bitcoin’s decentralization.
Caroline Bowler, CEO of BTC Markets, warns that centralizing control among a few could undermine Bitcoin’s core principles and destabilize trust in the system. While whales can sway market prices, as Phillip Lord from Oobit points out, they can’t change Bitcoin’s network without broader community approval through Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs).
Despite their power, whales can’t alter fundamental aspects like the 21 million BTC limit, notes Jonathan Hargreaves of Elastos. Yet, as Sasha Ivanov from Waves Tech acknowledges, there’s no current mechanism to prevent wealth concentration.
This ongoing centralization of Bitcoin’s supply emphasizes the critical need for decentralization and community-driven governance to preserve the integrity of the crypto space.
🗄 Reddit user lost access to his BTC for 7 years due to a typo
In 2017, he encrypted his BIP38 paper wallet with a password he thought was secure. However, in 2024, when he tried to recover it, he couldn't get access. It turned out that the mistake was just one character — he pressed the wrong key.
This story reminds us how important it is to be careful when storing cryptocurrency on your own.
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