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🇦🇷 “IT WASN’T JUST ANOTHER MATCH”… AND IN ENGLAND IT STILL SEEMS TO HURT
Lionel Messi retired from the Argentina National Team 🇦🇷 AR and the world responded with tributes.
But from England 🇬🇧 EN, The Sun chose a different path: it headlined that Messi is retiring “AGAIN,” mocking that 2016 decision. While newspapers from different countries talked about the end of a legend, the British tabloid went looking for a jab.
And then that old phrase comes back:
“Against England, it was just another match.”
Sure?
Argentina eliminated England in a semifinal that ended with the banner “The Falklands are Argentine” as it went around the world. Weeks passed, the World Cup ended, Messi announced his farewell… and from some part of the English press, they still find a way to hit back.
As Argentines, we don’t need to respond with insults.
We have a much simpler answer:
Thank you, Captain. 🇦🇷
They can keep the mockery.
We’re keeping Messi, his story, and that semifinal that, evidently, was not just another match.
#algopaso
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🇦🇷 THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. THE END YOU DIDN’T DESERVE

Today Lionel Messi announced that he is leaving the Argentina National Team 🇦🇷 AR.
After more than 20 years, 207 matches, 125 goals, a World Cup, and a story that changed our football forever, as Argentinians there’s only one thing left to say:
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
And maybe that’s why it still hurts even more how it ended.
His last match with Argentina was that final against Spain 🇪🇸 ES. A final that for many left decisions that were hard to explain and a feeling that hasn’t gone away yet.
Messi wrote his farewell just two days after that final.
He himself said today: “I emptied myself out, I don’t have anything more to give.”
Spain won the Cup. That’s written down.
But that match having been simply a normal final, with nothing to argue about… that still divides the world.
And it’s especially sad that the last competitive image of Messi in our shirt is tied to that controversy.
They may argue about matches, referees, and penalties.
What nobody will be able to dispute is what this man did for 🇦🇷 AR.
Thank you for everything, Leo.
#algopaso

ZKC HIT TP1 — +21.97% ROI AND THE MARKET JUST CHANGED PHASE

$ZKC delivered the first objective from our public setup.

Entry: 0.05960
TP1 zone: 0.0555–0.0560 ✅
ROI shown: +21.97% at 3x

More importantly, the original pump has now completely lost its FOMO effect: ZKC went from being one of the market’s top green movers to roughly -14% in 24H.

But this is where management matters.

After reaching 0.05243, Smart Money and whales started buying near the lows and Open Interest began rebuilding. That increases the probability of a technical rebound before any deeper continuation.

So from here:

🟢 TP1 already paid. Take profits if that was your objective.

🟢 Remaining targets:
TP2: 0.051–0.052
TP3: 0.047–0.048
Runner: 0.039–0.040

⚠️ A recovery toward 0.058–0.060 would not surprise me. If that rebound fails, another short opportunity may appear.

The trade already worked.

Now everyone manages according to their own risk.

THE SETUP GAVE US THE MOVE.
NOW WE LET THE MARKET SHOW THE NEXT ONE.

$ZKC $BTC $ETH

TP1 HIT — THE SETUP IS ALREADY WORKING
$ZKC has now reached TP1: 0.0555–0.0560.
The first objective from the plan has been completed.
From here, everyone should manage the trade according to their own risk tolerance:
🟢 Take partial profits and secure the trade.
🟢 Move protection closer and let the rest run.
🟢 Or keep holding for the remaining targets:
TP2: 0.0510–0.0520
TP3: 0.0470–0.0480
Runner: 0.0390–0.0400
The important part is that the setup did what it was supposed to do.
Now the market may bounce, consolidate, or continue the drain.
THE PLAN GAVE THE ENTRY. TP1 PAID.
FROM HERE, MANAGEMENT MATTERS MORE THAN PREDICTION.
$ZKC $BTC $ETH

HORMUZ JUST TURNED HOT — OIL ABOVE $90. CRYPTO IS NEXT TO REACT

The U.S. struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, right beside the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran responded with missiles and promised further retaliation.
This is not just another geopolitical headline.
Roughly 20% of global oil flows through Hormuz, and the market reacted immediately: Brent jumped more than 2.5% to ~$90.3, while WTI moved above $85.
This is where #OilQuality becomes macro risk.
For crypto, I’m watching three assets:
$BTC — first gauge of whether capital treats this as risk-off or absorbs the shock.
$ETH — usually more sensitive if investors start reducing risk exposure.
$PAXG — the crypto-native gold proxy to watch if safe-haven demand accelerates.
The key question is no longer whether Iran and the U.S. will exchange words.
They already exchanged fire.
Now the market has to price the possibility that the world’s most important oil chokepoint becomes the battlefield again.
IF HORMUZ ESCALATES, THIS WILL NOT STAY AN OIL STORY.

ZKC IS LOSING MOMENTUM — BUT WE DON’T CHASE THE DROP
$ZKC ran from roughly 0.039–0.040 to 0.0708, a massive expansion while the broader market stayed relatively quiet.
Now the picture is changing.
Price is already ~16% below the high, momentum has weakened, Smart Money and whale shorts around 0.061–0.062 are moving into profit, and recent professional flow has turned increasingly defensive.
But there is one reason not to rush:
funding remains deeply negative and spot is still absorbing.
That means another squeeze/rebound is completely possible before the real mean reversion.
OUR ZKC MAP
🟠 PROBE ZONE: 0.0595–0.0602
🟠 MAIN ENTRY ZONE: 0.0612–0.0625
🟠 BETTER SQUEEZE ENTRY: 0.0635–0.0650
We prefer a rejection from these areas rather than blindly selling weakness.
🟢 TP1: 0.0555–0.0560
🟢 TP2: 0.0510–0.0520
🟢 TP3: 0.0470–0.0480
🟢 RUNNER: 0.0390–0.0400
🔴 INVALIDATION ZONE: 0.0665–0.0708
A 1H recovery above 0.0665 with OI expanding would force us to reassess. Breaking the 0.0708 high would invalidate the current mean-reversion structure.
The thesis is simple:
REAL CATALYST → SPECULATIVE EXTENSION → DISTRIBUTION → POSSIBLE SQUEEZE → MEAN REVERSION
We saw why patience mattered with $ONG and $BMT.
Now ZKC has to prove that the buyers are actually finished.
LET THE REBOUND GIVE THE ENTRY.
DON’T GIVE THE MARKET YOUR LIQUIDITY.

THE U.S. JUST MOVED A GIANT PIECE ON THE OIL BOARD

Donald Trump announced what he called “the largest oil deal in history”: the U.S. would gain majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proved reserves, through a joint structure with private investments that could approach US$100 billion.
That is roughly 22% of Venezuela’s reserves, the largest on the planet. But there’s one detail that often gets lost behind the number:
#OilQuality matters.
Much of Venezuela’s crude is heavy and high in sulfur. It is not, barrel for barrel, equivalent to the light oil from other basins. For the U.S., that’s also not a coincidence: many Gulf refineries were designed specifically to process heavy crudes.
Trump says the deal will double U.S. reserves and help reduce fuel prices in the long run. The problem is that getting Venezuelan production back requires years, infrastructure, and a great deal of capital. The full legal terms are also not public yet.
The biggest takeaway is geopolitical
The U.S. is not only securing oil. It is securing supply, influence, and decades of energy in its own hemisphere.
And for producers like Argentina, energy competition in the Americas has just become a lot more interesting.

🇦🇷 AR vs 🇪🇸 ES: THE THING NOBODY WANTS TO EXPLAIN

Leandro Paredes broke the silence and said what many have been asking since the final: “They gave Gavi one, and he’s the one who gives me a punch in the chest”.
Paredes: 10 matches + US$90,000.
Molina: 7 matches.
Gavi: 1 match + US$30,000.
You don’t need to invent a conspiracy to wonder if the punishment was the same.
Argentina 🇦🇷 AR has already appealed. And while from Spain 🇪🇸 ES they’re still talking about how Argentines “don’t know how to lose,” the difference between 10 and 1 is still there—written by FIFA itself.
That’s why #algopaso keeps sparking debate: not because a theory has to be true, but because each new piece of information leaves more questions than answers.
Paredes lost the final. That’s not up for debate.
What can be discussed is why one player received ten bans and the other got one.
And meanwhile, the market is pretty quiet: today, the few that really stand out are $NIL +32.8%, $DEXE +17.5%, and $ONG +16%.
Not much green. A lot of controversy.

ANOTHER PUMP IS GETTING OLD — WE’VE OPENED A NEW POSITION

After what happened with $ONG and $BMT, we’re watching the same thing again: not the first pump, but what happens after the crowd arrives late.
$MOVR exploded from roughly 0.62–0.70, stayed elevated for almost 48 hours, then received another squeeze toward 1.17.
Now the structure is changing.
The 24H gain collapsed from around +68% to single digits, price lost the $1 area, and Open Interest fell from roughly $8M to $7M while price declined.
That matters.
It suggests the pump is beginning to lose leverage and FOMO, rather than simply attracting fresh shorts. Smart Money and whales have also reduced exposure as MOVR approaches the important 0.93–0.94 institutional zone.
We’ve opened a position and now we let the structure develop.
ONG taught us to wait through the squeeze.
BMT followed our map and reached TP3.
MOVR is not guaranteed to repeat either one — but the ingredients are becoming familiar.
DON’T PREDICT THE TOP.
WAIT FOR THE PUMP TO RUN OUT OF BUYERS.
$MOVR $BMT $ONG

BMT FOLLOWED THE PLAN — TP3 HIT

$BMT played out almost exactly as mapped.

If you took profits through TP3, that was already a very generous move.

Now price has bounced.

It may be nothing more than a dead cat bounce after the drain — but I’m not assuming that yet.

The first short already paid.

Now the job is simple:

DON’T CHASE. WATCH THE REBOUND.

If BMT fails to recover structure, momentum weakens again and sellers return, I’ll be watching for another short opportunity.

The best trades are often not the first move.

Sometimes the market gives you a second entry after everyone thinks the move is over.

PLAN → EXECUTION → PROFITS → RESET.

$BMT $ONG

BMT MAY SQUEEZE ONE MORE TIME — AND THAT COULD GIVE US THE BETTER SHORT
We’ve seen this pattern before with $BMT and later with $ONG :
the short looks obvious → funding turns extremely negative → shorts pile in → price squeezes higher → then the real mean reversion begins.
BMT is now extremely extended, but funding is around -11%, which changes the immediate plan.
That level of negative funding means the market is heavily tilted short.
So instead of fighting the squeeze, we’re expanding our entry zone.
OUR UPDATED PLAN
🟧 SHORT WATCH: 0.027 → 0.0300
Not one blind entry.
We want rejection, weakening momentum and Smart Money / whales continuing to sell into strength.
If BMT squeezes toward 0.029–0.030, that could actually give us a much better risk/reward entry than shorting too early.
🟢 TP1: 0.0265
🟢 TP2: 0.0248
🟢 TP3: 0.0235–0.0238
🟢 DEEP MEAN REVERSION: 0.0215 → 0.0200 → 0.0180
🔴 INVALIDATION: acceptance above 0.031–0.032 with OI still expanding
The setup is attractive.
But extremely negative funding tells us something important:
THE CROWD IS ALREADY SHORT.
And when everyone sees the same trade, the market often squeezes them first.
So we wait.
LET THE SQUEEZE GIVE US THE ENTRY — THEN TRADE THE DRAIN.
$ONG $BTC

🇦🇷 AR NO FUE “UN PARTIDO MÁS”

They tried to sell us that what happened in England 🇬🇧 EN was just football.
Lies.
The flag bothered them. And it bothered them so much that, from that day on, Argentina began paying the price off the field.
In Spain 🇪🇸 ES, San Mamés booed the World Cup. Not a club, not a player: the Cup. Because even there they know that #algopaso and that that World Cup left wounds, doubts, and too many uncomfortable things for the official narrative.
In England 🇬🇧 EN, Enzo Fernández is booed as if he had committed a crime. And now another chapter appears with Franco Colapinto: the FIA ruins Zandvoort with disputed penalties and then removes his spotlight in a vote where the public had already put him at the top. There’s always a “specialist,” a “technical” criterion, or a convenient explanation.
What a coincidence: when the one harmed is Argentina 🇦🇷 AR, regulation is always “plenty.”
When they benefit others, they ask for context.
Not everyone will admit it. But more and more people see it.
It wasn’t just a flag. It wasn’t just a match. It wasn’t just sport.

A ROBOT JUST BEAT USAIN BOLT’S 100M RECORD

China’s humanoid robot Tiangong Ultra reportedly ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds.

Usain Bolt’s legendary human record: 9.58 seconds.

Let that sink in.

And this is bigger than one sprint.

More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries are now competing in Beijing — not just running, but also performing industrial tasks, service work, and real-world autonomous functions.

For years, the big question was:

Will AI replace human jobs?

Now the better question may be:

HOW FAST WILL AI GET A BODY?

This is the moment AI stops being just software on a screen and starts becoming something physical, fast, and impossible to ignore.

Markets should be watching this closely, because whenever a technology shifts from theory to visible reality, capital usually follows.

That is why this story matters far beyond sports.

AI is no longer just thinking. It is starting to move.

$TAO $VIRTUAL $FET

🇪🇸 THE CUP ARRIVED AT SAN MAMÉS… AND THEY BOOED IT

Something curious happened yesterday in Bilbao.

Spain 🇪🇸 took the World Cup to San Mamés to pay tribute to Unai Simón, Laporte, and Nico Williams. Laporte appeared with the trophy, and instead of a unanimous celebration, there were boos, catcalls, and even “Spanish, the one who doesn’t bounce.”

Is it a simple matter of Basque politics? It could be.

But after a final full of disputed decisions, the huge differences in the subsequent punishments, and everything that happened from that “The Falklands are Argentinian” banner after eliminating England 🇬🇧, the scene is at least striking.

#algopaso doesn’t mean that San Mamés is showing that the World Cup was “handed over” to Spain. It means something more uncomfortable: not even within Spain does everyone seem to buy the official narrative.

Argentina lost the final. That’s written... or decreed...

But while some European media keep talking about “not knowing how to lose,” yesterday there were Spaniards booing their own World Cup.

AND THAT ALSO BECOMES PART OF THE
HISTORY.
$TUT

🇦🇷 FIA… OR MA-FIA? THEY RUINED FRANCO AT ZANDVOORT

Franco Colapinto started 14th in the Dutch GP, made a great start, and managed to get up to 10th, in the points-paying positions.

Then the FIA showed up.

For an infraction with a yellow flag after the Verstappen accident, he received a drive-through: from fighting for points to dropping to last place in seconds.

Should safety be respected? Of course.

Was the punishment proportional? That’s where the discussion begins.

Lindblad also received the same penalty, so this episode alone doesn’t prove a targeted persecution of Argentina. But after everything that’s been lived through around the World Championship, the subsequent penalties, and the tone of certain European media, every new controversial decision fuels a feeling that’s hard to ignore.

Formula 1 should be decided among drivers, cars, and stopwatches.

Not in an office.

Because when the rulebook starts to weigh more than the race, the question comes up on its own:

FIA… OR MA-FIA?

$ALPINE
$YPF.US

🇦🇷 IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOSE… OR DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING? 🇪🇸
From Spain 🇪🇸 they talk about “a harsh punishment for not knowing how to lose,” and some even call for bigger penalties for Argentina. Fine. Then let’s talk about everything.
Paredes got 10 matches, Molina 7, and Gavi just 1. That difference, at the very least, calls for debate. And the final itself also left very controversial decisions: Argentina finished with ten, there was an action by Cucurella that many considered deserving of a red card, and a last play in the box that a large part of the Argentine crowd (and those who know football) keeps seeing as a penalty.
That’s why #algopaso doesn’t mean asserting a conspiracy. It means asking why there were so many strange situations around such a tight final.
Spain were the champions, yes. But after the final whistle, much of the cameras and the world conversation kept focusing on Messi and Argentina.
If people demand “knowing how to lose,” then we also have to accept that the standard, the punishments, and the refereeing decisions can be debated.
Argentina lost. That’s a fact.
That everything was unquestionable, no.

THE RUNNER IS STILL ALIVE — +202.71% AND COUNTING
$ONG keeps doing exactly what this setup was built for.
Profits have already been taken.
The runner stays open.
Entry: 0.1138100
Current: 0.0694300
Leverage: 3x isolated
ROI shown: +202.71%
At this point, there is no need to force anything.
The trade already paid.
Now the remaining position has one job:
LET THE MARKET DECIDE HOW FAR IT WANTS TO GO.
If sellers keep control, the runner keeps working.
If structure changes, we manage it.
No chasing.
No greed.
No prediction addiction.
Just execution.
$ONG $BTC $ETH

THE DUMP IS HERE — AND RED CAN PAY TOO

The market is bleeding hard today.

Spot losers
$ONG -47.84%
$ONT -20.61%

Futures losers
$AVAAI -53.08%
$ONG -25.32%
$ONT -16.87%

And $ONG is especially interesting for me because I’m still positioned short after the squeeze finally turned into the mean-reversion move we were waiting for.

Now the market offers two completely different trades:

Buy the dip if price finds support, volume returns and structure starts recovering.

Or stay bearish if rebounds keep failing, OI stays weak and sellers remain in control.

The mistake is assuming red means “too late.”

Sometimes the best opportunity starts exactly when everyone else is afraid to touch the chart.

YOU DON’T NEED A GREEN MARKET TO MAKE MONEY.
YOU NEED A DIRECTION, A SETUP AND DISCIPLINE.

$ONG $ONT $AVAAI

🇦🇷 What if England didn’t end up in the semifinals?

Argentina knocked out England 2-1. After the match, a flag appeared that read “The Falklands are Argentine.”

It wasn’t a detail: the British Government formally asked FIFA to investigate what happened. FIFA opened the case and today we know that it did result in a specific sanction against the AFA.

Four days later came that final against Spain.

An incredibly weird final. Tense. Scrappy. Argentina lost 1-0 in extra time, and the match ended directly in incidents. Later, footage also surfaced that the original broadcast hadn’t shown and that allowed people to reconstruct how part of the conflict began.

And a month later, the sanctions arrived:

Paredes: 10 matches.
Molina: 7 matches.
Ayala: 3 matches.
Almada: 1 match.
Gavi, on the Spanish side: 1 match.

In addition, US$321,000 in fines for the AFA and a 50% reduction in stadium capacity for two matches, within a case that expressly includes the World Cup’s political statements.

Then a question appears that, a month ago, might have sounded conspiratorial and today no longer seems so absurd:

Did Argentina–England really end when the referee blew the final whistle?

Because England lost on the pitch, Falklands-related matters appeared, there were British complaints, FIFA acted, and the consequences ultimately landed on Argentina.

And in the middle of it all was that final against Spain, which still leaves too many questions.

I’m not saying the final was fixed. That would require evidence that doesn’t exist.

I’m saying something much more uncomfortable:

#algopaso .

And after seeing how many of the consequences that were anticipated after England came to pass, one by one, perhaps that final deserves to be looked at again with different eyes.

Because the flag was real.
The British complaint was real.
The case was real.
And now the sanctions are real, too.

The question remains open:

Was everything else just football?
$TUT

10 MATCHES FOR THE WALLS. JUSTICE OR EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT? 🇦🇷

FIFA has finally resolved the incidents from the Argentina–Spain final.

Leandro Paredes received a 10-match suspension.

Nahuel Molina: 7 matches.
Thiago Almada: 2.
Roberto Ayala: 3.

And what about Gavi?

1 match.

The difference is impossible to ignore.

FIFA described Paredes’ conduct as aggression and handed down one of the harshest punishments after the World Cup.

And there’s another detail: AFA will have to pay €250,000 for various breaches during the tournament, including the display of messages unrelated to the sporting context.

Yes, the controversy over the Malvinas/Falklands issue is back again.

Argentina lost the final.

But the consequences of that World Cup are still arriving more than a month later.

We can debate whether Paredes deserved a sanction.

The question is different:

Do 10 matches against 1 really reflect what happened that night?

#algopaso
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