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Regarding the CLARITY Act, my judgment is simple:

In the short term, it’s unlikely to pass, but it’s also not that important.
1. The bill matters, but it’s not a must-have option
The core is to use legislation to clearly draw the regulatory boundary between the SEC and the CFTC.
But the Senate has already been blocking it for months—DeFi and stablecoin yield are still being debated, and with the midterm elections, the time window is actually very short.
So I’m not too concerned about whether it passes.

2. What’s really worth watching is probability volatility
Trump’s remarks, the SEC compliance ICO framework, and CFTC Chair Selig’s statements could all make the likelihood of passage jump in the short term.
I opened my position with @bagel_win at within 20%; now it’s already back to 28%.
So:
Don’t bet on the outcome—watch the probability.

3. Regulation has already been stepping in early
The SEC’s compliance ICO channel is essentially laying a track for tokens:
Securities → leaving the securities attribute → commodities

The CFTC is also pushing exchanges, broker-dealers, market makers, and perpetual platforms into the regulatory system, and Hyperliquid will most likely follow this path too.

Plus, with token taxonomy, asset classification, issuance, and trading regulation are all being rolled out gradually.

So, to put it plainly:
Even if CLARITY doesn’t pass, regulation won’t stop.
Of course—what if it does pass? Then consider it as waiting in advance.😏
$BTC
#特朗普敦促国会通过Clarity法案

TermMax’s Curator Mechanism: Who Manages Risk in the Fixed-Income Market?

@TermMax In traditional finance, mature products are always backed by professional institutions that handle asset screening, risk assessment, and capital management—especially in fixed income. Users don’t just look at yield; they also want to know where the yield comes from, whether the underlying assets are high-quality, and how the risks are controlled. TermMax’s Curator mechanism is designed to solve exactly this.

You can think of Curator as a professional manager in the fixed-income market. It develops strategies and participates in risk controls tailored to different assets and markets, helping capital find suitable allocation directions. The role is similar to a fund manager and asset management institution in traditional finance.

On-chain assets are no longer limited to BTC, ETH, and stablecoins. In the future, RWA, tokenized stocks, and many other asset types will come in, with significantly different risk-and-return logic. It’s hard to manage everything well by applying the same set of rules. Going forward, the fixed-income market won’t just compete on capital size—it will also compete on the ability to manage assets and risk.

At its core, it’s about matching capital with risk. Lenders want stable returns, but they don’t have the time or energy to research every individual asset. Borrowers want financing, but they also must meet risk requirements. Curators act as a more professional bridge between the two sides, forming more reasonable interest rates and clearer risk boundaries.

Of course, this mechanism must be proven over time: how to select reliable Curators, how to evaluate strategies, and how to prevent excessive concentration of risk—these will determine whether the system can truly work.

Early DeFi emphasized openness and participation by everyone, but as the market grows, professional division of labor is inevitable. From fixed-rate lending to RWA, options, institutional financing, and then to a Curator system—TermMax is building a fixed-income infrastructure.

As the $TMX TGE gets closer, it’s worth looking not only at token incentives, but also at whether these mechanisms can grow into an ecosystem that runs continuously.
#TermMax

South Korea is going to tax crypto assets—meaning even overseas exchanges and private-key wallets won’t be able to escape. Starting in 2027, if you make a profit, you’ll have to pay a 20% tax, and the combined local taxes can reach 22%. The National Tax Service also admits that tracking individual wallets is difficult, but it’s preparing technical means.

This move is quite interesting—it shows that regulators are starting to take the “income” attribute of crypto assets seriously. In the past, everyone thought of it as an investment, but now it’s being treated as “other income.” Underneath, it reflects how the whole industry is becoming increasingly mainstream, and even the tax system has to keep up.

What once seemed far from us now looks like compliance and transparency are becoming the trend.

Polygon Labs' CEO says stablecoins can improve capital efficiency—this actually makes a lot of sense. Think about it: most people's money in their wallets is basically just “lying around” there all day, doing nothing.

Payment speed is becoming increasingly crucial, especially for cross-border and high-frequency scenarios. Millisecond-level performance isn’t something to brag about—it’s genuinely needed. Traditional banks are still slow in transferring, while on-chain payments have already gotten close to real-time.

I think the market may not have fully caught on yet—what can truly create a gap is the projects that can push capital utilization higher. Pair stablecoins with high-frequency payments, and this combination looks quite promising.

In the coming years, whoever is able to tackle this first will most likely be able to attract more real users with real money.
$POL

Brothers, pay attention! $ALIGN goes live today!

Aligned has always stayed relatively low-key, but what it does is very practical—helping fintechs and institutions use Ethereum as the backend for global finance.

Wallets, one-click Rollup, ZK proof aggregation, interoperability—everything is packaged for you, no more cobbling together a pile of vendors. The team itself is made up of old hands from Starknet and zkSync, and they’re from LambdaClass—solid technical foundations.

The biggest news today is that at 3:00 PM UTC (11:00 PM Beijing time), $ALIGN will officially TGE! Total supply is 10 billion, with initial circulating supply of about 16%. Even more intense: Coinbase has already publicly announced support. You can generate a deposit address directly on Coinbase. Transfers still have to wait for the issuer to unlock, but the big exchange’s entry is a pretty clear signal.

Airdrops can also be checked—just connect your wallet on the community page. Small allocations get paid out directly; larger ones will be released. The project has evolved from proving ZK cheaply to becoming a full financial infrastructure. Now the token has landed—next, it’s all about real-world deployment and partnership progress. If you’re interested, go check the official website and follow @alignedlayer to learn more.

$ALIGN is launching today—just keep an eye on what happens next.

Is this real bull energy, bro?

For three consecutive days now, they’ve been minting USDC nonstop.

Today Circle also directly minted 500 million USDC on Solana—two times, 250 million each.

Large-scale stablecoin minting basically means real money is moving in. And especially since it’s being poured into Solana—Solana has already been bustling these past few days. With funds adding another push, it feels like market sentiment is being propped up a bit again.

Of course, minting doesn’t equal an immediate surge. But this kind of rhythm for three straight days at least suggests that big players or institutions are preparing ammunition. You decide for yourselves—don’t just stare at price moves. This flow of funds is also worth keeping an extra eye on.$CRCL $SOL

No wonder they pulled the market just now

A White House adviser publicly stated support for the crypto bill—this move is kind of interesting.

The CLARITY Act has just passed Congress, and someone has already stepped up to back it, which shows the market is becoming increasingly sensitive to policy developments.

The core of the bill is to grant clear legal status to crypto assets. In plain terms, it’s about making regulation clearer.

The key now is whether the Senate can push it to a vote before September 15. Dragging it out too long could affect industry confidence.

Behind all this, it reflects the fact that the U.S. is trying to balance innovation and risk.

Don’t rush to shout “a bull market is here,” but at least it indicates the policy direction hasn’t gone off track.

What the crypto industry needs isn’t a giant leap forward, but stable expectations.
$BTC

Bitcoin’s veteran players have started eyeing $100,000. After a surge last year, they sold in bulk, and market expectations were dashed—there’s been a fair amount of selling pressure. This round of moves is quite interesting; it shows that old “weed” also has its own rhythm.

The idea of combining AI with blockchain sounds like science fiction, but the signs have been there for a while. If trading and settlement happen on-chain, it could be more efficient and more transparent than it is today.

Institutions and family offices are moving in, and the composition of Bitcoin holders is changing. From geeks to professional players—this is a signal that it’s gaining mainstream acceptance.

Over the next decade, areas like computing power, energy, AI, and finance will get even busier, and Bitcoin may just be one piece of the puzzle. Don’t just focus on the price—watch the big-picture trends.
$BTC

TermMax launches TermPrime on the Canton Network—this is worth discussing on its own.

At first glance, it just looks like “another chain上线.” But combined with its positioning, this isn’t multi-chain expansion; it’s @TermMax building the infrastructure for directly courting institutional finance.

Institutions are different from crypto-native users. The latter care about openness, liquidity, and returns. After institutions move on-chain, they care much more about who the counterparty is, whether the assets are compliant, how funds are settled, and how privacy is handled.

These factors mean institutional finance can’t simply copy the logic of ordinary DeFi.
Canton Network itself leans toward institutional finance and asset tokenization. TermPrime provides fixed-rate, fixed-tenor financing here—connecting on-chain assets with institutional-level funding needs.

What institutions often need most isn’t “the highest yield,” but predictability. For a loan over days or months, whether the cost can be determined in advance directly affects the risk–return profile. When the borrower knows the cost ahead of time and the lender knows the return ahead of time—closing around a clearly defined maturity—this is more suitable for institutional funds that manage cash flow and risk budgets than floating-rate dynamics that change day to day.

The first deal is a good example: a 7-day term, two counterparties completing KYB, borrowing Canton Coin against CBTC collateral, and repaying before maturity. The scale isn’t large, but the thinking is clear—start fixed-rate financing in a professional environment, then gradually expand.

TermMax now has two routes:

One is an open market for DeFi users (fixed-rate lending/borrowing, Vaults, options, and multi-chain assets). The other is TermPrime for institutions (fixed-tenor financing, institutional counterparties, and tokenized assets). They look different on the surface, but the underlying logic is the same—give on-chain capital a clearer time horizon, interest structure, and risk profile.

As RWA continues to develop and institutional capital enters the market, what people will want isn’t only “tokenizing assets.” After assets are on-chain, they also need financing, lending, yield, and risk management. A fixed-rate market layer is precisely the part that’s missing and indispensable.

August 25 and the $TMX TGE are getting closer. What’s worth watching next is whether TermMax can connect the already launched products across different ecosystems—turning fixed-income concepts into a real on-chain financial market with meaningful scale.#TermMax

If a movie IP stays only in movies, its lifecycle is actually limited.

But if it can enter the community, it’s completely different.

What $niulai is doing now is bringing “NiuLai” into the Meme community.
Everyone can keep playing with references, discussing, and creating around the film.

This direction is still early, but I think it’s worth paying attention to. #niulai #NiuLai

Nikita just stepped down two days ago.

Today, the team he left behind has rolled out “original content rewards,” saying they want to address bots, spammy content, and engagement-bait.

So you’ve all been waiting for him to leave before you dared to launch this whole thing? 🙈

Mad again, these past two days have been messing with $KORU

This BSC river has both run dry and risen with the tide. #Binance Life With one shovel down, the riverbed was broken open.

Now #AIDOGE is gushing out through that opening. The splash isn’t huge, but the force is strong. Whether you follow or not—see for yourself. Anyway, the river has already moved.

Don’t bring up anything about “value investing” to me—when you play on-chain, it’s all about fast eyes and quick hands.
#币安人生 rip open a gap, #USMCA slide in along the seam—community heat is getting hotter by the day.
If you really want my take—I’ll say one thing: quantity comes before price. Watch for yourself.

Today's penalty shootout is so exciting!

Morocco took the win over the Netherlands on penalties, and once again the Netherlands fell in a penalty shootout.

No one even knows how many times they’ve been knocked out on the spot.

Germany still calmly pulled off a cold upset and got eliminated 🤣

To be honest, the most unfortunate team is Japan—they were just one breath away from making history.

With the analytical data provided through liquid’s Co-Invest.

Among the three matches, the biggest odds discrepancy is in Belgium vs. Senegal, and it’s also the most likely game to produce an upset. England and the United States will most likely advance!

Don't underestimate the power of trends.
When price, market cap, and volume are all on the rise, it's usually not a coincidence.
$BEAT :
$1.39 billion market cap, $85.45 million volume
Definitely worth keeping on your radar.
$BNB #Binance $BEAT

Have the teachers noticed that since the second half of last year, the BTC ecosystem seems to have gone quiet? For instance, the project we're talking about, @Bedrock , is one of the few active players in the BTCFi lane right now. To be honest, back then there were tons of yield farming protocols popping up, with APYs that were off the charts, and the group was buzzing with non-stop signals.

But what happened? As soon as the tokens unlocked, the market tanked, and APY dropped from 15% to 4% in just two weeks. I personally hopped between three protocols last year, and I ended up making less than the gas fees. It’s not surprising that this whole lane has quieted down.

Relying on printing tokens to subsidize APY was never a sustainable path. But recently, I read an article about Bedrock 2.0's transformation, and I found it quite interesting. Instead of continuing the APY race, they switched things up completely. They’re using uniBTC as a unified entry point, connecting to four types of strategy vaults: quant arbitrage, DeFi liquidity, lending, and RWA. You can pick one that fits your risk appetite without having to jump around hunting for protocols.

I think the key change here is the source of returns. It’s no longer about protocols printing tokens to give you subsidies; it’s about real returns generated by actual strategies. These two things are fundamentally different. There’s also an AI assistant called BRclaw that helps you see what each vault is actually earning and where the risk exposures are. It’s still in beta, but I believe in its direction—strategies are getting more complex, and we need something to translate that into plain English.

Skepticism is still warranted. The four types of vaults are currently in PPT stage, and they haven’t produced actual data yet. Just talking about the efficiency of the uniBTC routing isn’t enough. If the tiered access design, $BR , isn’t done well, retail investors won’t be able to access the good strategies, which is just another form of being cut off.

But if you take a step back, BTCFi being quiet doesn’t mean it’s dead. In fact, it’s filtering out—who’s still doing serious work and who’s already bailed. It’s shifted from "who has the highest APY" to "who can actually help you manage BTC effectively." The first one to get this right will be the gateway to the next cycle. $BR #Bedrock

If you hang around this space long enough, you'll notice a funny irony:

These days, a lot of crypto projects have teams of two or three hundred, renting offices in the priciest buildings in Dubai, raising insane amounts of funding, but many end up ghosting. Meanwhile, the small teams quietly grinding away occasionally pop up at the forefront.

@GeniusOfficial is one of those.

I checked out The Block's coverage, and this project was founded in 2022 when the three founders were still studying at Yale. CEO Armaan Kalsi, COO Ryan Myher, and CTO Brihu Sundararaman originally weren’t even focused on a trading terminal but rather a tool for on-chain data readability, later pivoting to a trading platform; the core team has remained intact from start to finish.

Now, the whole company has just 11 folks. Feels kind of hype, haha.

What does having 11 people mean? Many meme project community mods aren’t even that many. Yet, these 11 have developed a cross-chain terminal covering 10+ chains, integrated with over 500 DEXs, handling over $16 billion in spot trading volume, and secured tens of millions in investment from YZi Labs, with Big Brother himself as an advisor.

They weren’t starting from scratch either; in 2024, they raised over $6 million led by CMCC, plus an additional $1 million, with investors like Balaji Srinivasan, Scaramucci, and market-making giants Flow Traders. It’s rare for early projects to get these big names to back them simultaneously.

COO Ryan Myher once said something that really encapsulates their mindset: "If you were rebuilding Binance today, you wouldn't do it as a centralized exchange — you'd build it on-chain." Coming from an 11-person team, it sounds like bragging, but when you look at their product's maturity and roadmap, the direction is serious.

I've seen way too many teams of hundreds produce outputs that don’t match what these 11 have achieved. This space has no shortage of money or people, but there’s a serious lack of teams with clear direction and consistent delivery. Genius went from a Yale dorm to Big Brother's stage, and their core team has never scattered; that alone speaks volumes.

$GENIUS prices can fluctuate, but the team's execution is solidly written on-chain.

Of course, time will prove everything!
#genius

The plaza just dropped some new stuff, feels familiar again~
Last month we just saw alpha hit the scene, and now嘴撸 is jumping on the bandwagon.
By the way, I'm curious how the alpha teachers are grinding every day; seems like May's returns were pretty solid.
I want back in too! 😭

Alright, back to business.
I've been digging into @Bedrock 's updates, and there's something that made me pause and think.

Selini Capital has officially plugged into Cap as an institutional borrower.
Meanwhile, Bedrock is the biggest underwriter on Cap, deploying $183 million.
Also joining the party are Amber Group, Flowdesk, and Susquehanna Crypto.

Put these four names together and savor it.
Market makers, quant firms, HFT players—these are heavy hitters in crypto finance.

One thing I've figured out:
This isn't just another "we've got another partner" announcement.
It shows real institutional funds are willing to borrow BTC-related assets on-chain through a credit framework for strategies.

What did we rely on for on-chain returns before?
Staking, mining, and yield farming; essentially protocols using token inflation to subsidize you.
Starting in the second half of 2024, this system will start to falter, and yield compression will be a reality for the whole industry.

Bedrock 2.0 is taking a different direction.
It's no longer about "I give you high APY, you deposit."
Now it’s about "I help route your BTC capital into institutional-grade strategies."

Selini Vault is the first live example.
At its core, it uses Cap for credit underwriting, while Symbiotic provides a shared security layer.
On the surface, Selini Capital is running quant arbitrage—CEX price differences, DEX-CEX arbitrage, high-frequency market making.
Deposit uniBTC, and the yield comes not from token inflation, but from real trading profits.

In plain terms, it's packaging hedge fund strategies into an on-chain vault.
Retail traders are encountering something like this for the first time.

Of course, it’s not a full buy-in.
We’re still unsure how much TVL the vault can handle due to its capacity limits.
How to price the credit risk of institutional borrowing? How detailed can on-chain transparency get? We’ll need to keep watching.
With $BR 's tiered access, will high-tier vaults effectively keep retail traders out?

Seven parts acceptance, three parts caution.

But if we step back, the significance of this isn’t just about Bedrock.
BTCFi is shifting from "whoever has the highest APY wins" to "who has the most solid credit framework, who can connect to real institutional capital flows."

This is the true watershed moment for the second half of the game.

$BR #Bedrock