Clifford Cripto

The Winter (Crypto) is coming
$BTC

In the context of this holiday season, I want to send a warm hug to the members of this community. I hope that this New Year's Eve you are surrounded by family and friends, and that this year 2026, which has just begun, everyone can build their dreams.

With my infinite affection, CriptoClifford

The US Senate approved the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan bill that seeks to regulate stablecoins. This legislation has generated controversy in the chamber, with some Democrats expressing concern about the possible influence of technology giants, while its supporters argue that it is essential to maintain the dominance of the US dollar and provide regulatory clarity in the cryptocurrency sector.

DeFi Development Corp announced a partnership with BONK, the Solana-based memecoin community, to jointly manage a validator and plan to integrate the liquid staking token of $BONK (BONKSOL)

According to data from Farside Investors, the Bitcoin rally has been supported by inflows into BlackRock's Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (IBIT), attracting $1.03 billion during the last trading week, extending its inflow streak to 19 days

UFC fighter Conor McGregor, now a political candidate, has endorsed the idea of building a Bitcoin reserve in his country to return power to the people

According to Solidus Labs, 98.6% of the 7 million tokens launched in Solana's Pump Fun since 2024 were identified as rugpulls (exit scams) or different strategies and practices of manipulation in the markets

The Blockchain Trilemma is a concept that refers to the difficulty of achieving a balance between three fundamental aspects of any blockchain network: scalability, security, and decentralization.

Scalability: The ability of a blockchain network to process a large number of transactions efficiently and quickly. As more people use the network, scalability becomes a crucial challenge.

Security: The protection of the network against attacks and manipulations. A secure blockchain ensures that transactions are valid and that data cannot be altered.

Decentralization: The distribution of power and control among many participants rather than a central authority. Decentralization is one of the fundamental principles of blockchain technology.

The blockchain trilemma suggests that it is difficult to fully optimize these three aspects simultaneously; improving one often involves sacrificing the other two. For example, increasing scalability may compromise security or decentralization.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has been one of the main advocates of the idea. He argues that layer two solutions can help address the trilemma by improving scalability without sacrificing security and decentralization.

As the cryptocurrency industry continues to develop, the blockchain trilemma will remain an important challenge; innovation, collaboration, and participation will be pillars for finding solutions that benefit everyone in the ecosystem.

This 2024 has been a year full of opportunities within the platform, I want to thank Binance and the entire community for the tools and products they provide us to bring blockchain technology to every corner of the world. I hope to count on you as allies in this adventure!

#2024withBinance

On November 24th, the first edition of the LATAM Crypto Festival will be held at #Venezuela , organized by the Solana Allstars team, a community committed to promoting the adoption of the #Solana blockchain in Latin America

Caracas will host the most important blockchain technology festival in the region with the participation of at least 2,500 attendees and 30 speakers

Discover the latest innovations, participate in interactive workshops and connect with industry leaders. Don't miss this unique opportunity to be part of the future of #blockchain

Payments giant Stripe has acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, the largest acquisition in the company's history

Stripe has recently brought back cryptocurrency payments for US businesses, supporting USDC on multiple blockchains

I am pleased to invite people in the city of Maracay to a cryptocurrency activity next Wednesday, October 23 at the Ceproaragua facilities

To participate, you can register through the link published on my Twitter account

Clifford Cripto @CriptoClifford on X

You can also go directly to the website to register

Luma / Solana Allstars Venezuela / Community Meetup Maracay

#SolanaAllStars

Electric car giant Tesla moves all of its #Bitcoin holdings to new addresses, around 11,509 $BTC

It's the first time #Tesla has touched its Bitcoin wallets since 2022

The PYUSD stablecoin saw its supply drop by 50% from $660 million to $320 million as liquidity incentive programs tapered off and yield farmers looked for better opportunities elsewhere.

Six #Solana -based DeFi protocols have surpassed $1 billion in total value locked (TVL) each, signaling a rally for the ecosystem with total TVL reaching $5.7 billion, levels last seen in January 2022

Japanese investment firm MetaPlanet buys another $6.7 million in #Bitcoin on Monday, bringing the company's total holdings to $639.50 $BTC

#Grayscale Trusts Receive Significant Crypto Transfers Over the Past Days

Grayscale Avalanche Trust Received 1446 Tokens $AVAX Valued at Around $35,590 Yesterday

Grayscale Chainlink Trust Received 4569 Tokens $LINK Valued at Around $50,580

Grayscale Aave Trust Received 1480 Tokens $AAVE Valued at Around $223,830

In September, NFTs hit their lowest monthly sales volume since January 2021 with a volume of $296 million, this figure represents a 20% decrease from August and an 81% drop from March, when sales of #NFT peaked at $1.6 billion

The number of NFT transactions also decreased in September, from 7.3 million in August to 4.9 million, which is a decrease of 32%

Bitcoin is the answer

#Uptober

State-owned postal service Pos Indonesia has unveiled its first non-fungible token (NFT) postage stamps, the announcement was made on the official Instagram page

The inaugural #NFT stamp will feature the image of a "bird of paradise", a physical version and an NFT version, and the collection will also be available as a booklet