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Craziest thing I've seen in a while:
• Someone buys $4M worth of BONK
• Then posts a DAO proposal asking to transfer $20M in BONK to themselves
• Waits 7 days without anyone noticing
• Then votes "yes" with their own BONK holdings, and the proposal passes
• $20M is transferred to them

And now the Bonk team has suddenly realized they lost $20M.
This wasn't even a hack. The proposal passed because no
$BONK holders checked the governance forum.
Insane to see the current state of DAOs.

CZ in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Changpeng Zhao (@CZ ) the visited alem.ai in Kazakhstan, spotlighting the country’s growing ambition to become a regional hub for blockchain, AI, and digital finance.

During the visit, Binance and Alatau City Bank demonstrated live crypto payments, while new CryptoCity AI and data-center projects were presented.

The visit concluded with a new Memorandum of Understanding, strengthening cooperation and Kazakhstan’s push to build the infrastructure for the next generation of digital finance.

Crypto, AI, banking, and infrastructure are converging and Kazakhstan wants to be at the center of it.

Source: Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

#CZ #ZECHitsANewAllTimeHigh

Why $ZEC just broke $1,000 for the first time ever?

Privacy coins just had their biggest moment in years

ZEC up 28% in a week 94% for the month crossed 1,000 dollars for the first time ever touched an intraday high near 1,046 before pulling back a bit

here's what's actually driving it

grayscale converted their old zcash trust into an actual listed etf on nyse arca ticker zcsh back on august 25

that's the first U.S spot etf ever offering direct exposure to a privacy coin regular brokerage account access to zec without touching a wallet or an exchange

pulled in around 414 million in net inflows already since launch strongest single day was 12.6 million just this week

on top of that shorts got absolutely wrecked as price punched through 1,000 about 34.5 million in short positions liquidated in a matter of hours

grayscale's been actively pushing the scarcity story too 21 million coin hard cap same framing bitcoin uses hard money narrative meets growing demand for financial privacy

even the network itself is showing real activity not just speculation solrate basically the network's computing power jumped from 25 to over 30 gsol per second in about a week

market cap now sitting near 17 billion officially the largest privacy coin ahead of monero for the first time ever

worth being honest about the risk here too open interest is at historic highs alongside price several analysts are flagging this as genuine liquidation risk in both directions not just upside

support sitting around 764 to 900 next targets if this holds are 1,100 then 1,300

privacy coins went from forgotten corner of the market to the center of attention in about two weeks

$ZEC $BTC

#ZECHitsANewAllTimeHigh

quick fundamental breakdown because this matters more than any chart right now

august's rally from 63k to 81k wasn't organic

it was triggered by the treasury's august 19 bond buyback announcement roughly 80% of that month's etf inflows landed in the two weeks right after that single news item

since then the backdrop flipped

oil back above 95 a barrel after renewed us iran strikes near the strait of hormuz

pce inflation running at 3.7% annually 4.1% over six months both well above the fed's 2% target

fed hike odds for the september 16 meeting jumped from 37% to 70% in about a week

barclays now expects two hikes before year end bnp paribas is calling for three starting december reversing every cut made in 2025

etf flows are already reacting nine straight days of inflows just turned into a 236 million dollar single day outflow

my honest read

the buyback bought a real rally not a fixed inflation problem

hike on the 16th that's genuine pressure higher rates compete directly with holding a non yielding asset

hold despite the pressure that's actually more bullish than people think

either way september 16 matters more than any level on any chart right now

$BTC

#ZECHitsANewAllTimeHigh #BTCTops$80K #USAugustJobGrowthNearlyTriplesForecast

update on the saylor watch we've been tracking

strategy just resumed bitcoin purchases with a 369.7 million dollar acquisition

remember the hint a few weeks back this confirms it wasn't just talk

pattern's held up exactly like we called it quiet during weakness loud again once conviction returns

$BTC $MSTR

🚨 BREAKING: Pakistan is looking to Hong Kong for its tokenized finance playbook.

Pakistan is exploring blockchain based finance, including:

- Tokenized government bonds & Sukuk
- Regulated digital assets
- Tokenized capital markets

What does this mean?

Financial assets like bonds could be issued, traded and settled digitally on blockchain, making markets potentially faster, more accessible and transparent.

Pakistan could be taking a major step toward a blockchain powered financial system. 🚀

quiet but genuinely big one today

the london stock exchange is working with kraken's parent company payward to bring the biggest uk listed stocks onchain using payward's xstocks tokenized equity framework

a g7 stock exchange partnering directly with a crypto native company to tokenize equities

this is the same theme we've been tracking all month traditional finance infrastructure quietly rebuilding itself on blockchain rails one partnership at a time

not a price story a plumbing story

$BTC

posting my live btc chart today so you can see exactly what i'm watching

price sitting at 76,631 down 1.35% this week after tapping a high of 79,250 and getting rejected right below that 80k level

that rejection matters

80k is turning into real resistance right now second time price has approached it and gotten sold into over the past few weeks

zoom out on the weekly and the bigger picture is actually encouraging though

we ran all the way to 128k late last year then crashed hard down to the 58 to 60k zone earlier this year

the recovery leg since then has been strong climbing back from 58k toward 80k in a matter of weeks

but here's what i'm actually watching closely right now volume on this leg up is noticeably lighter than the volume during last year's rally and this year's crash

lighter volume rallies can move fast but they're also more fragile less conviction behind every green candle

76 to 77k is acting as the local support zone right now same area that was resistance back in late 2024 old resistance becoming new support is a healthy structural sign if it holds

game plan from here

reclaim and hold above 80k with real volume that's a genuine bullish continuation signal

lose 76k with conviction and we're probably heading back to retest the 72 to 73k zone before any next leg up

right now we're sitting in the decision zone not trending clearly in either direction

not financial advice just how i'm reading my own chart today

$BTC

michael saylor just hinted at strategy's first bitcoin purchase in two months

small detail big signal

the company's 840,447 btc stash is already sitting on a paper profit north of 2.8 billion dollars after this month's rally average buy price around 75,653 against btc trading near 79k

saylor going quiet on purchases for two months during the dip then hinting at buying again right as price recovers is exactly the kind of behavior worth watching not the headline itself

$BTC $MSTR

U.S hit Iran again this weekend

oil jumped stocks dropped

$BTC barely blinked

still sitting as august's best performing major asset even through the headline

that's a real shift from earlier this year when any middle east escalation triggered a straight red candle panic across crypto

btc dominance also climbing back above 60% right now

feels like the market finally stopped flinching at every geopolitical headline and started pricing things more on fundamentals than fear

worth noting not celebrating headlines like this are still real risk just less of an automatic sell trigger than they used to be

$BTC

#USIranMilitaryClashesResume #GoldFalls5.5%From3MonthHigh

buried under today's price action is a story that matters way more long term than any candle

an anthropic ai model reportedly cut the computational work needed to break a leading post quantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million

that's not a typo 67 million times more efficient at breaking future proof cryptography than previously thought possible

same week both bitcoin and ethereum published their own quantum migration plans

this is the first time the timeline for quantum threats to crypto has felt less like a decades away hypothetical and more like an active engineering problem both networks are now racing to solve

doesn't mean your coins are unsafe today
means the people building this infrastructure are taking the threat seriously enough to publish actual roadmaps

worth paying attention to over the next few years this is the kind of story that quietly decides which chains stay secure long term

$BTC $ETH

#AntiQuantumBitcoinTransactionMinedOnMainnet #BitcoinSpotETFEnds9DayInflowStreak

glassnode just flagged something worth watching

they're warning of a real supply wall sitting between 81,000 and 86,000

meaning a large cluster of holders are sitting on coins bought in that range and likely to sell into any rally back toward it

that lines up almost perfectly with today's pullback from just under 81k

if btc tries to push back up toward that zone expect real resistance not just noise

this is the difference between watching price and understanding why price moves where it does

$BTC

Yo whats the catalyst here?

$SOL touched $110 yesterday

Was expecting the pump on $SOL

But it didn't really followed the structure

But anyways, if you bought it

Then congratulation, you're in profit

#BTC #solana

$RENDER didnt really followed the structure as i told

It sweeps the liquidity below major demand zone

Now it is up 30% from there

If you had bought this & hold it, you might be in a good profit

#USIranReportedlyReachCeasefireConsensus #OpenAIReportedlyCompletesBelModelPretraining

quick heads up for anyone not watching the calendar

jackson hole economic policy symposium runs august 27 through 29

fed chair warsh speaks friday august 28

this is the event that actually matters more than any single day's price move right now

markets have been trading off treasury buyback expectations and dollar weakness for over a week straight

warsh's tone at jackson hole either confirms that easier policy backdrop or pushes back against it

position sizing this week should probably account for that speech being a real volatility event not just background noise

$BTC

Btc isn't running alone

$ETH sitting near 2,430
$XRP up near 1.50
$SOL up over 96
$BNB pushing 700

broad based strength across majors not just a btc specific pump

when alts move together with btc during a rally like this it usually signals real risk appetite returning across the market not just one asset getting bid up in isolation

worth watching which of these holds strength if btc does cool off from these rsi extremes

#USTariffsOnCanadianGoodsTakeEffect #GrayscaleFilesFifthZECETFAmendment

quiet but important story happening this week

bitmart just announced it's winding down its entire trading platform after 9 years

halted new signups deposits and orders immediately trading fully stops august 26 full shutdown by january 2027

this comes just days after bitmex the derivatives exchange also announced its own shutdown

two established exchanges gone in the same week

not a hack not an exploit just business reality catching up

worth remembering to always check withdrawal processes early if you're on any smaller exchange sanctions and source of funds checks can slow things down fast once a shutdown starts

diversify where you hold not just what you hold

$BTC

#AppleChipShortageHurtsSalesForecast #BTC

$SOL looking good here

Might break this symmetrical triangle

If Fed holds the rates steady, there's 70% odds they will hold rates steady

Keep an eye.

#BTC #BitcoinMiningDifficultyMayFall1.2%

you cannot make this up

a farm in Brazil just tokenized 10 dairy cows using ai powered smart collars

used them as digital collateral to secure 100,000 reais in financing

actual livestock now sitting on chain as collateral tracked in real time by AI

we spend all day talking about spot etfs and treasury allocations and meanwhile somewhere in Brazil a cow is now more liquid than half the alts on your watchlist

tokenized real world assets aren't some future concept anymore

they're literally mooing right now

$BTC

#BitcoinMiningDifficultyMayFall1.2% #AI #BTC