"The chart just follows NVIDIA or Apple... that's it."
Then I asked myself a question:
If the real NVIDIA stock is trading at $100, what stops its bStock from trading at $110... or crashing to $90?
That question sent me down a rabbit hole. 🧵👇
Here's what I learned...
Imagine this:
📈 NVIDIA = $100 📈 NVIDIA bStock = $105
At first glance, that looks like free money.
Why?
Because if eligible participants can create new bStocks by backing them with real shares, they'll buy the $100 stock, create a bStock, and sell it for $105.
More sellers enter the market. Supply increases. The bStock price naturally moves back toward the real stock price.
Now flip the situation:
📉 NVIDIA = $100 📉 NVIDIA bStock = $95
Professional traders spot another opportunity.
They buy the cheaper bStock and, where the product structure allows, redeem it for the underlying share.
As bStocks leave the market, supply decreases, helping the price move back toward the real stock.
This process is called arbitrage.
The surprising part?
This isn't just a Binance thing.
The same creation and redemption mechanism is used in many ETFs and other asset-backed financial products to help keep prices aligned with the value of their underlying assets.
The more I learn about TradFi, the more I realize that price isn't held in place by magic...
It's held in place because markets reward people who eliminate price differences.
💡 That's one of the smartest mechanisms I've learned this year.
Now I'm curious about your opinion:
❓Do you think arbitrage is one of the greatest innovations in financial markets, or do you think there are even better mechanisms that keep markets efficient?
ngl, avant de lire plus sur @BabylonLabs_io , je pensais toujours que le Bitcoin n’était qu’une chose que les gens achètent, conservent et espèrent voir monter. puis j’ai commencé à lire sur les Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) et ça a un peu changé la façon dont je le vois. la partie intéressante n’est pas « faire bouger le BTC ». c’est « rendre le BTC utile ». utiliser le Bitcoin natif comme garantie tout en gardant la garde en self-custody, c’est le genre d’idée qui respecte vraiment ce qu’est le Bitcoin au lieu de le forcer à devenir autre chose. peut-être que ça prend du temps. peut-être que ça ne devient pas grand public du jour au lendemain. mais chaque grand changement dans la crypto commence généralement par quelqu’un qui pose une question simple... « pourquoi est-ce qu’on continue à faire ça à l’ancienne ? » c’est pour ça que je garde un œil sur ce que @BabylonLabs_io construit. curieux de voir où les TBV vont à partir de là.$BTC #baby $BABY
funny how Bitcoin has been around for so long, yet we're still finding new ways to actually use it. i used to think Bitcoin was mainly about buying, holding and hoping the price goes higher. but lately i've been asking myself... what if the next big step isn't about the price at all? what if it's about making native BTC useful without asking people to wrap it, bridge it or hand it over to someone else? that's why i've been reading more about what @BabylonLabs_io is building with Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV). the idea of using native Bitcoin as collateral while staying self-custodial feels like a different direction than what we've seen for years. the public testnet is already live, so now it's less about theory and more about seeing how people actually use it and what feedback they give. i'm genuinely curious to see where this goes over the next few months. sometimes the biggest changes don't come from creating a new asset... they come from finding better ways to use the one that's already here. #baby $BABY
Mon tout premier trade TradFi Futures $XAU sur Binance est officiellement clôturé. 🙌 Le profit est seulement de 0,10 $. Et beaucoup de gens pourraient l’ignorer. Mais pour moi, trader avec un portefeuille à petite marge, ce n’est pas une question d’argent. Il s’agit d’apprendre, de développer la discipline et d’acquérir une vraie expérience. Chaque trader prospère commence par un premier trade. Aujourd’hui, c’était le mien, et je suis ravi de continuer à apprendre, à m’améliorer et à rester constant, un trade à la fois. 🚀 #ShareMyTradFi
imagine you have something valuable sitting in your wallet, but every time you want to actually use it, you have to change it into something else first. that's kinda how Bitcoin in DeFi has felt to me. you have native BTC. you own it. you trust it. but when you want to use that value elsewhere, suddenly you're thinking about wrapping, bridging, and intermediaries. this is why i find what @BabylonLabs_io is working on with Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) interesting. the goal isn't to make Bitcoin into something else. it's to find a way for native BTC to actually be used as collateral across chains and applications. the first use case with Aave v4 is native Bitcoin-backed borrowing on testnet, and honestly, i think this is the kind of thing that makes Bitcoin's role in DeFi worth watching. because maybe the next step for Bitcoin isn't just asking "how high can it go?" maybe it's asking "what can we actually do with the Bitcoin we already have?" #baby $BABY
😂 Je jure que le marché a un problème personnel avec ma stratégie.
À chaque fois qu’une pièce pompe fort, je me dis : « non, laisse-la refroidir… j’attendrai une meilleure entrée ». Puis, au moment où je commence à penser : « d’accord, peut-être juste une petite poussée de plus et j’entre », le marché fait soudain demi-tour comme s’il m’avait entendu et se met à déverser. 😭
Mais quand je décide enfin : « bon, c’est le sommet… impossible que ça monte plus », et que j’entre en pensant que je vais attraper le retournement…
la pièce s’envole 🚀🚀🚀
vers le haut… et vers le haut… et VERS LE HAUT.
À ce moment-là, je ne regarde même plus le graphique. je regarde mes émotions se faire détruire bougie par bougie 😂
C’est comme si le marché savait exactement quand je suis confiant et choisissait ce moment précis pour me prouver que j’ai tort.
Peut-être que la vraie stratégie n’est pas l’analyse technique… c’est de comprendre ce que je suis sur le point de faire et de faire exactement le contraire. 💀📈📉 $ON
Ouais, je n’étais même pas en train de regarder $ON aujourd’hui...
puis j’ai ouvert le graphique et j’ai dû regarder deux fois.
il y a quelques semaines, cette chose se négociait autour de la zone des 0,10 $ et maintenant elle est au-dessus de 0,35 $. la bougie hebdomadaire crie littéralement « regardez-moi » 😂
mais ce qui a surtout attiré mon attention, ce n’était pas seulement le mouvement du prix. le volume a aussi soudainement énormément augmenté, ce qui me fait me demander si c’est juste un mouvement de momentum complètement dingue ou si quelque chose de plus grand est en train de se passer en coulisses.
en même temps, le RSI est déjà autour de 77, donc je ne vais clairement pas faire semblant que c’est une situation facile du genre « acheter maintenant et ça va monter ». après un mouvement comme celui-là, une correction ne me surprendrait pas du tout.
pour l’instant, je ne fais que surveiller une chose...
est-ce que $ON peut réellement tenir ces nouveaux niveaux ?
parce que c’est là que l’histoire commence vraiment, à mon avis.
i think the best way to understand a new idea is to actually try it instead of just reading about it. that's what caught my attention about the TBV testnet from @BabylonLabs_io . the idea behind Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) sounds simple on paper: use native BTC as collateral and explore borrowing without wrapping or bridging your Bitcoin. but the interesting part is being able to actually test the flow and see how this works in practice. native Bitcoin-backed borrowing with Aave v4 is live on public testnet, so this isn't just a concept being discussed on a whitepaper anymore. people can actually explore it, see how the process works and share feedback. i think that's important because the best products aren't built from assumptions. they're built by putting something in people's hands and learning what works. i'm curious to see how this develops from here. #baby $BABY
something i keep coming back to is how much value in crypto is basically sitting still. Bitcoin is a perfect example. people hold BTC for years, but actually using that BTC in the on-chain economy hasn't always been simple. what i find interesting about @BabylonLabs_io and Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) is the attempt to change that without asking Bitcoin holders to turn their BTC into something else. the idea is to make native Bitcoin usable as collateral across chains and applications, without wrapping, bridging or relying on intermediaries. to me, that's a pretty different way of looking at Bitcoin's role in DeFi. instead of asking "how do we create another version of BTC?", the question becomes "how do we make the BTC that already exists more useful?" the first TBV use case, native Bitcoin-backed borrowing with Aave v4, is already being explored on testnet. so now it gets really interesting to see how this idea develops in the real world. i think unlocking Bitcoin's existing liquidity could be one of the more important pieces of the next phase of DeFi. #baby $BABY
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I’ve been thinking about Bitcoin and DeFi lately, and there’s something that doesn’t really make sense to me. Bitcoin is probably the most recognized asset in crypto, but actually putting your BTC to work in DeFi can still feel complicated. You usually end up hearing about wrapping, bridging, or trusting some third party. That’s why I started paying more attention to what @BabylonLabs_io is building with Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV). The idea is actually pretty simple. What if you could use your native BTC as collateral without wrapping it, bridging it, or handing control to some centralized intermediary? TBV is trying to make that possible, and the first use case is native Bitcoin-backed borrowing with Aave v4 on testnet. I think this is the part that gets me interested. It’s not just about doing something new with Bitcoin. It’s about trying to unlock the value already sitting in Bitcoin and connect it with the wider on-chain economy. Still early, obviously. But I’m genuinely curious to see where this goes. Maybe Bitcoin doesn’t need to change. Maybe DeFi just needs a better way to work with it. #baby $BABY $BTC
I think one of the most interesting things @BabylonLabs_io is working on is Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV). Bitcoin has always had huge value, but putting that value to work in DeFi often meant wrapping BTC, bridging it, or relying on third parties. TBV takes a different approach by allowing native Bitcoin to be used as collateral. With native Bitcoin-backed borrowing on Aave v4 now available on testnet, users can explore borrowing supported assets against BTC while keeping self-custody. This could open up a whole new level of utility for Bitcoin in the on-chain economy. #baby $BABY $BTC
What excites you most about Babylon’s Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV)?
I’ve been exploring what @BabylonLabs_io is building, and one thing that really stands out to me is Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV). The idea of using native BTC as collateral in DeFi without wrapping, bridging, or relying on centralized intermediaries could make Bitcoin much more useful beyond just holding. It’s an interesting step toward bringing Bitcoin liquidity deeper into the on-chain economy. #baby $BABY
Bitcoin is the largest crypto asset, but its DeFi utility has often required wrapping or intermediaries. Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) changes that by enabling native BTC as collateral without wrapping, bridging, or centralized intermediaries. Native Bitcoin-backed borrowing on Aave v4 is now live on testnet. @BabylonLabs_io #baby $BABY
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