Gold pushed above $4,400 per ounce, reaching its highest level in more than two months, with spot prices briefly touching around $4,435.
The move comes as traders reassess the U.S. rate outlook following weaker jobs data, while attention now turns to key U.S. inflation figures for clues on the Fed’s next move.
For gold, the important question is whether buyers can sustain momentum above $4,400—or whether rising oil prices, yields and renewed rate-hike expectations trigger another pullback. $RAD $BANANAS31 $MITO
SpaceX just posted its first public earnings, and the numbers were strong: revenue jumped 92% to $7.8B and beat estimates. Now the market is watching two things closely — the share lockup and rising AI costs. $HEI $BICO $BANK
#baby $BABY @BabylonLabs_io I've been thinking about Babylon from a user experience perspective, and I keep coming back to one idea: Bitcoin isn't difficult because of cryptography. It's difficult because every extra signing step makes people question whether they're about to make an irreversible mistake.
Babylon asks users to stay in control of their BTC while interacting with timelocks, staking transactions, registration steps, and wallet compatibility. None of these are flaws on their own, but together they raise the mental cost of participation.
What interests me most isn't the staking model. It's the interface between the protocol and the person holding the keys.
The projects that win won't necessarily be the ones with the smartest scripts. They'll be the ones that hide complexity without hiding ownership.
For me, that's the real benchmark. If I need to understand Bitcoin internals before I feel comfortable staking, the UX still has work to do. Self-custody should build confidence, not hesitation.
#baby $BABY @BabylonLabs_io One thing I keep coming back to with Babylon is that privacy isn't a simple yes or no.
Your BTC never leaves your control, and Taproot does a good job of hiding the staking script. But the on-chain footprint is still there. Over time, stake timing, UTXO patterns, and registration activity can reveal more than many people expect—including clues about the finality provider behind a stake.
#baby $BABY @BabylonLabs_io I keep noticing that people treat Babylon's interoperability as if it solves the same problem on every chain.
I don't think it does.
Inside the Cosmos ecosystem, the design feels clean. An IBC relayer moves checkpoints into Babylon, and Babylon validators verify and vote on them. The security model stays relatively consistent because the chains already speak a similar language.
Outside Cosmos, the picture changes.
I've seen this before with cross-chain infrastructure. The moment you move into different execution environments, "interoperability" becomes a proof-engineering problem. Every new ecosystem needs its own way to verify Bitcoin-backed security instead of plugging into one universal standard.
That's why I think Babylon's biggest challenge isn't adding more chains.
It's making the security model feel equally native everywhere without creating a different trust story for each integration.