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CNN noted an interesting pattern: Donald Trump positively mentioned on Truth Social company shares that he already owned at least 44 times. These include Nvidia, Tesla, Boeing, RTX, and Northrop Grumman.

The White House says that the investment portfolio is managed by independent financial managers, so there is no conflict of interest. At the same time, the assets have not been placed in a “blind trust,” so the question of how well the president knows the structure of his own portfolio remains a matter of public debate.

It’s important not to replace facts with conclusions. A coincidence between owning shares and positive posts by itself does not prove market manipulation or the use of official position. But it is, quite naturally, drawing the attention of journalists and regulatory experts.

Modern markets are increasingly analyzing not only financial reports, but also the social media feeds of politicians. And this is already a separate reality that investors have to adapt to.

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Once traders fought for faster internet. Now - for faster access to Donald Trump posts.

Trump Media has introduced the Truth API, a paid service for banks, funds, and algorithmic traders. It will provide the fastest access to publications from ten of the most influential Truth Social accounts, including Donald Trump's account. The company directly positions the product for those who trade on news—and for whom even the slightest delay has a price.

The very fact that such a service exists says something else too: the market has already acknowledged that certain posts can move asset prices. If information can be monetized, then very quickly a business appears that sells faster access to it.

What’s most interesting here isn’t even the API. It’s that an information advantage is gradually becoming a separate commodity. Markets are competing less for better analysis and more for who will see the news first.

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One month ago, SpaceX’s IPO was called one of the loudest events of the year. Now $SPCX are already trading below the $135 offering price, and the biggest winners from this drop have not been buyers, but short sellers.

According to Ortex estimates, sellers “short” have already raked in about $8.7 billion in paper gains. At the same time, short interest in the shares continues to rise, indicating a high level of distrust among part of the market in the company’s current valuation.

It’s important to remember that this does not mean the market has “proved” that SpaceX is overvalued. The short sellers’ profit exists only as long as positions remain open, and a high concentration of short positions can itself make price moves even more erratic in both directions.

The market loves stories about undeniable winners and undeniable losers. In reality, after loud IPOs it most often just seeks a fair price. If you’re interested in such analyses without the informational noise—follow @MoonMan567

Researchers from Stanford said they found signs of manipulation in Polymarket’s 5-minute BTC contracts.

After launching this format, they recorded a repeating pattern: in the last seconds before expiration, large one-sided trades appeared; the price $BTC was moved by exactly enough to determine the outcome of the contract, and then quickly returned back after settlement. According to the authors, this way a separate group of traders could have earned over $8 million mostly at the expense of retail participants.

At the same time, this does not mean that the entire Polymarket market is manipulated. The study focuses specifically on ultra-short contracts settled at the spot price, where a brief price displacement could affect the final result. The authors also note that for 15-minute contracts, this effect was almost not observed.

The story is reminiscent of a simple point: the shorter the time horizon, the more importance lies not in the forecast, but in the settlement mechanics itself. Sometimes the biggest risk is hidden not in the direction of the price move, but in the rules of the game.

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The Russian stock market sent a signal that is hard to explain with TV propaganda.

For the first time since autumn 2022, the Moscow Exchange index fell below 2100 points. For investors, this means that the outlook for Russian companies continues to deteriorate despite official statements about the “stability of the economy.”

There are several reasons: high interest rates, weak economic growth, sanctions pressure, and declining corporate profits. The stock market typically looks ahead rather than assessing what has already happened.

That’s why a gap often forms between the headlines of state media and investor behavior. The first may talk for years about “economic stability.” The second risk their own money. And when these two pictures don’t match, the market is usually more honest than political claims.

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Inflation in the US once again pleasantly surprised the market.

Both overall CPI and core inflation came in below expectations. Moreover, the monthly core figure was 0.0%, and the overall CPI for the month turned negative (-0.4%). This indicates that price pressures in June were weaker than economists expected.

For the crypto market, this matters not because lower inflation automatically means prices will rise $BTC . That conclusion would be too simple.

Instead, weaker inflation data can reduce pressure on the Federal Reserve regarding further tightening of monetary policy. And this is one of the factors that investors across all risky assets closely watch.

One report doesn’t change the Fed’s policy. But when macro data starts coming in systematically better than expected, the market quickly revises its outlook. And that often moves prices more than loud social media headlines.

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Do you remember the story about how, for Donald Trump, there was effectively an attempt to create a “tax immunity” regime?

Apparently, this story has continued.

A federal judge overturned an agreement that was meant to permanently deprive the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the ability to audit Trump’s tax returns and those of his family members. Now the IRS can audit again if there are lawful grounds to do so.

This does not mean that Trump broke the law. And it does not mean that audits will necessarily happen. But the court has effectively removed a mechanism that gave one political family exceptional conditions.

In a democracy, the greatest value of the law lies not in the severity of punishment, but in the fact that the rules must be the same for everyone. The moment an exception category of “don’t audit” appears for someone, the questions are no longer for the tax authority—they’re for the system itself.

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India is once again returning to the idea of strict restrictions on cryptocurrencies.

According to local media, the Reserve Bank of India has recommended tightening control over crypto assets, including a possible ban on private cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. So far, this is not a government decision, but the position of the central bank; therefore, talking about a future ban as a fait accompli is premature.

Notably, this comes amid rapid growth of the crypto market in the country. Despite a 30% tax on profits from cryptocurrency transactions, a significant portion of market participants—according to authorities’ estimates—does not declare their income, and the use of overseas exchanges makes it harder to monitor the movement of funds.

If the government’s main goal is to fight tax evasion, a complete ban on cryptocurrencies is not necessarily the solution. History has repeatedly shown that bans often only shift activity to less transparent jurisdictions or into the shadow sector.

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The fight for crypto regulation in the US is moving into the political arena.

Donald Trump urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act as quickly as possible—a bill that would define exactly how the crypto market in the US will be regulated and what powers the regulators will be granted.

Considerable optimistic expectations have already formed around the document. Some analysts believe that clear rules could make it easier for large institutional capital to enter. At the same time, that is only an assessment, not a guaranteed scenario.

For the market, another point is more important. For many years, the crypto industry’s main complaint against the US authorities has not been the strictness of regulation, but its unpredictability. If the CLARITY Act really sets out clear rules of the game, it could turn out to be more valuable than any loud predictions about future capital flows.

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For five days, I dissected GRVT word by word, one at a time. In the end, I take what sells the loudest: “without KYC”.

Technically, it’s true. In August 2025, GRVT removed mandatory verification—log in via the mail and trade. I did the same way; no one asked for documents.

And now the asterisk that isn’t on the banners. KYC is still required in two places, and both are where your money sits. First: to claim the token at TGE. Second: to raise the withdrawal limit above 50,000 USDT per day.

Read it again. Verification isn’t needed to get in. It’s needed to get out.

This isn’t a trap, it’s a sequence of actions. But the sequence has a price. People hear “without KYC” and build the whole picture: I’m anonymous, I’m free, I can take what’s mine anytime. In reality, anonymity here is a feature of entry, not of exit.

And here’s what I figured out after a week with GRVT: every loud claim turned out to be true exactly halfway. “Regulated” — but funds aren’t protected. “24/7” — but the perp market sleeps. “11% APY” — but 3.5% and only after 5 trades. “Without KYC” — but not when you withdraw.

None of this is a lie. Marketing just calls the half that looks prettier, and leaves you to find the other half yourself.

Be honest: did you read the terms through to the asterisk—was there enough of a good line on the banner? @grvt_io #grvt

Token $LAB lost about 99% of its value over the week. But the biggest uproar was caused not by the drop itself.

Crypto detective ZachXBT publicly accused Bitget of allegedly allowing certain market makers to manipulate the supply of low-liquidity tokens. According to him, similar issues had previously arisen around RAVE, RIVER, SIREN, and other projects, but the promised investigations never resulted in publicly available findings.

At the same time, it’s important to understand: this is ZachXBT’s accusation, not an independently proven fact. As of the time of publication, there are no official conclusions from regulators confirming Bitget’s involvement in possible manipulation.

Stories like this remind us of a simple thing. In crypto, investors often judge only the project itself, while it’s no less important to understand who provides liquidity, how the market is formed, and whether its infrastructure can be trusted. These questions often determine the fate of a token more than a beautiful whitepaper.

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I'm tired of reading about GRVT from releases. I opened the app and started clicking myself. I found something that isn't mentioned in any announcement.

In the top menu there are two identical numbers: Invest 11% APY, Earn 11% APY. A round number right in front of your eyes on every screen.

I open Earn. It says: 3.50% per year. Not 11. And even these 3.50% are locked. To unlock them, you need to make 5 deals. Then "plus 1%" — for the traded volume. Another "plus 1%" — for the friend you refer. The return doesn’t accrue just because the money is sitting there. You have to earn it through activity.

I open Invest. The same 11% — that's the target return, the goal, not the actual earned yield. The product is labeled as BETA.

And that’s where I got thrown off. I wrote two days ago that the collateral on GRVT works as long as it stays put. I checked with my own hands—and I have to clarify: part of this yield isn’t passive; it’s tied to how much you trade and who you bring in.

This isn’t a scam. Everything is written in the interface: "up to", "target", "beta". It’s just that 11% hangs in the menu, and inside there are 3.50% with conditions. Two most expensive words in finance are "up to" and "target".

What interests me here isn’t the brand, but habit. We read a big number and we add up the rest in our heads ourselves.

Have you checked what exactly you’re promised the percentage for—or did the number suffice? @grvt_io #grvt

Crypto is entering politics ever more actively. And now the question is not about regulation, but about conflicts of interest.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed adding a provision to the CLARITY Act bill that would prohibit the U.S. president, vice president, members of the administration, members of Congress, and their families from receiving income from the crypto industry.

The initiative came after the release of Donald Trump’s financial disclosure, which once again drew attention to his cryptocurrency assets and the income associated with them.

So far, this is only a proposal, not a binding law. But the very appearance of such an amendment shows that in Washington people are increasingly discussing not only rules for the crypto market, but also whether politicians should personally profit from the industry they regulate.

It seems that in the coming years the main disputes around crypto will revolve not only around technologies or prices, but also around the ethical boundaries for those who set the rules of the game. If you’re interested in exploring these topics without the information noise—subscribe to @MoonMan567

JPMorgan criticized the new Strategy policy regarding $BTC .

The bank believes that the launch of the BTC Monetization Program has created an unnecessary “two-way risk” for the market. If previously the company was associated almost exclusively with buying bitcoin, now it officially allows selling it if needed.

The program allows Strategy to use part of its reserves to replenish cash holdings, pay dividends, cover interest expenses, and also repurchase shares. The total amount of funding within its scope can reach $1.25 billion.

At the same time, it is important not to overstate the significance of this news. JPMorgan does not claim that Strategy plans to sell its holdings right now. The criticism is about the very fact of the appearance of such a mechanism, which, in the bank’s opinion, adds uncertainty to the market.

It seems that Strategy’s biggest asset today is not only its bitcoins, but also investors’ confidence that the company will remain consistent in its strategy. If you’re interested in unpacking such nuances without information noise—subscribe to @MoonMan567

The temptation sounds like this: one balance and you’re trading gold, oil, Tesla shares at three in the morning. No broker, no “market is closed.” I was glued to it until I asked a boring question: what exactly am I holding in my hands?

The answer is cold. A RWA-perp from @grvt_io - is not a stock. It’s a contract for the price. You’re not an owner: no dividends, no voting power, no rights to the company. It’s a bet, indexed to the price, not a share of the business. The GRVT project doesn’t hide it either— in their materials it’s stated plainly: price movement without owning the underlying asset.

And that’s where I flinched. In July there was a stock split for CRWD. A real shareholder on such a day doesn’t do anything— they simply end up with more shares. But here, according to their own documentation, trading was put on pause, orders were canceled, and positions were recalculated automatically. That’s it—the whole difference between “I have a stock” and “I have a contract on its price.”

Second. “Market 24/7” is about your button, not about the market. At night, the exchange where those shares are traded is closed. The price comes from an oracle, and the news arrives as a gap on the open. You trade continuously what is actually intermittent.

I’m not saying “bad.” I’m saying: it’s a different instrument than it looks from the cover, and confusing them is expensive.

And have you already separated where ownership ends and exposure begins? #grvt

What stresses me most in crypto isn’t the risk itself—you get used to it. What stresses me is when risk is repainted into comfort, as if it’s already gone.

Here’s self-custody on GRVT. Funds are in your smart-account wallet, the settlement is on-chain. After FTX and Celsius, it hits a painful nerve: the exchange can’t physically just run off with what’s sitting in your account. And it honestly works—the counterparty risk is removed.

But I caught myself exhaling too early. The risk hasn’t disappeared—it moved in with me. Your key is with you—and the blame for a lost key is on you too. There’s no “reset password” button. This isn’t default security—it’s security shifted onto your shoulders, and I’d rather they said that out loud, not between the lines.

And these days, GRVT added another layer. Collateral isn’t just sitting idle—it automatically goes into the income engine and earns while you’re not in the position. But capital that always works is capital that’s always placed somewhere. “Funds in my wallet” and “funds constantly in external protocols” are different levels of peace of mind.

I’m not against the model. I’m against confusing control with peace. There’s more control here—but also more of what you personally are responsible for.

And for you, self-custody— is it already freedom, or still an unnamed responsibility? @grvt_io #grvt

Polymarket is preparing to return to the US market under new rules.

The platform has filed an application to obtain a license that in the future may allow it to offer margin trading services in the US. For now, this is only a regulatory stage—the decision still needs to be made by US oversight authorities.

If approval is granted, Polymarket will be able to offer users tools that previously were mainly associated with crypto exchanges and the derivatives market.

A few years ago, the company left the US amid regulatory allegations. Now it is trying to return through an official licensing process. And this, it seems, is a much more important signal to the industry than the very emergence of margin trading.

When crypto companies stop arguing with regulators and start getting licenses, it often means the market is maturing. If you’re interested in keeping up with these changes, follow @MoonMan567

While the market debates whether the drop of $BTC to ~ $64,000 was just another wave of panic, Standard Chartered has not changed its forecast: the bank continues to expect $100,000 for Bitcoin by the end of 2026.

An important nuance: this is not a new forecast, but a confirmation of the previous assessment after a sharp market decline. The bank analyst, Jeff Kendrick, also said that the issues surrounding Strategy, in his view, are primarily related to communication about selling part of $BTC , rather than the company’s financial resilience.

For me, something else is more interesting. A few years ago, large banks mostly explained why Bitcoin should not be taken seriously. Now they publicly defend their long-term models even after painful market drawdowns.

That doesn’t automatically make the forecast correct. But the very fact that the discussion has shifted from “will Bitcoin survive?” to “what will its price be in a few years?” says a lot about how the market has changed.

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When you see a number like -$10 billion, it’s easy to think the market is panicking.

But the chart shows something more interesting.

Over the last 30 days, owners $BTC have recorded about $10 billion in net realized losses. The key word here is realized. This is not about those who are simply sitting in the red, but about investors who actually sold their coins cheaper than they bought them.

Such spikes usually occur at moments when some participants capitulate. That’s why on-chain analysts closely watch this metric: it doesn’t reflect emotions on social media, but real losses already recorded on the blockchain.

That said, one such signal doesn’t mean the bottom has already been found. Historically, periods of mass loss realization were often accompanied by the final phase of market cleansing, but they could last a bit longer before the trend finally changed.

That’s why on-chain metrics should be seen as a tool for understanding market participants’ behavior, not as a generator of “buy” or “sell” signals.

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