• March 14, 2025
Shiba Inu New Adoption Rate Collapses to 2-Year Low: What’s Happening?

Shiba Inu New Adoption Rate Collapses to 2-Year Low: What’s Happening?

Recent analysis suggests that Shiba Inu’s new adoption has regressed with its prices, hitting a multi-year low on Monday. Shiba Inu’s struggles have gone beyond its price underperformance; the prominent meme coin’s new adoption rate has also dropped below its yearly threshold. The latest regression comes despite recent bullish developments from the ecosystem’s collaboration with…

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International Organizations Can Help DOGE Deregulate

Days after the election of President Donald J. Trump and the announcement that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the two advisors to the then-incoming President published a widely read op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled, “The DOGE Plan to Reform Government.” In their piece, Musk and…

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95% of XRP Holders at Risk of Being Priced Out: Expert Shares Concerns and Solutions

In a recent video, Edoardo Farina, Founder of Alpha Lions Academy, highlighted a growing concern within the XRP community. According to him, more and more holders are at risk of being priced out of the market as the value of XRP continues to surge. As of today, it now takes 2,500 XRP or $6,500 to…

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Hoisted from Comments: A Discussion of China’s Faltering Growth

An example of the comments section at work, here on China, with both some very informative reader content and some sour notes.

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Bitcoin 200DMA Rises Above $80K in Sign of Key Bull Market Support

Bitcoin may have formed a new key support level in the current bull market. In an X post on Monday, February 17, prominent Bitcoin analyst “Wicked” highlighted that the asset’s 200-day moving average had passed the $80,000 price level for the first time. Specifically, at the time of writing, the 200 DMA is at $80,343.61.…

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We Are Restoring Comments

We are restoring comments. Please read this post in full before commenting.

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Tether Eyes Majority Stake in Latin American Agro Firm Adecoagro with $12.41 per Share Offer

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, is seeking to increase its stake in Latin American agricultural company Adecoagro.  Adecoagro disclosed the development today, noting that it received an offer from a subsidiary of Tether to increase its stake to 51%.  Tether had invested in Adecoagro on different occasions, including a $100 million…

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2:00PM Water Cooler 2/17/2025

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Humphrey’s Executor on the chopping block; Elon’s (putative) baby momma; Velvet ropes and the American dream ~

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Unknown Wallet Sends Broccoli and BNB to Binance Founder Hours After He Donated to Help LIBRA Victims

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) recently donated BNB tokens to support investors affected by the LIBRA meme coin collapse.  The donation came as part of a charitable effort launched by a college student, Enheng, who aimed to help victims recover some of their losses. However, CZ’s involvement in the situation has led to a series…

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Robinhood to Launch Crypto Services in Singapore This Year

Prominent financial service firm Robinhood is set to expand its crypto services to Singapore this year. The move marks a significant step in its international growth strategy. It follows the company’s acquisition of the European crypto asset exchange Bitstamp in June 2024 for $200 million.  Robinhood intends to leverage Bitstamp’s existing licenses and regulatory approvals…

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Reviewing Efforts to Replace the Affordable Care Act

Over 45 million individuals receive health insurance only because of the Patient and Protection Affordable Care Act (ACA). As the ACA approaches its fifteenth anniversary, the statute will likely face opposition from the Trump Administration. A recent leak of potential cuts to federal health care financing underscores the increasing importance of understanding where the ACA…

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Who Is Driving the Global Privatization of Domestic Infrastructure?

An otherwise informative post about the extent and hazards of infrastructure sales misses who the real bad actors are.

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Solana Bearish Trend Deepens, Underperforming Bitcoin Amid Meme Coin Bust

Solana has seen a challenging market performance in recent weeks, posting a significant 32% price drop over the past 30 days. This marks a more bearish trend compared to Bitcoin’s more modest decline during the same period. Data from Glassnode reveals that Solana outperformed Ethereum on 23 out of 49 days since the start of…

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“We Must Fund Oppositions Properly to Save Democracy”

The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf, like quite a few others, looks for ways to save democracy from itself, as in rule by voters.

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