На днях мне пришёл крутой девайс — Flipper Zero.
Flipper Zero — это электронный гаджет, который запустил на Kickstarter два года назад русский специалист по компьютерной безопасности Павел Жовнер. Кампания была супер успешна и собрала почти $5 млн! Об этом даже писали в Forbes, а автора приглашали на разные интервью и айти подкасты. Скорее всего, если вы айтишник, то слышали о проекте, а может даже купили себе Flipper.
В ходе кампании проект столкнулся с чудовищными сложностями. Пандемия и остановки производств. Кризис микрочипов. Дефекты сборки. Ребятам приходилось несколько раз менять сборочные линии, перепроектировать плату, искать для компонентов аналоги. Это при том, что вообще сам Кикстартер официально не работает с россиянами, а с китайцами по многочисленным рассказам не так просто договориться до подходящего уровня качества, если заказ не типовой. Отсюда много задержек, первая крупная партия была выпущена, кажется, на год позже, чем заявлено. Но даже в более мягких условиях очень многие проекты не выживают, не справляются с финансовым менеджментом, не просчитывают риски. А тут авторы очень круто везде среагировали и даже в некотором смысле вышли за границы возможного, чтобы выполнить свои обязательства. Моё уважение.
Базово Flipper это небольшой микропроцессор с оснасткой в виде радиомодулей и других средств беспроводной коммуникации. Глобально в этом нет ничего принципиально нового, что-то подобное и раньше мог собрать любой фанат электроники. Но есть несколько нюансов, которые делают устройство крайне любопытным.
Во-первых, кампания велась образцово. Привлекательная затравка и маркетинг «Flipper это тамагочи для хакеров!», регулярные обновления с подробными интересными статьями на радиолюбительские и программистские темы. По этой кампании можно учиться как в принципе презентовать и продвигать электронику на крауд-площадках, особенно в условиях задержек и кризисов.
Во-вторых, качество сборки и компоненты. Здесь лучшее железо по соотношению цена/функциональность, его подбирали люди, которые очень глубоко шарят в теме. Отличный UI/UX и эргономика. Оптимизированное энергопотребление.
В-третьих, что, наверное, самое важное: открытый исходный код прошивки и акцент на комьюнити, где энтузиасты могут писать всякие разные приложения.
На борту две RFID антенны на разные частоты, ИК-приёмопередатчик, субгигагерцовый радиопередатчик, контакты для iButton (у нас это называют "магнитный ключ" или "таблетка", типа как от домофонов), а также многофункциональные порты ввода-вывода GPIO. Из коробки устройство может, например, скопировать и повторить незашифрованный сигнал управления. Конечно, автомобиль вы так не откроете (странно было бы, если бы могли), но, например, на своих умных шторах я уже проверил: Flipper может записать сигнал от пульта штор на частоте 433МГц, а потом воспроизвести его, и шторы открываются! Ещё можно сохранять 125 кГц RFID электронные карты доступа и брелоки. У меня такой, например, от гаража. Что касается высокочастотного RFID (домофоны в новых домах, в паркингах), то есть нюансы, об этом я расскажу попозже.
Прямо сейчас каких-то фантастических функций всё же нет. Думаю, маркетинг частично сыграл злую шутку: некоторые купившие жалуются, типа, где тут кнопка "взломать всё", как в игре Watch Dogs? Даже при росте софтварной оснастки нужна определённая техническая грамотность, чтобы понять, что и как можно делать. Первые устройства только недавно поступили людям на руки, комьюнити разгоняется, документация пишется. Ещё нет ни SDK, ни толком хороших примеров. Персонально я считаю серьёзным недостатком, что в качестве места для сообщества выбран Discord: он совершенно не подходит на роль базы знаний, на закреплённых сообщениях далеко не уедешь.
Но потенциал у вещицы достаточно большой, как мне кажется. Буду писать иногда о своих экспериментах.
#gadgets#dev
🪙Storm Trade released Degen Mode
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Degen Mode — an ultra-leverage trading environment built for seasoned traders who can handle sharp price swings and rigorous risk controls.
At a glance:
Leverage: ×500 (fixed)
Pairs: TON, BTC, ETH, SOL
Trading fee: 0.02 % per order
Rollover: 0.005 % per hour (fixed)
P&L cap: ±300 % of margin
🫶 Advantages:
Capital efficiency. A 100 USDT deposit lets you command a 50 000 USDT position — handy if you’d rather not park large balances on the exchange.
Low friction. With flat rollover and rock-bottom fees, you can trade actively without overspending on funding costs.
Defined risk ceiling. Positions auto-close at ±300 % P&L, giving clear boundaries for both profit and loss.
😎Who might use it:
Scalpers & quants — hunting sub-percent moves with tight stops and automation.
Spot-portfolio hedgers — opening short hedges at ×500 to cover exposure around known volatility events (CPI, FOMC releases, etc.).
Strategy testers on small capital — leverage magnifies outcomes, so hypotheses can be validated quickly while risking only the posted margin.
⚡️Key considerations:
Extreme sensitivity: a 0.3 % move in the underlying equals ±150 % on your P&L.
Discipline required: without pre-set stops, liquidation risk is high.
Time cost: rollover is modest but compounds if positions stay open for long.
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📰 Araghchi’s Rubble Strategy: Bury the Material, Keep the Option
Iran’s message now is basically: the uranium lives, the war lives, the leverage lives — only the diplomacy is dead.
Iranian officials say much of their enriched uranium is literally “under the rubble” of bombed nuclear sites, not removed or destroyed, and could in principle be recovered later under IAEA supervision.
That turns the ruins into a form of insurance: the program is physically disrupted, but the key asset still exists in place, giving Tehran the option to resume or bargain from that baseline whenever it chooses.
At the same time, Araghchi’s line is that Iran sees no reason to negotiate with Washington now and is not asking for talks or a ceasefire, even as the IAEA keeps warning that the nuclear material “is still there, in large quantities.”
The combination is deliberate: the stockpile survives in a kind of limbo while the political channel is switched off, signaling that bombs can pause activity but have not erased Iran’s long‑term nuclear card.
On the maritime front, Tehran is doing something similar with the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials admit they are discussing safe passage for some countries’ ships, and Reuters and other outlets report that India has already secured exceptions for a small number of its vessels, with New Delhi publicly seeking broader safe passage for stranded tankers.
Turkey and others are also cited in coverage as having limited clearances, which means Hormuz isn’t closed in principle — it is being turned into a selective corridor where access depends on direct dealings with Iran.
So everything now comes with an asterisk. The enriched uranium is buried, not gone. Negotiations are frozen, not formally renounced. Hormuz is heavily restricted, not sealed shut, with carve‑outs for those willing to talk to Tehran.
That layered ambiguity is not an accident; it is policy — a way for Iran to show it can absorb strikes, keep pressure on the global system, and still retain bargaining power for the moment when everyone inevitably has to sit down at a table again.
#iran#nuclear#araghchi#hormuz#india#war#leverage
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🚀 Crypto Investor Huang Licheng Closes HYPE Position, Continues Ethereum Leverage
Crypto investor Huang Licheng has recently closed his HYPE long position, according to Odaily. He continues to increase his leverage on Ethereum, holding 12,300 ETH with a position value of $26.611 million and a liquidation price of $2,081.
#Crypto#Ethereum#HYPE#Leverage#Investor#ETH#Cryptocurrency
🚀 Whale Opens High-Leverage Bitcoin Short Position
A large cryptocurrency holder, identified by the address starting with 0x004, has opened a Bitcoin short position with 33x leverage. According to ChainCatcher, the average price for this position is $70,745, involving 200 BTC. The position currently shows a floating loss of 10%. Earlier today, the same address closed a previous Bitcoin short position at break-even and has now re-entered the market. This marks the fifth time this month that the address has opened a short position.
#Whale#Bitcoin#ShortPosition#Leverage#Cryptocurrency#BTC#ChainCatcher#FloatingLoss#Market#CryptoTrading
🚀 Loracle Expands Leveraged Positions in CL and TON
Loracle has increased its short position in CL to $19.76 million using 7x leverage, while also expanding its long position in TON with 5x leverage. According to Foresight News, Loracle holds long positions in BTC, NEAR, LIT, TAO, PAXG, and ENA, with a total value exceeding $47.17 million.
#Loracle#CL#TON#BTC#NEAR#LIT#TAO#PAXG#ENA#Leverage#CryptoTrading
🚀 BTC Decline Affects Whale's Investment Strategy
On April 13, BTC experienced a slight decline, impacting the HYPE token, which fell before recovering above $41. According to BlockBeats, a major investor known for profiting from a long BTC exchange rate strategy is facing pressure, with a capital withdrawal of $1.9 million this week.
The investor currently holds a BTC long position with 40x leverage, valued at $30.06 million at an average price of $70,557, and a HYPE short position with 5x leverage, valued at $23.03 million at an average price of $38.93. The positions were established during a previous HYPE surge, with the full setup completed by March 20, totaling approximately $53 million.
Since the establishment of these positions, the investor has incurred a net loss of about $1.32 million, with the portfolio yet to achieve positive returns.
#BTC#HYPE#WhaleInvestment#Leverage#CapitalWithdrawal#CryptoStrategy#BTCDecline#InvestmentLoss#CryptoMarket
🚀 Stablecoin-Like Tokens Backed by Strategy's Shares Surpass $100 Million
Since January, at least three issuers have introduced stablecoin-like tokens primarily backed by Strategy's Stretch perpetual preferred shares, collectively managing over $100 million. According to NS3.AI, these products expand Michael Saylor's borrow-to-buy-Bitcoin strategy into an additional layer of leverage, which remains vulnerable if Bitcoin's value declines.
#stablecoin#tokens#Strategy#Stretch#preferredshares#MichaelSaylor#borrowtobuy#Bitcoin#leverage#NS3AI#BTC
🚀 Cryptocurrency Whale Faces Losses Amid Market Fluctuations
On April 10, according to BlockBeats, monitoring by Hyperinsight revealed that a major cryptocurrency investor, known for leveraging market downturns, has faced challenges with their trading strategy. This investor has historically profited by betting on the 'BTC/altcoin' exchange rate during market declines. However, with Bitcoin stabilizing and HYPE gaining strength, surpassing $40 with a daily increase of over 5%, both sides of the investor's strategy are under pressure, resulting in a daily capital withdrawal of $900,000.
Currently, the investor holds a long position in Bitcoin with a 40x leverage, valued at $30.4 million, and a short position in HYPE with a 5x leverage, valued at $23.2 million. The investor began positioning during HYPE's previous surge and completed their setup by March 20, with a total scale of approximately $53 million. Since then, they have incurred a net loss of about $300,000, without achieving positive returns.
Previously, this investor employed a similar strategy, investing around $50 million to go long on Bitcoin while shorting eight other cryptocurrencies, including ETH, XRP, and ADA. This approach proved successful, maintaining a total cycle profit of approximately $37.1 million.
#Cryptocurrency#Whale#MarketFluctuations#Bitcoin#HYPE#Leverage#CapitalWithdrawal#BTC#Altcoin#InvestorLosses#CryptoStrategy#BlockBeats#Hyperinsight#XRP
🚀 Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Hits 14-Month Low Amid Institutional Strategy Shift
On April 11, the open interest in Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures fell to $8.41 billion, marking its lowest level in 14 months. According to BlockBeats, Glassnode analysts attribute this decline primarily to the unwinding of basis trades. Previously, this strategy involved establishing long positions through spot ETFs and hedging with short futures to earn the spread. However, the annualized returns have recently dropped from 15%-20% to around 5%, prompting institutions to take profits.
Additionally, the daily trading volume of CME Bitcoin futures has decreased to below $3 billion. Analysts suggest that as institutional demand shifts towards directly holding spot assets, the leverage in the futures market is significantly decreasing.
#BitcoinFutures#OpenInterest#CME#BasisTrades#InstitutionalStrategy#SpotETFs#FuturesMarket#Leverage#TradingVolume#BlockBeats#Glassnode#CryptoMarket#BTC