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JUST IN: Plasma's $XPL token has declined below its TGE price as enthusiasm for the Tether-backed cryptocurrency wanes, market data shows. 🦄Powered by White Horse

JUST IN: Binance CEO CZ revealed that Jeff (HL) was part of the YZILabs incubation cohort in Season 1 of 2018 under what was then Binance Labs. Unfortunately, the project failed, and YZILabs did not recoup any of its investment, though such outcomes are common. 🦄Powered by White Horse

Onchain: Vitalik Buterin transferred 6.29 million STRK tokens, valued at $1.09 million, to the Methuselah Foundation approximately 30 minutes ago. The Methuselah Foundation then sold 607,318 STRK for 24.15 ETH, worth $104,640. 🦄Powered by White Horse

🐋 Weekly Recap — Markets, Politics, and Power Plays ➡️ The old Bitcoin whale is back — opening a $438M short on 3,600 BTC while the price still holds above $121K. Someone’s testing the trend’s strength. ➡️ Trump rattles markets again saying the US might halt mass imports from China amid growing China–India ties. The rhetoric alone was enough to shake risk sentiment. ➡️ Senate rejects funding bills for the 7th time, extending the government shutdown. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recalled part of its staff to finish key inflation and unemployment reports before the late-October Fed meeting, though no release date is set. ➡️ EU mulls euro-backed stablecoins to counter the dominance of the dollar in global settlements, a direct challenge to US financial hegemony. ➡️ Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin no longer follows a 4-year halving cycle — instead, it tracks liquidity flows from the US and China. ➡️ Coinbase and Mastercard are in talks to acquire stablecoin issuer BVNK for $1.5–2.5B, aiming to expand their reach in global digital payments. Macro, politics, and whales - all moving at once. The next CPI print might decide which one leads. 🐴Powered by White Horse

JUST IN: According to the Wall Street Journal, traders on Polymarket are increasing bets that the government shutdown will extend until the end of October. 🦄Powered by White Horse

Onchain: Vitalik Buterin has sold some memecoins he received for free, netting 22.14 ETH valued at $96.4K. 🦄Powered by White Horse

📉 The Truth About This Altseason Time to face it - this cycle is different. In this altseason, you have no edge. Everyone’s already here Crypto isn’t underground anymore. Every taxi driver, barista, and high-school kid knows what’s pumping. The girl next to you at the café probably caught the meta before you even noticed it existed. ➡️ The crowd is playing better The taxi driver buys strong narratives and has cleaner entries. The “crypto housewife” just buys and holds, seeing Bitcoin as protection from currency decay. The school kid doesn’t overthink — he keeps half in BTC and sends the rest into memes, and somehow, he’s up more than you. ➡️The broken edge You’ve got experience, but it’s scarred. Too many cycles, too many rekt charts. Fear of entries, fear of holding, fear of being early. You call it discipline — it’s trauma. ➡️Meanwhile, the suits are winning Institutions, funds, the slowest and grayest players in finance — all sitting 3x up in Bitcoin. The very people you thought would miss the train are already onboard, quietly compounding. This time, there’s no asymmetric advantage, no secret alpha. The new wave doesn’t think — it just acts. And that’s why it’s winning. 🐴Powered by White Horse

JUST IN: Based has launched Based Streams, described as the first live streaming platform powered by Hyperliquid. 🦄Powered by White Horse

Everyone suddenly getting into perps. Everyone sliding up the risk. Everyone getting euphoric maximizing leverage. There’s one way this ends. Human nature never fails to keep cycles going — this time will not be different. 🐴Powered by White Horse

JUST IN: Changpeng Zhao claims that Google notified him of potentially detecting government-backed attackers attempting to steal his password. 🦄Powered by White Horse

JUST IN: Coinbase and Mastercard have engaged in late-stage talks to acquire the stablecoin startup BVNK for more than $2 billion, according to Fortune. 🦄Powered by White Horse

JUST IN: Chainlink has launched a high-quality RPC endpoint for the HyperEVM testnet, making it available as a public good. 🦄Powered by White Horse