Ki Young Ju, the founder of CryptoQuant, has taken to X like a man with a quill and a grudge, declaring that the platform’s algorithm is as subtle as a sledgehammer. Instead of whacking bots, it’s punishing honest folks who dare to mention “crypto” with a straight face. 🧠
even giants trim their sails when the wind shifts.
Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year weekly returns.
Was it prudence or vanity that drove him to pare his stake so sharply? The numbers speak of strategy, yet the soul whispers of uncertainty.
All based on an SEC “weighted average” of about $19.22 a share; market close at $19.26 for that extra dash of fiscal flamboyance.
You see, SLYG and VBK might both chase the same rabbit-fast-growin’ small firms-but their trails diverge like a fork in the Mississippi. One’s a penny-pincher with a 0.07% expense ratio (VBK), the other’s a spendthrift at 0.15%. One’s a galleon with $39.7 billion in treasure (VBK), the other a skiff with $3.7 billion. And when the market thunderstorm rolls in? VBK’s liable to tilt like a drunken rooster, what with a beta of 1.43 versus SLYG’s 1.18.
Yet, lo! The first day of sorrow arrived, a black mark upon the ledger of progress. But fear not, for even in this abyss of despair, the XRP ETFs ascended to new heights, their weekly trading volume a testament to the fickle nature of human desire-double the previous week’s folly, a mere whisper compared to the grandeur of December’s prior triumph. Is this not the tale of our time? A tale of hubris, of fleeting glory, and of markets that dance to the tune of chaos?
Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($27.51); post-transaction value based on Thursday market close ($28.30).
It is a compelling narrative. It is also increasingly disconnected from reality. After five years of explosive experimentation, DeFi has built an extraordinary parallel financial system – but almost all of it still depends on the very infrastructure it claims to be replacing. We did not build new rails. We built new products on top of old ones. And that distinction is not cosmetic. It is the core reason why DeFi has failed to change or revolutionize financial services meaningfully. 🧠
USDT has emerged as a critical financial lifeline in Venezuela amid sanctions pressure and economic instability. The stablecoin adoption is a manifestation of survival needs. According to The Wall Street Journal, USDT is facilitating oil trade settlements and daily transactions, and in the process, changing the complex financial system of Venezuela with persistent restrictions. 🤯💸