Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged at 4.25% - 4.50% 📊

Key points from Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference:

🔴Risks of higher unemployment and inflation have risen Fed Chair Jerome Powell says "inflation has come down a lot".

🔴If tariffs are not lowered, it could lead to "higher inflation, slower economic growth and higher unemployment".

🔴The US economy is "resilient" and "doing pretty well".

🔴We won't make progress on our goals this year if the tariffs stay in place.

All in all, so far it looks like the Feds have decided to play politics and won't listen to Trump's pleas to drop rates right away 🤷‍♀️

The bull market is back 🥳

Bitcoin reaches $100,000, while Ethereum climbs back above $2,000 🔼

It seems that fears of macroeconomic deterioration are behind us and investors are moving back into risk-on assets.

😊 There's a reason I've been bullish since early April.

If we can successfully defeat resistance at $100k, it opens the way for new BTC price ATH as early as this month 😮

Donald Trump is literally telling us to buy stocks now 💰

You better go out and buy stocks now. Let me tell you. This country will be like a rocket ship that goes straight up

The last time when he called to go long, the market rallied shortly afterwards ↗️

Top 5 tools for analyzing crypto projects 🔍

Looking past the price chart is the only way to spot strong projects before the crowd. These tools help you track real usage, fundamentals, earned fees, unlock schedules, and chain activity 👇

🔍 Token Terminal — Tracks protocol revenue, fees, and key financial ratios. If you're looking for actual fundamentals in crypto, this is where you start.

🔍 DeFiLlama — The standard for tracking TVL, yield strategies, bridge flows, and L2 activity. Updated in real time and covers nearly every ecosystem.

🔍 Dropstab — Visualizes unlock schedules, cliff events, and vesting calendars. Crucial for understanding future sell pressure.

🔍 Artemis — Clean analytics on chain usage, dev activity, and fee generation across L1s, L2s, and DeFi apps. Great for cross-protocol comparisons.

🔍 Dune — SQL-powered dashboards built by the community. Lets you explore token flows, user behavior, treasury activity, and protocol health in granular detail.

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Good morning, the day starts with a big ETH pump ☀️

Ethereum is up more than 20% in less than 24 hours 🔼

Will we be able to continue the growth or a correction awaits us, let's vote:

🔥 — To the moon

🫡 — Correction

Looks like I just found out why Ethereum suddenly pumped 25% 🔍 🔷

Once again, insiders were one step ahead.

BlackRock met with the SEC Crypto Task Force. The agenda? Everything bullish:

🔵Staking regulations
🔵Tokenization frameworks
🔵Crypto ETF approval standards
🔵Options on crypto ETPs

Feels less like a coincidence — and more like someone got the memo early 😐

Why Stablecoin Supply Growth Is Bullish? ↗️

USDT just broke past $150 billion in circulation. Total stablecoins market cap now sits at $245.78 billion. It’s a signal of growing liquidity in the system 🔍

🤑 Stablecoins represent idle capital waiting to be deployed. When their supply rises, it means money is flowing into crypto — but hasn't entered risk assets yet. It’s sitting on the sidelines, loaded and ready.

Historically, stablecoin supply growth has front-run major bull moves. More USDT, USDC, and other stables mean more potential spot buy pressure 💸

Shrinking supply, on the other hand, is often a sign that capital is leaving the crypto space.

If stables are growing, bulls are loading ammo 🐂

#FAQ

Spain will introduce a €150K penalty on citizens who withdraw over €3,000 in cash without giving 24-hour notice to the Tax Agency 🇪🇸

Less and less freedom, more and more control. European governments give crypto good advertisement 🤣

Trump is proposing to raise the top income tax rate for individuals making over $2.5 million. Sounds like a blow to the super rich? Not really 🙅‍♂️

I’m honestly tired of seeing people think that super-rich people get rich by earning high salaries. That’s not how it works.

The ultra-wealthy don’t rely on paychecks — they live off capital gains. Stocks, equity, deferred income, tax-advantaged investments.

📊 Long-term gains are taxed at 20%, not 39.6%. And that’s before they start using loopholes to pay even less.

Raising income tax on high earners sounds good politically, but it barely touches real wealth. If you want to tax billionaires, you need to go where their money actually is — and it’s not in their often symbolic salary 💸

Top 5 resources for learning crypto fundamentals 🧑‍🎓

Most people get into crypto through price charts, greed and hype. But if you want to actually understand the tech, the economics, and the structure behind blockchains check out all of these resources I listed below:

🔗 Ethereum.org Learn — Clean, beginner-friendly explanations of how Ethereum and DeFi works. Covers core concepts like gas, accounts, nodes, consensus, and more.

🔗 Finematics — One of the best YouTube channels for DeFi and crypto mechanics. Explains AMMs, staking, yield farming, and tokenomics with simple visuals.

🔗 Binance Academy — Covers everything from blockchain basics to advanced trading strategies. Despite the name, it's vendor-neutral and well-organized.

🔗 Coursera — A free online course developed by Princeton, covering the technical side of Bitcoin, smart contracts, and consensus design.

🔗 MIT DCI — A curated list of the best books, papers, and resources on cryptography, money systems, and digital currencies from MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative.

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Story as old as time 🐻 😄

$2 trillion added to the U.S. stock market at open 🔼

The reason? A surprise U.S.–China tariff rollback deal.

🤝 The U.S. will cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% for 90 days. China is slashing its tariffs from 125% to 10%. Other non-tariff restrictions are also being removed.

Markets loved it. S&P 500 futures jumped 2.8%. The dollar is rallying.

This is not just trade relief — it’s stimulus by another name. Global liquidity pressure just dropped.

🪙 BTC ATH is coming faster than people expect. The macro tailwind just flipped.

Should You Use DCA Strategy? 🤔

DCA stands for dollar-cost averaging — a strategy where you invest a fixed amount into an asset at regular intervals, regardless of price. It’s simple, consistent, and designed to smooth out volatility over time ↗️

The benefit of DCA is that it removes emotion from the process. You don’t have to guess tops or bottoms. You don’t need to watch charts all day. It’s useful for people who want exposure to crypto but don’t want to trade actively.

😨 But be careful. In crypto, most assets don't survive long. DCA works best with assets that have long-term strength like Bitcoin. Applying it to low-quality tokens can lead to long-term losses. DCA only works if what you're buying survives.

If you're curious how DCA would’ve worked on different assets, there’s a tool for that. You can plug use it to track how theoretical DCA strats would've performed over time. It helps you backtest ideas instead of relying on guesswork.

🧮 For example, investing just $100 monthly into Bitcoin starting 8 years ago would’ve turned into $67,086 today, with $57,486 in pure profit.

In my opinion, if you believe crypto will succeed long-term, you must DCA into BTC with at least some amount of your income, otherwise, why are you here? 🟠

#FAQ

There was an attempt of violent kidnapping that targeted the daughter of a crypto company CEO and her child in central Paris 🇫🇷

Three hooded men in masks tried to force her into a van, but were unsuccessful.

👮 Kidnappings of this kind, targeting relatives of crypto figures, are becoming more common and often result in ransom demands.

⚠️ Once again I urge you to remain anonymous if you are associated with crypto or are wealthy, the risk/profit ratio of flexing your wealth is very bad.

Trump says the stock market is "gonna go a lot higher" 🔼

Crypto prices soar:

🤑 Ethereum $2,700 (↑2.9%)

🤑 Solana: $180 (↑6.7%)

Why Fixed Yield Matters in Crypto — and How to Earn It 🐷

In traditional finance, fixed income is standard. In crypto, it's a luxury. Most yields here are variable — they fluctuate wildly, sometimes doubling or halving within days. This volatility makes it challenging to plan or rely on consistent returns 😱

🤑 However, protocols like Pendle and Spectra have introduced fixed yield products, allowing users to lock in predictable returns on-chain. This innovation brings a level of stability previously uncommon in the crypto space.

Pendle and similar protocols enable users to split yield-bearing assets into two components:

🟢Principal Token (PT): Represents the principal amount of the asset. Holding PT until maturity allows you to redeem the full underlying asset, effectively locking in a fixed yield.

⏺Yield Token (YT): Represents the right to receive the yield generated by the asset until maturity. YT's value fluctuates based on market expectations of future yield.

This separation allows for more flexible and strategic investment approaches. For instance, if you anticipate a decrease in yield rates, holding PT can secure your returns because the yield is fixed.

Conversely, if you expect yields to rise, YT offers a way to capitalize on that increase. People often buy YTs not just to bet on high yields — but to leverage farm airdrop points 💸

#FAQ

Best Fixed Yield Rates Right Now — Where to Park Your Crypto 💰

In the previous post, I broke down how fixed yield in DeFi works and why PT tokens are a safer, more predictable way to earn in good passive income. Now let’s look at where you can actually put that knowledge to use 🔍

Here’s a list of top fixed APRs available right now for major assets and your stables — real yield, locked in until expiry 👇

🤑 USD: RLP PT on Spectra — 18.82% fixed APR

🤑 SOL: fragSOL PT on Rate-x — 17.8% fixed APR

🤑 ETH: ysETH PT on Spectra — 15.75% fixed APR

🤑 BTC: hemiBTC PT on Spectra — 5.68% fixed APR

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Some market observations 👀

I think this rally is not like the ones we saw last year

📈 The first big leg up was in February 2024, the second in November. Both times, funding rates spiked — leverage chased price, and the rallies overheated fast.

This time is different

BTC is pushing above $104K, and funding is still cool. No froth, no aggressive longs, retail investors are absent.

🔍 Looks like a spot-driven rally. Real demand, mostly by institutions like Strategy, and ETF inflows.

That’s a much stronger foundation — and it leaves room for leverage to come in later and push the price even further. I'm bullish 🐂

Another Binance Wallet IDO drops tomorrow — this time it’s Alaya AI (AGT) 🔸

Participation will require Alpha Points, and the minimum threshold will be revealed just before the sale. If you've been farming, make sure to check your eligibility tomorrow.

⏰ The subscription window is narrow: May 16 from 7AM to 9AM UTC.

If you're eligible, it’s worth showing up. These Binance Wallet sales have been consistently profitable 💰