I looked at the market performances over the past few weeks and month, I expected bad but did not expect bad to even worse. Given that we already had a pretty rough 3 months previously since October crash. Layer 1 and Layer 2 Projects collectively have performed significantly way too worse than Defi Projects and even memecoins. Pretty hard to fathom. In the Layer 1s, Monero, $HYPER and Canton are the only positive price developments in the past 30 days. Monero obviously taking the lead despite having lost nearly 30% from the recent peak. ADI Chain is the only Layer 2 in the green, but it doesn't lift the index much due to it's very small market cap. Now Defi is quite a surprise, while almost everything is down too, there is more green and the losses aren't as significant. Memecoins have been down across the various board but the percentage adjusted loss is also less than the other indexes.
Trump - Americans are winning. But Americans pay almost entirely for Trump’s tariffs contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs are not borne by foreign exporters. Instead, they hit the American economy itself. Importers and consumers in the US bear 96% of the tariff burden, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. When you try to hurt others, you in turn attack your own, that's called taste of your own medicine.
ONE TRADER JUST LOST AROUND $12,052,985.48 BECAUSE OF ONE SIMPLE MISTAKE. The user frequently transferred funds to a legitimate Galaxy Digital wallet. A scammer as usual created a poison address with the same first and last 4 characters as the real one. In a moment of routine, the user copied the wrong scammer address, failed to fully verify it, and sent the 4556 $ETH straight to the scammer. $12 million - gone in few seconds. This is exactly how address poisoning scams work: They don’t hack you. They will trick your own muscle memory. Always double-check and verify the entire wallet address, EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. One lazy second can cost you a lifetime of hard earned money.
Trump MAGA fans spent $550 Million on his family’s crypto token. Now they’re begging hard to get out. His fans bought $WLFI token, which is tied to the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto project, they thought they were getting the deal of the century. Tokens bought for between $0.015 and $0.05 between October 2024 and January 2025 soared to an ATH of $0.33 when they started trading last September, turning modest purchases into small fortunes overnight. But here is the catch, they made fortune only on paper, not in a real world. Because, World Liberty Financial’s creators, which include US President Donald Trump and his sons Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron, granted themselves the sole power to decide who can sell and when. Now the price of token has fallen 54% in the past five months, his fans are literally begging in the forum to allow them to cash out.
Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy, the world's largest public holder of bitcoin name came up in the new Epstein documents: “Saylor is a complete creep… sort of like a zombie on drugs” Presently, Strategy holds 712,647 Bitcoin, that's estimated at around $62 billion.
Silver, $XAG came down from ATH $121 to $84. Investors rush to take profit lead to aggressive wave of selling pressure. Overbought Conditions and Volatility - The rally was overstretched and unsustainable with the market becoming highly volatile and prone to a sharp correction once momentum shifted. This rally shows why traders should be careful with the sudden hike in prices, there is equivalent possibility strong correction.
US ‘very disappointed’ with ‘mother of all deals’, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asks ‘why did Europe ignore US tariffs on India?’ - We all know Why Bessent said Europe’s decision left him disappointed, especially as the war in Ukraine continues. “They should do what’s best for themselves, but I will tell you, I found, I find the Europeans very disappointing.”
Why Europe didn’t back US tariffs on India? The agreement is aimed at boosting trade between the two sides and cutting Europe’s dependence on the United States at a time when global trade tensions are rising. But Bessent argued the deal also explains why Europe refused to back Washington’s decision last year to impose higher tariffs on India. “The Europeans were unwilling to join us, and it turns out, because they wanted to do this trade deal. So every time you hear a European talk about the importance of the Ukrainian people, remember that they put trade ahead of the Ukrainian people. - Bessent
Accusations of indirectly funding the war - “The Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves.” As of now, EU does trade with Russia, North Korea and China does trade with Russia. But on top of everything, US itself is buying uranium, fertilisers and other critical items from Russia. As per many geopolitical experts, this isn’t about Ukraine war, it’s about India stand about nominating Trump for Nobel. Who got benefitted from Trump Tariffs - China, Indian PM visited China, EU visited China, Canadian PM open doors for China and now UK PM gave his share of wisdom and ease trade deals with China. #tariffs
A giant 12-foot golden statue of US President Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin was installed outside the US Capitol in Sep 2025 by many of his fans. Very next month world saw the record breaking crash and since then market is yet to recover fully. Both are unrelated but is he a ‘crypto president’ with his policies of tariffs? Only stuff which didn’t disappoint during his second terms are safe haven like Gold and Silver.
'Get out of American as much as possible': Danish MP, Rasmus Jarlov, a Conservative MP from Denmark blasts after Trump slaps 50% tariff on Canadian jets. "This is exactly why countries should not buy F35s. I am sorry we did. Get out of as much American as possible that this man can use to extort your country.” Jarlov, however, was not the only one to decry Trump's latest tariff tantrum. Republican lawmaker Don Bacon, who represents Nebraska, also had quite the take. Those who aren’t having F-35s are blessed right now. #tariffs #TRUMP
BTC has experienced a decline in its market capitalization, resulting in its fall from the top 10 assets globally. Few days back BTC was sitting at 8th position, now ranked 11th, having been surpassed by Saudi Aramco.
Tourist Vanish As Long Term HODLers Watch and Continue to Accumulate. Data is data. Hope this gives some insight/clarity to those wondering what's going on from last few days. You can't hide the inactivity today of established structural positions (whales). They are not participating in this market movement. It's being driven by tourist, derivatives, options and liquidity hunting (fear). History says when the market moves like this (without selling from those in profit), it's not structural, and it doesn't stick. Smart money will allow the drop until that fear flips to greed. Anyone's guess at what point that large blue (short term holders) will stop selling on the way down... they continue to fall for it. Use to be Tourist.
Donald Trump sues the his own IRS and Treasury department for at least $10 billion. The suit claims the leak to leftist media outlets that caused reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing. The lawsuit brought by Trump, his two older sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric, and the Trump Organization, stems from the disclosure of tax documents to the public. But why in democracy, tax records of powerful leaders should be hidden? What are they hiding?