Jackson Liam

Dusk was one of those projects I thought I understood too quickly.

I had it filed away as “privacy chain,” which is technically true, but also too shallow. The more I looked into it, the more it felt like Dusk is really about giving privacy and transparency separate roles inside the same network.

The first piece is Moonlight. This is the more familiar model: visible balances, visible activity, and a transaction flow that feels closer to what most public-chain users already know. It is useful because not every interaction needs to be hidden, and transparency can make some apps easier to build and inspect.

Then there is Phoenix, which takes a different route. Instead of treating balances like open account entries, it uses encrypted notes. Zero-knowledge proofs let the network verify that a spend is valid without exposing the transaction details.

That distinction changed how I see the project. Dusk is not just adding privacy as a feature. It is trying to make privacy a native design choice.

What is still not completely clear to me from the public docs is how users will be nudged between Moonlight and Phoenix in real applications.

Long term, Dusk probably wins or loses on whether this feels simple without compromising the architecture underneath.

Where do you think the default should sit: transparency first, or privacy first?

#dusk @Dusk $DUSK

$HEMI just ripped +45% and is now testing the highs. Momentum is explosive, but chasing the top is not the play.

BUY ZONE: 0.00635–0.00660

EP: 0.00648
TP1: 0.00699
TP2: 0.00749
TP3: 0.00780
SL: 0.00615

Let the pullback come. Hold the zone. Then send it.

Let's go $HEMI

$SOL bouncing hard from 74.69 and building pressure near 75.55. One clean breakout could open the next leg.

BUY ZONE: 75.20–75.45

EP: 75.35
TP1: 75.87
TP2: 76.29
TP3: 76.62
SL: 74.68

Momentum is waking up. Bulls want control.

Let's go $SOL

$ETH tightening up around 1,884 after defending the lows. Pressure is building — bulls need one clean push.

BUY ZONE: 1,878–1,882

EP: 1,880
TP1: 1,891
TP2: 1,897
TP3: 1,905
SL: 1,869

Hold support. Break resistance. Let it run.

Let's go $ETH

$BTC holding firm after the bounce from 62,535. Bulls are pressing back into resistance — breakout could get aggressive.

BUY ZONE: 62,850–63,050

EP: 62,950
TP1: 63,430
TP2: 63,750
TP3: 64,000
SL: 62,500

Hold the zone. Break resistance. Send it.

Let's go $BTC

$BNB holding strong around 610 after a sharp recovery from 603. Bulls need the next push.

Buy Zone / EP: 609.5–610.5

TP1: 612.8
TP2: 615.0
TP3: 618.0

SL: 607.2

Break 612.8 and momentum could accelerate fast.

Let's go $BNB

🚨 JUST IN: CZ just highlighted something about Bitcoin that often gets overlooked.

Bitcoin has a hard limit of 21 million coins. More than 20 million $BTC have already been mined, meaning there isn’t much new supply left to enter the market.

But CZ’s bigger point is about the Bitcoin that may already be gone forever.

He estimates that roughly 10–20% of mined BTC could be lost, stuck, or permanently unrecoverable because of forgotten passwords, lost private keys, destroyed devices, or wallets that can no longer be accessed.

That means the amount of Bitcoin actually available to buy, sell, and hold could be much smaller than the headline supply suggests.

And Bitcoin’s issuance keeps slowing.

Every halving reduces the amount of new BTC miners receive. Meanwhile, lost Bitcoin doesn’t magically come back into circulation.

So you have a fixed maximum supply, slower creation of new coins, and potentially millions of BTC that may never move again.

That’s why CZ describes Bitcoin as a “deflationary asset.”

Now imagine what happens if global demand keeps growing while the amount of Bitcoin realistically available stays tight.

More buyers chasing fewer available coins.

That supply story is one of the biggest reasons Bitcoin remains unlike almost anything the financial world has seen before.

Crypto after the CLARITY Act passes could look very different.

For years, one of the biggest problems in U.S. crypto has been simple: nobody really knew where the lines were.

Is a token a security?
Is it a commodity?
Does the SEC control it?
Does the CFTC control it?

The CLARITY Act is designed to finally bring clearer answers.

And that could be a huge moment for crypto.

Once there are clearer rules, big companies and traditional financial institutions may feel more comfortable entering the market. Crypto businesses could have a clearer path to operate inside the U.S. instead of constantly worrying about what regulation comes next.

Bitcoin could benefit from stronger institutional confidence.

Ethereum and other established networks could get more attention as investors start looking beyond BTC.

DeFi could become even more important, especially if developers and self-custody receive clear legal protections.

Exchanges, brokers and other crypto companies would know more clearly which regulator they answer to and what rules they need to follow.

And perhaps the biggest change?

Money loves certainty.

When institutions understand the rules, they can plan.

When companies understand the rules, they can build.

When investors understand the rules, confidence can grow.

That does NOT mean every coin suddenly pumps.

Bad projects will still fail. Scams will still exist. Regulation could create new costs and restrictions, and parts of the CLARITY Act remain politically controversial.

But the bigger picture is hard to ignore.

Crypto spent years fighting for recognition.

The next chapter could be about integration.

Banks. Wall Street. Fintech. Tokenization. DeFi. Digital assets.

All moving closer together.

The real excitement may not be the day the CLARITY Act passes.

It may be what gets built in the years after it.

#Bitcoin after the CLARITY Act passes could be a completely different story.

For years, one of the biggest problems holding crypto back in the US has been simple: nobody had a clear rulebook.

Is a crypto asset a security?

Is it a commodity?

Who regulates it — the SEC or the CFTC?

The CLARITY Act is designed to finally bring clearer answers to these questions.

And for Bitcoin, that could be huge.

Think about what happens when the biggest financial market in the world gets clearer crypto rules.

Big companies have more confidence.

Traditional financial institutions have a clearer path to enter.

Crypto businesses can build without constantly wondering which regulator might come after them.

Investors get more certainty.

And Bitcoin gets another step closer to being treated as a normal part of the global financial system.

But here is the interesting part.

The market may not wait until the bill officially becomes law.

Markets move on expectations.

If traders become convinced that CLARITY will pass, Bitcoin could start pricing in that future before the final signature ever arrives.

That doesn't mean Bitcoin automatically goes straight up.

There will still be corrections, leverage getting wiped out, macro pressure and plenty of fear along the way.

But the bigger picture could change.

Bitcoin spent years fighting for legitimacy.

Then came institutional adoption.

Then Wall Street.

Now the next battle is regulatory clarity.

If America finally gives crypto a clear legal framework, we may look back at this moment and realize something important:

Bitcoin wasn't waiting for permission to exist.

It was waiting for the old financial system to finally understand how to deal with it.

And once that clarity arrives, the real question may no longer be:

“Will Bitcoin survive regulation?”

It could become:

“How much bigger can Bitcoin get now that the rules are finally clear?”

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$ACE
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I first looked at Dusk as another privacy L1 trying to hide transactions better.

The more I read about Phoenix, the more I realized that is too simple. Dusk is really asking a harder question: who should be allowed to see private activity, under what conditions, and with what limits?

Phoenix uses encrypted notes, so balances and transfers are not sitting in public view. Zero-knowledge proofs let the chain verify a transaction without exposing the details behind it. Nullifiers help prevent double-spends without revealing which note was spent.

Then there are viewing keys. At first, they sound like a compliance feature: read-only access for audits or regulated use cases. But in a privacy system, read-only access is still power. If someone can see flows, they can shape trust, custody, reporting, and maybe user behavior.

The part I still find unclear from public docs is how flexible these permissions are in practice: can they be scoped tightly, rotated cleanly, or revoked safely?

For Dusk, the long-term test is not just privacy. It is whether selective transparency can serve users and institutions without becoming a quiet control layer.

Open question: what is the right level of visibility for privacy infrastructure built for regulated markets?

#dusk @Dusk $DUSK

BULLISH $ACE is pushing hard after a massive breakout, with momentum still holding near the highs.

Buy Zone: 0.298 – 0.312

EP: 0.305
TP1: 0.326
TP2: 0.348
TP3: 0.375
SL: 0.286

Hold the zone, break the high, and the next expansion could get aggressive.

Let's go
$AKE
$VELVET

Peter Schiff is turning up the pressure on Michael Saylor and Strategy again.

Today, Schiff told investors to sell both Bitcoin and $MSTR , warning that Strategy could face a difficult situation if its preferred stock $STRC continues trading below its $100 target.

STRC is still below $95, even after Strategy raised fresh cash to support buybacks.

Schiff’s argument is simple: if keeping STRC near $100 becomes expensive, Strategy may eventually need to raise even more money by selling discounted shares — or, in a more extreme scenario, selling some of its massive Bitcoin holdings.

That would be a huge shift for a company that has built its entire identity around accumulating $BTC .

But this is still Schiff’s prediction, not proof that Saylor is preparing to sell Bitcoin.

The real battle now is whether Strategy can keep supporting its capital structure while continuing its aggressive Bitcoin strategy.

Saylor has spent years betting bigger on BTC.

Schiff thinks that bet could eventually force his hand.

Who gets this one right could become one of the biggest stories in the market.

ETH/BTC is starting to wake up after years of weakness.

On the monthly chart, Ethereum appears to be breaking out of a downtrend that has lasted roughly 4 years — and that could be a very important signal for the wider crypto market.

Why does $ETH /$BTC matter so much?

When ETH gains strength against Bitcoin, it often means traders are becoming more comfortable taking risk outside of BTC. If that strength continues, money can gradually rotate from Bitcoin into Ethereum and then into other altcoins.

That’s how major altcoin runs have often started.

But one breakout candle isn’t enough. ETH/BTC still needs to hold the breakout and show continued strength on higher timeframes. A failed breakout could quickly change the picture.

For now, though, this chart deserves attention.

After 4 years of ETH losing ground against Bitcoin, the trend may finally be changing.

If this breakout is real, the next chapter of this crypto cycle could look very different.

Altcoins might finally be getting their turn.

BREAKING: 🇮🇱 Israel’s biggest bank is opening the door to crypto.

Bank Leumi is reportedly bringing crypto trading directly to its banking app, giving around 2.5 million customers easier access to digital assets.

Think about what that means.

People won’t need to start with an unfamiliar crypto platform. They could potentially access crypto from the same banking app they already use for their everyday money.

That’s a big shift.

For years, crypto and traditional banks felt like two completely different worlds. Now those worlds are slowly moving closer together.

When a major bank puts crypto access in front of millions of regular customers, it sends a powerful message:

Crypto is becoming harder for traditional finance to ignore.

The next phase of adoption may not come from people downloading new crypto apps.

It could come from crypto quietly appearing inside the banking apps millions already trust and use every day.

And that could be much bigger than it sounds. 👀

Exactly 1 year ago today — August 15, 2025 — the crypto market looked like this:

Bitcoin ($BTC ): $117,398.35
Ethereum ($ETH ): $4,439.99
XRP: $3.0787
BNB: $827.29
Solana (#SOL ): $185.74
Dogecoin ($DOGE ): $0.2286
Cardano (#ADA ): $0.9438
TRON (#TRX ): $0.3525

Bitcoin alone was worth around $2.34 trillion, while Ethereum had a market cap of roughly $536 billion.

And the crazy part?

Just one day earlier, Bitcoin had traded above $124,000, setting a new record at the time. Then the market quickly cooled down as traders reacted to hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data and changing expectations around interest-rate cuts.

Crypto can change a lot in just 24 hours.

Now imagine what can happen in a full year.

Sometimes looking back at old prices is the best reminder of how quickly this market moves.

August 15, 2025 → August 15, 2026.

What a difference one year can make.

🚨 BIG UPDATE FROM THE SEC

The SEC’s tokenization “innovation exemption” has reportedly been delayed again, and for now, the key details are staying behind closed doors.

This is not a small delay.

Tokenization is one of the biggest stories in crypto right now because it could shape how real-world assets, securities, and blockchain-based markets grow in the U.S.

According to Eleanor Terrett, the delay may be connected to the ongoing debate around the CLARITY Act’s tokenization section. In simple words, regulators and lawmakers may still be trying to agree on who gets control, how the rules should work, and how much freedom the crypto industry should really get.

That means the market is still waiting.

No full details. No clear timeline. No final answer yet.

But one thing is clear: tokenization is becoming too big to ignore.

The SEC knows it. Congress knows it. And the crypto market is watching every move.

This could be one of those quiet delays that turns into a major turning point later.

BIG move from Wall Street.

JPMorgan has disclosed a massive position in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, reportedly worth around $610 million.

This is not a small side bet.

This is one of the biggest banks in the world quietly building exposure to Bitcoin through the same ETF market that many people once laughed at.

The interesting part?

Bitcoin was created to stand outside the old financial system.

Now the old financial system is buying access to it.

BlackRock opened the door with IBIT. Institutions are walking through it. And JPMorgan’s latest filing shows how serious this shift is becoming.

For years, Bitcoin was called risky, strange, too early, too volatile.

Now it is sitting inside Wall Street portfolios.

The message is simple:

Bitcoin is no longer being ignored. It is being accumulated.

S&P 500 just made history.

The index hit a fresh all-time high near 7,799, showing once again that the market still has serious strength behind it.

Softer inflation data gave investors more confidence, rate-hike fear cooled down, and big tech helped push the move higher.

Nasdaq also climbed strong, Dow stayed green, and Wall Street ended the day with a clean record close.

This is not just another green candle.

This is the market telling everyone that momentum is alive, buyers are still here, and history is being written in real time.

Let’s see if this breakout can hold and open the door for the next big leg up.

$AKE ready for the next leg

Clean push, buyers holding the trend, breakout energy still alive.

Buy Zone: 0.00725 - 0.00770

EP: 0.00755

TP1: 0.00842
TP2: 0.00933
TP3: 0.01020

SL: 0.00665

Let’s go $AKE

Happy Gainers Morning 🌅$AKE $EDEN $SCRT