I met Cristiano Ronaldo. Yes, exactly that same person who has long since become a living legend. This day will certainly remain in my memory for the rest of my life - Ronaldo turned out to be not just a sporting icon, but a symbol of greatness and determination. I am often asked: why do I attend all sorts of conferences and meetings? It is difficult to answer. But today I will try to share my thoughts.
💭My name is Richard Tang, and if you allow me, I’ll tell you how I ended up at the center of one of the most dynamic and exciting industries of our time: cryptocurrency. 💭So, it’s 2017. I was the head of ABW Global Market, and frankly, my world revolved around traditional finance. But at one of the conferences in sunny Florida, where they usually discuss the usual topics - from futures to stock markets - there was a new energy in the air. This new drive came from young, ambitious people, talking about cryptocurrencies with sparkling eyes. I noticed that I was not the only one captivated by this atmosphere. More and more voices talking about the future of finance were coming from this sphere, and I could not remain indifferent.
In February, there was a HODLER AIRDROP, where part of the tokens was reserved for future drops.
Today, the second wave of AIRDROP was announced, as well as two future waves of distribution.
In the first wave, 30 million LAYER tokens were distributed, and now another 18 million tokens will be distributed, of which 6 will be credited within 24 hours, and the remaining 12 will be in the next 2 waves.
🟡Binance and Cristiano Ronaldo are releasing a new NFT.
😏There will be a total of 7,777 NFTs.
⭐️7 NFTs (the rarest) will give the opportunity to "spend 7 minutes with Ronaldo". 😉I don't know about the format; it could be a video call, for example, or it could be a meeting with the star. 💭From my experience, I can say that a personal meeting is a top event, and if you can participate and Ronaldo is, in some sense, a significant figure in history for you, then don't miss the opportunity.
🌟 17 less rare NFTs will gift footballs signed by Ronaldo.
💫 And another 77 even less rare NFTs will give the opportunity to receive jerseys signed by the star.
*he must be so tired of signing all these things)))
🟡And 770 people will receive tickets to a blockchain event from Binance. Tickets originally cost $100, but closer to the event date, their price rises to $600.
🔴 The remaining nearly 7,000 NFTs will be without winnings.
🛠 I have updated the RCH token. 🫣 The old contract was launched more than 4 years ago using a third-party service. 👀 What has changed: 🔄 Old contract: 40,000 coins 💥 New contract: 1,000,000 coins
🔴 Total Supply increased 25 times. 🟡 Each holder received 25 times more coins! ℹ️ For example: 80 RCH → became 2000 RCH
🟡BNB Chain is currently #1 in trading volume over the last 30 days.
ℹ️At the moment, over 140 billion dollars.
🙃Considering that the ALPHA system is ramping up and already pushing daily volumes to be no less than 10 billion, it is expected to see trading volumes around 300 billion in the next 15-30 days.
😏The business model of Binance is changing, and while the previous goal was to be the largest exchange by volume, now a similar goal is being set for the BNB CHAIN blockchain.
🤓Last time, volumes generated fees that increased the exchange's reserves in various assets. 🫣Current volumes provide fees for different DEX in the network, as well as compel users to use the BNB token for gas payments.
🥸I would like to remind you that part of the gas fees is burned (in addition to quarterly burns), and over the past 7 days, more than 500 BNB has been burned.
🟡The launch of the ALPHA product is beneficial for everyone, including traders who gain the opportunity to participate in new TGEs, projects that receive good volumes, and of course, the exchange continues to implement BNB further.
👽xAI Elon Musk has just partnered with Telegram in a $300 million deal.
ℹ️Integration of Grok AI directly into the Telegram messaging platform.
😏Telegram will receive $300 million in cash and equity from xAI, as well as an additional 50% of revenue from xAI subscriptions sold through the platform.
👀About 6 hours ago, Donald Trump had dinner with 220 holders of token $TRUMP .
✊Overall - a cool story where everyone (holder) can get a reward in the form of such a meeting.
😏I was only interested in the story with Justin Sun, he was also at the meeting. ℹ️Previously, he bought "that banana" for 6 million dollars, and in the last cycle, he managed to have dinner with Warren Buffett, which also cost around 1 or 2 million dollars (I don't remember anymore).
🙃Overall, such PR and marketing - a normal story, the guy uses his finances and chooses his strategy.
👽But during this meeting - I still didn't understand, did he use his own funds and really pour a lot of money into the TRUMP coin? 💩Or did he use the funds of HUOBI users, that is, HTX?
🔴A case has been opened against Vladimir Smerkis. ℹ️There is confirmation on the official portal, the case number is: 77RS0007-02-2025-007914-54
💭I personally met with Vladimir several times and he made an impression as a good marketer and a good family man. He was always friendly and positive in communication. Details of the case will likely emerge later.
👽The Blum team has already taken a step by announcing the resignation of the former co-founder of the project.
💭Message from the BLUM team: "We would like to inform our community that Vladimir Smerkis has stepped down as the marketing director and is no longer involved in the development of the project or as a co-founder.
We thank Vladimir for his contributions to the project and wish him success in his future endeavors.
Our team remains fully committed to our work and focused on our goals, and daily operations continue as usual."
🤔 And here I asked for another forecast for 3 assets (BNB, BEETS, BGB).
🤓 Of course, the result is positive, but it's important to remember - this is a forecast! And from artificial intelligence, so take it as a fairy tale…