Although the country is large, those who are warlike will perish; although the world is peaceful, those who forget about war will be in danger. "The Art of War"
I suddenly realize
The first half of the sentence applies to the American eagle, while the second half applies to the panda.
Of course, this is Eastern wisdom, perhaps it doesn't work for the bone-chilling Westerners?
Let the Anglo-Saxons and Jews continue their endeavors.
In addition,
Previously, trade tariffs did not require the approval of Congress from the President of the United States.
Sending troops to California does not require the governor's consent.
Now waging war does not require authorization from Congress.
Is there a problem with my understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the separation of powers?
Or is the United States itself in a constitutional crisis?
GAIB @gaib_ai project team has prepared 5 FCFS NFT whitelist spots as a community welfare lottery.
Requirements Follow @gaib_ai @Vito_168 and retweet this tweet.
Here are the specific details of the NFT whitelist:
Fremen Essence NFT Introduction Fremen Essence is a limited edition NFT series issued by GAIB, with a total of 3,000 pieces reserved for core community members and ecological partners. Eligible users will qualify to participate in subsequent NFT minting activities.
Exclusive rights for NFT holders: Exclusive rewards upon the launch of GAIB mainnet
Priority participation in GAIB's subsequent product launch activities and obtaining exclusive benefits
Become a member of the GAIB core community and enjoy continuous participation opportunities
Minting Rules: Two-Phase Whitelist Mechanism Fremen Essence NFT will distribute whitelist spots through activities during the AID Alpha period, and minting will begin after the event ends.
✅ Phase One – Guaranteed Whitelist At the end of the AID Alpha event, the top 200 addresses ranked by the total staked amount on-chain will each receive one guaranteed whitelist qualification. (You can get it just by Minting!)
⏳ Phase Two – First-Come-First-Served (FCFS) Whitelist Qualification Wallet addresses that meet any of the following conditions can participate in the first-come-first-served whitelist registration:
• On any chain, if the total staked amount through https://t.co/kaCP1HVCmf during AID Alpha reaches $1,500 USD, the wallet address will be directly snapshot and obtain Minting qualification;
• By participating in activities held by GAIB or ecological partners, obtain the qualification to receive whitelist.
👉 Operation Process for Staking Users 1 After the AID Alpha event ends, GAIB will take a snapshot of all staking addresses;
2 Users ranked in the top 200 by total staked amount will receive a guaranteed whitelist;
3 All users who have staked a total of $1,500 will receive first-come-first-served whitelist;
4 Wait for the whitelist query entry to open;
5 After minting begins, follow the instructions to mint NFTs.
👉 Operation Process for Community Users 1 By participating in community activities or following GAIB partners, there is a chance to obtain the whitelist password;
2 Go to https://t.co/z1ibuh6Jdf, complete related tasks, and use the password to register your wallet address;
3 Wait for the whitelist query entry to open;
4 After minting begins, follow the instructions to mint NFTs.
How to use the password to verify whitelist eligibility? 1 Open https://t.co/z1ibuh6Jdf
2 Connect your wallet
3 Verify your X (Twitter) and Discord accounts
4 Enter the password (each password can only be used once)
5 Click “Register for Whitelist” to complete registration
Reminder: A snapshot will be taken on-chain after AID Alpha ends, and the NFT minting window will open; specific times will be announced in advance;
Each wallet can only obtain one whitelist qualification. Wallets that have obtained the guaranteed qualification in phase one cannot participate again in phase two;
All minting will be free (users only need to pay for Gas fees themselves);
300 NFTs will be reserved for the GAIB treasury; the remaining 2,700 will be open to eligible whitelist users.
Hello, I am from Guangdong, and I am the natural enemy of chickens.
In the past six months, every time I suggested eating coconut chicken to my friends, regardless of where they were from, I was met with ruthless rejection.
It's been half a year, and as I see the chickens increasingly rampant in the streets, I feel I have no way out. So today, I have decided to take unilateral action, change the local situation, and become a lonely chicken-eating player, hoping that all parties will exercise restraint.
The Block Data shows Binance @binancezh's spot market share reaches a new high in nearly 12 months
Binance's spot market share has reached a new high in nearly 12 months against the backdrop of a decline in overall market trading activity.
Among them, BTC & ETH trading volume remains strong: Binance currently accounts for approximately 45.6% of BTC spot trading volume, the highest level since July 2024, close to the historical high of 47.7% in June 2024.
This indicates that the Alpha strategy is still effective, bringing net growth to Binance's market share.
Although marginal utility has diminished, this layout will be retained in a positive cyclical state for the long term.
From a static perspective, after long-term use of a strategy, the positive external costs in the market may gradually rise. Once the future costs and benefits reach a balance, it will be necessary to push for new iterations; otherwise, net gains may turn negative.
Of course, from a dynamic perspective, it is likely that many attempts will be made by Binance before reaching balance. However, since these attempts may not always yield positive results, it is essential to prepare an innovative toolbox in advance, continuously conduct innovative market tests, and proactively release tools that show good testing results to maintain relative advantages without being disrupted. Just like an equipment development system, "develop one generation, reserve one generation, serve one generation."
The Block Data shows Binance @binancezh's spot market share reaches a new high in nearly 12 months
Binance's spot market share has reached a new high in nearly 12 months against the backdrop of a decline in overall market trading activity.
Among them, BTC & ETH trading volume remains strong: Binance currently accounts for approximately 45.6% of BTC spot trading volume, the highest level since July 2024, close to the historical high of 47.7% in June 2024.
This indicates that the Alpha strategy is still effective, bringing net growth to Binance's market share.
Although marginal utility has diminished, this layout will be retained in a positive cyclical state for the long term.
From a static perspective, after long-term use of a strategy, the positive external costs in the market may gradually rise. Once the future costs and benefits reach a balance, it will be necessary to push for new iterations; otherwise, net gains may turn negative.
Of course, from a dynamic perspective, it is likely that many attempts will be made by Binance before reaching balance. However, since these attempts may not always yield positive results, it is essential to prepare an innovative toolbox in advance, continuously conduct innovative market tests, and proactively release tools that show good testing results to maintain relative advantages without being disrupted. Just like an equipment development system, "develop one generation, reserve one generation, serve one generation."
Iran's nuclear facilities have been almost blown up by Israel, and the five permanent members can start quarreling.
Phase 1: Israel destroys Iran's nuclear facilities and nuclear scientists, and completely destroys Iran's nuclear capabilities.
At this stage, the "five good people" of the United Nations Security Council, including China, have a high degree of consensus and are quiet. They have no opinions.
Phase 2: If Israel continues to attack Iran.
Then the "five good people" will start to stand in line and throw slippers and pull hair at each other. Britain, the United States and Israel are in one team, Britain, France and Germany pretend to be in one team, and China, Russia and Iran have not yet divided into teams.
The attitude of the Eastern powers is probably that you have to think clearly. If you want to be in the same team with Russia and Mao, then I can only continue to support you verbally. If you are in the same team with me, I will send the Y-20 transport plane over.
If you lie to me again and again, then wait for Pakistan to help you recapture Tehran.
This muddy water has to be waded. The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway has just been built, and the Belt and Road Initiative will pass through Iran. What can you do?
Many people say that #BTC is about to peak, and it's a double top.
What do you think?
My view is, let's put it this way, if the #dollar collapses, then it's about abandoning currency and preserving assets, which everyone in the crypto space understands. If stablecoins drop, then hard currencies will rise. But the process might be very bumpy. Today, I was chatting with the princess @0xsexybanana, and we talked about how the volatility index VIX has been bought up by institutions, which corresponds to this situation. Whenever there is a major structural adjustment, stocks, bonds, and exchange rates will have many unexpected correlations, and there might even be some secondary disasters. Buckle up and buy some insurance, but I believe that hard assets like BTC will eventually come back.
Because if China doesn't step in to help, this might be the optimal solution, as the assets are preserved. In the short term, it’s just a matter of where the currency depreciates to, and we can still play around later. If the assets collapse, the currency might not hold either, and then what’s the point?
Back to Bitcoin itself, this question becomes whether you think BTC is truly a hard currency. So according to this logic, the current strategy is that if there is a significant drop of several tens of percent, then it would be very appropriate to buy a call option at that time. If we consider the current position, BTC spot can be held, but high-leverage options or contracts for going long or short are not so clear.
Although it is relatively clear that it will rise ultimately, the current issue is mainly that the path is not clear, as the Federal Reserve's operational ideas have not yet solidified. The Federal Reserve is also looking at various situations, especially observing the actual outcomes of negotiations between Trump and China to determine the next operational path.
Speaking of #China-US negotiations, based on the information currently disclosed by the media, the progress seems to be smooth, but the real test lies ahead. We need to see whether China will step in to support, or stand by during the major test of US Treasury bonds in June. I fear that distant water cannot quench a nearby fire, and the possibility of China making a major shift in the short term seems rather small.
If it’s the latter, it indicates that China does not want to let Trump off that easily. They won’t make a scene on the surface, but the underlying logic of de-Americanization hasn’t changed. Chips still need to be produced domestically, and the US is actually the same; after this incident with Chinese rare earths, they will also need to supply their own rare earths in the future. So talk is talk, and conflict is conflict; Liu Bei and Cao Cao are discussing heroes over wine—each with their own ulterior motives.
It’s actually not hard to understand; it’s like a relationship. Once both sides have gone through serious conflicts and even considered divorce, even if neighbors temporarily mediate, trust has been broken, and it becomes very difficult to rely on each other completely on critical issues like finances in the short term.
One word side by side, King Musk and Trump have fallen out. What should the wise partners do now?
1. Apply for political asylum in China, reunite with his mother, apply for the Shenzhen Phoenix Return Talent Plan, join the Shenzhen Gang, estimated to be approved in seconds.
2. Establish a new political party in the United States. Add fuel to American democratic politics🔥
3. Continue to rant on Twitter and wait to die. The two big cannons bombard each other on Twitter, Musk re-bans Trump, and Trump implements arrests.
What happened? In less than half a year in 2025, over $180 billion flowed into Binance. Is something big coming?
Recently, I saw the latest statistics from CryptoQuant, and there is a set of data that is quite astonishing. In less than half a year in 2025, over $180 billion has flowed into Binance @binancezh.
On one hand, this certainly indicates an influx of new market funds; on the other hand, the overall market has actually been in a sideways state in the first half of the year. The external influx of funds flowing into Binance should not reach $180 billion. This may also reflect a reshuffling of traffic within the industry.
On one side, this may be related to Binance's proactivity. The landmark event here is the launch of Alpha and its subsequent upgraded version, Alpha 2.0, which effectively created a tiered system for Binance's trading ecosystem. This tiered system has grown very quickly under the ultimate support of Binance's traffic, bringing in many new cryptocurrency users (many originally non-crypto salaried workers joined to earn points). This significantly reset the previous logic of listing coins, shifting more value processes within the Binance ecosystem.
Of course, other industry events may have accelerated this process, especially after relevant risk events occurred at major exchanges like Bybit, which intensified the sentiment of risk aversion and accelerated the gathering of funds towards Binance.
We can also see clues from stablecoin data, which corroborate this. Currently, Binance's stablecoin reserves exceed half of the total amount for all exchanges, reaching nearly 60%. This indicates the combined effect of these two forces of attraction and repulsion. For the mindset of large market whales, this trend is even more pronounced. Another set of charts shows that the average Bitcoin deposit of whales on Binance currently reaches 7 BTC, significantly ahead of all mainstream exchanges: this also shows the strong trust of high-net-worth users and institutional investors in Binance, as well as their confidence in Binance's transparency.
To be honest, before the lawsuit in the U.S. concluded in 2022, I personally did not dare to put a large amount of virtual assets on Binance, but now my mindset is that apart from Binance and a few established exchanges like OKEx, I do not dare to place too much money on other second or third-tier exchanges. This is consistent with my previous viewpoint on whether Binance should pay a penalty for tweets. I believe Binance has not only protected itself but also eliminated a major risk for the industry, and now various data feedback shows that Binance has benefited from it.
A king should act according to the king's way, do the right thing, and take on the responsibilities that the industry should bear, rather than becoming a deserter, hiding behind the crowd in the name of 'The Wandering Earth,' and pushing retail investors as cannon fodder and shields to the front lines of risk.
I believe that Binance's current total stablecoin scale of over $31 billion and virtual asset reserve amount reaching $110 billion is the best vote of confidence.
Undoubtedly, Binance has now become the largest channel for 'new user acquisition' in the industry, continuously 'reinforcing' the crypto industry and Bitcoin's followers. At the entrance of the water flow, Binance's current liquidity is naturally unmatched. The influx of $180 billion is just the beginning; the potential user growth energy brought by Alpha 2.0 is still accumulating. Beneath the calm surface, the structure is being readjusted and solidified. Once the incremental accumulation breaks through the critical point, we can expect a new market trend to erupt like a volcanic eruption.
Summer is here, and last year the lotus pond built in the yard burst into a full pond of lotus leaves after late spring, and today the first lotus flower finally bloomed!🌸
People admire the lotus
Solitary and independent, emerging from the mud untainted,
But do not forget its
Withered leaves enduring winter, a long effort leads to success.
So awkward, the Federal Reserve is pushing U.S. Treasury bonds, and top European institutions are desperately trying to avoid it.
Recently, a top European asset management firm with assets in the range of A12 to A13 wanted to use A12 level funds to buy USDT and asked me which institution could conduct large OTC transactions using a compliant account. They plan to use a special liquidity convenience account designated for their institution to trade, in order to avoid direct supervision from the Federal Reserve.
I asked them why they needed to avoid direct oversight from the Federal Reserve if they are a compliant institution. They said that the Federal Reserve monitors general accounts in the SWIFT system very closely, and when the Federal Reserve sees a significant “balance” in their account, they keep coming to persuade them to buy U.S. Treasury bonds.
So they quietly and gradually transfer the “balance” funds to the liquidity account, which appears to be general reserves on the surface, but the total amount in this account is limited; it cannot have too much general reserve. They have already deposited 100 billion euros into it, and having too much reserve would be hard to explain.
Now they want to gradually exchange this 100 billion euros into U, freeing up “capacity” so they can continue transferring funds to the general reserve account. This way, the Federal Reserve won’t see that they have a “balance” anymore, and they won’t be pressured to buy U.S. Treasury bonds. It turns out they are trying to avoid the Federal Reserve, creating a sense of an unreliable insurance salesperson; I truly feel embarrassed for the Federal Reserve. 🥹
However, I’m wondering, after the U.S. Senate passed the GENIUS Act, isn’t the backing of stablecoins also U.S. Treasury bonds and dollars? 🤣 Do they not understand? Or is holding stablecoins not the end goal? Is Bitcoin the end goal? Interesting. What do you think?
The global country favorability rankings over the years are quite interesting. It turns out that China has been in the negatives for so many years, now it's all thanks to the support of the American teammates.
Next time if Binance @binancezh has camping gear, then let's take the kids to camp.🏕️
Borrowing @cain_bnb's words, with my mentality, condition, intelligence, way of dealing with people, lifestyle, life experience, independence, and financial situation, I deserve to celebrate Children's Day.👌
For those with similar symptoms as mine, let's give a round of applause.🖐🏻️
This time, I am convinced that #Chinese Civilization has completely risen and revitalized (4) When the granaries are full, one knows etiquette; with the hundred industries awaiting revival, the cultural chapter
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and discussing the cultural chapter is timely. Wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy Dragon Boat Festival.
In my view, the influence of culture is actually the highest form of influence. The sense of cultural identity is the strongest form of identification; when cultural identity reaches its ultimate, it can even evolve into a nation. This is what we used to call 'same script, same race.' After sharing the same script, if there is long-term and substantial communication and intermarriage, future generations gradually become the same race. For thousands of years, the population of ancient Han in the Central Plains has expanded through such assimilation. People like me, from the southern barbarian lands of Guangdong, are roughly similar products.
Unlike the previous three articles discussing military power, economy, and racial civilization, if the earlier aspects are already undeniable giants in the world, then in the field of global cultural discourse power, we are far behind and completely unmatched. It can be said that we are currently in a state of 'hundred industries awaiting revival.'
The establishment of cultural influence is much more difficult than the establishment of economic and political military influence. A dominant power does not necessarily become the leading civilization in culture. Typical examples are the Mongol Empire and the Arab Empire.
However, conversely, if one has not established a solid hard power global influence, is it possible to become the dominant civilization in world culture?
The answer is, absolutely not possible.
The saying goes, 'When the granaries are full, one knows etiquette; when clothing and food are sufficient, one knows honor and disgrace.' On one hand, we say that only after basic material life is satisfied can people have higher-level spiritual pursuits and pay more attention to cultural construction. However, for cultural output, there is another more important interpretation.