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Quinten | 048.eth retweeted
SmartCon 2025 was absolutely insane this year We saw a massive tidal wave of new Chainlink product announcements and ecosystem integrations by some of the largest financial institutions and DeFi protocols Met many based $LINK marines, new and old frens alike, the energy was palpable and contagious Just a few highlights from the event ⬇️ • Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) is now live, the all-in-one orchestration layer with launch partners Mastercard, UBS, Westpac, Inter, Central Bank of Brazil, Aave, Ondo, Google Cloud, Coinbase, AWS, and many more •Chainlink Confidential Compute was introduced, bringing private smart contracts on any blockchain, unlocking previously impossible onchain use cases for institutions • Chainlink Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) partner ecosystem brought together 20+ leading compliance providers, frameworks, & regulators (Aave, ANZ, ERC-3643, Fidelity International, GLIEF, Hamilton Lane, Ethereum Foundation, Widom Tree, Cardano, and more) • UBS completed the world’s first in-production, end-to-end tokenized fund workflow leveraging the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard • FTSE Russell collaborated with Chainlink to publish its world-leading global indices onchain for the first time via DataLink • Tradeweb collaborated with Chainlink to publish its U.S. Treasury data onchain for the first time via DataLink • WisdomTree collaborated with Chainlink to bring institutional-grade NAV data onchain for its tokenized fund • S&P Dow Jones Indices and Dinari selected Chainlink as the official oracle provider for the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index • SBI Digital Markets (SBIDM) is adopting Chainlink as its exclusive infrastructure solution to power its digital assets platform • Chainlink is powering cross-border DvP settlement between the Central Bank of Brazil and Hong Kong Monetary Authority alongside Banco Inter, Standard Chartered, GSBN, & 7COMm in the Drex program • Chainlink & Apex Group created an institutional-grade stablecoin infrastructure solution supporting the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s embedded supervision initiative • Aave Horizon is adopting Chainlink ACE for compliance and Securitize adopted Chainlink NavLink to bring their tokenized VanEck fund to Aave Horizon • Lido is upgrading to Chainlink CCIP as the official cross-chain infrastructure for wstETH across all chains • Chainalysis entered into a strategic partnership with Chainlink to power advanced cross-chain compliance workflows using Chainlink ACE • x402 by Coinbase is now the first AI payments partner for the Chainlink Runtime Environment • GSR and Chainlink partnered and launched a stablecoin enablement program powering the next generation of institutional-grade stablecoins • Lighter adopted Chainlink Data Streams as its official oracle solution powering its RWA perp markets • Chainlink Rewards Season 1 was introduced 9 Build projects, providing eligible LINK stakers a more interactive, choice-driven experience
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Retail is selling Large investors are buying
Coinbase institutional is telling you this isn’t the end of the cycle
October’s sell-off wasn’t the end of the cycle—it may have been the reset it needed. Excess leverage is flushed, fundamentals remain intact, and institutional players are quietly rotating back in. Smart money is clustering around EVM chains, RWAs, and yield protocols—pointing to selective re-risking, not retreat. Key takeaways: • Leverage is cleaner, but liquidity gaps remain. •Capital is rotating, not entering—selectivity remains critical. • Macro risk lingers, but structural demand builds. We think this is the base-building phase before the next leg up, not a cycle top. Get more on these and other key insights in this Monthly Outlook report: coinbase.com/institutional/r…
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Bitcoin 6 months volatility has NEVER been lower
Call me delusional but I don’t think the top is in
So you’re telling me $126,000 was the top while 0 of the 30 bull market peak indicators flashed?
Everyone says they want to buy the dip. Until the dip actually comes. Then they panic.
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Crypto investors when altcoins outperform $BTC for a day after being rekt by rugpulls, liquidations and manipulation for years
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🚨 LIQUIDITY INCOMING 🚨 The US Treasury’s cash pile (TGA) is about to hit $1 trillion, a level only seen during the COVID stimulus era. That TGA build-up sucked dollars out of the system. When the government shutdown ends, the TGA will fall, injecting liquidity back in. Add in QT ending in December. And you’ve got a liquidity storm coming straight for risk assets. Bitcoin will feel it first.
Uber owns no cars. Airbnb owns no hotels. Millennials own no homes. My crypto has no profits. Welcome to the new economy.
Privacy narrative is heating up again with $ZEC And $CC @CantonNetwork is bringing this to institutions Backed by Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and Citadel Securities
Canton was the #1 Layer-1 by daily chain fees burned in the last 24hrs🔥 Real apps. Real assets. Real value moving on-chain. And it’s just getting started. (Data snapshot from @DefiLlama)
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Stablecoin supply inflows on Ethereum are exploding 💥
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Bot 2 of the $20K Pionex Grid Bot Challenge 🤖 The second bot I set up is a $ETH long-term bullish bot for $3.5k or 17.5% of the portfolio. The good thing about these grid bots is that, despite using a 3x leverage, it minimizes the downside risk. For example, the liquidation price for this bot is at $980. The chances of ETH ever hitting that is very very low imo. This while it maximizes the upside. The setup of the ETH bot you can find by following these 2 steps: Step 1: Sign up & get lots of bonuses: pionex.com/en/activities/com… Step 2: Copy the ETH bot: share.pionex.com/s/CXrEaV6c?…
Bot 1 of the $20K Pionex Grid Bot Challenge 🤖 The challenge is to start with $20k capital and get as far as possible, trying to beat my spot portfolio. The first bot I set up is a BTC long-term bullish bot for $7k or 35% of the portfolio. I determined the range we want it to do smaller trades in, maximizing for the upside and minimizing to the downside. I took $74k as the lower limit and $169k for the upper limit (since I'm long-term bullish). The rest of the setup you can find out by following these 2 steps: Step 1: Sign up & get lots of bonuses: pionex.com/en/activities/com… Step 2: Copy the BTC bot: share.pionex.com/s/ExeLykuF?…
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Quinten | 048.eth retweeted
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Enjoy your weekend, frens
Unpopular opinion It was never the halving that created the 4y cycle It was always the business and liquidity cycle that coincidentally happened at the exact same time Except this time, the business/liquidity cycle hasn’t even started yet
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🚨EXTREME FEAR🚨 Lowest crypto sentiment in 7 months
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Alts with fundamentals are way undervalued
Rotation out of meme coins and into utility coins. The market is healing. Finally
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs had their 3rd largest weekly outflow 🚨
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Everyone screaming “it’s over” always regrets it later Follow me if you are a delusional bull linktr.ee/QuintenF
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This is a massive consolidation phase
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