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Bitcoin Outperforms Gold in Returns Over the Last 10 Years
Bitcoin, with a price of $87 000, has surpassed gold and silver by several orders of magnitude in returns since 2015, showing a growth of 27,701%.
🥇 According to analyst Adam Livingston, during the same period, silver increased by 405%, and gold by 283%.
Debates about the best asset are becoming more frequent amid rising precious metal prices, stagnating BTC, and a weakening dollar.
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🔷 Bitmine launches the Made in America validator network
📈 After a record staking of 408,627 ETH worth $1.2 billion, Bitmine's Tom Lee announced testing the MAVAN (Made in America Validator Network) validator network.
➡️ The goal of this network is to stake as much ETH owned by the company as possible, which has reached 4.11 million.
If all this ETH were staked, Bitmine would earn an annual income of $374 million.
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The prediction market has reached a weekly volume of $2 billion.
Although some states in the US, such as Texas and New York, still face regulatory challenges, trading volume on leading platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless, and Myriad has already exceeded $2 billion per week.
Analysts draw parallels between the current state of the prediction market and the early stages of decentralized finance (DeFi) development.
They claim that by 2035, the prediction market could reach $95.5 billion with an average annual growth rate of 47%.

Trump's wealth has nearly tripled thanks to cryptocurrency
Since taking office as president, the value of his assets has increased from $2.3 billion to $6.3 billion (+273%).
Experts believe that the main growth is related to cryptocurrency projects, some of which, according to them, may be financed by foreign governments, posing corruption risks.
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🔹 The Ethereum staking queue has reached a six-month high
Currently, 746,000 ETH are in the staking queue, while the exit queue stands at 361,000 ETH. This is the first such imbalance in the past six months.
The last time a similar situation occurred, it was accompanied by a strong increase in the ETH price — at that time, the rate doubled.
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The Central Bank of Russia has updated the list of signs of fraudulent operations with bank cards.
• Transferring funds via the Faster Payments System (SBP) for amounts over 200,000 rubles from a personal account in one bank to an account in another bank, followed by transferring these funds to a third party within 24 hours.
• Attempting to deposit cash into a person's account using a digital card through an ATM.
• Signs of fraudulent transfers also include changing the phone number for authorization in online banking services or on "Gosuslugi" less than 48 hours before executing the transfer.

Aptos ranked 6th in transaction volume and the number of active wallets in 2025
In 2025, the Aptos blockchain entered the top 6 networks by key activity metrics.
Key data:
· Active wallets: 82 million (growth of 146% year-over-year).
· Number of transactions: 1.88 billion (growth of 6%).
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Results of major assets over the year. Spoiler: cryptocurrencies performed the worst
Silver: +152.3%
Gold: +66.59%
Copper: +35.45%
Nasdaq: +19.70%
Russell 2000: +12.53%
BTC: -5.75%
ETH: -11.58%
Altcoins: -42.27%
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Poverty increases the risk of death by 60%, and a heart attack by only 10%, — a study
Scientists from Mayo Clinic analyzed 300,000 ECGs using AI.
If you constantly think about where to get money and how to pay bills, your "engine" wears out faster than that of diabetics and hypertensive patients. Chronic stress keeps stress hormones at a peak, provokes inflammation, and literally accelerates organ aging.
The most unpleasant thing is that medications, apart from "getting rich," do not help. Chronic financial stress limits access precisely to what can help — healthy food, regular doctor visits,

The story of an early Bitcoin enthusiast
In 2010, Chinese teenager Zhao Tong invested just $10 in Bitcoin.
Later, he founded one of the first margin crypto exchanges, but due to security issues and outages, he lost 99,000 BTC, which is approximately $9 billion today.
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💥 The SEC hints at easing cryptocurrency regulation
The US SEC signals a possible easing of cryptocurrency regulation, reducing market uncertainty.
👉 Regulators may shift from a punitive approach to clearer and more predictable rules.
The market anticipates increased institutional investments and strengthening of the US position in the crypto industry.
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Trump on Tariffs
The US President emphasized that tariffs bring significant wealth and strengthen national security.
He noted that the trade deficit has decreased by 60%, calling it a unique achievement.
GDP grew by 4.3% and continues to grow, and according to Trump, there is no inflation.
"Now the US is respected again as a country," — said the president.
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Interns at AI companies, including small startups, earn around $300,000-$400,000 per year despite the crisis in the IT sector.
As Business Insider reports, in pursuit of talent, companies are willing to pay astronomical amounts to suitable candidates, and applicants don't even need higher education — the ability to learn quickly, work on personal and open source projects, as well as participation in Olympiads and hackathons are more valued.

😎Cryptocurrencies enter the era of privacy
Balaji Srinivasan claims that the industry has overcome the stages of security and smart contracts.
Initially, the market proved the viability of blockchain through mining and Proof-of-Work, then attention shifted to programmability and the Ethereum ecosystem.
Proof-of-Work is a mechanism by which blockchains confirm transactions and protect the network from attacks.
Now, the focus is shifting to privacy — ZK-based solutions that enable working within the blockchain without fully revealing data.
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Peter Schiff warns of a potential economic collapse
The era of the dollar is coming to an end, and gold is ready to take the place of the main reserve asset of central banks. This will lead to a collapse of the US dollar against other fiat currencies and will end America's free use of the global financial system. Prepare for a historic economic crisis.
One of the best investments for 2025 is selling Bitcoin and buying Silver.
Crypto Christmas did not happen, but Santa still brought you a gift in the form of a BTC rally, where you can make a profit.
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Queues for gold and silver in Singapore
Gold and silver have become popular again: residents of Singapore are actively buying these precious metals. Similar queues were observed in Australia and Vietnam when the price of gold reached new heights.
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349 pages of the Messari report in one post
Messari is an analytical company that studies the crypto market and publishes reports for funds, traders, and institutional investors. Their data and research are used by major players.
Key points:
• The ideological cycle is over. Slogans no longer work.
• BTC has exited the "crypto" category. ETFs have made it an institutional asset.
• Stablecoins are the most successful product of the industry, but they are getting closer to being tools of US monetary policy.
• L1 and L2 win as technologies, but as investments, they look weak.
• AI in crypto is cur

🏦 The RWA sector became the most profitable in crypto in 2025
The real tokenized assets sector (RWA) showed the highest return in the crypto industry in 2025: a growth of 185.8%.
According to CoinGecko, the sector leaders were Keeta Network (+1795% since the beginning of the year), Zebec Network (+217%), and Maple Finance (+123%).
❌ Meanwhile, AI tokens showed a loss of over 50% during the same period, making them one of the weakest market segments.
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