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- How to Get Robbed on a Video Call: The North Korean Playbook February 21, 2026
- The Stablecoin That Definitely Doesn’t Pay Interest (Wink) February 20, 2026
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The Great Crypto Die-Off: How 2025 Became the Year of Dead Tokens and Dumb Ideas
In 2025, 11.6 million crypto tokens died—86% of all token deaths since 2021. The casualties included apps paying users to photograph their bowel movements, competitive twerking leagues, and millions of projects that never made it past their first trade. When launching a token became easier than ordering pizza, the market got exactly what you’d expect. Continue reading
How to Get Robbed on a Video Call: The North Korean Playbook
In 2026, “trust but verify” means checking if the person on your Zoom call is actually a person. If someone you’ve never met face-to-face asks you to paste commands into your terminal, the correct response is “no” followed by hanging up. Continue reading
The Stablecoin That Definitely Doesn’t Pay Interest (Wink)
Washington just discovered that banning “interest” on stablecoins might not stop “rewards,” “points,” or “loyalty boosts.” Banks want Congress to close the loophole before deposits flee to apps with cartoon mascots. Crypto firms are playing innocent. Treasury wants it resolved by spring. Lawyers are having a field day with the dictionary. Continue reading
What You’re Actually Paying For When You Subscribe to Crypto Advice
Crypto advisory services charge $250-350 monthly, creating fee burdens of 6-30% depending on portfolio size. You’re buying emotional support and commodity information available free elsewhere, without fiduciary duty or liability. For most investors, especially retirees, a one-time consultation and a boring plan beats perpetual subscriptions that profit from your engagement. Continue reading
What Your Crypto Advisor Isn’t Telling You About Bear Markets
Bitcoin’s down 46% from its peak, and crypto advisors are unanimous: it’s time to accumulate. But that advice glosses over opportunity costs, tax headaches, and platform risks. Technical analysis isn’t science, moving averages aren’t magic, and “stay calm” is cheap when it’s not your money on the line. Continue reading
When Your Trading Bot Meets 12 Months of Market Chaos: An Honest Translation
EFX sent a carefully worded update explaining why their bot’s performance has been terrible for a year. Translation: Markets have been historically volatile with multiple back-to-back rare events, the bot is still technically working as designed, and “environmental stress” is a polite way of saying everything’s on fire but the bot hasn’t exploded yet. Continue reading
Russia’s $50+ Billion Crypto Shadow Economy: When Blockchain Became Geopolitical Infrastructure
Russia’s A7 platform has processed over $72 billion in cryptocurrency to evade Western sanctions, using a ruble-backed stablecoin and shell companies across multiple jurisdictions. On-chain analysis links the network to sanctioned exchanges and entities connected to Iran’s IRGC and Hamas, turning crypto’s “permissionless” features into state-level sanctions-evasion infrastructure. Continue reading
When the “Crypto President” Met the Crypto Winter
Donald Trump campaigned as cryptocurrency’s savior, promising a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and regulatory relief. Bitcoin pumped after his election, briefly crossing $100,000. Then it crashed, wiping out those gains and dropping below election-day levels. Turns out Bitcoin trades on global macro conditions, not presidential promises—and Trump gets to own the collapse anyway. Continue reading
The Honest Ending Without a Bow: What Comes Next (Or Doesn’t) – Part 11B
No triumphant wrap-up, no bitter warning—just honest uncertainty with clear boundaries. Three futures, one December deadline, and lessons that matter more than money: marriage survived, patience needs boundaries, boring works, speed of loss changes you. The 5% rule gave permission to be wrong without destruction. Either way, I’ll be fine. So will you. Continue reading
Your Survival Checklist: What Actually Matters After Losing 1/3 on Bots and Chasing the Moon – Part 11A
The 5% rule saves everything. Test positions prevent Magic-level disasters. Taking wins beats chasing moons (learned the $8,645 hard way). Conviction needs structure, hope just waits. Includes the guru checklist, KEEP/MAYBE/EXIT framework, compartmentalization strategy, checkbox lists for immediate action, and the permission to exit when things aren’t working. Continue reading
