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Founder & CEO @tokenmetricsinc. GP @tmventuresfund. Author of "The Crypto Investing Guide" available on Amazon/Audible. Appeared in @wsj, @cnn, @cnbc.

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Ian Balina
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RT @tokenmetricsinc: 🚨 5 Tokens That Recently Turned Bullish - Flagged by $TMAI. Trump just signed the first major crypto law in US history….
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I left a recent security deep-dive with one clear lesson: in crypto, latency is tolerable, but blind spots are fatal. The firm we spoke with secures about 90% of wallets and runs every transaction through an off-chain simulation before it ever touches the chain. That single.
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Want the full breakdown, charts, and next steps? Read the complete report here:
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Ethereum surges, MicroStrategy stacks BTC, and Pakistan eyes a Bitcoin-backed future
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Ian Balina
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Here’s my takeaway. The market isn’t just pumping coins. It’s merging two worlds—CEX scale and DeFi transparency. When rails converge, capital moves faster than news.
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Even governments feel the pull. Pakistan met with Saylor to explore a Bitcoin reserve backed by 2,000 MW of mining power. Emerging markets see BTC as the new digital gold.
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MicroStrategy scooped another 10,100 BTC at $104K. Their stack is 592,100 BTC. Love or hate it, they’re now a shadow central bank.
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Hyperliquid’s HYPE rode that wave. It now owns 60% of on-chain perp volume and sits above DOGE in futures open interest. Traders want speed, depth, and points. They don’t care where it lives.
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Why does that matter? Liquidity once trapped in walled gardens can now flow into open markets without leaving the app. The moat around pure DEXs just got thinner.
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Bybit rolled out ByReal, a Solana DEX that plugs straight into its order books. Coinbase and Binance are doing similar plays. CEX-DeFi hybrids are the new battleground.
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Ethereum popped 4%, yet whales added 1.49M ETH in 30 days. When the deepest pockets buy while price lags, I pay extra attention.
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Ian Balina
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Bitcoin’s MACD histogram flipped green for the 1st time this year. Every flip since 2020 was followed by a mega move. Volatility is brewing.
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Bitcoin just smashed through $106K, but that’s not the headline. The big story is the silent arms race linking centralized exchanges with on-chain speed.
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My insight: macro shocks will keep swinging prices, but AI agents, fair distribution, and regulatory clarity are stacking real tailwinds. Want the full breakdown and charts? Read the article here:
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Bitcoin slides below $104k, Virtuals' $IRIS launch shines, and U.S. stablecoin laws near a pivotal vote
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Ian Balina
1 month
Clearer rules attract giants. Coinbase is launching a Bitcoin rewards card with Amex and eyeing US futures. Shopify plugged USDC into every store on Base.
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$VIRTUAL, the governance token, is up 200% in 30 days. That move happened while BTC and ETH mostly chopped. Regulators are finally picking lanes. The GENIUS stablecoin bill hits the Senate floor on 6/17. The House just advanced the CLARITY Act.
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It scans code and social chatter 24/7 looking for exploits before they hit the feed. Access came through proof of contribution, not venture checks. Build, test, earn. Simple. Fair launches like this could reset tokenomics.
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Ian Balina
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Traders ran from risk assets, but they crowded into clear narratives. AI is that narrative right now. Virtuals dropped $IRIS on Ethereum. The Genesis sale was oversubscribed 2700%, pulling 19,193 wallets. $IRIS powers an autonomous security agent.
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Ian Balina
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Crypto just ate a $200B sucker punch, yet a brand new AI coin still sold out 27x in minutes. Israel launched airstrikes. Bitcoin slid under 104k. Over $1B in longs got liquidated. Fear hit hard. Yet every crash also shows where courage hides.
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Put it all together. Payments giants, regulators, fund managers, degens, and public companies are converging at the same time. Liquidity is no longer the bottleneck. Access is.
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