# ![@murtuza_merc Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1625063886.png) @murtuza_merc Murtuza J Merchant

Murtuza J Merchant posts on X about crypto, bitcoin, blockchain, liquidity the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  43.57% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  26.43% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  8.57% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  6.43% [stocks](/list/stocks)  6.43% [countries](/list/countries)  5% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.43% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  1.43% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.71% [currencies](/list/currencies)  0.71%

**Social topic influence**
[crypto](/topic/crypto) #417, [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) 15.71%, [blockchain](/topic/blockchain) #1731, [liquidity](/topic/liquidity) 7.14%, [money](/topic/money) #2938, [nft](/topic/nft) #1226, [nfts](/topic/nfts) #606, [binance](/topic/binance) 5%, [gold](/topic/gold) 4.29%, [ethereum](/topic/ethereum) #6058

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@yellowmedia_hq](/creator/undefined) [@dhananjaymunde](/creator/undefined) [@czbinance](/creator/undefined) [@yellow](/creator/undefined) [@ncpspeaks](/creator/undefined) [@phantomtxn](/creator/undefined) [@silentmovezs](/creator/undefined) [@deunusualtechie](/creator/undefined) [@eddarksear](/creator/undefined) [@jordanroute](/creator/undefined) [@coldwalletcreep](/creator/undefined) [@solana](/creator/undefined) [@tether](/creator/undefined) [@binance](/creator/undefined) [@lynkey](/creator/undefined) [@peterschiff](/creator/undefined) [@mydogeceo](/creator/undefined) [@yellowmediahq](/creator/undefined) [@0xrekted21](/creator/undefined) [@defiorbit2](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum) [Solana (SOL)](/topic/solana) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN)](/topic/coinbase) [BITMINE IMMERSION TECH (BMNR)](/topic/bitmine)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"For decades global reserves leaned heavily on U.S. government debt because of its liquidity and perceived safety. But rising geopolitical tensions sanctions risks and growing sovereign debt levels are pushing central banks to diversify. Gold unlike bonds carries no counterparty risk and cannot be frozen or sanctioned making it a useful hedge in uncertain times. This trend also strengthens discussions within BRICS countries about reducing dependence on the dollar system. While BRICS has not replaced dollar-based trade or reserves rising gold holdings give member states more financial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017153308561916141)  2026-01-30T08:30Z 10.3K followers, 20.8K engagements


"Clawdbot Moltbot Openclaw just became the fastest-growing open-source project in history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017897634690707539)  2026-02-01T09:47Z 10.2K followers, 18.5K engagements


"What @Yellow is betting on here isnt just non-custody. Its the idea that traders no longer want to trade trust for speed. After FTX Mt. Gox and repeated outages the market is slowly converging on a simple demand: keep my keys give me execution that doesnt break under stress. Everything else in this design flows from that. https://yellow.com/learn/after-ftx-and-mt-gox-yellow-network-bets-on-a-world-without-custodial-exchanges https://yellow.com/learn/after-ftx-and-mt-gox-yellow-network-bets-on-a-world-without-custodial-exchanges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017920752024969452)  2026-02-01T11:19Z 10.2K followers, 20.8K engagements


"This is the 84th last shakeout before the parabolic breakout"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018232925683101831)  2026-02-02T08:00Z 10.3K followers, 20.7K engagements


"Luxembourg rarely moves first for hype reasons. It moves when regulators feel comfortable treating a firm like financial plumbing rather than a speculative actor. Ripple is now in a different category from most crypto firms operating in Europe. EMI status means passporting across the EU access to banks and the ability to embed directly into payment flows under rules institutions already understand. In practice that shifts Ripple closer to a payments middleware role and further away from the trading-led crypto model that regulators remain cautious about."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018302902364778765)  2026-02-02T12:38Z 10.2K followers, 20.6K engagements


"BitMine effectively tied its financial identity to one asset at a moment when liquidity across crypto markets was already thinning. When ETH rolled over there was no operational buffer to soften the hit. The loss showed up immediately in mark-to-market terms making the company look less like infrastructure and more like a directional bet that went wrong. The scale also changes how investors read it. A multi-billion-dollar unrealized loss forces questions about governance and risk limits even before any sale happens. Public markets tend to tolerate volatility. They are far less forgiving when"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018308022934687849)  2026-02-02T12:58Z 10.2K followers, 20.1K engagements


"The backlash to the GENIUS Act exposes a core flaw in the stablecoin model. Issuers have power without obligation. They can freeze funds control the rails and earn yield on reserves but they arent required to return stolen money. That gap creates bad incentives. Holding frozen funds can be profitable. Helping victims is optional. In traditional finance that trade-off doesnt exist and restitution is baked into the system. For stablecoins it isnt. This fight is an early warning. Expect tighter rules pressure for mandatory restitution and less tolerance for issuers that profit while victims"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018380521730879617)  2026-02-02T17:46Z 10.2K followers, 19.9K engagements


"How does the same PM who negotiated the "mother of all deals" with EU to protect agriculture extracting visa concessions turn around and thank Trump for a 7% tariff cut while offering ZERO tariffs $500B commitments and abandoning Russian oil The world is watching. https://yellow.com/news/india-surrenders-all-tariffs-to-america-as-modi-thanks-trump-for-7-reduction Wonderful to speak with my dear friend President Trump today. Delighted that Made in India products will now have a reduced tariff of 18%. Big thanks to President Trump on behalf of the [---] billion people of India for this wonderful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018557561289499033)  2026-02-03T05:30Z 10.3K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Banks see stablecoin rewards as a direct threat. If crypto platforms offer 4-5% on dollar-pegged tokens while savings accounts pay almost nothing deposits will move. And deposits are the foundation of banking. Lose them and the lending model starts to crack. Crypto firms argue they are just offering a better product. Why should customers accept 0.5% at a bank when stablecoins pay more To them blocking yield is protectionism disguised as consumer safety. The White House is stuck. Trump promised crypto legislation at Davos and wants a win. But alienating banks risks serious pushback. And"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018602861827940836)  2026-02-03T08:30Z 10.2K followers, 21.1K engagements


"Standard Chartered cutting @solana 's near-term target while raising its long-term forecast tells you everything about where SOL stands right now. The blockchain works. Fast cheap reliable. But it built its reputation on meme coins and that has become a trap. Institutional players do not want to build on a chain known for speculative gambling. And markets have punished SOL accordingly pricing it cheap relative to what the network actually generates in fees. The pivot to micropayments makes sense on paper. Solana's cost structure can support transactions that would be uneconomical on Ethereum."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018637788984365263)  2026-02-03T10:48Z 10.1K followers, 21.2K engagements


"Debunking left narratives today's part 428: White privilege. Facts and data simply dont fit well with left narratives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018721411397824942)  2026-02-03T16:21Z 10.3K followers, 22.3K engagements


"Its not a crime to party with Jeffrey Epstein The new official line just dropped from deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Youre about to witness the biggest cover-up in human history as more names pages and files are fed to the public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018736514096578668)  2026-02-03T17:21Z 10.1K followers, 26.9K engagements


"Talked to people on both sides of crypto's privacy debate. One camp is building selective disclosure where transactions stay hidden but you can prove compliance without revealing details. The other camp thinks that's surveillance dressed up as innovation. Both are winning. Institutional money is pouring into zero-knowledge compliance tools. Meanwhile Monero just hit an all-time high despite [--] exchange delistings. Turns out there's demand for privacy you control and privacy that can't be switched off. This isn't a tech disagreement. It's a philosophical fork. Crypto may be splitting into two"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019003248506511529)  2026-02-04T11:01Z 10.2K followers, 21K engagements


".@CathieDWood 's case for dumping gold and buying Bitcoin comes down to one chart. Gold divided by M2 money supply just hit a record. Last time it got close was the '70s inflation spike and the Great Depression. Her read Gold's overextended Bitcoin's supply is tightening (0.8% issuance now 0.4% in two years) and the recent BTC weakness was a Binance glitch not a trend. Whether you buy it or not the framing is interesting. She's not pitching Bitcoin as digital gold anymore. She's pitching it as the thing you rotate into after gold's done its job."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019021871661072461)  2026-02-04T12:15Z 10K followers, 16.4K engagements


"The meta on .@solana has quietly flipped and most people haven't caught on. For years the edge in memecoin trading was speedget in early get out before the dump. But when [-----] tokens launch daily and most are designed to extract from first buyers being fast just means you lose faster. .@Reethmos from .@TrojanOnSolana put it bluntly: the traders winning now are the ones who ignore most of what launches. Filtration over velocity. The game isn't about racing to entries anymore. It's about not showing up to traps. What's interesting is this mirrors how markets mature. Early days reward"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019037408776380776)  2026-02-04T13:16Z 10.6K followers, 23.5K engagements


"Morph locking BGB into a single cross-chain framework is a bet most crypto projects wouldn't make. The default instinct is to integrate everything. More bridges more options more flexibility. Morph is doing the opposite. The logic isn't complicated. Institutions don't want choice. They want one pathway they can audit one set of assumptions they can underwrite one answer when something breaks. That's how traditional finance works. Morph is betting crypto infrastructure needs to start behaving the same way if it wants serious payment volume. The risk is obvious. If CCIP has issues there's no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019058207222632872)  2026-02-04T14:39Z 10K followers, 20.9K engagements


"Ill be in Hong Kong between [---] Feb for @consensus_hk and Im looking forward to a few days of conversations that go beyond headlines. This cycle feels different. The focus has shifted from pure speculation to market structure institutional participation onchain payments AI-driven infrastructure and what real adoption actually looks like once the noise fades. Between regulations the push for compliant onchain rails and the growing overlap between crypto and traditional finance theres a lot to unpack and Hong Kong feels like the right place to do that right now. Im excited to meet founders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019071648582848949)  2026-02-04T15:32Z 10.2K followers, 22.1K engagements


"The telling signal in Bitcoin's slump isn't the selling it's what's not happening afterward. Buyers aren't stepping in. Normally when leverage gets flushed opportunistic bids emerge and a floor forms. Not this time. Deleveraging has run its course yet prices keep drifting. Spot markets are quiet. It's not panic anymore but it's apathy from the other side of the trade. Bitcoin has slipped below key cost-basis levels options traders are hedging for more pain and institutional flows that once provided a reliable bid have gone quiet. Leverage isn't the story anymore. Conviction is and right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019282338455187931)  2026-02-05T05:30Z 10.3K followers, 20.8K engagements


"The persistence of these attacks says more about where crypto stands than any earnings report. Binance processes over $20 billion in daily volume. CZ even after stepping down remains the most recognized face in the industry. When you're that big you become a target. Not because you're vulnerable but because damaging your reputation moves markets. That's the game now. Fake DMs photoshopped legal letters anonymous accounts with inflated follower counts pushing manufactured narratives. The barrier to entry for financial disinformation is essentially zero and the payoff whether through short"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019350708139544912)  2026-02-05T10:01Z 10.2K followers, 20.7K engagements


".@saylor calls it a "digital fortress." The balance sheet calls it an $8.9 billion unrealized loss. Strategy holds [------] Bitcoin at an average cost of $76052. With Bitcoin at $63600 last quarter's operating loss hit $17.4 billion nearly all from fair-value markdowns. But they're not slowing down. They raised $25.3 billion in [----] still have $40 billion in issuance capacity and built a $2.25 billion reserve covering dividends for the next two and a half years. Whether it's visionary or reckless depends entirely on where Bitcoin goes. Above $76000 Saylor looks like a genius who bought the dip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019644850715709522)  2026-02-06T05:30Z 10.2K followers, 20.4K engagements


"Tether already dominates the gold-backed stablecoin market as XAU holds over 60% of a sector that's grown from $1.3 billion to $5.5 billion in the past year. The product exists. The backing exists. What @tether needs now is reach beyond crypto-native users. provides that. It's a mainstream precious metals platform with an audience that thinks in ounces not tokens. The integration path seems clear. Let traditional gold buyers access XAU let crypto holders buy physical metal with stablecoins and blur the line between the two worlds until the distinction stops mattering. The deeper play is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019682477586169948)  2026-02-06T08:00Z 10.6K followers, 20.4K engagements


"A .@BithumbOfficial employee meant to send users $1.50 in rewards. They sent $133 million in Bitcoin instead. The mistake was simple. Staff entered BTC instead of KRW when distributing [----] units as a prize. Hundreds of users received windfalls worth over $60000 each at current prices. This is significant because Bithumb has spent months advertising itself as having the highest liquidity among South Korean exchanges. Two days before this incident regulators showed up to investigate whether those claims were misleading. Now they have their answer in real time. Major exchanges still allow staff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019806171993874633)  2026-02-06T16:11Z 10.6K followers, 20.6K engagements


"Google trends for Bitcoin exploding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020043676404089148)  2026-02-07T07:55Z 10.3K followers, 39.8K engagements


"How i feel today getting back to breakeven after almost getting liquidated yesterday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020105630317506844)  2026-02-07T12:01Z 10.3K followers, 20.4K engagements


"Bitcoin's institutional embrace created a paradox. The transparency that let BlackRock build an ETF is exactly what makes Bitcoin unsuitable for financial privacy. Nearly 9% of all Bitcoin sits in ETFs or government treasuries. That required auditability. Regulated custodians cannot hold assets they cannot track. The public ledger that reassured institutions eliminates individual financial privacy. This was a deliberate trade-off. When privacy proposals reached Bitcoin Core in [----] the community chose stability over iteration. The cypherpunk vision was abandoned for institutional acceptance."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020210189496967404)  2026-02-07T18:56Z 10.6K followers, 106.8K engagements


".@dgt10011 Park's real insight is about delta-neutral strategies. When volatility spikes risk managers cut exposure across everything. Basis trades unwind automatically. Relative value positions get dumped. Bitcoin gets sold not because of crypto fundamentals but because it sits in the same portfolio as equity derivatives. The feedback loop amplified it. Short gamma dealers had to sell into the drop. Structured products triggered automatic hedges. This creates mechanical downside that feeds itself. But Park's actual argument is this isn't a problem. It's Bitcoin's new structure. The same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020248779379601541)  2026-02-07T21:30Z 10.6K followers, 108K engagements


"Sunday pump Monday dump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020494255354269926)  2026-02-08T13:45Z 10K followers, 41.2K engagements


"Goldman on what to expect from USDJPY after LDP's blowout victory in Lower House elections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020641583981633937)  2026-02-08T23:31Z 10.5K followers, 33.3K engagements


"Ok. I bite Asked ChatGPT to make a caricature of myself 👀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020778123370074490)  2026-02-09T08:33Z 10.2K followers, 44.4K engagements


"Sunday pump = Monday Dump Sunday pump Monday dump https://t.co/ebyIYNX2BC Sunday pump Monday dump https://t.co/ebyIYNX2BC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020835023226818740)  2026-02-09T12:19Z 10.2K followers, 12.4K engagements


"People love the house always wins narrative because its easy but they forget what crypto was like before Binance. Without those affiliated market makers providing deep liquidity wed all still be losing 5% on every trade to slippage. You call it a structural advantage I call it bootstrapping an industry when no one else would. .@cz_binance didn't "steal" funds. He actually built a platform that survived the biggest stress tests in history while every other "regulated" lender and exchange went to zero. The DOJ poked around every corner of their books for years and the best they could find was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020839959771414886)  2026-02-09T12:39Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @felixprehn: Warren Buffett collects $816 million a year from Coca-Cola. that's $2.2 million per day. from one stock he bought in [----] a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020845071726158201)  2026-02-09T12:59Z 10K followers, [---] engagements


"Diego is spot on. In crypto we obsess over a 10% candle but we ignore the fact that slippage and market depth are the actual killers during a flush. In Oct [----] the market saw $19B+ in liquidations in [--] hours. Over 85% of those were longs that couldn't exit because the "reported" volume was just one-sided heat. When the bid side vanished "blue chips" saw 30% intraday drops purely because there was no one to catch the knife. High volume is a trailing indicator. Real liquidity is Order Book Depth. During the recent [----] tariff volatility even BTC plunged below $88k because weekend liquidity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020886862022254732)  2026-02-09T15:45Z 10.2K followers, 11.5K engagements


"Bitcoin hitting $69000 isnt the victory lap most people think it is. If you look past the price action and into the market structure its clear weve just moved from a panic phase into a "defensive" one. The most telling sign is that the leverage engine has completely stalled. For the first time in this cycle futures open interest has dropped below its historical support bands. Traders aren't betting on a moonshot anymore theyre buying downside protection. Weve shifted from a market driven by forced buying and liquidations to one that is purely dependent on actual spot demand. The on-chain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020899129325445204)  2026-02-09T16:34Z 10K followers, 10.7K engagements


"$69k is a psychological relief valve but the tape shows were still in a defensive crouch. Weve finally flushed the leverage with open interest cratering below historical norms but the engine that fueled previous rallies is officially cold. Price discovery is now squarely on the spot market and right now spot looks exhausted. The on-chain reality is that over 50% of supply is underwater and realized cap growth has turned negative. This isn't just a dip; its a structural capital outflow. With the Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) staying deeply negative sellers are still the ones being aggressive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021064787086676230)  2026-02-10T03:32Z 10.2K followers, 11.6K engagements


"Draw your line. Where are we in four years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021083760339583061)  2026-02-10T04:48Z 10K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @artemis: BREAKING: Hyperliquid is quietly outgrowing Coinbase. Trading Volume (Notional): Coinbase: $1.4T Hyperliquid: $2.6T Tha"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021132836938326237)  2026-02-10T08:03Z 10K followers, [---] engagements


"There is now an 71% chance of a US government shutdown on Saturday. Pray for your bags"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021217249843937606)  2026-02-10T13:38Z 10.2K followers, 11.6K engagements


"You could have shorted $BTC every Monday for the past [--] months & won 18/19 trades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021262203496673782)  2026-02-10T16:37Z 10.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"RT @shahh: Next time you feel bad for missing something that mooned Imagine being SBF: - Put $500m into Anthropic which would now be wor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021375728059900329)  2026-02-11T00:08Z 10K followers, [---] engagements


".@SBF_FTX is essentially betting his 25-year sentence on the claim that FTX wasn't insolvent just illiquid and that suppressed testimony from former insiders like Daniel Chapsky would prove it. But the data tells a different story. In Rule [--] motions the interests of justice standard is a mountain to climb. Historically less than 1% of these motions succeed because you have to prove the evidence is truly newly discovered and would practically guarantee an acquittal. Claiming you had the assets all along is a tough sell when $10B in customer funds were objectively missing from the accounts."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021380702554751118)  2026-02-11T00:28Z 10K followers, 11.4K engagements


"Business cycle and RSI are both signaling a big reversal is incoming for BTC Hasnt been this oversold since the Covid crash Everything is aligning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021448707913417069)  2026-02-11T04:58Z 10K followers, 10.7K engagements


".@ysiu is calling it. The stablecoin war against big banks is likely a losing battle for crypto-natives. In [----] the reality is that bank distribution and political muscle are simply too big to bypass. Were moving toward a regulatory endgame where crypto will have to trade away its most aggressive features like high-yield native models just to get a seat at the table. The compromise is structural. Legislation like the CLARITY Act might finally provide a path forward but it will come at the cost of the open DeFi yield many hoped for. Sius point is that while Coinbase is massive the legacy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021529437947183509)  2026-02-11T10:19Z 10K followers, 20K engagements


".@GracyBitget is sounding the alarm on a major structural shift for [----]. The crypto-only exchange model is hitting a ceiling. As traditional giants like JP Morgan and Citi roll out 24/7 tokenized settlement the old liquidity advantage held by centralized exchanges is evaporating. The move to a Universal Exchange isn't just marketing but a survival pivot. .@bitget data shows that institutional spot volume on their platform skyrocketed from 39% to 82% in just one year. The smart money is looking for a single venue where they can trade tokenized S&P [---] stocks commodities and FX alongside BTC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021543539448898001)  2026-02-11T11:15Z 10K followers, 16.9K engagements


"Someone might wanna check on the 'Hold and Believe' crew. You know just to see how they're all doing these days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021600590166442484)  2026-02-11T15:01Z 10K followers, [----] engagements


"While Bitcoin price volatility grabs the headlines [----] is seeing a massive decoupling of structure from speculation. Ryan Zegas shift at .@AptosLabs reflects the new reality. Institutions aren't waiting for a bull run theyre busy migrating global financial plumbing onto the chain. Weve stopped building faster databases for banks and started building a 24/7 global trading engine. If you're only watching the BTC chart you're missing the infrastructure pivot that's making tokenized finance the new global standard."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021620238299918423)  2026-02-11T16:19Z 10.6K followers, 12.1K engagements


"Leverage is a race to the bottom but market fragmentation is a goldmine. @AxisFDN COO Jimmy Xue tells me how they are turning institutional-grade arbitrage into a protocol-native product. The goal 10-20% yield built on math not hype. Read how the unbundling of finance changes everything https://yellow.com/news/institutional-arbitrage-may-replace-staking-as-cryptos-yield-engine-says-crypto-exec https://yellow.com/news/institutional-arbitrage-may-replace-staking-as-cryptos-yield-engine-says-crypto-exec"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021636128730746956)  2026-02-11T17:23Z 10.3K followers, 12.7K engagements


"ETHEREUM STAKING CLIMBS TO AT ALL-TIME HIGH DESPITE SUB-$2K LEVELS Ethereums staking ratio hits a new ATH surpassing 30% of total supply with 36.8M ETH ($72BILLION) now locked and nearly 1M validators securing the network"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021806840271740943)  2026-02-12T04:41Z 10.4K followers, 17.7K engagements


"Silver is currently in its 6th consecutive year of supply deficit yet physical buyers are still losing $20+ per ounce to retail premiums and storage fees. Its a logistical nightmare for an asset that hit $120 just last month. @SilverTimesSTT fixes the math with a 50/50 hybrid model: 50% Physical: Hard-asset security in audited vaults. 50% T-Bills/Synthetics: Wipes out carry costs and provides 24/7 liquidity. You get the safety of bullion with the speed of a high-yield trading desk. This is Silver [---]. 🥈⛓ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021872419179495860"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021872419179495860)  2026-02-12T09:02Z 10.2K followers, 14.1K engagements


"I told @_RichardTeng he actually has [--] full time jobs (probably without him even knowing it). His second job is smiling for the cameras while dozens of people flock to him for clicks between interviews. He says his chirpy nature makes it a breeze"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021910158486778262)  2026-02-12T11:32Z 10.6K followers, 19.6K engagements


"DeFi is graduating from the retail experiment phase into its role as institutional middleware. The new macro reality: as rates drop and regs clear the DeFi vs. Banks fight is over. The winners won't be consumer apps but the connective tissue protocols that banks use as their back-end liquidity rails. Lower rates won't kill yields they'll fuel the leverage demand that sustains them. Were moving from chasing retail hype to building the plumbing for wholesale capital. https://yellow.com/news/exclusive-defis-next-phase-may-belong-to-banks-and-ai-not-retail-says-phoenix-labs-ceo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021938809160839580)  2026-02-12T13:25Z 10K followers, 90.2K engagements


"Every time the market drops the same thing happens. Bitcoin falls and people panic. Suddenly everyone says: Bitcoin is dead. Its going to zero. Its a scam. It has no value. But this isnt new: In [----] they said it was dead. In [----] they said it was over. In [----] they said the bubble had popped forever. In [----] they said crypto was finished. And now theyre saying it again. Every cycle when the price crashes people lose hope and forget that this has happened before. When Bitcoin is going up everyone calls it the future. When Bitcoin is going down everyone calls it a scam. Years later when the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021967988015169564)  2026-02-12T15:21Z 10.3K followers, 61.9K engagements


"Exactly. BitMEXs once-a-day withdrawal window back in [----] made it impossible for an exchange to use it for a real-time hedge of that size. No entity would trap [-----] BTC in a manual multi-sig during a black swan crash. That 60k figure is likely just a garbled memory of old market-wide collateral or insurance fund stats are being recycled as a ghost story https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022239990017839522 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022239990017839522"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022239990017839522)  2026-02-13T09:22Z 10.6K followers, 16.6K engagements


"71% of Americans believe the United States is out of control under Trump - YouGov Poll"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022347292418637979)  2026-02-13T16:29Z 10.6K followers, 12.9K engagements


"Mumbai rains: @NCPspeaks @nawabmalikncp tweets images of flooded home #MumbaiRainsLiveUpdates #MumbaiRainlive #MumbaiRainsLive #MumbaiRain #mumbaimonsoon #MumbaiRains #Mumbai #MumbaiAirport #Mumbaikars Sharing link of my news repory below: https://rajkaran.com/mumbai-rains-ncps-nawab-malik-tweets-images-of-flooded-home/ https://rajkaran.com/mumbai-rains-ncps-nawab-malik-tweets-images-of-flooded-home/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1146071300395266048)  2019-07-02T15:01Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Environment should be top priority of CSR activities: Fmr Maha minister @SMungantiwar Sharing link of my news report below: #VMAWITHBTS #VMAs2020 #CSR #forest #finanstwitter #finance #education #girl #COVID19Victoria #COVID19 #COVID19Aus #vaccine https://crowdteck.com/environment-should-be-top-priority-of-csr-activities-fmr-maha-minister/ https://crowdteck.com/environment-should-be-top-priority-of-csr-activities-fmr-maha-minister/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1300381228491710464)  2020-08-31T10:33Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@CryptoWendyO This is so conservative Why not [------] directly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1548916745351548928)  2022-07-18T06:25Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Kindness doesnt always work 🤣🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1588479814822166529)  2022-11-04T10:34Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@lukebelmar So is the Rolex coming or was it a clickbait like others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1889364438135800126)  2025-02-11T17:22Z 10.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The botched home invasions targeting Binances French lead and other local crypto founders are a grim reality check. We spend all our time obsessing over digital opsec but for high-profile figures in [----] physical security is becoming the new cold storage. The attackers were incredibly sloppy hitting the wrong apartments twice before getting caught in Lyon but the intent is what matters. It shows a clear shift where criminal groups are realizing its often easier to point a gun at a human than to hack a multisig. If youre a public face in this industry your home address is now a more valuable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022309545192649090)  2026-02-13T13:59Z 10.6K followers, 10.8K engagements


"@Bybit_Official Check out my NFT listing on @opensea Request support to make rural life in the Himalayas accessible to all. #NFTs #NFTCommunity #NFTGiveaway #NFTGiveaways #nftart #NFTartist #nftcollectors #NFTshill #Blockchain #BlockRockinBeats #Crypto via @opensea https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963/70149388636426215702417261526503311664577734752334618208868773264684499337217/ https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963/70149388636426215702417261526503311664577734752334618208868773264684499337217/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1449366575715274752)  2021-10-16T13:28Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


".@LynKey_ Announces Tokenization & #NFT Solutions Project. Full story .@DeccanHerald : #Blockchain #BlockchainNews #NFTcollection #NFTGame #NFTs #nftcollector #NFTshill #nftart #NFTGiveaways #NFTs #NFTCommunity #NFTGiveaway #nftart #nftcollector #NFTs https://bit.ly/3pqPi8N https://bit.ly/3pqPi8N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1474665217539940358)  2021-12-25T08:56Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@PeterSchiff MSTR's strategy might blow up eventually. But taking victory laps before it does when you've been wrong about every prior prediction is bold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1990101010623189219)  2025-11-16T16:53Z 10.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@PeterSchiff Peter's been calling Bitcoin a tulip since it was $100 and he's somehow less rich than the people who ignored him. At some point being consistently wrong for [--] years stops being analysis and starts being a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1990477282234794134)  2025-11-17T17:49Z 10.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@Coredao_Org just secured a Cayman Islands injunction blocking Maple Finance from launching syrupBTC claiming Maple breached exclusivity and used confidential IP from their lstBTC partnership to build a competing product. The court agreed there's a "serious issue to be tried"and Maple now can't launch syrupBTC or transact CORE tokens until arbitration wraps and Core's terminated the partnership entirely after Maple allegedly impaired millions in BTC lender assets."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1991418097782125053)  2025-11-20T08:07Z 10.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Respectfully you're underselling the impact. You're right that no single person drives a bull market. Obviously those are liquidity and sentiment cycles. But dismissing your role ignores what you built. The largest exchange by volume the launchpad for hundreds of projects and the infrastructure that onboarded millions during 2020-2021. Binance didn't create demand but it absolutely enabled distribution and access at scale. That compounding effect matters more than most want to admit. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020182803439136939 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020182803439136939"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020182803439136939)  2026-02-07T17:08Z 10.6K followers, 31.4K engagements


".@tether is done being just a stablecoin printer. Their backing of Dreamcash on .@HyperliquidX is a straight-up attack on the CEX monopoly. Trading NVDA or Gold perps using USDT0 without a middleman or bridge friction is exactly what's needed to flip retail on-chain. If they successfully move that margin the CEX moat is officially gone. https://yellow.com/news/tether-backs-dreamcash-to-launch-usdt-collateralized-equity-perpetuals-on-hyperliquid https://t.co/oeJSSOHfZq https://yellow.com/news/tether-backs-dreamcash-to-launch-usdt-collateralized-equity-perpetuals-on-hyperliquid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022451977075007719)  2026-02-13T23:25Z 10.6K followers, 19K engagements


"#Maharashtra @TawdeVinod blames #media for portraying 'dirty' image of #PoliticsToday ; gets slammed by @NCPspeaks 's @dhananjay_munde and @ShivSena 's @manishaskayande Sharing link of my story below: https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2018/09/08/bom1-mh-tawde-media.html https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2018/09/08/bom1-mh-tawde-media.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1038377399082266624)  2018-09-08T10:43Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@NCPspeaks slams #Maharashtra govt on 'faltering' economy; Minister hits back @dhananjay_munde @arunjaitley Sharing link of my story below: https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/business/2018/09/16/bes13-mh-economy-ncp.html https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/business/2018/09/16/bes13-mh-economy-ncp.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1041369603920814080)  2018-09-16T16:53Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Maha: 'Mushaira' held to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary @naqvimukhtar Sharing link of my news report below: https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-mushaira-held-to-mark-mahatma-gandhi-s-150th-birth-118102601410_1.html https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-mushaira-held-to-mark-mahatma-gandhi-s-150th-birth-118102601410_1.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1055868815786029059)  2018-10-26T17:08Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Maharashtra #government yet to start #Drought relief measures claims @dhananjay_munde Chief Minister @Dev_Fadnavis hits back. Sharing link of my news report below: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-govt-yet-to-start-drought-relief-measures-claims-munde-118110700302_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-govt-yet-to-start-drought-relief-measures-claims-munde-118110700302_1.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1060133123567091714)  2018-11-07T11:33Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Douglas_Horn Chief Architect @HelloTelos talks about Solanas Scalability Glitch and what to learn from it. #Blockchain #blockchaintechnology #Telos #TelosEVM #cryptocurrencies #NFTs #nftcollector #NFT #COTI #BSCGem https://www.indianweb2.com/2021/10/what-to-learn-from-solanas-scalability.html https://www.indianweb2.com/2021/10/what-to-learn-from-solanas-scalability.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1446485551473827849)  2021-10-08T14:40Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Why the luxury tourism industry led by .@LynKey_ is latching onto #Blockchain technology. Story on .@the_news_21 : #Crypto #cryptocurrency #NFTGame #NFTs #NFT #nftart #NFTartists #CryptoNews #cryptotrading #NFTGame #NFTartist #NFTGiveaway #NFTCommunity https://bit.ly/3GGKDVN https://bit.ly/3GGKDVN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1470270059402567680)  2021-12-13T05:51Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Decentralized Metaverse .@vEmpireDDAO Launches Staking Pool For #ApeCoins reports .@IBTimes : #APE #NFT #NFTGiveaways #NFTdrop #NFTartwork #NFTProject #NFTCommunity #Blockchain #ETH #Bitcoin #Crypto #cryptocurrencies #cryptocurrency #CryptoNews https://bit.ly/3uLdFzx https://bit.ly/3uLdFzx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1509841952791199744)  2022-04-01T10:35Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"A call for gender equality: Wall Streets Fearless Girl by to debut as #NFT reports .@livemint : #Blockchain #cryptocurrency #Crypto #CryptoNews #cryptocurrencies #Bitcoin #Ethereum #ETH #NFTCommunity #NFTs #NFTGiveaways #DeFiProject #defiyield https://bit.ly/395eZpt https://bit.ly/395eZpt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1523562617167482880)  2022-05-09T07:16Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


".@cloakedwireless Launches #NFT To Protect Against SIM Swaps reports .@BWBusinessworld : #Blockchain #cryptocurrency #cryptocurrencies #Bitcoin #Ethereum #ETH #NFTCommunity #NFTs #NFTGiveaways #Cryptocrash #cryptotrading #NFTs #NFTGiveaway #NFTdrops https://bit.ly/3yNiHiC https://bit.ly/3yNiHiC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1527245847356145664)  2022-05-19T11:12Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


".@elite_token_ unveils #NFTdrop & beta version of gaming platform Runiverse reports .@FinancialXpress : #Blockchain #cryptocurrency #cryptocurrencies #Bitcoin #Ethereum #ETH #NFTCommunity #NFTs #NFTGiveaways #Cryptocrash #cryptotrading #NFTGiveaway https://bit.ly/3lVf3M1 https://bit.ly/3lVf3M1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1529038726709579779)  2022-05-24T09:56Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


".@themetajuice launches inaugural #MetaverseNFT collection reports .@InvezzPortal : #Blockchain #NFTGiveaways #NFTdrops #NFT #NFTs #BITCOIN #BTC #Metaverse #NFTGiveaway #CryptoCommunity #cryptocurrency #Crypto #Cryptos #cryptocurrencies https://bit.ly/3xKQvdS https://bit.ly/3xKQvdS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1539178310139527168)  2022-06-21T09:28Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Let's delve into what is an #Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and how does it work Read on @Cointelegraph : #Cryptocurency https://bit.ly/3GTSWkC https://bit.ly/3GTSWkC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/1597246544050520064)  2022-11-28T15:10Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Everyone is hunting for a V-shape recovery at $67k but the data suggests were actually in the denial phase of the cycle. Realized price ($55k) is a psychological breaking point. In every major bear market be it [----] [----] or [----] we spent months underwater until the diamond hands finally broke. Right now with 55% of the supply still in profit theres simply too much hope left in the system for a true bottom. However technicals aside .@ByronDonalds just filed a purchase of Bitcoin $BTC and therefore I can say with certainty huge gains are coming soon."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022646762830180610)  2026-02-14T12:19Z 10.6K followers, 19.9K engagements


"Roubinis comments matter less as a market call and more as a warning about system design. Hes pushing the debate away from volatility and toward how money actually moves. If stablecoins scale as payment tools without the safeguards banks carry stress wont show up gradually. It shows up as sudden loss of trust. https://yellow.com/news/roubini-warns-trump-crypto-policies-risk-financial-apocalypse https://yellow.com/news/roubini-warns-trump-crypto-policies-risk-financial-apocalypse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2020555025081053633)  2026-02-08T17:47Z 10.6K followers, 73.6K engagements


"Crypto wallets are finally graduating from being speculative casino apps to actual financial operating systems. In places like Argentina and Nigeria this isn't about chasing a 10x it's about survival. Stablecoin transaction volume hit $33 trillion in [----] and crypto card spending surged 525% year-over-year. People are using wallets for daily transfers payroll and inflation hedging long before they ever touch a DeFi protocol. The real shift for [----] is the move toward Agentic Commerce. Were entering a world where AI agents initiate transactions autonomously via machine-native protocols like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021181725754192063)  2026-02-10T11:17Z 10.6K followers, 19.2K engagements


"The biggest inefficiency in crypto right now is billions in $DOGE sitting idle on exchanges while CEXs pocket all the fees. DogeOS is making a smart bet. You don't beat Solana on speed you beat it by activating [--] years of parked cultural capital. Moving Dogecoin from static meme to on-chain economy is the only way for holders to finally capture the value exchanges have been milking for a decade. @MyDogeCEO shares his thoughts with me https://yellow.com/news/dogeos-targets-billions-in-idle-dogecoin-to-build-a-culture-driven-defi-ecosystem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2021902905880850664)  2026-02-12T11:03Z 10.6K followers, 47.2K engagements


"Trump Media is basically a crypto fund now. These new SEC filings for BTC/ETH staking and a "Cronos Yield Maximizer" ETF prove the real strategy is that $6.4B partnership with Its a bet that political brand power can force a mid-cap like CRO into the institutional spotlight. With Paul Atkins now leading the SEC approving the President's own financial products is going to be a total minefield. If this gets greenlit were looking at the birth of "political yield" as a real asset class. The line between DC and DeFi is effectively gone."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022380526812942559)  2026-02-13T18:41Z 10.6K followers, 18.4K engagements


"Vitalik is essentially arguing that prediction markets are currently a high-performance engine being used to drive in circles. By calling out corposlop gambling hes pointing toward a massive structural flip: prediction markets as a Synthetic CPI. If this redesign happens we move from Universal Stability (everyone holding the same USD-pegged stablecoin) to Personalized Stability. Imagine an AI agent managing a basket of event contracts that perfectly hedges your specific rent grocery and energy costs. You keep your wealth in ETH or equities but your purchasing power is locked in via the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022689275490308204)  2026-02-14T15:07Z 10.6K followers, 20.1K engagements


"That coin that you sold at loss and now you keep seeing it in your timeline how it pumped 100x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022729623931613588)  2026-02-14T17:48Z 10.6K followers, 16.8K engagements


"What a sight. Memecoins are ripping usually a great confluence that whatever bounce were having is real"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022769436562985039)  2026-02-14T20:26Z 10.6K followers, 15.6K engagements


"India is moving past being just a software hub to building the actual physical engine of AI. The $175B data city in Andhra Pradesh is a massive bet that'll likely pay off because it tackles the two things killing AI growth elsewhere- power and cooling. Using nuclear reactors and monsoon water to run these centers is the kind of scale only India can pull off right now. With Google and Microsoft already cutting $30B+ in checks and a 20-year tax holiday in play Big Tech is effectively locked in. If they can solve the chip supply this becomes the world's most defensible AI moat."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2022964168337305973)  2026-02-15T09:20Z 10.6K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Crypto is a glass house right now. If buying a coffee reveals your whole bank balance to everyone it's not money it's a security risk. .@cz_binance is talking about this because hes already betting millions on the fix with Genius Trading. He's right that we can't keep doxing ourselves every time we move funds. Privacy isn't a crime it's just common sense if you don't want to get targeted in real life. https://yellow.com/news/cz-calls-privacy-cryptos-biggest-unsolved-problem-weeks-after-investing-in-a-privacy-platform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2023080539066945705)  2026-02-15T17:02Z 10.6K followers, 16.8K engagements


"Crypto is sitting on a $200M war chest for the [----] midterms because theyre tired of playing nice with the Senate. They got the stablecoin bill through but the big fight over who actually regulates the market is still stuck. The industry has figured out that it is way cheaper to spend $10M to fire a critic than it is to lobby them for a decade. This is not just a political push. It is a hostile takeover of the committees that have been holding up the rules. They are not asking for permission anymore. They are just replacing the people who say no."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2023174735962558591)  2026-02-15T23:17Z 10.6K followers, 12K engagements


"The standoff between .@binance and .@FortuneMagazine shows that being right on the facts doesn't matter much if you aren't in the room while the story is being written. When a company is under a federal monitor playing catch-up with a news cycle is a difficult to win game. This is exactly why a comms team needs more than just a press release. They need direct personal ties to editors. You want your data and your side of the story in the very first draft not as a correction or a CEO tweet after the damage is done. In this industry your reputation is only as good as the reporter's last phone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2023305761930031205)  2026-02-16T07:57Z 10.6K followers, 15.5K engagements


"Never wait. Never beg. The world is selfish. It will never be fair. People don't forget. You owe them silence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2023034403199631663)  2026-02-15T13:59Z 10.6K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Bitcoin's CME Gap will close & there is NOTHING any bear can do about it. Heavy liquidations inbound. Buckle up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2023381529553207558)  2026-02-16T12:58Z 10.6K followers, 14.3K engagements


"When people see headlines about Binance accounts being hacked the instinct is to blame the exchange. This case shows why that framing is often wrong and why the risk is more uncomfortable than a single platform failure. There is really this growing mismatch between how secure exchanges have become and how insecure user endpoints still are. Binance wasnt breached. User devices were. And that distinction matters because it shifts responsibility and risk away from centralized infrastructure and toward millions of individual machines that are far harder to protect. Infostealer malware doesnt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016383234708222410)  2026-01-28T05:30Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements


"Senate candidate launched a memecoin $MORAN Investigating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016432333717487822)  2026-01-28T08:45Z [----] followers, 41.7K engagements


"REMINDER FOMC rate cut decision is coming today at [--] p.m. ET. Expect market volatility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016454626044752007)  2026-01-28T10:13Z 10.3K followers, 20.3K engagements


"What set this episode apart was not just the scale of liquidations but where the damage originated. The sell-off was not driven by macro news or regulation but by failures inside trading infrastructure itself. That distinction matters. When market stress is internally generated it raises harder questions about how crypto actually functions under pressure. At the center of the episode was concentration risk. Despite the appearance of a fragmented market crypto liquidity remains heavily dependent on a handful of centralized exchanges. When pricing anomalies or system failures occur at a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016511672991523263)  2026-01-28T14:00Z 10.2K followers, 20.5K engagements


"DAMN Silver just erased $250 billion from its market cap in minutes after the Treasury Secretary Bessent says US won't involve in YEN Intervention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016556908828565794)  2026-01-28T17:00Z [----] followers, 22.1K engagements


"This ruling doesnt change how XRP trades day to day but it materially changes the legal backdrop it has operated under for years. By affirming that federal securities claims tied to XRPs early distribution are time-barred the Ninth Circuit has effectively removed one of the last private-litigation risks hanging over the asset in the U.S. That matters because legal uncertainty not technology has been XRPs biggest constraint. Exchanges payment partners and institutional counterparties tend to avoid assets with open-ended legal exposure even when no wrongdoing has been proven. The decision also"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016571467803050325)  2026-01-28T17:57Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements


"@VitalikButerin message is less about Ethereums next upgrade and more about a narrowing window of relevance. He is arguing that the technical layer has largely done its job while the application layer has failed to justify why decentralization matters in everyday life. In an era where centralized AI systems are starting to control capital content and coordination Ethereums value is no longer theoretical. If it cannot produce applications with real social and governance impact soon the risk is not collapse it is being sidelined while closed systems quietly take over."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016745622783897724)  2026-01-29T05:30Z [----] followers, 20.2K engagements


"The White House stepping in is a quiet acknowledgment that crypto policy is no longer a niche issue it has become a balance-sheet and political problem. Stablecoins are now large enough to affect bank funding payment flows and financial stability which is why the debate has shifted from innovation to deposits and risk. For the crypto industry this moment cuts both ways. Direct White House involvement increases the odds of federal rules finally landing but it also signals tighter guardrails. The era of regulatory ambiguity is ending and what comes next will favor firms that can operate within"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016768271387902134)  2026-01-29T07:00Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements


"Powells most telling line wasnt about inflation or jobs. It was when he said its hard to look at the incoming data and say that policy is significantly restrictive. Thats a quiet but meaningful shift. The Fed is no longer framing rates as a brake on the economy. Its signaling that policy is closer to neutral than many markets had assumed even with inflation still above target. Between the lines this suggests two things. First the bar for further rate cuts has risen unless the labor market weakens again. Second the Fed is increasingly comfortable letting growth run as long as inflation keeps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016790921447461264)  2026-01-29T08:30Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"What stands out from the @ARKInvest Q4 report is that Bitcoin didnt fall apart when it easily could have. A 36% drawdown would have caused panic in earlier cycles. This time price broke some technical levels but found support around its on-chain mean and stayed there. That tells you the selling pressure was real but not desperate. The other big change is whos holding the risk. ETF buyers are mostly back near breakeven which tends to calm markets rather than fuel forced selling. At the same time leverage has been flushed and treasury-style buyers are no longer sitting on big paper profits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016806020715266440)  2026-01-29T09:30Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements


"RT @EleanorTerrett: 🚨NEW: @SECGov staff just put out guidance on tokenized securities laying out how federal securities laws apply and dis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016816078920290743)  2026-01-29T10:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"150+ BTC holder - Paper. Pencil. Old laptop. [---] BTC holder - Trading Dashboards. Devices. Rituals. The more you have the less theater you need. The less you have the more complexity pretends to be control. Similar dynamic in careers and pretty much anywhere else. Real builders and operators stay boring. They own risk cut noise and ship"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016830174789050824)  2026-01-29T11:05Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements


"RT @YellowMedia_HQ: Trader turns $343 into $773K on WhiteWhale after Bybit listing parabolic rally https://yellow.com/news/how-one-trader-scored-2253x-on-whitewhale-meme-coin https://yellow.com/news/how-one-trader-scored-2253x-on-whitewhale-meme-coin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016835871043912061)  2026-01-29T11:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Trade deficit soars by almost 100% MoM from $29.2BN in Oct to $56.8BN in November exp. $44.0BN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016876168666861981)  2026-01-29T14:08Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"RT @YellowMedia_HQ: Zcash sees whale accumulation rise but $15M short setup keeps bears alive https://yellow.com/news/can-whale-buying-offset-dollar15m-zcash-short-setup https://yellow.com/news/can-whale-buying-offset-dollar15m-zcash-short-setup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016897153705087424)  2026-01-29T15:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"You will never guess at what time Jane's algos smashed Bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2016907913684549719)  2026-01-29T16:14Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"RT @BullTheoryio: WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND THIS MASSIVE CRASH 1) Too much leverage & margin calls - Traders went crazy with high levera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017003882136674719)  2026-01-29T22:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Crypto market explainer: What analysts are saying Rate hold was fully expected Analysts agree markets had already priced in no rate change so the decision itself did not move markets. Attention shifts to what happens next. Fed is in wait-and-watch mode With growth still holding and inflation not fully back to target policymakers see no urgency to cut rates. Future moves depend entirely on incoming economic data. Policy may no longer be very restrictive Powells suggestion that policy is closer to neutral reduces fears of further tightening which usually pressures risk assets like crypto."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017108010850799640)  2026-01-30T05:30Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements


"The SEC and CFTC formally working together on crypto oversight may end up being more important than any single ETF approval or token rally. For years one of cryptos biggest problems in the U.S. wasnt lack of demand or technology. It was regulatory uncertainty. Companies didnt know whether they were dealing with the SEC the CFTC or both. Products stalled innovation moved offshore and investors operated in legal grey zones. If coordination actually delivers clearer rules three things likely follow. First more trading and derivatives activity could move back onshore. Perpetual futures leveraged"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017130661652378005)  2026-01-30T07:00Z [----] followers, 19.6K engagements


"I was promised a strategic Bitcoin reserve and all I got was a good time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017170194120974773)  2026-01-30T09:37Z [----] followers, 20K engagements


"A blunt reading is that .@realDonaldTrump would not nominate Kevin Warsh if he believed Warsh would openly resist his economic priorities. But alignment does not always mean obedience. Three practical reasons likely explain the choice. First credibility with markets. Trump wants lower rates but he also wants markets to trust the .@federalreserve . A known inflation hawk gives cover. If Warsh later supports cuts markets interpret it as data-driven rather than political pressure. Second policy flexibility. Warsh has recently shifted tone arguing the Fed needs regime change and better policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017244763829817538)  2026-01-30T14:33Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements


"Kevin Warsh taking charge of the Federal Reserve marks a potential turning point for markets that have grown accustomed to abundant liquidity since the pandemic era. His long-standing criticism of prolonged stimulus and quantitative easing suggests monetary policy may now tilt more decisively toward price stability and balance-sheet discipline. For crypto markets the shift matters because Bitcoins strongest rallies historically coincided with periods of easy money falling real yields and excess liquidity chasing risk assets. A Warsh-led Fed if it prioritizes tighter policy and credibility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017268497483502023)  2026-01-30T16:07Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements


"He is definitely right here. When panic or rumors hit a big exchange like Binance traders dont just punish that company. They sell everything. Liquidity leaves the whole market and prices drop across the board. But the reason markets react so fast is trust. Crypto investors have seen enough exchange blow-ups to assume the worst when uncertainty appears. So even if Binance isnt selling meaningful amounts of tokens fear alone can trigger selling. Over the last [--] years I have observed that in this industry sentiment moves faster than facts. Fear spreads quickly and traders usually end up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017284402716283357)  2026-01-30T17:10Z [----] followers, 21K engagements


"Large holders accumulating while retail activity falls usually signals a transfer of supply from short-term traders to longer-term investors. But historically that phase rarely leads to an immediate rally. More often markets move sideways for months as excess leverage clears and sentiment resets. https://yellow.com/news/bitcoin-whales-accumulate-110000-btc-in-january-despite-30-price-decline https://yellow.com/news/bitcoin-whales-accumulate-110000-btc-in-january-despite-30-price-decline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017292028665561209)  2026-01-30T17:41Z [----] followers, 19.3K engagements


"If exchanges like .@coinbase can offer payments and yield-like returns outside the traditional deposit system banks risk losing cheap funding that underpins lending and profits. What were seeing now isnt a culture clash but a structural one. Crypto firms want freedom to innovate like tech companies while banks argue that anyone offering bank-like services should face bank-level regulation. The outcome will shape whether future finance runs through traditional institutions or increasingly through digital platforms operating outside them."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017470397768507414)  2026-01-31T05:30Z 10.2K followers, 20.8K engagements


"If the dollars dominance weakens the immediate assumption is that countries in BRICS stand to gain. After all many of them have spent years trying to reduce dependence on the U.S. financial system building gold reserves and experimenting with trade settlements outside the dollar. But a softer dollar system doesnt automatically mean smooth gains for them. Global trade commodity pricing and funding markets still run largely on dollars. Any serious disruption would hit emerging economies too especially those dependent on commodity exports or foreign capital. What looks more likely is a gradual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017493050482954676)  2026-01-31T07:00Z [----] followers, 20.4K engagements


"Chicagos Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust becomes the first U.S. bank FAILURE of [----]. Fears of another banking crisis are growing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017511524659556364)  2026-01-31T08:13Z [----] followers, 20.7K engagements


"Even after a broad risk unwind across tech gold and crypto leverage came straight back. That usually happens when traders think the worst of the downside has already played out and any move from here is more likely to snap higher than grind lower. Theres also a practical reason: spot volumes are thin. When conviction is low derivatives become the easiest way to stay involved without committing long-term capital. Leverage fills the gap. The problem is that this keeps the market fragile. With positions stacked again even small macro headlines can trigger sharp moves. The sell-off cleared weak"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017548833731784809)  2026-01-31T10:41Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements


"Grow California signals that some of Californias wealthiest donors now see the legislature as a closed system unless they actively build presence inside it. The wealth tax is the trigger but the deeper issue is how fiscal policy has come to reflect the priorities of highly organized actors particularly healthcare unions with little internal resistance. Larsens framing accepts that reality rather than moralizing it. The decision to fund legislative races over multiple cycles points to an understanding that tax outcomes are shaped quietly through committees amendments and timing not public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017566369563148626)  2026-01-31T11:51Z [----] followers, 20.4K engagements


"The Moltbook market shows how fast expectations around AI agency are shifting. Traders are not betting on legal personhood they are betting on friction. As systems act without supervision humans will be forced to respond through courts rules or enforcement. The future tension will not be about AI rights but about who carries responsibility when autonomous systems cause real-world consequences. https://yellow.com/news/can-an-ai-agent-actually-sue-you-moltbooks-autonomous-agents-are-testing-legal-boundaries BREAKING: The odds of a Moltbook AI agent suing its human have surged to 40%."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017621899505709242)  2026-01-31T15:32Z [----] followers, 21.1K engagements


"@MarioNawfal @grok what is their adopted religion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017622272157114532)  2026-01-31T15:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"What we're seeing in BTC dropping to $80K is a classic correlated asset unwind that has more to do with policy expectations than crypto fundamentals. The Warsh Fed nomination changed the game. Markets had been pricing in a weaker dollar and easier money ahead which fueled the insane precious metals run (gold to $5600 silver to $120). When Warsh got picked traders suddenly faced a potentially hawkish Fed chair who won't just roll over for Trump's rate cut demands. Dollar rips higher gold dumps 11% silver collapses 36% in its worst day since [----]. BTC got caught in that same deleveraging storm."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017647583632527610)  2026-01-31T17:14Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"When Bitcoin trades below Strategys average buy price the impact shows up first in market perception rather than on the balance sheet. The company is not forced to sell or post immediate losses but it shifts from being viewed as a holder of embedded gains to a visible holder of paper losses. Given how closely Strategys stock tracks Bitcoin that change alone can amplify equity volatility. The bigger pressure point is capital strategy. Strategys ability to raise funds through equity or convertible debt depends on confidence in its Bitcoin thesis. Prolonged trading below cost makes new issuance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017832785608687700)  2026-02-01T05:30Z 10.2K followers, 20.2K engagements


"Prediction markets started as places for people to express opinions with money. What builders are now talking about looks closer to infrastructure than entertainment. Growth no longer hinges on pulling in more users for big headline events. The harder problem sits underneath: keeping liquidity alive between moments of attention defining outcomes clearly enough that disputes do not poison trust and making prices reliable rather than merely active. Those problems only matter once a product stops chasing novelty. The moment automated systems begin interacting with these markets at scale the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017862984526114962)  2026-02-01T07:30Z [----] followers, 19.9K engagements


"This story draws attention because of timing and silence. A large foreign-backed investment into a Trump-linked crypto firm closed just before an inauguration then stayed undisclosed until reporters found it. That alone changes how the deal is read even without proof of wrongdoing. Crypto makes this kind of arrangement easier. Large stakes can be taken revenue can flow through tokens and disclosure stays thin compared with traditional finance. Over time that creates familiarity and dependence between political actors and foreign capital without any formal agreement needing to exist."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017966472396476567)  2026-02-01T14:21Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"If the yuan ever became a reserve currency Chinas system would start getting stress-tested by the rest of the world. Foreigners would need to move money in and out freely hold yuan in size and rely on China in moments of panic. That brings scrutiny pressure and loss of control over capital flows. Reserve status sounds like power but in practice it means opening yourself up to other peoples problems. Thats the part most discussions skip. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017999365688737844 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017999365688737844"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2017999365688737844)  2026-02-01T16:31Z [----] followers, 22K engagements


"The Epstein angle lands because it forces people to look at who early crypto founders were actually talking to not what they built later. At the time Epstein sat inside elite tech and finance circles introduced by people who saw him as a fixer or connector. His presence in emails reflects that reality even if he wasnt shaping outcomes. What feels uncomfortable now is how normal that access looked. Early crypto was small informal and driven by personal relationships. Funding influence and coordination flowed through private channels. Seeing Epsteins name in that context doesnt rewrite crypto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018217828202041847)  2026-02-02T07:00Z [----] followers, 20.7K engagements


"REMINDER: The White House will host a meeting today with bankers and high-level crypto executives to discuss the crypto market structure bill. We need this Bill to stop the manipulation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018249535340831126)  2026-02-02T09:06Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements


"Bitcoin ETF holders bought in at an average of $84100. The price is now sitting near $79000. They're underwater and the mood has shifted from bullish to wait-and-see. The drop itself isn't the problem. Bitcoin has crashed harder and recovered. The problem is nobody seems interested in buying the dip this time. January's inflows have dried up. Institutions are pulling back. Retail is quiet. Even corporate treasuries have stopped accumulating. This kind of stagnation is tricky. Panic selling at least clears the decks and sets up a bounce. But when everyone just sits on their hands prices drift"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018580211617632489)  2026-02-03T07:00Z [----] followers, 20.7K engagements


"@StaniKulechov just dropped $30 million on a Notting Hill mansion. Meanwhile Aave's governance is in the middle of a messy standoff with its own community over treasury management and protocol direction. The timing feels off. DeFi was built on the promise of decentralization and community ownership. Founders were supposed to be stewards not extractors. When a protocol's DAO is fighting over funds and direction watching the founder buy one of London's priciest homes sends a complicated message. To be fair Kulechov earned his money. Aave has been one of the most successful lending protocols in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2018648444437479813)  2026-02-03T11:31Z 10.3K followers, 20.8K engagements


"Mukesh Ambani projecting India's economy to 10X in [--] years. What went unsaid matters too. No mention of crypto stablecoins or blockchain. In a country with one of the world's largest retail trading populations the biggest business house just signaled where it thinks the future lies and digital assets aren't part of that vision. https://yellow.com/news/why-did-mukesh-ambani-project-indias-economy-will-hit-dollar30-trillion-in-30-years #WATCH Mumbai Maharashtra: At the Jio-BlackRock event Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited Mukesh Ambani says "I think that the Indian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019304989215293789)  2026-02-05T07:00Z 10.3K followers, 20.7K engagements


"The Pigeon Doctor is back This is another chart that got destroyed when the market began to nuke but it's since found its footing again and appears to be in pretty decent shape here tapping $2M last night and showing some real strength even as the majors continue their descent to [--]. Similarly to $AFK it's a great meme with a ton of potential and probably would've been fine if BTC didn't get obliterated last week. So it's nice to see that the team hasn't given up on it and that the Pigeon Doctor is still in the room with us. Now send it back to ATHs please and thanks."  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/2019462663093338365)  2026-02-05T17:26Z 10.3K followers, 18.8K engagements


"LoP @dhananjay_munde to oppose stringent rules of Maha govt for cab aggregators like Ola Uber"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/841592237347684352)  2017-03-14T10:10Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"LoP @dhananjay_munde to raise in Maha Legislative Council the issue stringent rules for cab aggregators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/841592470131556355)  2017-03-14T10:10Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Sena MP @rautsanjay61 plans a biopic on legendary Balasaheb Thackeray http://www.ptinews.com/news/9320962_Sena-MP-Sanjay-Raut-plans-a-biopic-on-Bal-Thackeray.html http://www.ptinews.com/news/9320962_Sena-MP-Sanjay-Raut-plans-a-biopic-on-Bal-Thackeray.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/941361469349806080)  2017-12-14T17:37Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"If there is one person who deserves all credit for #RajasthanByPolls it is @SachinPilot "  
[X Link](https://x.com/murtuza_merc/status/959499119713837063)  2018-02-02T18:49Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements

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