Yesterday, I was trying to buy USDC at work while multitasking, but later, when I went back to check my balance, I realized I'd actually bought a large chunk of $BTC. Well, it worked out. It was a very serendipitous purchase.
I been hearing the hype around these two crypto I wanted to start being consistent and add to either. I used to have XRP sold for profit and I have a few bucks in solana. Which would you consider for someone who wants to just buy and hold letting it ride while he’s in grad school?
Ladies & Gents, Waking up today to MSTE in the green & almost at $3 was an amazing feeling $MSTE makes up about 5% of my portfolio. I added it a while back as I wanted exposure to Bitcoin & I want a good dopamine rush every now & then lol Overall, I think it's good to invest in certain companies/products that you believe in or have the potential for some crazy returns. Just make sure it's a position you'd be okay losing entirely! Anyone else on the $MSTE train? How are we feeling?
$HBAR jumped around 40% intraday today, here are my thoughts on why I think it happened. It jumped from ~9.6 cents to 12.5 cents a share, and the reason appears to be IBM. Last week, The Hashgraph Group, which develops Hedera-based products, listed its ID product on IBM's cloud marketplace. The news came on the heels of Hedera's joining of a UK digital markets task force and a post on Nvidia's AI safety program with which a Hedera council member was involved. This appears to have been the catalyst for the traders to jump in. But I'm not jumping to conclusions. The IBM product is developed by a third party, and the Nvidia post made no claims about any product development. And the stock is very overbought right now, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it fall back towards 10 or 11 cents. The reason I like the name for the long haul is that it has big names like IBM and FedEx on the council, and there's now an ETF (ticker HBR) that allows everyday investors to get exposure to it. It's still about 78% below its 2021 peak, even after today's gains. What I'd like to see next is more adoption by actual users of the network, rather than just announcements. Once that takes off, the token will take off, in my opinion. If the headlines dry up, so will the gains. So I'm waiting on the sidelines, not buying this breakout, but looking forward to the next one. Would you buy this one, or wait for the next one? My own research, not financial advice.read more
Stop panicking over a 2% drop. Bitcoin pumped 36% in 5 weeks, ETH did 50%, and some alts did 3x-5x. A correction after a move like that is completely normal. Today's correction is a normal leverage flush before the massive Q4 rally. Don’t get shaken out.
BTC breaks an eight-month high today. ₿ 🚀 This is proving why sometimes you have to be willing to take some pain, stick with your conviction through the downturns, and keep DCA’ing when everything is red. I’ve continued averaging down on several of my BTC and crypto-related ETFs, and that patience is starting to pay off. My strategy with $MSTE remains the same: continue to DCA until I reach break-even. I’m currently holding 30,750 units at a $4.36 average. I’m also starting to shift where some of my monthly distributions are going. Current positions generating income include: • 1,125 $HBIX @ $7.54 average • 2,800 $CNYE @ $6.63 average • 3,000 $ETHY @ $1.73 average I’m beginning to deploy distributions from these positions into building a position in $BDAY. Once MSTE reaches break-even, I plan to redirect some of its monthly distributions into BDAY as well, with a longer-term target of roughly 5–10% of my portfolio. I’m also using some of the MSTE distributions to build out my income diversification—starting a position in $SDAY and adding to $QDAY and $CDAY. At the same time, I’m keeping some distributions as dry powder so I have capital available if we get another meaningful market correction. The goal hasn’t changed: build monthly income, diversify over time, and use distributions from my higher-risk positions to gradually build out the rest of the portfolio. Where are all my BTC and crypto believers at? And I mean the ones who were still buying when everything was red—not just the ones jumping on the bandwagon now that things are green. 😂 ₿ read more
Not even a day after I posted about how I'm pivoting from aggressive crypto accumulation, we get this recommendation from Seeking Alpha. "I am issuing a rare BUY recommendation on Bitcoin, citing contrarian signals and emerging macro support. $BTC's speculative nature persists, but mounting sovereign debt pressures and financial system stress could catalyze its relevance as a crisis hedge. Wall Street's deepening involvement, highlighted by BlackRock's $150B in digital assets, signals institutional infrastructure and likely regulatory progress. Tokenization advances, such as the SEC's five-year pathway and major asset manager initiatives, are laying the groundwork for broader digital asset adoption." Hate to break it to you, Seeking Alpha, but you're a little late to the party. I already bought over $20k worth last year when people were saying it was dead. Hash encryption, mining rewards, proof-of-work, and fixed supply never changed. We haven't even gotten quantum computers yet, and the network has already made Bitcoin's first quantum-safe transactions to prepare. I will still be accumulating crypto over this bull market, but I will not be buying heavily anymore. That being said, there is still massive upside. Just fewer opportunities to buy the dip for the next 3 years. read more
Well Friday BTC was around 81k and today it is around 85k Fidelity Investments Global Macro Director Jurrien Timmer said Bitcoin began moving higher after consolidating near the $60,000 support zone for nearly a year, a period he said is comparable to a typical Bitcoin winter. According to ChainCatcher, Timmer said this suggests a new four-year cycle bull market may already be underway. Strategy added 950 Bitcoin (BTC) in the week to Sept. 20 and repurchased $174 million of its own preferred stock (STRC) over the same stretch. On September 21, 2026, Strategy Inc ("Strategy") announced that, during the period between September 14, 2026 and September 20, 2026, Strategy did not sell any shares under its at-the-market offering program. During the period from September 14, 2026 to September 20, 2026, Strategy used $174.0 million of USD Cash to fund repurchases of STRC Stock and $75.7 million of USD Cash to purchase bitcoin. During the same period, Strategy used $57.4 million of the USD Reserve to fund the payment of dividends on its preferred stock and interest on its outstanding indebtedness. As of September 20, 2026, the balances of the USD Reserve and USD Cash were $5.04 billion and $1.05 billion, respectively. MSTR is trading up trading around $166.19 in pre market trading read more
Are Apple and Google positioning themselves for a world where stablecoins and tokenized dollars become part of mainstream payment infrastructure? Apple is hiring for its Apple Pay financial-products team and specifically lists an understanding of stablecoins, tokenized deposits and blockchain technology as a preferred qualification. Google Cloud is also hiring for Web3 and digital-asset expertise, including stablecoin rails, tokenized deposits, custody and real-world-asset tokenization. Google is also developing Google Cloud Universal Ledger, blockchain-based infrastructure designed for financial institutions that supports asset tokenization and programmable settlement. Samsung is moving in a similar direction. Samsung Wallet already supports digital assets in some markets, and Samsung has been expanding the wallet beyond traditional payment cards into a broader digital-asset ecosystem. One company that might be able to see some new highs is Securitize $SECZ Securitize is one of the major regulated platforms focused on tokenizing real-world financial assets. It became publicly traded on the NYSE under SECZ in July 2026 and works with asset managers including BlackRock, Apollo, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR and VanEck. Securitize was the tokenization platform behind BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, tokenized short-term Treasury/cash-management fund Securitize also has regulated operations in both the United States and Europe. The company says that, based on its current U.S. and EU regulatory authorizations, it is presently the only company licensed to operate regulated digital-securities infrastructure across both jurisdictions. As of now that could be a first movers advantage. Is it a true MOAT? I don't know it might not even be true it's just what the company is pushing. But if stocks, funds, bonds, cash equivalents and eventually everyday payment systems increasingly move onchain, the companies providing the regulated infrastructure underneath all of it could become very important and Securitize is one of the companies that could benefit if stablecoins and tokenized assets become a larger part of financial infrastructure.read more
Canada’s big banks are exploring the development of Canadian dollar-based digital money, starting with a tokenized deposits initiative. Tokenized deposits are traditional bank deposits represented on a digital ledger or blockchain. They could allow for faster, more efficient and programmable payments to Canadian customers while largely maintaining the existing banking structure. Canadian-dollar deposits could be represented as tokens on a digital ledger. Unlike many stablecoins, these tokens would remain bank deposits and would represent a claim directly against the issuing bank. There is also discussion and experimentation around banks using shared or interoperable ledger infrastructure, which could allow transactions between financial institutions to settle almost instantaneously. The tokens would be issued by the banks and, from a legal perspective, would continue to be treated as traditional bank deposits.
