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There it is. Over 60% of the S&P 500's components are now in bear market territory, down -20% or more from their record highs. Four of the Magnificent 7 stocks are now in bear market territory, with these seven names erasing a combined -$4 trillion in market cap since their highs. We are in a "stealth" bear market. And, we believe it's a huge opportunity as we outlined below on October 15th.
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AltRAILnate retweeted
Bitget $387M hack Ledger supply chain compromised Quantum fears accelerating $1B+ ETH ETF outflows, worst month of 2026 Alphabet −13%, its worst day ever; AI bubble fears Polymarket hacked Binance hacked for $6B, largest crypto theft
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AltRAILnate retweeted
BREAKING: BOT-LIKE laundering detected in the $6.4B Binance hack. Chainalysis says it’s seeing laundering patterns it has NEVER seen before. Thousands of transactions are moving in a short window. The funds don’t move in a straight line. They circle between wallets and often loop back to addresses already used earlier in the chain. Many wallets follow the exact same script: - Receive exactly 1 TRX - Receive more funds - Forward them on On repeat. Per Chainalysis, this points to a programmatic process: automation built to bury the trail. This suggests the laundering may be run by software rather than people. Speed was the plan from the start.
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AltRAILnate retweeted
Binance's initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to gain access to a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions. We have found no evidence of any wallet private key leak. We will share a detailed technical post-mortem once the investigation is complete and the facts are fully verified. The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B. We have worked with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets, with ~$3 billion frozen on-chain so far. Binance will cover all losses from the SAFU fund and the company’s funds. User funds are safe. We will also publish an updated Proof of Reserves once the remediation is complete. As an immediate precaution, Binance has: - temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals while security checks are completed; - revoked the affected address authorisation; - engaged law enforcement and blockchain intelligence partners to trace and recover funds. Our teams are working around the clock to resolve this issue safely and thoroughly. We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to confirm the identity of these criminals and bring them to justice. Please rely only on official Binance channels for updates. Please feel free to contact Binance Customer Support if you have any further questions. binance.com/en/support/annou…
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BREAKING: Bitcoin falls below $77,000 and ETH falls below $2,200 after Binance confirms that they have been hacked. This is looking like it will be the biggest hack in crypto history.
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AltRAILnate retweeted
railgun activity is starting to get interesting ~2x ytd and still trending higher good proxy imo for whether users actually want privacy on ethereum and the answer increasingly looks like yes
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AltRAILnate retweeted
The biggest robbery in human history Here's how it happened in exact timestamps: Oct 28 Attacker receives 3× 0.1 ETH from Tornado Cash Oct 29 15:59 Malicious delegate/sweeper contract deployed (same setup tested on 3 smaller wallets) 20:04–20:09 233M XRP (~$293M) moved from Binance-linked XRPL wallets (unconfirmed) 20:20 EIP-7702 delegation activated on Binance 14. Binance 14 delegated to attacker contract 20:24 Main Binance 14 sweep: - 167,464 ETH - 1.615B USDT - 60+ other tokens ~$2.5B total 20:24:47 Binance 16 → 28,006 ETH (same attacker destination) 20:24–20:41 Parallel suspicious outflows Ethereum / Arbitrum / Avalanche + other chains 20:38–20:39 ~195,460 ETH (~$445M) → fresh attacker wallet ~1.2B USDT split across new wallets Small test transfers before larger transfers 20:41 Binance Hot Wallet 34 → 780M USDC 20:59 Another ~43M USDC drained Total USDC ≈823M 21:04 Smaller Binance 14 balances still being swept 21:09 Rumors that Lazarus/DPRK strikes again 21:14–21:16 Tether freezes initial ~971M USDT Circle freezes ~823M USDC 21:15–21:16 CZ: “looks like a hack” User funds safe Losses expected to be covered 21:16+ Binance investigating 21:22+ Non-freezable assets moved/swapped UNI / PEPE / RLUSD / wBETH / ENA + others 21:24–21:29 Binance statement edited Final wording: “User funds are completely safe” 21:25 Tether freeze expanded 1.567B USDT frozen 21:43 Estimates expand dramatically 40–50+ suspected attacker wallets $5B suspicious Binance-linked outflows tracked Upper estimate ~$5.6–5.8B (not confirmed loss) 21:44 Remaining/still-accessible Binance 14 assets swept 21:48 Binance withdrawal issues reported 21:57 Attacker begins selling/swapping UNI + other tokens 21:58–22:00 Aave markets frozen as precaution Prevent stolen assets being used as collateral 22:15 USD1 freezes ~$27M 22:20+ Attacker funds continue spreading across fresh wallets ETH / BTC + non-freezable assets remain movable Stablecoin issuers continue blacklisting attacker wallets 22:23 CZ: loss could be higher User funds will be covered 22:30+ $5B across ~46+ addresses being tracked ~18.3K BTC (~$1.4B) potentially linked ~$880M+ ETH potentially linked Frozen stablecoins only part of total suspected outflows 22:33 Binance security checks ongoing Withdrawal disruptions Withdrawals to resume / normalize after checks Up to ~$5.8B total suspicious outflows estimated Around $2.3B frozen
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Not just shielding. Not just private sends. Not just private swaps. Private everything. $RAIL
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On the subject of protocol fees, the RAILGUN shield fee of 0.25% serves important purposes: decentralize, secure, and sustain the protocol. There are also easy ways to completely offset the protocol fees and profit while doing so. How? A thread...
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.@protocol_fx + @RAILGUN_Project Deposit collateral and mint fxUSD Open or manage leveraged long positions. Borrow additional fxUSD against an existing position. Repay debt or close positions. Deposit shielded fxUSD (or USDC) into the fxSAVE pool to earn yield.
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Up, down, left, right, no matter the market conditions, the need for private decentralized money remains. Privately transferring value to any person anywhere in the world on the most secure public blockchain is a fundamentally valuable unlock. Right from your pocket.
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Time and #btc...
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AltRAILnate retweeted
Ma thèse sur $RAIL : J'étais bullish sur la privacy au début du précédent cycle. Trop tôt, du coup j'ai été déçu, j'ai fade puis j'ai été sidelined. Mais je reste convaincu que la Privacy et la DeFi vont occuper une place importante dans les prochaines années, notamment avec l'adoption institutionnelle et la multiplication des activités financières onchain. Le problème, c'est que les acteurs obvious en privacy comme $ZEC, $XMR, et en DeFi $AAVE, $MORPHO (que j'aime bcp d'ailleurs) ont déjà des valuations importantes et que je cherchais quelque chose avec davantage d'asymétrie compte tenu de la size limitée que je voulais allouer. 👉 C'est là que $RAIL m'intéresse, c'est de la privacy sur la DeFi J'avais déjà fait un petit multiple dessus en 2025, thanks to @Cryptogether_ qui m'avait mis sur le dossier à l'époque. Pour ceux qui connaissent pas, $RAIL développe une infrastructure permettant d'interagir avec la DeFi de manière confidentielle grâce aux Zero-Knowledge Proofs, directement sur Ethereum et d'autres réseaux EVM. L'intérêt, c'est qu'on ne parle pas simplement d'un privacy coin permettant de transférer des fonds confidentiellement, mais d'un protocole qui permet de mettre de la privacy sur ses actions DeFi: masquer ses balances, swaps, transferts, stratégies de yield, etc. $RAIL n'a pas encore réellement connu de giga pump paraboliques, encore trop jeune au cycle précédent et il possède déjà un produit fonctionnel avec une réelle utilisation. + Les KPI sont en croissance → ~$110M de TVL → ~$14M de fees cumulés depuis le lancement → ~$4,2M de revenus annualisés sur les 12 derniers mois (et ça augmente) → 70% de la supply staké Et surtout, le protocole possède un véritable mécanisme de token value accrual : Les frais générés par l'utilisation de RAILGUN alimentent une trésorerie onchain dont une partie est redistribuée aux stakers de $RAIL toutes les deux semaines. J'me suis exposé il y a quelques jours à 132M car la chart est vraiment bullish malgré la periode + il y a un catalyseur qui arrive : Kohaku, une initiative de l'écosystème Ethereum visant à faciliter l'intégration de fonctionnalités de confidentialité directement dans les wallets. C'est potentiellement énorme. ✅ Le scénario bullish est donc assez simple : Amélioration de l'UX → intégrations wallets → + d'utilisateurs → + de volume → + de revenus → + de revenu share → buy pressure pour $RAIL → + de staking → - de selling pressure T'ajoutes à ça l'expansion des stablecoins, des RWA et de la DeFi institutionnelle, qui auront eux aussi besoin de solutions de confidentialité. Évidemment, ce scénario repose sur une adoption qui reste à démontrer. Kohaku n'est pas exclusif à RAILGUN, la concurrence existe, les risques réglementaires sont réels et davantage de revenus ne garantit pas mécaniquement une hausse du token. Mais pour un protocole déjà fonctionnel, générant plusieurs millions de dollars de revenus annuels, avec une FDV à seulement 150M et un marché potentiellement monstrueux, ça se joue. Ma thèse, c'est que la Privacy va progressivement passer d'un narratif spéculatif à une infrastructure indispensable de la finance onchain. Et si RAILGUN devient l'une des principales solutions utilisées pour apporter cette confidentialité à la DeFi, la valorisation actuelle pourrait paraître relativement faible dans quelques années. Vu la performance récente du narratif Privacy et le potentiel de croissance de la DeFi (qui reste l'une des seules véritables utilités de la crypto, disons-le mdr), j'pense que ça se joue.
J'ai récemment ajouté deux nouveaux bags à mon portefeuille moyen/long terme : ethereum:0xe76c6c83af64e4c60245d8c7de953df673a7a33d et ethereum:0xc50673edb3a7b94e8cad8a7d4e0cd68864e33edf Deux positions sur des narratifs très différents, mais avec une logique assez similaire : m'exposer à des secteurs auxquels je crois, sur lesquels je ne suis pas exposé, avec un R/R que je trouve intéressant et suffisamment de potentiel pour justifier un hold de plusieurs mois, voire plusieurs années. J'vous explique mes thèses dans des prochains tweets. En attendant mon portefeuille moyen/long terme ressemble maintenant à ça : $BTC — Crypto / Value $HYPE — Perps / RWA base:0xa4a2e2ca3fbfe21aed83471d28b6f65a233c6e00 — AI / RWA ethereum:0xe76c6c83af64e4c60245d8c7de953df673a7a33d — Privacy / DeFi $NEET — Memecoin ethereum:0xc50673edb3a7b94e8cad8a7d4e0cd68864e33edf — Digital Art
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Privatize any token on ETH with RAILGUN. Swap them privately with RAILGUN. Use any DeFi app with RAILGUN. Earn Morpho yield with RAILGUN. Lend/Borrow fxUSD with RAILGUN. Trade on Hyperliquid with RAILGUN. Earn tri-token rewards with $RAIL
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Anthropic's lockup is insane What are we doing here
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At some point, a big player (DAO, VC, institution) is going to buy $RAIL and stake it to prove you can make a massive asymmetric return on $ETH + $RAIL privacy and stay compliant, and just say “fuck it, we ball” “Yeah but you have to prove provenance of funds.” Ok. How do you prove Zcash provenance when someone sends shielded $ZEC to your transparent address? You don’t. You see coins arrive from the shielded pool, and that’s it. If institutions and regulators accept Zcash despite that gap, they can’t consistently use provenance as a reason to reject RAILGUN. Zcash becoming institutional would set a precedent that RAILGUN could follo
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AltRAILnate retweeted
Let me talk you about @RAILGUN_Project made simple: 1/ Is a privacy system integrated directly into Ethereum. It enables private transactions and DeFi interactions through zero knowledge cryptography, all without leaving Ethereum or requiring a bridge. Think of it as an "incognito" mode for Ethereum. Live on #ETH #ARB #MATIC #BSC It is an independent project, well-regarded within the Ethereum ecosystem. 2/ The ethereum:0xe76c6c83af64e4c60245d8c7de953df673a7a33d token is used for security staking. Stakers participate in validating protocol updates. In return, they receive a share of the fees generated by actual usage of RAILGUN. 3/ How do stakers earn revenue? The protocol charges a 0.25% fee on "shield" and "unshield" operations. These fees flow into the treasury, a portion of which is redistributed to stakers every two weeks (in WETH, DAI and RAIL). 4/ It is, therefore, more than just a governance token. Its value is tied to usage: the more people utilize privacy via RAILGUN, the larger the treasury grows, and the greater the rewards for stakers. 5/ Compared to its competitors, RAILGUN stands out due to its unique approach. Unlike Privacy Pools (which filter funds before entry), RAILGUN prioritizes privacy by default while offering optional compliance tools (such as "proofs of innocence"). Aztec, meanwhile, operates as a dedicated Layer 2 solution. In summary: RAILGUN = onchain privacy on Ethereum + a token that captures a share of actual usage fees. The thesis is straightforward: if privacy on Ethereum grows through RAILGUN, the token benefits automatically. #Rail
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Private cross-chain swaps are coming soon to @railoxide. Powered by @CoWSwap, @AcrossProtocol, and @NEARProtocol. You can unshield to chains that have no RAILGUN deployment. It’s also possible to shield from a non-RAILGUN chain to a RAILGUN-supported chain.
Private cross-chain swaps have arrived! Powered by 🐮 @CoWSwap, @AcrossProtocol and @NEARProtocol ! You can essentially unshield to chains that have no Railgun deployment (currently only EVM, broader support coming soon). It's also possible to shield from non-Railgun chain to Railgun-supported chain, but there is a known problem with PPOI flagging such swaps. It being actively solved by the provider!
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AltRAILnate retweeted
I dumped it all. The Maelstrom directional book, took profits on $ETH, $ENA, $UNI and other shitcoins. I think we gotta go down to go up. It looks a bit dicey out there in macro and geopolitical land. Going to sit on the sidelines and wait for the all clear signal … Brrrrr
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Great explainer on why Kohaku is the catalyst that finally makes privacy a default on Ethereum. @ambire is set to be the early lighthouse as private Ethereum comes to a wallet near you.
Private transfers explained:
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