💸 Ray Dalio on Bitcoin

Ray Dalio says Bitcoin is unlikely to replace gold as the primary store of value.He argues that central banks are not ready to hold BTC as a reserve asset, the market is still much smaller than gold, and Bitcoin often moves in line with tech stocks due to its investor base

For now, Dalio sees Bitcoin as a speculative asset - not the world’s reserve money 😊

💸 Emirates NBD calls Bitcoin “digital gold”

Banks went from doubting BTC to branding it like gold

Late to the party, but still buying the narrative 👳‍♂️

🚬 Michael Saylor: “We can buy more Bitcoin than they can sell”

The strategy is simple: absorb the supply 😎

😱 Suspicious Polymarket wallet bets on Iran regime collapse

A newly created wallet - previously profitable on predictions about strikes on Iran - is now betting that the Iranian regime will fall before March 31

The wallet has made only two bets so far, earning about $16K, raising speculation about possible insider information 😑

🚬 Morgan Stanley files for a spot Bitcoin ETF

Another $9T institution stepping into Bitcoin

TradFi isn’t fighting crypto anymore - it’s joining it 🔍

😳 CryptoRank: nearly 50% of Polymarket’s daily volume may be fake

About 28% comes from airdrop farmers and 23% from bots

Prediction markets predicting… their own incentives 😎

👀 Peter Schiff: Sell Bitcoin, buy gold

“BTC is above $71,000. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Sell your bitcoin now and buy gold or silver. You’ll thank me later”

Schiff still fighting the same war 😏

💸 a16z plans $2B new crypto fund

According to Fortune, Andreessen Horowitz is raising $2,000,000,000 for a new crypto-focused fund to back blockchain startups and Web3 infrastructure

VC money never really left crypto 😮

🇺🇸 Trump: US should dominate crypto

Politico reports Trump met privately with the CEO of Coinbase hours before calling for Congress to pass the CLARITY market structure bill

Crypto just became a campaign topic again ⚔️

📊 Arthur Hayes: BTC rally may be temporary

He says Bitcoin still trades in line with SaaS tech stocks, suggesting the current move could be just a bounce rather than a new trend

Macro still calling the shots 📉

📉 Clear Street: crypto may be exiting the slump

An analyst says the market could be coming out of a multi-month downturn, with the recent 44% drop possibly marking the end of this crypto winter

Spring rumors starting early 🌱

🚨 Crypto investor robbed for $23.6M

Attackers threatened him with weapons and forced him to transfer the funds

Self-custody sometimes comes with real-world risks 🚽

💸 Chamath Palihapitiya criticizes Bitcoin privacy

The billionaire investor said BTC lacks real privacy and hinted that more anonymous alternatives may have advantages as the market attempts another move up

Privacy debate never leaves crypto 👀

🏦 Eric Trump accuses big banks of fighting crypto

He says major US banks are lobbying against stablecoin yields to protect their deposits, while paying customers only 0.01–0.05% and earning about 4% from the Fed

Banks want the spread, crypto wants the users 😏

🐦 A “kind” scammer?

A whale accidentally sent 126k TON (~$220k) to a scammer after copying a fake lookalike address from transaction history 👉

😮 The scammer returned 116k TON and kept 10k TON (~$17k), leaving a note: “Sorry, the amount was too big. I know this is your hard-earned money”

Ethics patch v0.1 installed 🧠

☕️ Gate stacking macro + AI + trading infrastructure at the same time

🔼BTC trend still strong despite wartime backdrop - volatility remains elevated
🔼TradFi assets going perpetual - Gate pushing macro perps as infra advantage
🔼Oil volatility spikes on geopolitics - crude futures trading stays active
🔼BTC + ETH open interest climbing - Gate among global top 3 venues
🔼Institutional activity rising - derivatives ADV up 20% MoM
🔼SOL staking crosses 517k - APR touching 12% - yield still attractive
🔼VIP Futures Elite Challenge launches - $50k prize pool + gold bars + GT rewards
🔼Gate For AI goes live - first unified access layer across CEX DEX wallet news and data
🔼MCP + Skills architecture introduced - AI-native trading infrastructure

Markets becoming programmable - exchanges becoming operating systems 🥂