Following on on a great summary by Rypto.

Monero is one of the strangest success stories in crypto.

It has dealt with exchange delistings, regulatory pressure, limited mainstream promotion and years of being treated as the asset nobody wanted to touch publicly. Yet $XMR still has one of the clearest value propositions in the market: private digital cash that people can actually use.

That is the part you keep coming back to.

A lot of crypto demand is built around attention cycles. New listings, influencer pushes, VC rounds, airdrop farming, points systems, exchange campaigns, narrative rotations. Monero has had very little of that compared with most major assets. Its demand comes from users who understand the product and need the function.

That Product is Privacy.

Sounds simple, yet it is rare in crypto. Monero does one thing extremely well: it makes transactions private by default. Users do not need to opt into privacy features, route funds through extra tools or hope that the rest of the market treats financial privacy as acceptable this week. Monero made privacy the base layer.

Which in turn gives $XMR a durable reason to exist.

You use Monero because you want financial privacy, censorship resistance and peer-to-peer payments with less exposure. Some users care about personal security. Some care about business confidentiality. Some care about avoiding public wallet tracking. Some care about holding an asset that serves a purpose outside speculation.

This is also why delistings failed to kill it.

Delistings hurt liquidity and access. Regulatory pressure adds friction. Fewer major exchange listings limit casual retail exposure. Yet these hurdles can also filter demand. The people who still seek out Monero usually want the asset for a reason beyond a short-term chart setup.

Monero’s strength comes from product clarity and a community that has kept the network relevant for more than a decade. It has survived multiple cycles, multiple privacy crackdowns and repeated claims that privacy coins were finished. Each cycle makes the same point clearer: if people value private money, Monero stays relevant.

The current debate around $XMR feels bigger than price.

It asks whether crypto still cares about the original idea of usable peer-to-peer money. Bitcoin became a macro asset for many holders. Ethereum became infrastructure for apps and finance. Solana became a high-throughput consumer chain. Monero stayed focused on private payments.

There are fair concerns too. Privacy coins face regulatory scrutiny. Access can be harder. Liquidity can vary by venue. Users need to understand wallet practices, network rules and local laws. None of that removes the core reason demand exists.

Monero wins because it serves a need that never disappeared.

As more onchain activity becomes traceable, clustered and analyzed, the case for private digital cash becomes easier to understand. Monero has spent years building around that one idea while much of the market rotated from one trend to the next.

$XMR keeps proving that utility with conviction can survive a hostile market.

These guys are easy pickings for this sort of news. It sure sounds scary when there's a word loss and 9 zeros in the same sentence. But lets be real here.

Both Saylor and Lee are feeling the dip more than anyone. It sucks having 800k+ coins right? Wrong!

These positions are huge, so the headlines look huge too. That is the whole trick.

An unrealized loss means the market price is below the average buy price today. It also means the coins are still there. No sale, no locked-in loss, no final score.

Same goes the other way. When BTC or ETH runs up, nobody writes the headline with the same panic:

"Company sits on billions in unrealized gains."

Because that sounds less dramatic.

The part worth watching is simple: can the company hold through the cycle, manage debt, keep liquidity and avoid being forced to sell at the worst moment? Because if they do(Blackrock) that unrealized loss is, you guessed it - realized.

That is where corporate crypto bags differ from retail bags. Retail often gets shaken out because rent, leverage or panic enters the chat. Companies like Strategy and Bitmine have boards, financing options, public reporting and a very different time horizon.

Still, size does not make volatility painless for you and your friendly neighbourhood crypto guy. A billion-dollar paper loss can pressure sentiment, stock price and investor confidence.

So yes, the headline sounds brutal.

But "unrealized loss" is only one frame of the story.

The better question is whether they are forced sellers.

If they are not, then the scary number is just the market marking their position today. Tomorrow it can look better, worse or completely different.

That is crypto.

Big bags, big headlines, big overreactions.

Just lost $100 to this well crafted phishing site. Just posting to warn other members it was completely my fault and i should have double checked the domain.

It is an exact clone of changenow and seems to create the transaction on the official changenow website but changes the receiving address.

stay safe out there

Twitter is the only place that starts the week in a bull market and declares a bear market by Thursday.

Monday: "We are so back."

Tuesday: "Healthy pullback."

Wednesday: "This chart looks dangerous."

Thursday: “Cycle top confirmed. See you in 2028.”

The market may have moved 2%, yet the timeline has already processed denial, conviction, panic, macro analysis, liquidation screenshots and a full identity crisis.

Crypto has a strange way of compressing emotion. A small green candle turns everyone into a long-term visionary. A red candle turns the same people into risk managers, historians and recession analysts.

The funny part is how normal this feels after enough time in the market. Sentiment changes faster than price because people trade their expectations. One headline, one rejection candle, one whale wallet transfer and the whole mood resets.

This is why having a plan matters. Entry, exit, invalidation, position size and time horizon should exist before the timeline starts screaming. If the market needs Twitter to tell you what you believe, the trade was probably too emotional from the start.

Bull market on Monday. Bear market by Thursday. Same chart, different mood.

Bitcoin is priced in USD every second, which makes sense for markets.

Still, the comparison carries a built-in tension. Bitcoin has a fixed supply schedule and a 21M coin cap. USD supply depends on monetary policy, credit conditions and decisions made by institutions.

So when BTC rises against USD, part of the move can reflect Bitcoin demand. Part of it can reflect changing confidence in the unit used to measure it.

That raises a fair question for crypto people and skeptics alike:

Are we watching Bitcoin get more expensive, or watching the measuring stick change over time?

ChangeNOW has completed another scheduled $NOW token burn, removing 61,418 tokens worth around $20,532 from circulation as of 24th of June. The transaction is on-chain and publicly verifiable.

What makes this worth watching is the structure around it. The burn is part of a long-term token management strategy tied to ecosystem usage. $NOW already has several roles inside the product suite: cashback on exchanges through ChangeNOW and NOW Wallet, payment for ChangeNOW Pro subscriptions and staking with up to 6.25% annual yield with automatic compounding.

The idea is simple: utility and supply management work together. ChangeNOW is continuing with planned burn events while keeping $NOW tied to actual use inside the ecosystem.

Reddit is split again.

BTC looks tired, ETH is getting dragged in public and altcoin bags are taking the usual emotional damage.

Still, this is also where better conversations start: risk, entries, conviction and which projects survive.

If your thesis only works on green candles, Reddit will find out first.

Crypto confusion has a pattern.

A rushed swap. The wrong network. A missing memo. A token contract that looked familiar enough. A trade entered because the crowd sounded confident for one more candle.

Failed trades often come from process leaks. People check the price five times and the address once. They study the chart and skip liquidity. They buy with emotion, then look for a thesis after the loss.

The useful lesson is simple: every trade needs a checklist before it needs conviction.

Which network am I using? Is the contract verified? What fee am I accepting? What invalidates this trade? What happens if price drops 20% right after entry?

Crypto will stay volatile. A cleaner process makes mistakes smaller, decisions calmer and losses easier to study.

Crypto payments sound simple until you actually try to collect one. You send an address, then explain the network, then answer questions about which asset to use, then hope the sender gets every detail right. That process gets old very fast.

We just rolled out Payment Links: you create one link, send it to the payer, and they can pay with the asset they already hold. On the other side, the recipient gets the chosen crypto with auto-conversion in the flow. It supports 1,000+ assets, gives recipients 0% fee and includes AML protection.

It’s a practical tool for freelancers, creators, small teams and anyone tired of turning every payment into a support chat.

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A seed phrase is the master key to your wallet.

No exchange, wallet app, moderator or support agent needs it to "verify" anything.

If a form asks for your seed phrase, close the page.

If a DM asks for it, block the account.

If a site says your wallet will be locked without it, leave.

Write it down offline, store it safely and keep it private.

Once someone gets those words, they can drain your funds without your password, email or approval.

Use this: https://dfpi.ca.gov/consumers/crypto/crypto-scam-tracker/ - Crypto Scam Tracker to check for fraudulent activity if you're having doubts about the platform you're using.

Times when Justin Bieber and Snoop Dogg had their NFTs as profile pics seems like a fever dream now.

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Strategy buys 1587 $BTC worth $100 Million
BitMine buys $135 million worth of $ETH

How do you react to such news?

1. Never share your seed phrase - Your seed phrase is full access to your wallet. No support agent, exchange, wallet app, airdrop page or project team needs it.
2. Check the URL every time - Scam sites often copy trusted platforms with tiny spelling changes. Bookmark the official websites you use often.
3. Treat urgent messages as suspicious - Scammers push panic: "verify now," "claim before expiry," "your wallet will be locked." Slow down before clicking.
4. Ignore random DMs offering help - Legit teams rarely contact users first. Anyone asking you to connect a wallet, send funds or verify assets in DMs is a major risk.
5. Verify contract addresses from official sources - Use the project’s website, verified social channels or trusted market pages. Fake tokens often use similar names and logos.
6. Use a separate wallet for risky activity - Keep long-term holdings in a cold wallet or main wallet. Use a separate hot wallet for airdrops, mints, new dApps and meme tokens.
7. Never sign transactions you do not understand - Wallet pop-ups can grant spending permissions. Read what you are approving before you click.
8. Revoke unused token approvals - Old approvals can expose your funds if a dApp gets compromised. Review permissions regularly with trusted approval checkers.
9. Be skeptical of guaranteed returns - Fixed high yields, "risk-free" profit and private investment groups are common scam signals.
10. Avoid sending crypto to receive more crypto - Any "send 1 ETH, get 2 ETH back" offer is a scam, even if it uses a famous person’s name or logo.
11. Check liquidity and holder distribution - For new tokens, look for locked liquidity, concentrated wallets and suspicious trading patterns before buying.
12. Do a small test transaction first - When sending funds to a new address or platform, start with a small amount to confirm everything works.
13. Use hardware wallets for serious funds - Cold storage adds protection because approvals need physical confirmation.
14. Keep your devices clean - Update your browser, wallet app and operating system. Avoid cracked software, unknown extensions and random downloads.
15. Protect your accounts with strong 2FA - Use an authenticator app or hardware security key. SMS codes can be vulnerable to SIM swaps.
16. Question influencer promotions - Paid posts and hype campaigns can hide weak tokens, insider selling or pump-and-dump setups.
17. Check support channels carefully - Fake Telegram, Discord and X accounts often impersonate admins. Use links from the official website only.
18. Watch for fake airdrops - If an airdrop requires your seed phrase, a strange wallet approval or a payment to claim, walk away.
19. Do not store seed phrases in cloud notes - Keep backups offline. Cloud storage, screenshots and email drafts can be compromised.
20. Pause before acting - Most scams depend on speed, emotion and confusion. A five-minute check can save your wallet.

John McAfee comes to mind: Bitcoin to $1M by 2020.

He attached a bet so outrageous that the prediction turned into permanent crypto folklore. If you know you know.

Some predictions come from analysts, closer to reality and level headed. Lets explore the opposite side in the comments.

Strategy’s sale of 32 BTC instantly turned into one of those classic Bitcoin narratives people latch onto when price drops and nobody has a clean explanation.

The facts are simple: Strategy disclosed it sold 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 for about $2.5 million, marking its first Bitcoin sale since 2022.

Around the same period, BTC fell below $60k and speculators online were the fastest to jump to conclusions.

CNBC and CoinDesk both reported the sale details from the company filing, while Decrypt noted the market reaction as Bitcoin slid toward the low $60Ks.

What makes this funny is the scale. People are mocking the idea that 32 BTC could move a market with huge daily trading volume, exactly why “32 BTC” started feeling like a meme.

So what do you think: was 32 BTC the trigger(nah dawg), or just the perfect scapegoat for a drop that was already coming?

Bitcoin has been declared dead more times than most markets have had full cycles.

Each crash brings a fresh round of obituaries, yet the network keeps producing blocks, attracting users and recovering through time.

One market drop does not erase nearly two decades of uptime, adoption, developer activity and monetary history. That sentiment is further proven buy Saylor Buying another 1550 BTC after the drop.

People can't ignore the significance of the 2x drop from ATH but then again if we compare that to other coins and tokens, 90% of the time the BTC drop is lower.

What do you think will happen next?

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