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Last week, the US market, that capricious beast, rose by 1.21%. Yet, in its whimsy, it dipped to a low of $6,284.37, only to rebound to $6,388.64 by the curtain call. Meanwhile, the crypto market, ever the dramatic counterpart, shed 1.66%. A tale as old as time: one rises, the other falls, and the world spins on. 🌪️💸

Old Man Motohashi, the producer fella, says it was the money. Or lack of it. Operational costs, he calls ’em. Seems runnin’ a virtual Tokyo ain’t cheap, even if nobody’s actually in Tokyo. Revenue, well, let’s just say it didn’t exactly flow like sake at a festival. 🤷

Now, Metaplanet’s Bitcoin hoard swells to 17,132 BTC—worth roughly $2 billion, or enough to buy every coffee in Japan for a decade (assuming no one blinks). CEO Simon Gerovich, with the pride of a man who’s just outsmarted the system, boasts an average purchase price of $101,030 per coin. A small price to pay for immortality, perhaps? Or just a very expensive hobby. 🤷♂️

In a world swollen up with certainty and machines made cleverer by the hour, Wang Jian—old hand at Alibaba, the man with a mind sharp as a rusty sickle—sat before his crowd, thumped his fist, and said, “Folks, they’re swimming out to sea on a leaky raft.” That’s how he saw it, anyhow. “These new … Read more

For those who’ve been living under a blockchain-shaped rock, Optimism is one of those Layer 2 solutions everyone pretends to understand at cocktail parties. It promises to make Ethereum faster and cheaper—like upgrading from a horse-drawn carriage to a Tesla, but without the environmental guilt. 🐴➡️🚗