Binance Pool Shuts Down, Leaving Miners With Four Weeks
Binance Pool closes Nov. 10 after 65% hashrate drop, forcing miners to choose among three pools that already control 64% of Bitcoin's network.
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Blur Marketplace Shutdown Shows Airdrop Limits
Blur NFT marketplace closes after trading volumes collapsed 99% from peak. The shutdown reveals how token incentives fail to build durable trading activity.
Profit-Taking In A Bull Market: When And How Much
Richard Knight shares the price-level framework he built through 10+ years of trading cycles, including what he sold too early, too late, and why emotion is the enemy of exits.
Week in Crypto: Wallets, Yield, and the End of Airdrop Season
Wallet security failures dominated as D'CENT lost $20M across five chains. Meanwhile, yield strategies shifted toward structure over hype, and airdrop farming hit detection limits.
How To Recognize A Cycle Bottom (What I Look For)
After 10+ years trading through every cycle, Richard Knight shares the capitulation framework he uses to calibrate conviction at market bottoms.
Week in Crypto: DeFi Yield, Rate Collapses, and Structure
Uniswap V3 yields collapsed 10.65 points in days. Aave USDe dropped 4.16pp. Compound jumped 2.76pp. The week revealed which rates are structural and which vanish overnight.
Reading Crypto Cycles: The Great Reset Playbook For 2026
Cycle-aware analysis of 2026 altcoin reset signals using on-chain data, historical parallels from 2018 and 2022, and a positioning framework for long-term holders.
Altcoin Exchange Deposits Jump 160% in Two Weeks
Altcoin exchange deposits hit 78,000 transactions by Sept 28, up 160% in two weeks. Depositing addresses tripled, signaling broad-based sell pressure not seen since Oct 2025.
The Turkey-Russia USDT Corridor: Volume, Spread, And Who Earns
Russia and Turkey move $576 billion in crypto annually through a corridor most Western analysts ignore. The spread arbitrage is structural, not temporary.
How To Recognize A Cycle Top (Signals I Watch)
After 10+ years trading through every cycle, Richard Knight shares the behavioral and on-chain signals he watches to identify euphoria peaks before they collapse.
Week in Crypto: DeFi Risk, Yield Mechanics, and Custody
The week brought $292M in exploit litigation, institutional DeFi custody infrastructure, and evidence that most yield positions break silently before you notice.
The Four-Year Bitcoin Halving Cycle: Still Relevant Or Broken?
After 10+ years trading through every halving, Richard Knight examines whether the four-year cycle is broken or just evolving with institutional adoption.
Week in Crypto: Education, Infrastructure, and Compliance
Coinbase and Moov connected stablecoins to 1,000 banks. Aave V4 crossed $900M despite slow migration. Tax software, mining economics, and yield frameworks dominated the week.
Week in Crypto: Staking, Stablecoins, and Structure
Lido consolidated validators while Harmony shut down after a $4B supply exploit. Visa opened settlement data to blockchain lenders. Structure mattered this week.
Reading Crypto Market Cycles: A Framework For Altcoin Timing
Learn how to read crypto market cycles for better altcoin allocation. Historical patterns, on-chain signals, and cycle-aware adjustments that outperform buy-and-hold.
Bitcoin Accumulation Zones: Historical Patterns For Long-Term Income Positions
Four cycles of Bitcoin accumulation data show when to build long-term positions. Pattern recognition for income investors who think in cycles, not quarters.