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it’s the time of the year again and it’s helped me a lot; chinese new year is loud in the most human way.
voices overlapping, laughter, music, movement everywhere, a kind of noise that fills the room instead of draining it.
strangely, it always reminds me how different life feels away from the noise on the screen.
markets generate their own endless hum: charts, candles, headlines, timelines; a stream that quietly consumes attention without ever really satisfying it.
the longer you sit inside it, the smaller your world begins to feel.
but step away for a while and something shifts.
go for a walk. have a conversation that has nothing to do with price. sit with your pet. notice how much of life exists completely untouched by volatility or sentiment.
the urgency softens. perspective returns.
whether you celebrate chinese new year or not, the reminder holds.
not all noise is the same.
and sometimes the healthiest response to market chaos is simply to go afk.
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@CameronShenoy and I were reported to TPC for participating in a Great Ball League while we were in Singapore on vacation. We signed up for a Singaporean Player ID on the website with no issues whatsoever.
Black Label TCG, where we played the GBL, allowed us to play even though they knew we were from the United States. So even they were unaware of this rule.
I played someone in Round 3 of the GBL who was completely rude to me during and after our match. He told me point blank he would not let my husband and I participate in events if we tried showing up to his shop without a proper explanation.
I was told that after the event somebody called all the stores in the area to not let us or any other non-Singaporean players compete in any sanctioned events. I was unaware of this and was deregistered from competing in Brints Collectibles as I attempted to participate in another GBL.
I completely understand why these rules are in place, but I am thoroughly disappointed in how this whole situation was handled. It was my understanding that Pokemon was supposed to be inclusive to all people, but I found out on this trip that this is not always the case.
I participated in these events because it is my dream to play the Pokemon TCG in every region and get to know the locals. I only signed up because of my love of the game.
When it comes to DeFi, we celebrate “transparency,” but for traders it often just means your entire wallet is public, from balances, positions, entries, to exits.
Great for auditability. Brutal for privacy.
@Rhea_Finance caught my attention because it challenges that tradeoff 👇
4/ Rhea’s chain abstraction and cross-chain aggregation layer target one of crypto’s most persistent frictions: moving assets without breaking liquidity or workflow continuity.
Bridging complexity isn’t merely inconvenient, it’s a source of failure modes, delays, and capital inefficiencies.
Simplifying that layer has second-order effects across protocols and users alike.
5/ I'll be paying close attention to both its utility token $RHEA and protocol. If privacy and efficient execution can cleanly coexist, the downstream effects could be significant for us.
Welcome to Solana, @Rhea_Finance.
Cheers to @DeadKingSociety for calling this out to us.
I’ve been looking into @stormrae_ai because a lot of AI today is still tested in closed and gatekept environments.
Stormrae is asking what happens if AI testing looks more like an open market instead.
Here’s what I found and why I believe this alpha matters to you and me 👇
Even more impressive is what comes after: opening the rails to devs, then turning those signals into tools companies can actually rely on for testing, safety, and alignment at scale.
To me that's an extremely clean path from raw data to model to application.
If this works, the real unlock isn’t just an app, it could well set a whole new standard for AI evaluation.
If you’re curious too, join me in the waitlist and follow closely: waitlist.stormrae.ai/
Cheers to @DeadKingSociety and @stormrae_ai for surfacing this vision. 💀👑
Early look at our next set Nihil Zero (or Perfect Order in English), first with the two waifu trainer SARs Rosa and Jacinthe, featuring of course fan fav Pika
And the MUR unsurprisingly goes to Mega Zygarde with his.. cannon
#PokemonTCG #ポケカ #PokemonCards #TCG #ポケモンカード
Thanks to @DeadKingSociety, I've had the chance to peek behind the curtain into @Tessera_PE which aims to make private equity assets like SpaceX accessible instead of long-term illiquidity.
It’s a $7T+ market most people have never been able to touch.
Here’s what stood out →
Slight devil's advocate
PE assets don’t trade like crypto today: prices only update quarterly, there’s barely any secondary liquidity, and retail attention comes in waves.
If there isn’t enough ongoing volume, pricing breaks, and the idea falls apart.
So what do I think? →
