Kri

1. Never believe anyone's price predictions.
2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency).
3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight.
4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked.
5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck.
6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help.
7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people.
8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things.
9. Be on #bitcoin    twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are.
10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives.
11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do.
That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys.
#bitcoin #dyor #crypto2023

The XRP funding rates have experienced a sharp uptick today, surging by 158.19% on Friday, March 27.
Over the past 24 hours, the XRP funding rate, a periodic fee traders pay each other in perpetual futures to keep the contract price anchored to the spot price, surged to 0.0028, according to market data shared by CryptoQuant. This followed a net-negative funding rate phase on Thursday, meaning longs had briefly been paying premiums to short sellers.
XRP’s 7-day derivatives chart. Source: CryptoQuant
The rise into positive territory signals that a greater share of derivatives traders have shifted toward bullish positioning. However, its Open Interest (OI) – the total value of active and unsettled derivatives contracts across all exchanges – edged down 0.25% over the past 24 hours to $823.94 million after recently hitting a weekly peak.
The marginal decline in OI, despite a bullish funding rate, suggests the move reflects repositioning of existing capital rather than fresh speculative inflows from new market participants.
Why is XRP price dropping amid positive funding rates?
Despite derivatives traders pricing in a bullish tilt, XRP’s spot price fell 1.27% over the past 24 hours to approximately $1.34 at the time of reporting. This has pushed the asset’s weekly decline to over 7%, hence compressing its market capitalisation to approximately $82 billion.
XRP/USD 24-hour chart. Source: Finbold
This divergence between bullish derivatives sentiment and falling spot prices is a recognized market pattern, often driven by mechanical liquidation cascades that override trader positioning. In XRP’s case, the primary catalyst was a long squeeze, in which the price drop forced overleveraged long traders to sell or be liquidated, amplifying the decline through cascading selling pressure.
XRP liquidation chart 24 hours. Source: CoinGlass
In the last 24 hours, about $6.69 million in XRP derivatives positions were liquidated, mostly affecting long traders and confirming that the long squeeze was the main dynamic.
#XRP $XRP

Sign empowers nations to adopt blockchain and unlock crypto for all.

Cryptographic Signatures
Cryptographic signatures are used to prove identity and sign documents.
Cryptographic signatures are at the core of EthSign, representing everything from data integrity to digital consent. We utilize your cryptographic signature to prove your identity and sign documents.

Authenticating User Identity and Creating a Session
Supported Wallets
With the cross-chain nature of EthSign, we accept and support signatures made from the following list of blockchain wallets:

Data Encryption
EthSign offers three different tiers of encryption.
At EthSign, we take data privacy extremely seriously. If document encryption is enabled, none of the encrypted data leaves the browser unencrypted. In other words, if our users choose to encrypt their data, nobody aside from the intended recipients can decrypt it, not even us.
Encryption Methods
EthSign offers three different tiers of encryption:
UnencryptedAES-256-GCM: Symmetric password; Advanced Encryption Standard with Galois Counter ModeAES-256-GCM + ECIES: Asymmetric passwordless; Advanced Encryption Standard with Galois Counter Mode + Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme
The encryption method used throughout a signing session is dictated by the initiator.
Note: "Signing Session" refers to the process during which users send and sign a specific document.
Unencrypted
All data is viewable by anyone else. It is extremely important to keep in mind that unencrypted data can be seen by everyone and once submitted to Arweave, it will become permanently visible to the entire world. There are cases where transparency is needed, but to avoid users disabling encryption by accident, we display a stern warning if the user attempts to submit data unencrypted.
AES-256-GCM - Password Encryption
AES-256-GCM is a symmetric encryption algorithm. It's been widely used and battle-tested over many years. When making use of this encryption method, all recipients must possess a copy of the passphrase that generates the AES key. This key must be kept secret and EthSign does not natively facilitate the key exchange.
AES-256-GCM + ECIES - Wallet-based Encryption
Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme is an asymmetric encryption algorithm, meaning the information needed to perform encryption is different from the information needed to perform decryption. In this case, a public key is used to encrypt data while the corresponding private key is needed to decrypt data. In the context of EthSign, using ECIES means nobody needs to memorize any passwords of any kind since the data is locked to every recipient's public encryption key.
This is somewhat similar to EthSign 4's 1-Tap Encryption which made use of MetaMask's eth_decrypt API. However, this API is now deprecated, and although a new encryption EIP has been submitted, it is still in the draft stage. In addition, we had to make encryption universal across different blockchains (secp256k1 + curve25519), so we decided to establish our own encryption system, branded as EthSign Password Manager.
To learn how EthSign Password Manager works in detail, refer to How EthSign Handles Your Secrets.
Encryption Workflow
This is a sequence diagram showcasing the encryption workflow. The word gibberish simply means the data is encrypted and thus opaque to us and everyone aside from the intended recipients.

Signature Verification
Independently verify the validity of a digital signature from EthSign.
The ability to independently verify the validity of a digital signature is just as important as the act of signing, and this is exactly what EthSign Signatures offers. To verify your downloaded PDF file online.
EthSign Certified
All documents that have completed signing are settled on Arweave. Since our document data structure is public and Arweave is an open network, technically anyone can upload data and have it considered "valid" as long as they conform to our data structure. This is not something we condemn — in fact, our game plan is to build a protocol and we love it when others build on top of our standard.
However, sometimes it is still necessary to distinguish an official implementation from a third-party implementation. This is the idea behind the "EthSign Certified" stamp - all documents created and signed on the official EthSign platform are digitally signed by a private key that EthSign controls and can be independently verified offline.
We also attest all document signing actions and completions on Sign Protocol.
EthSign Certified signing address (attest.ethsign.eth): 0x91f0ff8089A78A135E11123D84c07F9D93883E79
Verification Page
Users can verify the integrity of the original contents of their completed and downloaded PDF against the Arweave copy and the digital signatures within said downloaded PDF on verification page.
Storage Architecture
EthSign uses a hybrid storage architecture to strike a balance between usability and decentralization. As a document is uploaded and a signing session is created, all data is temporarily stored in our servers to optimize performance. Once all parties have finished signing, the document is sealed and uploaded to Arweave for permanent, decentralized storage.

@SignOfficial #SignDigitalSovereignInfra $SIGN

Bitcoin (BTC) network activity has dropped sharply in recent months until March 27, with active addresses down over 30% since August 2025.
​Active addresses, a measure of the number of unique addresses participating in the Bitcoin network, have fallen by over 280,000, representing a 30.1% decline, during the past 229 days, with CryptoQuant data showing around 655,900 active users as of March 25.
Bitcoin active addresses analysis between August 8, 2025, and March 25, 2026. Source: CryptoQuant
This significant drop in network participants, averaging a daily loss of 1,234 addresses, suggests declining user engagement, which may reinforce the medium-term bearish sentiment surrounding Bitcoin.
​Backing the significant decline in BTC’s active addresses is also the seven and 30-day Simple Moving Averages (SMA). The 7-day SMA, which reflects short-term network activity, fell by 164,311 addresses to approximately 612,972 on March 25, thus representing a 21.14% decline from its August 8, 2025, level of 777,283.
​Additionally, the 30-day SMA, which represents the behaviour of longer-term participants, declined by 14.44% over this period, easing to approximately 636,314 earlier this week. The shallower drop in the 30-day SMA compared to the 7-day SMA suggests that while short-term traders have stepped back significantly, longer-term network participants remain relatively more resilient.
Why are active addresses on Bitcoin dropping?
The significant pullback of Bitcoin’s active addresses over the past 229 days has coincided with bearish sentiment for the flagship coin. On August 8, 2025, BTC price traded around $116,690, but has since corrected to $68,310 at the time of reporting.
​With Bitcoin’s price in a confirmed macro downtrend, similar to bear cycles in 2022 and 2018, active network participation was expected to decline. This decrease suggests weaker transaction volume and engagement, likely reducing overall network activity as speculative trading eases and retail interest cools.
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BTC/USD 1-year chart. Source: Finbold
​Holistically, a significant drop in Bitcoin active addresses over a prolonged period has historically been associated with a collapse in market demand, and vice versa. As such, monitoring this indicator remains critical for distinguishing between a potential sustained price reversal and another dead-cat bounce.
#BitcoinPrices #BTC $BTC

The Ethereum Foundation launched pq.ethereum.org on 24 March 2026, a public hub consolidating post-quantum research, EIPs, and a technical roadmap. The Foundation projects core Layer 1 protocol upgrades could be complete by 2029.
Foundation launches public post-quantum hub
The Ethereum Foundation launched pq.ethereum.org on 24 March 2026. The platform brings together research documents, Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), a technical roadmap, and a structured FAQ. An EIP is a formal proposal to change the Ethereum protocol. The hub makes years of previously scattered cryptographic research available in one public location.
"Based on our team's current assessment, layer 1 protocol upgrades could be completed by 2029, with full execution-layer migration taking additional years beyond that.", 24 March 2026.— Ethereum Foundation researchers (collective attribution), Post-Quantum Research Team, Ethereum Foundation
Layer 1 upgrade target set for 2029
Layer 1 (L1) refers to the base Ethereum blockchain itself. The Foundation projects core L1 protocol changes could finish by 2029. Full migration at the execution layer — the part that processes transactions — will extend beyond that date. The roadmap outlines multiple network upgrades on a roughly six-month release cycle over the next several years.
Ten-plus client teams run weekly devnets
More than 10 Ethereum client teams currently build and test post-quantum development networks, known as devnets, through the PQ Interop program. The teams run interoperability sessions every week to confirm that different software clients remain compatible with each other. This work started in 2018 with early research into signature aggregation using STARK-based cryptography. STARK stands for Scalable Transparent Argument of Knowledge, a type of mathematical proof system.
"The core architectural shift replaces BLS signatures with hash-based signatures, simultaneously achieving quantum resistance and SNARK-friendliness.", 20 February 2026.— Thomas Coratger, Protocol Researcher, Lean Consensus / Ethereum protocol contributor
BLS signatures to give way to hash-based schemes
At the consensus layer, BLS (Boneh–Lynn–Shacham) signatures currently bundle validator votes into a single compact proof. The transition plan replaces BLS with hash-based alternatives such as XMSS (eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme), which do not rely on mathematical problems that quantum computers can solve. The leading protocol-level direction combines XMSS-style quantum resistance with STARK-based aggregation under a scheme called leanSig. At the execution layer, account abstraction lets users gradually switch to quantum-safe authentication methods without requiring a full system replacement.
#Ethereum #ETH $ETH

Ripple Labs is scheduled to unlock 1 billion XRP on April 1, continuing its long-standing escrow release program that remains a focal point for market participants assessing potential supply pressure.
At current prices, with XRP trading near $1.37, the upcoming unlock represents roughly $1.37 billion in value. The token has declined about 3.2% over the past 24 hours and nearly 5% over the past week, reflecting a period of short-term weakness ahead of the scheduled release.
XRP 1-week price chart. Source: Finbold
Ripple escrow unlock
Ripple’s escrow system, however, is structured to prevent abrupt supply shocks. While 1 billion XRP is unlocked each month, a significant majority, typically between 70% and 80% is returned to escrow through new contracts. The remaining portion, generally in the range of 200 million to 300 million XRP, is deployed for operational purposes, including institutional sales and ecosystem development.
As a result, the net increase in circulating supply is materially lower than the headline figure suggests. This controlled release mechanism has historically limited the direct market impact of these events, even as they continue to influence short-term sentiment.
XRP Ledger
The XRP Ledger has a total supply just under 100 billion tokens, with around 61.3 billion currently in circulation. That positions XRP among the largest digital assets, supported by an $84 billion market cap and steady trading volume.
That scale is also why these monthly unlocks continue to draw attention. While they are routine, their impact tends to depend on broader market conditions. In periods of softer price action, even a controlled release can weigh on sentiment.
So while the April 1 unlock represents roughly $1.37 billion at current prices, the actual impact is likely to be more limited. Much of the XRP will be re-locked, leaving the market to focus on how well demand can absorb the portion that does circulate.
#xrp $XRP

Solana (SOL), a top-tier layer one (L1) chain, has emerged as the top blockchain in decentralised exchange (DEX) volume in March, leading Ethereum (ETH) by 32%.
As of March 26, Solana’s month-to-date DEX volume stood at approximately $49.46 billion, accounting for 26.94% of total reported volume across all networks. Over the same period, the Ethereum network recorded a DEX traded volume of approximately $37.47 billion.
The DEX trading volume of Binance-backed BSC and Coinbase-backed Base reached approximately $25.29 billion and $21.37 billion, respectively, thus their combined total remains below Solana’s figure.
DEX monthly volume for the past two quarters. Source: DeFiLlama
On a rolling basis, Solana registered a DEX volume of $12.36 billion over the past seven days and $59.94 billion over the past 30 days, comfortably outpacing its nearest competitors.
Top four chains by DEX volume. Source: DeFiLlama
On Thursday, the top-performing DEXes on the Solana network included Humidifi, Orca, Meteora, Manifest, Raydium, and PumpSwap, which collectively account for the majority of Solana’s on-chain trading activity, per data from CoinGecko.
What’s the impact of the high Solana DEX volume on SOL price?
Although Solana’s DEX volume outshone other chains, it has declined significantly from its peak of $156.20 billion recorded in October 2025. Nonetheless, the network’s sustained DEX activity has helped sustain a steady monthly price rebound for the altcoin.
SOL/USD 30-day chart. Source: Finbold
Over the past 30 days, SOL price rallied 13.58% to trade around $87.40 at the time of publication. As a result, the altcoin’s market capitalization rose to approximately $43 billion.
Historically, an increase in DEX volume has been associated with rising demand, which exerts a bullish influence on the native crypto asset and vice versa.
#sol $SOL