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Oil is the story of the day. WTI crude jumped about 4.4% to roughly $103.80 a barrel on Friday, Oct 23, 2026, while Bitcoin (BTC) sat almost perfectly still near $81,200, Ether (ETH) hovered around $2,394

The competition for smart contract chains has already been established! This is obviously an attractive sector as it positions itself as a sort of banking 2.0. Ethereum the OG is leading here, but there

This post looks at HIVE price versus Hive on chain activity over the past year. The token has dropped from about $0.137 to about $0.049 on CoinGecko, while transaction counts pulled straight from the Hive

Today was one of those sessions where Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, gold, silver and the Nasdaq all went down at the same time, and the only thing on my screen that went up was long dated Treasury bonds. This

How is HBD doing these days? The HIVE market cap has dropped significantly in the last months, which has reduced or stopped HBD payouts to authors. In theory, this should slow down new HBD creation and

Data as of October 21, 2026, evening Pacific time. Fed balance sheet figures are from the H.4.1 release for the week ended October 14, holdings from the New York Fed, Treasury cash from the Daily Treasury

Data as of Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 8:15 AM PT Something odd happened overnight. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index jumped from 55 to 63, firmly back in Greed, yet Bitcoin barely did anything worth getting

Hive's Stablecoin Is Now Worth More Than Hive Itself: Should Anyone Worry? Data as of October 19, 2026, evening Pacific time. Chain figures pulled straight from the Hive API, price from CoinGecko. Most

The textbook says rising yields crush tech. The last three months say the textbook is only half right, and Monday's bounce is a good place to see why. Data as of roughly 8:30 AM Pacific on Monday, October

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Oil ripped higher, tech sold off, and bonds rallied anyway. That combination rarely shows up by accident. Market data as of the Friday, October 16, 2026 close, with crypto and oil futures checked Sunday

Most traders are staring at Bitcoin's price. The more interesting story is what the rest of the market is doing underneath it. Data as of October 18, 2026. Bitcoin sits near $81,021, almost exactly where

Suffering Privacy Fatigue

In this update I am sharing the good news that I have updated my witness and my backup witness to the newest version 1.28.8 as well as looking at the state of Hive Witnesses as of October 2026. To assist