Gino Matos Gino Matos has published within the past 30 days.

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Gino Matos is a law school graduate and a seasoned journalist with six years of experience in the crypto industry. His expertise primarily focuses on the Brazilian blockchain ecosystem and developments in decentralized finance (DeFi).

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Total Articles 1,677

Since Aug 2024

Last Active Jun 28, 2026

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Gino Matos Recent Articles

A crystal ball showing a rising crypto chart sits on grass beside Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana coins, symbolizing key 2025 crypto predictions and how they played out.

Analysis

Which predictions landed this year? One ignored model actually nailed the 2025 market cycle

While the massive price targets from Standard Chartered and VanEck crashed and burned, Gemini’s "structural vision" exposed exactly where the smart money went.

6 months ago

A cracked gravestone in a dim cemetery sits beside a discarded Bitcoin coin, symbolizing the major “crypto is dead” narratives that surfaced throughout 2025.

Community

Bitcoin “died” four times in 2025, but a hidden infrastructure boom proves the skeptics completely wrong

Crypto "died" again in 2025. Yet ETFs pulled $46B, stablecoin laws passed, and Vanguard reversed its crypto ban. Price collapsed; infrastructure won.

6 months ago

A pile of sleek XRP coins stacked on a reflective blue surface, highlighting shrinking exchange reserves as traders question whether historic lows signal a coming rally.

Exchanges

XRP on exchanges hits 8 year low, but historical data exposes a brutal flaw in the popular “moon” narrative

Binance reserves hit July 2024 levels, but the last trough led to months of chop before rallying. Fresh data test whether tight supply signals upside or just reduced liquidity during correction.

6 months ago

A chaotic crypto scene with burning cash, falling market charts, and battered tokens including Bitcoin and Trump Coin, symbolizing the biggest losers of 2025.

Analysis

The 10 biggest failures in crypto in 2025 (and what went wrong)

Was crypto "maturation" a lie? This brutal insider playbook explains why 2025’s top narratives imploded.

6 months ago

A large Bitcoin coin sits in a small lifeboat amid powerful ocean waves, symbolizing questions over whether crypto’s momentum is still rising or has already peaked.

Macro

Bitcoin just lost a hidden $2 trillion liquidity safety net, leaving it exposed to a brutal new pressure wave

The Fed’s reverse repo facility is finally empty, meaning the mechanical plumbing that automatically pumped crypto prices has stopped working.

6 months ago

A worried trader studies Bitcoin price charts on multiple screens beside a locked withdrawal panel, reflecting uncertainty over whether crypto momentum has already peaked.

Scams

SEC filings reveal the multi-million dollar trap hiding inside ‘exclusive’ WhatsApp crypto investment clubs

The SEC's complaint maps the playbook of group chat "signals," phony STOs, and a withdrawal-fee twist, plus how to verify licenses in minutes.

6 months ago

A Bitcoin coin splashes in a mountain stream as a volatile candlestick chart hovers above the landscape, illustrating sharp price swings and sudden stop-hunt moves.

Analysis

Recent Bitcoin crashes cry “manipulation” as on-chain data catches market maker dumping

Bitcoin's violent whipsaw drew accusations of manipulation, but the data reveals a market structurally vulnerable to stop-hunting rather than proof of coordinated schemes.

6 months ago

Wallets

How browser extensions expose crypto to a fatal design flaw the industry ignored, bleeding $713M in 2025

Personal wallet hacks hit $713 million in 2025, noting the problem isn't users, but the browser layer best practices.

6 months ago

A huge wave crashes through Wall Street as a giant Bitcoin coin stands in the surge, symbolizing how ETF outflow panic contrasted with $46.7B flowing into crypto in 2025.

ETF

Bitcoin ETF “record outflows” are deceptive as crypto products absorbed $46.7 billion in 2025

Without aggregation, cohort analysis, and scaling, single-day flow stories are just noise.

6 months ago

Silver bars and coins sit beside a single Bitcoin on a wet pier as waves crash nearby, highlighting silver’s surge to $72 and its potential impact on Bitcoin’s market outlook.

Analysis

The Bitcoin “hard asset” narrative is breaking as silver hits parabolic peaks without taking crypto along for the ride

Silver hit $72 on industrial demand and safe-haven flows while Bitcoin remained stuck, and the divergence tells what narrative the market is buying.

6 months ago

Memecoins

10 tokens that defined the memecoin hall of shame with 2025’s wildest trades

From Trump's inauguration token to AI fart jokes and manipulated comebacks, 2025's memecoins revealed a market built on grift and coordinated dumps.

6 months ago

A Bitcoin coin sits on cracked ground beside a fear-and-greed gauge pinned to extreme fear, reflecting how major crypto industry wins still fail to lift market sentiment.

Analysis

Crypto sentiment is trapped in extreme fear because the industry’s biggest structural wins are failing to move prices

Investors won the policy battles, the regulatory clarity, and the institutional access they wanted. Bitcoin still dropped 30% and looks to finish the year negative.

6 months ago

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Gino Matos Gino Matos has published within the past 30 days.

Gino Matos Recent Articles

Which predictions landed this year? One ignored model actually nailed the 2025 market cycle

Bitcoin “died” four times in 2025, but a hidden infrastructure boom proves the skeptics completely wrong

XRP on exchanges hits 8 year low, but historical data exposes a brutal flaw in the popular “moon” narrative

The 10 biggest failures in crypto in 2025 (and what went wrong)

Bitcoin just lost a hidden $2 trillion liquidity safety net, leaving it exposed to a brutal new pressure wave

SEC filings reveal the multi-million dollar trap hiding inside ‘exclusive’ WhatsApp crypto investment clubs

Recent Bitcoin crashes cry “manipulation” as on-chain data catches market maker dumping

How browser extensions expose crypto to a fatal design flaw the industry ignored, bleeding $713M in 2025

Bitcoin ETF “record outflows” are deceptive as crypto products absorbed $46.7 billion in 2025

The Bitcoin “hard asset” narrative is breaking as silver hits parabolic peaks without taking crypto along for the ride

10 tokens that defined the memecoin hall of shame with 2025’s wildest trades

Crypto sentiment is trapped in extreme fear because the industry’s biggest structural wins are failing to move prices

Gino's Top Stories

Arthur Hayes says AI rescue liquidity could send Bitcoin price to $1,000,000

Crypto finally has a CLARITY Act date – delivery now depends on seven Senate Democrats

XRP aims for $0.90 as ETF demand battles selling pressure from whales