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Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. He imparts insights on a range of topics like DeFi, hacks, mining and culture, underlining transformative power.

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Oluwapelumi Adejumo Recent Articles

Operator in a dark cyber command room monitors glowing network breach maps, reflecting North Korea’s ongoing multibillion-dollar crypto hacking threat

Hacks Bearish

North Korea hit crypto for $500M+ this month — and the $6.75 billion threat is not over yet

Drift Protocol and KelpDAO were hit for roughly $286 million and $290 million as attackers targeted peripheral infrastructure.

3 months ago

Stacks of policy documents on a table in a grand Capitol-style hallway lined with American flags, reflecting last-minute lobbying pressure to stop the CLARITY Act before the Senate window closes

Stablecoins Bearish

Banks lobbying efforts seek to ‘kill’ CLARITY Act before US Senate election window closes

Banking organizations are aggressively pushing advertisements to pressure US lawmakers to act against the introduction of stablecoin yields.

3 months ago

Freight train hauling Bitcoin-marked cargo containers along industrial tracks, illustrating Strategy’s large Bitcoin purchases as a massive flow that no longer lifts the broader market on its own

Digital Asset Treasuries Bearish

Why Strategy’s multi billion dollar Bitcoin purchases are no longer bullish catalysts for the market

Strategy’s monster Bitcoin buys often trigger sell the news drops, and Bitwise pinpointed the exact timing.

3 months ago

Quantum

Ripple sets 2028 deadline to harden XRPL after Google’s quantum research sharpens attack risk

XRPL's post quantum planning goes beyond signatures and Ripple hints privacy tools like zero knowledge proofs may change too.

3 months ago

XRP display panel on a trading desk in a Wall Street-style operations floor, reflecting investors looking beyond Bitcoin ETFs as XRP leads altcoins on fragile macro relief

ETF

Wall Street moves beyond the Bitcoin ETF trade as XRP leads altcoins on fragile macro relief

XRP topped $55.39 million while Solana hit $35.17 million, yet Litecoin was the only crypto product with no flows.

3 months ago

Mining Bearish

Public miners dump record BTC and are pivoting to AI — is Bitcoin’s security backbone starting to hollow out?

Bitcoin miners face near $80,000 production costs, so they are cashing out treasuries to chase AI contracts.

3 months ago

Heavy Bitcoin vault case set on a track outside Strategy’s headquarters in a Wall Street-style plaza, symbolizing Strategy’s STRC potentially pushing its Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT

Market

How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor’s firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week

Saylor’s “Think Even ₿igger” post revived his familiar pre filing ritual, with traders bracing for a surprise purchase size.

3 months ago

Hooded operator at a dark workstation monitoring a red digital breach across wide screens, reflecting a major DeFi exploit that triggered bank-run-style withdrawals from the market

Hacks Bearish

DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics

A single verifier path let a fraudulent cross chain message slip through, and the knock on effects spread fast across the DeFi ecosystem.

3 months ago

Hyperliquid-style trading terminal with a dark oil-filled vessel surrounded by market screens, reflecting crypto traders piling into weekend oil bets over Strait of Hormuz closure fears

Macro Bearish

Is crude heading back to $100? Crypto traders drive $500M weekend Hyperliquid oil bets over Strait of Hormuz closure

Market data suggests that traders are aggressively pricing in a potential return to $100 crude oil ahead of the traditional Monday morning open.

3 months ago

Metal dollar token outside a glass office tower as suited bankers walk inside, reflecting the White House pushing banks to move on from the CLARITY Act stablecoin yield fight

Stablecoins

White House tells “greedy” banks to “move on” from CLARITY Act stablecoin yield fight

The White House has demanded that banks abandon their lobbying efforts against yield-bearing stablecoins in the upcoming CLARITY Act.

3 months ago

Bitcoin-filled gauge on a tanker deck facing ships in the Strait of Hormuz, symbolizing US Bitcoin ETF inflows surging after Iran briefly reopened the critical oil route

ETF Bullish

US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because Iran reopened Hormuz for a few hours

The Strait of Hormuz reopening eased energy shock fears and triggered institutional rotation into Bitcoin exposure.

3 months ago

Price Watch Bullish

Bitcoin price jumps towards $80,000 after Strait of Hormuz shipping route declared open

BTC's rally triggered heavy short liquidations across the crypto market and strengthened bullish positioning in options and prediction markets.

3 months ago

Oluwapelumi Adejumo Oluwapelumi Adejumo has published within the past 30 days.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo Recent Articles

North Korea hit crypto for $500M+ this month — and the $6.75 billion threat is not over yet

Banks lobbying efforts seek to ‘kill’ CLARITY Act before US Senate election window closes

Why Strategy’s multi billion dollar Bitcoin purchases are no longer bullish catalysts for the market

Ripple sets 2028 deadline to harden XRPL after Google’s quantum research sharpens attack risk

Wall Street moves beyond the Bitcoin ETF trade as XRP leads altcoins on fragile macro relief

Public miners dump record BTC and are pivoting to AI — is Bitcoin’s security backbone starting to hollow out?

How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor’s firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week

DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics

Is crude heading back to $100? Crypto traders drive $500M weekend Hyperliquid oil bets over Strait of Hormuz closure

White House tells “greedy” banks to “move on” from CLARITY Act stablecoin yield fight

US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because Iran reopened Hormuz for a few hours

Bitcoin price jumps towards $80,000 after Strait of Hormuz shipping route declared open

Oluwapelumi's Top Stories

XRP investors capitulate at fastest pace since the 2022 crypto crash amid slide to $1

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin machine hits $8 billion cash wall as STRC crashes 25% below par

US turns stablecoin issuer Tether into a financial weapon against Iran, freezing nearly $500 million