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Lukas Limbach

Crypto Basics #19 — Understanding Chainlink (LINK)

Chainlink solves a problem that isn't obvious until you think about it. A blockchain, on its own, can't see anything outside itself.

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-23

Bitcoin's run to $79,500 ended in a six-minute flush that erased $108 billion in market value and liquidated $1.71 billion, mostly longs. Altcoins took the worst of it. Zcash cleared $800 on a Grayscale ETF filing, and The Sandbox halted bridging after a mint exploit.

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-22

Bitcoin closed its best week since March 2023 above $77,000 after the Treasury doubled its long-end bond buybacks, pushing yields down and the dollar lower. Another $1 billion in shorts was liquidated, ETF inflows accelerated for a second day, and Japan cleared a new exchange.

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-21

Bitcoin cleared $72,000 for the first time since May as record short liquidations, an expanded Treasury buyback program and the SEC's new crypto offering proposal collided. Spot ETF inflows returned at scale. Whether the breakout holds above $70,000 is the open question.

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-18

Bitcoin held near $63,500 on Monday while the weekly ETF number and the quarterly flow trend told opposite stories. Futures open interest now runs at twice daily volume, and the US-Iran Hormuz arrangement expired. What moved on August 17, and what to watch today.

Building a Crypto Portfolio Is More Than Picking the Right Coins

One of the easiest mistakes to make in crypto is

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-17

Bitcoin ended the weekend flat near the 63K mark after a week that cost it about 3%. US spot ETFs swung back to outflows, the Coinbase premium hit a record 90 negative days, and the CME basis trade is unwinding. What moved on August 16, and what to watch this week.

Crypto Basics #18 — Understanding Cardano (ADA)

Cardano is a blockchain known less for a single feature and more for how it's built. Its defining trait is method.

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-16

A quiet Saturday on the tape, with second-quarter 13F filings doing the talking. Harvard stopped selling IBIT after two quarters of cuts, Abu Dhabi's funds sat still, UBS lifted call exposure 24-fold, and Tudor added shares while cutting calls 85 percent.

Daily Crypto Briefing - 2026-08-15

Bitcoin fell below $63,000 on Friday, its lowest since August 3, as spot ETFs logged a second straight day of outflows. Washington stalled on two rulemakings, MSCI reopened index-exclusion risk for Strategy and Metaplanet, and World Liberty won a federal bank charter.