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HELLO JULY.
Every new month is a reminder that progress belongs to those who continue building with purpose, even when the market is uncertain.
As we welcome July, I would like to extend my warmest wishes to the entire HTX family, Justin Sun, Molly, Ceeee, every member of the HTX team, partners, builders, traders, investors, and the global crypto community.
May this new month bring greater innovation, stronger partnerships, sustainable growth, and new milestones that continue to move the digital asset industry forward.
One quality that continues to distinguish HTX is its commitment to consistency. In an industry where change is constant, lasting success is built on transparency, security, innovation, and a long term vision. These values are demonstrated through continuous action rather than words alone.
The latest update from HTX reinforces that commitment. The platform has now released 44 consecutive months of Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves, with reserve ratios for its major assets remaining above 100%. This ongoing disclosure reflects HTX's commitment to transparency, accountability, and safeguarding user assets while giving the community greater confidence in the platform's operations.
Beyond its Proof of Reserves initiative, HTX continues to enhance its ecosystem through ongoing product development, trading initiatives, community campaigns, and continuous improvements designed to improve the overall user experience. These ongoing efforts reflect HTX's continued focus on strengthening its ecosystem and delivering long term value to its global user community.
As the digital asset industry continues to evolve, HTX remains focused on transparency, product development, security, and continuous improvement. These priorities continue to support the platform's long term vision and its commitment to serving users around the world.
I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to Justin Sun, Molly (@HTX_Molly), Ceeee (@Ceee333_), every developer, engineer, security specialist, product manager, operations team member, customer support representative, moderator, ambassador, and every individual working tirelessly behind the scenes. Your dedication, professionalism, and relentless pursuit of excellence continue to strengthen one of the world's leading digital asset exchanges.
To the incredible HTX community, thank you for your trust, engagement, patience, and unwavering support. Every discussion, every piece of constructive feedback, every campaign, and every contribution helps strengthen this ecosystem. Great communities are built through collaboration, shared vision, and continuous innovation.
As we begin this new month, let us embrace every challenge as an opportunity to improve, every innovation as a step forward, and every achievement as motivation to aim even higher. The future of digital assets will continue to be shaped by communities that innovate, collaborate, and create lasting value together.
Here's to a successful July filled with greater achievements, continued transparency, stronger confidence, and meaningful progress for HTX and the entire global crypto ecosystem.
Happy New Month to everyone.
@HTX_Global @justinsuntron @HTX_Molly @Ceee333_
#HTX #HTXNOVAPLUS
@Tochi retweeted
A leaderboard position and a qualified validator are two different things. I think that's the detail people should pay more attention to in GenLayer's Pre-Mainnet Staking.
Your GEN builds Staking Points over time. Every staked GEN earns 1 point per day, so starting earlier gives your position more time to grow.
But there's another requirement that points alone cannot satisfy.
You need a node running on Clarke for at least 30 days to qualify for a node seat.
I actually like this distinction. It separates two kinds of commitment: putting GEN behind your position and proving that you have a node ready to participate in the network.
At the mainnet snapshot, eligible seats are distributed proportionally to Staking Points. Winners then start as validators initially backed by the Foundation's GEN, earning GEN fees for the transactions they process.
So I wouldn't look at the leaderboard alone as the whole picture.
Would you prioritize building points early or getting your 30-day node requirement out of the way first?
@GenLayer
@Tochi retweeted
What if the data you consider secure today becomes an open book tomorrow, without you ever knowing ?
That is one of the biggest long-term security challenges facing blockchain, and it is exactly where the collaboration between @verona_dev and @PQabelian becomes interesting.
Verona focuses on establishing what can be trusted, while Abelian brings the cryptographic foundation to keep sensitive information protected in a post-quantum world.
Think about digital identities, transaction records and personal information. Their relevance does not disappear with time. However, the cryptographic systems protecting them today may eventually become vulnerable to advances in quantum computing.
This creates a serious security challenge known as "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later." Attackers can collect encrypted data today, store it and wait until quantum computers become powerful enough to break the encryption.
The real concern goes beyond whether your information is secure right now. It is whether the same protection will remain effective 10, 15 or 20 years from today.
Abelian has been addressing this challenge since 2022. Its blockchain launched with lattice-based cryptography at its foundation, avoiding dependence on conventional elliptic-curve cryptography and reducing the need for a future migration to quantum-resistant keys.
Privacy is another important part of its architecture. Users have control over how much information their wallets reveal, ranging from fully shielded transactions to selective disclosure for auditors they authorize.
This is where the collaboration with Verona becomes particularly interesting.
Verifiable information needs lasting protection. Establishing the authenticity of digital information is important, but preserving its confidentiality against future threats is equally essential.
The long-term success of Web3 will depend on infrastructure that can protect both.
$VERONA
Verona proves what's true. @PQabelian keeps it private past Q-Day.
A fact about a person has a shelf life of a lifetime. The encryption protecting it has a shelf life that ends the day a quantum computer can read it, and that gap is what both teams are working on.
@Tochi retweeted
Weekend football predictions are in. Let's see if I can cook, or I get cooked. 💀
I've put together a 3-pick combo on @bagel_win:
⚽ Bournemouth over Ipswich
⚽ Chelsea over Sunderland
⚽ Aston Villa over Man United
The combo is showing a 12.77x multiplier.
I'm fairly comfortable with my first two picks, but Aston Villa vs Man United?
You can never fully relax when United are involved. They might lose to a team you expect them to beat, then suddenly play like prime Barcelona the following week. 😂
Anyway, let's see if my three picks survive Sunday.
To get started:
bagel.win/?ref=BIGMIKE
@Tochi retweeted
The interesting thing with stablecoins is where we are earning interest with our capital.
Let’s take our $10,000 in USDT deposits and see what we could get back after one year.
→ Traditional Savings ➤ 0.38%
~$38 interest earned per annum.
→ GRVT Earn ➤ 3.5% APY
~$350 earned per annum.
→ GRVT High Yield Earn ➤ Up to 11% target APY
Up to $1,100 earned per annum if target APY is met.
The differences are pretty big.
So where are we getting this extra yield?
@grvt_io High Yield Earn offers a wide range of yield strategies both traditional (TradFi) and crypto native strategies such as tokenised fixed income, real-world asset funding, crypto lending and market neutral.
With this we aim to diversify our yields, offering multiple opportunities to earn returns.
Of course as the potential yield is higher there will be more risks involved. The 11% rate is a target and actual yields may vary depending on the strategies below, market performance and liquidity.
This is an important point.
We need to understand where the yield is coming from and what risks we are taking by earning a higher amount of returns.
Same amount of capital ($10,000) same time frame but different ways of earning.
DYOR. Not Financial Advice.
🤝 Paid partnership
@Tochi retweeted
Happy Evening!
The more I explore the NFT ecosystem on Fogo, the more I realize that understanding ownership data is just as important as tracking floor prices.
That's one reason I'm paying attention to @VelixoMarket
After looking into Velixo's latest platform features and documentation, I found an interesting part of its infrastructure: dedicated on-chain NFT indexers.
Here's what caught my attention:
→ Supply Tracking
Understand the total NFT supply within a collection and monitor changes over time.
→ Holder Distribution
Explore how NFTs are distributed across different wallets instead of judging a collection by its floor price alone.
→ Burn Metrics
Track permanently burned NFTs to get a clearer picture of circulating supply.
→ Block-Level Updates
Velixo's Fogo indexer refreshes collection data with every block, helping collectors access updated on-chain information.
Another interesting detail is that Velixo provides collection statistics alongside marketplace activity, including floor prices, trading volume, listings, and unique holders.
Why does this matter?
Imagine two NFT collections with similar floor prices.
One has ownership distributed across hundreds of wallets, while the other is heavily concentrated among a few holders.
Their market prices might look similar, but their underlying ownership structures tell different stories.
This is why I believe on-chain transparency matters.
Velixo is bringing NFT trading and collection research closer together, giving collectors more information before making decisions.
For me, better research starts with better data.
And that's an important direction for the NFT ecosystem on Fogo.
gVelixo ☕
Big things are happening at @VelixoMarket 👀
Velixo started its journey on @fogo and is now expanding beyond it.
Robinhood Chain is officially live on Velixo, bringing more opportunities for NFT traders.
Users can now buy, sell, sweep, make offers, accept bids and even gift NFTs directly to another wallet.
What I really like is the extra security. Every transaction is checked against official contracts before users sign.
Same Velixo experience, more chains and more possibilities.
Feels like Velixo is just getting started.
@Tochi retweeted
🚨 New Update from ACTUM!
@Actum_AI has announced a new change to make the points claim process easier and reduce the workload on the support team.
📌 How can you claim your points?
1️⃣ Post your application publicly in the designated Discord channel.
2️⃣ Mention the number of likes, comments, and views your tweets have received, along with the number of points you are applying for.
3️⃣ Include links to your eligible tweets.
⚠️ Important rules to remember:
- You can submit only one application per week (UTC).
- Each application can summarize up to 3 eligible tweets.
✅ What happens next?
The ACTUM team will review your application:
- If you meet the requirements, your post will receive a ✅ and your points will be awarded.
- If you don't qualify, the team will explain the reason in a reply under your application.
💡 The goal of this update is to make claiming points easier and faster while reducing pressure on the support system, allowing the team to focus on more important issues.
Stay updated and keep supporting ACTUM! 🚀
#ACTUM #Community #Web3
🤝 Paid partnership
PART 2: THE NIGHT EFCC ALMOST CAUGHT ME.
If you have not read Part 1, go and read it first. This one is worse.
After Femi was picked, I told myself I would stop. But I did not stop. I was too deep. The money had already entered my blood.
One Friday night, I was not at home. I went to see my mother. That visit saved my life.
Around 2am, my phone started vibrating nonstop. It was my neighbour, Emeka. He was whispering.
"Tobi, run. They don come. They don surround your house."
My heart stopped.
EFCC had come to my street. They were knocking door to door. They had already carried two boys from my compound.
I was shaking in my mother's parlour. I could not breathe. I could not speak. My mother was looking at me, she did not understand what was happening. She just kept asking, "Tobi, what is wrong with you?"
I did not answer. I could not answer.
I sat there till morning, hiding like a thief in my own mother's house. I was a big boy on Instagram, but that night I was just a scared 21 year old boy hiding under his mother's roof.
By 5am, Emeka called again. "They don go. But Tunde, they go come back."
That was the last day.
I went back home, packed one bag, and left everything. Laptop, chain, clothes, everything. I left Lekki that same day.
I did not run because I was smart. I ran because God gave me a second chance and I did not want to waste it.
Femi is still not out. The two boys from my compound are still not out. If I had been at home that night, I would have been number 3.
Some of you are reading this and laughing. You think it can never happen to you. That is exactly what I thought too.
Yahoo is not a hustle. It is a trap with fine packaging.
If you want Part 3, the part where I started all over again with nothing, follow me and comment "PART 3". I will drop it if this post reaches 500 likes.
Read this to the end. It will save someone's life.
I WAS A YAHOO BOY FOR 3 YEARS. THIS IS WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU.
My name is Tobi. I was 19 when I entered.
I was not hungry. I was not broke. I was just tired of watching my mates post Benz on WhatsApp while I was still begging my mama for transport fare to school.
One night, my friend Femi called me. He said, "Guy, come make money, no stress."
I followed him.
First month, nothing. Second month, nothing. Third month, I saw my first alert. 850k.
I cried. I had never held that kind of money in my life.
That was the trap.
From that day, I stopped going to class. I stopped calling my mother. I stopped sleeping at night. My life became laptop, darkness, and fake laughter.
I bought iPhone. I bought chain. I rented a fine apartment in Lekki. Girls loved me. Boys respected me. On Instagram, I was a big boy.
But offline, I was dying slowly.
I could not sleep without taking something. I could not eat without feeling guilty. Every time my phone rang, my heart would jump. Every police siren made me run to hide.
One night, I dreamt my mother was crying at my grave. She was saying, "Tobi, I did not raise you for this."
I woke up sweating. That same week, EFCC picked Femi. The same Femi that introduced me. They carried him from his house by 4am. Till today, nobody knows where he is.
That was when I knew: This life has no retirement plan. You either go to prison, you go to grave, or you run forever.
I deleted everything. I gave my laptop to a pastor. I started learning plumbing. People laughed at me. "Big boy don turn plumber?" they said.
Today, I am 22. I don't have Benz. I don't have chain. But I sleep peacefully. I can walk past police checkpoint without my heart beating. My mama can now proudly say, "Na my pikin be that."
Yahoo money is fast. But peace of mind is priceless.
If you are thinking of entering, don't. If you are already inside, there is still a way out. I am proof.
If you want Part 2 where I was almost caught by EFCC, follow me for more and turn on post notis. I will drop it soon.
@Tochi retweeted
Read this to the end. It will save someone's life.
I WAS A YAHOO BOY FOR 3 YEARS. THIS IS WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU.
My name is Tobi. I was 19 when I entered.
I was not hungry. I was not broke. I was just tired of watching my mates post Benz on WhatsApp while I was still begging my mama for transport fare to school.
One night, my friend Femi called me. He said, "Guy, come make money, no stress."
I followed him.
First month, nothing. Second month, nothing. Third month, I saw my first alert. 850k.
I cried. I had never held that kind of money in my life.
That was the trap.
From that day, I stopped going to class. I stopped calling my mother. I stopped sleeping at night. My life became laptop, darkness, and fake laughter.
I bought iPhone. I bought chain. I rented a fine apartment in Lekki. Girls loved me. Boys respected me. On Instagram, I was a big boy.
But offline, I was dying slowly.
I could not sleep without taking something. I could not eat without feeling guilty. Every time my phone rang, my heart would jump. Every police siren made me run to hide.
One night, I dreamt my mother was crying at my grave. She was saying, "Tobi, I did not raise you for this."
I woke up sweating. That same week, EFCC picked Femi. The same Femi that introduced me. They carried him from his house by 4am. Till today, nobody knows where he is.
That was when I knew: This life has no retirement plan. You either go to prison, you go to grave, or you run forever.
I deleted everything. I gave my laptop to a pastor. I started learning plumbing. People laughed at me. "Big boy don turn plumber?" they said.
Today, I am 22. I don't have Benz. I don't have chain. But I sleep peacefully. I can walk past police checkpoint without my heart beating. My mama can now proudly say, "Na my pikin be that."
Yahoo money is fast. But peace of mind is priceless.
If you are thinking of entering, don't. If you are already inside, there is still a way out. I am proof.
If you want Part 2 where I was almost caught by EFCC, follow me for more and turn on post notis. I will drop it soon.
Read this to the end. It will save someone's life.
I WAS A YAHOO BOY FOR 3 YEARS. THIS IS WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU.
My name is Tobi. I was 19 when I entered.
I was not hungry. I was not broke. I was just tired of watching my mates post Benz on WhatsApp while I was still begging my mama for transport fare to school.
One night, my friend Femi called me. He said, "Guy, come make money, no stress."
I followed him.
First month, nothing. Second month, nothing. Third month, I saw my first alert. 850k.
I cried. I had never held that kind of money in my life.
That was the trap.
From that day, I stopped going to class. I stopped calling my mother. I stopped sleeping at night. My life became laptop, darkness, and fake laughter.
I bought iPhone. I bought chain. I rented a fine apartment in Lekki. Girls loved me. Boys respected me. On Instagram, I was a big boy.
But offline, I was dying slowly.
I could not sleep without taking something. I could not eat without feeling guilty. Every time my phone rang, my heart would jump. Every police siren made me run to hide.
One night, I dreamt my mother was crying at my grave. She was saying, "Tobi, I did not raise you for this."
I woke up sweating. That same week, EFCC picked Femi. The same Femi that introduced me. They carried him from his house by 4am. Till today, nobody knows where he is.
That was when I knew: This life has no retirement plan. You either go to prison, you go to grave, or you run forever.
I deleted everything. I gave my laptop to a pastor. I started learning plumbing. People laughed at me. "Big boy don turn plumber?" they said.
Today, I am 22. I don't have Benz. I don't have chain. But I sleep peacefully. I can walk past police checkpoint without my heart beating. My mama can now proudly say, "Na my pikin be that."
Yahoo money is fast. But peace of mind is priceless.
If you are thinking of entering, don't. If you are already inside, there is still a way out. I am proof.
If you want Part 2 where I was almost caught by EFCC, follow me for more and turn on post notis. I will drop it soon.
@Tochi retweeted
Today, something happened that genuinely got me thinking about life, success and how society measures people's progress.
I'm sharing this because I believe someone out there might relate to the experience or have a different perspective.
Let me tell you what happened.👇
