Poststeatree in # crypto • 6 mo. ago • 1 min readVenezuela has exposed Tether's vulnerabilitiesIt turns out that Maduro had been using Tether to settle Venezuela's oil sales. The Wall Street Journal reports that once the USA realised this, they phoned Tether and asked them to freeze the addresses that Venezuela was using to receive payment for their oil. Tether complied. Venezuela then couldn't spend the money. This is the problem with…teatree in # crypto • 7 mo. ago • 1 min readA big crypto market maker is in troubleWintermute is a big crypto market maker that operates on Binance. They got into trouble on October 10th - their liquidity issues triggered the crypto crash that caused alt prices to drop by 60% that day. They now appear to be liquidating their assets in a bid to raise cash. 40% of their holdings have been sold in the last three weeks.…teatree in # exchanges • 7 mo. ago • 1 min readThere are too many exchanges with thin bid wallsI believe this is what is causing the crypto flash crashes. As at 2025, there are 217 active exchanges around the world. Add in DEXs and futures/derivatives exchanges, and Coinmarketcap estimates that there are 620 exchanges. Most of the coins on them have very thin bid walls - i.e. a lack of liquidity. So if someone is careless in how they…teatree in # hive • 8 mo. ago • 1 min readHive Dollar has lost it's pegHere is the screenshot from Hivetats: It's 10.48% down. That means that even if you have HBD savings earning interest of 15%, when you convert to real dollars you are only getting a 4.52% return. Be careful out there!teatree in # earn • 9 mo. ago • 1 min readHave earned over $50 with earnbitmoonEarnbitmoon is a survey site (though they also have an offerwall where you can earn crypto cashback for signing up to various gambling and other crypto sites). There is a small faucet too. Most of what I've earned above has been from surveys. They pay through faucetpay.io, which is quick and reliable, and you can choose the crypto you want…teatree in # crypto • 1 yr. ago • 1 min readEarnbitmoonEarnbitmoon is another survey plus faucet site, where you can earn crypto doing small tasks or viewing ads. They pay in crypto (btc, litecoin, doge, dash, tron) either through microwallets like faucetpay.io or directly to your own wallet. Here is my affiliate link:teatree in # crypto • 1 yr. ago • 1 min readDoge faucetIf you are trying to earn Doge, dogepick allows you to do surveys and other tasks to earn doge. It also has a faucet that dispenses small fractions of doge every hour. Here is my affiliate link:teatree in # crypto • 1 yr. ago • 1 min readTron faucetIf you are trying to earn Tron, Tronpick is a site you can earn Tron by playing games and doing surveys. There is also a faucet that gives out small amounts of tron. Here is my affiliate link:teatree in # crypto • 1 yr. ago • 1 min readSolana faucetIf you are trying to earn Solana, Solpick is a site where you can earn solana by doing various tasks and playing games. It also has a faucet where you can claim tiny amounts every hour. The following is my affiliate link:teatree in # hive • 1 yr. ago • 1 min readGetting Hive votes with the Neoxian voting botIf you are earning Neoxag on Hive, instead of selling it you can use it to get an upvote on your hive post. Log into the Neoxian City website using keychain. Then go to your wallet and send neoxian to neoxiancityvb , and in the memo put the url of the article you want upvoted. (The article must be less than 2 days old). If you have sent…teatree in # hive • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readWhat is influencing Hive pumpsI think it's being influenced by a crypto company listed on the Nasdaq. Hive Digital Technologies Ltd used to be called Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd, and was founded in 2017. It's a Canadian bitcoin mining company. It's listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker "HIVE", and when they post on X they use the hashtag #Hive. Everytime it posts…teatree in # bitcoin • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readHas Jim Cramer jinxed bitcoin?He famously gets all his calls wrong. In 2022, when bitcoin was at $16,000, he famously called people who buy bitcoin "idiots". He was convinced bitcoin was dying. Of course that was the bottom, and bitcoin started to turn upwards. A few days ago, as bitcoin was approaching $100,000, he told viewers on CNBC that “All I can tell you is own…teatree in # hive • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readHive attempted a small pump yesterdayHere is the chart: As usual it couldn't hold onto the higher prices. The Decentralised Hive Fund (DHF) distributes about $700,000 in Hive to favoured developers, who immediately sell. The Hive Stabalisation Fund is also constantly selling Hive to maintain the Hive Dollar at $1. Steem simply allows the market to decide the price of Steem…teatree in # france • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readSecond round of French voting on July 7thThe French held their first round of voting for the elections for the National Assembly last Sunday. For each constituency, any party that wins over 50% of the vote wins outright. Otherwise the top two go to the next round, plus any party who gets 12.5% goes through as well. The markets are calm as many third placed party candidates have…teatree in # crypto • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readThe French elections on 30th June may affect cryptoBitcoin entered the mainstream in 2013 because of the Cyprus crisis. Capital controls were imposed. And people's savings were seized in a "bail-in" to recapitalise the banks. The French elections on 30th June may have the same effect, especially if the run-offs are between the National Rally and the Popular Front, both of whom have uncosted…teatree in # crypto • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readThe Steem and Hive prices collapsed because of South KoreaSouth Korea is bringing in new regulations for crypto exchanges from July 19th. Exchanges will have to assess all tokens on their exchanges against new regulatory criteria. If the tokens don't meet the criteria, then they have to be delisted. You can read the criteria here: They're going to have to do this every quarter - so an altcoin…teatree in # economy • 4 yr. ago • 1 min readItaly's inflation hits a 38 year high in OctoberHere's the chart: source The surge is down to energy costs. The Italian statistical agency ISTAT said energy price inflation leapt to 73.2% from 44.5% the month before. This is the result of the summer spike in natural gas prices, which got passed to consumers with a delay of a month or two. Natural gas prices have slumped because of…teatree in # dollar • 4 yr. ago • 1 min readThe Dollar Index is approaching it's 2002 highHere is the graph: source This is driven by the weakness of the yen, euro and pound. However the Canadian dollar and Swiss franc are holding up better.teatree in # economy • 4 yr. ago • 1 min readGas use in Germany is lower than in 2021 for every month in 2022 so farHere's the graph: source Businesses and households started reacting to soaring prices in January. Which just goes to prove that price signals change market behaviour more efficiently than any government decree.teatree in # economy • 4 yr. ago • 1 min readBavaria needs it's nuclear power plants to stay openAccording to Politico: While nuclear power contributes less than 6 percent to Germany’s power mix, for Bavaria, it’s double that: The Isar II plant near Munich generates about 12 percent of the state’s electricity. The region’s gas storage is also filled at below average. Bavaria is also too far away from the coast to benefit from wind…
