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Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions without intermediaries like banks or governments, operating on a blockchain secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm.   With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins and programmatic halvings every four years that reduce miner rewards, Bitcoin is designed as a deflationary digital asset often called "digital gold." Its value stems from solving the double-spending problem without trusted intermediaries, creating the first truly scarce digital asset with censorship resistance and permissionless access that no government, corporation, or individual can control.  Bitcoin operates as a decentralized peer-to-peer network where transactions are recorded on a public ledger called the blockchain, distributed across thousands of computers globally. Transactions are grouped into blocks added approximately every 10 minutes through mining, where specialized computers compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles.   Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption through multiple vectors. The January 2024 SEC approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs opened Bitcoin investment to traditional finance participants, and corporations like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) are using Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset to protect against currency debasement, offering MSTR holders amplified exposure to Bitcoin.   The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve with innovations like Ordinals, which emerged in January 2023 to enable NFT-like functionality directly on Bitcoin, and BRC-20 tokens, an experimental standard for creating fungible tokens using Ordinal inscriptions. BTCFi (Bitcoin Finance) represents emerging financial applications extending beyond Bitcoin's traditional role, with protocols like Babylon allowing Bitcoin holders to stake BTC to secure Proof of Stake chains.

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Bitcoin is trending amid a sharp sell-off in precious metals, with many expecting capital rotation into crypto, while the community remains highly divided between extreme bearish sentiment fueled by controversial allegations from newly released files and bullish expectations for institutional buying and regulatory clarity.

Ripple is the catchall name for the cryptocurrency platform, the transactional protocol for which is actually XRP, in the same fashion as Ethereum is the name for the platform that facilitates trades in Ether. Like other cryptocurrencies, Ripple is built atop the idea of a distributed ledger network which requires various parties to participate in validating transactions, rather than any singular centralized authority. That facilitates transactions all over the world, and transfer fees are far cheaper than the likes of bitcoin. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, XRP transfers are effectively immediate, requiring no typical confirmation time.  Ripple was originally founded by a single company, Ripple Labs, and continues to be backed by it, rather than the larger network of developers that continue bitcoin’s development. It also doesn’t have a fluctuating amount of its currency in existence. Where bitcoin has a continually growing pool with an eventual maximum, and Ethereum theoretically has no limit, Ripple was created with all of its 100 billion XRP tokens right out of the gate. That number is maintained with no mining and most of the tokens are owned and held by Ripple Labs itself — around 60 billion at the latest count.  Even at the recently reduced value of around half a dollar per XRP, that means Ripple Labs is currently sitting on around $20 billion worth of the cryptocurrency (note: Ripple’s price crashed hard recently, and may be worth far less than $60 billion by time you read this). It holds 55 billion XRP in an escrow account, which allows it to sell up to a billion per month if it so chooses in order to fund new projects and acquisitions. Selling such an amount would likely have a drastic effect on the cryptocurrency’s value, and isn’t something Ripple Labs plans to do anytime soon.  In actuality, Ripple Labs is looking to leverage the technology behind XRP to allow for faster banking transactions around the world. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are built on the idea of separating financial transactions from the financial organizations of traditional currencies, Ripple is almost the opposite in every sense.  XRP by Ripple price can be found on this page alongside the market capitalization and additional stats.

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XRP is trending amid a broad crypto market downturn, fueling intense community debate as many see a 'fire sale' buying opportunity and potential institutional upside from advancing regulatory clarity, while others express deep frustration and warn of further declines.

Ethereum is a global, open-source platform for decentralized applications. In other words, it is a decentralized blockchain platform that enables developers to build and deploy smart contracts and applications without central authority control. Unlike Bitcoin, which primarily functions as digital currency, Ethereum operates as a programmable global computer where developers can create any type of decentralized service.   The platform hosts over $14 billion in DeFi applications with hundreds of thousands of active users across financial protocols, NFT marketplaces, and gaming platforms. Its transition to Proof of Stake in September 2022 reduced energy consumption by over 99%, addressing environmental concerns while strengthening network security.  The network operates through thousands of independent validator nodes that process transactions and execute smart contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Smart contracts are self-executing programs written in Solidity that automatically carry out agreements when conditions are met, eliminating intermediaries like banks or brokers.   Validators stake ETH as collateral to propose and validate blocks, earning rewards for honest participation while facing penalties for malicious behavior. The EIP-1559 upgrade introduced a dynamic base fee mechanism that burns ETH with each transaction, creating deflationary pressure during high network activity when more ETH is burned than issued to validators.  Vitalik Buterin proposed Ethereum in 2013, but seven co-founders helped build it, including Gavin Wood who created Solidity and the EVM technical specification, and Joseph Lubin who founded ConsenSys. The project launched in July 2015 after raising over $18 million through crowdfunding, quickly becoming the largest blockchain developer community. Major milestones include the 2020 Beacon Chain launch, the 2021 London hard fork implementing fee burning, and the 2022 Merge to Proof of Stake.   Ether (ETH) serves multiple functions: paying transaction fees (gas), staking to secure the network and earn 3-5% annual yields, serving as collateral in DeFi protocols, and purchasing NFTs and digital assets. The asset is increasingly adopted by traditional institutions, with publicly traded companies adding ETH to corporate treasuries to generate staking yields while maintaining blockchain exposure, and in 2024, the SEC approved spot Ethereum ETFs, allowing traditional investors to gain exposure through conventional brokerage accounts.  Ethereum's roadmap focuses on dramatically increasing transaction capacity to over 100,000 per second, reducing confirmation times, and enhancing decentralization while maintaining security against future threats like quantum computing.

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Ethereum is experiencing intense discussion due to sharp price fluctuations, with frustration and 'buy the dip' sentiment driven by significant institutional inflows and rising staking activity, alongside widespread concerns over alleged market manipulation and potential capital rotation from declining precious metals.

Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency created by Charlie Lee. It was created based on the Bitcoin protocol but differs in terms of the hashing algorithm used. Litecoin uses the memory intensive Scrypt proof of work mining algorithm. Scrypt allows consumer-grade hardware such as GPU to mine those coins.  Why Litecoin? Litecoin is a cryptocurrency that has evolved from Bitcoin after its own popularity in the industry, this alternative, or ‘altcoin’ has emerged to allow investors to diversify their digital currency package, according to Investopedia. Litecoin is one of the most prominent altcoins and was created by former Google employee and Director of Engineering at Coinbase, Charlie Lee. Litecoin was the first to alter Bitcoin and the most significant difference is that it takes 2.5 minutes for Litecoin to generate a block, or transaction, in comparison to Bitcoin's 10 minutes.  ‘While this matters little to traders, miners who use hardware to run Bitcoin's network cannot switch over to Litecoin. This keeps bigger mining conglomerates away from Litecoin because they cannot easily optimize their profits by swapping to another coin, contributing to a more decentralized experience. Litecoin also has bigger blocks, and more coins in circulation, making it more affordable and swift when transacting,’ Investopedia explained.  As explained above, Litecoin can transact a lot faster than Bitcoin, but there are also a number of other characteristics that investors need to know before trading. Litecoin can handle higher volumes of transactions because of the capability of transacting faster and if Bitcoin attempted to transact on the scale of its altcoin, a code update would be needed. However, Litecoin’s blocks would be larger, but with more ‘orphaned blocks'. The faster block time of litecoin reduces the risk of double spending attacks - this is theoretical in the case of both networks having the same hashing power.  Litecoin Technical Details: The transaction confirmation time taken for Litecoin is about 2.5 minutes on average (as compared to Bitcoin's 10 minutes). The Litecoin network is scheduled to cap at 84 million currency units.   Litecoin has inspired many other popular alternative currencies (eg. Dogecoin) because of its Scrypt hashing algorithm in order to prevent ASIC miners from mining those coins. However it is said that by the end of this year, Scrypt ASIC will enter the mass market.

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Litecoin is trending amidst a polarized community debate, as bulls view a recent 2.05 million LTC theft as an artificial price suppression, driving renewed "digital silver" accumulation and increased MWEB activity, while bears continue to highlight its persistent underperformance against other assets.

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USOR (U.S Oil) is experiencing significant trending activity driven by substantial recent gains and community speculation around an anticipated February 1st event. Investors are engaged in a heated debate, with many exhibiting strong bullish sentiment and FOMO, while others caution about potential pump-and-dump risks.

Solana is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain designed for mass adoption by providing a fast, secure, and low-cost environment for decentralized applications. It distinguishes itself by scaling globally without the use of complex sharding or multiple layers, instead maintaining a single, unified ledger to avoid liquidity fragmentation. This architecture allows it to process thousands of transactions per second with sub-second finality, often at a cost of less than a penny per transaction.  The network operates on a unique hybrid model that combines Proof of Stake with an innovation called Proof of History, which functions as a decentralized clock to timestamp transactions. This system reduces the need for constant node communication, allowing the Sealevel engine to run non-conflicting smart contracts in parallel across multiple CPU cores. Further efficiency is gained through the Gulf Stream protocol, which reduces confirmation times by forwarding transactions to validators before the current block is finished.  Founded in 2017 by Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana is now supported by the Switzerland-based Solana Foundation and significant institutional investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital. The platform’s native token, SOL, serves as the primary currency for paying transaction fees, participating in network governance, and securing the system through staking.   Solana has also seen significant institutional adoption ranging from spot Solana ETFs to major partnerships including Visa's 2025 launch of USDC settlement on the network and the tokenization of public equity by firms like Galaxy Digital.

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Solana is actively discussed amidst a crypto market downturn, driven by contrasting narratives: concerns over a lawsuit targeting its ecosystem, versus optimism for potential market-boosting impacts from a new Fed Chair and the forthcoming Clarity Act. The community remains divided, with many accumulating and staking during the dip while others anticipate further price volatility.

Elong Power Holding Ltd. engages in the research and development, manufacturing, sales and service of high-power lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and construction machinery, as well as large-capacity, long-cycle lithium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. The company was founded on August 18, 2023 and is headquartered in Ganzhou, China.

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Elong Power Holding Limited ($ELPW) is experiencing massive attention after an explosive multi-thousand percentage gain fueled by its ultra-low float, leading to fervent community discussion around the potential for a continued short squeeze and sustained momentum, though some acknowledge its speculative "Chinese stock" nature.

UMA is a decentralized financial contracts platform built to enable Universal Market Access.  UMA builds infrastructure for “priceless” financial contracts: DeFi contracts that minimize oracle usage, avoiding many of the security and scalability issues that have plagued decentralized finance. The first contracts built with UMA are priceless synthetic tokens: ERC20 tokens that can track anything while minimizing the need for on-chain price data.  The UMA project token powers the system in two ways:  Governance: UMA token holders govern what types of contracts can access the system, which asset types are supported, and key system parameters and upgrades.  Price requests: the priceless methodology minimizes on-chain price requests but doesn’t eliminate them — when contract interactions are disputed, UMA token holders fulfill price requests via the Data Verification Mechanism, or DVM.  UMA tokens enable the holder to participate in community governance and resolve contract disputes through the DVM. The tokens are not an investment opportunity.

UMA is trending as recent advancements in its Optimistic Oracle, including AI integration and high accuracy in prediction markets like Polymarket, gain attention. The community is actively discussing its low circulating supply, anticipating significant price pumps, and positioning it as a key oracle competitor.

Crypto Clubs is an advanced Android/iOS based application that merges cryptocurrency trading and portfolio management with the convenience of Telegram's social platform. It offers live currency data from top exchanges, automatic trading, and AI-driven trading signals, enhancing decision-making for users. The app caters to both casual and serious traders with options to manage assets via direct API connections to exchanges like Binance, KuCoin, ByBit, and CoinEX.  A key feature is the artificial intelligence system, which provides users with reliable trading signals and the ability to automate trades, maximizing efficiency and profitability. For deeper market engagement, users can subscribe to a VIP service using the CC token, which unlocks premium features such as advanced automatic trading and more sophisticated signal detection.  The CC token, specifically created for Crypto Clubs, not only facilitates premium subscription access but also embeds users within a growing community dedicated to crypto trading excellence. With its user-friendly interface and a suite of powerful tools, Crypto Clubs aims to be the go-to crypto trading and information platform, empowering users with knowledge and the ability to act swiftly in the ever-evolving crypto market.

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Community Coin ($CC) is trending amid discussions of its unique philanthropic crypto model, offering BUSD rewards and community-voted donations, following a recent AMA that highlighted its first charity contribution. The community is split, with many seeing an early opportunity and comparing it to successful meme coins, while others caution it may be a scam.

Phoenix Asia Holdings Ltd. engages in the substructure works and other construction services. It offers site formation, ground investigation and foundation work through it subsidiary. The company was founded on August 9, 2024 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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Phoenix Asia Holdings (PHOE) is currently trending following an exceptionally rapid and high-percentage price surge on unusually low trading volume, leading to widespread community discussion about whether it represents a volatile momentum play or another "Chinese pump and dump" similar to other recent low-float IPOs.

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$NGEN Does anyone have any extra info on this part from this old Biopub article? - &quot;In my hot little hands, I’ve got a sheaf of data resulting from work of Silver and colleagues, data not yet published. Did you know that  certain strains of laboratory mice are genetically rigged to experience onset of a mouse model of Alzheimer disease? And that treating these mice with ISP abates the onset of Alzheimer features?&quot; - As far as I know, this is the only mention of the drug actually being used for Alzheimer&#39;s, and obviously bodes well for NVG-300 in humans. Link: https://biopub.co/morning-sumatra-with-nervgen-co-founder-dr-harold-punnett/

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 Does anyone have any extra info on this part from this old Biopub article? - "In my hot little hands, I’ve got a sheaf of data resulting from work of Silver and colleagues, data not yet published. Did you know that  certain strains of laboratory mice are genetically rigged to experience onset of a mouse model of Alzheimer disease? And that treating these mice with ISP abates the onset of Alzheimer features?" - As far as I know, this is the only mention of the drug actually being used for Alzheimer's, and obviously bodes well for NVG-300 in humans. Link: 

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@TheRatedD There’s been a few articles out there about ChABC (risky for humans and why our peptide was developed instead for humans) and Alzheimer’s. 

The only article involving Dr Silver and Alzheimer’s (to my knowledge) is linked below, but the timeline wouldn’t match with Biopub:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/079806v4

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 There’s been a few articles out there about ChABC (risky for humans and why our peptide was developed instead for humans) and Alzheimer’s. 

The only article involving Dr Silver and Alzheimer’s (to my knowledge) is linked below, but the timeline wouldn’t match with Biopub:



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@TheRatedD There was this press release from summer 2022: 
https://nervgen.com/nervgen-pharma-and-massachusetts-general-hospital-collaborate-on-preclinical-studies-in-alzheimers-disease-dr-ksenia-kastanenka-to-study-nvg-291s-potential-to-promote-repair-in-a/ 
 
I wrote the company to inquire about the study in September 2024, and got this response: 
 
&quot;The study you are inquiring about has been completed; however, since this is not an efficacy study, we will not be releasing results. To note, any information that has not been made available publicly in a news release cannot be provided; all news releases can be found on our website.&quot; 
 
So clearly some Alzheimer&#39;s work has been going on...

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Vancouver, Canada. August 9, 2021 - NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSX-V: NGEN) (OTCQX: NGENF) ("NervGen" or the "Company"), a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to creating innovative solutions for the treatment of nervous system damage, announced today it has entered into a research collaboration with Dr. Ksenia Kastanenka of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to study the [...]

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NervGen Pharma and Massachusetts General Hospital Collaborate on Preclinical Studies in Alzheimer's Disease / Dr. Ksenia Kastanenka to Study NVG-291's Potential to Promote Repair in Alzheimer's Disease Models - NervGen Pharma

 There was this press release from summer 2022: 


 
 
I wrote the company to inquire about the study in September 2024, and got this response: 
 
"The study you are inquiring about has been completed; however, since this is not an efficacy study, we will not be releasing results. To note, any information that has not been made available publicly in a news release cannot be provided; all news releases can be found on our website." 
 
So clearly some Alzheimer's work has been going on...

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@NVG291Fan I feel as though they know more about Alzheimer&#39;s, but can&#39;t be totally open for some reason. Kind of like the ALS thing last year. Regardless, I&#39;m excited. I know we&#39;ll have a lot of news this year, but I&#39;m craving more already.

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 I feel as though they know more about Alzheimer's, but can't be totally open for some reason. Kind of like the ALS thing last year. Regardless, I'm excited. I know we'll have a lot of news this year, but I'm craving more already.

@Nervous88 Very interesting. Maybe there was something similar about the Biopub thing. And last year remember they couldn&#39;t be as open when talking about ALS. I&#39;m excited for all the updates coming this year.

 Very interesting. Maybe there was something similar about the Biopub thing. And last year remember they couldn't be as open when talking about ALS. I'm excited for all the updates coming this year.

@TheRatedD @NVG291Fan There was also this presentation from March 2022.  See 35:55 and following. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43mRKfJlKqc&amp;t=41s

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Presented By: Marc DePaul, PhD Speaker Biography: Dr. Marc DePaul is the Director of Research at NervGen Pharma, a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to developing innovative treatments for nervous system repair.

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Keynote Presentation: Modulation of the CSPG Receptor PTPσ to Enhance Neurorepair

 There was also this presentation from March 2022.  See 35:55 and following. 
 


@Nervous88 @NVG291Fan I watched that a while back, but I thought it was just about indirect evidence for Alzheimer&#39;s. I&#39;ll watch it again a bit later.

 I watched that a while back, but I thought it was just about indirect evidence for Alzheimer's. I'll watch it again a bit later.

@TheRatedD @NVG291Fan Yes, compelling indirect evidence.