CEX.IO's Official Community Channel

🎤Vitalik Buterin published his vision for Ethereum through 2030 on Sunday, and his own summary of it was blunt: it's really not just a blockchain anymore. Here's what sits underneath that: 1️⃣ Today every computer in the network re-runs every transaction to check it, which keeps things honest but means adding machines doesn't add capacity. The plan replaces that with short mathematical proofs, so computers verify each other's work instead of repeating it. Hegota, the 2027 upgrade, is described as likely Ethereum's last normal fork, with quantum resistance on the roadmap after it. 2️⃣ The market cooled over the weekend. Bitcoin slipped to $82,900 and altcoins fell 1.75%, with the Altcoin Season Index easing from 61 to 57. ETF inflows continued but the pace dropped sharply, $134 million on Friday against nearly $1 billion the previous Monday. 3️⃣ This week brings the two numbers that matter most before the next Fed meeting. Core PCE lands Wednesday with forecasts pointing to faster inflation, and jobs data follows Friday with hiring expected to slow to 98,000 from 162,000. Hotter inflation and weaker hiring in the same week would be the least comfortable combination for risk assets. Nothing in this material constitutes investment or financial advice. Trading digital assets involves significant risk, including the potential loss of capital. Please conduct your own research. Terms and conditions apply. 📈 App | 📷 Insta | ✖ X

Up to 50 USDC September Special: Spots are almost gone ⏳ Rewards go out first-come, first-served. Once the allocated spots are claimed, the promo closes early — even if Sept. 30 hasn't arrived yet. Quick recap: • Up to 50 USDC for you • Up to 50 USDC for your friend Keep in mind: ⚡ Refer more than one friend and claim multiple rewards ⚡ Reward spots are capped and go fast ⚡ Stacks on top of your standard 30% referral commission Don't wait until the final bell. 👉 Get your referral link: go.cex.io/3zfi 🌐 Available in the US, Cape Verde, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jamaica, Azerbaijan, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Georgia, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Guatemala, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 📌 Reward and eligibility varies by region. Terms & conditions apply.

🔈 Britain's largest banks completed the world's first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits yesterday, covering two live remortgages and a marketplace payment. Here's what sits underneath that: 1️⃣ A tokenized deposit is ordinary bank money recorded on a blockchain instead of the bank's internal ledger. Same protections, but it settles instantly and can move automatically once conditions are met. Banks have run blockchain pilots for over a decade, but each built its own system. This is the first time they transacted with each other. 2️⃣ That makes four announcements in one week. The ECB launched a settlement system on Monday, Europe's central banks pushed to restrict stablecoin yields on Tuesday, Canada's six largest banks announced a shared network on Wednesday. All pointing the same direction: regulated bank money rather than private stablecoins. 3️⃣ Meanwhile the Altcoin Season Index jumped to 61, up from 51 on Monday and the highest we've tracked. It still needs 75 to count as an actual altcoin season. Bitcoin holds $84,478, on track for a third straight positive month. Nothing in this material constitutes investment or financial advice. Trading digital assets involves significant risk, including the potential loss of capital. Please conduct your own research. Terms and conditions apply. 📈 App | 📷 Insta | ✖ X

🍁 Autumn is here. Time to stock up on vitamins.

💬 Crypto's market cap fell roughly 50% over the past year, shedding $2.1 trillion. Actual activity on the networks fell 1.6%. Here's what sits underneath that: ➡️ Chainalysis tracks how much money actually moves through crypto networks. Prices halved, the money kept moving. In the 2023 downturn, a much smaller price decline cut activity by 23%, because back then almost all activity was trading. ➡️ Payments held it up. Cross-border stablecoin transfers rose 77.5%, averaging around $3,000 per payment, far too small to be institutional. The data runs through June 30, so it captures the bottom rather than this month's recovery. ➡️ Trading still dominates though, at $8.9 trillion of the $9.4 trillion measured. Speculation didn't go anywhere. It just stopped being the only thing keeping the networks busy. Bitcoin pulled back to $84,500 ahead of tomorrow's options expiry, which settles roughly $15.6 billion. Nothing in this material constitutes investment or financial advice. Trading digital assets involves significant risk, including the potential loss of capital. Please conduct your own research. Terms and conditions apply. 📈 App | 📷 Insta | ✖ X

UPD: ✅ ATOM deposits, withdrawals and trading are back to normal on CEX.IO The Cosmos Hub network has stabilized. Thanks for your patience.

Last Wednesday, Glassnode reported that new demand was missing across every channel it tracks, including ETF flows. Four sessions later, Bitcoin ETFs had absorbed over $2.3 billion. 👀 Watching: "So the analysts were wrong. Why follow any of this?" 🧠 Thinking: "They weren't wrong about the data. They described a market that stopped existing four days later." The difference isn't experience. It's knowing that research is a photograph, not a forecast. 💬 What's the fastest you've seen a solid thesis go stale? 📈 App | 📷 Insta | ✖ X

✉️ Bitcoin ETFs took in another $715 million yesterday, a fourth straight day of heavy buying that pushed total assets past $110 billion. Bitcoin itself barely moved, sitting flat at around $86,000. Here's what sits underneath that: 1️⃣ That gap between flows and price is the thing to watch. Over $2.3 billion has come in across four sessions, yet Bitcoin is trading where it was on Monday after touching $87,000 overnight. Inflows alone aren't moving it right now. 2️⃣ Canada's six largest banks are building a shared system for tokenized deposits, meaning customer money held at a bank but issued as a token that moves on a blockchain. This follows the European Central Bank doing something similar on Monday. Banks are converging on the same idea independently, which says more about direction than any single announcement. 3️⃣ Altcoins keep improving relative to Bitcoin. The Altcoin Season Index has climbed from 45 to 53 over the past week, and 24 of 25 tracked sectors finished higher. It still needs 75 to count as an actual altcoin season, but the direction has been consistent for two weeks. Four days of billion-dollar buying and Bitcoin is flat. That tells you more than the inflow number does. Nothing in this material constitutes investment or financial advice. Trading digital assets involves significant risk, including the potential loss of capital. Please conduct your own research. Terms and conditions apply. 📈 App | 📷 Insta | ✖ X

⚠️ ATOM deposits, withdrawals and trading are temporarily suspended. Cosmos Hub validators have halted the network as a precaution after a security incident on Neutron. User funds on our platform are safe. We'll resume once the network is stable. Updates to follow.

Up to 50 USDC starting reward for your friend + up to 50 USDC for you! 👋 Got a friend who’s always asking you, "How do I get into crypto?" Don't let them start alone. Send them your referral link today: ⚫️Share your referral link ⚫️Friend signs up using it and makes a $100+ purchase or fiat deposit ⚫️You both get up to 50 USDC — claim it in the reward center That’s $100 in total value created in less than 30 seconds. Zero complicated steps. Just pass the link and help your crypto freshman make their first move. 👉 Grab your enrolment link now: go.cex.io/3zfi 🌐 Available in the US, Cape Verde, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jamaica, Azerbaijan, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Georgia, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Guatemala, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 📌 Reward and eligibility varies by region. Terms & conditions apply. 📈 App | 📷 Insta | ✖ X